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THE NIDIOLOGIST 



The Nidiologist. 



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Time flies for busy people. It seems queer, but it is 

 true that a year has passed by since we were receiv- 

 ing our large lot of summer renewals, with a 

 plenteous supply of good wishes accompanying, last 

 July and August. These are very pleasant memories, 

 and on the eve of Vol. Ill we are glad to say we have 

 more good friends than ever. 



Pemember, cash talks, and there is no better way 

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 sending in your renewal, and senditig it early. 



We had to record in our last number the sad death 

 of an OiJlogist by drowning, and now news reaches us 

 of a fatal accident to John S. Cams, of Weaverville, 

 N. C, who was killed in the mountains, while on a 

 hunting and collecting trip, by the accidental discharge 

 of his gun. Cams had separated from Zeb. Weaver, 

 a friend, to join him on top of a mountain. An hour 

 after leaving Weaver heard the report of Cams' gun. 

 When he failed to appear at the appointed place a 

 search was begun which ended at ten o'clock the fol- 

 lowing morning, when the unfortunate man was dis- 

 covered lying by the side of a log, one side of his head 

 being torn away by the discharge of his gun. De- 

 ceased leaves a widow and two children. He was 

 thirty-two years of age, and greatly esteemed by all 

 who knew him. 



Hei.I" us to start off Vol. Ill with a Ijoom. It is a 

 good thing, " pass it along." Can you not induce a 

 friend to subscribe? 



" Scci.oi'A.X " is wroth because the printer got in 

 "whispering prairies" for "whispering pineries'" 

 last month. 



Lack of space made it necessary to lay over until 

 August some interesting " Notes from the Field." 



Don't let your subscription expire. Paper only 

 goes to renewals. An expired subscription is next 

 thing to a dead Ornithologist. 



Cooper Ornithological Club. 



THE June meeting was held at San Jose, 

 Cal, June i. Mr. W. F. Sanson, of 

 Stockton, was elected to membership. 

 " Unusual Nesting Sites " was the subject of 

 discussion. Mr. D. A. Cohen reported further 

 observations concerning a pair of Spurred 

 Towhees which he had observed for several 

 years. They had been annually identified by 

 the small size of their eggs, and on April 20 of 

 this year the nest was found beneath a droop- 

 ing cypress limb, and held four fresh eggs. On 

 May II the same birds had built a new nest 

 eight feet from the ground in the thick foli- 

 age of the same cypress limb, and the contents 

 were four eggs, one badly incubated and three 

 fresh. All were below normal size and varied 

 from one another considerably in measure- 

 ments. 



Notes on odd nesting of the House Finch 

 were ]jresented. Mr. Cohen found a nest on 

 May 19 in a field covered with scant, short 

 grass, placed in a swaying dock weed 2% feet 

 from the ground and well exposed. Several sets 

 of eggs of the House Finch marked with dull 

 rusty-brown were reported. 



The season seems to have been productive 

 of large sets with several species. Mr. H. B. 

 Kaeding, of Drytown, reports that out of four- 

 teen nests of House Finch observed six held 

 six eggs each, and Mr. Cohen took a set of 

 similar number. Mr. Silliman, of Watsonville, 

 reports a set of seven eggs taken in June, 1892, 

 from a nest situated in a willow tree overgrown 

 with wild blackberry vines. All were advanced 

 in incubation. Mr. Kaeding also reports four 

 sets of six eggs each of Black Phoebe. Mr. 

 Silliman found a set of ten eggs of Cali- 

 fornia Partridge in an old nest of the California 

 Thrasher al^outfour feet from the ground. The 

 Quail was found \\\to\\ the nest for several days 

 in succession. Another Quail was found oc- 

 cupying an old nest of the wood rat about fif- 

 teen feet from the ground. 



The Annex met at Pasadena May 27. A 

 discussion of the Swallows was had, resulting 

 in seven species being noted, namely. Western 

 Martin, Cliff Swallow, Barn, Tree, Violet- 

 green, Bank, and Rough-winged Swallows. 

 The Annex meets at the residence of H. A. 

 Gaylord June 24. 



'I'he next meeting of the club will be held at 

 Alameda July 6, 1895. 



