28 THE NIDOLOGIST 
According to the truthful narrator Henry James, 
of Black Duck, was attacked by an immense 
rookery of ‘Blue Cranes,” his dog being killed in 
the fight: 
James, pursued by scores of the birds was struck in the 
back of the neck by the beak of the Cranes and knocked 
down. The blood spurted from a wound like that made by 
asharp knife. That blow was probably all that saved James 
from instant death. The Cranes could fight to advantage 
only from the air, and as James recovered his wits he 
intuitively reached for his gun and opened fire on the birds, 
keeping it up as long as the supply of cartridges lasted. 
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Various Remarks 
L. L. Tower of Ionia, Mich., spent the past 
summer collecting at Cooke Inlet, Alaska. 
J. W. MarLiiarp took sets of eggs of the 
Western Robin in Marin county, Cal., this year. 
I THINK that last plate of the Grosbeak’s eggs 
and nest is simply exquisite. RALPH ARNOLD. 
COLORED PLATE, nest Western Evening Gros- 
beak, is a beauty. Wo. L,. KELLS. 
JAMES B. Neratof Easton, Pa., appreciates THE 
NID, and writes ‘keep it going, as it is the best 
magazine of the kind ont.” 
THE colored plate in the last Nrponocisr is 
deserving of the highest praise. 
Dr. Guy C. RICH. 
THE ‘‘premium plates’’ received yesterday, and 
they are beauties, THE NID is great. 
VERDI BuRTCH. 
I HAVE no doubt the ‘“‘Souvenir” will be a great 
success. September NID is great. 
H. WARD CARRIGER. 
THAT colored plate is fine. I’ve had it framed 
and hung up in my Oological room. 
C. F. STONE. 
I ENCLOSE one dollar for your magazine. 
Very cheap considering its excellence. 
L. BELDING. 
Mr. E. A. MCILHENNY of Louisiana, has ar- 
ranged to go for a two years’ collecting trip in 
Alaska, leaving San Francisco, March 1, next. 
YOUR proposition to publish the ‘‘Story of the 
Farallones’” ought to be appreciated by every 
Oologist. M. T. CLECKLEY, M. D. 
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illustrated ‘‘Souvenir’’? when out. I wish you 
success. VIRGINIUS H. CHASE. 
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pective ‘‘Souvenir.’’ I am very much pieased 
with the idea. HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 
I wanT the ‘‘Story of the Farallones’’ as I have 
confidence enough in the men behind it to be 
sure of a rare treat. J. MERTON SWAIN. 
THE United States National Museum has sus- 
tained a deep loss in the recent death of its effi- 
cient Curator, Prof. G. Brown Goode. 
HENRY F. SCHONBORN, a well known Ornith- 
ologist and earnest friend of this journal, died 
recently at his home in Washington, D. C. 
I HAVE for a long time been wanting some one 
to write a book on the Farallone Islands, and was 
very glad to see your proposition. 
EMMET ROBERTSON. 
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of the Islands.” I am not a subscriber to THE 
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GLEN RINKER, Unionville, Mo. 
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Islands. Judging from the THE Nip it is bound 
to be a success. Gro. A. WARD. 
THE colored plate of the nest and eggs of the 
Western Evening Grosbeak is the finest thing in 
that line which I have ever seen. That plate 
alone is worth the price of a year’s subscription. 
BENJAMIN HOAG 
I ADMIRE your courage in publishing THE Nrp- 
OLOGIST. You will doa great deal of good with 
it, by setting men to thinking, but you will never 
get rich out of it. If you do, it will be contrary 
to my experience. ‘With best wishes for your 
welfare, Jos. M. WADB. 
ONE OF Frank R. Stockton’s heroine’s newly 
found admirers ‘tpossessed the present qualifica- 
tion which in her eyes raised him above all other 
young men in the world: he wasthere.’’ So with 
THE NIDOLOGIST; although late at times—it does 
get out. 
I DESIRE very much to express my appre- 
ciation of your paper, THE NIDOLOGIST, and 
especial y of the illustrations. Your supplement 
of last issue is superb. One of the! prettiest pic- 
tures in the Oological line I have ever seen. 
Wo. L. FINLEY. 
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for which please send when ready your ‘“‘Story of 
the Farallone Islands.’’ Should it prove to be of 
as high adegree of excellence as THE NIDOLOGIST, 
I have no doubt but that it will meet with a great 
sale. ELLISON ORR. 
Mr. C. O. PERKINS noticed this year a peculiar 
trait of the Valley Quail in California. A farmer 
told him ofa nest with 25 eggs, which were being 
incubated by both male and female. He ob- 
served the nest for some time from behind a stone 
wall and saw both the birds covering tke large 
set. He is positive they were not two females. 
Mr. A. W. ANTHONY and party have recently 
returned from a cruise to the islands of Lower 
California, where he took birds, eggs and young 
of the almost unknown species, O. melania, O. 
socorroensis and H. microsoma. ‘The latter have 
been described twenty-five years, he writes, and 
but three are in collections, and but two of the 
Socorro Petrel and ten of the Black, besides those 
he took. The Socorro is not yet on our list, 
although taken a year ago by Mr. Anthony and 
recorded in the Awf. 
