THE OOLOGIST. 



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men taken in this locality a year or 

 two before this. 



H. M. GUILFOKD, 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



Colorado Springs, Coloratlo, 



Aug. 10, 1890. 

 Editor Oologist: 



In looking over the 

 August Oologist, I noticed an article 

 on the King Rail from Minnesota. 

 Being a former resident of that state, I 

 am naturally interested, but our friend 

 De la Barre prizes his set of eggs of this 

 species rather too highly. 



Although rare, quite a number of sets 

 have been taken in the vicinity of Min- 

 neapolis. I have found two nests of 

 egg-bi-oken shells myself, and shot half 

 a dozen or more of the birds in the fall 

 of the year. Yours, 



Geo. G. Cantwell. 



An Egg Within Two Eggs. 



About this time last year I found an 

 egg of GaUun domesticus which was so 

 very peculiarly shaped that I thought 

 I would blow it and place it amongst 

 my curiosities in eggs. It was about 

 two inches long and the largest end 

 an inch in diameter, the smallest end 

 about f of an inch curved lilve a gourd. 

 Upon drilling through the shell the 

 drill struck upon an inner shell which 

 quite surprised me and upon removing 

 the contents of egg No. 1, egg No. 2 

 would rattle within it. I wanted to see 

 the inside egg so I cracked egg No. 1 

 around the middle and removed No. 2. 

 It resembled No. 1 in shape, but was 

 much smaller. I thought I would drill 

 this egg to see if it contained anything, 

 when lo! behold! this egg contained 

 another shell aljout the size of a grape 

 or large pea. 



This made three eggs, one inside the 

 other, each contained the albumen (the 

 white) common in eggs, but no yolk. 

 This I think outrivals A. O. G.'s egg, of 

 Lawrence, Kas. Let us have the ex- 



perience of other collectors in this line. 

 Jos. P. Jackson, 

 Kelton, Pa. 



Who Will Answer These Queries? 



J. C. G., Montgomeiy, O., wants to 

 know if a Crow can talk if its tongue is 

 not split. 



VV. A. D., Seroggstield, O. — "I saw a 

 bird the other day which was the size 

 and shape of a Bine Jay. It Hew like a 

 Jay and was af the same color, as near 

 as I could judge, except its tail which 

 was brown, precisely the color of a 

 Brown Thrush. I had a good view of 

 it. What was it?" 



H. G., Montclair, N. J.— "What kind 

 of a bird is it that lays an egg that is 

 very light bluish-white, blotclied with 

 light brown all over? Nest like that of 

 Grakle, in a large hemlock tree. Eggs, 

 Mve and about the size of a Blue Jay." 

 [Send us an egg and we'll tell you. — 

 Ed.] 



K. M. F., Sioux City, la., wants to 

 know what small bird it is, which in- 

 habits New England and, in seed-time, 

 follows the sower, uttering notes which 

 sound like: "Sow; sow your wheat, 

 sibley, sibley, siblej'." 



Nesting of Contopus Borealis at Westl)rook, Me. 



The Olive-sided Flycatcher is rare 

 here and is generallj' considered a mi- 

 grant only. On the 9th of June, 1890, 

 as I walked through a pasture I was 

 pleased to note one of these birds iu a 

 small clump of hemlocks. The next 

 morning I was out by daylight and was 

 agreeabl3'' surprised to note it in the 

 same place. 1 quickly forded the small 

 river and was about ready to shoot the 

 the bird when a second made her ap- 

 pearance, and from the proceedings I 

 was quite sure that they were about to 

 breed, and so left the place as quietlj^ 

 as possible. 



The locality was a dry pasture 

 through which ran a little river in an 

 easterly course; on the north side a 



