THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY. 



in the niiirslics along the South side. 

 II nests in its natural haunts mentioned 

 above placing its nest on tlie ground or 

 near it. The neHt is made of weeds or : 

 pushes, and is not a very artistic affair. 

 The eggs are four or five, pale bluish 

 white, and about 1% x .9 of an inch. 



Waynesburg, Pa., Feb. 0, 1892. 



Mr. C. H. Prince,— Dear Sir: 



Noted Mr. W. L. Morse's letter to you 

 in last Collectors Monthly regarding J. 

 W. P. Smith wick using the names of 

 other collectors on ficticious datas. And 

 notice among others the name of E. M. 

 Haight, Riverside, Cal., which prompts 

 me to write this: 



Mr. Edward M. Haight died at the 

 home of his parents in Riverside, Cal., 

 May 8th, 1891. 



The Riverside Press in speaking of Mr. 

 Haight says, "He was born in Mound 

 City, Kans., and was 28 years, 5 months 

 and 4 days old, at the time of his death. 

 With his parents he came to Riverside 

 over fifteen years ago and has lived here 

 ever since, attending the public schools, 

 and later persuing his chosen vocation of 

 taxidermist and botanist. He was of a 

 retiring, unassuming disposition, and 

 devotedly attached to ornithological 

 pursuits. Honest in all his dealings, 

 pleasant to his friends, his loss will be 

 greatly felt here where he has grown up 

 from boy to man. His decease was not 

 entirely unexpected as he had been suf- 

 fering with that dread disease consump- 

 tion for some time, and to which he fin- 

 ally succumbed." 



Very truly, 



J. Warren Jacobs. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Actitis macularisn. 



On May 2, 1891, while walking along 

 the shore of a small brook, I flushed a 



Spot ted Sandpiper from ;i clump ol _ 

 Going forward I discovered a Bligbl cttp 

 shaped hollow containing three blades of 



grass. I returned in just a week. It wa> 

 some time before I found the m-t as I 

 had not marked it accurately. 



After looking about for a while I was 

 rewarded with a setoffourpyriform 

 They had a ground color of buff (which 

 fades slightly after being blown) spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown and am- 

 ber. Average size .93x1.31 inches. 



This is one of our commonest summer 

 residents. Large numbers of them are 

 killed annually by sportsmen who are 

 after bigger game but becoming discour- 

 aged use a maculairia as a target. 



A. Farmer. 



Granville, X. Y., Feb. 1. 1893. 

 Chas. H. Prince, Esq.,— Dear Sir: 



I enclose 30 cents to renew subscription 

 to " The Collectors Monthly," for 1892. 

 Your paper has steadily improved and 

 shall be glad to see and read it as soon as 

 issued. I start in a few days for a sever- 

 al months collecting trip, going to sever- 

 al points in California and finishing the 

 season along the Mexican Border of Ari- 

 zona or Xew Mexico. But wherever I go 

 will have your little magazine follow me 

 and shall read it as I have before in some 

 very lonesome places. I wish yon success. 

 Yours very truly. 



F. T. Pember. 



SUCCESS. 



The following: has been written expressly (or the 

 benefit of the readers of the Collectors Monthly, 

 with the hope that some may tind a few valuable 

 hints and timely suggestions. — [Ed.] 



The theme is as old as the human race, 



yet though volumes have been written 



upon the subject, it is still new to each 



successive generation, and assuming, as 



it does, new phases with the eeasless 



changes in society, it must indeed, be in- 



