THE OOLOGIST. 



that the features are invariably present, 

 though undoubtedly they generally 

 are; the opposite being the case with 

 the Magnolia. "— C. J. Young in 

 " Notes from Thicket and Sivamp " 

 Guetph Daily Herald, Dec. 14th, 1903. 



I note in September issue " Bulletin 

 of the Michigan Ornithological Club," 

 pp. 83, a record of Four .sets of 5 eggs 

 of Red-shouldered Hawk taken by Mr. 

 J. Claire Wood of Detroit, all found in 

 Wayne Co. Mich. 



In the Collection of Mr. W. A. Dav- 

 idson of Detroit, there were three sets 

 of 5 each taken by Mr. Davidson in '97, 

 '98 and '99 from the same pair of birds 

 in Ecorse Township, Wayne Co., 

 Mich, and he spoke Of another set 

 taken by Mr. E. B. Schrage of Pontiac 

 in '96. 



Southern Michigan seems to be rais- 

 ing a family of B. lineatus given to 

 laying sets of Five. 



Up to this year I had never seen one. 



Ed. 



Extracts from Late Issues of Bul- 

 letin of Michigan Ornitho- 

 logical Club. 



Vol. IV.. No. 2. 



"As we go to press we hear from Mr. 

 Norman A. Wood, as follows: Oscoda 

 Count}', July 3rd. Started out at 6:45 

 this morning to look up D. Kirtlandi 

 and had five males in my basket be- 

 fore 9 o'clock. No females found so I 

 suppose they are setting very close — 

 no nests found yet. Have found nest 

 with two young of the Gt. Northern 

 Shrike; young are full fledged, nest 

 not very bulky, built in pine tree. 



We shall expect a more extended 

 sketch of this trip by Michigan's well 

 known "warbler man" for our next 

 issue." 



Just after this issue had gone to 

 press Mr. Wood returned home from 

 his trip north in quest of the Kirt- 

 land's Warblerwith gratifying success, 

 having obtained a fine series of skins, 



male, female, nestlings, full-fledged 

 young, nest and eggs. 



Mr, Wood also obtained some two 

 dozen photographs of the birds ( in 

 life ) and their nests. The material of 

 this trip prepared by Mr. Wood and 

 illustrated by the photographs, will be 

 given to our readers in the third issue. 

 The editor also hopes to be able to give 

 a colored plate of the egg. 



A. W. B., Jr. 

 Vol IV., No. 3. 



The papers on the Kirtland's Warb- 

 ler promised to appear in this number 

 have been deferred to a later issue. 

 Mr. Wood has since made a second 

 trip to Oscoda county in company 

 with Prof. Reighard. Ed... 



Owing to the universal interest' of 

 this subject to all Ornithologists I 

 have reprinted these extracts in full. 



All of us will look forward to Mr. 

 Woods article with anticipations of a 

 treat and the Editor offers congratula- 

 tions on his rare find. 



Wm. Wilkowski, Jr. Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., reports three Purple Finch 

 Dec. 7th. Is not this unusually late? 

 Also records Pine Grosbeak from 1st 

 to 6th of Dec. and states that none 

 were seen after that date. He s.aw a 

 flock of fifty Lapland Longspur on 

 Dec 6th. Judged by W. New York 

 standards that would be an exception- 

 ally large flock. They have usually 

 came to the editors notice in small 

 numbers associated with the Snow- 

 flake. 



Periodicals Received. 



"Atlantic Slope Naturalist " Vol. I, 

 No's. 2, 3, 4 and 5. 



" Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithol- 

 ogical Club " Vol. IV, No's. 2 and 3. 



" The Condor " Vol. V, No. 6. 



" Notes from Thicket and Swamp" 

 Daily Herald, Guelph, Ont. 3 issues. 



Comments on articles specially not- 

 ed will be found under Editorial Notes 

 etc. 



