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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



tures of nests at close range, you w/c^/'use a small stop and conse- 

 quently a longer exposure. 



We have several queries in regard to developing plates. We can do- 

 no better than to refer any one who wish points on this subject to 

 "Hints on Negative Making,'' by G. Cramer. Anyone who will follow 

 instructions given in this manual will have success from the start. It 

 will be sent free if you mention American Ornithology. Address^ 

 G. Cramer Dry Plate Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



D. S. Holmes, Kellog, Calif. — The bird that you describe is the 

 Water Ouzel or American Dipper. 



M. D., Waltham, Mass. — Wilson's Thrush builds its nest on the 

 ground and lays bluish-green eggs. The Blue Jay builds its nest early 

 in May; the eggs are of the size of a Robin's and greenish or brownish^ 

 speckled with brown. There is such a bird as the Saw-whet Owl. It 

 is the smallest Owl found in the east, and found here only in winter. 



E. W. G., Braddyville, la. — The bird that you describe is Cooper's 

 Hawk. This hawk lays pale bluish-white eggs. 



Photo by S. D. Nixon: 



DOUBLE NEST OF A PHOEBE. 



S. D. Nixon, Bait., Md. — I enclose a photo of a double nest of the 

 Phoebe. I saw a Phoebe go under a shed adjoining a barn, and there 

 found the nest. On one side of the nest the bird was sitting on four 

 eggs, while the other side had two, which wer3 also warm. 



