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higli. Saw in several nests an attempt at 
lining, having several shreds of l)ark. 
Guy C. Rich. 
Notes from Shelter Island. 
4'he collecting season is now open. 1 
send yon e.xtracts from my note hook np 
to date. 
.\j)ril 10. Grow’s nest e.xamined to-day 
was nearly ready for the eggs. It was 
lined with cow’s hair. April 14, Ficdd 
Sparrows arrived. April 15, Knsty Grakles 
arrived. A])ril ’21, Chipping Sparrows ar¬ 
rived. April ’2'2, visited a iMottled Owl’s 
nest, at Arshamomogne, Long Island. 
The male and female owls and 4 eggs 
were in the nest. iMale in grey and female 
in the red ])lnmage. Eggs fresh. I collec¬ 
ted two sets of the same variety of eggs 
from this nest last year. 'I'he first con¬ 
tained 5, and the second 8 eggs. April "i;!, 
Rohins hnilding. Savannah sparrows ar¬ 
rived. 
As I was fishing to-day, in West \eck 
Creek, 1 noticed a Fish Hawk near me, 
slowly sailing around, watching for a fish. 
I had almost forgotten about the Hawk, 
when suddenly 1 heai’d a splashing in the 
water, and on looking I saw the Hawk 
had grapjiled to a fish hnt was unable to 
raise it from the water. 1 ipiickly had 
the anchor raised ready to go and ca|)tnrc 
the Hawk, when by an e.xtraordinary 
effort he succeedeil in raising the fish, 
when 1 saw it was a 'I'antog, or RIack fish, 
at least a foot in length. After he had 
ry^en in the air with his jiri/.e, it seemed to 
he all he could manage, but with joyful 
sereams he flew with it and perched on 
his unfinished nest about a (piarter of a 
mile away. 
Ajnil 25, a Kildeer Flover passed over, 
bouml north. Ajiril ‘iti, Harn Swallows 
common and beginning to build. April 
2H, Brown 4'hrushcs, ami black and white 
C’reepcrs arrived. April 2!(, King birds 
and Towhee Buntings arrived. -May 2, 
Sjiotted Sandpi|)ers arrived. 
Eggs Collecteil: .Vpril lb. Eastern 
Blnebiril, 4 eggs, fresh. .Vpril 21, iMottled 
Owl, H eggs, fresh. .Vpril 2t), Mottled Owl, 
5 eggs, fresh. Aj)ril 28, Common C'row, 4 
eggs, fresh. 
In re])ly to G. A. Mc(’ilhim, Ont.trio, I 
would say thiit I once h:id a simill hen’s 
egg, in filet so sniiill I Wiis going to blow 
it its a curiosity, but in blowing it I notic¬ 
ed something hiirtl inside of it. On break¬ 
ing it I found iinother perfect egg iihout 
the size of a smiill marble, on blowing it 
I fouml it contiiined no yolk but simply 
the white iilbnmen. 
W. 4V. VVoUTIlI.NOTON. 
Notes from Virginia. 
'rite Florida G.illinula, {(inHimihi tjoh- 
was captured on it run in the edge 
of this town, and is i.ow enjoying hisctip- 
tivity with as much grace as if he were to 
the “iminor horn.” It is m»t usiiiil for 
this bird to venture this far north, 
although sometimes found ti little ftirther 
north idong the sea shore swamps. 
\ pair of Carolina Tit.s, {PuruK Cun- 
llni'tixls), h.ave gladdened my liomi’ by 
caroling for me every morning. 'I'liey 
hiive taken possession of an apple tree ;md 
I think will build near it. Rerh.ips I may 
get the first .set of eggs. 
I Inid a Blue-wing 4'e;d, 
/>/.scw,v), ;md kept him for :i week luit he 
wouhl not e:it, :ind I put him on the run, 
but I fetir to hate to ri'vive. Strtinge thev 
won’t e;it in confinememt. 1 had .a nice 
wire <aige, 3.\5 feet. I gave him rice in wa¬ 
ter, and many other things which I thought 
he woidd eat. I think if I Innl h:id :i m.ate 
for him it would htive been better. 
V. -M. Fikok. 
L.vnoK Ci.uTt iiKs OK Eotis.— ('apt. 
Chtts. Bendire, reports two sets of Burrow¬ 
ing Owls, of ele\en eggs etich. ('has. .V. 
.Vilen of Nicas^io, Cal., reports eleven for 
the Least 'I'it. B. W Everman of S;mt:t 
I’auhi, reports sets of Bttrn Owl of ten eggs 
each. .los. Skin+M^r. .Ir., reports .seven egg.s 
from the nest of the WtdwUir Bluebird. 
