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have not as yet replied, hence this 

 letter. 



I proceeded with my investigation 

 and am pleased to say that I have 

 proven the above statements ab- 

 solutely untrue and that there never 

 was one iota of reason why the 

 identity of the eggs should be 

 questioned and that Harlow's work 

 is accepted by the D. V. O. Club. 



The party mentioned above ad- 

 mitted to me later that the only 

 reason why the eggs were questioned 

 was because many well known col- 

 lectors had worked the locality and 

 had not found the eggs and that he 

 couldn't understand why a new man 

 could find so many sets of this rare 

 bird. 



The result of my investigation was 

 as follows: 



Harlow is perhaps the best and most 

 successful field collector in the East 

 and that he stands very high among 

 live collectors and that he thorough- 

 ly understands collecting in all its 

 branches and that any eggs he col- 

 lects are of unquestioned identity. 



I am sending out a number of 

 copies of this letter and if any col- 

 lector doubts the statements that 1 

 have made I have in my possession 

 letters that will prove every state- 

 ment that I have herein stated. 

 Yours for a "Square Deal." 



H. W. Carriger, 

 5185 Trask St., 

 Oakland, Cal. 



A Song Sparrow's Care of Young 

 A Song Sparrow's nest had been un- 

 der observation from time of building 

 until the young bird's were about two 

 weeks old. Apparently well developed 

 and large enough to leave the nest, 

 when the parent birds began carrying 

 feathers to the nest. All one day at 

 intervals they were seen with feathers. 

 So at night the observers being curi- 



ous, crept cautiously to the nest. The 

 old birds were heard "whispering" ever 

 so gently but not to be seen and the 

 young birds were covered with feath- 

 ers. They left the nest next day. Did 

 any one ever hear of this procedure 

 before? It was new to me. 



Vida L. Nenno, 



Olean, N. Y. 



A Large Set of Robin's Eggs 



In the Oologist for August 1912, I 

 chronicled my experiences with large 

 sets of Robins' eggs. Since then I have 

 found another large set of fine fresh 

 eggs. It was a deserted nest and un- 

 fortunately three of the eggs con- 

 tained large punctures and were not 

 preservable. It was found at Maple 

 Shade, Burlington County, N. ., on 

 May 23, 1915, and was situated 8 

 feet upon a wild cherry limb thick- 

 ly entwined by living honeysuckle 

 vines, in a thicket and well hidden. 

 Richard F. Miller. 



Winter Great Blue Herons in New 

 Jersey 



On December 10, 1916, my father 

 saw two Great Blue Herons near 

 Parry, Burlington County, N. J., on 

 the north branch of the Pensauken 

 Creek. 



Although occasionally seen in the 

 lower part of New Jersey in winter, 

 the Blue Crane, as it is usually called 

 by gunners, is rarely seen after early 

 November anywhere in the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia, where father observed 

 them. 



Richard F. Miller. 



Early Migration 

 Practically every species of bird 

 noted so far has beaten all previous 

 spring records in some cases from 10 

 to 21 days, which is a pleasure after 

 the great dearth of winter birds. 



H. Mousley, 

 Hatley, Que, 



