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eality and this, perhaps a discriptiou 

 from this section would be of interesl bo 

 some. 



The male, after tin' second year, in 

 summer plumage, is bright yellow, ex- 

 cept wings, tail and top of head, which 

 are black. The female is olive green on 

 back, more of yellow on breast, wings 

 and tail darker. They commence to 

 nest by the first of July and continue 

 through July and August. A large ma- 

 jority of the nests are in maple trees, 

 ranging from 5 to 50 ft. from the 

 ground. I never found a nest nearer the 

 ground than 5 ft. and have found and 

 examined a great many in this locality. 



The bird lays an egg every day until 

 the compliment is completed, which is 

 four, five and six, more often six than 

 four. The bird is quite apt to leave the 

 nest if disturbed, and on one or two oc- 

 casions I have noticed the bird left on 

 account of my going under the tree that 

 the nest was in before any eggs was laid. 



A. E. KlBBE. 



Mayville, N. Y. 



Mr. C. H. Prince. 

 Dear Sir:— Am glad you have exposed 

 F. M. Kinne of Knox vi lie, Iowa, he has owed 

 me about $15.00 worth of specimens for 

 nearly a year; he 1ms also disregarded 

 three letters I sent him of late. 

 Very truly, 



P. B. Peabody. 



We have enquires of "Who makes a 

 speciality of Egg Cabinets," we are sorry 

 to say that we are unable to answer. 

 Will some of our readers please answer, 

 if they know of a, good reliable firm who 

 make a. speciality of manufacturing egg 

 cabinets in first-class shape at reasonable 

 rates. 



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Finely Illustrated with Photo-Engravings 

 and Colored Plates. 



The above book gives an account of a collecting 

 trip to the North-West. It describes in au in- 

 teresting manner the experience of the writer and 

 his collectors in a region which might be called 

 the Ornithologist's Paradise: The country ex- 

 plored stretches from Winnipeg to within sight 

 of the Kock.v Mountains, a distance of nearly one 

 thousand miles, and. as might be expected in 

 such a wide tract of country, many rare birds 

 were found breeding, li gives a full account of 

 the Nesting Habits of such birds as Canada 

 Goose, Baldpate, Buffle-Headed Duck, Canvas 

 Back, Little Brown Crane, Yellowlega, Wilson's 

 Phalarope and Snipe, Avocet, Buff-Breasted 

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