. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . though the egg benot weakened by the natural condi-tions that accompany incubation. Butthe paper reinforcing leaves the hrok-en portion of the shell greatly strong-er than it was in the first place; un-less cracks have been made throughcareless work in the pricking. I make no apology for what mightbe called the devilish cold-bloodednessof this destruction of fully develop-ed embryos. It is no wickeder to de-stroy an embryo than it is to hlow afresh egg; and not, of necessity, onewhit more inflictive of pain. P. B. PEABODY. Erroneo
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . though the egg benot weakened by the natural condi-tions that accompany incubation. Butthe paper reinforcing leaves the hrok-en portion of the shell greatly strong-er than it was in the first place; un-less cracks have been made throughcareless work in the pricking. I make no apology for what mightbe called the devilish cold-bloodednessof this destruction of fully develop-ed embryos. It is no wickeder to de-stroy an embryo than it is to hlow afresh egg; and not, of necessity, onewhit more inflictive of pain. P. B. PEABODY. Erroneous Identification. In looking over my file of the Oolo-gist in search of references to theBroad-winged Hawk, I find the follow-ing titles which seem to bear evidenceof mistaken identity; and as it is im-possible to identify the writers intwo instances, and quite uncertain asto the address of the remainder, I takethis means of commenting on thematter, and requesting further infor-mation from the contributors. C. S. B. Broad-winged Hawk, Black- 40 THE THE OOLOQIST. 41 capped Chickadee, Oologist, Vol. VI,1889, p. 153. Set of two eggs, , X , April 20, at Bradford,Mass. Nest lined with grass. (Dateapparently almost a month earlierthan the average set of fresh eggs ofButeo platypterus in New England;measurements of eggs quite equalingor beyond the maximum; and notesrepresenting several hundred nestsfrom various parts of the country failto show grass-lined nests for this spe-cies, although together with data, andsize of eggs, altogether harmonizeswith the domestic arrangements ofButeo lineatus. M. & C. A Day After Hawks , Vol. VII, 1890, p. 108. Setof two eggs taken in Windsor Co., Vt.,April 22, 1889. Female shot. (Al-though the bird was reported shot, itwas in all probability incorrectly iden-tified; for the date is at least 20 daysearlier than we find completed sets inChester county Penna., several hun-dred miles further south, and wellwit
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