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Peculiar Eg-g of Corvus Frugivorus. 



On April 22nd, 1886, while out collecting 

 near Wolfville, Nova Scotia, I took a set of 

 Crows eggs which present some peculiarities 

 which I thought some of your readers 

 would be interested in. The nest was sit- 

 uated in the very top of a large spruce tree, 

 their most common choice in this locality, 

 and composed of the usual materials . The 

 eggs were four in number and present so 

 many variations that I describe each separ- 

 ately : 



No. 1. Measures 1.71 X 1.15; the back- 

 ground has a decided greenish tint, which 

 shows plainly through the small dots and 

 specks of brownish-black with which it is 

 uniformly scattered. 



No. 2. Measures 1. 71 X 1.15; the back- 

 ground is much lighter than in the preced- 

 ing, giving a pure blue. The markings are 

 in large blotches, looking as if dirty water 

 had been sprinkled over it, and are several 

 shades lighter than No. 1. 



No. 3. Measures 1.74 x 1.16; and re- 

 sembles No: 2 both in background and 

 markings, although the latter are more 

 numerous and the whole shade is darker. 



No. 4. Measures 1.70 X 1.20; the back- 



ground is a hght sky-blue, and much the 

 shade of that usually seen in a freshly blown 

 Bluebird's egg. The markings are peculiar ; 

 consisting of one large four-sided blotch, 

 about .25 X .15, and three smaller ones on 

 the large end, of almost pure black color, 

 and about a dozen tine specks scattered 

 around them; the greater part of the egg is 

 entirely unmarked, \^ith the exception of 

 a few lines, so dim as hardly to be seen ; 

 something like those on the eggs of the 

 Red-winged Blackbird . 



Although I bave taken many sets, I have 

 never seen an egg similar to No. 4. 'What 

 say y> lu ? Aye Cayf. 



The Turkey Buzzard. 



This is not a verj' clean bird, but for nse- 

 fulnei^s he surpasses all others. The good 

 quality of the Buzzard, as no doubt you 

 know, is to remove the otfal which is lying 

 about. Around one of these purtrid car- 

 casses you can see a gi'cat number of these 

 birds devouring the flesh with great relish. 

 The Buzzard is also noted for his flight. 

 It is a beautiful spectacle to behold these 

 birds flying in their circuitous routes on a 

 clear day beneath the azure sky, and no 

 landscape is complete without him. 



Unlike other birds when on the wing he 

 scarcely moves his wings but with perfect 

 ease remains on high. 



Ihey congregate in large numbers to 

 roost and in some dead pine, pass through 

 the land of Nod. The nest is situated on 

 the ground, in rotten logs and stumjis. 

 Two eggs are generally the complement, 

 but here is often only one in the nest. 

 The eggs aie yellowish white, spotted M'itli 

 brown and purple. 



C. W., YorkSta., Ala. 



Late Nesting- of the Grass Finch. 



I see in the Oologist of Dec, a note 

 from V. H. L, Potsdam, N. Y., stating 

 that he found a nest of the Grass Finch, ou 

 the 6th day of Aug with fresh eggs. 



I found, ou the 23d of Aug , '88, a nest 

 of the Grass Finch with three perfectly fresh 

 eggs. I am inclined to think that the 

 Grass Fmch lays three sets a season. 



M. D. G , Austin, N. H. 



