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laid, and the other no larger than a pea. 

 Mr. Locke speaks as if he thought both 

 eggs would have beeen laid before the 

 bird began to set. Pigeons never lay but 

 one egg in a nest. A pair will usually rear 

 4 or 5 young in a season, but only one at 

 a time. Rarely a squab and an egg may 

 be found in one nest, but in that case the 

 squab is usually crowded out and falls to 

 the ground. 



C. E. Willard, Ashburnham, Mass. 



The farmers of this State are in the habit 

 of destroying barn swallows' nests be- 

 cause they make a barn look dirty and 

 untidy; but they have a redeeming feature. 

 I know of a farmer who destroyed their 

 nests every year. Last year he left them 

 in peace, and the result was that he was 

 not troubled by mosquitoes as he had 

 been the years before. 



E. H. Wells, Grand Forks, N. Dak. 



Much space in Recreation has been 

 used in denouncing the red squirrel, the 

 English sparrow and the blue jay; but its 

 contributors have overlooked the meanest 

 pest of all — the coney rabbit. It is as 



viciously determined in driving away white 

 rabbits as the English sparrow is in chas- 

 ing song birds. 



F. W. Smith, Manchester, N. H. 



The third toe of a beaver's hind foot has 

 a double toe nail, the extra one setting 

 edgewise and being very sharp. Will 

 some reader of Recreation please tell me 

 what it is for? I have heard it is to pick 

 their teeth with and also that it is to pick 

 fleas out of their fur. 



S. N. Leek, Jackson, Wyo. 



I have bought Recreation at every op- 

 portunity for some years, and it has given 

 me lots of pleasure and instruction. I used 

 to think the more game a man could kill 

 the better luck for him, but I think differ- 

 ently now. 



Robert Livermore, Boston, Mass. 



What causes the gut on flies to crack, 

 and what is the remedy? 



W. M., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Will some fly fisherman please answer? 

 — Editor. 



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