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THE OOLOGIST

STUDENT OF BIRDS
THEIR NESTS AND Ere S

VOLUME XXIxX
ALBION a, Y;, and LACON TeE:
R. MAGOON BARNES, Publisher
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224134

INDEX TO VOLUME XxXIX

CONTRIBUTIONS.
AOE OlintOnTG. 6.6.6. . ss cerns s 213
LE Gul Gn72 18 La SI iy 5 en ar 317
SHUG OM Wan Grae ER. cidewsie 6 Scares. e'end b's. 00 335-369

Barnes, R. M....246, 251, 268, 269, 275,
292, 305, 311, 313, 314, 316, 318, 319,
325, 369, 373, 375, 381, 390, 403.

iBavnand. OScar Wy. 2). 66s 60's aos 214,

294, 296, 298, 300, 385
SIMA UIT, “WW z ABM Ss ccaensr4rccs arsveccvere a eeles 399
IBPECM ES SRODELt aainc es ded ences eles 344
IB TOOLS 1 eens ites cle ane RoR ec eee 352
BUGeSSY SPA \Gen a wo oe ole Dba es 256
Burleigh, Thos. D.....317, 363, 395, 398
SHOVELS, As ge WO eel Disc ay es rare 213
Campbell, E. W.......... alee 213, 266
Carruth) Max Tow. o.oo. oe eae Dake 202
Woolwman’ “AVUTEG. 4.05 hoc e ocse ee) 332
CrSpIMs Win. WSs Seca os eee cee 344-348
Darlington, E. J...... 206, 228, 263, 304
Wecliere sess VEU Lar rene keyaicya sae gc tle-o tens 226
Dickey, S. S...... 222, 301, 302, 308, 333
ERO M eI SESe cl sce. cicls crerevektavee ae tal S enel's Zoot
DIB OSS SAS DAs) cte cee vee Gleeson eos 25a"
BTCV OR anche. css sare io atety sities be ce 205, 207, 211
Honds; HWZENC: Cig is. ne10 cote beevekeo ees 312
HOEreSt, War) (Ral Rite. asus bess 257
HOS UES Hi Wetter as cis ake satus cswten 234
Howler Mrs He Rises. onc. ee ane 6 360
Cambels Mrs. By Thos ne awe eat 402
Giles; ROSCOE Tons ccc cece ee wees 228
Graham Rey -< vero Sicecesne ss Behave atevetae 334
Guell, Geo. Messin et cae caer >. .206
Gumenran, “Arthut 44) 02 i062. tm os 338
Hamilton, Norman ........... 227, 265

Harlow, Richard F........ 279, 308, 354

ETAT iC Gamers ooo oA ne sc epee eae 297
HaultainseNormam ).. 4... ee. os +. .306
Hersey, be Seymour... 4.. sees eee 395
ELCSUNeSSiy Eleninye cpp eee 219
ELGSS. “ISaacelit seer chao ail, i)
ig gens; “He Crva eee xe, eee 214
Howes, Paul Gs... :. 275, 293, 299,
347, 348, 349, 350, 360, 361

Jackson} Mhomas Hauer see 396
Jenkins; + Jee Manse ears eee 252
UGA SENN (Cie oo olen coon 352, 366
Kirn As Ji mueeeeeenc soe ee 311, 380
Kohler; Ti0uls3S ccm © tee 206, 256,
264, 277, 278, 295

Kuser}: - Jobmi<D etree ers. csi mee reereae 301
ebesperger; Weebly). ree 852
lhizonteStockleyaraaste-c seine ree 311
MONEStreets Reavers hc te ee 225, 265
hove; Guy iC eree eeees civir nee 361
LiOZ16P > Ree ee eee 253
Lune stordss Chass etea acme stein 402
Mabbotty Ds Cite eerrrincccice 289, 384
Mann. Ravib ui Ate ay.) eee 227
McKechnie, F. B...... 374, 376, 383, 391
Miller,:Rs Wise eoneee 211, 212, 252, 253,

262, 281, 287, 316, 317, 332,
344, 355, 364, 370, 375, 400

Moore, .\CitS fees. seen 290, 357, 364
More; Rode etre oe ak 295, 363, 373
Nichols: Johnie es5 46 Seeeeee 268
Nicholson,2De die 3. sec ence 214, 380
Norris; Christine:S., .< d-eteen es ee 229
Pa TMEV saWieWeansre cose. ilo fates ater 335
Parsons WOME pyaic’< sl selstee 287, 390
Pelton}, C3Weecc cus oe se tie weal 265
Pem Dery He receives exe ot seleck tap. eODe

IV THE OOLOGIST

hve lips; ABs Mine oat cise etic ne IO 312
DEE amily WAM a Ses sept e h a dee eos 214
RaW SOMG Cs, Witn.cs 5: oe auaweve eactereeen areas 242
Reinecke, Ottomar ........... PALS AasyE!
WD, Bl BA, SR, Bee Bar

sanborm, Colin! ©.552-.4-25.c eee 265
SaumMadersy Wie (Carico ese 360
SHORE Hast oahices ss eee 305
Simpson, R. B....... 247, 249, 250, 277,
280, 330, 335, 350, 373, 402

SIV CLOTS NV an BT er ee teten obs eichateestaes 336
ptansellaSs Sa Oserie eee eee 23
MtlETley Th Wyss Sense cess 208, 310, 311
Stone; 2C.<Bgsh5 feeb. 5 bs ose 307, 371
muromeen W.- Als cierta shoe oiccstere ome oe 311
Thompson; -Chas. W.......2....--- 386
‘Treganza, Hdward............ 222, 264
winecam7a:: ORAL casa 85 govetee aoe ee one 213
(UMN OXeSC ers) ORR ten ene rem ae ae sear Ot Zac 314
vos Bureh, Geo: We H.22..2...5:8 207,
314, 336, 402

Walker, -Alex-:25.:....... 268, 318, 397
aAW.EOKSs TCTOYeWacseicoci eae e Sotelo 339
\ WAGER ae] eS Re ee a ae ee R 311
WihecleriH. Hen. inciied ee datae bee ssh 315
Wilsons (Burtis HHioy.. cn cade soe eee 285
SMV IET SUNG. (Oar Sis os Sis. els wa baa ee ie 268
PWKOiice RAY? +,* detente e's ioteta ce stmt aieSetue 224

ILLUSTRATIONS

Adult Birds

‘Bittern, American 222.2... ose ee 321
Blue Birds, Western.............. 259
WSO e NVI: .fecnorctenelorcteceres meee areeeterenee 383
Condor, California, and Hgg...... 362
Males Bod osebak oe). seattle eee 386
Evening Grosbeaks .............. 254
‘Gila Woodpecker ................ 257
House: Pimches: 5....-.0..)5 0. 08 woe = 258
TeV Ss AT IBODA: sy 5 fio aie wl epeispscate ere iota 260
Penguins. ..234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240
Plover, Upland and Young......... 356
Red-shouldered Hawk............ -.216
Sereceh Owl) ce eicencceteve ie a ene 391
Tern, Common and nest........... 374
“Hermes IROSCALC LS Pat Ande cine eres coats 376

Woodcock.on nest

Young Birds
Bittern, American ............ 324-340
Bob-0-link- 4) eee 272, 273, 274
Hummingbird, Ruby-throat........ 309
Plover; Upland)... 223..-o eee 356
Ruited “Grouse® . 2.2422. eeeeee ee 371
Eggs and Nests of Birds
Bittern, American”. 3.5,..450 eee 322
Bob-0-links %2si8t ease 270, 271
Bab: White ™ 3.22. ssi ee 383
Condor, sCalitornia. 5.5 eee eee 362
DoublesShelled! 3.232 403
Hagle; Baldi ie ace-t ds Cee 204, 205
Grebe, Pied-billed ................ 267
Hawk, Red-shouldered........ 218, 220
Hawk, Sharp-shinned ............. 396
Hawk, Western Red-bellied....... 388
Hawk, Western Red-tail.......... 337
Hummingbird, Ruby-throat........ 308
Kates 5... 2ndta 300 ise eee 396
Meadowlark, Florida ............. 300
Plover, Uplands 2..1..,..0 seer 0508
Rail \SOra Ss. aoc. d eke eee 214, 310
Sparrow, Grasshopper ............ 349
Sparrow; (Lark. 32. 0k ous hae eee 347
Sparrow, Pine Woods............. 296
Swift, (Chimney 25. .°s:.aes. see 369
Pern; Common y=.) bat eee 374
Towhee, White-eyed ............. 294
Wren;. House 2 3.52. teas 209
Woodéock. .34..555. 04 jet ee 345
Yellow-throat, Southern........... 298
Miscellaneous
Seal: Rookery <2). Son sce eee ee 235
Photos
Pelton; Charles 22202 .2.-c-e Pore 3590
Reinecke, Ottomar ............... 292
Stiérite; J.-P on ete ee 353
INDEX
Albatross, Short billed............ 403
Auk, Great) s20 5-32 cheasteee eee 315
Razor-billed 72.2... s2cee sees 341
BIGheril a) 2a) seereemwe 247, 308, 313, 321,
322, 323, 324, 340, 348, 354
Le@ast 4 i siche oes 4 ae 247, 249,

313, 336, 343, 350°

THE OOLOGIST Vv

ROIS) LiGaASh jeer. eo een at 336
BIACIITO. oo. dence crc es oe 301, 381
Blackbird, Brewer’s.......... 264, 317

Red-winged..... 206, 249, 287, 306,

350, 354, 355, 360, 365, 398

Red-wing, Northwestern...... 366

Red-wing San Diego.......... 364

RUS See SC oR a ts oat ee 306

memvellowhead. 4.2.6.2. 6: 211, 318
SESE eae os.:../.. vento Seeks a as Ss 214, 228,

253, 263, 266, 301, 306, 311,
328, 335, 354, 365, 298, 400

MOMMGAIN 255i sistas coe ss 2S 205
Western......... 258, 259, 263, 366
LECUICINGIES (SEI GG Shea 8 eae eee 210

211, 269, 270, 271, 272, 278,
274, 275, 282, 354, 359, 361

TET CEN V/Aa it fee Sec anna eee 208,
22, 2659 a02,, 309), 1064, 383

Bunting, Indigo ......... 261, 265, 301
BE SPURSERE SIME Rega, 5. o/c a sveketcaaterls.e! Sl svasecaiet sore 290
SERGI a ne Oe ae 225, 280,
; 316, 327, 365, 370, 398, 401
CEO) 9. Sean Soles See 225, 228, 249,
‘ 293,. 294, 301, 354, 355, 365
CISEIE ley oa cone oe eae 280, 365
GHG” Gage Sig ee Oe eens 311
Chicadee....225, 248, 284, 301, 306, 401
VINO ET INGEATID, © 5 scpasevererays tis: oie lanehece Bere 263
REZ OM A pa cig nes et eee wee 366
WOO «4.5.55. 218, 248, 252, 326, 343, 381
LEP TECG) OS)2 5 ¢ te a eae 343
Condor, California. ..263, 273, 315, 362
Cormorant, Double-crested ........ 342
TONIC 6. sham eiereneteroe as oe 225, 379
MEOWIDING: 2... sacione ss 261, 128, 288, 297,
302) slileolli@eose, cob, 398

AOrAMe. WSAMGN oo. ives soot oe w srels 325
MEREOTICDL co cis chee cherasssclere) he 306, 330, 398
CO 1 SR SSRI aie ony Ra ame Ar oa 265,

282, 284, 295, 301, 306, 309,
311, 354, 364, 392, 390, 398

BSUS Fee den, de reaede Ievobeec uatah cn seoreeatn eho 225
MT OTIGAY "<.ccrehe sya cmlsrays tet nel o Oe oa> 366
MG RUSS STU Dicyi ys c5s..cter stots etre Sirs or ecb 329, 370
COIS CEC (0) id eae ne Rich at rae Po. 282
Black-billed...... 393, 301, 314, 354

EUAN IRR ee eae ahaa ss 344
Dove, Ground... 2c. 0. c.. e 225, 265
Mourning ge ess ne et oe 263, 278,
306, 352, 254, 355, 364, 397

Purtle meres ees eee 284, 333
DOVEKIC™ “52. ae ce Saas Se ae ie 341
Duck, Baldpate:. .....2.... 276, 342, 366
BGC: * 2.27 yee eee as oe 342
Blue-winged Teal... .342, 355, 382
Bufflehead...... 306, 342, 370, 382
Canvaistha chin: 2% os tee 292, 342
Gadwialliery a sate eee 342
Goldeneye ........... 206, 248, 342
Green-winged Teal ....... 342, 382
BSD Vega! PACK 8) gil Pee cae ee. oe A 342
Mallard): 2525 eat abe ee 225, 248,
301, 325, 340, 350, 370, 382

Old Squaw ]2-2- =. Byars Geettntel a 342
Pintail . 1.4255 tees: 342, 382
Red-head) ox. Sn eee tks es 342, 382
Red-legged Black 2... .......... 276
Rine-necked resets) er ae, 342
ROUEHIES 7 <a ee ee aie 249
Ruddy. ae eee 343
SCoter 35), sce ee 342
Scotem, ‘Suri eases see 342
Scoter, White-winged....342, 382
Scauptenaese 225, 342, 370, 382, 397
Scaup;, Greater’’.2.42....5....-- 343
Scaup, IhKessereiceees cee & 22),
250, 325, 342, 350, 382

Shoveler® \j2yqaae a eee 342
Whistler </s35 Saeed te 306, 370
Woodie 211, 243, 245, 246, 306,
Pu: 233s See ee 250, 350
Dowitcher’ ~<A eee 343
Long-billed at acie on ete 343
Maclean. 2 Abt pe eee 247, 253, 367
Bald...3: sce 204, 205, 206,

225, 232, 295, 385, 386, 397
Golden. .223, 228, 232, 249, 268, 295

Eggs, Double Shelled....214, 369, 403
Egret. . .225, 295, 313; 316; 325, 352, 367

STOW: oeceeomeertios: eee 336, 343
Binchy HOWE Riss asses) ae aeons 258
hank) Soe oe LEAD) (a oe ag ee ae DF
Pine .. eagle 2 306
Purple rs Bacco Serato 398

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. 227, 264, 278, 306, 317, 364
Northern........277,-354, 363, 398
Northwestern <..:\. ss cceeeer 366

RL CG-“SWatGeG ys eter iat ee 264

Hy Cake eres 2. tee eer ee 264, 301
INGACIANING si b0 eee 250, 280

PAN GD epee ere caterer 390, 394
Crested) 2 ...22c% 278, 352, 354, 392
CASE 2.5 eee eres 393, 394
Olive-sided: ase seers 328, 39a
Scissor-tailed ............ Dp, YE
Biycateher> Grailss......5.2- 327, 366
vellow-Dellicdiamae ne pc ee eee 39-4
IWiGSCOIIM 22 Sera aio nase lo sve Seer 394
Gallinule, Florida ....... 253, 309, 343
PUM DIe es ee ae aeretclonee Ie 343
GAM Ete owes oscce selon teme eee eae 342
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray od comes 225,
264, 280, 282, 302, 327

Godwit, Hudsonian ............... 343
Marbled os... 22 se ae eeo ro
Goldfinch ........... 265, 301, 354, 365
RRO Wess. fae ae 2 eee 311
Goose, Barnacle ... 22.0 .2..<teaecietee 269
1sXeC olor Soe eer Gn AS oo oS 269
Black Brant, 022i ee sai 342
BIW 2 eechcca eo oe 269, 382
(WACKIINGS t:5.c¢2i.cn ce eee 269
Wanadagers< . 24 see eee 251, 266,
269, 306, 342, 370, 387, 397

IE CHINS Ps 5 e.e Glee ceenaeeye Ay pecieusttie 269
EUOSS? “cision + cis. 2 ase Reape eae 269
STVOWi 9 eea ists bin! ot cre) orelepeie someone 342
Snow, Greater 223... cae 342
snow, Lesser ......2.ss0.e0 4 269
White-fronted ............ 342, 382
Goshawk.. 2.22.5... 232, 269, 370, 380
Grackle, Bronzed....262, 327, 354, 361
Purples eee ce 262, 287, 306, 327, 389
AECUUISEY: 1 ontrestace ia. « sve ¥esa, a) ocean nooner 287
Grebe, Holboell’s ........ 266, 341, 370
HIOLNG Wis ai ois 5.5 ees 341

' Pied-billed. .267, 268, 298, 341, 364
Grosbeak, Evening........... 227, 240,
250, 252, 254, 255, 278, 306

Evening Western ............ 366
PING 2. cee 241, 252, 289, 353, 366
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted ......... 247,

THE QOOLOGIST

Grouse; Ruffed! 4.3... 44-2 eee 278,
283, 302, 326, 371, 397

Save! la obese 263, 264
Gull, Bonaparte’s ............ 225, 341
Branklin's, )..52.:32s see 289, 341
Herring. 52.2% ...¢2 eee 225,
247, 250, 341, 370, 397

laughing 2.2.0.2 eee 225.
Ring-billed 2.2.3..23s2enoeee 341
Guillemot; Black-...:2-22-eeeeeoee 341
Gyrialeon, (Gray. 23: ..e oe eee 232:
ilawikeee ee 213, 232, 305, 306, 380, 396
Cooper’s.284, 308, 329, 336, 354, 366
Green! ease ME seo Ba c'c c 334
Marsh) (oh. 2 5 so. See 225
232, 249, 301, 354, 382, 397

Oklahoma. <:.2.2. faseoeeeeeee 380
PISeOn, |. 5.008 ee eee 382
Pigeon Richardson’s ......... 232
Red-bellied... ....:2.)...ef eee seme 388
Red-shouldered.......... 216, 217,
218, 220, .301, 326, 339, 354

Red-tailed. .......52 22 eee eee 208, 263

280, 282, 284, 301, 326, 351
Red-tailed Western. ..232, 237, 263
Rough-legged

247, 249, 370, 382
Sharp-shinned...232, 268, 329, 395

SPALLOW Sie eee ore 232, 248, 268,
279, 301, 329, 354, 364, 397
Swainson’s........... 232, 382, a9
Heron, Black-crowned Night...... 2252
301, 313, 314, 343

Great Blue «..07%3. deere 225, 244,

301, 3138, 325, 329, 343, 366
Green. .225, 284, 297, 301, 313, 343
Little Blue. .225, 313, 335, 343, 402

Louisiana... +... ashes 225
Yellow-crowned Night......... 343
Hummingbird, Anna’s ............ 305
Allen’s 2a25.. 2 2):4 Bone cee 305
Black-chinned -.... 5.252 2ceteee 290
Ruby-throated: 4.22 ee eee 280,
284, 301, 307, 338, 355, 364 |

RUfOUS. uc bo oan 0 See ee 366
Tbis; (\GlOSSy eo cie chance owopetretnene 336, 343.
White > 0. eo eee 343

Wi Od Sas ob? sere censiene 225, 336, 343, 377
Jaeger, Pomarine ..... Sake oe 347

THE OOLAOGIST

Beye ATIZONA,. i, ele cuiiisl pve vie oe, s 258, 260
Blaick-headegdey soci t sie cle sie ire 263
[BINT E) Bas Sn Cer ELE Rt Clio 225, 281,

282, 284, 301, 364, 392, 401
MG MTOTTIIA: ee istkciscee aiersi se ste mye 336
DLO Ts ek "is oa eetege te evensiate teicks/erenchel ote 225
PESINIT GO Trew rete teas iho eke ave eels 263
PSCC LTT SS: oh seepertuerete a sisetotrct dis (chs 366
NWOOdHOUSE’S p65 2s ee cece 263

PMPRIR CON eres (ool sof oueray nanielan tage re a er svevecebayers 381
MUROL OES UE eapatyisie bereyece's! sa svoceke 394
Slate-colored....276, 306, 354, 398

WeMGeGen... - oa .sleetes 208, 225, 247, 279,

306, 326, 344, 350, 364,

392

Kingbird... .284, 312, 329, 354, 360, 390
PAT AISAS, se vcrcers tise sie #16" 264, 289
WOUWGEHES: eka desde cree e cie eeee 264
PUTAS TNOTS 2.2.5 eaters levers e010) Svea 228, 301
Belted...... 329, 302, 354, 364, 397
BINS ier =. < «shart necevses eeoTths eld = 248, 398
Ruby-crowned ........... 306, 366
Kite, Swallow-tailed...... 266, 306, 395
OUI TIU CS ox 5s cence lens <pcdue ote. « wae ere eres 341
NMS TOTNEG, 2.) gisieicicce ss score -e 100.0 306, 370
pont tailed cakals. «A. vos ssie 2808
Longspur, Chestnut-collared...370, 381
FEN TI MeN Par ees cs cls, eee coved axstaus dca cays 225, 341
Red-throated 2.1.2.2... see 341
INES etd eee 229, 262, 306, 332, 354, 365
Meadowlark..... 264, 301, 306, 329, 398
SOMME, ot tereaszecovsncis Atesue cuarete os 300
Wiestern:. se sist. 263, 336, 366
MIETZATISET | ooo. slo's soscsie ls os -.248, 342, 370
Hooded...... 242, 306,325, 342, 370
Red-breasted ............ 342, 370
MOCKING DING <2. 558 cise c «she ote" 225, 365
WME STONIN -ccvicnesisicatoustvers sosre 258, 259
Murre, Brunnich’s ................ 341
Nighthawk...... 210, 263, 327, 329, 364
SENTELEIS! pate eecniaeci an = bo obene ettee as 256
Nutcracker, Clarke’s ............. 263
Nuthatch, Red-breasted. ..286, 306, 330
283, 301, 354, 357, 397

MOTO Ga ents c senorefemstere: ai.cve GisneNodevere ce 249
Arizona \Hooded ......... 268, 290
Baltimore....... 301, 308, 354, 368
BUG CK Sy Bieiieeeraicrats tycusus ct eeiieare 264
SENNCUE'Seivcrersscislele iojsrercld erere's 268

VIE

Ovenbird....... 301,.317, 330, 354, 384
@iwil, “AGA ea vers cist clepeechier eve) <i 211
Bara. Pastas cies tee ert. 210, 326, 380
Barredis tcaheuse ce nee 269, 329, 354
BUrto wanes deri cicte @)- steele iane = 232
HuUropean Hla wikeee mere siete est + 232
Great Horned....... raise, Pal ZPAile
258, 268, 269, 282, 326, 350

Great. Grays soc eee eters sae 232.
IBEW Acme Cee REE Saya pine ote “312 2ode

Py SME an hat arabe auabatteees <teteRe rer etchars 263:
RicharadsOnisy cee oe leet 232;
Saiw- wilt oi. crc) sstetere!staletetete ravens 232
SErecehin ceva tote croete deme ers 389,
301, 305, 326, 329, 364, 391

Screech Flammulated ........ 263
KennicottS ae. sn ei. sete 225, 366
Screech, Rocky Mountain..... 263
Short-earedy cpr ss eee eee 232
Short-eared Western ......... 263
SNOWY) stn oneeataees 282,295, 310
Western Horned. 222, 223, 224, 232
@ystercatGher stoners o> aetecserere 344
Pelican, Brown. .see se. 225, 317, 342
WHITE = ek aicenedetetoens. s eteinceterer ste 342
PON SUI ovo oes wtelerorsmeteretor. cl ctabetsistsyetale 234
Pétrel; Leach’s. ica as eset +) re 334, 342
Stormy SS nicteae wera cotter erekete ie rsrorere 342
WiilSOm’ Ss: sec oe oreee one's) sceeota ss oe 342
IPQ@WEG. ~ .-cid on. re ebatetele feteheks 281, 284, 306
Wood? cece aets © tater 329, 394
Phalarope, Northern’ <<... ......- «1. 343
WilsSOm'S' 5 ptetstoie ee cetera cee 343
Pheasant. s.r eeere eee 301, 366
1Ela\o\s\0): Peer, a Go ae oe 225, 280
306, 327, 329, 354, 393, 398

Says. 4. se oaaroteeerreeror eters «severe omens) = 263
Pigeon, Band-tailed ............... 366
Passenger....... 268, 295, 357, 363
12) pI AS oc cinco Ao mabN oo 293, 366
Sprague:s = enmeredeiet: sete ele 398
Plover, American Golden.......... 344
Bartramilalieeeerreteeic sere cies 344
Black-bellied......... 225, 247, 344
Piping saeeeeite 212, 250, 344, 350
Semi-palmated...225, 247, 250, 350

UW plamdeereta geetsclere eters: 289,
326, 344, 355, 356, 357, 358

WalsOm’stiaye se sratetartis. cre olg ia 044

Vitl

Prairie Chicken) ............- ae 282, 326
J) AWTS OT cya Be eee a eee ee ert RE yc 341, 387
Rail, Black ......... 210, 848, 354, 402
Clap Pel wee e sacs bee eee 225, 343
(Corn Crak6= anihe fear ace 343
TECTNTS Biaire Chota cies te 253, 325, 348, 360
SSYONU eiepees ele ecH en Ne cicoin bic 208, 253,

308, 310, 311, 348, 354, 360
Virginia.213, 308, 325, 348, 354, 360

BYACTIOW: (oi A wae eee 275, 348, 360
UAT es A cecvon ice sueeren seats wane 263, 329
INO Orie): So MES an ehe es chaeeaper eee 354
Redpoll......... 262, 266, 306, 370, 398
RMGUIStAR ee er eeyee eae ee 250,
277, 293, 330, 254, 361

TRG) OMT > Ricerca toe Moonen cae 225, 249,
250, 252, 253, 254, 264, 266,

282, 288, 292, 298, 301, 306,
330, 354, 370, 392, 398, 402

VAC SLOTS. wie a lorslete cu cus cheers 263
SaaS THINS Sie S-sds, woe. ote o eee 225, 343
Sandpiper, Buff-breasted .......... 344

Bartramian ............. 278, 346

TYCASE — apes iie-ccove gavel onaharet cee MAEM: 343

BRE CHOTA Ee ieee eles e cha a eaten 343

JEDI it OF (iar ctsonee ae eerer ities ee a are 343

REC DACKeG! = cA. es teens 343

Semipalmated...225, 250, 348, 365

Solitaryies: 62 5. 342, 357, 370

SSDOUCLCUC A. ..c% acclo alae eke 225, 246,

250, 278, 306, 326, 344, 355

White-rumped ............... 343
Sapsucker, Northern Red-breasted.395

Yellow-bellied ........... 306, 341
Shearwater, Greater ............. 341
Shrike 25.3 PSR is als, ayes mcr) er aan 225

Moeserhead. 3.5. acs sci oleeniers 398

MIMIC OTP INE coats. c cw cpevs cpenetemevane 293, 327

INTER 65.5505 ar5.0c5 sa Greltenetliceere 248

White-rumped ............... 306
Skimmer, Black ............. 225, 341
Slee bir dr, | slsets be tee aTaneew ee wreeeeoe 379
Snipe, Huropean..... 282, 343, 350, 355
Sparrow, Brewer’s. ..........-s+.- 263

Chipping... .298, 301, 354, 365, 398

Chipping Western ............ 263

Hnglish..... 227, 282, 283, 295, 301,

304,-311, 312, 318, 365, 394
(Webield ...........284, 308, 3b457398

THE OOLOGIST

ROBE oc icsict ce Sawodaceanies ba colanacies cyanea eR
Grasshopper..... 279, 301, 348, 349
LAT acs sais aa 3 cela 347, 348
Nutttallltsy 0.5) cc ae eee 266
Pine Woods... «once 296
SaVanmahy ....2)0s Jn eee 279
Savannah Western ........... 266
Seaside ...... cri to bs ra eee ean ee 225
SOM. bo eae 225,. 249, 279, 292, 301,
306, 309, 335, 354, 355, 398

RUS. eo hak san ocase ele hee 366
SAWEUIAND) Nene sets eile, wich erse 301, 308, 327
"RYE: Gie ane ik oer eee 306, 398
WeSERD cee aim 279, 301, 306, 398
White-crowned .............. 306
White-throated .......... 277, 306
Yellow winged! {22 2> see eee 282
Spoonbill, Roseate ........... 336, 343
Sittamlinion yaccssscewvees 229, 264, 301, 359
Swallow, Bank....... 249, 264, 301, 355
Barn... .250, 264, 284, 306, 308, 354
(OINTE He areteecn ee arc 293, 301, 327, 366
Rough-winged....... 301, 354, 355
TREC. SE dScswneaut oe CR 301, 327
Swan, Trumpeter ................ 211

Whistling. ..211, 251, 318, 342, 370

Swift, Chimney.......... 293, 301, 306,
330, 354, 369

TAMASEM 2.26 side. save sc eee 250
S@amletc Sancta 263, 278, 280
Tern, ArGtic® vicu.3. «= « <eeeeie eee 341
Black: ooi-2 ss oe eer 341
Gaspiam’ .5.chiicacceeeees 225, 341
Common....225, 247, 341, 355, 374
IMOSten’s..225, 4 Cae ee 225, 341
Gullbilled . 23... 38. eae 341
1:2 | eerie IE iy CAntCs Gas C0 c 341
Roséaten 2 fiicthak jotaeeeren 341, 376
Royal: a. Sits. uy peer 341
SOOUY.. 2 coke Sosa eee 341
Wilson's) ocsiu0 dak eee 355

Thrasher, Brown....225, 262, 278, 283,

284, 285, 301, 306, 354, 365

California. (2.4.5). eee eee 29C
Golden-crowned .............. 283
Thrush, Grey-cheeked ............ 361
Hermit Tale chosen a eros A:
‘Olive-backed. ............ 277, 330

Varied) 232.250. 8eS) eae

THE OOLOGIST IX

NICCTIVIE ., .. «0c cee 210, 250, 306, 330
Water....... 210, 280, 301, 330, 361
Water Louisiana..... 210, 301, 330
SEUSS OMS! :20.5 pecsoreae orate ieee 250, 330
MNO Cleess =) << anetar screueitee 227, 262, 276,
293, 301, 306, 330, 350, 365

Titmouse, Black-crested........... 263
IM OU 20 aa 210, 280, 327, 365

TNE EPS a Se be ne 247
BoC Oman at=\<.. . eis aes to Soere 210, 225,
250, Ueno aol. a50sogS

OES OM Orc = Perec rete cee ates wakes 366

SHOT LACEY Re ety cS, Pe ete eee os 263
BINTRIaEeNVre VWGILG 5 ci State deleceis ie reves 0 ss 326
PMUTISTOMG! 2 5.0..5.. icles cee oe ess 250, 350
JE.CUUGIGINE o See eie cc rite te aren ciepe eRe ae ees 225
RC OMIT o\s,c lates alctarelic oie Galen 225
RUINS EaN er. 75s a ctNlstetere ts a tie-eieis 282, 327
UCHCCVOU: <)> <:.iatalersiecs 5 s.6 os ols ers 280,
283, 301, 354, 384, 402

SOLIS SEOs 61st eee eee 354

\ Ui 0) ha) ae ie ete ee 301, 402
Warbling Western........ 366, 402
WVAIIGE-CVCG) seein ccccisiec coeee 402
Yellow-throated...... 280, 301, 400
RANGE EIACK |. asc cies s e.ciew ec se jeins 334
Turkey..... 208, 301, 326, 334, 364
Warbler, Black and White........ 280,

293, 301, 306, 330, 361
Blackburnian....276, 293, 330, 350

Black-throated Blue...... 330, 354
Black-throated Green......... 276,
295, 330, 354

Blue-winged ................. 317
aa Mae Se... sieves 276, 330, 354
Genuleamiat heehee «oe 280, 302
Chestnut-sided. ............. 277,
279, 301, 330, 384

Golden-winged ............... 380
THOOGE f. 3 ie csioteiee wes 250, 330, 354
Kentucky...210, 280, 302, 303, 317
MMOSCONG <2 Sreatae ene siege cfs Se ae 366
MacGilivray’s, <ssocucsc weteracis oc 366
Magnolia. ...276, 277, 330, 354, 380
VIOUMRMIT Sis aerate oes 277, 330
Rariulas.: 2. pean 276, 280, 330, 367
PIONS ae eRe ats el A RR ne 293

Wormeating......... 210, 286, 375
ellowsaeawee Z29sea0le Ba0.a04, S36
Wrage tail = Yielllowwa ee siee treet cepacia: 33
Waxwing, Bohemian ............. 252
Cedar’: Aves. erates 301, 354, 401
Wihhip-poor-willl, =. scans. ees 280,
282, 284, 327, 329, 364

WH et Bin cot ahaa enema. mes os 344
Woodcock. .211, 318, 329, 343, 344, 355
HUnOPEAM sen «<i Ae 343
Woodpecker, Downy ............. 280,
287, 306, 344, 397

Downy sSouthern. +... see. 280,
287, 329, 344, 398

Gardner's 54.) sapere oe 366
GOs | gor aeercurate Ooo: nee 258
Hairy =... 4st Reeee eee PAS Pra
258, 259, 280, 282, 326, 329

Harris’. b8 Serer rns. epee . .366
tyory-billeds .<cic.eee ee 266, 387
Toe'wis”. \.. slevaccbencaleutatetere « otieenenere 366
Northerly. Seccseniten et eras 354
Pileated....311, 329; 356, 360, 387
Red-headed’. 5. .eeis... cn sees sale
329, 354, 3638, 364, 382

Red-bellied “....3iheae. -1toseee 326

~ Yellow-bellied....... 285, 386, 329
Wren, Bewick’s..--epeeeee > or 253, 297
Carolinay'.,.< 5 ae 280, 298, 365
ETOUSC” < ccoecm eee ote 207, 208,
282, 292, 298, 301, 330, 354

House Western ncmaen occas 264
Long-billed Marsh............ 247,
249, 350, 354

Rock | 2%, 62.2%. eee eee 263
Seattle” 5..cd4.geeeeen Oo ee 366
Short-billed Marsh....... 247, 308

ARV WC: MBER OR Ot orc: octa-o cea 332
ViZOPr'S; charac eres. here iralece 290
WiInteD, ...cctceeiine oe oe 330, 354
Winter Western ............. 264
Vellow-legs *-ciijesh, naires © 3 shies es 342
Greater <0 Gerth tials woke oreo 343
Yellow-throat, Florida ............ 298
Yellow-throat, Florida ............ 298

Maryland...249, 280, 301, 355, 365
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BIRDS--NESTS-EGGS \ JAN2?
TAXIDERMY Nt

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ALBION, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1912.

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BIRDS

WANTED.—Live American Wild Swan.
One male Trumpeter and one male Whistling.
R. M. Barnes. Lacon, Ill.

RAPTORES.—Following choicely mount-
ed specimens for exchange: 332, 334, 360, 368,
371, 372. Eggs in sets desired. ERNET NOR-
MAN, Doe Lake, Ontario, Canada. (*])

Anyone having a few good skins of foreign
birds to exchange. Will give A 1 specimens
from Illinois and California. Full data. H.
K. COALE, Highland Park, Illinois, (*1)

WANTED.—A few good skins of the Aleu-
tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum,
Lancaster, Mass.

WANTED.—A No.1 male snowy and West
Horned Owl skin, Western Fox, Black, ete.
Squirrel skin. EARL HAMILTON, Yohog-
hany, Pa. (1)

WANTED,—A few good skins of the Dakota
Song Sparrow, (Melospiza melodia juddi)
THAYER MUSEUM, Lancaster, Mass.

TO EXCHANGE.—Whistling Swans, Cack-
ling Geese, Mallards, Green Wing Teals,
Baldpates skins, also others, want smaller
skins. STANLEY G. JEWETT, 502 maeyctl
Ave., Portland, Oregon. (*1

FOR SALE.—Fine mounted specimen of
red fox, alibino opossom, squirrels, bawks,
Owls, etc. Send for lists. O.S. BIGGS, San
Jose, Ills. (i)

WANTED.—Lists of good bird skins and
Bailey’s book of western birds. Some good
skins for exchange. C. L. PHILLIPS,5 West
Weir St., Taunton, Mass. (1)

FOR SALE.— First class mounted birds at
reasonable price. Am overstocked. Par-
ticularly on waterfowl. KARL W. KAN-
MANN, Taxidermist, 2457 Lincoln Ave..
Chicago, Il. (6-11)

Birds and mammals mounted. Groups
prepared for Museums. Skin making, rug
making. All kinds of fish work. s.
WINCH, Parkview Ave., Bangor, rca

WANTED.-—Skins, eared (Sciurus Aberti).
black, raffels, all kinds squirrels, artic horned
owl (Articus), hummers, golden, Silver
pheasants, black : be EARL HAMIL-
TON, Yohoghany, (bd

Fine mounted game birds, some foreign,
sacrificed at bargain prices owing to cramped
quarters. Enclose stamp quickly for list.

A. RUSSELI SMITH, Elm Ave., Kdge Hill,
Rtonteonieey Con Bar (1)

WANTED.—AIIN. A. birds eggs also skins
of hawks and owls. Those who have maga-
zines for sale send price. Taxidermists who
deal in supplies write. GUS KROSSA, Leduc
Alta, Can. (1)

Wisconsin bird and mammal skins to ex-
change for beetles from Southern California,
Arizona and New Mexico. Easy to collect,
instructions and material furnished. W. E.
SNYDER, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

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BIRDS, Continued.

Sena me ten first class skins of small birds,
from nest of Missouri River, or from other
countries and receive equal number from
Illinois or Costa Rica, with full data. Also
want sets of eggs, with nests prefered. Send
list. H. K. COALE, Highland Park, Ills. (1)

THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND
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turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stock
purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans,
cranes, storks. ornamental geese and ducks,
foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of
birds and animals. WENZ & MACKENSEN,
Pew: H, Pheasantry & Game Park, Yardley,

a.

WANTED.—First class skins of Murrelets,
Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails, Shore Birds,
Grouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly Snowy
and Great Gray, ‘and certain small land birds.

Offer representative Southern California
species, also fine sets of personally taken
Heermann’s Gulls and Blue-footed Boobies.
All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY
I. OSBURN, Pasadena, Calif.

EGGS

In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss, as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

FOR Tee Sine aeen ee —Nos. 128, 298d, 624, 674
ile and 364. P. SHARPLES, Westchester,
)

TO EXCHANGE.—Sets of 339 and others
for many common kinds that I desire. C.G.
HART, Box 47, East Berlin, Conn. (1)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Singles, 1. 132, 360, 77.
495, 613, 412, and many others, for eggs of
eqnal value. Send list. Write now. GUS
KROSSA, Leduc Alta, Can. (1)

Nests with and without sets wanted. Cau
ase many common varieties; have you any
reptile eggs? J.P. BALL, M. D., Frankford,
Philadelphia, Penns. (11-11)

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I have sets of No. 320, 350 and 486 to ex-
change for Ridgway’s Manual of North
American Birds. Must bein good condition,
STOKLEY LIGON, Pecos, Texas. (1)

Wanted recent
. Also earlier numbers of
Condor. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box 141,
Brownsyille, Tex. (*]|

TO EXCHANGE —Sets with data, North
American and Foreign. Can use many com-
mon kinds of uae Dr. ae RICHARDS
oe e Navy, 1911 N. St., NW: Washington

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets:
Nos. 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list.
J. S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co., Cal.

FOR EXCHANGE.—N. A. birds’ eggs in
full sets for eggs Ineed. Let me hear from
you. FINLAY SIMMONS, 701 Holman Ave.,
Houston, Texas. (*1)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Fine sets of eggs for
high grade U. S. stamps. Address DR.
Soo ENE LUTHER. Fayetteville, a

ox

FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets of Nos.
320-a, 365, 384, 436, 519-c, 529-a, 530-c. Send your
lists. Singleor sets. J. C. F. Van Balen,
Apartado, 10, Oaxaca, Mexico. C1)

WANTED.--Sets of Oregon, Green, Texas,
and Belding’s Jays, Mountain Chickadee,
Scott’s and Sennett’s Oriole, Aplomado Fal-
con, Derby Flycatcher, Canon Wren, Hut-
ton’s Vireo. C. M. CASE, 7 Holcomb St.,
Hartford, Conn. [*1]

TO EXCHANGE.—Eggs A. O. U. Nos. 2-
316, 4-412, 4-413, 3-456, 4-464, 6-488, 2-495, 3-560, 4-
613, 4-705, 4-725, 3-758; all these for one set of
Turkey or Black Vulture eggs. Who wants
them? COLIN C. SANBORN, Fenn
Park, Illinois. [*2]

FOR EXCHANGH.—A few fine sets of the
rare White-faced Petrel for well prepared
sets. EDW. COURT, 1723 Newton St.,
N. W., Washington, D (1)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Heggs in sets with fine
data, for sets of eastern land and water birds.
Can_use many common kinds. Send list.
ALEX WALKER, Armour, S. D. (1)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Fine sets of Least
Tern, Black Skimmer, Louisiana Heron,
Wayne’s Clapper Rail, {Florida Burrowing
Owl, and others. For parliculars address
W. W. WORTHINGTON, Shelter Island
Heights, New York.

WANTED.—Two full sets of four, perfectly
prepared, American woodcock, showing ex-
treme variations in marking and color.
Offer in exchatige N-7 western golden-
crowned kinglet, N-7 ruby-crowned kinglet,
personally taken evecnmene and finely pre-
pared. Would want other good material to
make up difierence in price. A. O. TREG-
Ne 614 East 6th South St., Salt take Wie

a

FOR EXCHANGE.—Sets as follows: A. O.
U. Nos. 6 1-6. 74 5-2, 210 2-8, 212 1-4, 226 1-3, 337b
1 3, 373c 1-2, 413 1-5, 458 1-4. 462 n-2, 3-3, 464 2-4,
394a 1-5, 498e 1-3. 642c 1-3. 588a 1-3. 591¢ 1-3, 596
1-2, 1-3, 616 1-5, 620 1-3, 681 1-3, 743a 1-6, 758 2-3 2-4.
Can use many common sets. G.K.SNY' IER,
11 Laussen St., Stanford University, Cale

FOR EXCHANGE.—Singles with good
data A. O. U. Nos. 201-1, 316-2, 355-2. siba- ils
378-6, 387-2, 412-15, 420b-1, 444- 6, 447- 8, 457-4, 474b-4,
495-3, 506-12. 529-1, 552-7, 596-4. 597-2. 605- 6, 613-1,
633-6. 652-1, 633-6, 704- 3, 705 3, 715-6, 7352-4. Skins
flat for mounting 305-3, —289- ihe 141-1, 373-1-
Prairie dog 1 year old and 2 young riuskrats,
11-2 grown young, will exchange for any
natural history books, papers or sj ecimens,
aiso have a few perfect sets, persorally col-
lected to ene for same. GU’ LOVE,
Oberlin, Kans, R. R. No.5. (1)

FOR SALE.—Oak egg cabinet, 9 drawers,
will give the buyer free. 244 sets eggs all dif-
ferent, with full data. TAYLOR, 315 N. 6th
St., Camden, N. J. (1)

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EGGS, Continued.

