. The oist . rsh Hawk. After navigatingmost of the swamp in vain I succeededin flushing her from a growth of wildrose bushes. The nest was built on a muskrathouse and composed of rushes linedwith marsh grasses. A fine set of sixand a good photo rewarded our effortsto the regrets of Mrs. Marsh eggs were pale bluish whitesplashed with light brown, I also collected four eggs of theSwamp Sparrow in this of the above species are num-erous in this section. There are about eighty-five speciesof birds in this locality, none of thembeing rare everywhere, thoug
. The oist . rsh Hawk. After navigatingmost of the swamp in vain I succeededin flushing her from a growth of wildrose bushes. The nest was built on a muskrathouse and composed of rushes linedwith marsh grasses. A fine set of sixand a good photo rewarded our effortsto the regrets of Mrs. Marsh eggs were pale bluish whitesplashed with light brown, I also collected four eggs of theSwamp Sparrow in this of the above species are num-erous in this section. There are about eighty-five speciesof birds in this locality, none of thembeing rare everywhere, though someare Clarion, O. Lyle D. Miller. The Stork Again. Our friend Robie W. Tufts of Wolf-ville. Nova Scotia, one of the most ac-curate and reliable oologists that weknow of, is celebrating the visit ofthis old bird to his home, where awee daughter was left late in January. [This note slipped by the printer,but is too good not to be publishedeven now. We congratulate —Bro.] 186 THE OOLOOI8T. Nest and eggs of Waynes Clapper Rail in situ —Photo by D. T. Perry, Savannah, Ga. THE OOLOQIST 187 Important If True. The following is a sample of news-paper ornithology which is both sillyand dangerous. In the first place,there is not one chance in ten thous-and that the birds referred to are thePassenger Pigeon. In the next place,even if they were, putting a moneyvalue of $2,000 or any other sum inprint and scattering it broadcast wouldcertainly lead to the extinction of theentire flock if they were the birds sup-posed to be: Pascsenger Pigeon Flock Found Feast-ing on Farm. Warren, Pa., Oct. 17.—A flock of 25passenger pigeons, a species longthought extinct, has been feasting inthe buckwheat patch on the farm ofJesse J. Garber, in Watson townshipfor the past week. Garber, an old-timehunter, identified the birds as the spe-cies which the government has beensearching for several years and for apair of which the Smithsonian Insti-tute offered a reward of .$2,000. An ef-
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