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THE OOLOGIST. 



a))()ut four and oue-half iiu-hes; breadth, 

 three and three-fourths iuehes; depth, 

 two inches. Eggs, four in number, 

 «-i-eenish-blue, speel^ed with reddish- 

 brown and lilac gray— size, about .90 x 



.or)." 



[Although the breeding of the Olive- 

 backed Thrush is one of the rarest oc- 

 (uu-rences in this locality, who will say 

 that the above accurate descriptions are 

 not coincident Avith that ThrushV]— 

 Assoc. Ed. 



F W. Cook, of Minneapolis, Minn, 

 reports the capture of a King Rail in 

 Hennepin Co., on the 27th of April; a 

 rather northern locality for that bird. 

 It was a female in the best of plumage. 



Victor Allee, Paola, Kansas writes us 

 of a "red-bird" (eardinal)nestiug in some 

 vines in a porch. He secured a set of eggs 

 from the nest and wishes to know if it 

 is not uncommon for them to nest so 

 near habitations. 



Evening Grosbeaks were not uncom- 

 mon in Western New York during the 

 past winter. One or more specimens 

 were taken by each of the following 

 gentlemen: George Guelf, Brockport; 

 R. Wilkins, Albion; John Rittenburg, 

 Gaines. 



L. A. Dockerey, Clinton, Miss., writes 

 us that he has taken thirty-two eggs of 

 the Broad-winged and Florida Red- 

 shouldered Hawks this year between 

 the dates of February 25th and March 

 10th. He also found two nests of the 

 Carrion Crow, and a nest of the 

 Meadowlark which contained two eggs 

 of the Lark and one of the Bob-White. 

 Two of the Meadowlark' s eggs had 

 been rolled out, and one broken by the 

 Bob- White, as he inferred. 



Glenn Levings, Potsdam, N. Y., 

 found a nest of the Red-shouldered 

 Hawk last spring containing six eggs, 

 a very large set. 



— o — 

 Protection. 



Having read Mr. Leslie's article on 

 "Bird Protection" in the May OoLO- 

 GiST, I fully agree with him in the mat- 

 ter. I am but a boy collector, but I try 

 to study birds, eggs and nests scieutiti- 



cally. I think that if such a S(xdety ; s 

 he mentions should be f(n'med, our 

 "native birds" Avould increse instead of 

 diminish in numbers. I als(j think that 

 a game law such as he mentions should 

 be made and enforced, and that every 

 officer to Avhom a certain district is 

 given should know all the scientitic c( 1- 

 lectors of that district. I think that if 

 we, who are studying scientitically, 

 could get up such a society as men- 

 tioned, it would in a great measure 

 stop "nest robbing." Let us hear from 

 more on this important subject. 



Howard G. Phelps, 

 Cazenovia, N. Y. 



Nesting Excavations used More 

 THAN Once. 



In reply to the query of P. 

 H. H. in last Oologist, I would say 

 that I knoAvn of instances where the 

 Flicker and Bluebird have had their 

 nests in the same tree for three success- 

 ive years, raising two broods each year. 



H. F. M., 

 Quechee, Vt. 



No queries or articles reaching \is 

 later than the 20th of the month, can 

 expect to receive attenticm in the. fol- 

 lowing issue. 



Another Handy Contrivance. 



Seeing articles now and then on dif- 

 ferent methods of collecting eggs, I 

 thought I might add something that 

 Avould be new to some of the readers, 

 viz . : 



I have a light pole fifteen feet long, 

 made of cedar, with an attachment on 

 the extreme end for holding a small 

 hand mirr6r and with this, one can 

 look into the majority of nests without 

 going to the trouble of climbing the 

 tree to see if the set of eggs is com- 

 plete or not. 



I have used this very successfully 

 during seasons '88 and '89 and intend 

 to do so this coming season. 



Clyde L. Keller, 

 Marion Co., Oregon. 



