THE QOtOGIST. 



some old keys! I was desperate, and told "THE fellow Bird {Ghriftcmiilm ir**- 



1 him to come along with me, take his climb- ti») is exceedingly abundant throughout N . 



ing apparatus, and go up to one nest any- ,). during fight mouths of the year, and 



how. We approached a nest which bore n ot at all ran- during the winter, when it 



marks of being new, with a bird on. With i s seen mostly in louse flocks. For several 



•he expectation of getting some eggs, I sent years I have been perfectly familial- with its 



the mau up, only to find one young bird, manner of nesting, and the appearance of 



I was discouraged, gave him his two the eggs, etc., and I can give my test'mio- 



lollars and departed, vowing never again ny to the correctness of the statement of 



to hire a man to get Eagles' eggs tor me, Wilson, who says these birds cover the 



unless I was certain the nest contained some, nest, "('a the outside with pieces of li- 



Jaspeh AbDT, chenn, which they find on the trees and 



— — fences." In looking over the first volume 



VARIAT IONS I 5T EGGS. of t | M . An „ Naturalist* page 115, I 



, • noticed a statement , made bv Dr. T. Ik 



Is collecting eggs for variation, always Breweri „,.,. he "novJr saw one thai was 



obUiin as many as you can that exhibit , m ,| R . )lllls i,| ( . ^j,;, iu „l 



diflference in color, sue, shape, and .-Xovth American Birds." vol. i.pa-c:!74. 



markings. Three eggs are not enough it ^ describc8 , Qe8t froH , W3*»naiu as tvp- 



a fourth shows a little variation from the w (m ^ KU , ri( „. i W1W s , 



triple ; four are not sufficient if y»u should „ tee till)U , (ibn . s ." Here m New Je'r- 

 Knd a dozen all dissimilar. 



There are 

 lay eggs of great \ 

 I'or instance, son 



the Crow Blackbird bluish eggs ; the Barn 



Swallow pure white eggs, &c. Of the eggs J know that here, also, two broods are 



iu my collection, several present variations So |nU( . h ,;„. tlu! ne8tR . I have 



at once amusing aud characteristic, among secn mmly scts n f e ggs, probablv two-huud- 



u-hich is a Yellow Bird s egg, of small size, mU wit i, itm ten years, and 1* know that 



scarcely as large as that of a Humming , ot( ., u , s 0 f yellowish-brown, and oeca-ion- 



Bird, and long, similar to the cut below. & , c ^ ( . ommm , „„ the el „| 



^ „ *™ ther W a "''", ,C Of the eggs ; not the rule, perhaps, but e m- 



2 Robin 8 egg, o the f I h thirty per cent, of the 



■■^ usual size and shape. hM „ r 



still another is the etrs of » Chimney Swift. !f* ., , ,„ . M . 



Mnaller than the u^ual size, and spotted ^BAS. Ci A B BOTT, M , B,, Tmm£ J- 



» it It a few pale dots on t he larger end ; and 1U " l K ' ■ ' ' 

 another is an exceedingly small egg of the 



Anelaius phomtoeun, but showing the US- Manv of you. doubtless, will expect the 



mil markings. result of the Prize Offer made in April iu 



An egg— or rather two eggs— of the the present issue. The paper, however. 



Robin was found in a nest together with was • 'set up" before the articles, most of 



■umc others. sMwMeh were joined togeth- them, came to hand, consequently we are 



. r with a small, thin connecting shell, which obliged to defer the discussion and name of 



. .nu'-d a part of the eggs. Eggs have been the successful competitor until .Inly. We 



found all curled m> resembling long cucuin- intend soon to make another offer of this 



],,,,.„ S. L W. kind, as we believe it encourage* orhithol- 



. ogisU to write on the subject of their studv 



S.. ml in your subscriptions this month, ia a more thorough mannei ; besides it cul- 



ttiul receive the hack numbers free. tivfttes the taste to a sense of knowledge. 



