. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ng in it. The nestcontained four eggs. On the followingday there had been no addition to theset, and the female was wind was blowing half a gale andevery minute the nest seemed in dan-ger of destruction. I took the nestand eggs. It was my first and onlyfind of the nest of this species. In-cubation was well begun in all theeggs. The nest was made of freshgrasses; a beautiful gray-green fabric,with the fragrance of new-mown hay;a wonderful cup, contracted at therim. It was placed at the end of abranch, eight, feet fro
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ng in it. The nestcontained four eggs. On the followingday there had been no addition to theset, and the female was wind was blowing half a gale andevery minute the nest seemed in dan-ger of destruction. I took the nestand eggs. It was my first and onlyfind of the nest of this species. In-cubation was well begun in all theeggs. The nest was made of freshgrasses; a beautiful gray-green fabric,with the fragrance of new-mown hay;a wonderful cup, contracted at therim. It was placed at the end of abranch, eight, feet from the groundThe birds were very quiet, utteringonly a few chirps, keeping themselvesat a distance and for the most part,out of sight; a plan of behavior quitethe reverse of that of the BaltimoreOrioles that I have observed. Withthis new prize in my collecting box, Ileft the little deserted orchard for thelast time. I have often wonderedsince, how many nests there were inthose few trees which I was too blindto see. A. D. DuBois,503 E. Front St.,Missoula, Mont,. IS <u IS ■H (0 o E s- -QT3 oiS (0 s 11 6 -s -C _ (0 o u T_ = w CO THE OOLOGIST 55 Bald Eagles Behavior TowardsBiplane I happened to be passing the monthof December 1917 at Seabrook, is a small resort village situatedabout half way between Houston andGalveston. At that period it was nounusual sight to observe one or morebiplanes in flight, almost daily; a gov-ernment aeronautical training fieldhaving located near the latter city. However, the intent of this note isto record the spectacle of a BaldEagle, and a biplane flying in prox-imity, possibly not more than five hun-dred feet apart, both traveling at lowelevation and in the same direction,the bird being lowermost and in ad-vance of the machine. During this observation, which con-sumed several minutes, and lasted un-til the Eagle passed beyond yision, iappeared not in the least perturbedby the incessant and penetrating noiseof the engine of the biplane.
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