1 8 Bulletin No. 13. 



two years ago. The first winter he assumed the usual winter dress, but 

 this year he still has on his yellow dress and black cap. This is the first 

 instance of the kind that ever came to my notice. Have you ever ob- 

 served it with captive birds ? 



An Unusal Nest of' the Crested Flycatcher. — June 9th, 1895, I 

 took a set of five fresh eggs of this species from a fence post beside a 

 a railroad. The nest was discovered when I was climbing the fence, 

 using the post as an aid. Neither parent was observed at all, though the 

 eggs were left until several hours later. They were placed on a soft bed 

 fifteen inches within the post and were reached from the top. The con- 

 struction of this nest is as peculiar as its location, consisting of a mat of 

 cedar bark, a large tuft of hair from Gray Rabbit, (L. sylvaticus) ; a 

 quantity from Muskrat, {F. zibethicus) ; several large tufts from the 

 Woodchuck, (. -/. monax) and about thirty feathers of the Mourning Dove. 

 The hair is all in tufts as though taken from a dead body. The eggs are 



in all respects typical. 



J, E. Dickinson, Rockford, 111. 



Notes From Missouri. — February 19th, For the last night or so 

 some kinds of birds have been going over here in large numbers, as their 

 notes could be heard quite plainly. 



February 25th. The birds were going over again tonight in large num- 

 bers. As I was returning home about midnight their notes could be 

 heard very plainly. They had chosen cold weather for their migrating 

 as the temperture was down almost to zero and snow was falling. 

 The next morning was rather foggy and they were still passing over but I 

 could not distinguish their species, and I have been unable to go into the 



country to see what kinds they were. 



Sidney S. Wilson, St. Josepli, Mo. 



Notes from Osawatomie, Kansas. — Birds and Nests Destroyed by 

 a Flood. — The nesting season for the small birds in the vicinity of Osa- 

 watomie, Kans., was practically ruined last year (1896). Osawatomie lies 

 between two rivers, viz., the Marais des Cygnes and the Pottawatomie. 

 The former forms the northern boundary of the city, while the latter is 

 located one fourth of a mile south of town. The Pottawatomie flows 

 into the Marais des Cygnes river east of town. On the afternoon of May 

 22, the Pottawatomie commenced to rise about 4 p. m. and by 9 p. m. the 

 whole valley was a sheet of water two and three miles wide in the widest 

 places. Thousands of both eggs and young birds were destroyed by the 

 flood. 



