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ped and were destroyed. I examined the broken eggs and found 

 that they contained well developed embryos. 



Late in the afternoon I took a train for Tobyhanna Mills, a 

 village on top of Mt. Pocono, thirty miles northwest of the 

 Water Gap. The elevation at this point is 2,200 feet, and during 

 the two days that I remained there, I saw at least two species 

 belonging to the Canadian fauna — the Slate-colored Junco and 

 the Canadian Warbler. A pair of the latter evidently had a 

 nest near where I passed, in a small swampy wood. In passing 

 through this wood, I had to step from one fallen tree to another, 

 there being several inches of water over all. The numerous 

 roots of fallen trees are doubtless used as nesting places by this 

 Warbler. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler, is also quite common here, and 

 was met with in low undergrowth, which here covers the whole 

 country. Two Cedar Waxwings nests on young pine trees, held 

 one and four eggs respectively. Two nests of Field Sparrow on 

 low bushes a few inches above the ground, held eggs ; one, four 

 fresh ones, the other three just hatching. 



My collection is none the richer for that mountain visit; the 

 tin collecting box, containing the set of Waxwings and Field 

 Sparrow, having dropped unnoticed from my coat pocket as I 

 was passing through the thick undergrowth. 



THE KILL DEER. 



{^Kegialites vociferus.) 



WALTER A. LYNN, GLADBROOK, IOWA. 



These birds usually arrive in Iowa during the last week in 

 March or the first week of April. Their arrival is heralded by 

 their clear piercing cry of " killdee," " killdee," often followed 

 bv the last syllable repeated many times rapidly. 



The nest is on low ground, consists merely of a hollow, lined 

 with dry grasses ; eggs four, greyish speckled. The eggs are 

 arranged in the nest in accordance with the usual custom of the 

 snipe family — the small ends pointing to the centre of the nest. 



On a close-cropped hill near my home, many pairs reside 

 every Summer. They seem to like the hot southern slope of 