HXCHANGE.—A fine series of ten of the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska. I
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many others,
D. E. BROWN, 6044 Ist Ave.. No. W, Sta. F.
Seattle, Wash.

FOR EXCHANGE.—Sets 581 1-4, 191 1-4, 194
1-3, 219 1-10, 294 1-13, 3311-4, 337 b 1-2 2-2. 365 1-7
1-5 1-4, 501 b 1-5, 591 c 1-4, 429 n-2, 743 1-5.
MARK WHITE, 3900 Walton Ave., Los
Angeles, Cal. (1)

WANTED.—One set of each, viz: 394, 394c,
402, 406, 408, 409, 412, 414. 420, 447, 465, 466, 471,
474b, 517, 528, 540, 543, 567, 610, 637, 659, 683a, 707,
718a, 719b, 756, 759b. Also one each, with a
good nest; if possible on a portion of object
built upon. Viz, 423, 428, 432, 433, 461, 546, 633,
648, 648a, 681, 681c, 730, 746, 751. Sets must be
well prepared and in good condition. I have
an extensive list to offer in exchange,
ALFRED SHELTON, Petaluma, California,
R. F. D. 1. (1)

FOR EXCHANGE. — Eggs in_ fine sets.
beautiful minerals, butterflies and moths in
dust and insect proof cases, and other natural
history specimens. Want all the above,
Send lists and receive mine. LEWIS C.
SNYDER, Lacona, New York.

EXCHANGE— I have a fine set, with nest
of W. Gld. Crd Kinglet, Calif Creeper, Chest-
nuc Backed Chickadee, and some common
sets for exchange. D. E. BROWN. Tacoma
Wash.. Rm. No. 11 Federal Bldg. (1)

WATER BIRDS EGGS—A. O. U. 100 spec-
ies, including many jdesirables, such as 25,
34, 60.1, 81, 82, 82.1, 92.1, 103, 129 130, 162, 177, 178,
257.1, 274, 281, 287. Can use Land Birds sets of
equal rarity. THOMAS H. JACKSON, 304
N. Franklin St., West Chester, Pa. (1)

FOR EXCHANGE.— 190 1-5, 194 1-5, 197 1-4,
198 1-4, 326 1-2, 337 1-2. 339 4-3 3-4, 346 1-2, 348 1-2
1-3, 364 2-3, 373 1-4, 4161-2, 417 1-2, 490 1-3 1-4 1-5,
546 2-5, 593d 1-3, 677 1-5, 724 1-7. EH. J. DARL-
INGTON, Wilmington, Deleware. dy)

FOR EXCHANGE.—A. O. U. Nos. 1 1-4 1-3,
1] 1-2, 16 1-1, 21 1-2, 251-1, 44 1-2 1-3, (85) 1-1, 107
1-1, 135 1- 10, DOL 1-5, 202 1-4, 263 1-4, 329 1-2, 339 1-3,
342 1-2, 346 1-2, 359.1 1-5, 389 1-4, 390 1-7 1-6, 394¢
1-5, 412a 1-7 i 1-6, 3 6 1-5, 467 1-4, 477 1-5, 487 1-4, 498
1-4, 498¢e 1-2, 511b 1-4, 517 1-3, 529 1-4, 540 1-4, 549
1-4, 550 1-4, 560 1-4, pe? 1-4, 581 1-4, 587 1-3, 595 1-3,
598 1-3, 608 1-3, 624 1-4, 648a 1-3, 659 1-4, 673 i-4,
674 1-4, 681 1-4, 687 1-4, 704 1-4, 721 1-6, 735a 1-4.
755 1-4, 756, 1-3, wandering albatross 1- 1, rock-
hopper penguin. single, king penguin ail end
blown. :2). JOHN H, FLANAGAN, 10 Wey-
bosses St., Providence, R. I.

WANTED.— Full and finely prepared

clutches of A. O. U. Nos. 261, 274, 277a, 277, 281.
Offer perfect fine sets of equal value or better
as 139, 141, 142, 172, 480, 492, 562, 665, ete. Will
give in exchange first class sets of eggs as 53,
225, 226, 480, etc, for A 1 nests of the following
A. O. U. Nos. 444, 446. 449, 452, 456, 459, 471, 474,
474b, 474e, 477, 481, 482. 483, 494, 598, 598c, 598d.
598f, 500, 501, 501c, 503, 505, 505a,, 508, 511, 5lla,
511b, 513, 513a, 547, 549, 552, 554. 578, 581c, 581d.
581e, 581L, 581m, 584, 588, 588b, 591. 591b. 591c, 592,
593, 593c, 597a, 617, 620, 622b, 703a, 705, 706, 707,
707a, 708, 710a, 593c, 597a, 617, 620. 622b, 703a, 705,
706, 707, 707a, 708, 710a, 717b, 746, 755, 756. A. O.
TREGANZA, 614,East 6th St.South, SaltLake
City, Utah.

MISCELLANEOUS

FOR EXCHANGE.—California butterflies
and natural history specimens. cent eggs
in sets, Indian relics and stamp R. E.
DODGE, 552 Bay St.. Santa Cruz, Calif, [*1]

Anyone interested in good specimens of
the Cotton Rat please Jet me hear from them.
W.G.SAVAGE, Delight, Ark.

FOR EXCHANGE.—Butterflies and Moths
of this locality for others, or eggs in sets.
pe GRAVES, 1031 Pardee St., W. Deue eye

al. (1)

DATA BLANKS.—On good paper, per 100,
Gan cents, on cards, thirty cents postpaid.
PAUL G. BURGKSS, 920 6th Ave. S.. Min-
neapolis, Minn. [*1]

EXCHANGE.—The fishes of the Hawaiian
Islands. By Jordon & Everman. Large
octavo, 73 colored plates and other books,
for books oreggsin sets. VERDI BURTCH,
Branchport, New York. ([*1]

100 Post Cards, Samples, Newspapers, etc..
FREE. Send 2 two-cent stamps for plain set
of post cards. You will be pleased
CLARKE’S SUH. AGENCY, Gainesville, Ga.

Students, Spurtsmen, Naturalists. — Let
Mullen mount your trophies, standard
Museum methods in taxidermy, all branches.
Tanning, Lap Robes. Fur Coats. B. F. MUL-
LEN, Taxidermist, Tanner, 509 N. 25th St.

Genuine Tuscarara, Iroquois Oftawa,
Chippawa, Indian, Birch Bark, Sweetgum
Baskets, Bead work, Pipes, Canoes, etc.
Bendire’s Vol. 2 to exchange. F. A. W.
DEAN. Falls St., Niagara Falls, N. Y. (1)

FOR SALE.—One Myer System, Cloas
Flute, 11 keys, low pitch in case. Used three
months. Will sell at very reasonable price.
Will send on approval. L. V EDICUS,
3002 Chestnut St., Kansas City, Mo.

IMPORTED COCOONS.—Atlas, Mylitta,
Roylei, Selene. Trifen-estrata and other
Indian pupae for Regalis, Versicolora and
other desirable native pupae and eggs.
JAMES L. MITCHELL, Indiana Trust Build-
ing, Indianapolis, Indiana.

WANTED. — Steven’s pocket shot gun.
Also A 1 sets with good data. Offer mounted
birds, skins, and eggs personally taken. Wil]
collect shrews and small mammals and
mount them if desired. FRANKLIN J
SMITH, P. O. Box 98, Eureka, Cal. (1)

FOR EXCHANGE.—l'air of Field Glasses
Jena special, magnifyinz power seven times;
with leather case and st/ap. Cost $12.95 and
lately inuse. Goodasnew. For best offer
of birds eggs in - ets with full data. GEORGE
SETH GUION, Napoleoriville, La.

——

FOR SALE.—Cavies in solid and broken
colors. Book on breeding skunks 50c. All
kinds foreign and U. S. coins. ALMAN
KIBBIE, Mayville, N. Y. (1)

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W ANTED.— Antelope horns either pairs or
singles; state price in first lettter .Also some
large Arizona cactus root for souvenirs.
Sea HUNSINGER, Taxidermist, Seon

J

FOR SALE.—One pair of climbing irons
with straps. Practically new. No fair offer
refused. F. A. HEMPHILL, 326 Union Ave.,
Elizabeth, NG: Ue [*1]

FOR SALE.—Oak egg cabinet. Write for
dimensions and pric:2. . N. DAVIS
Branchport, N. Y. (1)

W ANTED.-— Correspondence with all
persons who have done any kind of Orni-
thological work in Wyoming. Send me
names and addresses of yourselves and
friends. ERNEST PILLSBURY WALKER,
Dept. of Biology, University of Wyoming,
Laramie, Wyoming. (*1)

Printing press 4x6 chase and complete out-
fit, four volumes of Gleanings in Bee Culture,
Racing Home Pigeons to exchange for eggs
in sets and nests with data. Butterfly books
or offers. GEORGE A. FRANCIS, 90 Deacon
St., Bridgeport, Conn. [#1]

FOR SALE.—Bird photos from life, nests
and eggs and feeding scenes. Egrets. Herons,
Ibis, etc. Postcards or4x5from5x7 nega-
tives. Prints finished by professional and
guaranteed. Write your wants and I'll
please you, Twenty cents each, six for one
dollar. 5x7 prints of Bird Island twenty
five cents each. OSCAR E. BAYNARD,
Fort Myers, Florida. {1]

Paneer, ~ rnc eee

BOOKS

WANTED.—The (Utica, N. Y.) Oologist
Vol. Icomplete. For this I will pay $9.00.
R. M. BARNES, Lacon, Ill.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.— Selected
plates, in colors, from Studer’s ‘birds of

America.”
REEN, Orni-
thologist, Stoneham, Mass. 1]

WANTED.—Bird Lore Vol. Nos. 2, 4, 5
send The Oologist Vol. 3, Ne 4; Vol. 4,
No. 1; and Vol. 5, No. 5, for cash or exchange
CHARLES A. HEWLETT, Woodmere, a te,

i

I desire to purchase magazines and books
on oology and ornithology. GEORGE SETH
GUION, Napoleonville, La. [1-12]

WANTED. _"* Noise Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 5,

6. Ey Vol. I, No. 2, Vol. IV, No. 3, Vol.
V, No.3. “Auk” Vol. Texas No. 3, ‘and Whole
volumes. Cash or exchan ge. DR.

; Ww.
RICHARDS, U.S. Navy, 1207 19th St. XN W.
Washington, D.C. [*1]

FOR EXCHANGE.—O & O Vol. 17 No. 1 to
9 inclusive. eee Maine Ornithological
Society, vol.2, No.1. Birds of Wheeler Sur-
vey, 34 Pub. of Calif. Academy of Science,
Catalogue of Water Birds of Lower Cali-
fornia. Catalogue of Birds of Lower Cali-
fornia. Addition to Ornithology of Guada-
lupe Isle. 391 1-4, 3451-2 and 1225-4 all of above
for other sets. H.A. DUPREY, Dixon, Cane

WANTED. — Books -on ornithology and
oology. State condition and lowest cash,
fine and in first letter. Sets to exchange for
southern and western sets. C. W. GOTHKE,
North Milwaukee, Wis. [*1]

WANTED.—American Museum Journal,
volume III, number 4; volume V numbers 1-
2-3; volume VII, number 3, Address N. T.
Kidder, Milton, Mass. [*1]

A $24 pearl ring for sale cneap or will ex-
change for Indian velics or eggs. 2D.
STONE, Box 174. Fayetteville, Ark. (1)

A 60-foot trarimel net used three nights
cost $10. Will take $6 or exchange for relics
or eggs. W. D. STONE, Box 174, Fayette-
ville, Ark.

WANTED.—Egegs of following A. O. U.

t : B49,
352, 358.1, 359.1, 360, 362, 364, 372, 373, 8, 378, 384,
387, 388, 393, 394, 406, 416, 420. 420a, 421, 423, 428, 499°
430, 431, 443, 452, 454, 461, 466, 466a. 467, 494, 497. 506,
507, 508. 510, 511, 517, 529, 554b, 558, 581m, 586, 487,
588a, 588b, 595, 597, 604, 605, 608, 611; 612, 413, 614,
619, 622, 622a, 624, 627, 628, 631, any warbler, 702,
703, 715, 721, 721a, 725a, 727, 729, 732, 733, 735, 736,
741a, 742, 746. 751, 756, 768, and many others.
Will allow full even exchange. ‘Lattin-Short
1905) for sets. Singles at 1-2, Also want
certain skins. I offer sets 16 1-1, 30a 1-11,
32 1-1, 58 1-3, 79 1-11, 1841-3 1-4, 187 1-3, 199 1-4,
348 1-4, 574 n-3, 584 n-3, 593a 1-4, 519b 1-3, 533 1-2,
Singles 315 data, 382 data, 491, 536, 536a, 591,
470a, 744, 216, 486, 304. Mounted Specimens,
194, 190, 367, 373, 524, 522, 584, 546, 580, 498, 494,
650, 761. Also offer many books, shells,
minerals, corals, fossils and a few Indian
Relics. ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 173
Rochester, N. Y. (1)

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WANTED AT ONCE.—We will give $5 for
Volume IX of the Ornithologist and Oologist,
covering the period from March 1, 1884 to
March 1, 1885. R.M. Barnes, Lacon, III.

I will give $1.00 for No.6 of Vol. 5 of THE
OOLOGIST in the original covers and_in
good condition. R.M. BARNES, Lacon, Ill.

WANTED FOR CASH.—Bird Lore Vol. I-—
2,6; Vol. II—2; Vol. III—1; VII—-1. LOUIS S.
KOttsi KR Bloomfield, N. J.

WANTED.—The Auk, Vol. II, Nos. 2, 3, 4,
Vol. IV, Nos. 2,4, Vol. V, Nos. 2,3, 4, Vol. VI.
Nos. 1,3. For cash or exchange. LOUIS A
FUERTES, Ithaca, N. Y.

WANTED.—Back numbers of The Auk.
Nuttal’s Bulletin and other bird magazines,
also on insects. Have numbers to exchange.
G. W. HUMPHREY, Dedham, Mass.

WANTED.—Books on birds. Will pay a
reasonable cash price for those that I desire.
State title aud author, condition. etc. CHAS.
F. CARR, (Personal), New London, Wis.

FOR SALE.—In_ perfect condition, “‘The
North American Birds” by Henry Nehrling.
German text, cloth bound, gilt edge, 668 pages
and 36 plates, showing 137 species in natural
color. Original price $15. Sells for $7.
ERICH DIETRICH, Canby, Oregon.

I wish to buy second hand bird books. A
few sets and books including Ridgeway’s
Birds af Middle and North America, part IV,
to exchange for bird books. H. E. BISHOP,
Sayre, Pa. (1)

WANTED.—Books on Ornithology, Oology
or Nature Study, also Thoreau’s Journal and
parts of Audubon’s Birds of America. Quote
best cash price. B. R. RUSSELL, 414 East
Walnut Street, Kokomo, Indiana. (1)

BOOKS FOR SALE.—Forest and Stream,
vols I to XIII inclusive, Fisher’s Hawks and
Owls of the U.S. Wanted Auk, vols. Ito LX
inclusive, sets with cowbird eggs from re-
liabie collectors. H. H. BAILEY, Box 154
Newport News, Virginia. (1)

FOR SALE. — Canadian Entomologist,
Vols. XX XIX and XLI. Per Vol. 50c. Jour-
nal of Economic Entomology, Vols. II and
III; per Vol. $1. W. L. BURNETT, Fort
Collins, Colo. (1)

MAGAZINE BARGAINS—Orinthologist
and Oologist, 4 complete volumes and 27 odd
numbers, $3.00; The Osprey, 19 numbers of
volumes 1 and 2, $1.75; The Nidologist, 35
numbers, $2.00; The Oologist, 24 numbers, all
previous to Vol. 20, $1.00; The Museum, 15 nu-
bers, $.75; The Auk,3 numbers of early vol-
umes, $1.00; miscellaneous scientific maga-
zines, mostly orinthological, 50 numbers, $2.
These prices include postage. All copies
clean and in good condition. Order at once
from this list. You will be satisfied. F. P.
DROWNE, M. D., Chilesburg, Virginia. (1)

WANTED.—The Bulletin of the Cooper O.
Club Vol. I complete; Wilson Bulletin Nos
4,5, 6,7,8and 24 forcash. LOUIS S. KOHLER,
98 Watsessing Ave., Bloomfield, N. J.

FOR SALE FOR CASH ONLY. — The
Museum, vols. 1 to 9, $3.50; The Condor, vols.
1 to 3, $7.50; The Osprey, vols. 1 to 3, $3.50; The
Auk, vol. 21, $3.00; The Auk, vol. 13, $2.00; The
O. and O., vols. 9 to 12, $4.50; The O. and O.,
vols. 13 to 15, $3.50; The O. and O., vols. 16 to
18, $3.00; Maynard’s Eggs of N. A., $2.00;
Davie’s Nest and Eggs of N. A. Birds, $1.00;
Birds and Nature, vols. 13 and 14, $1.50;
American Ornithology, vols. 1 and 2, $2.00.
Many odd numbers of Bird Lore, Condor, O.
and O., Nid., etc. ete. All correspondence
cheerfully answered. The above are all
handsomely bound and in perfect condition.
A. E. SHUTZE, 2306 Guadalope St., Austin,
Texas. (1)

WANTED FOR CASH.—Vol. 6 O. & O.;
No. 6-7-8-9; Vol. 5; No. 9 Vol. 26 of Oologist;
Vol. 1 Nos. 3-5-6, Vol. 2 No. 1-5-6, Vol. 3, Nos.
3-4-5-6, Vol. 4 Nos. 3-5-6 of Bird Lore; any
volume of Auk except 12-13; any volume of
Aud. Birds of Am. small edition. Vol. 1
Condor (Bull. Cooper Club) also volumes 5
to 11 inc. of Bird Lore; any volumes of Birds,
Birds & Nature. All volumes of American
Bird Magazine. Must all be clean and good,
containing all plates. Send me your prices.
GEORGE W. H. VOS BURGH, Hillside, Wis.
via Spring Green. (4:6)

WANTED.—Cosmopolitan Magazine re-
quires the services of a representative in
your town to look after subscription re-
newals and to extend circulation by special
methods which have proved unusually
successful. Salary and commission. Pre-
vious experience desirable but not essential.
Whole time or spare time. Address, with
references. H.C. CAMPBELL, Cosmopolitan
Magazine, 1789 Broadway. New York City.

Moose, skins with skulls, adult female and
young bull, with horns, offered for six
dollars cash, each net, (Boxed, F. O. B.), and
fifty dollars in unimpeachable sets. The
skins will go to parties offering most desir-
able material. Inquirers send six cents and
eens P.B. PEABODY, Blue Rapids,

ansas

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are all needed by

some of our readers.

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BOOKS.

I will give $1.00 each for the following num-
bers of The Oologist of Utica, N. Y. Vol. Il,
Nos. 1-2-3; Vol. ITI. No. 9; Vol. LV, No.7; or I
will buy the complete volumes. R. M.
BARNES, Lacon, Ill.

WANTED—Nuttall Bulletin, vol. 6, Cam-
bridge, Mass. 1881; or any part: Will give
cash or exchange. S. N. RHOADS, 920 Wal-
nut St. Philadelphia, Pa- (1)

cisco, Cal. 1)

FOR SALE.—Canadian Entomologist,
Vols. XX XIX and XLI. Per Vol. 50c._ Jour-
nal of Economic Entomology, Vols. II and
III; per Vol. $1. W. L. BURNETT, Fort
Collins, Colo. j1)

Ave., Philadelphia. Penn.

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WANTED.—Bird Books in good_second-
hand condition. Will pay reasonable cash
i i desirable things in ex-
15 18, ee

WANTED.—Audubon’s Birds of America,
First subscription, 8 vo. ed. Phila. & N.
Yori, 1840-44. Five dollars ($5.00) per part will
e paid for numbers 10 and 80. FRANKLIN
BOOKSHOP. 22) Walnut St., Philadelphia,

a,

can_ use.

(oy

of Curios. Make offer. W. P. AGE

Hope, Ark.

BIRD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. —I
offer 170 back numbers Oologist, copies 37
other publications, Ridgway’s Humming-
birds, Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds,
Greene’s Birds I Have Kept, Studer’s Birds
of North America. Let me know your
wants. M.L. WICKS, Jr., 235 South Coro-
nado St., Los Angeles, Cal. 2

BIRD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.—1
offer 170 back numbers Oologist, copies 37
other publications, Ridgeway’s Humming-
birds, Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds.
Greene’s Birds I Have Kept, Studer’s Birds
of North America. Let me know your wants.
M. L. WICKS, JR., 2358. Coronado St., Los
Angeles, Cal. 1)

dition, and price.
Hab bsts for sale. WM.1I. LYON, pee Oe
Ss.

WANTED FOR CASH—Bird Lore Vols. 1,
2,3, 7,10, 11 or parts. Bird and Nature Vols.
after 15. Complete sets or parts of Auk,
Wilson. Bulletin, Condor, Bird Lore, Oolo-
gist. Books by_Bendire, Cones Abbott.
Eishex Nehrling. LAURA KEAN, Bg Oa

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and Middle America,” parts two and three,
either bound orin paper, the latter preferred,
Will give good exchange in sets from this
section, or pay cash. In writing state cash
or exchange price. F.C. WILLARD, Tomb-
stone, Arizona.

WANTED.—Life history of North Ameri-
can Birds, Bendire; Bird Lore, volumes or
single copies. Also Bird Books and Insect
Book, report any you have. LAURA KEAN, —
Stockport, Ohio.

Wilson and Bonaparte, American Orni-
thology 3 vols. with atlas of 103 plates.
(uncolored). Scarce, $27.50. Other bird
books. SHERWOOD’S, Inc. 48-50, Maiden
Lane, New York.

We will buy or exchange good books per-
taining to birds or natural history subjects
SHERWOOD’S, Inc., 48-50 Maiden Lane
New York.

Birds of New York by Eaton. Colored plates
by Fuertes. $5.00. Catalogues issued. SHER-
WOOD’S, 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York.

BIRD-LORE AND OOLOGIST WANTED.
—I will givehighest market values, cash or
exchange, for Bird-Lore Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 4, and
6, with index; Vol. 2, Nos. 1.2 and 3: Vol. 3,
Nos. 1 and 2; and Vol. 7,No.1; or bound vol-
umes of Vols. 1, 2,3 and7. Send your list of
oologist previous to No. 222. CHAS. A.
HEWLETT, Woodmere, N. Y.

EXCHANGH.—A five volume encyclopedia
of living animals of the world. Also fine
minerals, for first class skins of owls for
mounting. S. V. WHARRAM, Geneya, Ohio,

BIRD MAGAZINES.—I have about_ 500
old bird magazines for exchange, including
complete volumes of Auk, Condor, Nidiolo-
gist, Osprey, Oregon Naturalist, and odd
numbers of all of these. W. LEE CHAM-
BERS, 1226 11th St., Santa Monica, Cal.

WANTED FOR CASH.—Vol. 60. & O.; No.
6-7-8-9: Vol. 5; No. 9 Vol. 26 of Oologist; Vol. 1
Nos. 3-5-6; Vol. 2 No. 1-5-6, Vol. 3 Nos. 3-4-5-6;
Vol. 4 Nos. 3-5-6 of Bird Lore; any volume of
Auk except 12-13; any yolume of Aud. Birds
of Am. small edition. Vol. I Condor (Bull.
Cooper Club) also volumes 5 to 11 inc. of Bird
Lore; any volumes of Birds, Birds and
Nature. All volumes of American Bird Maga-
zine. Must all be clean and good, containing
all plates. Send me your prices. GHORGE
N. H. VOS BURGH, Columbus, Wis., R.F.D.

We publish more Bird Book adver-
tisements in this issue of The Oologist
than all the other bird magazines in
America published during the entire
year of 1912. Everyone a bona fide ad.

How is this for the Oologist ?

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The New Year is with us THE OOLOGIST wishes all its friends a happy
an prosperous New Year.

for the coming year we will not make you any promises. All we will say
we will do our best to deserve as many good things said of our 1912 magazine
as of that for 1911.

Whatever is added above the eight pages of senate matter and one illustra-
tion for each issue will be merely a gratuity offered by the present editor.

We will expect all our subscribers to pay up—at once, as money is needed to
keep the magazine up to its present standard. If we devote our time and as-
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received goes back into the magazine. It is a labor of Love with us, not a com-
mercial enterprise. Help us extend the subscription list and you help yourself

just that much.

R. M. BARNES.

Drawer of Bald Eagle’s Eggs in Collection of E. J. Darlington
—Photo by Mr. Darlington.

Set of Four Eggs of the Bald Eagle, Taken by E. J. Darlington
—Photo by Mr. Darlington,

206

Bald Eagles.

My experience with the Bald Hagle

this year (1911) was unusual.

now.

My young man in Delaware report-
ed early in February that his Hagle
tree had been cut down by a farmer,
so I did not expect anything from
there.

I had given up all hopes of getting
any this year, as it seemed there was
always something in the way of get-
ting Hagle eggs, when my young man
from Delaware turned up at my house
on the 11th of March, with four eggs.

When he opened the box and lifted
the lid, I saw he had four eggs.
“Well,” I said, “two sets of two.”
“No,” he said, “they all four came out
of one nest.”

The expression on my face must
have been a study, as I was aware
that a set of four was very unusual,
and the set was exceedingly rare.

He said he thought the nest had
been deserted, but some one saw the
birds there, and told him about it, and
he found the nest was rebuilt.

It was a very large affair about five
feet wide by four feet high, and so
large he had to make a hole in the
side in order to take the eggs out.

They were taken March 9th, a lit-
tle late as a usual thing, but I found
them fresh and blew them with small
holes. They are large eggs measur-
ing as follows: 3.00 x 2.20; 2.95 x 2.31;
2.89 X 2.22; 2.80 x 2.22.

If any one has another set of four
I should like to hear from him.

Last year (1910) I failed to report
any collections of the Bald Eagle eggs

because I had nothing to report, and
the prospects this year looked bad un-

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th til last night, when a boy came to my
at
|

1ouse with four eggs.
| He said they were taken on the 9th

I expected one set at least from | jmst. from a maple tree forty feet up

Maryland as the birds were seen and |
nest located, and why the eggs were .

not taken is more than I can answer |);
nest” he said. “What!” says I. “a set

Jof four?”

in Delaware. I saw he had four eggs,
‘and asked him where he got the other

Iset. “They all came cut of the one

“Yes,” he said, “a set of

four.”

4 I never heard of a set of four of the
‘Bald Hagle before, and think it must

be unique.

The eggs are large in size, measur-.
ing 3.00 x 2.20, 2.95 x 2.305 2:89) 2ia2e
2.87 x 2.22.

They were fresh and I blew them
with very small holes. They are of a
uniform shape, pointed like a pear.
Would like to hear from any one who
knows of another set of four.

H. J. Darlington,
Wilmington, Del.

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A Rarity.

George F. Guelf took November 234d,
near Hamlin, N. Y., on Lake Hrie, a
young male Barrow’s Goldeye, an ex-
ceedingly rare bird for Western New
York. On dissection it was found to
have taken no food since leaving salt
water; the contents of the stomach
were finely ground up, but contained
unmistakable evidence of salt water

crustacea.
y saat Sah

A Partly Albino Redwing.

On June 3, 1909, at Pompton June-
tion, N. J., in a small swamp adjacent
to Pompton Lake, a partly albino Red-
winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeni-
ceus) was found by the writer.

This bird’s plumage was wholly nor-

mal with the exception of the feathers
of the lower back and rump which
were a glistening white. This bird
was in company with a number of oth-
ers of the same species which were
nesting in this vicinity.

Louis S. Kohler.

Bloomfield, N. J.

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A Cat-Man.

The fellow who signs as Wm. C.
Herman, M. D., in the December num-
ber of Nature and Culture, relieves
himself to the extent of a page upon
the subject cf collecting birds eggs,
and especially in an attack upon THE
OOLOGIST.

Who this unknown, unheard of
featherless biped may be we haven't
the least idea on earth. We never
heard of him, and we doubt if any of
our readers know of his ‘existence.
His article properly follows one relat-
ing to The Cat, and in which the cat
is lauded and the declaration made
that it never does disturb the birds.

Included within this growl is a snarl
aimed at our friend, Frank M. Chap-

man and the National Audubon Socie- .-

ties, so we are not without good com-
pany in the condemnation of this little
-would-be regulator of the Universe.

Were it not for the statement that
“the sole mission” (of the Oologist)
“is to encourage the plundering of
birds nests to secure eggs to be sold
to pseudo scientific collectors,” we
would pay no attention whatever to
this little squeak.

That statement is untrue, and the
man that made it is a liar. Since tak-
ing hold of THE OOLOGIST, we have
refused and declined to publish any
advertisements for the sale of Ameri-
ean birds eggs, and have endeavored
to do ali that we could to encourage
legitimate scientific collecting. The
Editor of THE OOLOGIST never sold
a bird’s egg in his life and never will.

An investigation into Wm. C. Her-
man, M. D.’s past might disclose some
very readable matter. The writer has
done and is probably now doing more
towards the legitimate protection of
our feathered friends every day in the
year than has this unknown during his
entire life.

Who and what and where this lover
of cats is, is unknown and uninterest-

ing to us.—Hditor.
(a ee

House Wrens.

One spring a House Wren appeared
at our place and saluted us with a
song, he kept singing most of his time
as all House Wrens do, after he had
been with us a week or ten days in-
specting every nook about the place
he began to build a nest in an old
teapot I had put upon an out building,
he worked and sang all day long, until
he had the nest completed, at least
he had worked diligently for a week
or more, then he took a slight rest,
and seemed to be waiting for his mate
to appear, but whether she was an up-
to-date female and ran away with
some one else or whether she met her
death on the journey north, I can’t
say, but she never came, but bless you
did Mr. Wren waste any tears, not he,
he sang and hunted insects day in and
day out, occasionally going to the nest
and going in, always busy the whole
summer long and in the autumn he de-
parted as if nothing had happened.

George W. H. Vos Burgh,
Zion City, Illinois.

ws ee See
Egg Exchange.

During 1911 the Editor made ex-
changes of Eggs or Skins with twenty-
nine collectors, an average of about
one exchange every ten days. Our
exchange list began in January with
approximately 1200 specimens. This,
by January 1, 1912 is reduced to less
than 50 eggs in 15 sets. This surely
demonstrates that THE OOLOGIST is
the best egg advertising medium in
America. .

This large volume of exchanges
were carried on without misunder-
standing and with mutual satisfaction
on both sides, proving that this can

208 THE OOLOGIST

be done if fair dealing is the rule
adopted, by all concerned.

As we close our exchange books for
1911 we find one small box of eggs
lost in the mails still to be accounted
for, containing $4.15 worth of speci-
mens, which we will have to make
good unless it turns up in time. And
the only one account against us still
unsettled. This is for $4.30. A fairly
good account for the forever past 1911.
The following is a list of our 1911 sat-
isfied friends:

G. A. Abbott, Chicago, Ills.

Lyle S. Baer, Streator, Ils.

G. R. Barlow, S. Killingley, Can.

Edward S. Coombs, Boston, Mass.

H. J. Darlington, Wilmington, Del.

HH. J. Dietrick, Camby, Oregon.

Clyde Hansmann, Cuddleback, N. Y.

D. V. Hembree, Roswell, Ga.

Thos. H. Jackson, West Chester, Pa.

Hugene Kiethley, St. Michaels, Md.

Jno. B. Litsey, Fort. Worth, Texas.

Guy Love, Oberlin, Kansas.

Wim. McLaren, Linwood, Scotland.

R. L. Moore, Vernon, Texas.

H. S. Norman, Doe Lake, Ontario.

Troup D. Perry, Savannah, Ga.

Wm. Plank, Decatur, Ark.

Dr. T. W. Richards, Washington, D.C.

C. S. Sharp, Escondido, Calif.

Alfred C. Shelton, Petaluma, Calif.

D. I. Shepardson, Los Angeles, Calif.

H. H. Short, Rochester, N. Y.

G. K. Snyder, Los Angeles, Calif.

W.S. Strong, San Jose, Calif.

A. O. Treganza, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Alex Walker, Armour, South Dakota.

Wards Natural Science Institute,

Rochester, N. Y.
H. Warren, Toronto, Canada.
Arthur T. Wayne, Mt. Pleasant,. S.
Carolina. ,
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House Wren.

Nest built in old pair of pants which
were hanging in saplings and eight
feet outside of the railroad right of
way, a half mile from city of March-
field, Wisconsin.

The top of the nest was four and
one-half feet from the ground. The
Six eggs were placed ten inches down
in the pant leg in nest composed of

twigs; lined with fine roots and feath-
ers.

The nest was found and photograph-
ed sometime in the latter part of the
month of May, 1910.

J. F. Stierle.
Marshtield, Wis.

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Additional Notes on the Summer Resi-
dents of Philadelphia County,
Pennsy!vania.

To “complete” my list of summer
residents in this county (c-f Oologist,
October, 1910, page 116) I have the
following additional data to record,
some of which I overlooked when [
compiled my paper, and others I did
not use in my original contribution
because the records in it were based
chiefly upon personal observations,
but in the present list I have mostly
used information of other reliable ob-
servers.

214—Sora; rare and formerly. It
bred until quite recently on the Tini-
cum Island marshes in Delaware
County, just across the Philadelphia
County line, and may still breed there
sparingly.

273—Killdeer; I found a nest on
May 13, 1910, at Bustleton, in which
young had been raised, and during the
spring and summer of 1911 several
pair bred in northeastern Philadelphia
County, but I failed to find any nest.

289— Bobwhite; Mr. C. J. Hunt
found it “nesting in 1902 along the
Montgomery Pike in Philadelphia
County, and a nest with six eggs was
found in the same spot July 21, 1901.”

325—Turkey Vulture. A nest with
eggs, I have been informed, was found
in the spring of 1910 along the wooded
rocky ridges of the Wissahicken
Creek, at Chestnut Hill, in Fairmont
Park.

337—Red Tailed Hawk; Mr. R. C.
Harlow records a pair nesting in the
spring of 1905 above Fox Chase along

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the Pennypack Creek; the nest held
young.

365—Barn Owl; I observed by first
Barn Owl in this county on March 3d,
1910, at Frankford, and, in June of
that year, at the same locality a man
captured a fledgling in a hollow willow
tree along Frankford Creek, which he
generously offered to sell to me for
only $8.50 and he seemed awtully put
out when I refused his liberal offer.
Like many other ignorant people, he
seemed to think the bird was very
valuable on account of its facial re-
semblance to our simian ancestors,
and called it monkey-faced Owl, its
common appellation; another name by
which it is sometimes called by these
ignoramuses is “Moon Owl” or Moon-
faced Owl.’ The Barn Owl is undoubt-
edly increasing in the vicinity of Phil-
adelphia. On my birthday, March 18,
1911, I collected a set of four fresh
Barn Owl’s eggs (a most welcome
birthday gift) in Deleware ‘County
just across the Philadelphia County
line and I still entertain hopes of se-
curing a set in this county. The Barn
Owl, I learned too late, until quite re-
cently bred in the garret of the Alex-
ander Henry Public School building,
in Frankford, and were only driven
away when alterations to the build-
ine necessitated the closing of their
way of entrance into the dwelling.
However, the Barn Owl has _ been
found nesting in the southern part of
this county, by J. Harris Reed.

393—Hairy Woodpecker; I examin-
ed three half grown young in a nest
on May 17, 1911, at Holmesburg, and
know where young were raised dur-
ing the season at Frankford, Fox

This Wood-
pecker is beyond doubt increasing in

Chase and Bustleton.

this vicinity, where it was once very
rare, as it is now frequently seen on
most trips a field.

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420—Nighthawk; In Davie’s “Nests
and Hggs of North American Birds”
fifth edition, page 286, we learn that
“a set of eggs in the cabinet of J.
Parker Norris was taken from the
gravel roof of a four-story building in
the center of Philadelphia.”

494—-Bobolink; A male was observ-
ed on June 17, 1910 at Hohnesburg,
in an upland feld, but my efforts to
locate its nest were vain.

587—Towhee; On May 24, 1911, I
collected a nest and four fresh eggs
at Rockledge, Mongomery County,
just across the Philadelphia county
line. I will yet succeed in finding a
nest of this bird, in this county, where
it is rare.

659—Worm-eating Warbler; There
is a nest in situ and set of eggs in the
Deleware Valley Ornithological collec-
tion that were collected on June 11,

1893, at Roxborough, by Mark Li. C.

Wilde.

676—Louisiana Water Thrush; Sev-

eral nests were found by the late
Harry K. Jamison, along the Wissa-
hickon Creek, in Fairmont Park.

677—Kentucky Warbler... I found
my first nest in the county on June
14, 1911, at Bustleton; it held four
young almost full fledged.

731. Tufted Titmouse. Mr. R. C.
Harlow found a nest at Oak-Lane, on
May 24, 1906, containing seven eggs
and one young bird.

756. Veery. I have a hazy recollec-
tion of having read somewhere of a
nest with eggs being found at German-
town many (?) years ago, but cannot
recall where I read it. Certainly a rare
record, if true.

I have heard of a set of Little Black
Rail’s eggs having been taken many
years ago, on the marshes above
League Island, in South Philadelphia,

which is said to be in the collection of —

a Florida ornithologist, but cannot
verify it.

THE

The late Mr. Gentry collected a set
of five Acadian Owl’s eggs in the early
*8-’s in Chew’s Woods, Germantown,
but I have always doubted the authen-
ticity of this record, because no orni-
thologists have since found this bird
nesting in the Carolinian zone in
Pennsylvania. It is, I believe, a bird
distinctly of the Alleghanian or tran-
sition fauna.

Richard F.. Miller.

Philadelphia, Pa.
So ES SSS

Swan Note.

At Senachwine Lake, eleven miles
North of Lacon, on a hunting preserve
owned by the Swan Gun Club, the last
cf October, Frank Wood, one of the
hunters employed by said Swan Lake
Gun Club, killed two adult female
Whistling Swan, weighing 16% and
174% pounds, respectively. They are
perfect beautiful specimens, and are
now in the hands of Edward B. Mat-
tern, a taxidermist at Henry, for
mounting.

This variety of Swan is now more
common along the Illinois River than

the Trumpeter Swan, though in years.

gone by, the Trumpeter Swan was by
far the more numerous. Both varie-
ties may be described at this time as
exceedingly scarce.

These two birds are the only Swan
known to us as having been killed on
this river anywhere in our neighbor-
hood at any time within the last ten
years.

The killing of swan of all varieties
should be prohibited by law. The
Wood duck, the Woodcock and Swan
are rapidly fading into extinction, and
an effort should be made to preserve

these splendid birds.—Editor.
—_ —___+<»+—_______

Our Plunder.

Thinking the readers of THE
OOLOGIST might be interested in our
accumulations of things Ornithologi-
cal and Oological, we will say; that

OOLOGIST 211
on January Ist, 1912, we were the
proud possessor of an Ornithological
Library composed of 400 bound vol-
umes of books on_birds, ninety-five per
cent. of which related to North Amer-
ican birds. Also 150 bound volumes of
American Bird Magazine and about 40
complete and partially: complete but
unbound volumes of other American
bird magazines. Also approximately
250 pamphlets and separates relating
to North American birds and about
100 U. S. Government publications re-
lating to our birds.

Our collection of North American
birds eggs on this date represented
836 species, sub-species and geograph-
ical races, 235 of which were in com-
pleted series.

On the same day our pens contained
11 of the 14 species of Geese, repre-
sented in the A. O. U. List, besides 17
species of the ducks and both the Na-

tive American Swan, in all 171 birds.
—o—<Q>-—@-

More Yellow Heads.

It seems that the Yellow-headed
Blackbird has visited various parts
of Wisconsin for the first time in a
number of years. The same is also
true of this locality. In fact I can find
no record of their ever having visited
this immediate vicinity before, but am
told that about fifteen years ago, a
pumber of them were seen in the mar-
shes at Rice Lake, twelve miles nortn
of here.

During the spring and summer of
1911, a small colony made their home
in the rushes, bordering a pond, near
the city pumping station.

C. W. Pelton.
Marshfield, Wisconsin.

— <2
Bobolink Nest.

While out for a walk one afternoon
last spring, I flushed a female Bobo-
link from her nest of five eggs.

Thinking the set was not complete,

212

I left it and returned two days later.
As the nest still contained but five
eggs, I took them.

Lifting the nest from the ground, for
the purpose of getting measurements,
What was my surprise to find two
more eggs, lying in the hollow from
Which the nest had been removed.

Two eggs were partly imbedded in
the dirt, but after washing, were
found to be, in shape and marking, ex-
actly the same as those in the nest.

Chas. W. Pelton.
Marshfield, Wisconsin.

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Merely a Protest Against Nature
Faking.

The nature faker is still in the iand!
Like the English Sparrow, he is al
ways with us, and like this avian pest,
he is a abomination to society (hu-
man).

