. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ing smaller. As a partial test we measured thefirst sets 2-3 from Texas that wecame to. Average first sets 2-5 we struck one fromNew York and one from Utah meas-ured average of Nothingalarming in difference but to standoff and look a series it looks morethan that.—Ed. REMINISCENCES OF BIRD-LIFEAT CAMP ALGER, VA. By B. S. Bowdish. Recently while looking over someold papers, I came across some notesprepared for a brief paper on thebirds noted while in camp during thesummer of 1898, at Falls Churc
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ing smaller. As a partial test we measured thefirst sets 2-3 from Texas that wecame to. Average first sets 2-5 we struck one fromNew York and one from Utah meas-ured average of Nothingalarming in difference but to standoff and look a series it looks morethan that.—Ed. REMINISCENCES OF BIRD-LIFEAT CAMP ALGER, VA. By B. S. Bowdish. Recently while looking over someold papers, I came across some notesprepared for a brief paper on thebirds noted while in camp during thesummer of 1898, at Falls Church, Va.,and as these notes refer to bird-lifeunder rather peculiar conditions, Icombined that they might still beworth publishing. I believe that the army gathered atCamp Alger was some thing like 16,-000, and it may be readily under-stood that the proximity of this mul-titude did not tend to increase thenumber of birds in that region. Theopporunities for observation which Ienjoyed, were confined to the smallarea of the Third New York Volun- THE OOLOGIST. 91. Rustic Bridge, Jamestown Exposition. teer camp, save when in battaliondrill we skirmished over the adjacentcountry, and through the woods. Thelist of birds follws: Herring Gull (Larus argentatus.)Noted a number of times flying overcamp, at some height. American Bittern (Botaurus lenti-ginosus.) One seen near camp. Great Blue Heron (Ardeaherodias.)One noted flying over. Green Heron (Butorides vives-cents.) Several seen near camp. Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes.) Oneor two near camp. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macu-laria.) Not uncommon. Killderr (Oxyechus vociferus.)Abundant in the fields around camp. Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus.)Abundant in woods close by. Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus.)croura.) Quite common. (cathartes aura.)(Accipiter Turkey VultureAbundant. Sharp-shinned Hawkvelox.) Common. Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperi.)A few noted. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo linea-tus.) A fairly common bird. American Sparrow Hawk
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