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Pigmy Owl. 



Ill reply to tli-j (j^iiei-y of A. Caldci'- 

 wood Jr., ill June OoLOGiST, cfnieerning 

 the uuuilK'.r of eggs laid by tlie Pigmy 

 Owl, I offer the following: 



Mr.Cliarles F. Morrison, in the "Oi-ni- 

 thologi.st and Oologist" for May, 1889, 

 mentions finding a nest of this spei'ies 

 containing four young. 



Cwt. Charles E. Beudire, in liis 

 exeellcnt ni'tiele on the "Habits of the 

 (uiiN.s (llimriilinin,'' in tlie "Auk" for 

 October, 18Si, si)L"a,ks ni tlie dist.'o\'ory 

 of two nests; on;- vv'Uh three eggs, the 

 otlier wltli four young. H.> furtlier 

 says, till' number of eggs to a set is 

 pi'oliably never more than four. 



The above information is all that is 

 ;it my command- IChese ego-s a-re ^yitll- 



out doubt, exceedingly rare, and Mr. 

 C'alderwood is to lie congratulated on 

 such a desiral)le find. 



Hakky C. Obekholsek, 



Red Bank, N. J. 



Nesting of TrailFs Flycatcher. 



All of the nests of this bird that I have 

 found and examined, were placed in 

 willow bushes situated in low swampy 

 land, and the nests were usually ])laced 

 about 6 feet from the grouTid. In some 

 instances tlie nests ai'c rather slovenly 

 built on the outside but much neater 

 inside. But this is not always the case, 

 for this year, '89, I found one that I 

 wcuild call a lieautiful structure. It 

 was situated in the upright forks of a 

 willow bush 5i feet from the ground. 

 It was composed of tibrous strips of 

 weeds, tine grass and bits of soft dowliy 

 material from different plants, and lined 

 with line grass. The dimensions of the 

 nest are as follows: Diameter, outside 

 2i in., inside. If in. Depth, outside 8 

 in. iiLside If in. This nest contained 

 four eggs of a light buff" or creamy 

 color, spotted very sparingly with red- 

 dish-brown, and average about 68x50. 

 W. CM. 

 Columbus, Oliio. 



My long looked for Davie's Egg 

 Check List has arrived. It is a valuable 

 work. C. E. C, Davenport, la. 



Cooper's Hawk. 



AccipUcr Coojyeri (Bonap.) 

 Tyrant of the barnj'ard fowls and 

 terror of all the smaller feathered tribes, 

 this liird bears an uni'iivialile reputa- 

 tion. He makes himself es])ecially ob- 

 noxious to llic fa!iuer and poultry fan- 

 cier, and by lii^: iiu-reasiiig attentions lo 

 the nicest, fattest young ducks and 

 chickens, he iias gi\'en a "bad name" 

 to the whole Falcouiddc family, which 

 can iievei' be erased from the minds of 

 j ji eertiiin ehiss of ]icoplc, ti; ^yhoge pre- 



