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THE OOLOGIST. 
Qeneral X^^^'ics. 
— Illustrations of eggs in our JCovem- 
ber number. 
— If you obtain any brief interesting i- 
tems we shall be glad to publish them for 
tlie benefit of our readers. 
— Egg-dkalkus are scarce we should 
think. There are only about forty in the 
United States and tea (or more) in Canada. 
— How do you like our *'OoL." this 
month ? It is only the preliminaries to im- 
provements. If you wish the best paper of 
the kind published, for the price^ send us 
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— AccouDiN(i to a pretty close compar- 
ison, this season has been the most fruitful 
[on the average] for private collector.*, 
.since 1872. The seasons, being remarka- 
bly equitable, probably caused our birds to 
breed more according to *^rule" than here- 
tofore. 
— A COLLKCTOU in Michigan, while on 
a tour, found a nest (supposed to be that 
of a Chipping Sparrow) containing three 
eggs of tlie Chipping Sparrow, two Cow 
Buntings' and two Scarlet Tanagers' eggs. 
The Tanager probably appropriated the 
nest as her own, after the Sparrow^ liad laid 
in it. We luive iieard of examples of the 
tyrannizing spii'it of the Tanager, and, no 
floubt this is an instance of the many that 
often occur. 
— Eauly this season a nest of the Yellow 
shafted Flicker was found in Castleton, Vt. 
by a collcctxjr of that place, that seems to 
liave attained quite a renown for itself or 
the owners. When first examined, the nest 
C4)ntained three eggs ; subsequently, when 
visited it contained fifteen eggs. These 
eggs were taken, when the bird recommenc- 
ed laying, this time depositing eight more 
eggs, which were also secured. A short 
time after eight more eggs were taken i'rom 
tlie same nest. Not long since the nest <'on- 
tained eight young birds, making in all a 
deposit of tliii'ty-nine eggs. In all proba- 
hiiity two or three pairs of Flickers occu- 
pied the same nest (they often do) in which 
ease the large number of eggs laid is noth- 
ing very extraordinary. It is hardly possi- 
ble that one bird laid thirty-niae eggs ! 
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