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24. Rocky Mountain Bluebird — 



Sialia Artica. Nesting habits similar to j 

 foregoing species. Begins nesting early 

 in April. Habitation Rocky Mountain 

 regions. > 



25. Townsend's Solitaire — Myiad- 

 estes Townsendi. Nests placed in the 

 crevices or under a shelving rock, some- 

 times on the ground. Begins nesting 

 early in April. Habitation Mountainous 

 regions of Western United States. 



26. Black-Crested Flycatcher — 

 Phainopepla Nitens. Common in upland 

 timber, mountainous regions, building its 

 nest in small trees. Begins nesting 

 early in May. Habitation South West- 

 ern United States. 



27. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher — 

 Polioptila Caerulea. Inhabits both 

 dense thickets and open woods. Begins 

 nesting April loth in the South, and a 

 week later in the North. Habitation 

 United States at large. 



28. Plumberous Gnatcatcher — 

 Polioptila Plumbea. Nests placed in 

 trees at various heights. Begins nesting 

 about May 15th. Habitation Arizona. 



30. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet — Reg- 

 ulus Calendula. Abundant in wooded 

 regions. Begins nesting early in April, 

 nests placed on the boughs of trees. 

 Habitation whole of North America. 



33. Golden-Croavned Kinglet — 

 regulus satrapa. Common in woodland 

 and shrubbery ; begins nesting the latter 

 part of April. Nests placed on low 

 limbs of trees. Habitation New England 

 northward. 



35. Ground Tit — chamae fasciata. 

 Nest placed near the ground in shrub- 

 bery. Begins nesting early in April. 

 Habitation California coast region. 



36. Tufted Titmouse — lophophanes 

 atrocristntus. Abundant in all woodland, 

 building its nest in natural cavities of 

 trees. Begins nesting the latter part of 

 March. Habitation eastern U. S., rather 

 southerly. 



[To be continued.] 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Anyone desiring questions auswered relating to 

 Birds, their Nests and Eggs will favor us by sending 

 them in, and we will answer them through this 

 column to the best of our ability. 



We collected a set of Buzzard's eggs 

 yesterday (Mar. 26th) of two eggs. Do 

 you not think it quite early for them? 

 R. E. R. and Son., Grigsby's Bluff, 

 Texas. 



Fresh eggs of the Buzzard may be 

 found in your latitude from March 20th 

 to April iOth. — Ed. 



I found a nest of the Gt. Horned Owl 

 containing two eggs, in a very advanced 

 state of incubation on March 22d. 

 This is very early for this latitude. 



Frank Harris, La Crescent, Minn. 



While out collecting last summer I 

 came across a nest of the Wilson's 

 Thrush, which was placed on the ground 

 under a large weed in the depth of the 

 forest. The female was on the nest and 

 seemed inclined not to get off when I 

 approached her ; I got within two feet of 

 her, then she flew to a neighboring bush 

 and began to chirp, which soon brought 

 her mate, and both seemed to watch my 

 movements very carefully. I lifted a 

 leaf that was hanging over the nest and 

 to my joy saw five dark-green eggs, re- 

 sembling those of the Catbird very much 

 in regard to color. They were slightly 

 incubated, but I succeeded in blowing 

 them and laying them aside in my cabinet 

 for private use. 



Paul B. Hudson, Sherwood, N. Y. 



For the last three years a pair of Red 

 Shafted Flickers (3786) have occupied a 

 hole and reared their family in the eaves 

 of my house, but this spring a pair of the 

 Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (402c) 

 have driven out the Flickers and taken 

 full possession. T would prefer having 

 the Flickers if it was not for the rare 

 set of eggs that I anticipate. 



While I was digging out some burrow- 

 ing owls yesterday, in the hopes of ob- 

 taining a few eggs, I came across the 



