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and are blown with two holes in the 

 bottom. I do not think they are quite 

 as large as a pigeon's egg. This set 

 came from the late Professor Gentry's 

 collection, of Philadelphia, Pa. 



WM. B. CRISPIN. 



Peculiar Nesting of the Chat. 

 RICHARD C. HARLOW. 



Robin's Eggs Eaten. 



There was a Robin's nest with 

 three eggs in it in a sugar maple. One 

 morning I looked out of the window 

 and saw a small boa trying to climb 

 up to the nest, but when he would 

 get nearly up to the nest, he would 

 get so exhausted that he would have 

 to slide down. The Robin knowing 

 that he eggs would be taken came to 

 the nest and ate the eggs, shell and 

 all. 



Yours truly, 



HERBERT LYTLE, 

 ldlewood, Pa. 



Singular Nesting Sites of the Fish 

 Hawk or Osprey. 



In Cape May county, N. J., the Fish 

 Hawks (Pandion haliaetus carolinen- 

 sis) occasionally build their nests on 

 telegraph poles along the railroads, 

 where they attract much attention 

 from the passengers of passing trains 

 and visitors. As many as six tele- 

 graph poles a short distance above 

 Cape May, have been occupied by as 

 many pair of birds. 



The incubating birds quietly sit on 

 their nests, no matter how much noise 

 is made by passing trains. 



The experiment has been made to 

 scare off these birds by fiercely blow- 

 ing the whistle, but the birds paid no 

 attention whatever, and appeared per- 

 fectly indifferent to the chatter and 

 noise. • 



RICHARD F. MILLER, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



While going through a grove of 

 young maples on June 3, 1906, on the 

 lookout for all things Ornithological, 

 I came upon a peculiar nest of the 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. 



iNoticing a small, compact nest 

 some 18 feet up in one of the saplings, 

 I struck upon the slender trunk and 

 was much surprised to see a Chat hur- 

 riedly disappear in the green foliage. 

 On climbing to it, one typical egg was 

 found. This was left and on my next 

 visit, June 8th, the nest was empty, 

 evidently having been despoiled by 

 Crows. This is certainly peculiar 

 nesting for this bird as all those fa- 

 miliar with its habits will observe. 



On June 12, 1906, I found an Indigo 

 Bird's nest in like situation, but only 

 12 feet up. This held 4 eggs. Both 

 discovered at Oak Lane, Pa. 



REVIEW. 



Land and Fresh Water Shells of 

 Great Britian, by B. B. Woodward. 



Published as Monograph XVII of 

 Roger Williams Park Museum, Prov- 

 idence, R. I., by the Curator, C. Abbott 

 Davis. 



Includes scientific names and 

 synonyms of all fossil and recent 

 Land and Fresh Water Shells found 

 in Great Britian, numbered by the 

 common British nomenclature for ex- 

 change purposes. 



Enumerates 24 families, 58 Genera, 

 170 species. 



Pamphlet form on good paper. 10 

 cents. Of the Museum. 



Here is a record for Oologist: Sat- 

 urday, Sept. 7th, 6 p. m., a pair of No. 

 262 Buff Br. Sandpiper taken on Sus- 

 quehanna River, below Pittston, Pa. 

 First record for Pennsylvania I know 

 of. None mentioned in Warren's 

 book, "Birds of Pennsylvania." 



E. W. CAMPBELL. 



