THE OOLOGIST 



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444 Kingbird. 1-4, 1-3. 



456 Phoebe. 1-5, 1-4, 1-4. 



467 Least Flycatcher. 1-4, 1-4 

 young. 



477 Blue Jay. 1-5, 2 with young, 

 1-4 the eggs being buff color instead 

 of "Olive Green." 



488 Common Crow. 15 nests with 

 from 3 to 6 eggs each. 



493 Starling. 6 nests with 5 eggs 

 each. 



495 Cowbird. Eggs found in the fol- 

 lowing nests, 498, 563, 652, 659, 673, 

 681. 



498 Red-winged Blackbird. Abund- 

 ant in all marshes. 



501 Meadowlark. 1-5. 



506 Orchard Oriole. 1-5, 1-2. 



507 Baltimore Oriole, 1-4, 1-4, 1 with 

 young. 



511 Purple Grackle. 32 nests in one 

 yard. 



542a Savannah Sparrow. 1-3. 



546 Grasshopper Sparrow. 1-3 nest 

 destroyed before I could collect it. 



549 Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 1-5, 1-3. 



550 Seaside Sparrow, 1-4. 



563 Field Sparrow. 1-4, 1-4, 1-4, 1-4. 



581 Song Sparrow. 1-4, 1-5. 



587 Towhee. 1-4. 



611 Purple Martin. Colony of 

 twelve pairs breeding at "Guilford." 



613 Barn Swallow. Two nests with 

 young. 



616 Bank Swallow. Large colony 

 breeding at "Saybrooke." 



619 Cedar Waxwing. 1-5, 1-5. 



652 Yellow Warbler. 1-4. 



659 Chestnut-sided Warbler. 1-3, 

 1-4. 



673 Prairie Warbler. 1-3. 



681 Maryland Yellow-throat. 1-4, 

 1-4. 



704 Catbird. 1-3, 1-4. 



705 Brown Thrasher. 1-3, 1-3, 1 

 with young. 



721 House Wren. 1-7. 



725 Long-billed Marsh Wren, 



Abundant on the marsh at the Conn 

 River. 



735 Black-capped Chickadee. 1-6. 

 755 Wood Thrush. 1-4, 1-4. 

 761 Robin. "Abundant." 

 766 Bluebird. 1-3, 1-3, 1-4, 1-4. 

 Nelson E. Wilmot, 

 24 New Street, 

 West Haven, Conn. 



A Ruby-throat Question 



On June 22, 1917, I found a Ruby- 

 throat's nest in a big white oak. The 

 situation of the nest was such that 

 as I saw the overhanging branch from 

 a hundred rods up the road, I was led 

 to exclaim: "There's an ideal spot for 

 the nest of that Hummer I have heard 

 squeaking hereabouts twice as I have 

 hunted in the adjoining woods." When 

 I approached, sure enough, eleven 

 feet up, squarely over the road, it was; 

 saddled on a slanting branch about 

 the size of a pencil. In the accom- 

 panying photo of the branch can be 

 seen the foundation of what I feel 

 sure was the remains of last year's 

 nest eight inches beyond the present 

 one. The lichens and "fern cotton" 

 of the remnant were greyed and 

 bleached in decided contrast to the 

 lusty green and drab camouflage of 

 the tenanted nest. Note how similar 

 the two locations are. The question 

 is: did the pair come all the way back 

 from Honduras or Cuba again this 

 year to their old home; or did they 

 start the first nest early in the season, 

 then decide to move farther out on 

 the branch? Have other oologists, or 

 ornithologists proper, any certain evi- 

 dence of a two-year lease being car- 

 ried out by the Ruby-throated Hum- 

 mingbird? The nest held two fresh 

 eggs. 



Raymond Fuller, 

 White Plains, 

 Westchester Co., N. Y. 



