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advanced which indicated that my 

 nest robbing animal was after these 

 birds also. 



Another nest and four eggs of 

 Green-tailed Towhee wa s collected 

 from a bush about three feet from 

 ground and in bushes along river, 

 Mountain Song Sparrow had nest with 

 two eggs, in a little stream a pair of 

 Townsend's Solataires were noted 

 and rest of time afield was spent in 

 unsuccessfully trying to locate their 

 nest. Disappointment after dis- 

 appointment was met with on this 

 trip -but I was not discouraged and 

 hope to some day return and see how 

 I missed the nest of the Grosbeaks 

 and Grouse and to find out what took 

 so many of my incomplete sets. 



H. W. CARRIGER, 



Oakland, Calif. 



BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE 



On the twenty-sixth day of April, 

 1917, I noticed a Black-capped Chick- 

 adee standing in the entrance of a 

 hole, three feet above the ground, in 

 an old peach tree stump. I thought 

 the date too early for this bird to be- 

 gin nest building, and supposed it to 

 be only prospecting for a possible 

 nesting site. 



I might say that the spring has 

 been unusually late and all birds arf 

 late in the construction of their nests : 

 as it was a surprise to me to see, 

 three days later, the chickadee again 

 fly to the hole, this time with the lava 

 of some buterfiy in its beak. I went 

 near quietly and heard tiny voices 

 from within. I tapped the stump 

 lightly and the parent bird flew out 

 and lit on a nearby twig. The hole 

 was nearly ten inches deep, and in 

 the nest below was seen three, near- 

 ly feathered chicks. 



After the young had flown, which 

 was shortly afterward, I examined the 

 nest and found it to be made mostly 



of what looked like rabbit's fur and 

 fibers of tree bark. 



I think the date early and the nest- 

 ing site low, but Reed says there is 

 no set elevation, but usually low. 



RALPH DONAHUE, 

 Bonner Springs, Ks. 



A Suggestion in Regard to Datas. 



Do other collectors think that it 

 would be a good idea to keep an ac- 

 count on the back of the datas. Tell- 

 ing the hands that this data has 

 passed through. Say for example, I 

 received a data from another collec- 

 tor. Then on the back I write (Added 

 to Collection of Ramon Graham, Ft. 

 Worth, Texas, March 1, 1917. Data 

 number 1,000). Let the data number 

 denote the number of datas that has 

 passed through your hands. In my col- 

 lection 1 have some datas with the 

 names of the collectors that the datas 

 has belonged to and it is interesting 

 to see the route that the data has 

 taken before it was received by me. 

 I also suggest a standard data, one 

 that will slip in an envelope, and have 

 plenty room on the back for the above 

 information. If others think this is 

 a good or bad plan, please let us hear 

 from you through The Oologist. Giv- 

 ing your reason why it is a good or 

 bad plan. I would like Mr. Barnes to 

 give us advice on the subject. 



Ramon Graham, Taxidermist. 

 Ft. Worth, Texas. 



[The editor always endorses each 

 data received with the data of its re- 

 ceipt and the name of the collector 

 from whom it is received. — Editor.] 



BIRD ACCIDENTS. 



During the last year my bird col- 

 lection has been greatly enriched by 

 certain accidents to birds of this 

 county. It seems that more birds are 

 killed by striking overhead wires 

 than any other way. 