I have just read a remarkable na-
ture fake. A writer in a boy and
girl magazine, a paper supposed to
be published for their edification and
education, tells how a boy robbed an
eagle’s nest down in Texas. The boy
scaled a vine-covered cliff some two
hundred feet in height, unaided, with
a bag slung over his shoulder, to the
eyry. Finding two young birds in the
nest he put them AND THE NEST in-
to his basket (wherever he got the
basket the article didn’t say) and
starts to descend to the anxious wait-
ing naturalist below, who had offered
him the exorbitant price of $200.60 for
esses or young. The boy is attacked
in his decent by the enraged birds,
one of which the professor shoots,
which the boy seizes as it presumably
falls by him, and using it as a weapon
he defends himself against the other
bird, which continued to attack him,
although it had a broken wing, until
it is laid low by a well dircted shot by
the excited naturalist on the ground.
Then the boy descends in safety and

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claims his just reward.
it?

The greatest nature fake I have
aver read, rivaling any newspaper
stories of r ins nesting on the axle
of a moving ox car, etc. Is it any
wonder that nature faking is so preva-
lent, when magazines that ought to
know better, print such lies. I also
read of the Kingfisher nesting in a
small cottony-lined nest on the bough
of a sycamore tree, high up and out
over the water of a stream. This was
also in a boy and girl magazine, but in
this instance the ignorant writer con-
fused the nesting habits of the King-
fisher with those of a Kingbird, in all
probability, but it was nevertheless a
raw nature fake. Other instances are
too numerous to mention.

Richard F’.. Miller.

van you beat

Philadelphia, Pa.

>—~<$>—0 —~

Piping Plover in Pennsylvania.

In the western part of this state
this pretty little plover is only found
along the shores of Lake Hrie.

Even there it is not at all common
at the present time, although former-
ly it is said to have been quite com-
mon, and quite a colony used to nest
on the wide outside beach of the “Pen-
insula” near Erie, Pennsylvania, at
the present site of the “Fog Station.”
Of recent years I have found this plov-
er to be rather scarce there and for
several years only a single pair have
nested there. This past season, while
there early in June I spent some time
watching this pair of birds.

I had some difficulty locating the
nest as the birds were very wild and
the female would run away before I
was close enough to get a very good
idea of where she started from. Af-
ter approaching from different direc-
tions I got a very good idea as to what
part of the beach was the nesting site.
After staying away awhile I crept up

THE OOLOGIST 218

behind the nearest sand hill and then
hurried out to this particular locality.
As soon as I saw her running on the
sand I hurried to the spot and there
within 10: feet of where I first saw her
moving off, was the nest. It was
merely a hollow in the sand on the
high beach. Small flat stones lay
scattered about and the pale colored
eggs maiched very well with the sur-
roundings.

As far as I am able to find out this
is the oniv place at present anywhere
in this state where this plovers nest
has been icund in recent years.

R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.
Se Se ee eee
“Campbellites.”

Our friend, E. W. Campbell, writes
us that he has recently purchased
nine acres of land (two or three of
which is water), fed by springs with
some timber on it, and that he pur-
poses engaging in the raising of live
native wild fowl. We can assure him
that nething that he can do will give
him more pleasure as a bird lover. To
see our man walk out in the pasture
on a crisp fall morning with a basket
of corn and surround himself imme-
diately with all manner of wild
ducks, geese and swan, some of which
eat out of his hand, and others gath-
er around his feet is a sight worth go-
ing miles to see. We trust our friend
will have the success that his effort
deserves.

He also furnishes the _ following
notes which will be of interest to all
readers.

November 5th, Reuben Driesbaugh
shot a pure white albino gray squirrel
at Wyaimsing, Wyoming County, Pa.,
with not a colored hair on it. Camp-
bell has mounted it.

November 18th, John Curtis shot at
Harvey’s lake, Luzerne County, Pa.,

A. O. U. No. 212, Virginia Rail, (Ral-
lus virginianus), male, which is the
latest date that they have been known
to be in that territory.

On November 21st, J. E. Lamb shot
one A. O. U. No. 221, American Coot
(Fulica americana) at Lake Sheridan,
Wyoming County, Pa.

Se ge
Books Received.

Home Life of the Osprey, by Clin-
ton G. Abbott, B. A.

Witherby & Company, 326 High Hol-
born, W. C. London, announce an ad-
dition to “The Bird Lovers’ Home
Life Series’” under the foregoing title.
It is a beautiful little volume of 54
pages, accompanied by 32 mounted
photographs, is pleasingly written and
fully delineates the home life of this
well known bird.

There is no more interesting series
of bird books that come to our table
than the Home Life series. It is pub-
lished at 6s. net and may be obtained
of the Forest & Stream Publishing
Company by American patrons. The
photos are among the best that we
have seen, and of themselves are
worth more than the price of the book.

This same enterprising firm like-
wise announce the publication in the
near future of a complete work on the

“Birds of Colorado.”
pees AS

Personal.

The well known Oologist, O. A. Tre-
ganza of Salt Lake City, has recently
had a ten weeks tussel with typhoid
fever. He is now on the road to recov-
ery we are glad to say. Few collectors
stand higher among the egg men.

; ———

The Wilson Bulletin, double number
76-77 is just at hand and is made up
entirely of Frank L. Burns’ mono-
graph on the Broad-winged Hawk.
We can truthfully say this is one of
the best things that has come to our

214 THE OOLOGIST

desk during the year of 1911. Mr.
Burns is to be congratulated upon the
general splendid character of his
paper. ;
Bis Ne ee eee

Donald J. Nicholson of Kissinnee,
Florida, asks to insert the following:
“T am to start for a long trip to the
Hverglades of Florida, January 4th, to
be absent until sometime in June.
Preparations for this expedition, cou-
pled with business affairs has permit-
ted me scarcely any time to properly
attend to my correspondence as I
should like to have been able to do,
and therefore I am forced to leave
many letters unanswered to my re-
gret. My apology is extended to all
involved.”

pe eee

We are pleased to note that H. C.
Higgins, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts,
formerly of Cincinnatus, New York,
one of the real old guard, has just
been appointed one of the three mem-
bers of the Massachusetts permanent
State Committee on Birds, the com-
mittee this year being reduced from
five to three. The other members
are Charles H. Rice, of Lominster, and
Mrs. EK. O. Marshall, of New Salem.
We have no doubt that Mr. Higgins
will be a useful, valuable member.

i
Early Nesting of the Bluebird.

The earliest nesting of the blue-
bird I have on record is March 14th,
1911. When a nest was found con-
taining four fresh eggs. This is very
early even this far south, as the ear-
liest I ever noted before was on
March 23, 1909. When I found a nest
containing five fresh eggs.

The latest nesting of this bird was
on July 25, 1910, when a nest was
found containing two half grown
birds. Wm. Plank,

Decatur, Arkansas.

Another Double Shelled Egg.

San Diego, Aug. 7—Kojack,, a resi-
dent of San Diego, owns a Plymouth
Rock hen which laid a double egg to-
day which weighed one-half pound.
The prodigy is one of the strangest
ever seen here. The outer shell was
broken, showing that in addition to
containing a complete yolk and white
it also contained another egg with
a hard shell formation and a perfect
white as well as a yolk. The egg was
broken in the rooms of the chamber

of commerce.
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We are glad to advise our readers
that Oscar E. Baynard has recovered
his health and is back in Florida. And
we hope to be able to soon give our
readers some very interesting notes
written by Mr. Baynard.

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You have certainly made a decided
improvement in the magazine, and I
want to be counted as one to help you
keep up the good work. It must he
appreciated by all the old-timers, as
Well as by all ornithologists and oolo-
gists interested to have an up to date
magazine published for their own spe-
cial benefit.

H. G. Higbee, Dec. 18, 1910.

Miller T. Mercer, Dec. 17, 1910.
The Christmas number of THE
OOLOGIST at hand, for which you
certainly are to be congratulated.
Charles A. Hewlett, Dec. 17, 1910.

I have taken THE OOLOGIST now
for over 20 years and think it is vast-
ly improved during the past year.

R. B. Simpson, Dec. 20, 1910.

It’s getting better every day and I
wish you luck.
A. H. Keeney, Dec. 238, 1910.

I have taken THE OOLOGIST for
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Nests with and without sets*wanted. Can
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J.S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co., Cal.

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Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois.

February.

The month of storms and rough weather. The month the almanacs picture
with the boy skating over ice bulletined with a danger signal, though the ice
in the Illinois river here at Lacon is now two feet thick.

This month as the rigors of this unusually severe winter draws to a close
we devote most of the space of THE OOLOGIST to the Raptores. Now is the
time the Eagle looks up a new nesting cite or repairs the last year’s home.
The woods resound with es “Whoo hoo hoo hoo-o” of Bubo virginianus. Owl’s
eggs are ripe!

By the time this, the best issue of THE OOLOGIST we think, ever mailed
reaches you, Ye Editor hopes to be ae the way to southern California for a
Month’s rest and recreation. Ingersoll wrote us last year if we would come he
would show us one of “his” Golden Hagle nests, and permit us to gather the ~
fruit. Maybe he will be as good this year, and if so we will tell you all about

the, to us, new experience of collecting a set of these prizes.

THE OOLOGIST 216

Red-shouldered Hawks.

From drawing by Audubon.

917 3 THE OOLOUIST

The Red-shouldered Hawk.

In this neighborhood the red-should-
ered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is very
common. It is the second largest
hawk and prefers lowland in the vicin-
ity of creeks and swamps rather than
. the highland, which is more frequent-
ed by the red-tailed hawk.

The picture is taken from Audu-
bon’s great work in possession of the
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.
The original was painted in London,
Eng., in 1837, 74 years ago. It has in
this long time not lost any of its orig-
inality.

The breeding range of the red-
shouldered hawk extends through
Hastern North America from Maine
to Florida, and westward to the bord-
ers of the great plains. The hawk ar-
rives here from the southern parts
of the United States in the middle of
March and, if possible, occupies its
nesting place of former years. The
selected trees are birch, ash maple
and beech, and quite often elms. The
nests generally measure from 18 to
24 inches in dianreter and five inches
in depth. They are placed in a
crotch of a tree or against the trunk
on limbs growing out from it, at an
average height of about 50 feet, 60
feet being the highest. The nest is
composed of sticks and dry twigs and
is lined with birchbark, strips of the
inner bark of various trees and hem-
lock twigs, the latter invariably in-
dicating that it is occupied. The
farmers go gunning for these hawks
on account of their occasionally cap-
turing a young chicken. If they only
knew that this hawk destroys princi-
pally mice, moles squirrels and young
rabbits!

I have seen one with quite a large
snake in its talons fly past me. So,
you see, they well repay the farmers
for an occasional theft of a young
chicken. In examining 102 stomachs,

61 contained mice, one poultry and

the rest various mammals, reptiles

and insects. ’

When they arrive in this locality
and have repaired their old nests,
they start to lay the eggs, which num-
ber mostly three or four—very seldom
two eggs. I have a set of five eggs
in my collection.
ties they hardly ever lay: more than
three eggs. The ground color of the
eggs varies from a dull white to a
pale yellowish, or a pale bluish white,
and they are smeared, blotched and
spotted with different shades of red-
dish brown, fawn color, buff and pearl
gray. In some eggs the markings are
few, but large and bold, in others
finer, of smaller size and more pro-
fuse. Unspotted eggs are very rare.
The average size is 2.15 by 1.75 in-
ches.

An accompanying picture shows a
hard climb to the nest on an elm
tree 60 feet up to get the camera in
position to take a picture of the nest
containing three beautifully colored
eggs. When the females are dis-
turbed they fly from the nest and
circle overhead or perch on a high
limb of another tree near at hand and
protest in loud screams against the
intrusion, but never have [| found
them to attack the climber. These
pictures were taken near Lein’s
Creek, in rear of Chippawa, Canada.

In May the young birds emerge
from the eggs and look like balls of
yellowish down, but after a week’s
time the quills begin to grow, giving
the young a darker appearance. Now

both of the parents go out on for-

aging trips. We have seen them come
almost to a standstill 40 to 50 feet
over the nest and drop with unerring
aim a mole amidst the hungry, fight-
ing young.

If the first set of eggs is taken they

In southern locali-—

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Home of the Red-shouldered Hawk.

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invariably lay another, but in number
a smaller set. c
The time has now approached to
go in the woods to study the feath-
ered tribes.
Ottomar Reinecke.
We are under obligations to our
friend Reinecke for the use of the
beautiful plates that illustrate the
foregoing article.
Editor.

Death of Birds by Ants.

Death of young birds caused by
ants. Have any of the THE OOLOG-
IST readers noted any such occur-
ences? I have found young birds
dead whose death had been caused
by ants. I will give one instance
from my note book. While walking
east of town on June 12, 1911, I
came onto a young western meadow-
lark which appeared to be dying. I
therefore investigated and I was much
surprised to- find many of the com-
mon hill ants on the unfortunate
creature. All over the body were
sores at which the ants were feast-
ing. The tortures that the bird had
endured must have been great in-
deed. JI picked the young meadow-
lark up which was at that time ling-
ering between life and death, brushed
the ants off and carried it to a place
less populated by ants. J then went
back to search for more victims. Jn
this I was somewhat successful as 1
found one more on the verge of dy-
ing, this one was also covered with
ants. I removed this to the place
where the other had been placed and
continued my search. [I found one

more but its life had already passed

away not to suffer from the ants
which was tearing and gnawing on
its body. The skin of the bird had
been penetrated as a result. I could

not find any more then, than these.

three birds; but undoubtedly two

more were somewhere nearby as the
usual family is five. This was indeed
an ill-flated family. The parent bird
was seen around all the time.

I went back the next morning but
much tc my sorrow found the two
birds dead. The ground here is coy-
ered with ants and it is not to be
wondered that the young birds on the
ground, unable to fly, were attacked.

In my note book [I have notes of
two other such occurences as tne
above. And I wculd like to know if
anyone else has noted similar cases.

Henry Hestness.
Rockford, Wash.

The Great Horned Owl.

Being greatly interested in the
Great Horned Owl, and its mnestiny
habits, I wished very much to pro-
cure a set of eggs for my collection.

Year after year I tramped through
the woods in the vicinity of our town,
but aside from a nest which had con
tained two heavily incubated eggs
that had been thrown out by Crows,
after a young farmer had shot the
mother from her home in a large Red:
tailed Hawk’s nest, and two other
nests containing young, which were
found while hunting for nests of the
Redtail, it seemed as though luck was
against me.

Having each year increased my de-
sire for a set, by the time February
of 1910 arrived, I decided to search
carefully all the woods which might
be suitable for a pair of owls to make
thir home.

Two days were spent by lous
tramps to the north of town withou:
success. On returning home from
the second day’s trip, while slowly’
making my way along a road near
town, I met a farmer who resided
several miles to the west. I hailed
him and asked if he knew of an
Owl’s nest in his vicinity, and was

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surprised when he told me where I
might find one.

It was now evening, so I wandered
home with much hope of procuring a
set of eggs on the following day.

I was astir at daybreak, and atter
a light lunch, took my camera an}
collecting box, and with a _ light
heart, set out.

The morning was still and cloud-
less, and really very beautiful as the
ground was covered with snow whica
sparkled in the early sunlight.

After considerable time I reached
lie woods, which covered a low ridge
that ran down towards a_ valley
which contained a small creek. I
spent some time in examining some
old Crow’s nests, and then went out
the ridge, and by looking through an
cpen space in the trees, could see a
large nest high up in a tall, straight,
white oak tree not far above the low-
er edge of the wood. By standing on
a large stump I could see the ear
tufts of an owl, and had found the
nest.

A great amount of pounding on the
tree failed to scare the owl off, and
she sat closely until the climber was
within twelve feet of the nest. Then
she sailed off through the woods, and
was seen no more.

On reaching the nest, it was found
tu contain three eggs which proved
to ke slightly incubated.

The edge of the nest was covered
with snow, and on the inside there
was a rim of ice, caused by the
bird’s body melting the snow.

I was much pleased with the fine
set, and atter taking several ex-
posures of the nest in situation,

tramped back to town.

Although I hunted carefully in
other sections of the county, no more
nests’ were found that year.

In the spring of 1911 four nests
were located and a set of two collect-

ed from each. These nests were all
in white oak trees, and ranged from
80 to 95 feet above the ground.

It is becoming difficult to secure
sets of the Great Horned Owl in this
section, since the Owls are becom-
ing scarce, owing to the farmers who
trap and shoot them.

Again early one morning in Feb.
1911, while passing along the ridge
about two miles from town, I noticed
a large nest in the top of a small
tree in a triangular shaped wood
near the mouth of a small ravine, at
the base of the ridge.

By using my field glass I could
plainly see the head of a Great
Horned Owl upon the nest, so 1!
hurried toward the wood, and the
Owl flew from the nest as I entered,
also the male flew from the lower ex-
tremity of the wood and they both
sailed away to a large wood on the
opposite hill.

The nest was about 80 feet from
the ground and as I had no climbers
with which to reach it, I hurried to
town and soon returned with climb-

ers, kodak and two common Hen’s
eggs.
Upon reaching the nest I was

pleased to find two fresh eggs, which
I took, and in their place put the
two Hen’s eggs and-after making sev-
eral expesures of the nest and tree
I made my way to town.

In five days I returned and found
the Owl peacefully sitting on the
Hen’s eggs. She flew off when 1
started up the tree, and lit in a large
oak tree nearby.

After another week I returned to
the wood and she was still staying
with the eggs. This time she seemed
to be very much attached to them and
left the nest only when I was part
Way up the tree.

About. the 9th of March while pass-
ing the wood, I found her still sitting

THE OOLOGIST 222

there, but I was unable to visit the
nest again so do not know how long
she remained with the eggs.

S.\S. Dickey.

A Letter.

We publish the following without
having asked our friend Treganza
about it. But it is the kind of com-
munications we like to get and shows
the kind of material from which the
real naturalist is made, not the sim-
ple collector or the pure commercial-
ist, but one who follows it for the
love of the thing.

Many thanks for your kind offer of
last spring, I enclose a note or two,
if you care to publish them you are
welcome. THE OOLOGIST for De-
cember to hand some time ago. It
is fine, I look forward always to the
coming number with pleasure.

In my previous letter I took occa-
sion to write some of my likes and
dislikes, and then to you I dropped
out of sight, not so to the birds
though.

Generally speaking it has been a
successful season with me, yet to
many collectors my work or rather
its results would be looked upon in
the light of a day’s jaunt, while to
me the time lengthened into days,
weeks and even months of hard
work, but full of pleasure and inter-
est.

I am jollied by the question, What
pleasure do you have in tramping day

after day, wet or dry, sunshine or
shadow, after a few birds we all
know? How can we answer such

questions., I find that the people do
not understand the question they ask,

always. They—the people—look on
all work in the compensation. I had
almost said commercialism, as they

often add to the previous question,
How much do you make a year out

Money, none is my reply. Yet
the one who follows it surely has
longer life and more of it than he
who labors for dollars and what they
will buy.

This question often comes to my
mind. Why is it so few who have
means would add years of life to en-
joy, take no interest in nature’s field
of labor, Friend Barnes, Is it lack of
education along the line of Natural
History?

Here I am near 70 years old, and
12 to 20 miles a day from April 1st
to Sept Ist is my daily walk; and
looking. forward hoping I may learn
more about our birds.

I would have earlier sent you some
notes, but Sept 7th I receiyed word
that my son, A O Treganza, was sick
of typhoid in its worst form, so my
field work came to an end for this
vear.

While convalescing (that is my
son) we sent you a small exchange.

Then maybe some who appreciate
their own collecting more than ever,
but I have never met but few. If
the notes I send are satisfactory you
let me know and I shall try to help
you in your work, and [| have un
seen a report from Utah, I shall be
in the field again in sixty days so
shall try to get something to report
on the Nutcracker, I find but iittle in
print that meets my experience wich
this bird although quite intimate for
forty forty years, from Colorado to
California and back.

Edward Treganza.

of it?

The Western Horned Owl in Westerr
; Kansas.

The Western Horned Owl, whiie
not a common bird here, is occasion-
ally met with in suitable localities.
They are to be looked for along the
timber fringed streams and are sSel-
dom seen far from the limestone

223 THE OOLOGIST

ledges, which are common along the
south bank of the streams in this part
of the state. In holes and fissures
in these ledges they usually nest.

March 25, 1909, Mr. Guy Love and
I were out looking for a Golden Ka-
gle’s nest, we had had no success and
late in the afternoon Mr. Love pro-
posed that we should give up the
search and on our way home stopped
at a ledge of rocks where we had
been told a Western Horned Owl had
nested the previous year. After a
great deal of climbing and looking in-
to many holes and cervices, we at
last located a nest containing one
ege. The nest was in a cervice in
the face of a cliff about forty feet
up. The crevice was parallel to the
base and perhaps ten inches wide,
about five feet below the nest there
was a narrow ledge, after climbing to
this we could just see the egg. It
was lying in a depression nearly
round and fourteen inches in diame-
ter by seven inches deep, and con-
tained no lining. From all appearan-
ces and the amount of debris, bones
and etc., lying near the nest, this site
had been used for many generations
and by constant use the depression
had been worn in the solid rock.
Neither of us touched the egg or put
our hands in the crevice, hoping to
secure a complete set later. During
our stay at the nest we did not see
either of the birds.

April 8, we returned to the place
but to our disappointment the nest
had been deserted. After a _ short
consultation we decided that the fe-
male would probably make another
nest in the vicinity. A careful search
was begun and resulted in flushing a
female from a nest containing two
eggs. This nest was about half a
mile from the first and situated in
a very open place, being on a ledge
not over eight feet up. The eggs

were in a depression about two in-
ches deep hollowed out of the sand
on the ledge. We supposed this to
be the same bird that had made the
other nest, so we did not climb to
the nest but viewed it from the top
of the cliff above the ledge, hoping
that another egg might be laid if the
nest was not disturbed.

Two days later I returned to this
nest alone, counting on at least a
set of two, but I was disappointed
again. One ege was pipped and in
the place of the other lay a little
white ball, he had evidently not been
out of the shell more than two hours
though he seemed quite lively. Near
the nest lay the pieces of the shell
and parts of a young rabbit. While
I was at the nest both of the parent
birds flew to the rocks above the
nest where they sat snapping their
bills and occasionally flapping their
wings. After watching them for a
few minutes I withdrew and left the
family in peace. This evidently was
not the same pair that had owned
the first nest, but nothing could be
found of the birds or of a nest.

During the winter of 1909-10 I no-
ticed that a male Western Horned
Owl had taken up his home in a
large hole in a clay bank which was
usually used in the summer by Barn
Owls.

March 24, 1910, I visited the place
hoping that the male had secured a
mate and would stay for the summer.
When I reached the bank I whistled
and an owl stuck her head out of the
hole. Just in front of the bank was
a cottonwood tree and by climbing
this I was able to see into the hole,
which was about ten feet from the
bottom of the bank; as I started to
climb the tree the owl left the nest
and a few minutes later I was able
to see into the nest which contained
four eggs. By securing the stump of

THE

a small tree and leaning it again the
_ bank I was able to get to the nest.
My data reads: Nest in hole in bank,
ten feet up, hole two feet deep,
eggs in slight depression, no lining,
incubation advanced. This was the
first set of this species I had ever
collected and I certainly was proud
of the find.

April 9, 1910, Mr. Love and I visit-
ed the site of the two-nests found in
1909. From the place where the nest
had been deserted, we flushed a fe-
male and he secured his first set of
Western Horneds. The three half in-
cubated eggs were lying in the nest,
which contained no lining, these eggs
looked very much like the single
that had been there the previous
year.

April 24, just one month after se-
curing the set of four, I was near
the bank again and was going to look
in the hole to see if the usual pair
of Barn Owls had returned, imagine
my surprise when I flushed a female
Western Horned and found a set of
two eggs. The nest was just the
same as that containing four, but the
eges were not quite so large, incu-
bation was quite advanced.

I believe both of these sets were
laid by the same female, but her ac-
tions certainly were not the same as
the female of nest number one in
1909, who deserted her nest and egg.
So I am at a loss to know which is
the rule and which is the exception.
Who can tell me?

March 15, 1911, I was hunting near
the same bank, and was greeted -with
another surprise. Just for curiosity
I climbed the tree to look into the
hole and there was another Horned
Owl, she did not leave the nest until
I had secured a pole and climbed al-
most to the nest. The hole smelled
very strongly of skunk, and the four
half incubated eggs were smaller

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than either of the previous sets.
While at the nest the female flew to
the tree near and sat snapping her
mandibles. My note book reads:
“Nest of 375A in clay bank, nest hole
ten feet up and three feet deep,
lined with a few feathers. This is
the third set from the nest.”

This concludes my _ experiences
with the Western Horned Owls here.
Next spring I will try to secure a
photo of the nesting sites I have told
about, and will try to tell more about
their habits.

Ray Wolfe.
Oberlin, Kan.

Winter Bird Life at Mosquito
Inlet, Fla.

I passed two weeks in the last of
December at Coronado, a small vil-
lage, situated about three miles
south of the Mosquito Inlet. I spent
much of my time about this inlet
and its adjacent waters. Extending
northward is the Halifax river, and
southward the Indian River, both
separated from the ocean by a long,
narrow elevation, varying from four
hundred yards to a mile in width.
This island formation is densely cov-
ered with palmetto scrub with occa-
sional stretches of pine, cedar and
oak forests. Coronado is located in
one of these wooded districts. The
river between this island and the
mainland is no where under a mile
in width, and at mosquito lagoon,
about forty miles south, it broadens
out into what resembles a large lake.
The main channel near Mosquito In-
let is about one hundred rods wide.

The remaining area is a vast salt
marsh, through which there wind
multitudes of creeks. At low tides

long and broad sandbars, large mud-
flats and extensive oyster banks are
uncovered.

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J found this district to be most
populous in bird life, both of aquat-
ic and land varieties. On any day I
could see from twenty-five to fifty
species, some of which would be rep-
resented by hundreds of individuals.
Starting on the ocean beach, half a
mile across the island, and walking
up the inlet, one may see half a
dozen Herring gulls, perhaps thirty
Bonaparte gulls, riding on the edge
of the surf, and a dozen or two
Laughing gulls. Above the breakers
are scores of darting Caspian and
Royal terns, while the smaller
Forster and common terns are plen-
tiful. An occasional Loon may be
seen floating just beyond the break-
ers. Flocks of ten, twenty or thirty
Brown Pelicans fly past, while here
and there a dozen or two are hover-
ing above a school of Menhaden, or
mullet, as one after another they
plunge clumsily downward, head first,
to engulf as many unfortunate fishes
as they can in their great pouches.
On the beach, rising in flocks before
you, are Ruddy Turnstones, Semi-
Palmated Sandpipers, Semi-Palmated
Plover and Sanderlings and now and
then a Black Bellied Plover. Os-
preys are rare. A Bald Eagle is no
unusual sight. Nearly every walk on
the beach brings one to view.

Rounding the point of the inlet, if
the tide is ebbing, the bars are seen
covered with Pelicans, Terns and
large flocks of Black Skimmers.
Soaring above the reeds are a couple
of graceful Marsh hawks. A flock of
Fish crows flap noisely by. Great
Blue, Little Blue and Louisiana Her-
ons walk about in the shallow waters.
A few stately American ‘Hgrets are
to be seen, their yellowish bills,
white plumage and black legs shining
in the sunlight. You may see a
Green Heron on a stump and perhaps
a Black Crowned Night Heron perch-

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ed alone in a tree by the bank. The
marshes resound, at times, with the
noisy clatter of Clapper rails. A
King fisher rattles overhead. A
swift flock of Mallards or Scaup
ducks may go fleeting past. Seaside
sparrows skulk in the tall reeds and
Marsh wrens flit to and fro among
them. A Florida Cormorant is seen
sitting on a beacon post in the chan-
nel of the river. A few Killdeer are
heard from an adjacent mud flat.
Spotted sandpipers teeter up and
down the beach. A few Wood Ibis
are escried, soaring high above the
river.

At our back among the woods, be-
set with thick underbrush, are found
Blue gray, Gnat catchers, Vireos,
Brown Thrashers, Cat birds, Mockers
and Wrens, Cardinals, Florida Jays
and perhaps a Blue Jay, Ground
doves, Shrikes, a few Warblers, no-
ticeably Myrtles, Phoebes, Woodpeck-
ers of several varieties, one or two
species of the Hawk tribe, quantities
of Towhees, an occasional Thrush
and now and then a flock of Robins.

The birds named above are the
ones most frequently seen. There
are rarer species of course seen now
and then. I know of no place in
Florida where a few days in the win-
ter months may be so enjoyable
passed in bird pursuits as at Corona-
do and Mosquito Inlet.

_R. J. Longstreet.
Deland, Fla.

The Kennicott Screech Owl in
, Washington.

In the spring of 1909, while walk-
ing along the banks of Wilson Creek,
Kittitas County, Washington, I dis-
covered my first Kenicott. It was
April 25, a fine warm day, and the
willows and brush along the creek
was swarming with warblers, song
sparrows and Chickadees.

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I noticed a cavity in a dwarfed cot-
tonwood near the ground so I looked
in, Mrs. Kennicott was there and un-
der her were several little Owlets, lit-
tle balls of downy cotton, with their
eyes unopened. I passed on and did
not molest them for what was the
use. I told a rancher of my find, he
said, “why didn’t you kill the whole
family?” Now what — satisfaction
would there be in destroying and
where would I[ receive any benefit, al-
so ] believe the rancher receives lit-
tle harm, if any, and more or less
good, from the Kennicott Screech
Owl, though they do destroy the song
birds.

The spring following I decided to
go earlier and so on April 9, with my
climbers, saw, etc., I again visited this

locality. I looked into several sus-
picious looking holes that looked
good, but nothing doing, until lL

reached the same old tree of the year
before. Sure enough Mrs. Kennicott
was at home, standing on my tip toes
and poking gently with a stick I
roused Mrs. Kennicott from her slum-
bers. She didn’t appear in a hurry
to depart and snapped at my gloved
hand as I tried to pry her loose.
With my saw I enlarged the opening,
she paying little attention to the
noise and the sawdust. As I reached
in she scrambled up to the hollow
above her head, exposing five pure
white eggs, a nice addition to my col-
lection. It took considerable poking
to bring her down from above, but I
finally succeeded and I held her up
by the wings to inspect her beauty.
Despite the rancher’s argument to
kill ‘em all, I let her go. But her
nest showed the awful havoc she had
played with other members of the
feathered tribe. Bunches of feathers
under the eggs of larks, flickers and
other songsters showed only to well
some of the habits of the Kennicottii.

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Of course these feathers had been ac-
cumulating for several years, as no
doubt this particular tree had been
the nesting site of numerous broods
of Owlets. Bones of frogs and mice
were there in abundance, also a very
Owly smell.

On April 11th, I found the second
set of four eggs in a dead cottonwood
stub, twelve feet up, nest about the
same cavity only deeper, but plenty
of bones and feathers. Ojid lady at
home as usual and winked and
blinked, and uttered a shrill cry as
I held her up for inspection.

On April 14th, while walking along
a small creek I found my third set
of four. I noticed a cavity about six-
ty feet up, in a cottonwood and de-
cided to look in, though I had climbed
some other hard climbs, with no suc-
cess and was getting weary. The
sixty feet seemed one hundred, but
on arriving at my destination, and
poking a stick into the two foot cav-
ity, I was rewarded. Mrs. Kennicott
came to the opening and right into
my hands and after inspection was
duly let go. The four eggs were
dirty, evidently a fifth having been
broken, but fresh, as were the preced-
ing two sets. But the stench was
overpowering so taking my clutch, I
hastily descended.

I moved away from that vicinity
shortly afterward and as there are no
trees in this neighborhood have had
no more opportunities to visit Mrs.
Kennicott. However, we have a
number of desert birds, and will en-
deavor to write on them later.

F. R. Decker.
Prosser, Wash.

SHORT BIRD NOTES
From Port Hope, Ontario.
I thought some of the readers of
THE OOLOGIST would be interested
about the birds around Port Hope.

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Last winter there were _ several
flocks of Evening Grosbeaks around
our yicinity, this bird is very rare
here indeed, and is seldom seen. The
following are dates that I saw them
on last year:

They arrived here on December
28, 1910, and on that date I saw one
on February 18, 1911 I saw one more,
March 18th, 6 female birds and on
April 19, I saw a flock of male and
female. J have not seen any since
the last date.

On January 6, of this year, there
was a very heavy snow fall and the
mercury dropped to 32 below zero,
and I saw a flicker, he seemed to be
in fairly good condition, but it is a
mystery to me why he is here with
us at this time of the year.

I attend the school here and we
are getting up a Nature Study Club
of which I have the honor of being
the president. About once a week
we hold meetings, and I discuss birds
with the rest of the pupils for about
an hour. I have been persuading
them to put out food for the birds
and also to. protect them and I think
that I will succeed in the end.

Norman Hamilton.

A Wood Thrush’s Nest.

A pair of wood thrushes built
their nest in a tall cherry tree by our
house in Tarrytown, N. J., last
spring. These thrushes seemed to be
the happiest pair of birds in the
country. The male thrush was al-
Ways pouring forth its beautiful song.
When I first observed the nest, May
20, it was practically finished. The
nest was placed in a crotch a little
more than half way up the tree. It
was made mostly of fine twigs, straw,
tissue paper, string and was lined
with grapevine twigs. It closely re-
sembled a robin’s nest. I saw the

first blue egg in the nest May 22.
Three eggs which were all they had
were laid three days later. All of the
eggs were hatched by June 6. Among
the things that the old birds fed the
young were small worms. The last
young bird left the nest on June 18.

Max Irwin Carruth.

Late Nesting of the Bob-White.
On August 6, 1906, I found a Bob-
white’s nest, 30 feet from the door
and 2 feet from a well used path.
The nest contained four eggs of the
parent bird and two eggs of the do-
mestic hen. The hen’s eggs were re-
moved and Mrs. Bob completed her
clutch of 9 eggs Aug. 11, incubation
commenced the 12th and was com-
pleted Sept. 6th. Incubation was re-
tarded owing to the frequency of the
parent bird being disturbed. All of
the eggs hatched, the young Bobs ran
away from their mother and hid at
my approach, not more than 30 min-
utes after they had hatched. These
youngsters survived the winter, it be-
ing a mild winter, very little snow

and plenty of warm days.
Guy Love.

Oberlin, Kan.

~~ Partially Albino European House
Sparrow.

Rayford A. Mann collected a male
English Sparrow in Stoneham, Mass.,
December 21, which was a pertect al-
bino excepting the three outer wing
feathers—primaries.

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Mus-
civora Forficata) in New Brunswick.

Rayford A. Mann reports that —
while visiting in New Brunswick in
the fall of 1911, a gentleman there
exhibited to him a male Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher that he had shot in a field
near Clarendon, New Brunswick, dur-
ing the summer of 1911 and had

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mounted. It is surely unusual to find
this species in that territory.

Albino Catbird’s Eggs.

Roscoe I. Giles, of Marlborough,
Mass., together with his father who
is a taxidermist, collected this past
season at their home a set of four
eggs of the Catbird, which are pure
white. This is certainly a rare find.
We have never known of this species
laying albino eggs before.

Kingfisher, (Ceryle Alcyon.)

In my daily walks along’ the
Brandywine to the office during the
summer I noticed four or five Kin2-
fishers diving in the water.

At first I paid little attention to
them, as I knew that was the usual
way for them to feed. One day I saw
that their actions were unusual, so
I watched them a long while. The
old birds were teaching the young the
“modus operandi” of catching fish.

One of the old birds would dive
from a high limb into the water and
fly back again as an example for the
young. Then a young Kingfisher
would plunge in, come up about a
foot above the water and repeat the
- performance several times, until he
was so tired out he could hardly
reach a low limb.

The young birds were kept at this
for many days, no doubt adding to
their knowledge as time passed.

No doubt the young birds consid-
ered this great sport to dive into the
water as they repeated the perform-
ance several times while I was pass-
ing along. More practical knowledge
would come to them later and then
they could look out for themselves.

K. J. Darlington.

Wilmington, Del.

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Books Received.

Home Life of the Osprey:
. This is one of the best if not the
best of the series so far published
delineating the home life of certain
birds, and is a companion book to
The Home Life of the Golden Eagle
and The Home Life of the Spoonbill.
The present volume by Clinton G. Ab-
bott is entertainingly written, me-
chanicaliy well prepared and contains
thirty-two full page photographic
plates, artistically mounted and is
without doubt one of the very best
books on the subject ever published.

It is nct only valuable from a scien-
tific standpoint, but likewise from the
booklovers’ standpoint, as well as
that of the everyday nature lover.

The American distributors of this
work are Brentano’s, 229 Fifth Ave.,
New York City, and the price is $2.00.

New England Trees in Winter,
Bulletin 69, Storr’s Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Storr’s, Connecti-
cut.

One of the very best forestry pub-
lications that has come to our desk
in a long time, and many of them
come, is the above publication by
our friends, A. F. Blakesly and C. B.
Jarvis. It is a review of the common
timber of the New ‘England states,
lavishly illustrated by high-class half-
tones and apparently thoroughly
scientific. A better key to the trees
of any locality we have seldom, if
ever, seen.

Bird Stories from Burroughs. This
little volume is composed of excerpts
of sketches of bird life taken from
the works of John Burroughs with
numerous illustrations by Lewis Agas-
siz Fuertes, some of them in colors.
It is a well written, typical Bur-
roughs’ book, containing stories re-
lating to such birds as the Bluebird,
Robin, Flicker, Cowbird, Chipping
Sparrow, Brown Thrush, House Wren.

229 THE OOLOGIST

etc. the common everyday birds
around the home.

Burroughs’ writing needs no com-
mendation; it is in a rank by itself.
This is published by Houghton, Mift-
lin Company, 4 Park Street, Boston,
Mass., at the price of 80c net.

Martin Houses.

The mail brings the annual spring
publication by the Jacobs Bird House
Company of Waynesburg, Pa., en-
titled “The American Bird House
Journal for 1912.”

This is a guide for bird lovers in
attracting the Purple Martin and
other house nesting birds by supply-
ing bird houses and nesting boxes for
them. The price is 25c, which it is
well worth to any persons interested
in such matters, being brim full of in-

formation on this subject and _ pro-
fusely illustrated by first-class illus-
trations. :

The True Story of a Starling.

It was on a beautiful afternoon in
May that we found him. All winter
we had watched with amused inter-
est a pair of starlings that spent
most of the time in strutting solemn-
ly side by side on the lawn at our
Hnglish garden. Then when early in
the spring they built their nest un-
der the eaves of the house, we felt
that their bond of friendship was
more strongly cemented; but little
we knew that one of the nestlings
was to be our pet and constant com-
panion through the long summer.

Poor little odd creature, when we
picked him up from the stone walk
we thought that with his enormous
mouth and prominent black eyes he
looked more like a frog than any-
thing else. Not a feather had he,
and we wondered that the soft little
body had survived the fall of more
than twenty feet. Our first idea was
to get him back to his nest, but this

we found impossible as it was inac-
cessible. However, a young carpen-
ter, who was working about the
house, came to our aid and after
managing to drive a nail into the
wall, fairly near the nest, he hung
on it the basket into which we had
placed the baby starling. We hoped
that the parent birds, who were oc-
cupied as usual in supplying the end-
less amount of food evidently re-
aquired by young starlings, would
come to feed him as well. But in

this we were doomed to disappoint-
ment, for alter eyeing the basket
with great distrust, for sometime

they reached their nest by making a

wide detour, never heeding the
plaintive cries of their child. As we
continued watching, we saw him

scramble to the top of the basket
cling there for a moment, then fall
again with a sickening thud at our

feet. “Poor little creature,” I said,
“if he is not killed this tive, I am
going to take care of him.” No

sooner said than done and in a min-
ute or two he was comfortably rest-
ing in a soft artificial nest, the chil-
dren all looking on with eager inter-
est. The first thing was to feed him.
Not knowing what starlings lize
best to eat I, at a venture, prepared
some bread and milk. To my relief
he took it at once with aviditv, and
from that time on my only trouble
with his food was to see that he had
enough.

Strange to say he was not in the
least hurt by either fall, and flour-
ished from the first. He never
showed the slightest fear and unlike
most birds loved to, be handled and
petted. When he was very little he
would always go happily to sleep
when I] held him in one hand and
covered him with the other.

He grew apace and at the end of
a week was fully feathered. With

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his soft, brownish gray plumage and
bright eyes he had become a very
pretty little bird. At first he was
rather troublesome at night for at
the first peep of dawn he began to
demand food vociferously; and as it
is bright daylight shortly after three
on May mornings in the south of
England his first meal was a fairly
early one. However as I was taking
care of my little niece who began
life a month or two before the starl-
ing it was simple enough to feed
both babies at the same time. He
soon began to scramble out of his
basket and make attempts at flying;
and in ten days he was quite secure
on his wings.

Then the question arose as_ to
what was to be done with him. We
could not bear to keep a wild bird
in captivity, but would he be able
to fend for himself if we set him
free? Suddenly the thought came to
me—why not try to train him to fly
about outside but return to the house
to be fed? How delightful if this
could be accomplished. At any rate
it would do no harm to try, and I
began at once.

The first time I took him into the
‘garden I tied a long thread to one
leg, and-he took. short flights at the
end of it. This fretted him, how-
ever, and the next day after walking
about’ with him for awhile I very
tremblingly let him go: But to my
relief after flying about nearby for
awhile he came to me of his own ac-
cord. The next day he flew out of
my window towards evening, and
‘when darkness came on and he did
not return, I feared I would never
see him again. -Harly the next morn-
ing, however, to my great delight, I
was awakened by his loud clear call,
and in he flew, as pleased to come
home as we were to have him.

After this he went and came at

his own will, free as the wind and
unconfined. Soon he always stayed
out at nights, choosing a particularly
tall horse chestnut tree near the
house for his sleeping quarters. But
all day long he would be in and out
of the house just as he fancied. Of-
ten he would appear at the breakfast
table, his coming always heralded by
the same loud eall, but after he
knocked over and smashed a beauti-
ful Chelsea cup, his presence in the
dining room was rather discouraged.

