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The Kingbird and Phoebe arrive in 

 these parts very much the same time 

 as he says they do in Central Ken- 

 tucky. My record of bird arrivals 

 shows the Phoebe to have been first 

 noted during the last three years on 

 March 31, March 19 and March 25th. 

 The Kingbird to have arrived during 

 the last four years May 8th, May 2d, 

 April 29th and May 13th. 



I noticed the error of my statements 

 directly after reading them over, but 

 thought it of too little importance to 

 bother by sending the correction. 



Ralph Donahue. 



Personal. 

 Delos Martin, who has frequently 

 contributed observations for the col- 

 ums of The Oologist, graduates this 

 month from the Marshall, Texas, High 

 School, and is to be congratulated 

 upon reaching that goal for which all 

 young persons should strive. 



Sturnus Vulgaris In Virginia. 



During the extreme cold weather in 

 Virginia this winter, a flock of Euro- 

 pean Starling, numbering about fif- 

 teen, was noted on February 17th, and 

 a single bird on February 26th, 1917. 

 All were in Warwick County. I have 

 recorded this bird in Virginia in previ- 

 ous years, but they do not remain 

 long, returning northward as soon as 

 the weather moderates. 



H. H. Bailey. 

 New Port News, Va. 



The Belled Buzzard. 

 Camp Graham, Lake Worth, 



May 7, 1917. 

 A turkey Vulture with a small bell 

 around its neck has been observed 

 flying over and around the lake for 

 several days. This is a new one on 

 me, a Belled buzzard. Every now and 

 then you can hear a tingle, then look 

 up and there goes the Belled Buzzard. 

 Many birds have been observed this 



season. Pelicans, ducks, coots and 

 gulls are plentiful. 



Ramon Graham. 

 Ft. Worth, Texas. 



Attacked by a Sparrow Hawk. 



While climbing to a nest of Sparrow 

 Hawk twenty-five feet in an old But- 

 tonwood tree, the female flew out of 

 the nest, circled around for awhile 

 and then dove at my head, knocking 

 my hat off, which, landing within six 

 inches of a brook, I came near losing. 

 Not being satisfied, she came back 

 and dove at my head again, but I hit 

 at her and she did not try it again. 

 T have had Ospreys fly within a foot 

 of my head, but was never actually 

 hit by one. 



. T. E. McMullen. 

 Camden, N. J. 



Sets of Five Western Red-Tall. 



March 26, 1914, I took my first set 

 of five Western Red-tail eggs in Aliseo 

 Canyon, Santa Paula, California. The 

 eggs were a trifie larger than the aver- 

 age Red-tail eggs and fairly well 

 marked. This set is now in the col- 

 lection of Mr. George Willett, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Set number 2 was taken in the same 

 locality and about 200 yards from the 

 first nest, March 26, 1916. The eggs 

 were very much the same as first set 

 in size and marking. Both nests were 

 placed in an oak tree. 



N. C. Badger. 

 Santa Paula, Calif. 



The Heart of a Bird Student is Tender 

 And True. 



The following letter is so full of 

 sentiment that it touches the chord 

 of sympathy and we cannot refrain 

 from publishing it. More successful 

 students in natural history lines have 

 been sustained by a mother's assist- 

 ance , sympathy and interest than by 



