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torch, half way up its length, in a big 

 woods fire which swept the out-skirts 

 of Brielle, New Jersey, on May 14th. 



At the very top was a huge Pish 

 Hawks' nest, and braving the in- 

 ferno of heat, flame, and smoke a par- 

 ent bird hovered over the nest with a 

 fish in its beak for the three baby in- 

 mates who craned their necks over the 

 edge of their domicile. Wheeling in 

 derision the parent conquered the 

 terror and settled on the nest just as 

 the tree toppled with a resounding 

 crash carrying the four birds to dis- 

 truction. 



"Faithful unto death," writes Theo. 

 F. Everett, a Manasquin feed merchant 

 who witnessed the ornithological trag- 

 edy. 



Gerard Alan Abbott, 

 Lancaster, Kentucky. 



EVENING GROSBEAKS 



There has been a flock of about 20 

 Evening Grosbeaks about the town 

 ■since the middle of the winter. This 

 bird has been a very rare visitant to 

 Connecticut in the past but has be- 

 come more plentiful the past two or 

 three years. The point of interest to 

 us is that I saw this flock Sunday, May 

 7th, and coming to work through the 

 Main street this noon, May 11th, I saw 



3 males, and a half mile further along 



4 females, This is a later date, by 

 many weeks, than any record that I 

 know of and some pairs of these 

 birds show evidence that they mean 

 to nest here. I have offered in the 

 local papers, $5.00 for evidence of 

 their breeding here. 



E. E. Moffatt, 

 Winsted, Connecticut. 



ly disappear. 



During July and August 1920, I saw 

 some 25 birds feeding in cherry trees, 

 back in the foot hills near Scio. 



On May 8-21 I sa^w several bands, I 

 should judge 500 birds. 



On May 11th I saw two bands of 

 probably 100 birds each. 



The birds are now feeding in the 

 open grain flelds where wheat, oats 

 and corn have just been planted. 



Dr. A. G. Prill, 

 Scio, Oregon. 



BAND-TAILED PIGEON 



Ten or fifteen years ago this bird was 

 very common in the Willasmette Val- 

 ley, and then seemed almost to entire- 



YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER IN 

 DORCHESTER CO., MARYLAND 



This record is based on a "set" of 

 one egg taken on May 16, 1919. Per- 

 haps if an unscrupulous Cowbird had 

 not found the nest, I should have found 

 a better set. As it was, the Cowbird 

 had deposited three eggs beside the 

 single Yellowthroat. 



I was looking for Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catchers, through a piece of mired 

 hardwood and pine, when I saw the 

 edge of what appeared to be a Gnat- 

 catcher's nest, saddled on a limb of a 

 big pine, about forty feet from the 

 ground, and nearly concealed by a few 

 sprigs of needles. When I investigat- 

 ed a female Yellowthroated Warbler 

 flew from her beautiful little nest and 

 was a few minutes later joined by the 

 male. They seemed quite tame and 

 came almost within reach several 

 times while I was wrapping the eggs 

 and placing them in my basket. 



The nest reminded me very much of 

 that of a Pine Warbler and was per- 

 haps a little larger. The single egg 

 and also those of the Cowbird were 

 quite fresh. 



This is the only record I have for 

 Maryland and I do not know of any 

 other. That is, the Eastern Shore of 

 Maryland. Apparently it is not com- 

 mon in Dorchester County as I have 

 seen birds but three times since. 