He liked the kitchen best, however,
for he knew he would always find
his saucer of bread and milk. Varied
as his diet became, including almost
everything from flies and spiders to
fruitcake and bananas, he always re-
mained faithful to his first food. In
the kitchen also was his favorite
singing perch. There he would sit
and sing by the hour, his song grow-
ing sweeter and clearer as the sum-
mer advanced. Everyday he became
more intelligent and interesting. He
loved to play with the trinkets on
my dressing table, and to walk about
the floor carrying pieces of paper al-
most as big as himself. Once when
I was sewing he seized my thimble
and bore it off in triumph. TI hurried
after him and after leading me a
pretty chase through the garden he
finally dropped it at my feet. He
had many roguish tricks, and was es-
pecially fond of playing with the
children, biting their fingers, and
with raised crest and ruffled feath-
ers, pretending to fight with them.
And when the baby lay kicking on
her rug in the sunshine he always
made frantic dives at the little pink
toes, but he was careful never to
hurt her in the least, and seemed to
know he must be gentle.

At first he seldom left the garden,
but later on I often saw him flying
far over the fields, and sometimes

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he would appear dripping wet from
a bath in the river some distance
away. But he never left the garden
for long, for whenever I went to call
him almost immediately I would see
him flving towards me eager to a-
light on my shoulder. Then the
difficulty was to get rid of him. For
if [I tossed him off .he would at
once return, often half a dozen
times in succession. It was this per-
tinacity that gave him his. name
Boomerang. ‘

His baby plumage soon gave place
to the glossy black head, like silk
velvet, and the -irridescent green
and purple tints of the adult starl-
ing. A strong, vivid, handsome
creature he was, absolutely fearless
and friendly, a constant pleasure to

us all

And so the summer passed and
with October came the time for my
return to America. “Will you not
take Boomerang with you?” my

friends asked me. But never could
1 have consented to condemn that
bold bright spirit to a life of captiv-
ity, however gilded might be the
bars of his prison. So I left him—
and who knows but that when [ re-
turn to my English home I may be
greeted by the clear, loud whistle,
followed by the familiar flight to my
shoulder, and thus meet my starling
again.
Christine S. Norris.

New York, N. Y.

=> <-> —<

PERSONAL.
New Editors.

Whitmer Stone of the Academy of
Natural Science, Philadelphia, one of
the best known naturalists in America,
has recently been elected Editor of
The Auk. A better selection would be
hard to find, and we have no doubt
The Auk will maintain its present

rank as an ornithological publication
under his administration.

Robert T. Moore of MHaddenfield,
New Jersey, has been selected as Edi-
tor of The Cassinia, published by the
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club,
and we extend to him the hand of fel-
lowship as he enters the feld of jour-
nalism.

To South America.

The well known naturalists, Paul G.
Howes of Stamford, Connecticut, and
Frank M. Chapman of the American
Museum of Natural History, are ar-
ranging a three months ornithological
trip into the wilds of Equador for the
purpose of gathering material for life
groups for the Museum.

Fire!

It is with sorrow that we are com-
pelled to chronicle the fact that the
home of our old friend, C. L. Rawson,
(J. N. W.) at Putnam, Connecticut,
“The Quail Trap” has recently burned.
With it went complete files of The
Oologist, Auk, Nuttall Bulletin, Bird
Lore, O. & O., Western Ornithologist,
Hoosier Naturalist, Maine Ornitholo-
gist, and of most of the other amateur
ephermal bird publications; besides
his ornithological library of about two
thousand volumes, and a thousand
mounted birds; also what was probab-
ly the best collection of mounted ani-
mal skins in New England.

What really hurt J. N. W. the worst
was the loss of eight hundred pages of
manuscript, for many years in prepara-
tion, for his intended work on “The
Birds of Connecticut,” practically
ready for the printer.

We extend our sympathy to our old
friend in his misfortune. This should
be a warning to all possessing really
valuable collections or libraries to
build therefor, a non-burnable build-
ing of some character.

Raptores of Central Alberta.
Within the last five years I have ob-
served the following Hawks and owls
in central Alberta.

THE

Circus hudsonius, Marsh Hawk.

Quite common in the more open lands
and especially where the land is low
and marshy.
Accipiter velox, Sharp-shinned Hawk.
I have not seen but one of these birds
in Central Alberta in five years; the
one specimen seen was in Edmonton
in May, 1907.

Astur atricapillus atricapillus, Gos-
hawk. This bird is quite common, es-
pecially in the deeply wooded portions
of the country. In the spring of 1907,
while traveling about forty miles
northwest of Edmonton I found where
one of these birds and the Hawk Owl
(Surnia ulula caparoch) had engaged
in deadly combat. On getting out of
the sleigh and examining more close-
ly, I found the snow trodden down alv@
bloody, while feathers were lying in
every direction. The Hawk Owl was
dead in the claws of the Goshawk and
the completely severed head of the
Goshawk lay a few inches away from
its body. Examination showed that
the claws of the Goshawk had reached
and penetrated the heart of the Hawk
Owl.

Buteo borealis calurus, Western Red-
tail. Quite common in the more open
portions, where they nest the same as
the Eastern form.

Buteo swainsoni, Swainson’s Hawk.
Numerous in certain parts only where
they nest the same as in all parts of
the country.

Buteo platypterus, Broad - winged
Hawk. Quite common, usually nesting
at a low elevation. The most of the
nests I have located were in birch
trees and would average about 25 feet.

Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis,
Rough-legged Hawk. Very common. It
can generally be seen slowly flying
over the fields in quest of gophers and
other small rodents.

Aquila chrysaetos, Golden Eagle.
More common formerly than now.
Great numbers of them suffer, because
tuey are of the hawk tribe, and need
killing because they are a hawk; at

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least that is what the average unin-
formed person thinks.

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Bald
Eagle. Not so common as the above;
great numbers of them are killed for
the same reason as stated above.

Falco rusticolus rusticolus, Gray
Grytalcon. These birds may be con-
sidered as casual visitors, as but one
has been seen in five years.

Falco columbarius richardsoni, Rich-

ardson’s Pigeon Hawk. I see a pair
each year but they are not at all com-
mon. I have authentic reports of
them being quite numerous in the
southern part of the province.
Falco sparverius sparverius, Sparrow
Hawk. Quite common, especially in
the more open country; not so numer-
ous in the deep woodlands.

Asio flammeus, Short-eared Owl.
Kairly common now, more so than in
1909.

Scotiaptex neubulosa neubulosa,
Great Gray Owl. Fairly common in
certain localities. I once saw a King-
bird (Tyrannus tyrannus) ride three
or four hundred yards on the back of
one of these hawks.

Cryptoglaux funerea_ richardsoni,
Richardson’s Owl. Fairly common on-
ly. I picked one up in a dazed condi-
tion in front of my house this winter.
I took him into the house and he died
shortly, from the intense cold, I pre-
sume; as it was 40 below zero.

Cryptoglaux acadica acadica, Saw-
whet Owl. I have seen but very few
of these birds in this country.

Bubo virginianus pallescens, West-
ern Horned Owl. Fairly common, es-
pecially in the deep woods where it
lives largely on rabbits, game birds,
etc.

Nyctea nycteam Snowy Owl. Very
common during the winter and occa-
sionally a pair nests with us.

Surnia ulula caparoch, Hawk Owl.
These birds are quite numerous dur-
ing the very cold winters, and occa-
sionally one nests with us.

Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea, Bur-
rowing Owl. I saw a single specimen
of this species about 200 miles south
of here, but have never recorded them
in this locality.

5S. S. S. Stansell.
Alberta, Canada.

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THE OOLOGIST.

VOts, XXX.) No.3. ALBION, N. Y. Mar. 15, 1912. WHOLE No. 296

Published Monthly, by R. M. Burnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois.

MARCH

March, the first of the spring months is here. In the southern part of the
country, spring is well advanced. In the central part, rough weather will pre-
vail. In the northern part, snow and ice still lingers

To the oologist and ornithologist this is one of the most interesting months
of the year. Many of the larger birds of prey will begin or are engaged in
housekeeping this month, and tramps through the leafless timber and over the
frosted hills in search of their homes is full of pleasure.

Vast multitudes of wild fowl will wing their way north over the United
States. Many, many of them will be killed on the way, for March is a great
month for the wild fowl gunner, in spite of the fact that spring shooting is
wrong in both principle and practice, and should be abolished absolutely
throughout the United States.

We trust that those of our readers who engage in hunting will be sportsmen
and not butchers. That they will be satisfied with moderate bags and not at-
tempt to “get the limit” or make a record. If you will be careful to catch and
take home with you all of your wounded birds, particularly those that are wing
tipped, and pinion them with care, you will find much of interest in their ways
during the coming summer; and last but not least, you will find that most of the
wild fowl after having been kept in confinement for a short while, if properly
pinioned, will be of considerable money value. The pleasure of keeping such
birds in confinement and the great amount of knowledge and information which
can be and is derived from studying them under such conditions more than
amply repays all of the effort and expense connected therewith.

R. M. BARNHES.

234

THE OOLOUIST :

View of Penguin and Cormorant breeding grounds,

on Colonial Islands,

African Penguin Eggs and Gano
By E. W. Foster.

Some one has said that as goes Lon-
don,—in the matter of food,—so the
world goes; and latterly England, in
addition to staid old London, has
taken to the egg of the penguin,—to
supplant the more popular hen-fruit on
her tables. Not that England prefers
penguin eggs to the egg of the chick-
en, Oh no! but prices are consider-
ably cheaper,—seeing as there are
sections of Cape Colony where one
can get all the eggs he desires, for
only the picking up.

Long, long time this section has
been renowned for its guano. But now
it is realized that it is more profita-
ble, yet to gather the eggs of the birds
which create this humus.

The islands belonging to Cape Col-
ony and distributed along its coast, as .
well as along the coast of German

Cape Colony, Africa.

South West Africa, if needs be recall-
ed, are barren and rocky. They bear
little vegetation, and are merely rocks
where human life can only be sup-
ported by provisions from the main.
land.

These islands, however, which are
divided into two groups known as the
Colonial Islands on the coast of the
Colony, and the Ichaboe Islands on the
coast of German South West Africa,
are a valuable asset to South Africa,

inasmuch as they produce large quan-

tities of guano, penguin eggs, and a
considerable number of seal skins, as
well as some seal oil.

The birds producing the guano are
the penguin, malagas, and the duiker
of cormorant. These live in myriads
on the islands, as shown in the ac-
companying photographs.

The collecting and sale of the guano
is controlled entirely by the Govern-

THE OOLOGIST 285

Seal Colony, same Islands

ment Agricultural Department, and
the exportation of it beyond the lim-
its of South Africa is prohibited.
About 7,000 tons are collected per an-
num, and brought to Cape Town where
the Government Depot is_ located.
From here it is supplied direct to the
farmers throughout the country, who
are charged about $30.00 per ton when
it would be possible to obtain $20.00
per ton more by selling to private con-
tractors or exporting it to England.
The quality is said to be exceptionally
high in comparison with that produc-
ed in other parts of the world, the
average being: Nitrogen, 11.30%;
Lime, 10.93%; Potash, 1.97%; Phos-
phoric Oxide, Water Sol., 3.67%; Phos-

phoric Oxide, Citrate Sol., 9.08%; to-
tal, 10.52%; Sand, 27.05%; Fineness,
1 mm 91.65.

In addition to the guano produced
by the islands mentioned, South Afri-
ca imported foreign guano in the year
1909 to the value of $12,049; artificial
manures to the value of $142,423; and
phosphates to the value of $179,204.
Only 3,000 lbs. of artificial manures
valued at $9 came from the United
States, 180 lbs. of the guano valued at
$5 and none of the phosphates. In-
asmuch as the United States exports

over a million tons of fertilizers an-
nually, it is surprising that none of
it comes to South Africa where the
demand should create a comparative-
ly high price.

236 THE OOLOGIST

Birds on the breeding grounds, same Island

The farmers in South Africa are
given a great advantage by the gov-
ernment in being supplied guano at
about three fifths of its value, but the
quantity which the government is able
to supply from its insular possessions
is so small, as the importations from
other sources evidence, that there is a
good field for other lines of fertiliz-
ers. The farmers too are in many in-

stances using guano where other fer- .

tilizers are needed, and could be sup-
plied at much lower cost to them.
With the advent of more modern and
scientific methods of agriculture, there
will be increased demands for ferti-
lizers and our American exporters of
them should make a greater effort to
introduce their goods.

Penguin eggs forms another inter-
esting export. The quantity of pen-
guin eges collected annually from the
islands amounts to about 600,000.
These are sold by contract to a Cape

Town firm, Messrs. Miller and Traut,
at 21 cents per dozen. The demand
for these eggs in South Africa is not
increasing, but rather the reverse, as
hens’ eggs become more plentiful and
consequently cheaper. They cannot
be said to take the place of fowls’
eges except in cases where the fishy
taste of their yolk is disguised in
cooking, or with certain people who
do not object to it. An effort was
made to introduce their use into HEng-
land in 1908, and with considerable
success, as shown by the following ex-
tracts from the London Daily Mirror |
of May 5th and 7th, 1908:

“Peneguin’s eggs, the very latest
breakfast food for jaded appetites,
have come to London to stay.

“As already announced in the
‘Daily Mirror’ 4,800 penguin’s eggs
have been exported from South Afri-
ca to England, through the agency of
the Cape Trades Commissioner, in or-

THE OOLOGIST 237

Another view of same breeding grounds

der to introduce the new dainty to
Britishers.

“Yesterday the ‘Daily Mirror’ ob-
tained two dozen penguin’s eggs from
the Cape Trades Commissioner’s office
at 98 Victoria Street, S. W., and after
having them cooked in the approved
fashion, they were submitted to var-
ious food experts and hotel managers
for their opinion.

“The task of boiling the eggs was
taken over by the chef of the new
Piccadilly Hotel, which opens to the
public tomorrow. Penguin’s eggs have
to be boiled exactly twenty minutes,
and the chief cook carried out his
contract to the second.

“After allowing the eggs to cool—
they have to be eaten cold—a visit
was paid to the Savoy Hotel, and one
of the chiefs of the restaurant, a fa-
mous judge of table delicacies, was
given an egg for his opinion.

“He cracked the white shell care-
fully, and peeled a portion of it, re-
vealing a clear, greenish, transparent
‘white’ which looked just like jelly.
Asking for a spoon he ate a consider-
able portion of the egg.

“Tt smells and tastes just like a
plover’s egg,’ he said. ‘The ‘white’ is
also similar in color and substance to
a plover’s egg, although, perhaps, not
so delicate.’

“The yolk of the penguin’s egg is
the only part which is at all fishy in
flavour, and in any case it is so slight
as to be scarcely noticeable.

“Novelties in food always attract a
certain class of public, and I think
there would be a successful future for
the penguin’s egg. It may almost
rival the plover’s egg, only the latter
looks more appetising, and is slight-
ly more delicate in flavour.”

A medical man said the penguin’s

238 THE OOLOGIST

A few birds same Islands

ege contained a remarkable percent-
age of phosphorous, and was therefore
a splendid tonic for brain fag and ner-
vous debility.

So great has been the demand that
no penguin’s eggs are obtainable in
London now, except two cases which
are to arrive at Billingsgate Market
this morning.

The Cape Trades Commissioner is
cabling immediately to South Africa
for further shipments, which will be
about three weeks en route.

Mr. Charles Stuber, ex-larder chef
of Claridge’s writes to the “Daily Mir-
ror” to say that he has made several
experiments with the “white” of the
penguin’s egg and has found it excel-
lent in many forms of cookery.

Mr. Stuber says that the penguin’s
egg is a great success scrambled on
toast, or used up in a sauce for cold
fish. He also found it a valuable as-
set to other dishes.

Mrs. Edmund Gilbert writes from
Maidenhead to say that, as a South
African, the proper way to eat a pen-
guin’s egg is to cut it in half (after it
is boiled), mash it up with a fork on a
hot plate, and add butter, salt and
pepper.

Zybysco, the well known wrestling
champion, is the latest convert to the
penguin’s egg. His manager writes
to say that Zybysco has just eaten six
of them with great relish.”

It is stated that since the above ar-
ticles appeared there has been a fall-
ing off in the demand for penguin’s
eggs in London owing to some unex-
plicable reason, and that few are now
shipped to that market.

These eggs are considered a great
delicacy by some, and it is thought
that if they were better known in oth-
er parts of the world, their popularity
would inerease. They are retailed
here at 42 cents per dozen, and are

THE OOLOGIST 239

Just a few more, same Islands

from two to three times the size of
the ordinary hen’s egg.

The contractors state that about
400,000 more could be collected per
annum if a market could be found for
them. The export price charged by
the contractors is $2.43 to $2.67 per
hundred, and they are willing to ship
a small sample lot to any produce
merchant in the United States, who
will pay the transportation charges in
order to test them in the American
market. The season for collecting
the eggs is from January to June.

During the year 1909, seal skins to
the number of 3,362 were taken from
the islands, and the average price re-
ceived in London, England, was $5.16
each. Very few licenses are now is-
sued to private persons by the Gov-
ernment—last year only four—and the
sealing industry was carried on by
the Department of Agriculture. A
license of $24.33 for a boat of 20 tons

or under and $121.66 for boats over
20 tons, is charged private seal fisher-
men per annum, and in addition a
royalty of 24 cents each on skin se-
cured. In the past, some very profit-
able sealing has been done, but lat-
terly the seals have been too scarce to
make the industry profitable for pri-
vate individuals to risk paying the li-
cense and fitting out craft for sealing.
The number of seals, known as Arcto-
cephalus Pusillus, is now increasing
and under strict Government protec-
tion the industry will doubtless thrive.
1159 seal skins were taken by private
individuals during the year 1909 un-
der licenses issued by the Govern-
ment, and $291.75 was paid on these to
the Government as royalty.

The amount of seal oil procured
during 1909 was 1,550 gallons, which
was disposed of at 61 cents per gallon.
This product has not brought as high
prices since whaling syndicates have

240 THE OOLOGIST

The birds and their Guardians on the same Islands.

been operating on the coast of South
Africa, by whom large quantities of
whale oil have been placed on this
market. "

i

The Quail Trap

Norwic ', Conn.
The Quail Trap, ). 20. 8, 1911.
The extended visit of ti = evening
grosbeak to Taftville this winter is
the most notable event in the bird an-
nals of eastern Connecticut for many
years. Its stay is of no economic
value, nor does it give more than a
shade of light on the mystery of mi-
gration. But that so rare and showy
bird, unknown here for a generation,
so far from its natural habitat, should
appear in a large company, make so
long a stay in one place, and be so
perfectly at home with its new envi-
ronment and food, is remarkable.
Other birds migrate yearly from north
to south, but this erratic bird every

twenty-five years leaves his home in
the northwest wilderness and makes
an eastern tour straight across the
continent. Doesn’t find its way back
with the same unerring certainty as
he migrants south and north?

Let us look up a few authorities in
my working library. Audubon and the
pioneer ornithologist did not see the
evening grosbeak. In the copy of
Wilson on my desk no mention is
made of it. Bonaparte alone knew and
described it. Morrison’s Birds of Con-
necticut has no Connecticut records,
though, no .doubt now, the emi-
nent author would find a lot of local
material. In Samuel’s Our Northern
and Hastern Birds no mention is made.
A single foot-note in Stearn and
Coues’ New England Bird Life says,
“it may later struggle into New Hneg-
land.” Maynard’s Birds of Wastern
North America says, rare to New
Hngland in winter. “Nest and eggs

THE OOLOGIST 241

unknown.’ Coues’ Key to North
American Birds. Not mentioned in
Coues’ Birds of the Colorado Valley.
Coues’ Birds of the Northwest says:
“Not procured by either of the expe-
ditions.” The scientists did not quite
kill the grosbeak with Latin names.
Fringilla vespertina, ‘Cocothraustes
vespertina, Hesperphona vespertina,
Hesperphona vespertina var. montana,
Coccothraustes bonapartii, and Laxia
bonapartii.

No plates of nest and eggs of even-
ing grosbeak are figured in any of my
twenty American oologists—Brewer,
Benhire, Capen, Davis’, Maynard, In-
gersoll, Reid or Gentry; or in the pre-
tentious English or German bird
books before me. Walter Raine of To-
ronto, who has a stupendous collec.
tion, and coliectors all over the world

says in Bird Nesting in Northwest
Canada: “Hggs of the evening gros-
beak are almost unknown in collec-

tions and are therefore very valuable.”
Merrill was the first to see it nesting
in an inaccessible Oregon pine. The
first nest and eggs on record were
taken by John Swinburne in a thickly
wooded canyon fifteen miles west of
Springville. Apache county, Arizona,
June 5, 1884, the second was found
May 10, 1886, by E. H. Fisk in Yolo
county, California. I have never seen
an egg and know of none held by any
of my exchange correspondents today
Hges of rose-breasted, blue and black
headed grosbeaks I find are common
with collectors, but pine grosbeak’s
eges are also rare because they breed
late in February in icy surroundings.
Both rosy-breast and pine make fine
cage birds, sing well and breed in con-
finement. But the evening bird does
not thrive in captivity and its song is
not attractive.

The best popular description of the
evening gresbeak is in Frank Chap

man’s Handbook of North Americar
the morrow,”

Birds. Ridgway has the best scienti-
fic description, and the best handy col-
ored plate is in the last edition of
Reed’s Land Birds East of the Rock-
ies. But far and away ahead of the
big-wig bird doctors, in interest and
records and incidents of the great
eastern flights, in winter of 1889 and
1890, by Amos W. Cutler, in Vol. IX,
pages 238 of the Auk, and in the Auk,
Vol. X, page 155. In that migration—
if it could be so called—there were
half a dozen Connecticut records. I
saw only pines at Norwich that sea-
son, but when hunting snowy owls
around the Winthrop woods on Fort
Hill and Bushy Point, Groton, for two
days, I followed a bunch of evenings
feeding on the swamp and sugar ma-
ples, false bittersweet and rotten ap-
ple seeds. There were about forty
birds and only six good males. I shot
none, but in that great flight many
specimens were taken for American
and foreign cabinets. My own birds
have data as late as April 1, 1890, in
New York. It is a long mark forward
in the public attitude towards birds
that few will now be welcomed with
a charge of No. 11 shot.

Audubon’s glowing account of first
meeting a rosy grosbeak in full song
is familiar and often quoted. But lis-
ten to this flowery description of the
dress of the evening grosbeak by Dr.
Elliot Coues: “A bird of distinguish-
ed appearance, whose very name sug-
gests the far-away land of the dipping
sun, and the tuneful romance which

'the wild bird throws around the fad-

ing light of day; clothed in striking
color contrasts of black, white and
gold, he seems to represent the alle-
gory of diurnal transmutation; for his
sable pinions close around the bright-
ness of his vesture, as night encom-
passes the golden hues of sunset,
while the clear white space enfolded
in these tints foretells the dawn of

242 THE OOLOGIST

It is a far cry from the pines of
Oregon and Washington to the elms
and maples of Norwich. But drawn
from the far-away forests by an irre-
sistible impulse, a band of these beau-
tiful birds have been making a long
visit in town, apparently pleased with
their surroundings. This company was
first reported by teamsters as a “flock
of 60 unknown birds feeding on sugar
maple trees’ near Hatchet pond in
Worcester county, the source of the
Quinebaug, early in December. From
there they went six miles due east to
Southbridge, Mass., where my corre-
spondents and many others saw them
at work on the maple trees, but bus-
iest on the mountain ash trees. Then
next we find them in two divisions—
one of twenty birds six miles south-
east at the Potter homestead—in the
English Neighborhood, North Wood-
stock, Conn. This place is surrounded
by maples and was found most suit-
able for a rest of a week. Mrs. Potter
paid much attention to the new ar-
rivals and on the 20th of December
was certain that they were evening
grosbeaks. Miss Sarah Potter and
Miss Mary Potter, school teachers,
were home on the 23d, 24th and 25th
of Dec., and with powerful glasses
confirmed Mrs. Potter’s opinion.
It was an excellent object lesson to
these teachers and their pupils may
get a grain of knowledge birdwise
from it. Again, two miles to the
southeast, I had a glimpse of a few
of them on Mrs. Back’s mountain ash,
and of the same scouts or others pick-
ing the few berries on the two moun-
tain ash trees in front of the public
hall at Village Corners.

One body of twenty, straggling in
Groups through the village, directly
east, came in a bunch for a short stay
to the Morse barn, where they were
easily identified, and to the John May
farm, East Woodstock, where Mrs.

May made hospitable attempts to feed
the handsome strangers. A division
was seen by the Lindermans and John-
sons near the Putnam turnpike, six
miles south, and, still moving south
along the river valley toward Lisbon,
a detachment seen by R. F. D. men
and farmers en route reached Taft-
ville, at the mouth of the Quinebaug,
forty miles from Woodstock about
Feb. 12th, where later the two divi-
sions came together. In this pleasant
place they appear to find things much
to their liking, act as if settled for a
long stay, are not a bit wild or shy,
are the wonder and admiration of
many people, and are under the spe-
cial surveillance of F. J. Werking,
principal of the Wequonnoc school. I
quote from one of Mr. Werking’s late
letters: “I am interested in birds and
I am trying to make others interested
in them, too. The grosbeaks are still
with us. They came February 13th.
Perhaps I should have said the ad-
vance guard came on that date, for
the numbers have increased until now
we have forty-eight, eleven of them
adult males. We are certainly having
the treat of our lives. I wish you
might see them too.” Mr. Werking
will reply to all inquiries about plum-

age, favorite trees, food, play, song,
and time of departure. The pupils of
the Woodstock and Wequonnoc

schools should be well up on grosbeak
lore. They will welcome the rosy
breast about May day, the piney next
winter, or the winter after next, and,
possibly some thirty years from now,
once again be on intimate terms with
the grosbeak, to which we bid a long
goodb y—Hesperophona vespertina,
the bird of a generation. C.L.R.
——__\______e~@e —.
The Editor’s address while in Cali-
fornia is 149 N. Cahuenga Ave., Holly
wood Sta., Los Angeles. Nothing but
personal letters should be sent there.
Business is barred.

THE OOLOGIST 245

The Hooded Merganser.
(Lopbodytes cacullatus)
“Hello! Come over; here are your

birds eggs.”
March 15th, 1886 the writer with

Frank Lester and William T. Shaw,
were “camped” six miles below Lacon,
Illinois on the Illinois River, whither
we had gone to stay a couple of weeks
and shoot ducks, multitudes of which
swarmed along the river in those
days. We say “camped”. In truth we
had a large cabin boat that was made
fast to some great trees along the riv-
er bank. The river was at flood and
extended across the overflowed bot-
toms to the West for a full mile and
to the East twice as far.

This day, a typical March “day,
clear, bright, cool and very windy.
The morning’s shooting being done, I
pulled up my wooden decoys about
9:00 a. m. and started to row my hunt-
ing skiff to the cabin boat. The river
was extremely rough and here about
a thousand feet wide with an occa-
sional cake of floating ice going down
stream. The overflowed bottoms con-
sisted of a succession of open spaces
and densely timbered tracts contain-
ing trees and brush of all sizes from
huge elms, sycamores and_ cotton-
woods six or seven feet through and
a hundred feet high, down to that
pest to the duck hunter, “Buck Brush”
or Button Bush, more properly speak-
ing. Occasionally a long, narrow strip
of land would be seen sticking up
through the high water. Along the
river these strips of land or “hog
backs” as they are called, were quite
frequent immediately adjacent to the
stream proper.

As I passed from the timber of the
bottoms I noticed a couple of fellows
chopping at an old dead snag on one
of these exposed pieces of land nearly
opposite our cabin boat, and on the

east side of the river. Having noth-
ing better to do, I rowed up to where
they were, landed, strolled up to them
and inquired their purpose in cutting
the snag. “Coons” was the answer.
They turned out to be a couple of fur
hunters cutting the hollow trees for
coon and mink which were common
there in those days.

To digress a moment I may say |]
have known mink in these bottoms to
be taken from the hollow limb of a
tree over sixty feet above the ground.

I asked the older of the two—a
typical bronzed grizzly “river rat’—if
in their cutting they ever found any
eggs in the trees, “Sure” was the re-
ply. ‘The last tree we cut had three
of ‘em in; they are right down there
now.’ Only a hundred yards or so
down the bank lay the tree he point-
ed to and I got there with exceeding
quickness. There were two old last
year’s addled eggs of the Wood Duck
and one broken egg of the Hooded
Merganser, likewise a last season’s
egg. Both had evidently been buried
in the saw dust like debris at the bot-
tom of the cavity of the now split
open limb of the fallen tree. I was
surprised and disappointed at the
same time. My only thought in ask-
ing the fur chasers about eggs was
the possibility of Owl’s eggs and was
surprised to learn that Ducks’ eggs
would last through the winter in these
hollow trees.

I returned to the choppers and ar-
ranged that in case any more eggs
were found I was to be notified—for a
reward. They were then engaged in
cutting a huge soft maple snag, deaa
and almost limbless, some three feet
or more through standing very close
to the river’s bank which here was
quite steep. It was between the river
proper and a clearing of several acres

‘in extent on the “hog back” of land.

244 THE OOLOGIST

I got into my skiff and pulled across
the river for the cabin boat. Scarce-
ly had I arrived, ere the snag fell with
a loud Crash and the sentence which
opens this article was shouted across
to me after much difficulty. To again
pull across to where my new found
friends were was the work of only a
few minutes. The old dead tree had
fallen with tremendous force, being
protected by but two or three broken
limbs. One of these had split open
by the force of the fall and there lay
exposed to view, eleven of the rare
eges of the Hooded Merganser, five of
which were broken and six intact; all
of last season’s laying. The old bird
had evidently lost her life after lay-
ing the full clutch.

These six eggs gave me one of th«
very hardest undertakings at ¢é2£
blowing that I ever had. The cot
tents had partially dried and caked,
but finally they were saved in fine
shape and today occupy a place in 1.
cabinet. I shall never part with thes-,
my first eggs of this species.

In later years I found another ne-.
of this species over fifty feet up i

the dead limb of a tall living Cotton .

wood tree standing right on the bank
of the same river two miles north of
Lacon; but could not reach it because
of the frailty of the limb. Still anoth-
er nest [ took some years later.

The Hooded Merganser is a gener-
ally distributed member of the duck
tribe throughout most of North Amer-
ica. Nowhere very plentiful, yet not
rare in most localities. The male is
a splendidly garbed creature with the
beautiful crest from which the species
gets its misnomer of “Hooded” Mer-
ganser. They frequent usually the
clearer fresh water streams and live
principally on fish. The flesh is not a
table delicacy by any means.

The nest which is merely the down
from the bird’s breast, is placed in the

holiow of a tree near the water at
varying heights from the ground from
eight to sixty feet. In this the female
lays from seven to twelve nearly
spheric2l, glossy, china white eggs
with c:_2 of the thickest and certainly
the hardest shells known to me
amongst the ducks. These eggs are
not plentiful in collections and are
much sought aiter by collectors.

The movements of the bird are ex-
ceedingly quick. Some of the authori-
ties say its flight exceeds that of all
the other ducks in speed. The birds
are shy in the wild state; yet take
readily to semi-domestication. One
male in Garfield Park Lagoon, Chi-
cago, last spring seemed almost as
tame as any of the tame ducks there.

The second nest of this species,
I ever discovered that I was able to get
to was in a natural cavity in a Soft
Maple tree thirty-nine feet above
ground. A limb about ten inches in
diameter had broken off about six feet
from the trunk of the tree. The inner
portion of the limb had rotted out,
having just an outer shell of live
bark and wood not over an inch and
a half thick. The opening was to the
east. The tree stood in the midst of
the swamp on the edge of the small
creek that winds through the -Heronry
south of Lacon, seven miles. It was
about two feet thick and covered with
growing grape vines. The timber is
very open there, no underbrush, all
big trees and very swampy.

It was within seventy-five feet of
a large sycamore tree containing seven
nests of the Great Blue Heron. As
we passed through the west side of
the Heronry, I noticed some species
of duck flying rapidly through the air
as though she had just left this tree.
She was less than a hundred feet
from the tree when I first saw her and
going like a streak, directly away
from the tree. I now do not believe

THE OOLOGIST 245

she came off the nest, as the eggs
were not warm, but I do believe she
was sitting on a limb of the tree amid
the foliage, and that our presence
alarmed her, and she left. She made
no outcry or noise whatever, and I
saw no more of her. As she passed
from sight, two more ducks jumped up
out of the near by creek and flew off.
O did not see what species they were.
After some examination of the tree I
discovered the round knothole in the
broken end of this hollow limb. To
climb that tree did not take long, and
I soon peered all expectancy into that
hole. There in the bottom of a four
foot cavity, on a bed of rotted wood,
feathers and down from the old duck,
lay eleven yellowish colored eggs
that I at first took to be wood Duck
eggs.

The stench from the nest was simp-
ly terrible, as I afterwards found,
from some broken eggs in there. The
tree was formerly a double one with
a fork about six feet from the ground,
but one of the trunks had long since
been cut or blew over, leaving the
stump all rotten and the half of the
tree containing the nest standing, a
gnarled, sprout covered specimen,
some thirty odd feet high. The limb
containing the nest left the tree on
the east side, the side away from the
creek and next the Heronry; and grew
at an angle of near fifty degrees
from the tree, had been broken off,
and the end sort of curled in, hay-
ing an opening seven inches across.

This limb had a number of small
live branches growing from it. Direct-
ly at the nest this limb was nine
inches in diameter and it was four and
a half feet long. In the bottom of
the cavity I could see but eleven eggs.
There were twelve in fact there. I
took them to be Wood Duck’s eggs be-
cause of their yellowish color. On

cutting into the nest I found it was
composed of grass, chips, rotten wood
and down. The down was arranged
with the grass in a sort of a circle
around the eggs, the down lay on top
of the grass. The eggs rested on the
bits of rotten wood. There was no ef-
fort at nest building under the eggs,
and I think the circle of down and
grass was put there to keep the egg
from coming in contact with the sides
of the nest or cavity where they might
chill.

There were an even dozen eggs in
the nest, one evidently an old last
year’s Wood Duck’s egg, was broken
and had been for some time; hence
the awful smell in the nest. Hach of
the two holes in this broken egg were
over a half inch in diameter and most
of the contents of the egg had run out
into the nest and with the mud from
the old bird‘s feet had discolored ail
the eggs, so they were almost exact-
ly the color of the eggs of the Wood
Duck, and I took them home still sup-
posing they were of this species. The
broken egg I threw out and the other
eleven I lowered carefully to the
ground in my basket.

Right under the tree I found an-
other broken Wood Duck’s egg and
still another about a hundred yards
east of there on the ground. Both old
last year’s eggs, and both broken.
Whether they had laid there since
the spring preceding or had been
tossed out of the nest by the Mergan-
ser, this season, I of course don’t
know, but I incline to the latter theory,
because where [I found them, the riv-
er overflows fully ten feet deep each
spring, and would certainly have float-
ed them off or covered them up with
mud if they had been there when the
river came up this spring. On blow-
ing the eleven eggs which I took home
with me, I found one of them to be

246 THE OOLOGIST

very rotten and caked, and all crack-
ed up as though it had been frozen
at some time. This was also a Wood
Duck’s egg. The other ten eggs were
perfectly fresh and were Hooded Mer-
ganser’s eges! A splendid set, though
they required much careful scraping
with a knife to remove the yellowish
dirty deposit about as thick as tissue
paper, all over the eggs, acquired in
their filthy home. The two eggs found
on the ground and the two rotten ones
in the nest all broken, were old last
year’s Wood Duck’s eggs and had
lain in this nest over winter, I be-
lieve. I think the two large holes in
the broken one in the nest were made
by the bill of the Merganser in an
endeavor to throw it out of the nest.

I can now remember of having seen
a duck of some species in the vicin-
ity of this tree whenever I have visit-
ed this Heronry for several years be-
fore taking these eggs. The tree was
near three quarters of a mile from
the Illinois River and within three
hundred yards of the main line of the
A. T. & St. Fe. R. R. track where
trains are passing every few moments.
Hach of this set are marked “131 1-10-
4-29-94.”.

The Hooded Merganser is a common
bird with us along this river during
migrations. It usually arrives with
the first of the ducks the last of Feb-
ruary or first part of March as soon
as the ice breaks up.

It comes in flocks of from ten to
fifty individuals, travels low and in a
bunch without any regard for order,
and with great rapidity, usually fol-
lowing the main channel of the river.
Is not an easy bird to decoy and a
very hard one to kill. They will carry
off a lot of shot. Occasionally a stray
pair of birds remain to breed but
this is very rare, and when they do,
usually select a very tall, usually dead
cottonwood tree standing right on the

banks of the river. In the fall they
are among the last of the ducks to
come and only go on south as the riy-
er freezes up. They frequent mostly
the larger of the bayous and the river
proper, seldom going into the smaller
creeks or sloughs. This nest Was
near a creek at the head of a large
bayou nearly a mile long and a halt
mile wide.

One other egg of this species aside
from those described in this article
has been taken in Marshall County,
Illinois, to my knowledge from the
ovary of a bird which was shot by a
hunter about twenty years ago. Aside
from the nestings described in this
article, I know of no other nests ever
having been discovered in the coun-
ty, and have deemed the taking of
the eggs of this species in this vicin-
ity of sufficient ornithological import-
ance to make the foregoing extended
publication in reference thereto.

R. M. Barnes.

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A Friday’s Hunt.

A great many people consider Fri-
day an unlucky day. I was never sup-
erstitious and I find that several of
my red-letter days happened on a
Friday.

In May, 1905 I spent the 17th, 18th,
19th and 20th with a friend who was
then a member of the Life Saving
Crew at Erie, Pa., on Lake Hrie.

As the station is on the “Peninsula”
at the entrance to Erie Bay, I was
right on the spot all the time.

On the 17th about the only thing
of interest was large numbers of Wil-
son’s Terns. The 18th was no bet-
ter and it began to look like a tame
trip. That night it rained and Fri-
day was stormy and windy. I first
looked along the outside beach aways
but as there seemed to be nothing
but large numbers of Spotted Sandpip-

THE

ers and a few Killdeer I turned inland
to the ponds, swamps .and woods.
From a large bunch of cat-tails I flush-
ed and shot a Least Bittern and at
the report a belated Coot got up.

Amongst a lot of willows and low
stuff I saw a flycatcher that did not
look just right. I gathered it in and
found I had an Acadian. At Warren
I never met with it.

About the ponds the turtles were
abundant and I[ frequently flushed
Least Bitterns, of which |] shot one
more. I flushed several Americans, al-
so Long billed Marsh Wrens were
abundant and along a slough I secur-
ed a Short billed, the first I ever saw
and the second record from this re-
gion.

Hagles were soaring around at all
times but near the station only gray
ones were seen. I had noticed a cou-
ple adults about the ponds so I made
my way to the outside beach above
the light-house. I looked about and
soon found a large dead tree which,
judging from the amount of sign about
I concluded to be a favorite perch of
eagles. Concealing myself in range
I took it easy and watched the break-
ers rolling in. Hadn’t been there over
half an hour until I saw an old baldy
coming my way just over the edge ot
the surf. He swung in to the tree but
when about to alight started on. I
saluted him with my “Parker” and
down he came with a slam onto the
beach. It was a fine adult male with
pure white head, neck and tail and
measured 6 feet 9 inches in extent,
and made a fine specimen.

I had a good load so started back
down the beach to the station four
miles away. Besides the Killdeer and
Tip-ups I saw several small flocks of
Semip. Plover and some good sized
wader flying that I failed to recognize.
There were several flocks of Titlarks

OOLOGIST 247
on the beach which surprised me as
I thought it late for them.

When I arrived at the station by the
middle of the afternoon a stiff wind
was blowing and numbers of Terns
and several Herring Gulls were fly-
ing about. On a sandy point on the
open lake I saw a large flock of Terns
so strolled over that way. Under cov-
er I got up within 100 yards and took
a look. Just to one side of the terns
I saw a pair of large waders and only
one look was necessary to recognize a
pair of Black-bellied Plover in full
dress. I sized up the situation ana
saw one chance. I got down and
crawled, then wriggled along over the
sand to a piece of drift. It was slow,
hard work, but I finally reached the
drift and there at long range, was my
game. The male collapsed at the first
shot and as the female started off I
jumped up and dropped her with the
second barrel. They were in faultless
breeding dress and the male is sure-
ly a handsome bird.

I felt well repaid for my trip by
their capture as it is the only spring
record for this region or for western
Pennsylvania, so far as I can find out.

So what had started out as a rather
uneventful trip wound up on Friday as
quite a successful one.

R. B. Simpson,
Warren, Pennsylvania.
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Some Ducks and a Hawk.

The morning of February ist, 1899,
the thermometer registered 8 degrees
below zero. There was a foot of snow
on the ground and the river was
frozen tight except along the islands.
It was cloudy out but no wind so I
started early for my old stamping
grounds down the river.

The Rough-legged Hawk is scarce
here and is only found on the islands
and open flats and never away from

248 THE OOLOGIST

the river. These islands swarm
with meadow mice and these form the
hawks principal food.

I had noticed several about and as
there is no hemlock or cover on the
island it is impossible to stalk them
as they are wary.

A few days before while down that
way I had shot a couple of nice black
mallards so I took their skins along
with a couple of small steel traps.

I crossed on the ice to the head of
the largest island and made two sets
for hawks with the two skins.

Then I started down along the open
water. There was a heavy fog rais-
ing from the water, caused by the zero
weather, and I couldn’t see a duck
very well at any distance. The fog
didn’t help to make it any warmer
either. I first came upon a bunch of
seven American Mergansers and as
they disappeared into the fog I
brought down a female at long range.

