The Oologist. 



Vol. XXIV. No. 12. 



Albion, N. Y. Dec, 1907. Whole No. 245 



THE OOLOGIST, 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 

 OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXI- 

 DERMY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, 



ALBION, N. T. 



ERNEST H. SHORT, Editor sad Muuw. 



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Some 1906 Notes. 



On May 5th, while up near May- 

 field, northeast of Gloversville, I 

 foiuid a nest of the Migrant Shrike, 

 fius ludovicianus migrans (Was 

 excubitorides? — Ed.) in a 

 ik tree, 10 feet up. The nest 



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 T/»v!ii 



contained six fine eggs, which imme- 

 diately attracted my attention be- 

 cause of their great size. Unfortun- 

 ately the eggs' were very far incubat- 

 ed and I only took two of them. 

 These are typical of the Migrant 

 Shrike, except for size, measuring 

 1.03 x .72 and 1.01 x .71 in. respec- 

 tively. They are in the collection of 

 the State Museum at Albany. 



On June 2, I found a nest of the 

 Nashville Warbler, Helminthopila ru- 

 bricapilla. The nest was in a piece 

 of low woodland on the ground and 

 partially roofed over like an Oven- 

 bird's. It was composed of pine 

 needles, etc., lined with finer ones. 



The eggs were four in number, two 

 of which were accidentally broken. 

 On all sides of the nest except the 

 front was a semi-circular row of small 

 maple shoots. The old birds were 

 very shy and it took an hour's patient 

 waiting to identify the species. The 

 eggs were white in color, marked del- 

 icately at the larger end with red- 

 dish brown. They measured .60x.46 

 and .56x.44 in. respectively. 



On June 3, I found a nest of the 

 Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus ery- 

 throphtalmus and noticed that it con- 

 tained two eggs. While over there 

 the next day, I happened to look in- 

 to the nest and was amazed to find 

 four eggs. I am certain as to the 

 above statements and have come to 

 the conclusion that two birds must 

 have had but one nest, although the 

 eggs were indistinguishable from one 

 another. 



CHAS. P. ALEXANDER. 



Gloversville, N. Y. 



