March, 1881.] 
AND ()OL()(MST. 
5 
Allen rejilies that he wonkl as soon expect' 
to find the nest of the Great Ank in Vir-' 
ginia as .that of the Gray Owl, and is well 
aware of tlie latter being a resident of the 
Arctic regions only. Mr. Allen makes fnr. 
ther remarks regarding the nnmber of eggs 
laid by the owl family which will a 2 :)i)ear at 
a future time. He concludes as follows: 
“I hope Mr. Kidgway will give me credit 
for being better posted on the owl ques¬ 
tion than to be guilty of such an absurdity 
as making the Great Gray Owl a native of 
Virginia.” 
get a set of four, but on the 27th only one 
egg remained in the nest. This I left, as 
the bird was on the nest as I aj^proached. 
On the 28th the nest was empty, and the 
bird no where in sight. On the 29th I was 
passing the place, and noticed the bird on 
the nest. I went up to it, and was very 
much surprised to find 3 eggs just as if 
nothing had happened. Have you ever 
heard.of anything like the above ?— W. W. 
W., Shelter Island, N. V^. 
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-- 
Elack-billed Cuckoo. 
On May 2olh, 1879, I was shown a nest 
of the Black-billed Cuckoo ( Coccygus ery- 
throphtlialmua), on which the female was 
sitting, and I identified her by approach¬ 
ing near enough to see the red eye-ring,l)e- 
fore she flew off’. The nest contained two 
(2) eggs, which I left in hopes of getting a 
full set. On the 2(;th another egg had 
been laid, but I sfill left them wishing to 
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a j^lenti- 
ful summer resident in this locality (New¬ 
ton, Mass.,) especially so in the vicinity of 
the Charles River, where they seem to pre¬ 
fer to build in the medium-sized growth of 
the white birch, the nest being usually 
placed near the top of the tree and about 
20 ft. from the ground. Their eggs are 
almost invariably four ; I have never seen 
five. I know of no bird which is more 
regular in its number then the Rosebreast. 
—Herbert M. Warren. 
Five eggs nn- the Rose-breasted Gros¬ 
beak seems unusual. Four is the number 
here ; years ago before boys were so nu¬ 
merous, numbers of them bred on the Is¬ 
land in the river here, and by consulting 
my notes, I find that on June 21 st, 1862, I 
found a nest there containing four young, 
but the boys have made such havoc that 
but few birds conqiaratively breed on the 
Island now.— Jno. H. Sage. 
Dates of the arrival of the Baltimore 
Oriole (Icterus baUimore) iov years in 
the township of Locke, Ingr.diam county, 
state of Michigan. This species is a com¬ 
mon summer resident with us, and was first 
noticed by me in the summer of 1842. 
May 2 185^^ IVIay 8 186.7 May 8 1873 
MaV 11 18.77 May 8 1866 May 9 1874 
MaV .7 18.78 May .7 1867 May 10187.7 
April 28 18.79 May .7 1868 May 9 1876 
April 30 1860 May 4 1868 May 5 1877 
May 1 1861 IMay .7 1870 May 1 1878 
M.y 101862 May 1 1871 May .7 1879 
May 1018()3 IVIay 7 1872 May 3 1880 
May 8 18()4 H. A. Atkins, M. D. 