The ice at these open places freezes
thick right out to the water’s edge
and a person can walk right out to
the edge and pick a dead duck out by
hand as it floats in. I flushed several
more flocks along this island but
couldn’t see them in time because ot
the fog.

I went over a long eddy on the ice
to the flats and islands known as
“Grass Flats’,—my usual rendezvous.

By this time the fog lifted, and
crawling through the deep snow to a
drift I cleaned up three Black Mal-
lards that were feeding in a small
spring hole.

A Northern Shrike flew past and
from its bill dangled a small bird of
some kind. ;

In the main opening near the upper
end I saw about 40 Mergansers. I
crawled up behind a big tree. Two
handsome drakes with beautiful sal-
mon-colored underparts, fed down

within range and I got both. At the
otter den at the end of the bayou [|
found an abundance of otter trails and
along the edge of the ice found num-
erous fish heads. I concluded to take
down a couple of big traps on my next
trip. In the lower end of the opening
around a bend, I saw two drake
mallards, also a bunch each of whisti-
ers and Mergansers. I crawled up
and bagged both mallards, fine old
green heads in full plumage. Walk-
ing out to get them I broke through a
little air hole or spearing hole and
plunked down into about two and a
half feet of icy water. I got my ducks
though, but in the zero temperature
my clothes froze stiff in a minute. I
got a move on and hustled as fast as
I could back into a dense hemlock
swamp that is close to the river at
this point. Under the wide spreading
roots of a partly uprooted and fallen
hemlock I found a bare place, and
with dry dead hemlock and pine limbs
I soon had a rousing fire going. I had
to spend a couple hours there before
I got dried enough to start out again.
When I entered the swamp I started
an old horned owl and while thawing
out I saw a few chickadees and king-
lets and occasional flock of Grosbeaks,
but bird life was rather scarce.

After getting well dried I returned
to the river. About 40 Mergansers
and a bunch of golden-eyes were feed-
ing. Another long crawl through the
show and up behind some drift and
I was in easy range of the entire
flock of Mergansers and could easily
have potted half a dozen. The Golden
eyes looked good to me so I waited un-
til I was nearly frozen, then I got my
chance and smashed them twice, get-
ting three handsome drakes. A fourth
weakened after rising and soon fell
on the ice and I took him in also. A
wind had sprang up and a fine snow

THE

was falling. It was bitter cold and I
felt half frozen. I strung my game
and found I had a good load so I made
fast time up to the big island.

In one of the traps I had set I saw
a large bird flapping about and found
a nice Rough leg. Also saw another
in the black plumage but it was too
wild to allow an approach. A sparrow
hawk, and two northern shrikes were
about but I didn’t bother them. A
regular blizzard was setting in so I
crossed to the mainland and was lucky
enough to get a sleigh ride home with
my day’s catch.

R. B. Simpson,
Warren, Pennsylvania.

2+~< He
A Day on the Peninsula.

The first week of this past June, I
spent on a visit at Erie, Pa., and had
intended to spend several days looking
about the lake shore in hopes of see-
ing something new and getting a few
photos.

The weather was very unfavorable
as it rained nearly every day and was
very cold and raw besides. The third
was the only nice day and I improved
it by spending all day on the ‘“Penin-
sula.” When I started early it looked
so bad that I left the camera behind—
a fact I afterwards regretted.

I went out the breakwater at the
Soldier's Home, and got set across at
the Life Saving Station. I explored
the region of several ponds of an acre
or so each, and then spent about four
hours wading about the shores of two
of the larger ponds. After this I spent
some time on the wide outside beach
on the open lake, and finally went en-
tirely around on the outside to Walda-
meer, where I got an electric car back
to the city.

For wading about the shores of the
large ponds, I used an old pair of
shoes and trousers as the bottom is

OOLOGIST 249

mighty uncertain. As the tempera-
ture did not get above fifty and a cold
northwest wind prevailed, it was any-
thing but pleasant wading.

I had a large basket for turtles
which were numerous on the drift in
the cat-tails and wild rice. They were
stupid because of the chilly weather
and only went a few feet after tumbl-
ing in. I caught all I could possibly
carry, getting five or six varieties.

The commonest bird about the
ponds was the Long-billed Marsh
Wren. They were singing everywhere

and many nests were scattered about.
These nests were mostly decoys, but
during the first hour, I examined four
that were occupied. Three contained
six eggs each and the other, five.

There were a few Least Bitterns
about, and at one of the smaller ponds
was a small colony. It was evidently
too early for nests though. Red-wing-
ed Blackbirds were nesting plentifully.
Some already had young, but the ma-
jority had eggs, while some had just
begun nest building.

As I passed around the head of one
of the smaller ponds, through a sort
of meadow of long grass and scatter-
ed low bushes, a Marsh Hawk appear-
ed and I soon decided by its actions
that there was a nest nearby. A half
hour’s search and I found it amongst
some low brush and long grass. As I
never found a nest of this hawk be-
fore I was somewhat interested. The
nest, a mass of old grass, contained
four newly hatched young, and one ad-
dled egg, which latter, I took. I did
not see any rails, although at least
two species breed here. A great many
common land birds were about, and |
saw nests of Maryland Yellow-throat,
Oriole, Robin, Catbird, Song Sparrow,
etc.

There was also an Eagle or two in
sight most of the time, and at one

200! THE OOLOGIST

time, six were flying about at once.
Swallows were abundant, and at one
point along the outside, quite a colony
of Bank Swallows were nesting in the
deep woods, at Waldameer at the head
of the “Peninsula,’ I saw and heard
many birds; among ‘them, Hooded
Warblers, Tanagers, Wilson’s Thrush,
Acadian Flycatchers. I found a Red-
start’s nest; also a nest of Wilson’s
Thrush containing four eggs.

Along the outside beach, I was treat-
ed to a big surprise. The weather
had been so cold this spring that it
has held the birds back greatly while
performing their migrations, and I
found quite a number of ducks still

about. Those that I got close enough
to to recognize, were all Lesser
Scaup. Several Herring Gulls were al-
so about. I was greatly surprised to

find plenty of shore birds. Semipal-
mated Sandpipers were common and
one flock contained fully forty. There
was a very few Semi-palmated Plov-
er also. I crawled up very close to a
flock of ten Turnstone in full dress.
There were some Dunlin too. One
flock of twenty and a few single ones.
One fine fellow with red back and
black belly walked up to within twen-
ty feet of me. Dunlins and Turnstones
in full dress are very rare here; espe-
cially Turnstones; and I was greatly
surprised to see them.

There was a couple of pair of pret-
ty Piping Plover, and they were un-
doubtedly nesting; but after a long
siege of watching, I concluded they

were not yet incubating. Spotted
Sandpipers were plentiful and had
just begun nesting in grassy spots
among the sand-hills. I also saw sev-
eral shore birds that I failed to iden-
tify as they were too wild to permit of
a close approach.

I intended to go back and explore
the ponds more thoroughly, but rainy
weather prevented.

R. B. Simpson,
Warren, Pennsylvania.

ROBINS MAY BE GROSBEAKS
St. Paul Naturalist Gives Possible
Explanation of Reports of
Spring Harbingers.

The “robins which several people
say they have seen in Minnesota the
last couple of weeks probably are
Kvening Grosbeaks driven south by
the severe cold according to Prof. D.
Lange of St. Paul, who is one of the
best posted men on the bird subject

in the Twin Cities.

“The Evening Grosbeak is often
seen here during cold weather,” said
Prof. Lange. “The robins would
not stay here in this weather, and it
is not probable that any one has
seen a real robin lately. Occasional-
ly during a mild winter, when there
is not much snow, a few may stay,
but that is not likely this year.

“Tt is most likely that the birds
they have seen were the Grosbeak,
although the difference is great
enough so that at close range a per-
son would hardly mistake them.
‘lne adult male of the evening Gros--
beck in full plumage is black, white
and yellow. The forehead is yellow,
the crown black, the underside and
side yellow, the wing and tail black,
the rump dull yellow and there are
some white touches on the wings.
With them are many females and
the young of last season, and these
are duller, so that to the casual ob-
server they might be mistaken for
robins.

“The Hvening Grosbeak, which in- |

habits the Hudson bay country and
farther north, is an erratic bird and

is seen here only every three or
four years or so. They are never
seen farther south than Chicago.

They are fond of box elder seed, and
when a flock of them finds a box
elder grove they may stay there a
week or two until the seed is all
eaten. They cut it with their bills,

THE OOLOGIST 251

eat the kernel and drop the shell on
the snow, so that when you find
shells of box elder seeds you may
be sure there have been Grosbeaks
around. They nest far north and
not over two or three nests have
ever been found.”

A news dispatch from Hancock,
Mich., says that Canadian Grosbeaks
driven south by the intense cold,
have swarmed into the copper coun-
try for the second time in thirty
vears. It was stated that the birds
resemble robins and were thought
by many to be robins until they
were identified by hunters.—Minne-
apolis Journal July 10, 1912.

pias ee Pe oN ee
The Whistling Swan.

We have just read an interesting ar-
ticle by our old friend, Ottomar
Reinecke, published in the Buffalo Ex-
press relative to this bird, and in
which is published certain information
which should be in the possession of
ornithologists generally.

It is well known that one of the
main northern migration routes of this
bird wintering on the Atlantic coast,
is up the coast into Chesapeake Bay,
then overland to the great lakes, then
to Hudson Bay, and so on to the Arc-
tics where it breeds.

A very large proportion of these
birds pass over the Niagara River, the
broad expanse of which just above
the Falls offers an alluring, though ex-
ceedingly dangerous resting place for
the tired and hungry birds after their
long flight from the Chesapeake Bay
over the Allegheny Mountains; and
which, to their damage, is much used
by them.

Mr. Reinecke published a schedule
of the birds known to have been killed
or injured by going over these falls,
together with the dates thereof for a
number of years past. This is inter-
esting and valuable and is as follows:

“Our notes are but recent. About
March 16, 1906, sixteen of these swan
went over the Horseshoe Falls and
were so maimed that they were easily
captured. March 20, 1907 about thirty
specimens met the same fate. March
15, 1908, a great many went over the
Falls; about 120 were taken. I saw
42 of these birds lie in three rows.
Bought five fine specimens. The taxi-
dermist mounted them and they are
now in the Buffalo Society of Natural
Sciences, the finest group in existence.

In November on their migration to
the South, four specimens were taken.
In December several went over the
Falls.

March 28, 1909, ten swan went over
the Falls: nine were killed, and one
was taken alive. March 20, 1910, J.
Savage took a picture of 28 swan
above the Falls, have no record of
any being killed.

March 23, 1911, from the best rec-
ords obtained at the Falls, about 22
swan went over the Falls and were
finally secured. Some of them were
shipped to Mr. Saunders of London,
Ontario, for scientific purposes. On
April 11th, a large flock was seen on
its migration to its Northern breed-
ing grounds.” Editor.

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The Wild Goose in Spring Near Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania.

The Wild Goose is not infrequently
observed in the vicinity of Philadel-
phia, in late spring, occurring here
however, generally during or just after
severe storms, but these birds are in-
variably seen on the wing and mostly
flying in a northerly direction. It is
rarely, indeed, that any of these wary
birds are seen resting here, but two
such occurrences have taken place to
my knowledge.

On April 16, 1903, at Sandiford,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,
my brother George observed a flock

252

of twenty-six (26) Wild Geese resting
in a rye field on a farm and feeding
on the tender green plants. They only
took wing upon the approach of gun-
ners and wearily wended their way
northward.

While crossing the Deleware River,
on April 24, 1910, in a power boat,
with a friend and my brother George,
we frightened two Wild Geese from
the rough water off the mouth of the
Pensauken Creek and opposite Brides-
burg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They flew down the river.

Replacing the tank with gasoline at
Bridesburg, we ran across the river
to Delair, New Jersey, and down along
the dyke that extends a mile out into
the stream at this point: as we round-
ed the end of the dyke and gasolined
into the cove we almost ran down a
flock of fourteen (14) Wild Geese that
were resting on the water. The birds
reluctantly took wing at our approach
and flew about individually for a short
time, until three launches had left the
cove, when they assembled together
again, and, now joined by an addl-
tional bunch of six birds, the flock
alighted upon the water again. The
bunch of six birds that joined the
larger block came from Richmond,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a mile
across the river, where they were seen
resting, by friends, upon the open
water in a marsh; their rest there
however, was of short duration, for
pedestrians soon drove them away.

The birds all appeared weary and

seemed to want to rest, hence their as-
tonishing fearlessness of us and other
ceraits, which they permitted to ap-

proach within thirty feet, and when

disturbed by a nearer approach, they
flew about and circled overhead and
well within gunshot range. It being
Sunday they could not be molested
by gunners. These birds occured here
alter a severe storm.
Richard F. Miller.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

THE OOLOGIST

Winter Birds.

Editor of The Tribune:

After reading in recent issues ar-
ticles on “robins” and Evening Gros-
beaks, I am inclined to believe that
the “robins” were mistaken for Bo-
hemian waxwings (ampelis garrulus)
or pine Grosbeaks (penicola enuc-
leator). The general color of the
pine Grosbeak is carmine-red, and
the general color of the Bohemian
Waxwing is brownish-ash with a
faint shade of reddish, especially an-
teriorly. The Bohemian waxwing
and the pine Grosbeak are winter
visitants in this vicinity. The EHven-
ing Grosbeak (cocothraustes vesper
tina) is occasionally a winter visit-
ant in Hennepin county, but the an-
terior part of the body is a dark yel-
lowish-olive, so I cannot conceive
how it could be mistaken for a rob-
in.—Minneapolis Tribune Jan. 30,
1912.

J. F. Jenkins.

Birds Left Behind in Migration in
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Wounded individuals of migratory
birds are frequently left behind in the
migrations. Some of these birds are
unable to fly, and others, while able to
make short flights, are incapable otf
performing the extended flight neces-
sary to carry them to their winter
home. Several records of such birds
have recently come to the writer’s no-
tice and they are given for what they
are worth.

On December 11, 1909, at Richmond,
in a frozen cat-tail marsh a boy caught
a wounded Coot, but before I could go
and see the bird he had killed and
eaten it. It had a broken wing which
prevented it from migrating, as a mat-
ter of course.

On December 12, 1909, in another
frozen cat-tail marsh at this locality,

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while hunting muskrat, John Gosner
captured a crippled Sora and flushed
up a King Rail. He kept the Rail sev-
eral days in captivity and then releas-
ed it. It was only able to fly a few
feet, although its wings appeared un-
injured. It was not afterward seen
and was undoubtedly shot by a gun-
ner. This was also the probable fate
of the King Rail, which was capable of
rather extended flight, as it was not
afterward observed, although searched
for diligently.

On December 17, 1910, in the above
marsh, George Pedrich, while hunting
for muskrats, found a frozen Florida
Gallinule, a bird not quite full grown.
It was sitting on the ice beside a
muskrat house, in a natural life-like
attitude of a bird asleep with its head
turned over on its back, and it was
undoubtedly frozen to death during
the severe weather that occurred at
that time. It was a wounded individ-
ual left behind in the migrations, just
like the others.

Richard F.. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Robins Are Plentiful.

Nobody will be able in the coming
spring to claim the credit of having
seen the first robin of the season in
this vicinity. At the present time
there are no less than fifty of the
birds around the _ Soldiers’ home
grounds. The birds for some unac-
countable reason failed to migrate
this winter and are spending the
winter at the home. They are sure
of kind treatment and plenty of food
for the old soldiers and widows are
noted for their kindness to. birds
and dumb animals and take great in-
terest in the squirrels and feathered
pets on the home _ grounds.—Latay-
ette, Ind. Daily Courier, Feb. 1,
1912.

I can supplement the above with a

record of a flock of about 25 robins fly-
ing toward the south on the morning
of January 16th, when the thermome-
ter stood perhaps 10 degrees below
Zero.

A, D. DuBois.
W. Lafayette, Ind.

We have had Robins, Blue-birds and
Bewick Wrens here all winter but
have not seen any the last three days
now, as it has been very cold and snow
is on the ground. I saw the last Blue-
bird January Ist, and the last Bewick
wren on same date. Saw one Robin
January 1-3-6-9, although thermometer
registered 25 below on the 9th, the
robin was apparently in good spirits,
flying from one tree top to another. [|
am watching to see if it will return
again.

C. B. Vandercook.
Odin, Ills.

Robins have been with us at Lacon,
Ill., in limited numbers all winter,
though the mercury reached twenty
degrees below three times.—Editor.

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A Rare Occurrence.

To ascertain the cause of the regu-
lar disappearance of chickens, D. A.
Schreiner, who resides a few miles
north of this place, set a steel trap
and in the morning found a large gol-
den Eagle as captive. The bird was
held by one claw and fought desper-
ately when approached. From tip to
tip it measured over seven feet and
stood 32 inches in height. It being
captured alive, I understand that 1t
was sold to the Eagle Lodge of Tiffin,
Ohio, at a large figure, they intending
to use it as a mascot if it keeps alive.
This is a very unusual thing for the
state of Ohio and around here, for in-
stance it being observed but once
within 25 years.

R. Lozier.
Attica, Ohio.

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VoL. XXIX. No. 4. ALBION, N. Y. Apr. 15, 1912. WHOLE No, 297

Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois.

Evening Grosbeaks in New York
—Photo by Ottomar Reinecke

250 THE OOLOuIST

Evening Grosbeaks.
Reappearance After Twenty-one Years
Absence.

Having occasionally seen Notes in
the OOLOGIST, the last in the Febru-
ary Number of 1912, I wish to contri-
bute this article and the illustrations
of the Grosbeak to The Oologist.

Some time ago the “Rochester Her-
ald” announced that several speci-
mens of the Evening Grosbeak had
been seen in Summer Park and also
in Highland and Seneca Parks at
Rochester. This item recalled to me
the following:

In the latter part of December, 1889,
Dave Trenton and Dr.-Bergtold (the
first died years ago and the latter now
lives in Denver, Nebraska) shot an
evening Grosbeak in Deleware Park.
This was brought to my attention. I
at once got in communication with
friends near Ridgeway, across the
river and gave them a description of
the bird. Within a week I received
about thirty of these rare birds, males
and females. I mounted them. Sev-
eral I gave to the Buffalo Society of
Natural Sciences where they can be
seen now. One pair is in the National
Museum of Sweden and fourteen are
left in my collection.

Looking over Audubon’s great work,
now in possession of the Buffalo So-
ciety of Natural Science, through the
generosity and kindness of Dr. Ros-
well Park, I found a life sized picture
of the Evening Grosbeak. In order
to have his life work finished and pub-
lished, our great naturalist in the
early ’30’s, went to Europe and obtain-
ed subscriptions there for financial
support. The life-sized pictures of
the birds are contained in five or six
large volumes. You can imagine the
size, as it contained the Wild Turkeys
as well as the Warblers and Hum-
mers.

At one time Audubon was supposed
to be dead, but after an absence of
three years he returned from the
southern uninhabited regions with a
complete knowledge of its bird life.
He had pictures and descriptions of
Warblers which for a long time were
considered imaginary, and also five
plants. All the plants have been
found and five of the Warblers. This
is the work of the greatest ornitholo-
gist known. Even in his time the
Evening Grosbeak was very incom-
plete.

Their natural haunts are in the ex-
treme north west of the Rocky Moun-
tains, north of Saskatchewan. The
color of the Evening Grosbeak is a
dull yellowish, shading into a brownish
on the head, with a bright and yellow
forehead, and supercilliary line, black
wings and tail and white inner secon-
daries and greater coverts. They are
the size of a robin. Their casual oc-
currence in the Hast is due to the
heavy snowfall, followed by excessive
cold, which deprives them of the ne-
cessary food, and so they travel east.

When I heard of their appearance
I informed the naturalist in Ridgeway,
Ontario, Mr, A. H. Kilman, and receiv-
ed from him the following: “About
the time you write to me that the
Evening Grosbeaks were seen in Roch-
ester I observed two of them in the
maples of my yard. The next day I
visited a grove near here, where I
had seen them years ago, and found a
flock of about twenty. They fed most-
ly on the hanging keys of some Ash
leaved maples. There were many full
plumaged males in the flock, and they
presented a charming sight flying in
the sunlight. As I had in my collec-
tion all I cared for, I shot and mounted
only one fine specimen.”

S. J. Wallace, and Walter Raine, of
Toronto, Ontario, saw several Gros-

THE OOLOGIST 856

beaks. Harry Williams, proprietor of
the Lafayette Hotel, Niagara Falls,
Ontario, also has two finely mounted
specimens, which were shot twenty-
one years ago. Those interested can
see them in the collection of the Buf-
falo Society of Natural Sciences, or in
mine.
Ottomar Reinecke.
Buffalo, N. Y.
= o>
An Abnormal Towhee’s Egg.

On June 18, 1911 while making orni-
thological observations on Crow Hill,
Montclair Heights, N. J., I found a
nest of the Towhee (Phipilio erythro-
phthalmus) on the ground underneath
a clump of laurels containing four eggs
well incubated. Three of these egg
were normal in size, shape and ap-
pearance, while the fourth was devoid
of all markings but retained the pink-
ish-white ground color of the others.
In addition to being clear of markings,
it was considerably larger than the
others as will be seen by the follow-
ing measurements taken by the writer
on that date: .90x.72; .92x .74; .88
Ke and d01x 78:

On the 9th of July I again visited
this nest for the purpose of placing
bands on the nestlings, but found that
it had apparently been pillaged by
some animal as many feathers and
pieces of bones were strewn about
and the nest was torn apart.

Two other nests within one hundred
feet of this, which contained nestlings
on the 18th of June, were found de-
serted as was expected. About these
were no evildences of raids by cats or
other animals as was the case in the
first instance.

Louis S. Kohler.
Bloomfield, N. J.,
Dec. 18, 1911.

Notes on the White-breasted Nuthatch

The Nuthatch, although by no means
a rare bird, is seldom seen except by
those who are acquainted with its
haunts, on account of its shy and re-
tiring habits. It greatly resembles
the Brown Creeper and the Black and
White Warbler, although its call is a
great contrast to those two birds. Its
call as represented by Reed is a nazal
yank, yank, and a repeated ya, ya, all
in one tone; and it often mystifies one
as to the concealment of the bird it-
self.

On November 24, 1911, I was at-
tracted by the queer call of a White-
breasted Nuthatch, which came as I
thought from a nearby tree, but on
coming nearer, I was surprised to hear
the call repeated in another direction.
At last, however, I saw him as he
flirted around the trunk of a large

‘tree, pecking the bark as he jumped,

and sending a shower of chips flying
to the ground. Remaining quite still
I was rewarded by seeing it reappear
around the trunk, uttering its queer
call again. As I watched I saw it
grasp firmly with its strong claws, and
swinging its whole body upon its feet
it would peck away at the bark, with
the full weight and sway of its body.
In my desire to obtain a better view,
it became frightened, and falling away
from the trunk it darted over the snow
to another tree. I started to follow,
but it soon flew again and I lost sight
of it.

I would like to mention that I re
cently received the egg of the Sen-
nett Nighthawk. Mr. C. McKnight of
Regina, Canada, found two of these
rare eggs on the Plains of Saskatche-
wan, one of which was accidentally
broken, the other I now have in my
collection.

Paul G. Burgess.

257 THE

OOLOGIST

Gila Woodpecker
—Photo by Harl R. Forrest

Photographing Wild Birds in Southern
Arizona.
Harle R. Forest _

During the fall of 1903 I was located
near Oracle, Pinal County, Arizona.
There is scarcely any town there, the
place merely consisting of a store, a
post office, and two hotels, while a
nnmber of ranchmen live in the Vi-
cinity. It is situated forty miles north
of Tucson and on the western spur
of the Santa Catalina range. The
mountains in the vicinity of Oracle
are covered with a thick growth of
scrub oaks, and the deserts close by
have large thickets of cholla and
prickly pear cactii.

Bird life is very abundant, consid-
ering the scarcity of food and the dry
climate where water is only obtain-
able at long distances.

I was located on a sheep ranch
about two miles.north of the store.

It was about one-half mile to my near-
est neighbor, who was an easterner
in search of health. He had taken up
a mining claim, fenced it, built a com-
fortable house upon it, and made
other improvements which made the
place very attractive for that lonely,
desolate country. This claim was sit- ~
uated right among the scrub oaks,
and birds, which were always looking
for a few crumbs or a drink, were
rather abundant. Finding that they
were not molested they soon became
quite tame, and large numbers came
every morning to drink from a pan of
water that my friend had placed for
them.

He cut the

side out of a large syrup can, made a

This gave him an idea.

wooden frame to hold it, and nailed it
on top of a fence post about fifty feet

from the house. This he filled daily

THE OOLOGIST

258

House Finches

with water, and soon great numbers
of birds came there to drink.

I immediately became interested
and spent much time at my friend’s
house, where I identified the follow-
ing species which came there to this
fountain:

Melanerpes uropygialis.
pecker.

Gila Wood-

Aphelocoma sieberii arizonae. Ari-
zona Jay.
Carpodacus mexicanus _ frontalis.

House Finch.

Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Wes-
tern Mockingbird.

Sialia mexicana occidentalis.
tern Bluebird.

Sialia arctica. Mountain Bluebird.

Other species were observed in the
locality, but they were too shy to ven-
ture so near to the house.

We watched them closely and they
all seemed to have a certain time for
coming. The bluebirds of both varie-
ties generally arrived a little after

Wes-

—Photo by Earl R. Forrest

dawn, and as time passed and the
fame of the fountain spread in the
bird world their numbers greatly in-
creased. They always made such a
fuss and commotion that it was im-
possible to sleep after their arrival.
After the bluebirds had quenched their
thirst somewhat, and there would only
be a few stragglers left, the House
Finches would appear and drive these
away. In this connection I noticed
that no two species would drink at
the same time, except when there
were only three or four of each kind.
The bluebirds always kept the House
Finches away when there was any
number of the former, and so the lat-
ter would not come until the former
had practically retired. When the
most of the finches had departed and
the place was pretty quiet one or two
Arizona Jays would appear. These
birds generally came singly or in

259 THE OOLOGIST

Western Blue Birds

pairs, and never were there more than
three or four drinking at one time, al-
though during the busy hours there
would be several sitting in the trees
awaiting their turn. Then with a great
chatter and fuss a Gila Woodpecker
would swoop down and take complete
possession. At first the jays were shy
when the woodpecker arrived, for the
latter seemed so bold and dashing,
but the jays soon became used to this
and stood up for their rights.

All morning there would be a few
bluebirds or finches about, but when-
ever a jay or woodpecker would make
its appearance the smaller birds would
hastily retreat.

The afternoons were generally
quiet, and hardly any birds would be
about. At this time a Western Mock-
ingbird would sometimes appear. This
species was very shy, however, and
things had to be pretty quiet or they

—Photo by EHarl R. Forrest

would not come near. These observa-
tions were made from November 29th,
1903 to December 20th, 1903, after
which I left the locality. If I had been
able to visit the place in the spring
I have no doubt but that many more
species would have been recorded, but
by that time I was in the northern
part of the territory.

Both my friend and myself were in-
terested in photography, and so we de-
cided to try to obtain some pictures
of our feathered friends. We both
owned cameras of the long focus,
cycle style, and 4 by 5 inches in size,
fitted with ordinary symmetrical
lenses, which had a speed of F. 8. Of
course all work must be instantane-
cus, but the light is stronger and more
intense in the southwest than in the
east, and so we were able to obtain
pretty good results.

The fountain was too high for an

THe OQOLOGIs|

FOR: -THE

STUBENT OF BIRDS
THEIR NESTS AND EGGS

VOLUME XXVIII
ALBION, N. Y., and LACON, ILL.
R. MAGOON BARNES, Publisher

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Teeth er
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INDEX TO VOL. XXVIII

Book Reviews.

Page

Biological Survey Bull. No. 37, by
E. F. Beale
Biological Survey Bull. No. 39, by
W. L. McAtee
Birds of South Carolina, Arthur
T. Wayne
Cassinia for 1910, D. V. O. Club.. 8

Gleanings No. 5, 2nd Sup. J.
Warren) JaGObStaaeraee sce 14
Home Life of the Golden Eagle,
Eee Bes MePhersomnme severe. 24
Migratory Movements of Birds,
Hice We W.. Cooket.. 3. ie. 149
Photography for Bird Lovers,
Bentley Beetham ........ 94
Tasmanian Field Naturalist, T. F.
ENG AOU Dis c..: « 2. Cae ae one 150
eer ecalit., Vol; 7, No. 2. HS:
SRA G eas ous arte deter eiche Sens 42
eon Cali... Vol. ~3 Nos28: “Prof.
Grinmenlin so 4 . See eee 149
tear alii. Vols. (> JNO, 92ehees.
Sebi, so ee ee 202
Errata.
For Canvas Back—read Wood-
ORD Cli tae Eas Serer eaen ee Soe Ne) NL 34
For Wood duck—read Canvas
} BACK nk ay tne ree teeeuee ome ot
For White Heron—read Ward’s
ELETON aos ae ee ee 92
Contributors.
Ale yA et Ae potas, sci 121

Barnes, R. M.... .1-13-15-17-18-20-22-24-
26-27-28-29-30-31-32-40-44-45-52-53
56-58-68-82-89-92-94-
118-123-124-139-146-149-
158-170-171-178-181.

155-157-

107-110-112-

Page

Baynard, O. F.....11-14-93-96-98-105-139
Beers; selenry, Vie eee st 79
Biggs: "Oes:S. 0. neice: 76
Bowles; / J: He. cise aein ee ee 104
Burgess, “Paul Geen ore ae 152
Burleigh; ‘Those GOs sere eee: 168-180
Burtch,- Werdicra eee ae er 50
Campbell; “His. W sores dele ae 15-40-88
Carr, Chas. hk, Saset.re aie 123-124
Carroll; Jair preee eee ice 86-124
Carruth, Max Irwin........ 121-123-150
Cookman, Alfreden 5 sccetcin ean 53-117
Coombs; HdwardgsS.seccce ace «oe 148
Crispin; Wil Boreas cisicieisials 91
Darling tons sewer ee eee one: 15
Dean, BoA oie eeeteneee Grete sect cyestere 123
Dickey, “SiAS. seewsecekec tren 48-74-107-153
Dixon, «J. (Bia settee escectaielestd 78-126-140
Dw Bots; SA. De. weetekte seria cain 139
Hekstrom; -Palsbeer. = cieerartete ete 202
Elliotts: “Waltersvesc'. cotenewsre acne. 124
Himerson, We sOurou.s omesreciie eo 32 158
Klanagan,, Jno} ehiaa -iee sos. ie es 69
Horrest,: Barlyhsee nt cater tt eee ee 114
Gerald;.-' Geoks Hiveisa sae inaucie serene 103
Green, “HoracevOmacseaaeds. ao cee 153
Greenwood, .OF (Min cewiieie se ciss cece 13
Harlow, “(Richards Cee aerate 166-167
Hersey, BH. -S@ymiounesac: oc cae: 133
less, Isaacs Winkie ee creas c en 64-81-83
Hestness;' El emryit nsec oleic ncsseee aus 179
Howes, Paul G...... 90-150-152-169-170
172-173-174-175-194

‘Holley; 2h vbleetn sna eR aes Pane 104
Hootmany sonal cet s,m pewceusis ceole 170
JACKSON HPWOS Marl rrcyaleng 21s lotteries: 47
Jewett; (Stanley (Gt socktcws ce cueete eve 92

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AIC UVES- IDSSUTIE HS eon oasis be ud.6.6 oo U7
LENIN: (COs is oboe Ue Clo a aoc. ow 53
Kalp bier Almeanm 2A™ oi... =e ene nerens 50
Kohler, L. S....83-91-97-110-116-137-154
KG SCT ee Denes savervce. she a suceetoner ane eieuiiere 99
TEES CV MOSS, WT cle tsrse etalon aus 107
NZOViC rea GUltyn CAM cence seta bopeieore none 48-177
NEOMESURECE Ji oes. «ai eheloue eetee ehatlays 132
TUN ONTL SWC eel rer ereine Siig Sod c.5.4.c 176
INereer Willis Dink ces. cm ecreele he ote 77
IN Ure Fl D ante tetacenis oes Gin 6 3

Miller, Richard F. .43-72-87-109-123-144
Nicholson, Donald J... .92-118-119-123

INIT: “OIE ISIN aes ments 8 cis o Cod ono 123
Osburnh Pineree Vows ae eee 155
PER oOChy, IPSs dio cla Sto positon 65 0c 59-86
NRC Ce mee Ou: DL). zi. taraleuse stares eietionsnsn) lene 39
ETD eT Hels: Li saave ole ulecamensene cliotte ene sae 67
2ETES ALONG ee Deny ceiomerarein casio old © 176
RETR VA, TptGl NEC PI nao Ae ole oicaaS 95
Tarai Wien Sie asi iet eltieuensenaesteueay cheats 154
BOSSE O RCH iin. oe ae eis sehoe anaes el oteiiere 183
Reads: Av. 225.6. 3-5-6-7-9-11-13-113-146
Recduerlizabetht: juaten sp sieiom ie 193
Reinecke, Ottamar............... 58
TRUE NED aletOSI ia oy meerueais cele 6o.0-0 88
IUIStAeeM Ty. Py cai. giao a elieeeneoterr 186
Seino, CO Weseeosacasoscodr 180
Shepardson, Dds. 22s. theese ee 80-152
SINAN; UCHR eid crea reo odicio Gol dis 53
STAG TEES Deals arte or Giratina enh ates torr 139
Simpson, R. B..... 33-09-41-42-44-47-52

54-72-76-97-102-119-142-161-165-166

184-201.
Sirmitn, ANUS IAW Ao ooaccbaco00 130
SAS eUleScaS Sit cess ecuesieh mien 3)
Stithykichanrd: (Be. occ tec 141
Stones. 2s i. Sea seis ore 84-85
SHTEOGIEY SR Sy Re PRs EARL SI DESL Oso 3 71
Miser, JON IDS Sgouskrccopo 500 77-171
Woamobalen, sho Ts) C2 seuss as eae 185
Vickers, Hrnest W............-.; 162
Vos Burgh, Geo. W. H...... 88-108-110-

~ 149-167.

Walker, Alex....... 124-147-184-185-190
NV MredTetrLTN Ge Se Vi wie nya: ava Shae ercuedeeen 102

Wilkowski, W., Jr.............-. 109

Page
Wallard: “BiG. ote eke 50-61
Wolden,3@2 0B a. witht nee 155
VWiortirerny: Am maken ces eee 112
Illustrations.
Miscelianeous.

Accidental death of a sparrow.... 169
Accidental death of a Starling.... 172

Crustacea, cyclops....:..5.5.250. 174
Crustacea daphnia............... US)
Hse STabbers. tien Sao eee 78
Hgeg collecting box.............. 80
Isle of Pines pond............... 2
Iislenofi PImess ponders. keene 4
Iislesof Pines Liviete eee eerie 8
Iisle-of Pines: riveree. oss eee 9
Islesofi. Pines Tiveresse- eee eee 10

F, T. Pember’s library and mu-
seum presented to Granville

ING? Vis ohana ee 67

Birds.

Geese, Wild...... Dr tere PENG uc c 19
Wald bocce ee eee 21
Am. White Fronted.......... 26
Barnacle oc. ise eee 32
BOAR ily cn tale Bee ae a eee 2it
Black Brant’ 25). Ware oul
Blue sii wake eee eee 23
Cackline i D4 vette eee 30
Canada vic selon anne: 28
Flu teins? = 28s cnees oan 29
MLO W 8a) a 0 ae svenn cers aes olen) eee 22
ROSS” > ies i ao bie ecatere chen eee 25

Duck, Canvas Backs. 440 aoc 37
Wood! =2ikii..den teen eee 34

Goshaw kk “oes cs acaetn wn eae ee 46

Hawk, young sharp shinned...... 49

Heron, Louisiama:.............+- 105

Turkey Vulture, young.......... 64

Western Nighthawk............. 187

Western Nighthawk, young...... 189

Woodpecker, downy............-- 196

Eggs of

Carolina; (Rails sic 2 see cicts om eee 90

Cerulean Warbler...............- 85

Bilorida-sWimen= wena erie errno 96

Golden: Wagles..-skiesa. +: ee eee 127

Golden? Waele sw aacmscn nies cece 140

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TOUMG ADOVE cote eo ) 6 Seite ele sere 98
Red Headed Woodpecker........ 199
Sharp Shinned Hawk............ BS)
Sharp Shinned Hawk............ 57
iimkey. Vialturee 5 os. Se eteielars leucce 64
Western Nighthawk..ooo.2...... 188
Nests of
Caeoliniarsevanl ese os... «cq ieeemteers eutgeeer 90
Cerulean’ Warbler... .. 2028)... 2 es 84
@erulean Warbler... i. c00.00... 85
HRVOTUG aw VIE CIS curses j« 3 Sie ereer ee ake as 96
Croumdiy DOVE so. > «crecunet rie ier 98
(GIO ING ETT ADE Wed Ke) ea ee re eee caer 125
Ce Me aAe TS sz) ste. sc cent preter rece: = 126
Coldent= Waele sito 6 sc acoeneiaeaates tenes 127
GoldenmMacles. . 6. eee aw ee cares 128
Collen Masten eels see 129
(COSIOI OY Sac tei ilare eR sc eas Laie a ee 141
Western Nighthawk............. 188
Woodpecker, Downey............ 197
Woodpecker, Flicker............. 200
Woodpecker, Red Headed........ 198
Woodpecker, Red Headed........ 199
Portraits of
ORE ee Balyaleur ols snc. eo acepere eiacearere se 3
Settle sme lLE SS, srsiaxs. d.\-oneaet apa eroeen che 81
Cre ELOSSSIMG tec ok. cuscacekaaiemrennieren ote 182
BU PRIVIMEOVV ENOL Cie s 2oaes a: ss stotarenenes: ces Senne 159
males Ke Worthen... ois. ste cee iLatab
Birds
BASIN ITT RE Pte S ara) as eros ons coeieeke 6-11-12-14-113
ANTON SEA ae ti Raa OTe Coen 3-6-10-113
Amn -srooved billed: =c.lcm. - sem 130
MAROC Clie tose iianevaie he ony ctor on woth atone eee ILA
Bittern. : Am... ss... o: 99-122-130-144-190
STEEN, WGASts cide. coer eters 7-11-113-177
el aeka on diya asvk cavern 0c aysesntuustan ertraats 12-114
IBREWCLiSi 700. ce wick actos am hes 179
Redwing ..... 100-104-135-137-164
177-191.
i EMO Car ses tice conver 14
S Were SOLU Zien siamespa soe isu)
GUS Venton cent oe soci cite eres 12-100-113
Yellowheaded . .108-123-131-148-191
Blue Bird...... 102-109-114-115-139-148-
153-163-177-191.
NE OUMG ATTN, Asenncrectes.o Stee arsed 180

Page
‘WieSTCIM in ie etaoae sist c oe eine 180
Bob:Otlink ws jane 7-12-124-137-164-191-201
Bob White. 88-99-148-163-179-185-190-202
Cubanito ccs: cate ae 3-113
MexiGanies: dete warepee nies cen x ks 130
Branty--Dlacke jeenpeticiss coer 31
Bunting, Indigo..... 12-101-104-113-135-
138-148-156-163-167-180.
aks a eas 131-191
Painteds. rest poet hep cteraie as a VAiCd
STOW iw hen 9s Shae ee dep ea Bacco 100
Cara Gara titi secre eee: 11-86-114-130
Cardinal (see Grosbeakj
Cardinal era tails aerace eee ele Ae 131
Cabind veer 7-12-15-101-104-113-115-120
122-156-162-163-179.
Chickadee (see Titmouse)
Chucek- Will Widow emreeiieer ee en 177

Cuckoo, black billed... .12-100-104-114-
120-137-147-148-156-164-180.
Lizzard

148-164-180-190,
West Indian, Yellow Billed... 114

Coot. 2 ae 43-99-114-178-190
Cormarant? Shloridameee coe 10-11-114
Double \Grestedsmren. ss ci ae 33-118
WhiteaCrestedhieen: sa ss ele 150
Cowbird ..... 77-100-131-137-164-180-191
Dwanrt: = 2 career ache isiies mr LST
Red’ Wiyedesscncrorre oe lB iE
Crane 12236 ees 113-179
Creeper 4:43 Ae ceria eee 102-1381
BroWD-Joeea yee cote 162
Crossbill js Facet eee 100
[a 210 Medienmen tints ere eSB 1a an Bae ae 13
White SWingedi ate apes asics oe 100

Crow, Am... .14-88-100-104-115-123-133-
157-148-156-165-190-202

ICR ONE el tec cinta So o Soc e cree atic 153
Western tnatcrtaeesia tapers bees wy)
Curlew, Longpbilled..........«. 130-190
Dickcissel: cere tess eelsdaeceats 191
Double Shelled Hgg........ 89-103-139
Dove; Gromndiean eee 98-132-176

Ground Cuban... .3-5-6-7-11-113-116
Ground Mexican............. 130

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Ground West Indian......... 3-Li
(GieowiaGl WMwiGeyees6hc00cb0cocacs 130
Mourning .. .83-99-120-124-130-147-

165-179-180-190.

West Indian Mourning... .113-146
White Fronted.............. 130
White Winged............... 130
AINA Ayah Gis ase coke Gases Eee 10-11-113
MITC} GS iss stele ese is 3 fates Gees Se Panto liane ee Menta 179
IANA DATS o5s.8 ee ae ence 18
BAC Kee hic ni ey ee eee 18-99
Buffllehead .............. 18-39-44
Canvas Backins sti c acres 18-37
IDWS aeieereerold oo enntet: 18-99-144

TED IY ere tetera paerrn y rea eeeel o a 1s
Bide Kame: 2.7 Uavanss ga ecoeiae 18-38%
Hider Northern.............. i8
IpiGlem JEBVCIINIGS sa c0ccpusoncace L
Hider Spectacled............ is
Hider); Stelilerst yy e250 sae. ae 1s
Gardiwraillh ip eh Paes Ln eae 18-35
Goldeneye o 2) sa ahalewens oben 18
Goldeneye Barrows.......... 18
iarle Quinn 45, 305 seinets aekep toe oleae 18
TAO GAC OF 3) x) si58) oe Sa eo 18
Mallard ......... 18-33-130-144-190
IVIAISIKG GE es i) ate re uence ee aoe i8
Merganser, Am.............. 1%
Merganser, Hooded.......... 18
Merganser, Red Breasted. ..18-38-

39-44.

