THE OOLOGIST 



127 



server are very misleading and con- 

 fusing to the general public, particu- 

 larly at this time when the Audubon 

 Society and other bird organizations 

 are endeavoring to inculcate in the 

 minds of the young generations some 

 knowledge of our birds and an interest 

 in their study, in which they will find 

 an ever-increasing fascination. 



It is not my desire to open up a con- 

 troversy with Mr. Hoxie. The facts, 

 which he knows as well as I do, pre- 

 clude the possibility of such. They 

 are these: The bank swallow does 

 not breed on the coast of Georgia, its 

 furthest south breeding grounds on 

 the Atlantic coast being hundreds of 

 miles to the north of Chatham Count- 

 ty. 



All ornithologists are or should be 

 impressed with the importance of cor- 

 rectly reporting the nesting of birds 

 whose known range during the breed- 



ing season is hundreds of miles from 

 the place where they were observed 

 at a time when all birds are occupied 

 with the duties of incubation. Let our 

 bird reports be correct, and should a 

 rare occurrence be noted, such as the 

 above reported instance of the bank 

 swallow breeding in Chatham Coun- 

 ty, let the report be authenticated 

 with specimens of eggs or young. The 

 interests of science demand this much. 

 W. J. Erichsen, 

 2311 Barnard St., 

 Savannah, Ga. 



Perhaps Mr. Hoxie is imitating our 

 ex-friend Honacker of Spokane, Wash, 

 who was lately fired out of the em- 

 ploy of the museum there as the result 

 of his doings being exposed in The 

 Oologist. He commenced by "seeing 

 things" that belonged a thousand 

 miles away. — Editor. 



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Nest and Eggs of Blue-headed Vireo in Situ. 



— Photo by Albert D. McGrew. 



