26 Joint Bulletin 3 



with the club members. Leston A. Wheeler, Townshend, Vt., has Ver- 

 mont plants for exchange. E. H. Eames, 540 State street, Bridgeport, 

 Conn., also wishes to exchange botanical specimens. 



Attractive Wild Orchid Photographs 



W. E. Balch of Lunenburg has secured an unusually fine collection 

 of photographs of Vermont orchids, taken by him in their native 

 habitats. The collection includes pictures of growing plants of 37 of 

 53 species known to the state. 



Hummingbird Fed from Hand 



Leston A. Wheeler of Townshend reports a case where a ruby- 

 throated hummingbird suddenly appeared and thrust his bill into the 

 blossoms of a bouquet of nasturtiums which a lady in Townshend was 

 picking. The act of familiarity was repeated on other occasions. 



Stroked a Brown Creeper 



Miss Ella Munsell of Wells River had the unusual experience of 

 stroking the back of a brown creeper as it crept up the trunk of a 

 tree in its characteristic manner. 



Harvey's Pond Beckons to the Botanist 



Miss Mabel A. Shields of St. Johnsbury expresses the wish that 

 the Vermont Botanical and Bird clubs will meet at Harvey's pond in 

 the near future and in this connection she writes: "Harvey's pond at 

 West Barnet is an ideal place for a summer meeting. Rhododendron 

 bushes are found there and just to the south a half mile is a swamp 

 where calypso and the ramshead ladyslipper are found. There are 

 other orchids, too. Roy and Harvey mountains, between which the 

 pond lies, have botanical possibilities that have not been explored as 

 has a swamp at the outlet of the pond. There is a little hotel that 

 would accommodate most of the club and farm houses of the better 

 class would extend their hospitality." 



Nelson's Sparrow in Vermont 



While collecting in Otter Creek valley on October 8, 1916, Mr. 

 G. H. Ross and G. L. Kirk of Rutland secured two specimens of Nel- 

 son's sparrow, (Passerherbulus nelsoni Allen), one in Rutland and the 

 other in Clarendon. This is the first known record in Vermont for 

 this middle-western form of the sharp-tail sparrow. The birds were 

 seen balancing on grasses, wren fashion, their habits being noticeably 

 different from that of any native sparrow. 