Ma ttle dist assis tee eee nee 18
Oldie Squaw. 5 asses 18-33-44

IE Tal ete i see le em eee ai eels 18-38-190
ved Ee ads 64.65 2 see meee bes 18-190
Ringe -Neckeds osc Ghee ee 18
TEU vee 0 ey seen boas ete ates ae ue 18-44
Ruddy Sheldrake ............... 18
Rufous Crested.............. 18

SS CaO peers tas eiics evress. Shalt age Pane TEM 18-38-39
SCANS) cl CRISCIRS ah enemies amios einiiancn 18-38-44
COU CIty 20555 0 dad el cient be 18-33-43
covers Sure 6:2 ecu ack aloes 18-33
COLE MVICIVety se Os Salk ade Cy ene 18
Scoter White Winged ........ 18-33-43
SIMOVICUCTE MEG cs tage hens teeoatecaele ae 18-190
FIR Up ncrssce ac ieresieons tie tne a 18-39

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Teal, Cinnamon.............. 18
Teal, Huropean.............. 18
Teal, Green Wing............ 18
Tree. 2S yee one 18
Tree, Blackbellied........... 18
Tree, Florida: 325. soon 14
Tree, WM ulVOUS=): = occ. eee 18
Tree, West Indian........ 6-11-114
Widgean, Huropean.......... 18
WOO di cy. SO ee ee 18-35-112
Maeles: ye 5 Seats amen eee 153
Balle jae ak cee uci 50-63-68-100-144
Bald, Northern.............. 50:
Golden ....... 50-94-125-126-140-184
Sar venis, oo b Seats. eee 150
Halcony “Prairies eee 155-179
Fantail, Dusky i%..2. 25 «nee ee 150
Minich, -Hlousés3cnne 2. eee 173
PUrDPle) cx} Aetocds lees aoe 190-163
PPM eres icici ds dio 6.0 0 114

Acadian .100-120-123-131-177-184-190
Crested Great. .100-120-136-137-164
Crested Cuban. .6-7-8-11-12-114-122
Crested Mexican......... ee
Derbys eee. eae ee eee 131
Green Crested (see Acadian)
Ie Ast: Weta aioe wea 100-137-164-1.90
Olive-sided .............. 154-2013
Seissor-tailed| 32 Gane eee 86-107-1231
Yellowbellied .............12-144
Gallinule @. i. -.45ietnite ce ee 14-152
Gallinule, Purple................ t
GOOSC >. ion ete eee 18-20-179
Barnacle) sehc4. donee 18-20-127
B6 any. ao ann ene eee 18-20-27
Bawa i iix cies Sherer ees 18-20-24-82-171
Cacklinie Wie pace acer 18-20-30
Canada . .18-20-28-39-99-115-130-164
Elutehinish tear eee 13-20-29
Ross? ieee Pare ee) ee as 13-20-24
Snow Greater......... 18-20-22-130
Snow Lesser............. 18-20-22
White Fronted Am...... 20:82-L71
Gnatcher, Blue Gray ...... 120-132-156
Goldfinch, Am: .100-104-115-138-1438-189
Western yi.2) eis eel esl ae apne eine 172
WiillOiw ive ees eet Sea 115
Grachkleo ws sajetisc he yah ued eae 13

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Boot-tatle dr co eee wisi 14
Bronzed .......... 100-114-135-164
ATI CEN Ure oy eerie es cick 3-11-12-113
VOTE Gay ite ae 5-0 ore ee ae OE A ETA
Great, “Mailed: cs.) ieee ac eae. ISL
12 (hg 0) Key ee ee nee amNY rc, cert 100-187
GIFS CTU Ae Sale aeRO CLS Orn cicirross 5
Yellowfaced .......... 6-11-12-113
Grebe, Holboells ............. 33-42-88
ETS IGING Cy Jews, sp 01: o.1c ccaye peer eres 4299
WCAG tes eons cis id's suatemennuenes ot 13-114
Piedbilled ......... 11-113-144-189
Grosbeak, Blackheaded.......... 179
[BES > eee te EER ch Oi eee 178
Tee VVICSTEMM sche. s.. « cleeeele cores nee iol
Cardinal ...114-132-156-163-177-180
MIVENING . 02.4.6... 59-88-102-10) 139
Rosebreasted ..... 101-104-123 -156-
148-154-162-180
SPDR ES Pree et aeRO Say So 53-99-103
IDIUISU ES Ano oe a eenS ok Boe OO: ie)
Wied 2, 6.5155 37-148-156-163-179
Menon aADATe’S.,.c ./.. ctcrledieres ao % 3d)
ABB reeUIM SAID IS: <<: soy ccna a: ajtadeutvetareueus ss 130
DELETION 35. Pes. bis-c cres 39-99-142-113
MMR EMI MMC Clos: ace ouanstansce meats ache. ots 39
NET rays tons wi anage Rein eichons Su 150
Hawks, Broadwing...... 99-104-145-156
Cooper’s ...... 104-115-124-130-164
ID THO terre mereeercio nites ac 100
(Osa WW, coo cos siauseartee © puehoine AT
TAINAN, ychay 8 i: 0 aievsanlepsbane ia ema 13
PGRCNM ET Sie ee secticeace steam oetareraae 8H
Marsh ...7-11-56-99-114-187-165-190
SPC YF eck. Silos as 100-10)-124-177
[EVENS YO ia i eae Cac Ree NER EIORE AG 52-144
EGAICLeD WALCO ws. sects, cle ota 155-179
Red Shouldered... .99-194-122-148-
162-165-202
Florida Red Shouldered...... 130
Reds. Radler <0 ke, . 2) 15-49-10 4-152-165
Red: Palle VWWieswerms ois. stt rene 179
Roushles® AMereic 2%, Se sre ooh oats 155
Sharp Shinned... .54-41-99.130-195

_. .100-115-130-185-179-190
23H 12113

56

Sparrow
Sparrow, Cuban ...
Whitetailed

Sus yee a0 heh pila eo Wee) e%s\ 0

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Herons, Blue Great...... 14-99-118-120-

130-137-146-164.
Blue® Littles... 6-10-11-14-113-130-
146-177.

MZ Tet c Amma rene eters 11-14-152-155
Heret. sReddishhemariersce ow on 14
Greeny 5% 5 eee 14-99-130-164-177
Greeny Cubanaecensae eae 114
Cuban Southern.3-5-6-10-11-113-146
Lousiana teres 10-14-105-113-177
Night Black iGrsss- ee 14-83-99-130
Nighitt Mellow (Cree aso. .: 6-14-177
Snowy. ..4-6-11-12-89-92-113-150-152
Wanrdisias =.406 10-11-14-113-118-123
White, Gti cera rar. 118-192-155
White. (Cubaner ences 10-11-146
Honeyeater Crescent............ 150
Horned: harkad wa. eraieeeeiaen eee 100
Desert: . J .esmrdniee Sasi se 166
Prairie: . ashen eee 124-165-190
Hummine bird: sAmnarseeeiassreen ee 104
Blackthroatedie ss. 4 sese 12-113-177
Buti) Belliediteysrascecvtacics.s oer: 130
Riccardiswe pee eek ees 11-12-113

Ruby Throated... .100-115-120-130
164-177-179-200.

Tbis,: «Glossy a dace eeeeeeetoee rere 14
Whites ‘0.5015 daoereree cnet 6-10-14
WO0ds Segcta ete saatetyawererds 14-92

Jay Blue.100-104-133-137-148-151-165-190
Blues Rloridar: scene cre Ire
Coasts eed hee rie nie ees 179
Greeh sah Ase eter eee ileal

JUNCO. £0).:h Scone eee 100-16 2-163-179
Slate ~Coloredexctaer- preci. 136-147

leeahoves onugobese ds ace 3-12-100-130-131-136-137-

147-164-170-178-190.
ATKaANSASDaH s cenrrrterare er 177-190
Cuban, see eres 3-5-6-7-10-113-146
Giants 23a Sea eee 7-8-10-12
Gray 2 FeeGeere 7-10-113-167-168-177
Western,” state parce tics cients 179
Kildeer 52.5 ser 10-16-99-130-142-143-151-
164-179-190.
Anitilliarip Rien ee ereyiie dors neers 10
W.eSE, Tm Giamih eect eye tee pants, ey 11

Kingfisher, Belted. .7-12-100-113-179-190

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Kinglet, Golden Cr............ 102-164
TRubN Oe: (Cikbeen ein eicic oct oc 102-115-132
Kate; MiSsiSsippl...:.-...2------- - 48
Wiss UMNeWIe Cocos on como soc 130
NOE 3-5 RS eee tho ios ao ea 142
IDR ON Apes odiadercd os oe a0 10-11-1138
Loon .....- EER ae ca So patnick: 33-41-1154
Riedy “MbrOated’ =. ist elernnt 88
Magpie, AM........---++++2++-+- Hy)
Wigtaibi. IPIMOeEs Gass eos 3 14-101-115-144-
164-177-191.
GabAns - 5. doco. e pO A
Meadowlark ....73-100-104-132-137-164
(Ciiloshitbae ewe eta es 3-6-7-11-12-113
WSS Ah opts os obs obo 131-179-190
Mio ckamepItd! = ols vei 86-139-177-185
WieeiHeical age ata d seo ope oe O72 132
Murre, Brunnich’s ..........-.-: 33
Minoo Bey 4 ote e ooops Do coor 150
INTIME AK eee sia oe Gad 100-164
ANTI EWO Beroet ors wea C 7-11-12-113
TelOimGe) Seet cin hn ob cloraneteny bic.clo os nC
WESKIAN = Bene 178-179-186-187-188-
189-190.
MINKA ae fo Nin cog, Sue emeepe oeebere aeerte 130
Nuthatch, Brownheaded........-. 177
Rede Breasted. 5a. 102-164-1890
White Breasted........ 102-104-164
White Breasted, Florida...... TT
(CIRNGI One Ae a ON Ss Fat cle 6 3-162
ASUIGKIOOINE Ae Ae coe tio bnin Oe 5 oe 131
Baltimore ..... 100-104-124-131-135
137-164-190.
Clit hie semaine Heeb e 3-6-11-12-113
Orchard ...100-131-137-151-164-190
Senmett?s: sag ee te ieee cere 131
OSDLOWAki: wa. Ba eer 100-109-124-177
Owl ibhec oe oak eae eaten aerate eee 199
I BYE Paeele MenN enter Pg sien ac ove 130-177
Warned 20" sosc-staemealeaes 52-162-165
IS UEGOWANSs 2 onsen eee 53-190
(Grillo CCR ieee Ae Ree | Gao vc 5-13
Gubane Pismy. 0.2 eree 7-10-11-113
Cuban Gt. Horned. 63-79-86-165-202
SAIWAWANG bur acca. cto o se ornien yar meeouees 88-100
Scermeechis 2 )/s ee 15-100-114-165-190
XaMmbhG: SCheCClia r= cise 155

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Short. Haredsen oes aoe 144-190
SNOWY: (ocho scse sls are eee 144
Parauqua, Merrell’s.............. 130
Parrot... 5: ce Se eee ee eee 153
Guba: \':.. Sates ccac nice 5-6-10-11-13
Yellowevented = 22: -5- saci 150
Partridge, Hungarian......-..... 150
Patitiva,—..<\<1s fs etc ee eee eee 153
Pelican, “BrOWils 2. eee eee 16
Wihitite oo. ce. oe ie See 130-190
Petrel) Porktall.. 33-2. 40
Mutton - Bitd:: 2 - cee 150
Pewee: fii ws. soeuae 2s eee 3
Cuban 2 3 3: #342365 eee 11-113
Cuban? “\Wo0o0d:.2)-4- eee eeeeee 12
Wier sees ee 100-104-131-135-137-164
PICDIt. (23k ou ee ee eee 150
Pholarope; Wilson’s! > joceeseeeee 15-40
Northern | ts.22.. 4205 eee 190
Pheasant, Ring Necked......... 99-145
Phoebe ..... 3-100-104-113-120-131-137- -

148-156-161-190.
Pigeon (Columbia inorata)... .5-6-7-10-

11-114.
Passenger 225 20-2 ee 59-91-191-192
White ‘Crowned=.2: . 2-4. seer 113
Plover, Black Bellied............ 142
Golden: . 22. 22k eee 150
Mountain. 2)354 2 eee 15-40
Piping. 2 cael achee soe eee 143
Upbainds y= rs eee 39-99-164-190
Prairie Chickens ot.-cee eee 179-190
Pyrrhnloxia:.Nexan. =. 25 -)eeeee 131
Quail (see Bob White)
DOVE.) of See oeeee 11-113
Dove, Blue Headed.......... 11
RUG ys tetas cer eeeeee 11-113
Rail). (Carolina): 32.4) Soac- eee 91
Clapper (2.55225) fase eee 177
Gi atari as eae Gil Ss cho 5 15-48
Sora o.g. «fo ee eee ei eee 144-190
Wairoa ets. oy see ee 7-146-190
Yellow vs a25 ise cee ee 76
RAVeO 2) sis seers Se ee ee 153
Redpalll.: 2.26 sats eee ane 163
ROIS eee ate 77-86-88-102-104-115-120-

122-139-156-162-163-191-193.

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DVIUSICY: 245 cozy ther cytuccs, sf «0 se epepers evebene 150
Satie PANG ASUS srercieis.0 acctaieteakecaenshe 77
Scarlet Breasted)... =)csetes be 150
WAESHORM : taedete rete a a ae eet stouae 180
SEARCH ETNIES © Sos Siete 8, 80S ane. a,c, choker totes’ 142-143
Sana piper, Band Sie. «sss eisai 142-143
Hes eANSUT 2A TNS ys isyay a, oe tel oy akoronen eral 164-190
TLPSZIS' ioe ee coectle aERE e Cmeee 16-185
Semipalmated ....7-16-141-143-185
SOM ANSysutane aaaetster ss ce 7-10-11-16-114
Sie Ree ae 6-7-12-99-163-179
Shiice bene ard)... sss -t-1-lsieu 150
WOM ETNA srt olor « teyekobe evens 165-177
INOLEM CEN fo crcse: oui sue clegatnretone phokels 101
Winnie sumed... . aniaetsyas 131-191
ESTE eVVTISON GS. ©. vy. so. sceasus Stone ote 11-13
SENIOR OM SE oak cree to cols <ul oe saetetveiche 169-178
BL Gye S10) rho hers Fepeye arc cto. Gonaic e isi]
CHIDDINe* =. a2. 87-101-104-107-115-
122-136-138-169-170
Gaye @OlOregin... |. «ssi. 131-179
English ..74-100-114-120-145-161-165
TDG) (0 Le eeaeeaeee 73-101-104-138-156-177
Hae tare eatin svivarets ot ve ttansbatuage aves 101
CLASSHOPDER...« s.1« a qolue rohan 73-100
Grasshopper, Western....... Tal
Wark.” Western's «i... ered cee 131-177
{Lam anrecoy hls Eee eeneneetic cc cen ta tees Pull
ING USOUN Sis atc a ap a sls os erhnae eel: 97-144
NN ern os “5 Slovenes tee ae
SS AVAUTIM EDL 092 css, senate mene case ate 13
Savannah, Western ......... iS
SEE ISHICG Fe Re ne epi eris P AE eer Be 87
Song .73-101-104-109-136-138-148-163
RSIVVELTIND wes chatreeiersueer cS «ae ace 101-144-148
MIRO Wc cre suesats ar tho sites yarns 100-163
rees MULOPCAM. fv. s, cheese oul!
ICS EN sake sso idosiois, 100-104-138-163
White Crowned........... 100-163
White Throated........ 100-136-163
NVIOTERIOTIIS co 37.95. cocterac Rin teaser siane 112
Starline 9 2:5. a. 100-137-150-151-172-173
Stilt, Black Necked............ 95-130
SW UL OWe nee relcccha ce eicis. ete et oka 16-101-136
SATUG. ftshoees seereice oS cette ae kere 144-156
IS 0 ee eos & 7-12-101-104-131-135-
138-144-164-180.

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Citi rae ot eters ses» 101-131-180
Cliff (Cubateeec sees 5-7-12-114
ClIPRILIGSSEMS « chorereteetcls sce ces 2' 13a
Rough Winged..... 101-131-144-177
Sworded) Wooden cn. o.: - 150
TTCG:, (i032 esis 101-104-131-138
RS WEDD 0%: Scecataber sreropsucummeneteneterer ecko Raneltas s 18-39
AMivhiayaeete! Bn we Son untaodo oe 18-32
Whistling i ercrtetetersicas akeze, = 18-32-39
AWMeVoyayohv ase Sec Sob 6 Reese 18-32
SWITE.. . score copa te cccca setae mr anene ane ethene 12
Chimney ets sre 12-100-115-130-136-
137-144-164-177.
Palin Sc Feat eet ne ee 12-113
TANALCT ccc cc. eee Gee errs 5-120
[slevor Pin eStrereipstaet eins 11-12-114
Searlet ....101-104-138-148-164-180
Summer ease ore 131-177-179
MOTI: 0... h-3 clare hate heehee he te eee a= 130
Black oh A.kecteteci eee earere 39-142-190
Caspian eset reese 1438
ComMmonhes. eee 39-142-143
ID tee holes Micka blo pa cacoueobe Angel
Thrasher, Brown...... 102-103-104-109-
122-139-147-164-180.
Gurled Billed@epona. eee 86-132
Thrush: ~ Aimar. eetehensrersice eer iter 86
Gravy 0S se etaeieas ines enon 150
Gray Cheeked ........ 102-144-163
Hermit 2. cer 102-132-136-162-163
Olive Backed...... 7-13-102-113-163
Red Legged..... 3-5-6-11-13-113-146
WilSOn’S) sarin 102-136-138-148
WO0d2se)aemicmrets 102-104-109-120-122-
136-139-156-163.
ERTELAT KK: rs Sadeee eta ene ecole aera lien 143
Pi EMOUSC need eater ae emereust sy: 180
Black Capped...... 114-151-156-164
Black- Crestediia. mete a. «- ss! 132
Carolinas set emt iat ot ere 177
Serilbossieerteraciebeeianels tie ole ea 150
Tuatted = \.renersstoes 112-114-164-177
MOGY~ <cik'wterepeuch pets inere tetata ees? cael 13
MO WHEE. = az ekiclstere 101-104-138-148-165-168
NGV aie) vance ters caeteverere Steven e one 149
P, Re Gira Garena aisecas oi es 185

P.“RuGnhSEeSe ais eines 5 oo 185

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Whipel My ed's.) Mecierset eS eomenrae 177
Tragon, Isle of Pines............ 5-13
umes | Wa oo's.6 ace ayers ev eee erie 177
Veery (see Wood Thrush).
SAUTE UTA 235 So as Devt: mr coneteeve, Meleys eae 132
WAT CORI CIIS( s shaa 5 ortereere a ormeisierete 178
Black Whiskered....... 7-11-12-113
Blue-Headed o... 0.2.3.2 2 ese 101
Grundlack’s” 3... sees ss aoe eee 11
Philadelphia .............. 101-144

Red Hyed. .7-12-101-104-113-120-135-
138-145-148-161-162-165-177.

Sotary) <2. Una lieeaes coe 136-162

Wena 65 coon aenens 101-136-138

White HEyed........... 101-131-177

Yellow Throated....... 12-101-104-
113-138-177.

Waliinre. Bblack.pe asec oe: 11-14-16-130
umlcey\ Ayan he eke 64-86-99-130-177-179
Turkey, Southern. .3-5-6-7-10-11-113

Warblers, Audubon’s .......... 58-131
BACHMAN SE ee ie cusenc ence ee 12-113
Bay Breasted........: 101-165-179
Blackburnian ...... 12-101-113-131-

162-165.

Black and White..... 7-12-101-113-
120-131-148-162-165.

Black sPolls 5.4 See oe: 101-161-165

Black Throated Blue. .7-12-101-113-
136-161-162-165-201. ~

Black Throated Green. . .12-39-101-
114-132-135-162-165-167.

Blue Winged....... 101-148-165-164
Canadian .-:...- 101-132-161-162-165
Cerulean oo. 4225.02. 12-84-85-91-113

Chestnut Sided..... 77-101-104-110-
131-148-162.

ChauiMay eae eee eee 5-7-11-13
Connecticuiia eee ese ee eee 101
Chat Longtailed ............ 178
‘Chat Yellowbreasted...... 15-103-
138-148-156-165-166.
Golden Winged............ 120-148
Elooded ss. 5.055: 101-120-138-161
Kentucky 3. \sn eee 120-148-156
Magnolia ...... 12-101-113-131-161-

162-165-201.

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MOTE nem eee 101-162-165-201
Myrtle ...... 12-101-114-131-151-165
Nashville? (3 3.1. ee eee 101-131
Orange Crowned........... 31-144
Ovenbird ...... 12-104-113-135-138-

156-162-165.

Palin: 5 Scie ane ee 7-12-118-115
Palm Yellow........... 12-101-114
Parula ....7-12-101-120-162-165-177
PINE cia ta ee 101
Prairie : .24ct20. ae 7-12-113
Prothonotary .......... 12-113-177

Redstart, Am... .5-7-12-101-104-113
120-132-136-138-148-156-165.

Sycamore.” 244.345 eee 131
Tennessee... Ja aa eee 120-148
Terestris Fermandinae ...... 12
‘Water Thrush.......... 12-101-113
Water Thrush Lousiana...... 7-12-
101-113-120.
WilSOn?S eee ee 101-132-142-165
Wormeatinie os22 sce 120-156
Yellow ....101-102-115-131-135-138-
Yellow-throated .........:..3-7-12

148-156-165-191.
Yellowthroated Maryland. .12-101-
104-115-120-121-148-165-191.
Yellowthroated Florida. .7-113-178
Yellowthroated Western..... 132

Waxwing, Cedar... .77-101-104-135-152-

167-168-179-185.

Whipporwill ....12-100-103-113-120-164
Willett. 2.2.00 .5.40. 5 oe eee 38
Woodcock, Am... .53-99-132-148-164-177
Woodpeckers...) 4:2... J ene 202
Alaskan, 3-toed.............. 76
Alpine, 3-toed............... 69
Aretic;. 3-toed.....02 eee 76
Cobam’s*2 4ii.32.5. see 1c i OD,
Cuban’s Great.......... 3-5-6-10-12
Cuban’s Redbellied.......... 3

Downey . .72-88-100-104-114-120-148-
156-164-177-195-196-197.

Downey, Nelson’s............ 76
Micker wees aee 15-73-92-104-120-137T-
148-164-195-200.
Flicker, Northern. ..76-100-136-190

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Flicker, Red Shafted..... 70-76-179
Golden) Pronted:.......¢ Siem =. 130
DEDERIEY $5 -ateuetes: 72-74-100-104-114-120-
148-162-164-179-195.
iainy; NOGtWerno. os i as.deee te US
MGC S es o-. hat sce « 71-72-162-165-202
Pileated, Northern......2.... 76
Redbellied ......... 72-120-165-177
Redbellied Cuban..... 3-5-10-12-113
HedmCockad edie; .....<..<eaeeeterer iWeeT
Red headed....... 100-104-177-179-
190-195-198-199.
TRYEX0 PINE 0Y2\0 [tie aoe CIE Ct chic 70
MRORAIS SS wissshaveiens soe. a o's» setetetans the 130

Page
Yellow Bellied....72-73-76-100-130-

164-195,

Wren, Cachuste- asserts e 6 oles eters 132
Carolinas ose ose 102-115-164-177
Mloridage toccsteeiriees os a 96-132
House® orient 102-122-132-135-139-169
LeOMIGaRS ya st erent ote, «soe 132
Marsh wc. acvcct aces 6 bine alone 108
ROCK: SihG- ane ep oer es, Beste 178
TOXAM | co, eae oss ates 13
Winter. az i. fro acres 102-161
Winters Westerme asses ee 180
Worthinetonisi neers tat

Yellowlegs saw. use 7-16-99

Grehter= 3 Sc.c6 atecneer rece 11-33-3

THE OOLOGIST 260

Arizona Jays

ordinary tripod, and so we obtained
two large boxes at the store, which we
fastened securely together. These we
placed about five feet from the foun-
tain, putting some rocks in the bot-
tom for ballast. We made some holes
in the top, and at the proper angle
and distance, in which we placed pegs
to hold a camera in position.

We focussed the machine on the
front part of the mountain, tied a
long string to the finger release so
that we could operate it from the
house, and waited for the arrival of
the birds. However, not one would
venture near the place. The strange
looking affair so close was too much
for them. Patiently we waited for
two days without any success, and
then we moved the camera. After
this it was only a day or two until
the birds commenced to return, and
they were soon there in as great num-

—Photo by Earl R. Forrest

bers as ever. After they seemed to
have lost their fear for the boxes we
placed a focussing cloth on top which
they seemed a little shy of for about
half a day, but they soon became used
to this too. However, we did not try
the camera again for about a week,
and to our surprise the birds did not
fear it nearly as much as We had ex-
pected, the finches paying very little
attention to it at all.

Soon we were running a regular
bird photograph gallery, and we se-
cured a number of choice negatives.
Our little friends became very tame,
but they never got over their fear of
the noisy shutter. When the string
was pulled the spring would make a
sharp click and like a flash every bird
would fly away; but they did not go
far, for in a few minutes they would
return.

,Our greatest trouble was with the

261 THE OOLOGIST

focus, for at such close range every
fraction of an inch counted. [If the
camera was set for the front edge of
the fountain then any birds that hap-
pened to be on the back edge would
be blurred in the negative, and the
same was true if the machine was set
for the back. To remedy this we made
a high back from which it was impos-
sible to drink, and a top that only left
a strip of water about two inches wide
exposed at the back. This latter was
movabie, and it was only in place
when we wished to take a picture.

We now moved the camera closer
and secured some excellent photo-
graphs, some of the best of which ac-
company this article. This is the only
work of that kind that I have ever
done. Shortly afterwards I left that
part of Arizona, and, while I have
quite frequently been in the arid re
gions of the west since then, I have
never had the time to construct such
a fountain nor to devote to the other
work in connection with it. At one
time after I returned east, I tried
this plan, but did not have much suc-
cess, for the birds can secure water
almost any place here.

Be ae
Punctured Cow-birds Eggs.

“T have yet to see a punctured Cow-
bird’s egg,’ writes the late Major
Charles Bendire, in his Life Histories
of North American Birds, remarking
on punctured eggs in nests containing
eggs of this parisite.

During the many years I have stu-
died the birds I have found but one
or two punctured Cow-birds eggs and
the circumstances of one of the dis-
coveries I herewith record.

On May 22, 1901, at Frankford,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, I
found a two-thirds built nest of the
Indigo Bunting situated about three
feet up in a clump of blackberry

bushes, along a path in the edge of
the woods and well hidden by the fo-
liage. On the morning of May 28th,
this nest contained two eggs of Pas-
serina, but on looking in the nest at
dusk I was surprised to see but one
ege, which I collected and concluded
that somebody had taken the other.
The egg was fresh.

Three days later, May 31st, I again
visited the nest. It then held a Cow-
bird’s egg, which had a hole as big as
a pea in the side, and underneath the
nest on the ground below, were frag-
ments of an Indigo-Bunting’s egg. The
Lazybird’s egg was perfectly fresh
with the contents intact, the puncture
being uppermost, which indicated
that it had been freshly broken as no
ants had yet commenced eating it.

Did the Cowbird lay her egg in
the empty nest? Or did the Indigo
bird lay another egg after I had re-
moved the one from her nest? It is
a rare occurrence, in my experience,
for this bird to lay in her nest after
it had been despoiled of part of her
set, and just as rare is it for the Lazy-
bird to lay in a deserted nest, but was
the nest deserted? Perhaps the frag-
ments of the Indigo bird’s egg was the
remains of a third egg subsequently
laid by Mrs. Passerina, which the
Cowbird ejected when she deposited
her unwelcome egg. It certainly
would be interesting to know. The
nest was deserted on May 31, for a
certainty as no Indigo bird’s were ob-
served about it.

This is not the first and only in-
stance to come under my observation
of finding punctured Cowbird’s eggs in
nests, but it is the only occurrence I
have ever seen of Molothrus laying in
a seemingly deserted nest, for I be-
lieve the broken Indigo bird’s egg was
one of the eggs the nest held when
examined on May 28th, which had in

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some mysterious manner been thrown
from the nest. The circumstance how-
ever, is not of any importance. What
I want to impress upon the minds of
Ornithologists is the rarity of punc-
tured Cowbird’s eggs, as noticed by
Bendire. I do not know how the punc-
ture was made.

On May 31, 1901, when I found this
punctured egg. I discovered a Wood
Thrush’s nest close by in the woods
not fifty feet from the indigobird’s
nest, which held three egs of Holo-
cichla and one Cowbird’s; the lazy-
bird’s egg was the exact counterpart
of the egg I found in the Linnet’s nest,
there being no differences in colora-
tion, shape, and size and I have no
doubt but that the same female laid
both of the eggs.

On May 19, 1899, at Gloucester,
Camden County, New Jersey, I found
a Brown Thrasher’s nest, situated
about three feet up in a clump of
bushes in a woods, containing a fresh-
ly broken Cowbird’s egg. It was de-
stroyed by the enraged Thrasher, be-
yond a doubt, as I saw the bird fly
from the nest and, immediately exam-
ining it I found the smashed egg.

lf any other ornithologists have
found punctured Cowbird’s eggs I
should like to hear of them.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Penn.
este
How to Attract the Birds.

The spring birds will soon be here,
and now is the time to prepare for
them, But the question is, “how can
I attract the birds?’ One of the best
ways, I think, is to build a number
of bird-houses and place them in the
trees about the yard. Of course there
are a great many birds that do not
nest in houses, but in nests. The
martin, bluebird and the house-wren
are three or the foremost birds that

262

nest in houses. For martins, houses
with several compartments, so that
several families can live in them are
best, because they like to live in colo-
nies. The opening in a wren house
should be about the size of a silver
quarter, so that the bothersome Eng:
lish sparrows connot enter. Besides
houses made from wood, tin cans,
flower pots with the drain holes en.
larged, and gourds make attractive
houses. It is best to put the houses
up during the last part of the winter,
so that by spring they will not look
so new. Birds like to nest in houses
that have been weathered before it
is time to build in them.

Another way to attract the birds
is to place several shallow metal or
earthen dishes filled with water about
the yard for the birds to bathe in.
A bright metal dish is not so good
as a rusty one. An earthen dish is
best.

Now, you are prepared for your
feathered friends, and they will re-
pay you for your labor by giving you
many hours of pleasure by watching
them.

Max Irwin Carruth.
Tarrytown, N. Y.
ao) Oe ee eee
Purple Grackle.
(Quiscalus quiscula.)

A friend of mine who lives in the
city here, tells me that the purple
Grackle congregates on his English
walnut trees in the spring and peck
holes in the walnuts before the nuts
harden in order to extract the acid.

The object in doing this, he says,
is for the purpose of killing the lice
that secrete themselves among their
feathers.

The birds after extracting the juice
apply the poison among their feath-
ers and in that manner relieve them-
selves of the obnoxious pests.

263

The reasoning of the purple grackle
is remarkable and illustrates in a
marked degree the unusual intelli-
gence of the birds.

My friend says the “blackbirds” de-
stroy many walnuts every year in
this way.

KH. J Darlington.
Wilmington, Deleware.
- 2—<pe
List of Birds Found Breeding in the
Titanic

Mountains and foothills around Boul.
ter on the line of the Salt Lake Route
to the coast, 98 miles south of Salt
Lake. Altitude about 6000 feet at
Boulter, highest point above Dry Lake
9 miles N. HE. of Boulter 9000 feet, and
a field full of variety for the collect-
ors. Notwithstanding its arid surface
of three by nine miles having but one
spring of water.

Its lower zone a bunch of hills vary-
ing from 50 to 250 feet, more or less
covered by stunted cedars and pinon
pines, intervening ground covered by
a fairly good growth of sage brush,
peopled by coyotes and jack rabbits.

Then we come to an intermediate
zone of gentle slope to the foot of
mountains proper, which are quite
abrupt, and in many places covered
on the south and west faces with
cedar, mahogany and pinons. On the
north face we find spruce, fir and a
few hemlock, while at the upper end
of the canons we find litle park-like
mesas with aspens.

I have given this description so
that my notes may be more fully un-
derstood, and shall segregate the
birds in zones, as it is more conveni-
ent for me, at least.

Western Raven: Several
seen each day; rarely at nest;
_ zone.

Red-tailed Hawk:
five nests seen;
zone in flight only.

pairs
lower

Quite common:
lower zone; upper

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Sparrow Hawk: Common in upper
zone, but found in suitable locations
in each zone.

Night Hawk:
only.

Sharp-shinned Hawk:
several pairs.

Pinon Jay:
lower zone.

Clark’s Nutcracker: Large colcn-
ies; common above 7500; not seen
below upper zone.

Rock Wrens: Number breeding in
crack along arroyo, near western lie,
lower zone.

Western Bluebird: Any old place;
middle and lower zones not commoii;
nests in old cedars and cracks in
recks; upper zone.

Mountain Bluebird: Any old place.
Middle and lower zones not common.
Nests in old cedars and cracks in
rocks. Upper zone.

Say’s Phoebe: Tunnels and bridges
favorite places for nesting; lower
zone.

Woodhouse Jay:
pair in each ravine;
upper part.

Black Crested Jay: One pair each
of six years; upper zone.

Crested Titmouse: Generally found
in all zones.

Mountain Chickadee: Mostly in
upper zone; rare in others.

Great Horned Owl: Lower zone;
scarce.

Pigmy Owl:
per zones.

Famulated Screech Owl:
pairs in uper zones. .

Rocky Mountain Screech Owl: Few
located; heard constantly at nigh.

Scarce; lower zore
Upper zone:

Common in colonies:

Not commen; one

middle zone,

Several pairs in up-

Several

Western Short-eared Owl: #Hvery
wooded canon had a pair.
Western Robin: In all zones;

many breeding at 8000 feet.

Western Meadowlark: Two nests
with young; lower zone.

Mourning Dove: Hundreds come
to drink at spring; lower zone; no
grain fields within five miles.

Brewer’s Sparrow: Mostly in low-
er zone, but always in sage brush.

Western Chipping Sparrow: All
zones; quite common.

Spurred Towhee: All zones along
dry water course. .

Sage Grouse: Pinegrowth of upper
in heavy sage growth.

THE OOLOGIST 264

Sage Grouse: Pinegrowth of u per

zone; two species.

Pine Siskin: Upper zone in cvoni-
fers; common.

Western House Wren: Upper zone;
many seen in favorable’ breeding
places.

Red-shafted Flicker: Common.

Brewer’s Blackbird: One flock

seen often, and located at spring five
miles N. W.; lower zone.

San Diego Redwing: Several pairs
located at spring five miles N. W.;
lower zone.

Barn Swallows: Four pairs in barn
of rancher at the spring.

Bank Swallows: In deep arroyo
with clay banks, near western limit,
lower zone.

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers In lower
and middle zones in cedars and ma-
hogany:

Western
zone.

Arkansas Kingbird: Lower zoiie,
near the spring in arroyo.

Couch’s Kingbird: Lower
with the other kingbird.

Bullock’s Oriole: Lower zone; two
pairs breeding.

Three Flycatchers, but not sure ot
species, as I do not take life until ail
other resources are exhausted.

Edward Treganza.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
+>

Accidental Death of Two Biras.

Mr. P. G. Howes’ interesting pic-
tures in the November Oologist brings
to mind two similar incidents which
occurred during the spring and sum-
mer of 1910 at Bloomfield, N. J. On
the second of May, while searching for
the home of a song sparrow in a
blackberry tangle, I came upon the
mutilated body of a female robin
which had become entangled in this
clump of bushes through the wedium
of a heavy cord which it was carry-
ing in its bill to a half-completed
mest in a cherry tree just above Ap-
parently the cord had been .cwwined
about its legs and in flying through
the bushes the cord also became fast-
ened to the stalks of the same, thus

Winter Wren: Upper

Zone

throwing the bird with great force
against the ground below and in
doing so dislocated its neck. Upon
closer inspection, I fuund that the
bones of the neck had been broken en-
tirely apart.

Later, on June 7th, the dead body
of a flicker was found firmly wedged
in a cavity in an appie tree which it
was excavating. The bird nad gone
in head first and for some unknown
reason had tried to turn about and
in doing so placed itself in such a
position as to be unalle to extricate
itself. In its death struggles the
bird had twisted its body much out of
shape and had broken several of its
principal bones. The sternum and
upper leg bones were fractured in
several places. The wing feathers
had been broken off atid were buried
in the soft wood surrounding the body.
When found the bird had apparentiy
been dead but a few hours, as the
blood stains were quite fresh.

In addition to these a starling, which
was reared in my bird house Juring
the past season, was found iunpaled
upon the long thorns of the honey
locusts just opposite from my home.
Just how this happened will never be
known, but the thorn was driven com-
pletely through the bird’s body, near
the breast. It might possibly have
been the work of a shrike put per-
sonally think it was purely accidental
as there were no inarks upon the
bird’s body other than that caused by
the adjacent thorn.

Louis 3. Koebler.
ae a
Almost Another Ant Tragedy.

In the February issue 9f the Oolo-
gist, Mr. Henry Hestness, of Rocli-
ford, Washington, speaks of finding a
meadowlark’s nest with a young one
in it almost dead with ants with which
the nest was affected. A case sonie-

265 THE OOLOGIST

what like this came under imy cbser-
vation on August 4, 1911.

While visiting a friend a few miles
north of here we icund, in a ory
swamp in the woods aa indigo bunt-

ing’s nest. It was placed in a small
elderberry bush about nine inches
from the ground, and contained

three fresh eggs. The male was sing-
ing from the top of a dead oak nearby
and we flushed the femels from the
nest. We collected the nest and eggs,
and on the way home my friend, who
was carrying the nest, complained of
ants on his arm, but we thought little
of it. When we ar: ved home we
set the nest on the hoot case while
blowing the eggs. Unon our return
we found small black ants pouring
from it. On my frienisg house is a
large tin drain about two feet wide:
here we put the nest ard set fire tu
it. The ants came out of the nest
in swarms and each garried an egg.
The only way I coull acccunt for
this is, that there was a herd of plant
lice on this bush and they wer2> mak-
ing their home in the nest.
Colin. ©. Sanborn.

Highland Park, Ills.

2 >
The last two or three days the
crows have been fiying east by the
hundreds. On Maren iitth, i2th and
and 13th, of last year, they fiew in the
same direction. i have been wonder-
ing if you or any of the readers of
the Oologist could tell me why they
do this every year.
Normaa Hauitain.
Port Hope, Ontario.
oe ies Se ee
In volume 28, number ii, of the
Oologist, there is an artiele (page 176)
by Mr. Lyon, of Illiaosis, on ground
doves breeding in confinement. Jn
this article, he makes the statement
that he saw “four eggs in the nest.”

I have watched ground doves for ten
years, and in that time have investi-
gated scores of nests, but never have
I found four, or ever three eggs.
Without exception, :wo only, is the
number. Perhaps it is a typograph-
ical error. Or, peiroags, im coniin>
ment, the doves would Jay four eggs.
Anyhow I would tike to hear from
others on this point, and particularly
Mr. Lyon, himsetf, through this
paper.
R. J. Longstreet.
De Land, Florida.
oo ee
Goldfinches.

In this locality, the Goldfinches have
for years built their nests almost ex-
clusively in young maple trees.

One Sunday last July, during the
height of the nesting season for this
bird, I went for a walk through a grove
which has always been a favorite
breeding place. I was much surprised
to find but a single nest of the spe-
cies. The birds seemed to be just as
numerous as heretofore and I could
not account for the scarcity of nests.

On the following Sunday, accompan-
ied by a friend, we made another thor-
ough investigation of the grove, but
the result was the same as before.
Passing on to a clearing, a short dis-
tance beyond, the mystery was socn
solved.

This clearing, from which the tim-
ber had been cut a few years previous-
ly, was overgrown with bushes of var-
ious kinds, and a new growth of oak
and bass-wood. :

Here the ‘“‘Wild Canaries” had taken
up their residence, and many nests
were found, mostly in the young
growth of oak.

In the maples, the nests were usual-
ly from eight to twelve feet up, while
here they were from three to six feet.

Chas. W. Pelton.
Marshfield, Wisconsin.

THB OOLOGIST

KE. W. Campbell, of Pittston, Penn-
sylvania, advises us that February 12,
a flock of Holboell’s Grebe (Colymbus
holboelli) was seen on the Susquehan-
na River at Pittston, and that Olis
Delrick killed four of them, one of
which Campbell is mounting. This is
indeed a rare find for that locality.

_— ——_—_—-(7.2s_-_—_—_—_

E. T. Pember is now doing the Medi-
terranean ports and Wzypt. We have
no doubt that he will see many birds
that will interest him

—?—<e

A rumor reaches us that our friend
Thomas H. Jackson is in the wilds of
Florida, presumably with Oscar E.
Baynard. Hope he will send us notes
describing his success in searching for
the eggs of the swallow-tailed kite
and ivory-billed woodpecker.

2 —~<>—e

HK. W. Campbell, of Pirtston, Penn.,
reports a flock of pine siskin
(spinus pinus), 25 or 30, on February
29th. He also reports a large fiock
of 528 redpoll linnet (acantiis Jinaria)
perhaps greater redpoll, thera ou the
22nd. Robins, bluebirds and wild
geese were at Pittston at tha* time.

Foo
200

- ——
The editor’s trip to California was
unavoidably delayed until March 54d,
on which day ne started.
22 —

Books Received.

