The Young Ornithologist. 



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ably, as they secured a set of Nighthawk's 

 eggs (two), a set of four of the Hermit 

 Thrush's, a set of three Song Sparrow's 

 and a nest of some Warbler, which they 

 were unable to identify, but thought it 

 might be the JUue Yellow-back, from 

 the slight glimpse they got of the bird. 

 The eggs of the Nighthawk were very 

 beautiful. The ground color was a light 

 delicate gray, mottled and variegated 

 with dark gray, yellowish-brown and 

 slate ] the Hermit Thrush's, pale 

 bluish-green, unspotted ; and those of 

 the Warbler were white, spotted lightly 

 at the larger end with reddish-brown. 

 There were four eggs in the set. On 

 the way home, as they were crossing a 

 small bridge a Pewee flew out, and 

 George, who never missed a chance of 

 learning anything about birds, walked 

 out on the planks to the edge of the 

 bridge to look under it, when one of 

 them broke off causing him to fall into 

 the water. The water was not very deep 

 but he got wet through, and had to lun 

 ail the way home to avoid taking cold. 



TO BE CONTINUED. 



CORRESPOJYDEJVCE. 



FROM KENTUCKY. 



JANUARY. 



7th. Found a Sparrow in the woods 

 frozen to death. I did not notice what 

 kind it was. 



8th. Blackbirds first noticed around 

 here. 



12th. Caught a Blue Jay (cyanocit- 

 TA cristata) an a I'ufted Titmouse (lop- 

 hophanes bicolor) in a trap in our yard. 



13th. -Caught a Tufted Titmouse in 

 my trap. These birds are known here 

 by the name of "Tip-top." 



14th. Caught a Black-capped Chick- 



adee or "Tom-tit" in my trap. I let 

 all these birds go as soon as I had exam- 

 ined them. 



i6th. Saw a Robin (turdus migra- 

 TORius) and a Carrion Crow (catharis- 

 TA atrata). a Balled Eagel was seen 

 by A. J. Taylor. 



19th. I saw two Bald Eagels (hali- 

 AETUS LEUCocEPHALUs). I watched them 

 for some time through a spy-glass. 



22nd. Sharp-shinned Hawk (accipi- 

 TER Fuscus) seen in our yard. 



Saw a Red-headed Woodpecker (me- 

 lanerpes erythrocephalus) and killed 

 a Black-capped Chickadee (parus atri- 



CAPILLUS). 



30th. Killed a Tree Sparrow (spi- 



ZELLA MONTICOLa). 



31st. I saw two Mockingbirds (mi- 

 Mus polyglottus), evidently male and 

 female, in the city cemetary. 



L. O. Pindar, Hinkman, Ky. 



FROM MAINE. 



July 28th, 1885. I saw a Fox-color- 

 ed Sparrow and Maryland Yellowthroat 

 to day. The first of these two species 

 I have seen here. 



Aug. loth. I noticed a flock of Bob- 

 olinks, numbeiing a hundred or more. 

 They lit on a barn. 



Aug. 30th. I saw the first two Dusky 

 Duck. 



Sept. 2nd. While out hunting I saw 

 a I^e wee's nest on a shelf in a cabin used 

 in the winter by wood-cutters. 



During the winter of '84-' 85, a Pile- 

 ated Woodpecker was seen a number of 

 times, and always on a particular dead 

 tree. A few years ago two birds were 

 shot here late in the fall, which were 

 said to be Arctic Gulls, by a lady taxi- 

 dermist. They were white, with red 

 feet. Can you tell me their scientific 

 name? J. B. R., Waterville, Me. 



