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five little owls, hardly bigger than an English Sparrow and all covered 

 with white down. 



In a hollow stump at the foot of the tree I found the male bird with 

 a field mouse in his claws. Gerald Thomas, 



Livermore, la. 



I found a Kildeer's nest this spring. There was not much of a nest, 

 and what there was was right down on the ground, not in the grass or 

 against a tree or bank or anything. It contained four pointed eggs,, 

 which were gray speckled with dark spots and blotches. I did not see 

 anything of the young birds, and I did not know whether they left the 

 nest as soon as they hatched or not. Lillian M. Weeks, 



Marietta, Ohio. 



I went off into the woods the other day and got a stump with an old 

 woodpecker's nest in it. I brought it home and fastened it to a post 

 with some long screws, for the chickadees. I should not wonder but 

 what the blue-birds will move into it after the first brood or at the 

 beginning of next year. They go to it and inspect it quite often, and 

 the other day they drove off a pair of chickadees who were investigat- 

 ing the place. 



Near my home is a robin's nest, and the young ones hatched almost 

 a week ago (May 1st). Stafford A. Francis. 



Exeter, N. H. 



We heard a note, loud and gutteral, that none of us had ever heard 

 before. We raced to the river bank, and there not far from us were 

 three crows chasing an American Herring Gull. It was the Gull which 

 uttered the note, and he evidently did it without opening his bill, for 

 he had a fish in his mouth. 



I investigated a crow's nest and saw three large eggs in it. Not 

 until I reached the nest did a crow appear, but by the time I reached 

 the bottom there were twenty-six ready to peck my eyes out, and by 

 the time I had finished counting them there were twenty-nine. 



I think I'll put Mass., Ohio and Penn. down by sending in my lists. 

 In my life I've seen one hundred and seventy-four, and starting May 

 13, 1902 and ending May 12, 1903, I've seen one hundred and fifty-nine, 

 setting up something better than one hundred and sixteen. In 1903 

 I have seen one hundred and nine already. 



Hoping Massachusetts will beat Ohio and take second, though not 

 first place, I finish my lists. Lewis Stiles Gannett, 



Rochester, N. Y.. 