Birds of Arkansas, U. S., Depart:
ment of Agriculture, Biological Sur-
vey Bulletin No. 38, by Arthur H.
Howell.

This is a review of 255 species and
sub-species accredited to ihe state of
Arkansas. Of this list, 67 are .con-
sidered permanent residenis, 75 sum-
mer residents, 60 winter residents, 9
transients, and 19 accidental visitors.

It is a well written and prepared

266

resume of the present knowledge re-
lating to the birds of this state, ilius-
trated with some well selected halt»
tones and maps.

The thing that strikes the investi
gator with most force upon exanun-
ing this work, is the posity of informa:
tion relating to the birds of this large
and centrally located state; also the
extremely limited number of obsery-
ers who seem to have investigated
the birds of Akransas.

Another thing standing out promi-
nently is the remarkable lack of
proper laws for the protection of the
birds there.

Birds and Mammals of Vancouver
Island, University of California Pub-
lications in Zoology, Vol. 10, No. 1;
by Harry S. Swarth.

This is a splendidly prepared paper
based upon the expeditions organized
and financed by Auna M. Alexander
in 1910, for the exploration of Van-
couver Island, and will well repay
careful study by all ornithologists in-
terested in the birds of that terri-
tory. The rank and standing of Mr.
Swarth as an author, properly quali-
fied for this work, is beyond question.

Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds of
Northern Humboldt County, Nevada,
by Walter P. Taylor, University of
California Publications in Zoology,
VOL. 7. Nos el0:

So far as this paper relates to the
birds of the territory covered by it,
it is of much interest to the averaze
ornithologist. Owing to the fact of
the very limited observations which
have heretofore been made _ within
this territory. The birds occupy pp.
356-421, to which is appended refer-
ences to the literature cited and a
faunal map. It is a publication cred-
itable alike to the compiler and to the
institution publishing it, and contains
a number of high class half-tones.

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Vol. XVII, 1900, Nos. 162 to 171.. 1.20
Vol. XVIII, 1901, Nos. 172 to 183. 1.20
Vol. XIX, 1902, Nos. 184 to 196... 1.20
Vol. XX, 1908, Nos. 196 to 197... 1.20
Vol. XXI, 1904, Nos. 198 to 209.. 1.20
Vol. XXII, 1905, Nos. 210 to 221.. 1.20
Vol. XXIII, 1906, Nos. 222 to 233. 1.20
Vol. XXIV, 1907, Nos. 234 to 245. 1.20
Vol. XXV, 1908, Nos. 246 to 257.. 1.20
Vol. XXVI, 1909, Nos. 258 to 269. 1.50
Vol. XXVII, 1910, Nos. 270 to 281. 1.50

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THE OOLOGIST VI

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WANTED.—Live American Wild Swan.
One male Trumpeter and one male Whistling.
R. M. Barnes. Lacon, Ill.

WANTED.—First class skins of 762, 745,
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others. Collectors kindly send lists. Also
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LAIN, 36 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. (*2)
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FOR EXCHANGE:—Many kinds of bird
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Owls and two young Red Foxes. DR. W. 5.
STRODE, Lewistown, [ls. (*1)

RIDGEWAY’S MANUAL FOR SALE.—
Pub. 1887, Good as new. Wanted, the fellow-
ing skins. Barrows Golden Eye, Cinnamon
Teai, Pacific Eider, Masked Duck. ALBERT
LANO, Excelsior, Minn. (*1)

TO EXCHANGE—Squirrel skins, fox, grey,
red. Also Weasel, Muskrat and bird skins.
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Towa. 640 E. Main St. (* 1)

WANTED.—Wild ducks, geese, quail, eggs.
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cash. DEAN'S NATURAL SCIENCE ES«
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In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss, as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

Nests with and without sets wanted. Van
218e many common ae have you any
eptileeggs? J. P. BALL, M. D., Frankford,
hiladelphia, Penns. (11-11)

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets:
Nos. 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list.
J.S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co..

TO EXCHANGE— Sets with data,
American ang Foreign. ee Lae many com-
mon kinds of roe Dr. ute RICHARDS
Ba Navy, 1911 N. St., NW: Washington

users Peeances —A fine series of ten of, the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska. I
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many OeeRS,

. B. BROWN, 6044 1st Ave.. No. W. Sta.
Seattle. Wash.

Collector personally taken specimens only
(has eri) would locate in situ one or two
sets Barred and Great Horned Owl. Within
about hundred miles of Chicago, Ills. .R.
ae os 4816 N. Winchester Ave., Ghieae o>

Old, as well as new, oological friends are
requested to elelaneots lists of wants from

Grands purposes. KH. F. POPE, Port
Bolivar, Texas. (19)

Send for samples of standard bird egg and
bird skin labels. The Kelso Press, Highland

Park wees oe Heads, Envelopes, ete.
HENRY C E, JR., Proprietor, Highland
Park, Ills. (L)

I have for exchange for sets or books, extra
choice sets of Osprey and Pine Warblers with
Heats many others of less value. :

AILEY, Newport News, Va. dd)

Iam a collector and want to exchange with
Oologists in North America and other
countries. I have a large stock of exchange
in fine sets, from Europe, Asia, and Palae-
arctic and Mediterranean region. Send your
list and terms. R.SCHMIDT, MannaOnte str
20, Halberstadt, Germany. (Fl)

WANTED. — Full and finely prepared
clutches of A. O. U. Nos. 261, 274, 277a, 277, 281.
Offer perfect fine sets of equal value or better
as 139, Pal, 142, 172, 480, 492, 562, 665, ete. Will

fot, a0, sd. 508. 506, 5058. 508, all. pila,

706,
708, 710a, 593¢. : . 622b, 703a, 705
ae 70%,'707a,.708;,710a,, 717, 746, 755, 756. A.
ee REGANZA, 614 East 6th St.South, SaltLake
ity, Utah

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FOR EXCHANGE.—Sets of Sea Birds’ eggs
such as 12-13-30-31-32-40-42-43-56-64-65-71-80-86-89-
104-114.1-115-116-117-119-125-126- eee ane mae
others. Wanted, sets HOG comm irds,
any kind excep tz 444-456-477- 188 105 BOO:
560-563-581-593- G12, 613-616-652-683-704-705 - 721 - '725-
755-761-766. These are so common as to be of
little use to collectors, then why take them?
You had better let the eggs hatch into useful
songsters. W. RAINE, 50 Waverley Rd, Kew
Beach, Toronto, Canada. (1*)

MISCELLANEOUS

British Columbia lepidoptera and coleop-
tera collected for cash. L. H. MUNRO.
Okanagan Landing, B. C. (#1)

I exchange preserved specimens of reptiles
with U. S.collectors only. C. A. CLA
Lynnfield, St., East Lynn Sta., Mass. (1-p)

WANTED.—To correspond with parties
who have fine fossils to offer for cash only.
kK. B. MATHES, Batavia, N. Y. (1)

I offer fine exchange in first
class sets for American Animals,
Stone & Cram, The Reptile
Book, Ditmars, Ernest Thomp-
son-Seton’s new two-volume
work of American Animals, or
the following if in first class
condition: Coit’s or Savage
Automatic Pistol 32 cal., Win-
chester Automatic Rifle., 22 cal,
Marble’s Game Getter.

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Copy Ridgway’s ‘“Humming-
birds,’ $2.00; set Cory’s “Birds
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ork.

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Indian pupae for Regalis, Versicolora and
other desirable native pupae _and_eggs.
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ing, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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reptiles, amphibians of Wyoming. Send
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Birds of New York t by Eaton. Colored plates
by Fuertes. $5.00. Catalogues issued. SHER-
WOOD’S, 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York.

I desire to purchase magazines and books
on oology and ornithology. GEORGE SETH
GUION, Napoleonville, La. [1-12]

WANTED AT ONCE.—We will give $5 for
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covering the period from March 1, 188! to
March 1, 1885. R.M. Barnes, Lacon, Ill.

WANTED.—Books on birds. Will pay a
reasonable cash price for those that I desire.
State title aud author, condition. etc. CHAS.
F. CARR, (Personal), New London, Wis.

HXCHANGE.—A five volume encyclopedia
of living animals of the world. Also fine
minerals, for tirst class skins of owls for
mounting. 8. V. WHARRAM, Geneva, Ohio,

I will give $1.00 for No.6 of Vol. 5 of THE
OOLOGIST in the original covers and in
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WANTED.—Audubon’s Birds of America,
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be paid for numbers 10 and 80. FRANKLIN
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a,

FOR SALE.—In perfect condition, ‘*The
North American Birds” by Henry Nehrling.
German text, cloth bound, gilt edge, 668 pages
ane sé plates. showing 137 species in natural

Original price $15. Sells for $7.
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BIRD MAGAZINES.—I have about 500
old bird magazines for exchange, including
complete volumes of Auk, Condor, Nidiolo-
gist, Osprey, Oregon Naturalist, and odd
numbers of all of these. W. LEE CHAM-
ees: 1226 11th St., Santa Monica, Cal.

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Vol. . & O. and Vol. I-V Utica, N. Y.
elogiet GEO. W. H. VOS BURGH, 2408

Elim Ave., Zion City, Ill. (1 p)

BIRD-LORE AND OOLOGIST WANTED
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exchange, for Bird-Lore Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 4, and
6, with index; Vol. 2, Nos. 1.2 and 3: Vol. 3,
Nos. 1 and 2; and Vol.7,No. 1; or bound vol:
umes of Vols. They bees) and7. Send your list of
oologist previous to No. 222. CHAS. A.
HEWLETT, Woodmere, N. Y.

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agnosis, Flints Manual Percussion, Taylor’s
Practi e Medicine, Bartlett’s Medical Chem-
istry, U.S. Dispensatory (sheep), Landois &
Stirling’ 8 Physiology, Otis’ Dilating Urethro-
tome (new in Morocco case), and Dow’s Port-
able Electric Assistant (cost $42.50). Would
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DR. W. M. MARTIN, P. O. Box No. 126, Har-
lingen, Texas. (*1)

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Philad. after 1834 at $ .50 colored plates of
America. Clean plates from Birds and
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Vol. XX VI UVologist 30¢; any No. of Great
Divide Denver, Colo. at 25¢. GEORGE W. H.
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FOR SALE. —Coues’ “Birds of Northwest,”
Cope’ s ‘Reptilia, Crocodilia,”’ .etc., “Allen’s
SIN AY, Pinnipeds, » Marsh’s ‘“Dinocerata,”
Nelson’s ‘Nat. Hist. Alaska”’ (colored plates
of birds) Turner, same, Elliott’ s ‘‘Fur Seal
Islands.” * ‘Auk, % Vol. 24. “Fern Bulletin,”
Vols. § to 14, ‘‘Eng. Sparrow in N. Am.”
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pampblets, oe and out of print. Send for
full list. mae W. RIC ARDS, 1207 19th
Street, N. W., Waeninecens D.C.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.— Ridgway’s
aoe of North and Middle America parts
4 and 5. Pee s Hummingbirds,
Baie Deine 1903, No. 4, Condor September,
October, No. 5, Vol. XI. Pacific Coast Avi-
fauna, No. 2, Fisher’s Hawks and Owls,
Bailey’ s Forest and Stream Bird Notes, alse
many U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bnlletins and North American~Faunas.
want Auk Vols. 1 to 6 inclusive. H.
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IV THE

I desire complete files of the following and
many others. and will pay cash for same.
The Western Ornithologist, Avoca, Lowa.
Notes a Rhode Island Ornithology, Bristol,
lite He e Naturalist. Austin, Texas and
Oregon Togy, Oregon. The Towa Ornitholo-
gist, Salem, Iowa. The Hoosier Naturalist,
Valparaiso, Ind. The Observer, Portland,
Conn. The Oologists’ Journal, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. The Taxidermist, Akron, Ohio. The
Ornithologist and Botanist, Des Moines,
Iowa. Stormy Petrel, Mendota, Til. The
Oologists’ Aver eRe Danielsonville, Conn.
Bird Nesting in N. Canada, W. Raine.
Ornithologist and WoneiE beginning as The
Oologist. The Naturalist, St. Augustine, Fla
The Wolverine Naturalist. Kalamazoo. Mich.
The Oologist’s Exchange, N.Y. The O. & O.
Semiannual, Pittsfield, Mass. American
Osprey. Ashland, Ky. The Owl, Chatham,
N. J. The Osprey Naturalists’ Directory,
Des Moines, Iowa. The Museum. The Osprey,
Galesburg, Ill. and Washington, D.
GEORGE SETH GUION, Napoleonville, La.

BIRD BOOKS

ee most important feature

of our stock of second-hand

books, is the

department relating to ORNI-

THOLOGY and other branches
!of NATURAL HISTORY.

We shall be glad to mail, post-

pamphlets, etc.,

paid, our New Catalog No. 27,
NATURE BOOKS,
of five cents in postage stamps.

on receipt

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BOOKS

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FOR SALE.—One Myer System, Cloas
Flute, 11 keys, low pitch in case. Used three
months. Will sell at very Se price.
Will send on approval. L. V. MEDICUS,
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OOLOGI8ST

UNHEARD OF PRICES; FOR OLD
MAGAZINES ?

I will give the following prices for

these magazines. Such prices have

never before been offered and probably

never will again be offered for these.

Hach No.

The Avifauna, Vol.I,Nos.land2 - $ .50
The Bay State Oologist, Vol.1,No.6 - 2.00
The Hummer, Vol. I, Nos. 1-3-4 - - .50
The Iowa Ornithologist, Vol.I, No.1 - 1.00
* Es Vol. II, Nos. 1-3-4 - .75

The Ooloeist Utica, Nays , Vol. I, com-

plete - 10.00
Th- Oologist Utica N. Y., Vol. II, Nos.
1-2-3 = - - - =r lo O0
The Oologist Utica N. Y., Vol. III, No.9 - 1-00
pal eat ea 3 Vol. IV, No.7 - 1.50
pe elo sis Advertiser, Vol. II, Nos.
The Ornithologist and Botanist, Vol.
Nos. 3 4-5 - - - - 15
The Corr iets exchange, Vol. II, Xo. 4
and - .50
The Stormy Petrel, Vol. I, Nos. 2-6 - 50
O. & O. Vol. IX, No. 10 - - 1.00

The Oologists Journal, Vol.I, Nos. 2and4. .50

Back Numbers of the Oologist Wanted

Woll il, IN@s IL

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FS Winn Geeta a aa 10, 11, 12.

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I will buy a large number of each of
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the rate they are listed at, as being for
sale in this number of THE OOLO-
GIST. Address,

r. M. BARNES, Lacon, IIl.

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VoL. XXIX. No. 5. Apion, N. Y. May. 15, 1912. WHOLE No, 298

Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois.

—Photo by Alex Walker.

Nest of Pied-billed Grebe

268 THE

Pied Billed Grebe.

While not breeding in as large colo-
nies as other Grebes, the little “Dob-
chick” or Pied-billed Grebe, is more
evenly distributed throughout its
range.

Expert at diving, their home is on
the water. Rarely coming on land,
and then their progress is very awk-
ward. Diving at the flash of a gun,
and appearing a few feet away, they
defie the hunter who thinks he has an
easy target.

The nests are floating piles of de-
eayed rushes and mud brought from
the bottom. They are always wet
and sometimes the eggs are in water,
but they generally hatch. When the
parent is away, they are covered with
a wet mass of rushes.

From five to eight eggs compose the
set, but the usual number is six. Nest-
ing begins during the latter part of
May. Alex Walker.
Armour, S. Dak.

o+—~<e

The Golden Eagle.

While in California we had the
pleasure of viewing a Golden Hagle’s
nest with the eggs therein. This nest
was photographed and in due time an
article will be published and giving a
history of not only this nest, but of
other nests and of a series of the eggs
of this most remarkable bird. There
are individual matters relating to this
particular bird which are peculiar to
themselves and of which a record
should be made.

Oe oo

The Passenger Pigeon.

The reward of $1,000 for the discov-
ery and reporting of an undisturbed
nest with parent, eggs or voung of
the Passenger Pigeon has been ex-
tended to October 31, 1912, as have also
been a number of other minor re-
wards. This is a good thing. All ap-

OOLOUIST

plications for such rewards should be
addressed to Professor C. F. Hodge,
Worcester, Mass.
sh as ce

California Mountain Quail in the East.

“Last season a farmer reported
eight strange birds around his farm.
I did not think much of it at the time,
but again this season, a week ago, J
once more met the farmer, and he
spoke of the birds again.He said there
were now eighteen of them and they
resembled small grouse. I told him
to shoot one, which he did, and he
brought it in for me to identify. I was
much astonished to find it to be a Cal-
ifornia Mountain Quail. To my know-
ledge this is the first time these birds
have bred east of the Rockies.” We
know of no case where they have.—
(Hd.) Carl F. Wright.
Auburn, N. Y.

Do Birds Ever Fight to Death?

While driving up the street in Santa
Ana one day I passed a pair of Ari-
zona Hooded Orioles fighting. As they
did not seem to give up after I had
gone by a little way, I stopped, ran
back to where they lay, fluttering and
tumbling, and picked them up. They
had a firm hold of each other, and did
not seem aware of my presence until
I had them in my hands, when they
made a vain effort to escape.

I doubt their being able to fly if I
had released them, for one of them
held the wing of the other so firmly
that I had to secure help to release it.
They had pecked one:another till one
eye was bleeding and nearly closed.

_ After holding them a little while, I
let them go. They flew into a walnut
tree nearby. I never learned if they
had any more fights, but I believe this
must have been the death of one or
both had no one interfered.

John L. Nichols.

Santa Ana, Cal.

THE OOLOGIST

Books Received.

Bulletin of the Charleston Museum,
by Paul M. Rea. Vol. 8, No. 2 and 3.

These two are suplements to the
Birds of South Carolina, published by
the Museum and contain much that is
valuable if taken in connection with
the original publication.

Cassinia, Vol. 15, 1911, by the Dela-
ware Valley Ornithological Club.

Cassinia for 1911 comes to hand just
as good as ever. It is one of the stand-
ard bird publications of the country
and is a credit to the organization
that puts it out. It contains the fol-
lowing articles of general interest:

Constantine S. Rafinesque as an Or-
nithologist, by Samuel N. Rhoads.

The Frontier of the Carolinian Fau-
na in the Lower Delaware Valley, by
Spencer Trotter.

The Center Furnace Swamp, by
Richard C. Harlow.

Recollections of the
Pigeon, by Herman Behr.

The Summer of Fire and Bird Adap-
tation, by Cornelius Weygandat.

Down the Pocomoke, by
Spencer Morris.

Numerous General Notes by various
contributors; and a very extended and
complete report of the Spring Migra-
tion of 1911, compiled by Whitmer
Stone.

Abstract of the Club Proceedings—
Club Notes.

Two well written memorial notices,
and a Bibliography of papers relating
to the Birds of Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Delaware for 1911.

Passenger

George

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Disappointed.

A. M. Abbott and EH. R. Ford spent
a day in early April with us in an en-
deavor to locate nests of the Horned
and Barred Owl. We are sorry to say
that they failed. Come again, boys,
with better luck.

269

Goose News.

At the present writing we have one
Canada goose sitting on six eggs with
every prospect of bringing off the
young. Our Bean goose made a nest,
laid two eggs and abandoned them
for some reason or other. We have a
number of pairs of White-fronted,
Snow Geese, Ross’s Geese, Cackling
Geese, Hutchins’ Geese,and Blue Geese
mated at this writing (Apr. 29), though
none of them have as yet selected
nesting sites or laid eggs.

Some rather unusual combinations
are a Cackling goose and a Barnacle
gander, a Ross’s goose and a Hutchins’
gander, and a Lesser Snow goose and
a Blue gander all mated up. We are
watching them with much interest to
see what these combinations will re-
sult in.

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California Condor’s Egg.

While at San Diego, March 25th we
purchased the collection of eggs for-
merly belonging to J. H. McConville,
an old San Diego collector, but which
for a number of years had belonged
to Dr. C. C. Valle, and has been on ex-
hibition in the Chamber of Commerce
building in that city.

This collection of eggs contained
one of the best known and certainly
one of the best prepyarea specimens of
the eggs of the California Condor
(Gymnogyps californianus) in exist-
ance. This egg was fresh when taken
and was blown with a No. 2 drill. An
account of the taking of this egg was
published in The Condor, Volume 11,
page 124-6.

In securing it we have made a val-
uable addition to our collection.

LPS Sa se ees
Bobolink Data
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

There is no time during the year
that I await more eagerly than the
fifteenth day of May, for that date

270 THE OOLOGIST

marks the return of the first bird
from which I ever took a set of eggs.
It was the Bobolink, and from that
early date I have ever grown more
fond of him, and more interested in
his wellfare.

This particular set of eggs was
found entirely by accident while
tramping through the dew-drenched
meadows at dawn. It taught me my
first lesson in ornithology, one which

—Photo by Paul G. Howes,

A Nest of Bob’o’ling in Clump of Ragweed

It was how

I have never forgotten.
to find the Bobolink’s nest.

In the early morning hours, the fe-
male sits much closer than during the

sunny hours of the day. This I no-
ticed after having taken several sets
when a beginner, as I never found a
nest during the later hours of the
morning. I also noticed that in most
every case the nest was placed at the
foot of some weed or tall clump of

THE OOLOGIST 271

clover and very seldom in a tuft of
grass. ; On these two facts I have bas-
ed my operations ever since and have
seldom failed in finding the “Four to
Six” spotted treasurers.

There is one field in particular but a
short distance from my home where
the Bobolinks nest: annually in large
numbers. Here the grass is rather
«thin, dotted -here and there with
clumps of- Ragweed in which the birds

Howes.

—Photo by Paul G.

Closer View of Same Nest

almost invariably place -their nests.
On flushing a bird in this field, I mark
the spot, as nearly as possible with
my tripod. Then with a six foot piece
of cord as a radius, the ragweeds. with-
in the circle around the tripod axis
may be easily searched, and the nest
is usually discovered. The advantage
of being in the field at dawn is’ the
small circle which needs to be search-
ed, as the bird will seldom run more

272 THE OOLOGIST

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than six feet before leaving the grass.
On the other hand, if the nest is to be
found during the later hours of the
day, it would be necessary to search
a much larger circle as the birds leave
the nest at the first warning from the
males and sometimes go thirty and
even forty feet through the grass be-
fore flushing.

Although the birds arrive from
South America about the middle of
May, they do not start nest building

¥

—Photo by Paul G. Howes.

Young Bob’o’link Four Days Old

until the last week of that month, or
the first week in June. The majority
of young birds are hatched by June
14, but I have found one or two sets
of fresh eggs on that date. Like
many other feathered folk, the Bobo-

“link is subject to be imposed upon by

the Cowbird and it has always been a
mystery to me how they manage to
find the well hidden nests of their
hosts. I once found a nest containing
eight eggs, four of the Cowbird and

THE OOLOGIST 273

four cracked and broken ones of the
rightful owner! These, I believe were
deliberately broken by the intruder.
If not, why should only the eggs of
the Bobolinks suffer such indignities?

When four or five days old, the
young are not nearly so well guarded
as during the first few days of their
existence. At this period the parents
seem to feel little or no responsibility
when an intruder approaches their off-
spring. The female simply flies to

—Photo by Paul G. Howes.

Young Bob’o’link One Week Old

some other part of the field, and the
male, after making a spectacular dive
at her, flies high into the air and after
singing loudly, circles once or twice
and then returns to his usual perch on
a near by tree or fence post. I have
seen this action repeated time and
again when the female is either leav-
ing or returning to the nest.

The young leave the nest when
about two weeks old and at this age
they are extremely hard to find, as

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othey: wander about among the: grass
sand seldom remain long in one place.
‘It’ is’ amusing to see the youngsters
trying to look invisible, but it must be
said however, that some striking cases
-of: protective mimicry ‘are sometimes
“met ‘with.

‘In ‘the early part of July, 1907, just
a few days before the hay was to be
eut, I: was, as usual out taking my
clast’ nesting notes of the season on
the! Bobolink. The fields at that time

were very dry and even brown in cer-

tain places. While walking ‘through
one of these brown spots, I heard a
chirp of a young bird somewhere in
the grass. After searching for nearly

‘an hour, the bird was discovered with-

in six inches of where I had planted
by foot many times during the search.
Its coloring was nearly identical with
that of its surroundings, owing to the
dry state of the grass. I had ‘probably
passed the bird time and again with-

THH OOLOGIST 278

out seeing it.

The cutting of the hay marks the
last of the Bobolinks until the fall
migration begins in October, when
they spend a few days with us in their
somber Autumn colors. Then comes
the first real cold wave, covering the
land with the first white frost and
again I eagerly await the fifteenth day
of May. P. G. Howes.

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Suspended.

We are sorry to announce that the
Journal of the Maine Ornithological
Society has suspended publication.
This little visitor to our desk will be
missed. It contained much that was
interested and some things that were
scientifically valuable. It is a wonder
that the bird publications of this coun-
try do not receive better support, but
our little friend has gone to join very
many of its kind that have bloomed
for a short time and then faded away.

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Cats-Kill ’Em.

When this number of THE OOLO-
GIST reaches its readers, the nesting
time for small birds will be at its
height. Not less than seventy-five per
cent. of the song birds hatched in the
corporate limits of the towns and
cities of the United States are annual-
ly killed by cats. If you want to pre-
serve the birds, kill the cats. We
should be glad to be able to publish
communications from our readers to
the effect that they had destroyed 100,-
000 cats in the next thirty days.

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A Warning.

About the time this number of THE
OOLOGIST reaches its subscribers,
some of them may be in receipt of a
circular letter recounting the experi-
ences of the writer for a number of
preceding years in North Dakota, and
may contain the following language:

“Yes, already the fascination of that

cooling meadow grips me and grips
me HARD. I must go again. The trip
cost from here about $52....I1 am
now seeking to finance this trip for
the coming June. I ask from each of
ten men, $5 each, or from each of five
men, $10 each. These amounts to be
deposited in good faith, subject to uk
timate adjustments on mutually satis
factory basis.

“To the highest bidder between $25
and $50 will go the first set of Yellow
Rail taken. In addition to the casa
contingent, this bidder is to furnish
me a bonus in irreproachable sets be-
tween the values of fifty cents and
three dollars per egg, at an average
of Lattin’s and Taylor’s rates.”

Following this may be a lot more of
the same kind. At least there was in
the communication received by us last
spring.

We bit!
for Five.

Should any of our readers bite this
year, they may about June 28, 1912, re
ceive a personal communication read-
ing as follows:

“T write to thank you for the kind
advance on the trip to North Dakota.

“This was only partially successful,
I finding but one set of Yellow Rail in
two good colonies. This one set was
contracted for some months ago.”

If you do receive such a communica-
tion the chances are that you will be
as much disgusted as we were in not
being able to at least have an oppor-
tunity of being “the highest bidder”
for the “first set of Yellow Rail taken,”
at from between $25 and $50. Per-
haps also you might be more or less
disgusted at learning that you had let
go of your money in answer to this
appeal, and then discovered after the
eggs had been found and taken, not
only that you could not bid on them,
but that “this one set was contracted
for some months ago’’—even before

And forwarded our check

276 THE OOLOGIST

you received the appeal or let go of
your money.

Such was our experience in the
spring of 1911, gentle reader; so look
out. While you may ultimately get
your money back—we did; you may
not be entirely satisfied with the
whole deal—we were not. Would you
have been?

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Red Legged Black Duck(?)

It has broken out again—we knew
it would. In The Auk, Vol. XXIX page
176, April, 1912, is an article by
Charles W. Townsend upon this sub-
ject. We are pleased to see that at-
tention is given by these distinguish-
ed gentlemen who occupy so much
space in The Auk to the suggestions
made in THE OOLOGIST, Vol XXVII,
- page 87 that they might learn some-
thing relating to this supposed sub-
species by keeping a few of these
birds in confinement. A little more
practical horse sense and a good deal
less theorizing if applied to ornithol-
ogy would unravel many supposedly
abstruse problems.

We have kept and bred Black Ducks
in confinement for years, and have
never yet seen anything that would
lead us to believe that any such sub-
species does or ever has existed. The
isolated experience referred to by Mr.
Townsend has not changed cur notion
in this respect.

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Hunting Warblers Nests.

Several years ago on the afternoon
of May 28th I started out for a large
mountain valley nearby where farms
and clearings are unknown.

The timber is mostly virgin pine
and hemlock with a good bit of hard-
wood in places. In places it is large
second growth with plenty of laurel
and bush underneath.

A great place for the northern
breeders especially warblers. For over

half a mile I passed through virgin
growth seeing and hearing plenty of
birds but the only nests to come to
notice were two of the Wood thrush.
Going slowly along on the grade of
the narrow gauge which a few years
ago was used to haul logs down from
farther up the valley, my attention was
drawn to a pair of very excited Ca-
nadian Warblers.

The Canadians seem to always
make a fuss when a person gets in
sight so that it is difficult to tell
whether the nest is nearby or not.

However I looked around a little
and in a nook in the rcots cf a big
stump on the bank of the tramway
I saw a nest in just such a place as
would be chosen by a Junco. Investi-
gating I found five fresh eggs. I was
positive it was the Canadians but
withdrew for a few minutes anyway.

Returning I saw the female at home
and slipping up from one side I clap-
ped my hand over the onening and
caught her, but of course liberated
her again.

Well pleased with this find I went
on up and very soon saw a small neat
nest on the horizontal limb of a hem-
lock. Climbing up I found a Black-
threated Greens nest newly finished.

Next of interest was a newly com-
pleted nest of the Magnolia Warbler
down in a small hemlock.

My next fnd was a Parula Warbler
tugging at some lichen. I watched
her make a few trips to the top of
quite a large hemlock. A few days
later I climbed the tree and found her
sitting on five eggs in her ball-like
nest of lichen, built in a thick bunch
ef small limbs.

At a place where there was consid-
erable second growth hemlock a pair
of Blackburnian Warblers took up a
lot of my time. I tried to find the nest

but had to give up.

Partly up the mountain side I found

THE OOLOGIST 277

another newly completed Magnolia’s
nest, also a Redstart’s containing two
eggs. Ata small bushy clearing about
an oil well I found a pair of Mourning
Warblers. I started in and spent al-
most all my remaining time trying to
find the nest but without result except
that I found a Chestnut sided Warb-
ler’s nest containing three eggs.

As it was getting quite late I start-
ed out and on the way found a newly
built nest of the Olive-backed Thrush
in a little hemlock. It was the pret-
tiest Olive-backed’s nest I have ever
seen. They generally use some moss
but this nest was built almost entire-
ly of beautiful green moss. I after-
wards secured it together with a fine
set of four eggs.

It was dark when I arrived home,
hungry but well pleased with my trip.

R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.

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An Albinistic White-throated Sparrow.

At Montclair Heights, N. J., on the
oth of November, I accidentally came
upon a small flock of twenty White-
throats among the undergrowth at the
summit of Crow Hill. Among these
was one male which had many white
feathers. The plumage of this bird
Was normal on all the underparts,
crown and back. The nape was white
pencilled with brown, the rump and
upper tail coverts wholly white; tail
very much mottled with white and
brown. On the wings the greater
coverts were wholly white while the
middle and lesser coverts and scap-
ulars apparently were normal; the
secondaries and primaries being mot-
tled with considerable white. As a
whole the bird presented a very odd
appearance, in fact, the white mark-
ings were so conspicuous that it is
feared that the bird will sooner or
later become a mark for an amateur

hunter’s gun and meet the usual fate
of the albinistic bird.
Louis S. Kohler.
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An Unusual Nesting Site.

In the November OOLOGIST I no-
tice a very readable article by Mr.
Thos. D. Burleigh, on Unusual Nest-
ing Sites, which brings to mind an in-
cident which occurred to me back in
the spring of 1902.

Cn May 27th of that year, I came
upon the nest of a Northern Flicker
in a leader pipe of a dwelling at Pomp-
ton, N. J., which was but ten feet
from the ground and in a very expos-
ed position. This pipe had become
clogged by refuse from the roof and
the constant flow of water had burst
a hole about three inches in diameter
about six inches above the obstruc-
tion. In this receptable this pair of
Flickers had established their home
and when discovered had a set of four
eggs in it. The female was brooding
over these eggs when the nest was lo-
cated. I also learned upon further in-
spection that the leader had become
filled with rubbish at the opening in
the gutter above, thus preventing any
water from falling upon the occupants
below. I very attentively watched
this brood to see that nothing befell
them until they were large enough to
care for themselves and can happily
say that while in this unusual home
nothing eccurred to disturb the tran-
qcuility cf this family’s home life.

During the spring of 1910 a pair of
Flickers were again seen about this
place but during the meantime the
owner had repaired the pipe, thus
leaving no opening for the birds and
they went off to take up their home
elsewhere.

Louis S. Kohler.
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Unusual Nesting Sites.
Reading the article by Mr. Burleigh

278 THE OOLOGIST

on unusual nesting sites, calls to my
mind a few such; in over thirty years
of active field work I never found but
one Brown Thrasher’s nest situated
on the ground. This one was not a
very substantial affair, being built of
twigs, rootlets, pieces of leaves and
grass, and placed among some wild
grape vines, in what was really a pret-
ty bower; it contained four eggs, of
the usual type.

The Mourning Dove has furnished
me with the greatest number of
strangely placed nests, one on the
ground under the tall coarse grass
in a boggy marsh, made of a few
twigs, and rootlets, and contained two
eggs, placed close by a public road in
the edge of a woods. Another nest of
this species, the most beautiful nest,
as to situation I have ever seen, was
one placed low among some small
green plants with a few scattering
ones a few inches high as a relief, the
soft gray nests of twigs, rootlets and
grass and the snowy white eggs, two
in number, made a sight to gladden
any oologist’s heart. The situation
Was on a ledge in a stone quarry of
soft yellow Trenton lime stone.

A crested Flycatcher one season
placed her nest of leaves and other
rubbish in a piece of a hollow tree
trunk, that hung lodged at the extreme
end of a limb, in a very exposed sit-
uation. And which would swing con-
siderably in the wind.

Once while a boy I found a nest of
a Flicker in a hole in a large old
stump by a public road, contained
eggs but was disturbed by scholars
near by, which reminds me of a Red-
headed Woodpecker, who for years
occupied a place in the cornish on the
front end of the District No. 7 school
where I learned my A. B. C’s.

The first nest of the Scarlet Tanag-
er I ever found was placed in the ex-
treme top branches of a tall white

oak, up forty or more feet from the
ground, contained young; was com-:
posed of the usual delicate material
found in nests of these birds.

A nest of the Spotted Sandpiper,
containing four eggs ready to hatch
was placed scarcely two feet from the
wheel track of a main public road, and
over twenty rods from the river.

And the nest of the Evening Gros-
beak, I was foolish enough to expect
was built; well, I suppose up near the
Arctic Circle.

George W. H. VosBurgh.
Zion City, I11.

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A Fox’s Raid on the Home of a
Ruffed Grouse.

In going over my notes for June 2d,
1909, I find an item which had pre-
viously escaped attention, regarding
the raiding of a Ruffed Grouse home
at Ringwood, N. J. Near the northerly
end of one of the low hills in this vil-
lage during the spring of 1909 I had
encountered a male Red Fox on three
different occasions, prowling about
among the undergrowth.

On the above date I was again in
this neighborhood and near noon had
set down to rest on the top of a huge
boulder and had fell asleep. After
sleeping about a half hour I was awak-
ened by the sharp and shrill cry of
some bird apparently in distress. On
investigating I found a male Red Fox
in the act of devouring the remains
of a female Grouse and on seeing me
he shot off at express speed with the
bird still in its jaws and quickly dis-
appeared over the top of the hill. [
later found the nest on which this
bird was brooding and about it were
strewn eight mangled bodies of nest-
lings about three or four hours old.

Louis S. Kohler.
Bloomfield, N. J.

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Nesting of the Savannah Sparrow in
Center County, Pa.

The season of 1911 was without
doubt the most unsuccessful period
in my short career as a field Oologist.
Starting out with great promise, all
my plans came to a sudden termina-
tion in late April when a severe cut,
sustained on a collecting trip, develop-
ed into blood poisoning and laid me up
for six weeks of the best time of the
year. The results of this confinement
bore fruit in an aggravated case of
the Oological fever in July and though
of course the results were few and
far between yet on one of these trips
it was my good fortune to find the Sa-
vannah Sparrow nesting and though
the set was small and the eggs far
gone, yet I have decided to place it
on record as the bird is an extremely
rare breeder in Center County. In re-
lating the finding of this nest I have
decided to simply copy the data from
my note book entirely and thus give
the notes, first hand to the readers of
THE OOLOGIST.

July 20, 1911. While walking across
the recently cut hay field on the Ex-
periment farms one mile northeast of
College, I saw several Bartramian
Sandpipers and heard them calling.
In some bushes along the road saw
some Chestnut Sided Warblers and
on the telegraph wires overhead a
family party of Sparrow Hawks. Sev.
eral broods of Grasshopper Sparrows
were observed and in a deserted nest
of this bird which had been partly
torn out by the hayrake, a single fresh
egg was found. Several hundred yards
off, a vesper Sparrow was flushed from
a bulky, firmly built nest which held
an incomplete set of one egg. The
nest was raised from the surface of
the ground and protected by an over-
hanging Plantain leaf.

I was walking on across the field
when suddenly I saw a small bird run

along the ground ahead of me. Sup-
posing it was a Vesper, I paid little
attention to the bird but on looking
down at the well hidden nest it had
left I instantly saw I had found some-
thing new and on following the bird,
saw it to be a Savannah Sparrow, a
rare breeder in this: locality and
though I had known there was a pair
in these extensive fields, I had hardly
hoped to find them at this late date.

Leaving the nest for a half hour I
came back and found the female sit-
ting. Though she watched me care-
fully, yet I approached until I could
nearly touch her and watched her
carefully for several minutes before
she flitted off and walking about near
me showed the yellow eye spot and
the peculiarly arrow spotted breast
very distinctly. I had thought of
shooting her, but the view I now ob-
tained made me doubly positive of the
identity.

The nest was sunken three inches
in the ground and was very scanty, be-
ing merely a flimsy lininz of yellow-
ish grass stems. The cavity was so
deep that only the head and tail of
the sitting bird could be seen and
the depression seemed _ especially
built for the nest. This held two far
incubated eggs which were saved as
second class specimens. The shells
were extremely soft, nearly like wet
blotting paper. They resemble a cer-
tain type of Song Sparrow’s eggs,
rather more elongated and slender and
are densely spotted and blotched with
various shades of rufous brown, the
ground color being scarcely discerna-

ble. Richard C. Harlow.
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Killdeer in Lake Co., Illinois.

During the summer of 1909 I was
working at farm and garden work,
Zion City, Illinois, and as often as I
could spare the time I would go and
either hunt botanical specimens, oolo-

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gical specimens, or Indian stone and
copper implements. What I wish to
speak.of here was the abundance of
Killdeer that nested in a certain flat
open field on the north side of the
city; I don’t recollect just how many
nests I found but they were plentiful,
and each contained its quota of four
speckled beauties, some nests were
hollows in the ground, some more
elaborately built. One in particular
which I collected, with four beautiful
eggs, was a great heap of pebbles with
a deep hollow at the top, just large
enough to hold the eggs, points in, this
is the first stone nest I eyer found and
it being situated on a piece of ground
that was sandy and full of very small
gravel, satisfied me that the Killdeer

uses just what is nearest at hand for -

lining to the hollow that serves for
the nest. The nest in pastures are
usually lined with roots or pieces from
the lewer end of old dead grass stems
and bits cf dead wood.
George W. H. VosBurgh.
Zion City, Lilinois.
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Neceting Dates for 1898
The following list of dates on which
fresh sets of a few birds of Dud-
dridge County, West Virginia, were
taken, although getting old may be
ef interest, as I don’t see much about
birds from that region.

337 Red-tailed Hawk: April 12, 2
eges.

393 Hairy Woodpecker; May 15, 3
S8s.

394 Downy Woodpecker; May 11, 5
eggs.

417 Whip-poor-will; May 7, 2 eggs;

10th, 2 eggs; llth, 2 eggs; 19th,
2 sets of 2; 26th, 2 eggs; June
29th, 2 eggs.
4°58 Hummer; May 29, 2 eggs.
5 Acadian Flycatcher; May 28 and
June 10, sets of 3 eggs each.
3 Cardinal; May 25, 3 eggs.

THE OOLOGIST

608 Scarlet Tanager; May 18, 3 eggs;
May 20, 4 eggs; May 25, 3 eggs;
May 30, 4 eggs.
624 Red-eyed Vireo; May 21, 3 eggs;
first set of the season.
628 Yellow-throated Vireo;
3 eggs.
636 Black & White Warbler; May 15,
4 eggs; May 19, 3 eggs; May 21,
4 eggs; May 31, 4 eggs.
639 Worm-eating Warbler; May 25, 4
eggs; May 31, 4 eggs.
642 Golden-winged Warbler; May 23,
4 eggs.
648 Parula Warbler; May 14, 5 eggs;
May 20, 4 eggs; June 1, 4 eggs.
658 Cerulean Warbler; May 12, 4
eggs ;May 20, 2 sets of 4; May
24, 3, and May 30, 4 eggs.
5 Water-thrush; May 24, 5 eggs.
7 Kentucky Warbler; May 20, June
Ist and 5th, 5 eggs each.
681 Maryland Yellow-throat; May 28,
4 eggs.
683 Chat; May 9th, 11th, and 19th, 4
eges each.
718 Carolina Wren; May 29, 5 eggs;
June 2, 5 eggs.
731 Tufted Titmouse; May 8, 7 eggs;
May 11, 6 eggs.
751 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher;
5 eges; May 14, 3 eggs.
R. B. Simpson.

May 14,

May 11,

Warren, Pa.
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An Oddly Situated Phoebe’s Nest.

