o 
The J\/'at(iraU,sts' Conipcinion. 
was frightened so badly 1 almost chocked 
on my blow-pipe. I'here, not fifty feet 
from me, was the mother bird, perched 
on a limb, uttering those prolonged 
screams, and beating the branch im¬ 
patiently with her wings. Not having 
my collecting box with me, I dropped 
an egg in each coat pocket and started 
for the ground, which 1 reached in safety, 
d'he eggs were two in number, and 
measure 2 . 50 x 1.87 and 2 . 56 x 1 . 86 . They 
exhibit great variation, both in size and 
color. One is dirty white, spotted with 
large blotches of chestnut and amber 
brown, and some faint markings of lilac; 
the other is much darker. The nest 
measured over four feet in diameter, and 
was composed of large sticks and twigs, 
lined with leaves and moss; was almost 
flat on top, and was placed in a sort of 
horizontal fork, eighty-five feet from 
the ground. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
'1 hank you for your favor of No. 12 
of your magazine. It seems very credit¬ 
able, and you no doubt get a great deal 
of enjoyment and practical experience 
from it. Wm. R. Dudley, 
Professor of Botany, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
While planting corn last spring,! found 
two perfect war-points and a common 
arrowhead. The latter was almost per- 
leCt and just one-half inch long. You 
said the department on archaeology 
would continue just as long as the read¬ 
ers took an interest in it. Well, if they 
are all like myself, it will not stop soon. 
Harry Fox, Murdocksville, Penn. 
While camping at the lake, last month, 
we noticed, among other peculiarities of 
bird life there, that the Swallows were 
very jnignacious, attacting Kingfishers, 
Woodcock; Duck, Great Blue Heron, 
and on one occasion a Swallow was seen 
to attact a Pigeon Hawk, but he evident¬ 
ly got the worst of the bargain. We 
also observed a perfectly white Swallow 
among a large flock of Barn Swallows, 
but could not draw a bead on him. 
Ye Editor. 
On the 25 th of June I caught a young 
Great Horned Owl, (bubo virginianus). 
He is nearly full grown, and although 
I have had him over a month, he is not 
in the least tamed. I feed him on rats, 
mice and meat scraps. I found a sun¬ 
flower with lignate corollas in the centre 
of the head. It is the first I have ever 
seen, and do not know whether it is a 
rare occurance or not. 
Arthur J. Cox, Iowa City, la. 
The following is a list of eggs collect¬ 
ed by me this season ; 
April 18 —One set of Mourning Dove. 
19 — “ “ Am. Robin. 
20 — ‘‘ Card’l Grosb’k. 
21 — Common Crow. 
22 — “ ‘‘ Pewee. 
30 — “ Woodcock, 
May I—One, set each of Belted King¬ 
fisher, Red-and-buff-shouldered Black- 
biid and Bluebird. 
May 2 - —One set of Meadow Lark and 
Chipping Sparrow. 
May 3 —One set of Meadow Lark, 
4— Ihvo “ Yellow-shafted- 
5 — One ‘‘ Chewink [Flicker 
( 3 — “ ‘‘ BPk-cap’d titmice 
9 — “ Chewink,Meadow 
Lark, Black-capped Titmice ; two sets 
of Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and seven 
Cowbird’s eggs in one Pewee’s nest. 
May 12 —One set of Blue-giay Gnat- 
catcher, and two sets of Yellow Warbler. 
May 15 —One set of Wren and Bee 
Martin. 
[. W. Jacobs, Waynesburg, Penn. 
