I ack l)« ist'liiiitK. Till- i'^^gs wt'i'e toui" ill , biid iV ot a «iru.i!<li ctdnr, it im.s .»ij 



mm boi . I erfec'tly fie^li, and ofa ro.-CNito ( if«rH Hnd bill, Tlie kiiinU- in ^aiil lo 



\ liit*', b» tore the c-outeuts were removed, be lurgt r tlu;ii tlu n:a'e 



Thev vere fuvertd with small spots' The e^ps are lour in number. 



< i* TtMidi^li brown undp j'le lilact . Tlie\ 



;ireiiow in the collection of Mr. J. W. 



.L\(<>Bt!. ofWayneHbura. Pa. 



<*■• » 



] AHTIiAJNlAN SANDPIPER, 

 {Partsamia Lom/icand) 

 ScvcthI vears ago, thi.s was one of 

 the most {'on.nion species of birds in 

 ^his Ida i y. but during the h\Ht three 

 ( r i'oor vears thev I.hm- been killed iu 



Th< y H »■» pv riform and measure 1 . 8 > 

 by 1.28 in. They are l.andbi n.» «-gg>> 

 with an asby yellow ground color boldly 

 marked with chocolate and amberbro* n. 



J. V. Ckone, Marathon, l(;wa. 



LJBGF SFT 0^' COW- 

 JJIR1>6 EbGS. 



The exact number of e<rgH laid by 

 eRt mnrbcrr^ ;.ii(l>tnt tt) t'a^tern ! the (. owbird i^unkMo^^u tjue, tno 



jiarkcts. Thev lia\e so liltle fear of 

 man tliat thev fall an eai<v victim to 

 llie liunter who lias reduced them to 

 «bout one eiglith of their former num- 

 ber. They arri>e l;ere duiing Apil 

 < ther ijame birds arrive about the 



or three is the nnmb'*r usual y found iu 

 oueiiteetl. During tb« ^^ .t r of 1^8^. I 

 found .•ome large jiet** « 1 ' owbir s eg^s 

 June 17 1 1o\in<! r> ( hewink's n«.M 

 which contained W\\ t «i\> birdt eggs. 

 The female ( heviiik (l»-\\ of as 1 came 



.>«ame time, among them the (;oldeQ f,,.H,. hut tb.- ueM (nnlMiied mo Che- 

 P over. WilM.u ^nipl.. (,realcr and j ^^ ,^,j. . ,.^ ^ j,-^^. ,,. ^j,^. ^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^ 

 Le.ser Yeilou-legs. .artiu. ^n.l f'^ | ^,^.. .^^^,,,^. ,., ,^,, ^.^ .^. j^^j^j y^,^. ^j,^. ^^^„^^ 

 (uriews. This iMhe nme ti.t. hunter j ^^i,.^,_ M„„, of the eg-> v ere small, six 



I averagnig 82x62, On June 12, 1 found 

 I a M'oudthrush's ne;-t containing three 

 , f gj.- <•;' the Woodthrush and five of tj.r 



.^•allies h.rrli v. itii his gun aud (•l•l•ale^ 

 »\\i\ ha\«»<* among their rankf*. 



'Viw law dots not pri>tt-«;t tlteiu an<l 

 t!:e pro^prct is that they v ill ^..Mi be , ^:,,^^ j.j,.^j^ The Woodthrush'sand th<r e 



\(i"S Tnrv Mi tJjis MM'iujtv . 



of the ( t\N bird's contained en brovo^. 



'li:eiu..t.ltl, Fi-^. I'^oxM i>acupi^t^i,^. tne other two Cowbirds were 

 like Koi:...N in the gn»und, lined withL,.^^^j, j^^,,^. ,y^.^^ j ^^,„^^j ^ ^,.,,„,. 



I i.ties of weeds. h'a\es. grass fct. 



it is well coneealed by tbr grass 

 ^^ l.ich curls over it and it is so nearly 

 tilt' c(>]or of its surrounding's that it is 

 nut eahilv detected V\ v bird \ ill not 



thu.fb's TJe^T \\hich contained 7 Cow- 



bi 



V(\ s eggs, 



The female Wot-dtl.rush 



was ^iuing on them, but there were uo 

 Wooiithrusli's etrirs in the nest. The 



»*« J V. i }■ tl e exception of one. \n » iv 

 lly Inn: th.' v^.^ un..- .vaily n.d ^:-n,, , ,.,,j,,t,H!. Three of the egg- 

 «il«<n i-iA ;!ui i';ia'»i:- ;s-'. t l. '!*■ |,H.k.'*d a» il' lai(i i'y the same bird, 

 giound v.e. il budl\ *cni-.d».J. "I ir IC. S. i\ 



