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THE OOLOGLST. 



Pho8l)e's. The Plujebe was setting, but 

 I left tliem three da.ys and then took 

 them. Two were slightly and three 

 qnite badly ineuljated, and were all of 

 the same size and color, evidently all 

 b(Mng laid by the same bird." 



June l'2th, I found a Scarlet Tana- 

 ger's nest containing three fre.sh eggs 

 of that bird, and another wiiich I am 

 unable to name. It is immaculate 

 white and the sliell is very rough, and 

 covered with bumps and ridges; and, 

 altogether it is a \'ery odd shaped egg, 

 being very broatl at the large end. Jt 

 is about tiie size of the average Cow- 

 l.tird's. Is it a Cow bird's egg? 



C. E. Pleas, Clinton, Ark., writes 

 that the Chuck- WilTs Widow is alnin- 

 dant in the valleys there, and that he is 

 learning many inLcresting things con- 

 cerning its habits. We exi)ect to hear 

 from liim further concerning that bird. 



J. C. Gallow.ay, Montgomery, O., re- 

 cords a set of tis'c eggs of the Spa,rrow 

 Hav.'k, a nest of the Crested Flycatcher 

 (rare there) and a nest with three eggs 

 of the Grecn-crcstcd Flycatcher ;is 

 among his best liiids for this season. 



Among many sets of eggs taken by 

 (-i. J. Kerapen, Austin, 'Fexas, are 

 several sets of Bell's Vireo, comprising 

 eggs of the Dwarf Cowl)ird. In tliis 

 locality, the Red-eyed Vireo and the 

 Cowbird form a never-failing combina- 

 tion, while there, the Bell's Vireo and 

 Dwarf Cowljird .'H'em to form a similar 

 syndicate. 



My first Nest of the Long Tailed Cliickadee. 



A friend and I went Over into Fre- 

 UKjnt County, Iowa, on the 26th of 

 April and a, da,y or so afterward started 

 up the )'iver and pitched our tent (V) in 

 a strip of timber. We staj'ed there one 

 night and the next morning, after 

 eating our lirenkfast we struc'k out. I 

 had l-.ecii walking about for nearly an 

 hour, pounding on every stump and 

 examining every liush and tree, when I 

 saw a bird fly from a stump, and a 

 cliarge of No. 12 sliot stopped it. Look- 

 ing around, I found the hole about ten 

 inclujs from the ground. Opening it, I 



found six beautiful pink eggs, laid 

 upon a nest of hair ukjss and a few veg- 

 etable fibers. I took the eggs of course 

 but they met with an untimely end, for 

 upon reaching home I put them in 

 some cotton, preparatory to blowing 

 them, when my partner picked the cot- 

 ton up and dropped all the eggs. 



NoKKis H. Reeu, 

 Otoe Co., Neb. 



Nesting of the Rough-winged Swallow 



{ Stelgidoptcry scniptn ?iis} 



IN ELGIN COUNTY, ONTAHIO. 



Of the several species of Swallows 

 peculiar to Ontario, the Rough-winged 

 is probablj' the least kn(.)wn, not so 

 much on account of its rarity, as its re- 

 tiring habits, and association with its 

 near relati\"e the Bank Swallow {L'oiilv 

 riparla),-A\\oi\\QV bird of reserved habits, 

 neither of thoii seeking the socit^ty of 

 man to any extent. 



As near as I can ascertain, they ar- 

 rive here from the South abou.t the 25th 

 of April, being observed about the 

 same time, and in the same localities as 

 the Bank species. Opei'ations in nest 

 building are begun about the 20th of 

 May, usually in sand banks along- 

 streams, one or two ]iaii'S mingling in 

 with a Hock of tlie others. 



As their modes of nesting differ some- 

 what in many localities, my, experience 

 v,'ith them in that line might lie (jf ben- 

 efit and interest to some readers of 

 The Oologist. The excavation is al- 

 ways larger, and extends inward a 

 greater distance than those of the Bank 

 Swallow. The nest situated at the end 

 of the . burrow is composed of coarse 

 straw, and lined with line grass, no 

 feathers being used in its construction, 

 which is such a common material in 

 the nests of all the other members of 



this family. 



The eggs, which are from five to 

 seven in a set, are pure white, and con- 

 siderably larger than those of th(; Bank 

 Swallow. 



F. L. F.MU.EY. Elgin Co., Ontario. 



