. The oist . s are difl[icult to S. , Pa. White Catbirds Eggs. Sometime since we published ashort note announcing the taking of aset of White Catbirds eggs by R. of Marlboro, Mass. He writesthat from that time on he has receiv-ed many offers to buy or exchange thesame away, and that last week broughtthe 14th of such offers. He says hehas no intention of parting with this,and desires us to announce that gives us the history of this mostremarkable set cf eggs in the followinglanguage: As to location, finding it, etc.,—thenest w-as in a wild grapevine, t
. The oist . s are difl[icult to S. , Pa. White Catbirds Eggs. Sometime since we published ashort note announcing the taking of aset of White Catbirds eggs by R. of Marlboro, Mass. He writesthat from that time on he has receiv-ed many offers to buy or exchange thesame away, and that last week broughtthe 14th of such offers. He says hehas no intention of parting with this,and desires us to announce that gives us the history of this mostremarkable set cf eggs in the followinglanguage: As to location, finding it, etc.,—thenest w-as in a wild grapevine, threefeet up, in a small patch of alders,with a little brook running through I found it I was looking for aMaryland Yellow-throat, and as it wasa small spot looked it over pretty thor-oughly. In a grapevine I fiushed aCatbird from her nest. Now I would look into a birds nestif I knew it to really be ten years old;it isnt curiosity; its the egg course I expected to see something THE OOLOGIST 46. o UJ a c5 o 50 THE OOLOGIST in this one as the bird had just left it,but to say I was surprised when I sawone white egg is putting it mild. There was a Catbirds nest, thesame as I had seen dozens before,and a Catbird only a few feet away,—but a white egg. I took up the eggand saw that it was fresh, but whatto do I didnt know; leave it and havesomething destroy it, or wait and seeif the bird would lay any more. 1finally decided to leave it and fourdays later went to the nest and hard-ly dared to look at it, but off cameMrs. Catbird, and four pure whiteeggs in the nest. Happy,—well Iguess. Its some years since I found it, butsomehow Ive got to look that spotover everytime I go that way. Mostalways a Catbirds nest is there, butwith those terrible blue eggs. Dont know if its my bird of course,but if she has gone back to laying blueeggs Im through with her. Did find a set of Wilson Thrush withtwo eggs, one-half size in there, butnothing else of value. Along The High Water.
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