. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ,and I thought that perhaps an accountof the find and the result might proveof interest to the readers of Swift. (Chaetura pelagica). During the early summer of 1903,with two companions and fellow col-lectors I was camping in the southernpart of Washington County, Pennsyl- vania. By referring to my note bookfor that year I find that on June 26th,one of my comrades, while on his wayto a country store, found a ChimneySwifts nest in the large stone chim-ney of an old log cabin. The housecontained two stories and w
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ,and I thought that perhaps an accountof the find and the result might proveof interest to the readers of Swift. (Chaetura pelagica). During the early summer of 1903,with two companions and fellow col-lectors I was camping in the southernpart of Washington County, Pennsyl- vania. By referring to my note bookfor that year I find that on June 26th,one of my comrades, while on his wayto a country store, found a ChimneySwifts nest in the large stone chim-ney of an old log cabin. The housecontained two stories and was situatedin a field along a road, and about onehundred yards from a farm old building was surrounded by afew apple and cherry trees. My frienddiscovered the nest by looking up thechimney from an old fire place on thefirst floor. He climbed to the roof ofthe cabin and^ on looking down thechimney, saw one egg in the nest. Heleft at once and reported his find atcamp. We decided that the set would becompleted by the 29th, and so, on that .»AMHM!i-l5,. No. 6]!—Nest and Eggs of CrowPhoto by Earl R. Forrest. THE OOLOGIST 115
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