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THE OOLOGIST. 



Nesting of the Rose-breasted 

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WHILE out collecting on the 20th of 

 May, 1871, my attention was attract- 

 ed by two male Grosbeak's quarreling ; they 

 were soon joined by a female, and with her 

 help, one of the males was before long driv- 

 en away. The pair now flew to a tree, 

 where I soon discovered a nest, so, after 

 shooting them I ascended the tree to secure 

 the nest and eggs. Much to my surprise, I 

 -found the eggs to be different from any I 

 had previously found. The nest was built 

 in a large, maple tree, about twenty-five feet 

 from the ground, and was composed of slen- 

 der twigs lined with fine grass ; the eggs 

 were four in number, measuring lx.75 in- 

 ches ; the ground color was pure white^ 

 marked with small spots and dashes of 

 brown. Again, on the 14th day of May, 

 1873, I took a nest with similar eggs, but 

 the nest was entirely different, being com- 

 posed of very coarse grass, and was a large, 

 bulky affair, measuring outside, nine inches, 

 inside, three inches ; depth outside, five in- 

 ches ; inside, two and a half inches ; built 

 on a clump of bushes about three feet from 

 the ground. — Adolphe B. Covert, in the 

 Forest and Stream. 



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