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Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. 1, No. 6 
Eagle Nests. — The bald eagle nests at various points along the 
lake shore, and some of these nests were observed, and photographs 
secured during the past summer. One of these is between Sandusky 
and Huron, about two miles from Huron, and a half mile from the 
Huron street railway, in a Shag bark hickory tree. It stands away 
from other timber, although it is said formerly to have been sur- 
rounded entirely by trees. It is probably one hundred and twenty- 
five feet in height, or more, and doubtless towered above surrounding 
trees, and at present constitutes the most conspicuous object to be 
seen for miles in any direction. The nest, as shown in the accom- 
panyingphotographs.must be at least a hundred feet from the ground, 
but owing to the impossibility of climbing the tree, and from the 
fact that no exact means of measurement were at hand, the precise 
height is unknown. This nest, we were told, has been in this tree 
only a few years, but prior to its building one has existed in the im- 
mediate locality for at least thirty years past. The nest is evidently 
five or six feet in diameter, being somewhat more flattened than 
other nests observed, owing probably to the spreading character of 
the limbs upon which it rests. No eagles were to be seen at the 
time of our visit to the tree, but we were informed by the proprietor 
of the farm that they had reared a brood during the season, and one 
was seen later by Mr. Griggs, at the time his photograph was taken. 
Other nests occur on Kelly’s Island, and we made a trip to that 
locality for the purpose of noting them and taking photographs, 
which, however, on account of the day being unfavorable, are not 
very clear, and cannot be reproduced to advantage. They are about 
a mile and a half eastward from the steamboat landing, one occur- 
ring in a Maple tree about seventy-five feet in height, and the nest 
at a height of about sixty-five feet, being at least six feet in height, 
fitting the somewhat acute crotch, and at least five or six feet 
across the top. The other is in a Burr Oak tree, some distance from 
other trees, in a vineyard, and plainly to be seen from the lake 
steamers when to the southeast of the landing. The tree is about a 
hundred feet high, and the nest is about eighty or eighty-five feet from 
the ground. It is similar in form to the one just mentioned. Portions 
can be seen to contain very large branches, which show out conspicu- 
ously from the ground. 
Trimerotropis maritima. — This grasshopper which is very 
abundant on the dunes along Cedar Point Beach, is of special interest 
because of its protective resemblance to the sand on which it ordi- 
narily rests. It is one of the best examples I have seen of adaptive 
coloration, but does not seem to have been mentioned in such 
connection, possibly because the colors change in preserved specimens 
so that the mimicry is totally lost. They reach maturity in latter 
part of June, and while only larvae are seen in middle of June, 
