. The Oölogist . er-wheelwhere the female had topass through a nut-holeto reach the nest. Oviposition imme-diately follows nest-com-pletion, and continuesfor six days, one eggbeing deposited d a i 1 y .Incubation ensues thesucceeding day and asfar as we have been ableto determine is perform-ed wholly by the female,the male pioviding herwith nourishment. The eggs are oblongin configuration, pointedat one end, and of a purewhite color. The aver-age length is .75 of aninch and breadth ,54. The Rough - wingedSwallow is thought bysome to nest often in themanner of the ChimneySwift, by otheis in the
. The Oölogist . er-wheelwhere the female had topass through a nut-holeto reach the nest. Oviposition imme-diately follows nest-com-pletion, and continuesfor six days, one eggbeing deposited d a i 1 y .Incubation ensues thesucceeding day and asfar as we have been ableto determine is perform-ed wholly by the female,the male pioviding herwith nourishment. The eggs are oblongin configuration, pointedat one end, and of a purewhite color. The aver-age length is .75 of aninch and breadth ,54. The Rough - wingedSwallow is thought bysome to nest often in themanner of the ChimneySwift, by otheis in themanner of the Cliff , but it belongs to adifferent genus and close-ly resembles in its habitsthe common Bank Swal-low, which is its nearestIelative. Nest of Maryland Yellow-throat,[See page 77.] The Shrike questionis still as important asever, and new facts up-on the subject, especiallyfrom correspondents inthe state, will be receiv-ed with pleasure and giv-en credit for in our col-umns. 88 THE than 10 re-chronicle in lengthy articles, thegist of some other authors paper, much lesscopy it from a bird book. RE CENT P UBLICA Tl ONS. Devoted to Birds and Birds Eggs THERD PUBLICATION YEAR. S. L. WILLARD, EDITOR, .\ssisced by able Associate Editors. TERMS:Forty cents a Tear in advance, postage paid. Items on Ornithology and Oblogj^ solicited. ^^Those wishing to dispose of birds eggsor skins will find The Oologist the bestmeans of communicating the tact to a largeclass of collectors of any paper copy for stamp. Address all communications to THE OOLOGIST,Oneida Street, Utica, N. Y. JANUARY, 1878. To our Correspondents.—We areglad at all times to receive short items andoriginal articles from our readers, for pub-lication in our columns, and the more orig-inality they contain, tlie greater their im-portance to those who read our we desire to say that we shall not pub-lish papers and items unless they containat least some information
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