1 6 The Wilson Bulletin. 



Same day I removed the young Cowbird, killed it, and 

 made a skin of it. 



June 21. — Three young sparrows doing nicely. 



June 25. — Young had left the nest and were in care of 

 parents. 



July 10. — Same nest reoccupied by the same pair of birds, 

 slight repairs being made on the inside, and now contains 

 four eggs. One of the birds sitting closely and loth to leave 

 the nest. 



July 15. — Nest contains three young and one unhatched 

 e SS- Eyes of young birds not open. One young apparent- 

 ly hatched to-day. 



July 18. — Young sparrows getting their eyes open. Fourth 

 egg did not hatch. 



July 22. — Sparrow's nest robbed and demolished, but a 

 slight trace of it being left. Possibly the work of some 

 prowling cat. 



The feature in this instance was the rearing of one and the 

 hatching of another brood in the same nest by the same 

 pair of birds the same season. Such an occurrence is not a 

 common one, according to my experience, although I have 

 known of Robins doing a similar thing-. 



A COLUMBUS MID-WINTER HORIZON. 



BY W. LEON DAWSON. 



There were big doings in town today. A governor, or 

 somebody, was to be inaugurated. Brass bands crashed, 

 militiamen marched and counter-marched, officers of the day 

 strutted and bawled orders, while Masonic grandees waved 

 gorgeous plumes from top-heavy headgear (they tell me), 

 and hoi polloi enjoyed themselves generally. I wasn't 

 there. I'd rather see a squad of Towhees or an aerial proces- 



