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returned Wd examined the nest. Oh lifting it 
carefully,\l found it was placed inya small cav- 
ity in the l/ank, about two inches deep and four 
inches in diameter, which must-have been part- 
ly, if not all^ excavated by tie parent birds, 
i he bottom a,nd sides of t he nest were very 
thick, making a warm and comfortable bed for 
the young birds, Vnd the edge projected about 
an inch above th'e cavity, making the depth 
about three inches', in .all. Although having 
a northern exposure/ it was securely pro- 
tected against wind a^ti storm. 
I consider this a rare ease of early breeding 
in this locality, Jpr allotting a week for nest 
building, another week for laying the eggs, 
eleven days for incubation, aWl stating the age 
of the young birds at two wefeks, this pair of 
birds must have commenced Msulding on the 
twenty-fifth Of March. 
On May IS of the same year, I foisnd a nest 
placed in a stone wall containing yc 
not more than two days old. I hope ohjer col- 
lectors will give the readers of the 0\& O. 
their experience of the early breeding habits of 
this species in its northern and eastern habit'at. 
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A Bald Eagle’s Nest. 
BY WALTER HOXIE, FROG. MO HE, S. C. 
e During the past year I had a good opportun- 
d ity of watchingapair of Bald Ealges ( Haliceatus 
• leucocephalus) , constructing their nest. In the 
'- latter part of December they began to repair an 
d old nest in the top of a dead pine tree, near the 
t beach on Pritchard’s Island, 
k Very near this spot is a favorite camping 
le ground for fishermen and hunters. The beach 
s is rapidly wearing away through the action of 
the tide and waves. Also, as I have said, the 
jree is a dead one, and thus likely to succumb 
. p a gale of wind at any time. One or the 
i- other— perhaps a combination of all three 
’t causes— induced the birds to leave this spot be- 
t fore the repairs were completed. 
:- Their new location was about a mile farther 
n down the beach, in a monster pine tree, about 
v fifty yards back in the woods. Here, for three 
y days, the female worked steadily forming the 
foundation for a new nest. The first site 
p chosen, on the north side of the tree, did not 
? seem to suit her, and she removed the alreadv 
f half completed platform of sticks to what 
y seemed a much less secure crotch onthesouth- 
e west side. In the removal of the materials the 
I male assisted, but it looked to me as if his ef- 
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