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was another with the youngster chip- 

 ping the shell, one egg was rotten and 

 the otlier had a young havv'k inside 

 that would haA'e hatclied in a week. 



]May 24th. Golden-erowned Thrush. 

 Colleeted a set of tive eggs and nest oi' 

 tliis sj)eeies, it wa.s huilt in tlie old lirsl 

 used last yeai- by tlie same pair. 



May '2r)t!i. Marsli Hawli. Found a 

 line set of live eggs to-day altlKUigh 

 a, sumnuT resident, it is hard to iiiid 

 many ])eople that know about ihis 

 Hawk, sometimes ealled " Fish Eagle,'' 

 breeds also on salt meadows. Blue Jiiy 

 resident throughout the year; found a, 

 line set of li\e eggs of this bird to-day, 

 this is my second set of eggs ol)tained 

 in fom- years eoileeting. 



May 27th. Great-erested Flyeatelier. 

 Obtained a line set of seven fre.^h eggs. 



May oOth. Canada. Fly-eatehing 

 Warf)ier. 1 found a, nest conta/miug 

 live eggs of this species, in a. raspi)eiTy 

 bnsli in a pasture, tlie l)ird Avas \ei'y 

 shy until after the set was completc^l, 

 then I idcntilied the male while on the 

 nest. 



June 12th. Black-inlled C'tickoo. 

 One egg three-fo\u'ths ini'Ui'.ated from a 

 nest iii wliicli there were two young- 

 birds with feathers on them; eggs of 

 this and the Yellow-ljilled can be obtain- 

 ed, and I have found them froin June 

 1st, till Septen^ber 23rd. 



Mr. L. also adds that on Aug. 27, 1888 

 he took a set of ti\e fresh eggs of the 

 Cediir Waxwing. 



We are indepted to Mr. A. Darling, 

 Simccn', Oat. for cUwerly executed pe.n- 

 cil-drawings of the Belted Kiugiisher. 



Mr. U. S. Grant, Minne;i]>olis, Minn., 

 will accept thanks for copies of his 

 valuable-articles. "Conchol<)gicalN(jtes" 

 and " Notes on the MoUuscan Fauna of 

 Minnesota" as issued in the annual 

 report of the Geological and Natural 

 History SurNej' of Minnesota in the 

 years of 1885 and 1887 resj^ectively. 



C. C. T., Utica, N. Y., has a set of six 

 eggs of the Black-billed Cuckoo which 

 he collecteil during the past season. 



(lien Gill, of Ottawa, Kans., writes 

 that he has a beautiful set of two egg^ 

 of the Poor Will that he took near that 

 ])lace. 



F. T. Uarrow, Corning, la., Avrites 

 that the DicKu-issel or Black-throated 

 SjiaiTow is commonly called "Whistling 

 Si)ari-o'iv" in his locality. He also writes: 

 T. E. y., of this cily, has a beautiful 

 nest and set of f(Uir eggs of the Black- 

 capped Cliickailee. Tln' licst is made 

 of liair througliout, slightly hollowed 

 on to]> ill which lay the four eggs. 

 Tliere is a, cover also made of hairs 

 which covers the eggs when the bird 

 was absent. 



(ieo. Lliidsey, Sedalia, Mo., writes of 

 successfully talking a nest v,'ith (^ggs of 

 tlie Chimney Swift a.s follows: I took 

 a small tin ])ucket lilled with cotton, 

 lowered it down the chimney and held 



it just nnder the 



nest, tlnm takino- a 



long pole (a rake liandle v.ill do~) I broke 

 the nest fnnn the side of the cb.imne3r 

 and all fell into the buc-ket of cotton. 

 I drew them out of the chimney and 

 found both r.est and eggs in good con- 

 dition. 



W. B. Daley, Chatham, N. Y., writes: 

 I AS'ould like to know if the American 

 Quail breeds in eastern New York. I 

 have never seen the bird in Columbia. 

 Countj- Avhert' 1 reside. But on October 

 2, 1889, while a friend and I were cross- 

 ing a corn field, we found an egg of 

 this Bird lying on the ground. It had 

 the appearance of having been laid 

 about the middle of the snmmei-. 



G. M. L., Malone, N. Y.: 



The bird vvliich you call "Hang- 

 Bird," "Hanging Bird" and "Wood 

 W^arbler," is one of the Vireos, doubt- 

 less the Red-eyed. 



