. The oist . evoted to nest building. A moresubstantial home may be built be-tween now and the date of shall endeavor to visit the spotagain and ascertain if the nest isstill slovenly. G-ERALD ALAN ABBOTT, Glasgow, Ky. RARE WARBLER NESTS It may be of interest to state thatfour sets of five eggs each with thenests, of the Townsends Warblerhave been taken this June, by J. , of Tacoma, and F. R. Deckerof Kiona, Wash., also three nests ofyoung were examined, and the birditself closely studied, its habits, took place in Chelan County,and where the Townsend Warblerwas fou
. The oist . evoted to nest building. A moresubstantial home may be built be-tween now and the date of shall endeavor to visit the spotagain and ascertain if the nest isstill slovenly. G-ERALD ALAN ABBOTT, Glasgow, Ky. RARE WARBLER NESTS It may be of interest to state thatfour sets of five eggs each with thenests, of the Townsends Warblerhave been taken this June, by J. , of Tacoma, and F. R. Deckerof Kiona, Wash., also three nests ofyoung were examined, and the birditself closely studied, its habits, took place in Chelan County,and where the Townsend Warblerwas found breeding, no other treeWarbler was found. F. R. Decker, Kiona, Wash. HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST Mr. Barnes, you and I are Old Tim-ers, coming on the oological field inthe early 80s of the last century. Wehave watched things come and go,and have some knowledge of thecauses of bird destruction; hencewe have certain facts and proofs ofsuch matters. Come here and sit down and let usponder a subject while we watch. Blue Penquins. Parent and Young. South Africa.—By L. L. Redick. THE OOLOGI8T 119 this weird and ghostly, imaginaryflight of 72,628,296 Chimney Swifts,the phantom shadows of a long lineof prodgeny of a certain flock of 100ancestors cruelly slaughtered, ju^t alittle over twenty years ago, for thepleasure of destructive instinct:.within some human hearts. First, let us select a little intro-duction to the subject, and for thi^, Ifind a fitting thought in the titlequoted above (How Long Will TheyLast), which no doubt, you gave tothe nine line item on page 155 of theNovember, 1922 OOLOGIST, in anti-cipation, perhaps, of possible destruc-tion wrought flocks of Valley Quailby three shot guns carried by themembers of a business trip party toLower Claifornia, Mexico. I saw the item, and reading be-tween the lines, caught the meaningof your thoughts, in the title youchose. But as nothing Y>ras said asto the numbers of birds falling foulof those three shot guns, we are leftto s
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