. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Ogist fromsome California Ornithologist in re-gard to them. George D. Peck,Salem, Oregon. Is the observing of thirty-three differ-ent species of birds in one day, not agood record for month of February?Can any of your readers north of 38degrees report a similar record? OnFebruary 28th this year, I observedthe following: 1, Red-bellied Wood-pecker; 2, Blue Jay; 3, Slate-coloredJunce; 4, American Robin; 5, Blue-bird; 6, Carolina Chickadee; 7, Cardi-nal; 8, Song Sparrow; 9, Tree Spar-row; 10, Downy Woodpecker; 11,Mourning Dove; 12, M
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Ogist fromsome California Ornithologist in re-gard to them. George D. Peck,Salem, Oregon. Is the observing of thirty-three differ-ent species of birds in one day, not agood record for month of February?Can any of your readers north of 38degrees report a similar record? OnFebruary 28th this year, I observedthe following: 1, Red-bellied Wood-pecker; 2, Blue Jay; 3, Slate-coloredJunce; 4, American Robin; 5, Blue-bird; 6, Carolina Chickadee; 7, Cardi-nal; 8, Song Sparrow; 9, Tree Spar-row; 10, Downy Woodpecker; 11,Mourning Dove; 12, Meadow-lark; 13,American Crow; 14, Tufted Titmouse;15, Cedar Waxwing; 16, Killdeer; 17,Towhee; 18, Fox Sparrow; 19, BronzedGrackle; 20, Canada Goose; 21, Caro-lina Wren; 22, Phoebe; 23 BrownCreeper; 24, Red-winged Blackbird;25, Hairy Woodpecker; 26, Red-tailedHawk; 27, Prairie Horned Lark: Hawk; 29, White-breastedNuthatch; 30, Purple Finch; 31,White-crowned Sparrow; 82, Mallard;33, Flicker. Cornelius F. , had. 56 THE OOLOGIST. VI (*1. Photographed by H. C. Higgins, Cincinnatus, N. Y. June 6,^1902, Nest and Eggs of Black-throated Blue Warbler. More about the Eggs of Black-throatedBlue Warbler. The set of eggs of the Black-throatedBlue Warbler sent you by Mr. Stonefor comparison with the set taken byhimself, (see Oologist for February,1904; pp. 22J was one of my own col-lecting and it may be of interest toyour readers to have other comparisonsmade. My first find of this Warblerwas at Cincinnatus, N. Y. on June 11,1895. At the time I was in an opentract in a piece of woods on a side hillgrown up to bushes, ferns and smallsaplings with here and there a fallenlog and brush pile, when I was attract-ed by the alarm notes of this Warblerand a short search revealed the nest,which was built on a fallen limb rest-ing in some low beech saplings. Itwas placed 18 inches above the groundand was composed of rotten bits ofwood, vine bark and flowers from weeds and par
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