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:||im and struggle like two tame Pigeo-'S, 
with wings spread, until the Sparrow left 
perfectly exhausted, when the Swallow 
went for food for its young as though noth- 
jing had happened. The Sparrows never 
returned to the scene of the struggle. 
Large Sets of Eggs. —We have re- 
jceived from Mr. Fred. 'F. Jencks, Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., one set of Blue Jays, six eggs; 
one set Crow Blackbird, six eggs; a set of 
jcommon Rail, with fourteen eggs. 
Paul Hoffman, Rockville,- Conn., reports 
a set of Baltimore Oriole, six eggs; a set of 
Purple Finch, with four eggs, and three 
Cow birds, making seven in all. He also 
reports taking a Barn Swallow, with five 
eggs, when a pair of Pewees built on the 
foundation ot same nest and laid two eggs, 
when the Swallows again returned and 
built another nest on that of the Pewees. 
Prothonitary Warbler. —\Ve have re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Fred. F. Jencks a nest 
and six eggs of this Warbler. The nest is 
absolutely perfect as it was built in the 
trunk of a decayed tree, showing great 
skill and patience in pulling the trunk of 
the tree apart until the nest was extracted 
entire. The eggs were prepared in Mr. 
Jencks’ superior manner., As he will no 
doubt describe this Warbler and its nesting 
habits in our columns, we will leave the de¬ 
scription of the nest to him. 
Late Nesting. —Jesse E. Smith, of 
Rockville, Conn., reports finding a nest 
and two fresh eggs of the Humming bird, 
.August 4th. 
We found at Occum, Conn., August 20th, 
a nest and four fresh eggs of the Sang 
Spairow. 
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Corrections. —In your last number, un¬ 
der editorial—“Rare Finds,’’—you state 
that I found three nests of the Black 
Crested Titmouse, which should read 
d'ufted Titmouse, {Lop/iophanes Incolor .)— 
Fred. T. Jencks, Providence, R. /. 
Remarkable Flight of Birds. 
A remarkable flock of birds appeared at 
Westport, Nova Scotia, on the afternoon of 
April i5ih last. It was composed chiefly 
of Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo birds, and 
Green Herons- Specimens of each are 
now in my possession, and I am positive of 
their identity. These species have not 
been seen there before and were driven in 
by a gale. 
Benj main H. Ruggles, Esq., of Westport, 
wri'es me; “For several days .previous to 
their appearance the winds had prevailed 
from west southwest to northwest. On the 
13th the wind changed to east northeast and 
was breezy from that quarter through the 
14th, and oi> the night of that day and ear¬ 
ly on the 15th had increased to a gale from 
•the northeast, moderating before noon. 
During that afternoon the birds were first 
seen They appeared very much exhaust¬ 
ed, many of the smaller birds being easily 
destroyed by boys with stones. Numbers 
of them perished in the bushes, their re¬ 
mains h iving since been found.” 
The few specimens I axamined were al- 
! most mere skeletons; one Green Heron had 
! nothing in its stomach and but little blood 
in its body.— M. Chamberlain, St. Johns. 
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An Egg Within an Egg. —In your 
July number, M. K Barnum asks for fur¬ 
ther information concerning double egg 
shells, or rather an egg shell within an egg 
shell I have a hen’s egg laid at Poquon- 
noc, Conn., which measures, endwise, nine 
and three fourths inches in circumference; 
its smaller circumference being seven and 
' three-fourths inches. 
Inside of this shell is another about the 
I size of an ave age hen’s egg The person 
j who first found the egg opened it at the 
I end—thinking to save the shell on account 
! . . • 
I of ils extreme size —and discovering the 
i inner egg punctured it too and carefully 
' removed its contents, leaving the smaller 
I shell inside the larger as it is to-day.— F. 
! H Allen, Norwich, Conn. 
