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THE OOLOGIST. 



Editor Oclogist." 



Dear Sir: — Let me tell you my ex- 

 perience with' the Black and White 

 Warbler for the first time in my life. 



On the 30th day of June, 1907, while 

 my little girl, Hazel Eldridge, and I, 

 were climbing the ledge to go straw- 

 berrying, we discovered a little nest 

 with 4 well incubated eggs and one 

 very freshly laid egg. about one-half 

 the skc of the others, but of the same 

 ; ■ Z he nest was placed in a damp 



crevice at the bottom of a ledge 4 feet 

 high, but half way up the larger ledge. 

 We did net touch the nest or eggs un- 

 til r return from the strawberry 

 field. ■ hen we returned we saw the 

 I . .-.id White Warbler sitting on 

 her ne it. Had I only a camera to take 

 a hi i graph of it I would have given 

 a great deal. The nest was by no 

 s hard one to find, but the eggs 

 ecst n:e three hours of my sleep, hav- 

 i finished blowing them at 1:15 

 o'cl"cl in the morning. Took a set of 

 7, nice 3ggs and the best made nest I 

 eve: saw of the Black-billed Cuckoo, 

 cm ..' later. Both sets went in my 



:-e.':'.s.e:. 



EDWARD S. COOMBS. 



Co: ent. — This was unusually late 



\z bird to be incubating. I have 

 -r feeding young on June 12th. 

 These adventitious eggs, often of 

 s: ; ' r size and usually infertile are 

 cults cite:: found near the nest of in- 

 cubati::g \irds — ED. 



Mr. E. H. Short, 



Chili, N. Y., 

 D: ar Sir: 



In The March Ooologist Mr. Wm. 

 S. Pit aim says "In my locality there 

 wr.s : marked increase in numbers 

 if th' Baltimore Oriole (icterus gal- 

 bv.la )" This is just the opposite in 



i i lity. They have been growing 

 fewer each year; and last year I only 

 saw 4 all summer, on the other hand 

 the Blue Jay (byanacitta cristata) 



were more numerous in 1906; one 

 pair breeding in a cherry tree in the 

 garden, they are also more numerous 

 this spring. Some of the migrants 

 such as pine warbler (D endroica 

 vigorsii) and pine siskin (spnius pin- 

 us) were very numerous, appearing 

 in flocks of from 5 to 50 about the 

 porch eating berries on the honey- 

 suckle vine. On February 11 I also 

 saw a flock of 6 red polls (acanthus 

 linoria) in a pine tree eating the lit- 

 tle buds from the twigs. 

 Very truly, 

 P. G. Howes, Stamford, Conn. 



Toledo, Apr. 2, 1907. 

 Mr. Ernest H. Short, 



Dear Sir: — 



I wish to bring to your notice the 

 observation of the Passenger Pigeon 

 here on Apr. 1, 1907. I watched the 

 two Passenger Pigeons for over half 

 an hour. I was hidden behand some 

 bushes not over 100 feet away and 

 saw them clearly through my field 

 glass. They were larger than mourn- 

 ing doves and longer tails, darker 

 heads and rusty-brown breasts. I al- 

 so saw several Mourning Doves while 

 watching them and thus they afford- 

 ed good objects for comparison, and 

 hence I think that I could not have 

 been mistaken. 



Yours respectfully, 



A. C. Read. 



HAND BLOWERS. 



We have had descriptions and sam- 

 ples of 3 hand blowers submitted 

 within 60 days. All differing in minor 

 particulars but based on the old prin- 

 ciple of air bulb and pipe and none as 

 good as the old Reed Hand Blower 

 which was not perfect. 



Perhaps a universal automatic blow- 

 er variable and perfect under all the 

 contingencies of field work is unatain- 

 able at a reasonable price. [Ed.] 



