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THR WKEKliY OOLOGISl AND Fltli.AT^/.Li&i. 



QUEIUES 



Can any one tell the present address 

 of Mr. M. D. Rmith, who is said to 

 have collected for many years in tlie 

 Great Slave Lake region ; and is men- 

 tioned by Mr, I>avie, once or twice, in 

 his " Nests and Eggs of N. A. Birds." 

 Was there ever such a collector? 



?. B. W. 



Has any ever seen any ' old maid 

 birds'? I have seen two female Robins 

 po together and build a very rontrh n-st 

 nest, lay^ several eggs. They ^nevt-r ;it- 

 tfcMnpted tu incubate the eggs but cat 

 around near the nest for several weeks. 

 Isn't this something unusual? 



AsiATUER. 



Does any one know the whereabouts 

 of T. Vernon Wilson of Austin, 111.? 

 Does he owe any other trollector a copy 

 of '* Davies Nests and Eggs of N. A. 

 Birds"? 



L. J. 



.%3. Axi. 

 - These birds build a large nest, which 

 is used in common. The eggs are of a 

 chalky blue color, and measure about 

 1.35 by 1.00. Very few collectcrs are 

 fortunate enough to have eggs of this 

 species in their collections. 



385. Road Runnek. 

 A common bird all over tlie Southern 

 part of California. Nests in low Ijushcs 

 and cactus. A settaked by nie,May 5lh 

 \\ as six fe-et up in a white oiik ; it wiis 

 n,ad( of coarse stickj=, and was nei^rly 

 Hat (11 top. The eggs were five in num- 

 ber, and were of chtilky white colnr; 

 were in various stages of incubation. 

 Size about 1.50 by 1.20. 



F. T. C. 



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