Of all the curiously situated Phoe-
be’s nests that I have ever found, the
strangest came under my observation
this year. It was found on May 28,
1911, at Lower Merion, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, and was under-
neath a small plank bridge spanning
a brook in a woods, over which a lone-
ly road passed. The bridge was
about two yards wide and six feet
high and the walls were of stone.
An old shovel had been stuck blade
first into the wall by a workman and

THH OOLOGIST 281

left there; the handle projected about
three feet out horizontally over the
brook, near one end of the bridge,
about a yard from the nearest en-
trance and within less than a foot of
the floor. Situated upon the flat open
handle of the shovel was the Proebe’s
nest, about as well built structure of
Sayornis as I have ever examined. Not
a bit of material projected through the
holes in the handle, to which it was
securely plastered with clay.

It held five eggs about half incu-
bated. When last seen, on June 6th,
the nest contained young birds and
I have no doubt but they were all suc-
cessfully raised to maturity in their
oddly situated domicile.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Red-Letter Days in the Country.

For several years it was my privi-
lege to spend two or three days in
the latter part of May with friends on
a farm in the country. As the farm
was fifteen miles from town it was
beyond the region infested by the wan-
dering pot-hunter from town, who is
numerous enough in the vicinity of
the city to make the birds inhabiting
that section very shy even though he
is unable to exterminate them entire-
ly. In addition wandering Saturday
squads of small boys with sling-shots
and air-rifles keep our suburban bird
population in a state of unrest al-
though they may not do very much
execution. At the present time the
collecting of birds’ eggs is not very
popular among the boys so the birds
do not suffer so much from that cause

as in former years. The gospel of
bird protection is being spread
through the press and the _ public

schools, and the seed is taking root.

The days on the farm were some of
the most enjoyable that I have ever
spent. My friends did not handicap

me by trying to entertain me but al-
lowed me to spend every precious min-
ute out-of-doors, only insisting that I
come to the house in time for the
bountiful meals and the welcome bed
at night. The following is the story
of one of these trips and I hope it
will prove to be of interest to the
readers of this paper. It contains no
records of rare finds or unusual occur-
rences, but shows what can be accom-
plished near home by a busy man dur-
ing a couple of “days off’ spent in a
favorable locality. The notes are
copied verbatim from my record book.

May 29th, 1899. Fair day with north-
west wind. At 3:55 p. m. I left via the
R. I. & P. Ry. for Preemption where
I arrived at 5:10. From there I rode
with a farmer north about two and
one-half miles to the farm of Thomas
Montgomery, which was my destina-
tion. His place consists mostly of
ploughed fields and pasture land cov-
ered with “second growth” timber,
part of the latter being pretty thick
with hazel and wild blackberry un-
dergrowth. A hollow runs the whole
length of the farm from north to south
near its western boundary, the very
small stream at the bottom of this
hollow usually being dry in the sum-
mer. This hollow is about a hundred
yards wide, the land at each side ris-
ing rather abruptly and from the point
on each side where the slope begins
is covered with timber. Near the house
on the north side is a piece of only
partly timbered land used as a pas-
ture, while around the house are a
number of shade trees of different va-
rieties. On one of these, a choke-cher-
ry, was a deserted Blue Jay’s nest 20
feet up, containing two incubated eggs.
The nest originally contained 4 eggs
but 2 of them had disappeared. On
a cross-beam just under the roof in
the stable was a Pewee’s nest. Five
eggs had been laid in it but one of

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them got broken and when examined
two days previous to my visit the nest
held four young. On the road from
Preemption to the farm we drove past
two pairs of Quail which were feeding
by the road-side, and heard a number
of others calling in different direc-
tions.

While riding on the train I saw a
Prairie Hen near the track just out
of the village of Milan. Near the same
place I noted two Bobolinks in the
pastures along the track. Near Mr.
M‘s. farm I heard a Bell’s Vireo sing-
ing in a thicket by the road-side and
a Yellow-winged Sparrow singing in
a field. Saw a Great Horned Owl
pursued by several Crows, and a Blue
Jay sitting on a large fallen dead tree.
When I approached it flew a short dis-
tance and alighted with its torment-
ers in the top of a large oak. where it.
remained until I approached within
about 40 yards before it flew. After
8 o’clock in the evening several Whip-
poor-Wills were heard calling in the
timber not far from the house. Dur-
ing the day I saw 42 species of birds,
all summer residents and all but one
were seen after 4 p. m. Happening to
be awake about 11 p. m. I heard a
Cuckoo and a Whip-poor-Will calling.

May 30th—Morning fair and warm.
Threatening rain in the afternoon;
strong south wind. Spent nearly the
whole day in the timber. Shortly af-
ter starting out I shot at a Crow as it
flew over the trees above my head but
missed it. At 7:50 I shot at another
under like circumstances and Killed
it. Approached within gun-shot of
another which was perched in a tree
in the timber but it flew just as I was
ready to shoot. Late,in the afternoon
I shot at another sitting in a tree over-
head but apparently missed it. (The
tameness of these birds is evidence
of my statement that the farm lies
beyond the zone of the average hunt-

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er.) I spent most of the morning and
a part of the afternoon trying to shoot
a pair of Great Horned Owls which
were followed wherever they went by
a band of Crows varying in numbers
from six to a hundred. I shot at one
of the Owls as it sat in a tree but af-
ter falling nearly to the ground it
righted itself and flew off. J shot at
the other Owl once sitting and once
on the wing, but apparently missed
both times. Later I fired both barrels
at one as it sat in a tree but it flew
off seemingly unhurt. (The small size
No. 7, of the shot I was using, was
probably the cause of my continued
bad luck.) The Crows were so excit-
ed over the presence of the Owls that
they paid very little attention to me,
thus affording me many chances to
shoot at them as they circled over
the timber around the trees in which
the Owls perched. When I started
the first Owl there were only about
half a dozen Crows following it, but
they made such a racket that before
noon the crowd had grown to at least
one hundred, but by six p. m. they had
gradually dropped out of the ranks till
there only a few left.

Noticed a Red-tailed Hawk circling
high above the timber. Saw at least
six Blue-gray Gnatcatchers of which
I shot one. They kept all the time
near the tops of the tallest trees and
seemed to be mating as they were in
companies of three or more and kept
up a constant shrill chirping like that
of young birds. Found a House Wren’s
nest on a crevice in the upper end of
a loosely rolled piece of canvas which
was hanging in the corn-barn. The
nest contained five eggs. Near the
house I found a Robin’s nest seven
feet up in an oak tree. It held two
partly feathered young which had
been dead several days. A pair of
English Sparrows had a nest 25 feet
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dead limb of a large oak near the
house. These seemed to be the only
English Sparrows on the place. Saw
a pair of White-bellied Nuthatches
feeding young in what appeared to
be a natural cavity about 30 feet up
in a large dead oak. The birds were
not at all shy and made several visits
to the nest while I stood at the foot
of the tree. They were usually gone
about five minutes in search of food,
then both would appear at once on
the tree, each with a large insect in
its bill, and one at a time would slip
into the cavity whereupon a great
chirping would begin in the nest.
This tree stood at the edge of the
woods where they were bordered by
a pasture. Farther along in the edge
of the woods by the same pasture I
noted a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers on
‘a dead oak stump. While I was
watching them one fiew away and the
other entered a hole about twelve
feet from the ground where it remain-
ed.

At two different spots in the timber
I flushed Whip-poor-Wills from the
dead leaves on the ground under
some hazel-brush but in both cases a
careful search failed to reveal the
‘nest. Found two Red-headed Wood-
‘peckers’ nests, both situated about
twelve feet’ up in dead oak stumps
which stood in partly cleared tim-
ber, a bird being on each nest when
‘found. In an open spot among some
hazel-brush in the woods I fiushed a
female’ Golden-crowned Thrush from
among the dead leaves lying on the
ground. After a short search I found
the nest placed at the foot of a small
wild rose shoot. The opening was in
the side of the nest, the roof of which
was barely raised above the level of
the leaves around it. The nest was
composed of dead grass and leaves
and held three eggs of the owner and
two of the Cowbird.

Found a nest which seemed’to be a
Blue Jay’s, 25 feet up in an oak tree.
Saw a pair of Robins building a nest
twelve feet up in a “pig-hickory” tree
near Mr. M’s. house, probably the
same pair which owned the nest in
which I found the two dead young, as
the trees containing the two nests
were not over 100 feet apart. Found
a Brown Thrasher’s nest with four
eggs, three feet up in an osage
hedge. The eggs were cold and the
nest was oOver-run with small ants so
I suppose that it was deserted. Shot
a Blue Racer fifty inches in length as
it was sunning itself in the edge of
the cornfield next to the woods. Kill-
ed a Milk Snake about a foot long and
saw another about twice as long, both
being hidden under old logs in the
woods. During the day I saw 42 dif-
ferent species of birds, as well as a
number of rabbits and squirrels. Mr.
M. says that there are still a few
Ruffed Grouse to be found among the
hazel-brush in the timber and that oc-
casionally one may be heard drum-
ming between the hours of six and
seven p. m.

May 3lst—It began raining during
the night and continued until morning.
Warm all. day, threatening showers;
brisk southerly wind. Found a Red-
eyed Vireo’s nest with the bird on it,
eighteen feet up and six feet out from
the trunk, on an oak tree. Located
a Beebird’s nest with the bird on it
forty feet up in the top of another
oak. Mr. M. showed me the nest of a
pair of Lark Finches which he had
found while harrowing on the pre-
vious day. It was situated on the
ground among some young oats three
feet from the edge of the cornfield and
contained three eggs. Lark Finches
were very abundant everywhere I
went, especially the borders of the
open timber. They did ‘not appear t°
be mated but were usually seen in

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parties of three or four. Found an-
other nest which I took to be a Bee-
bird’s about thirty feet. from the
ground on the tip of an elm limb.
Walking along an osage hedge I
discovered a Blue Jay on its nest
seven feet up. A little farther on was
a Turtle Dove’s nest ten feet up with
the bird on it, while not far away
was a Brown Thrasher’s nest three
feet up, containing four partly feath-
ered young. Found a deserted Chick-
adee’s nest four feet up in a dead
willow stump about six inches in
diameter. The cavity was about six
inches deep, thickly lined with cow’s
hair, and contained a lot of broken
ege-shells. About thirty feet from this
stump stood a fair sized oak tree in
which a Wood Pewee was beginning
her nest about twenty feet up and ten
feet out on a small dead limb. About
25 feet up in an elm a short distance
from thé oak was a new Crow’s nest
A Crow was perched in a neighboring
tree but retired on my approach. A
little later while standing under the
tree in which the nest was located, I
shot at a Crow which flew past the
tree but missed it. From the appear-
ance of the nest which on examination
proved to be empty, a squirrel had
just begun preparing it for a home.
Ten feet up in an old apple tree in
the corner of a pasture I found a Blue
Jay’s nest containing four eggs. In a
bunch of hickory sprouts among some
hazel brush just outside of the timber
I ran across a Field Sparrow’s nest
three feet up with three eggs. Flush-
ed a Whip-poor-Will from the ground
among some scattered hazel-brush and
a close search disclosed one egg ly-
ing on the dead leaves without a sign
of a nest. A little later I flushed an-
‘other among some underbrush but de-
spite the fact that the bird showed
much anxiety at my presence, flying
around me and repeatedly uttering a

a

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short ‘“chut,’ I was unable to locate
the cause of its uneasiness. At 11 a
m. I shot a Crow which flew over the
tops of the trees under which I ‘vas
standing in the timber. Later I shoi
at a Cowbird perched in a tree, but
failed to get it.

During the day I saw six large
Hawks, two of them being seen at one
time, but all were too far away tv
be positively identified, although they
were no doubt all Red-tails. In the
timber there were many rabbits anu
squirrels and I noted one chipmunk.
While standing in a ploughed field a
rabbit hopped slowly past within six
feet of my feet, apparently mistaking
me for a stump. At 5 p. m. I started
for home, one of the family taking
me in the buggy to a point a mile and
a half from Milan, from which I waik-
ed to the town, across the Rock River
bridges and kept on by the way of
the trolley-car tracks as far as Chip-
pianock Cemetery where I boarded a
car, arriving at home at §:50. Between
Mr. M’s. farm and Milan I saw one
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, three
Green Herons (which were flying
above Mill Creek), a Barn Swallow
gliding over a pasture, about a dozen
Eave Swallows flying high over the
fields, and two Cooper’s Hawks. Just
under the eaves on the front of a
farm-house standing by the road there
hangs a wooden trough to carry off the —
water from the roof. I discovered a
Turtle Dove sitting on its nest in the
trough, above the front door of the
house, the bird’s head being level with
the edge of the roof. Mrs. M. told me
that the Dove was there on both the
11th and 25th of the month when she
made her regular trips to town with
produce. It is a wonder that the nesi
was not washed away by the heavy
rains that have fallen while the bir¢é
has been setting.

At two different spots on the road

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home I noted a pair of Brown Thrash-
ers sitting in the osage hedge by the
roadside with food in their beaks.
Probably each pair had a brood of
young in the hedge near by. As I was
walking along the trolley track where
it passes through a small patch of
timber near Chippianock Cemetery a
Screech Owl (possibly two, for it was
so dark that I could not be certain)
followed me for several hundred feet,
flying from post to post and tree to
tree, circling close to my head with
vicious snappings of its bill, and keep-
ing up a low wailing cry. From its
actions I judge that its nest was not
far off. :

During the day I saw 58 different
species of birds, all summer residents,
making a total of 63 different species
seen during my trip. The nests of
twenty species were found.

Burtis H. Wilson.
Rock Island, Il.
st eS ae
Hints on Collecting the Eggs of Birds
That Breed in Holes.

The eggs of birds that breed in
holes, such as Woodpeckers, Nuthat-
ches, Titmice, Flycatchers, etc., are,
according to the writer’s experience,
the most difficult of all birds to collect
(excepting some Hawks and Owls)
and often require special methods in
order to be successful. Some of the
following hints may prove useful to
those who have not had long experi-
ence in this line of collecting. The
writer has used them with success
for more than thirty years and has
found them well adapted to the local-
ity in which he lives, which is the
southern part of the state of Maine.

When I began to collect the eggs of
Woodpeckers I found the Yellow-bel-
lied Woodpecker nesting in live poplar
trees at the height of from fifteen to
forty feet from the ground. The birds
began to dig the holes about the first

of May. I found it not very diffi-
cult to locate the trees in which they
were building by traveling around in
the woods and listening to hear the
birds at work pecking the holes. Af-
ter locating it was necessary to wait
until it was finished and the eggs laid
before making an attempt to collect
them. My method of getting the eggs
was as follows: I visited the tree
when, to the best of my judgment, the
bird had finished laying the set, which
usually consists of five eggs, though
sets of four eggs are common and a
set of three occasionally is found. My
outfit consists of a pair of climbing
irons, a one-half inch chisel, saw, (a
keyhole saw which can be carried in
the pocket) ,and some tin boxes filled
with cotton to hold the eggs. After
reaching the tree I climb to the nest
by using the climbing irons. I used
the saw to make two cuts, at right
angles across the trunk of the tree,
the space between the cuts being
about four inches and the lowest cut
being as near as I could guess oppo-
site the bottom of the nest insite the
tree. These cuts were probably an
inch and one-half deep. Then with
the chisel the piece of wood between
the saw cuts was split off from the
tree. A hole was then dug into the
soft wood until the nest was reached,
the hole being made only large enough
to allow the eggs to be removed.

In some cases the eggs can be taken
out with the fngers thouvh ! usually
carry for this purpose a small scso»
net made by bending a piece of fairly
stiff wire into a loop and attaching
a small cloth bag to hold the eggs. By
means of this scoop net the eggs were
removed one at a time and each rolled
in cotton and placed in the tin box.
It often happened that the eggs had
not been laid for one can not always
judge the exact time when he will
find a set and although I have tried

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using a small mirror placed in the en-
trance to find out when a full set was
laid, I could never make it work, due
I suppose to the fact that there is not
light enough in the inside to see the
bottom. Now you can see the advant-
age of my method as in case the eggs
have not been laid I fit a piece of soft
wood into the hole and replace the

piece of wood split off from the out- —

side; this may be fastened with wood-
en wedges, driven into the saw cuts,
or nails may be used to hold it in
place. I prefer the former because
the piece of wood is easier to remove
when visiting the nest the next time.
If the work is well done only the saw
cuts will show from the outside and
even these may be filled with bark.
The Woodpeckers did not leave the
nest but layed the set, and this I ob-
tained by visiting the nest later on. I
have even collected three sets from
one nest in this manner though it is
probably better to let the second set
hatch. These birds occasionally nest
in white birch trees which are part-
ly decayed. In this case, the bark may
be cut on the side of the tree back of
the entrance and peeled off around
under the hole. Then the chisel may
be used to cut into the nest as in the
case of the poplar tree. If there are
no eggs the hole may be stopped up
and the bark drawn back where it
can be held in place with small tacks.
‘This makes a very, neat job and one
would hardly know that the nest had
been disturbed if jthey were looking
at it from the outside.

How an adaption of this method to
fit special cases may be used with
other kinds of Woodpeckers that build
in partly dead limbs and stubs, may
be seen from the following case:

I once found the nest of a hairy
Woodpecker in the dead limb of an
apple tree not. far, from our buildings.
The entrance was in a perpendicular

limb which made a bend just above
so that it was nearly horizontal. By
boring a hole with a two inch auger
through the top side I could see into
the nest. - As only two eges were laid
I put a plug into the hole and a little
later collected a fine set of four eggs
by using the scoop net. I replaced the
plug and about two weeks later took
another set of four. Another set of
three were taken from this still later,
making three sets of fresh eggs taken
from this nest. This method enables
the collector to obtain nearly all the
eggs when fresh, thus making the
most desirable specimens’ for one’s
collection:

The Red-bellied Nuthatch often
builds its nest in stubs that are so de-
cayed that it is unsafe to attempt to
climb them. I once found a nest of
this interesting little bird in a poplar
stub about thirty feet from the ground.
As the stub would shake with the
touch of my hand, climbing it was out
of the question. It happened, however
that there was a tree with a good
strong limb only a_ short distance
away, so that when I next visited the
nest I brought a piece of small rope
and I climbed the tree growing near
and from there I was able to throw
the rope over the end of the stub. By.
pulling carefully I drew the stub near
enough so I could reach it. I soon cut
through the sofe wood with a chisel
and found a handsome set..of. seven

eggs resting in a nest of fine bark

strips and other soft material. This
bird usually digs a hole in some dead
stub from ten to twenty-five feet from
the ground. .The hole is lined with
fine strips of bark from the poplar
and cedar trees. As I have found it

‘impossible to tell when a full set was

laid I: have used the same method as
in the case of the Yellow-bellied ‘Wood-
pecker and: have .been. successful in
nearly every case. ; | ;

THE

I once found a Downy Woodpecker’s
nest in a dead poplar stub about
twenty feet from the ground. The
stub was not badly decayed but so
weak at the roots that it would not
hold my weight. I cut a large wooden
hook from a young sapling growing
near. I put on my climbers and went
up another tree and placed the hook
around the top of the stub and fas-
tened it to the tree which I had climb-
ed, with a piece of small cord. The
stub leaned a trifle from the tree so
that I was enabled to climb it as it
rested firmly in the hook. I went uy
the stub and had soon cut into the
nest with my chisel. I found a fine
set of four eggs nearly fresh. In this
case I did not stop the hole up as
there was a full set. Possibly had I
done this I might have got another
set, but I did not have time to again
visit it the second time.

As I have already used more space
than I intended, I must close. If the
editor finds this of sufficient interest
to print in THE OOLOGIST, I may
write more, in the future on this sub-
ject. John Parsons.
South Paris, Maine.

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The Starling at Philadelphia and
Vicinity.

In the November, 1908 issue of THE
OOLOGIST I recorded the occurrence
of the Starling’s arrival at Philadel-
phia. Well, it has come to stay, it
seems, but whether the bird wili
prove a blessing or a ‘“consarned”
nuisance, like the “English” Sparrow,
time alone will tell.

During the past spring and summer
I found about a dozen Starling nests
in Philadelphia, Montgomery and
Bucks counties, Pennsylvania, mostly
in the former county, and one in Glou-
cester county, New Jersey at Woodad-
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covered two nests at Fish House,
Camden County, New Jersey.

The majority of the nests found
were placed in Flicker holes; all the
others being in knot holes, and they
were usually high up in big dead or
half dead trees. The lowest nest was
placed in a small knot hole only seven
feet up in a living pear tree in an
orchard. Two. broods were success-
fully reared in it. It may be of inter:
est to state that this cavity had _pre-
viously been used, since 1903, annually
by a pair of Passer domesticuses; be-
fore that time it was the yearly home
of the Bluebirds.

The earliest eggs were found on
April 21, 1911, and were tour in num-
ber and fresh; they are in my collec-

tion.
The Starling frequents the tidg
water marshes and meadows in the

late summer and fall, generally asso-
ciated with flocks of Purple Grackles,
Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds and
Rusty Grackles; after these blackies
have departed to the south, the Star-
ling band together in kunvhes and
flocks and roam about the country
during the winter. It is a hardy bird
and as far as my limited observations
of its habits goes, it appears to be an
inoffensive creature, never molestin2
our birds, nor committing any obnox-
ious depredations to the farmers’
crops.
Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.
alr es ee
In California.
Personal.

It was a pleasure during our recent
trip to California to come in contact
with and meet a number of the Cali-
fornia ornithologists and oologists.

At Pasadena we made the acquaint-
ance of Pingrey I. Osburn, of whom
we had known for a long, long time,
and had the pleasure of looking over

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his accumulation of eggs and skins.
We were sorry to learn that he is
about disposing of all of this material
and going out of ornithology entirely.
We endeavored to dissuade him from
so doing.

At Hollywood we met J. Hugene
Law, one of the two business manag-
ers of the Cooper Club, and an orni-
thologist and oologist of many years’
experience. He is now president of
the First National Bank there, recent-
ly married and is building a new home
in which he is making extensive pre-
parations for the installation of his
large collection.

At Los Angeles we came in contact
with W. Lee Chambers; a more whole-
souled, open-hearted fellow we never
met, and are glad that he has been
our friend for a number of years.
Chambers has entire charge of the
bicyele department of the largest
sporting goods house on the coast—
W. H. Hogee Company.

We also met here, O. W. Howard
of Howard & Smith, one of the largest
of the landscape gardening nursery
firms in the West. Few oologists stand
higher than Howard. He took us in
his machine and showed us one place
that he was just finishing up where
the contract for landscape decorations
exceeded $37,000. Of late years Mr.
Howard has done little in oology but
tells us that the bug is again work-
ing and he will soon be active.

Stopping one day at Fallsbrook
while motoring through to San Diego,
we ran into Frank Day, in charge of
the garage at that place. It did not
take us long to discover that he is an
old oologist, having done much col-
lecting in that country, and much ex-
changing throughout the country dur-
ing the ’90’s, though now entirely out
of the game. It was a pleasure to
talk over old times with him.

As Esecndido we sure ran into the

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right kind. First, J. B. Dixon and his
brother C. H. Dixon. “Jo” is superin-
tendent of the local water company,
and a water company in California is
the whole thing. He is too well known
to our readers to need any introduc-
tion. He and his brother C. H., who
spent several seasons in Alaska in or-
nithological study are engaged in
building up a local collection of the
eggs of the raptores, and they certain-
ly have a fine display. With him we
visited the home of C. S. Sharp, who
has one of the neatest looking citrus
fruit propositions in that part of the
country. Sharp is an old timer. He
began studying ornithology with T.
M. Brewer and has kept it up ever
since. He has a beautiful and exten-
sive collection of eggs, and it is a
pleasure to meet such as he.

Here likewise we saw H. J. Carpen-
ter, who, with his brother, was for-
merly well known through the United
States as leading collectors in that
vicinity. We had the pleasure of ex-
amining this collection, which was by
all odds the largest that we saw in
Escondido. “Hy” is now too busily
engaged in building a nest on top of
one of the hills at the edge of Hscon-
dido for himself and one of the young
ladies of the town, to give much atten-
tion to ornithology this season.

At San Diego the first oologist we
ran into was A. M. Ingersoll, than
whom no man in North America
stands higher as an oologist. Inger-
soll is one of those fellows who has
gotten rich in spite of himself; the
boom in San Diego property having
placed him permanently on the shady
side of Easy Street. He does nothing
now but collect rents, cut coupons and
hunt birds. His collection is without
doubt the best individual collection in
that part of, if not in the whole state
of California, and many pleasant
hours were spent examining this, the

THE OOLOGIST 289

accumulation of years. The prepara-
tion of this collection is unexcelled,
and in most instances the specimens
are accompanied by nests, even those
of the larger birds, including the
Hawks. Mr. Ingersoll is at present
preparing a new set of elaborate cases
for the reception of his collection.

At San Diego we also met for a mo-
ment, Lawrence Huey, who seemed a
mighty bright young fellow, and cer-
tainly a very energetic one, as he has
been in the habit of getting up at
2:00 o’clock in the morning, mount-
ing a motorcycle, and sometimes go-
ing fifteen to twenty-five miles after
a set and returning home in time to
go to work at 7:30 o’clock. Would
have been glad to have seen more of
him.

Se ee ee
Nature Faking.

I was much interested in reading
the article on nature faking by Rich-
ard F. Miller in the January number
of THE OOLOGIST, and can say that
I heartily agree with the sentiments
which he expresses therein. It brought
to my mind an article which I had
read in a farm paper three or four
years ago: and which [ had preserved
on account of some of the remarkable
statement which it contained.

It was a paper on birds in their re-
lation to agriculture, and among other
statements which Were decidedly in-
teresting and new to me, it said:
“The Goldfinch, sometimes known as
the upland plover, or in the West, the
Prairie pigeon, lives on noxious this-
tles and has ended more than one
locust plague.”

I do not think that this was a mis-
print, as there was no mention made
of the upland plover or prairie pigeon
(nor of the Bartramian Sandpiper or
Franklin’s Gull) anywhere else in the
article. Considering this and the ex-
ample given by Mr. Miller, seriously,

there is no doubt that the latter would
be more harmful, for while probably
very few farmers could be convinced
that the Goldfinch was either a Sand-
piper or a Gull, the story about the
eagles might mislead many of its
young readers in giving wrong ideas
of the size and weight of an Eagle’s
nest, as well as the attitude of the
birds when their nest is disturbed.

Again, just the other day, I noticed
a piece in a local paper where some
would-be naturalist in Chicago gave
as a reason for there being so many
Robins reported from this region in
January, that the people were mis-
taking Pine Grosbeaks for rkobins. It
is beyond my comprehension how any-
body, even from Chicago, could mis-
take a Pine Grosbeak for a Robin,
but this merely goes to show the im-
pressions which people in the large
cities get from some books, written
by so-called naturalists.

While probably neither of these
specimens is as bad as those mention-
ed by Mr. Miller, it is my opinion that
their writers would not be compelled
to take a back seat in any Nature
Fakers’ Convention.

D. C. Mabbott.
ee Es as IS BES, SF
: We Are Proud.

We believe we have some right to
be proud of this issue of THE OOLO-
GIST. For diversified ornithological
matter of general interest, it is doubt-
ful if we have ever exceeded this issue.

a
Unusual Nesting Sites.

May 17th, ’04 I noticed a bulky mass
of string, rags and twigs between the
double iron braces supporting the
cross arm of a telephone pole about
thirty feet above the ground, on climb-
ing to the nest I recognized my old
friend the Arkansas Kingbird. The
breezy home was occupied by four
young about two weeks old and I was

290 THE OOLOGIST

received with shrieks of disapproval
by the parent birds.

On another ocacsion, about twelve
years ago I found a Kingbird’s nest
wedged in the iron floor grating of an
are light tower 125 feet, which stands
in a corner of an intersection on a
main street. Nest was also compos-
ed of string and rags, one in particu-
lar being a strip of red flannel about
three feet long and one inch wide
which was occupied by three young
and I marvelled, as everyday the trim-
mer changed the carbon points on the
five are lights but I guess he was
eareful not to disturb the nest.

June 21st, °06, I found hanging
from a branch of a gum tree about
eight feet up the nest of an Arizona
hooded Oriole, which undoubtedly had
never been completed as a California
Bush tit had taken possession and had
added the top and left the usual tiny
opening about one and one half inches
from the top of the nest. It was of
the usual material: lichen, cob webs
and cocoon except the lower part,
which was woven of the yellow fibre
of the palm, the work of the Arizona
hooded Oriole. Nest contained a fine
set of seven eges, slightly incubated.

Two nests of the Black-chinned hum-
mingbird collected in May and June,
708, both are of the double-decker va-
riety, that is, the new nest being built
on the shriveled and blackened last
year’s nest. Composed of yellow wil-
low, cotton and cobwebs, no lichen
used, which gives the nest the appear-
ance of a small sponge.
ing place, a dense clump of willow
covering a space of 44 mile in the San
Diego river bottom, is an ideal home
for my little friends as I have found
as many as sixteen or twenty nests in
the course of a day’s hunt. From three
to six feet above ground, they will be
found on willow twigs usually hang-
ing over a narrow trail and often
nests and eggs are ruined by horses

This breed- -

and cattle brushing against them.

In July, 08, I noticed an unusually
large Hawk’s nest about thirty feet
up in a large cottonwood and decided
to get a photo as it was easy to climb
and great was my surprise when I
flushed a Mourning Dove from the
center of the bulky mass of sticks,
and there lay two very badly incubat-
ed eggs. I have found two or three
nests of this dove on the ground in
grain fields but as a usual thing they
can be found from four to twelve
feet up in bushes or trees and the
nest at that is merely a platform of
sticks that most birds would disdain
to roost on.

April, ’09, I found a nest of Vigors’
Wren in an old tomato can that was
bottom up on a four foot lath, left
there by somebody to mark one corner
of a lot. Nest was of the usual mater-
ial, fibres and feathers, and a few
dried pieces of snake skins. In my
rambles I have found aS many as
twelve or fifteen nests of this wren
and always have I found a strip or
two of skin discarded by some snake
in the early spring.

April 10th, ’01, my friend, also a
collector, found a nest of a Valley
Quail in a dense clump of serub oak.
Foundation of nest seemed to be a
last year’s nest of the California
Thrasher which was eighteen inches
above the ground. He obtained a
photo (by a little brushing) of the
nest, which contained fourteen eggs.

C. S. Moore.
San Diego, Cal.
he RS i ner ee
A New Friend.

After watching for eighteen long
years, the migration of the Stork, at
last this bird has alighted upon the
chimney of our friend Isaac H. Hess,
leaving with him a little daughter.
This will be good news to his orni-
thological friends, and to him we ex-
tend our congratulations.

THE OOLOGIST V

Birds, Labels, Mammals

| COLLECTION OF C, IRVIN CLAY

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THE OOLOGIST VII
COLLECTORS, ATTENTION!

I will now make you a proposition the like of which you have never had.
You know since taking over THE OOLOGIST we have immensely increased
its circulation, standing, influence and appearance. It is now a journal of
recognized scientific rank. Many Libraries and most museums and scientific
Natural History Institutions in this country and Europe are getting complete
files of this magazine.

You have no doubt, all noticed the great amount of space we have used in
the past couple of years in endeavoring to pick up back numbers to fill in
volumes.

Well, we now have a limited number of complete files and back num-
bers in complete volumes on hand. These we will dispose of for first class
sets of such eggs as are not listed in the following list, at one-third Lattin’s 1905
list price. This is an opportunity never before offered and one you should
accept at once, as the supply is exceedingly limited. The eggs I want must be
all strictly first class and accompanied by reliable data. I cannot use any of
the following A. O. U. Nos.:

1 72 144 294 378 471 561 767
2 74 146 294a 378a 474b 581 659
3 75 147 297a 385 475 581m

4 76 155 300 388 476 584 681
6 Td, 160 301 390 481 587

7 79 167 302 406 487 591b 683a
9 86 172 302a 412 488 591c 684
11 90 182 305 418 495 593 687
12 93 184 311 416 495a 593¢ 708
13 104 187 325 417 498 599 704
16 106 188 326 420 498d 596 705
27 107 190 380 420a 500 598 706
80 116 191 336 420b 501 599 707
30a 117 194 337 421 501b 601 710
dla 118 200 07a 428 505a 604 710a
82 119 201 343 429 506 612 718
37 120 202 347a 430 507 613 715
40 120c 205 348 431 508 614 718
44 121 212 349 433 510 616 719
47 122 214 300 434 511 617 721
49 125b 219 259.1 443 518 619 721a
51 125 221 360 444 543a 620 721b
58 126 225 360a 447 519 622a 729
56 127 226 362 462 529 622b 739
58 130 258 364 456 530 622e 7484
63 132 263 365 458 540 624 746
64 133 267 366 461 546 627 751
65 135 269 367 462 552 631 756
67 137 271 368 464 5o2a 633 758
69 140 273 373 465 558 633.1 761
70 P44. 00 =-% BED >= 378¢ 466 560 641 761a

71 143 289 375 467 560a 766

VIII THE OOLOGIST

[| have the following North American Birds’ Eggs for

exchange for specimens desired by me.

4 1-7 263 1-4
NO) Ze 207 1-4
30a 7-1 269 1-3
47 1-3 271 1-4
49 2-2 9-3 273 124
Os al -2 289 1-20
HO Ue 280a I-12
74 1-2 2ialaal 28
76 I-1 316 2-2
79 I-t Wonisn ibe]
86 I-I 326 1-2
106 I-I 333 2-4
108 I-I 2301 1-2
115.0 4-1 2320b 1-2 ies
nie tet 337 1-2
118 1-4 337b 3-2
120) 1-2 BA es
I20C 2 4 2-5 360 1-3
125 I-1 304 4-2 2-3
12 OMl-2 7-3 AGIs 15%
12 2-0 306 1-2
140 1-6 207 2-3
144 I-Il Sow) sie ae 5)
I5Q I-I 375 1-2
172 I-I 378a 2-4 2-5
IOI 1-5 385 2-4
201 I-4 368 1-2
202 2-3 390 1-5
208 I-10 406 1-4
214 I-7 AN 6
2Oe- 71-8 Ale aly
222 I-12

A. O. U. Nos.

4l7 J-1 5QIC 1-3
420b 1-2 593 1-3
429 n-I n-2 593C 2-4
430 2n-2 593d 1-3
431 2n-I 2n-2 594 2-4
443 1-5 595 1-4
444 1-4 598 1-3
1.447 1-3 599 1-4
457 1-3 GOI 1-4.
458a 1-3 604 1-3
401 1-3 612 1-5
462 1-3 613 1-5
466 1-2 614 1-5
467 1-4 616 1-4 1-5
481 1-4 622b 1-6
493 1-4 624 1-3
505 1-5 6271-3
506 I-5 631 Ime
507 1-4 652 1-3
508 I-4 ©3741-2
5 1OMEb eto 703a I-3
512 1-3 1-4 700 1-3 1-4
Esa 707 1-4
519 1-4 I-5 710 1-2 1-4
529 1-5 713 1-4
530 1-5 721f 1-5
531 1-5 743a 1-0
552 1-4 740 1-4
552a 1-4 [bie os
560 1-4 766 1-5
563 1-4

If you need any of them send me your bid with a

notation of your selection.

R. M. BARNES,

Lacon, Il.

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WHOLE No. 290

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vertiser and yourself.

_ We will not advertise the skins, nests, eggs, or mounted specimens of North American
Birds for sale. These columns are for the use of those desiring to make bona fide exchanges
of such specimens for scientific collecting purposes only.—EDITOR.

BIRDS

WANTED-—Live American Wild Trumpet-
er Swan. R.M. Barnes. Lacon, II!

WANTED.—First class skins of 762, 745,
739, 737, 715, 682, 669, 666, 664,651, and many
others. Collectors kindly send lists. Also
for my list of duplicates. C. W. CHAMBER.
LAIN, 36 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. (*2)

Owing to limited space, will dispose of my
duplicate mounted birds, mostly game, some
scarce. Send stamp for list. Be quick.
RUSSELL SMITH, Edge Hill, Pa. (1-p)

TO EXCHANGE—Squirrel skins, fox, grey,
red. Also Weasel, Muskrat and bird skius.
Desire bird skins. Mounted birds and books
on birds. O. M. GREENWOOD, Manchester,
Iowa. 840 E. Main St. (*1)

WANTED.—Wild ducks, geese, quail, eggs.
fresh for setting, or live birds, ringtail, bob-
cats, squirrels, foxes, eagles, big snakes, alive
or mountable skins, Indian relics, pistols,
shells, minerals, fossils, mounted specimens
of birds, mammals in meat. Offer fine line
of curios, stamps, minerals, fossils, shells or
cash. DEAN’S NATURAL SCIENCH ES-
TABLISHMENT, Alliance, Ohio. (*1)

WANTED.—A Iman who loves birds and
mammals, out door life, etc., to join me in
creating the largest game farm on the East
Coast. Have already, land, some _ stock
equipment, experience. H. H. BAILEY,
Newport News, Va. ()

FOR EXCHANGE:—Many kinds of bird
skins and eggs, also four young Great Horned
Owls and two young Red Foxes. DR. W. 5S.
STRODE, Lewistown, Ills. (41)

RIDGEWAY’S MANUAL FOR SALE.—
Pub. 1887. Good as new. Wanted, the fellow-
ing skins. Barrows Golden Eye, Cinnamon
Teai, Pacific Eider, Masked Duck. ALBERT
LANO, Excelsior, Minn. *1)

EGGS

In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss, as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

(ee ee eee
Nests witn and without sets wanted. Can
se oiany common yariet:es; have you any
eptileeggs? J.P. BALL, M. D., Frankford,
Philadelphia, Penns. (11-11)

7 i999

\Mo:
Séional i ysevt-

II THE OOLOGIST

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets:
Nos. 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list.
J. S. APPLETON. Simi, Ventura Co.. Cal.

TO EXCHANGE—Sets with data, North
American and Foreign. Can use many com-
mon kinds of both. Dr. T. W. RICHARDS
o ei Navy, 1911 N. St., N. W., Washington

WANTED—Nests of the Cliff Swallow;
offer eggs or cash. I have a small supply of
Stilbite from the extinct Frankford Quarry
to trade for sets. J. P. BALL, M. D., Frank-
ford, Philadelphia, Pa. (4-p)

WANTED—Two sets B. G. Gnatcatcher
fives preferred. Also set of 6to 8 Barn Owls:
List of Illinois collected sets for exchange.
Have 100 fine sets for exchange. A111 different.
ISAAC BE. HESS, Philo, Ill. (1-p)

KHXCHANGE.—A tine series of ten of the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska. I
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many others,
EK. BROWN, 6044 Ist Ave.. No. W. Sta. F.
Seattle, Wash.

o

Collector personally taken specimens only
(has permit) would locate in situ one or two
sets Barred and Great Horned Owl. Within
about hundred miles of Chicago, Ills. E.R.
LEED 4816 N. Winchester Ave., Chicago,

S. (*)

I wish to inform all who wrote me for eggs
last year that I disposed of mine just after
the advertisement appeared in the Oologist.
I will be pleased to hear from all collectors
again as I have fine sets taken this spring
with data from this Northern country. Let
now your wants. GUS KROSSA, even

a. (

Fine Quartered Oak Cabinet suitable for
eggs, skins, shells, etc., contains sixteen
drawers ranging in depth from 23 to7i inches.
Cost $50 to bu‘ld. Will exchange for good
bird books, strictly Al, sets of Raptures or
waders or will sell cheap for cash. Write for
complete description. LUCIUS H, PAUL,
Newark, N. Y., 59 W. Miller St. (1-p)

’ Old, as well as new, oological friends are
requested to submit lists of wants from
Southern Texas. Great care in preparation of
specimens and extra full data always. kggs
of edible Diamond-backed Terrapin for
propagating purposes. E. F. POPE, Port
Bolivar, Texas. (9)

_ Send for samples of standard bird egg and
bird skin labels. The Kelso Press, Highland

Park, Ills. Letter Heads, Envelopes, etc.
HENRY COALE, JR.) Proprietor, Highland
Park, Ills. (li

I have for exchange for sets or books, extra
choice sets of Osprey and Pine Warblers with
nests, many others of less value. a dale
BAILEY, Newport News, Va. ()

I am a collector and want to exchange with
Oologists in North America and other
countries. I have a large stock of exchange
in fine sets, from Europe, Asia, and Palae-
arctic and Mediterranean region. Send your
listand terms. R. SCHMIDT, Mahndorferstr
20, Halberstadt, Germany. (*1)

Have_ sets of Long-eared Owls, Ferug
Rough-legged Hawk. Am. Goshawk, and
many water birds. Sets all with data from
far north. Let’s hear from all interested.
GUS KROSSA. Leduc, Alta. (2)

Rare sets of Land Bird’s Eggs always ap-
peal to me; and in return I can quote such
species as—34, 60.1, 81, 82, 92.1, 95, 96. 114, 116,
123, 129, 130, 147, 148, 178, 192. 206. 182, 274, 293a,
295, 327, 330, 343, 352, 356, 354, 354a, 359, 376, 384

389, 391, 445, 639, 654a. etc. etc. Full list.
THOMAS H. JACKSON, 304 N. Franklin St..
West Chester, Pa. (2-p)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Sets of Sea Birds’ eg:
such as 12-13-30-31-32-40-42-43-56-64-65-71-80- Sie <0.
104-114.1-115-116-117-119-125-126-127-159 and many
others. Wanted, sets of common land birds,
any kind except: 444-456-477-488-495-507-510-511-
560-563-581-593-612- 613-616-652-683-704-705 - 721 - 725-
755-761-766. These are so common as to be of
little use to collectors, then why take them?
You had better let the eggs hatch into useful
songst-rs. W.RAINE,50 Waverley Rd, Kew
Beach, Toronto, Canada.

WANTED.— Full and finely prepared
clutches of A. O. U. Nos. 261, 274, 277a, 277, 281.
Offer perfect fine sets of equal value or better
as 139, 141, 142, 172, 480, 492, 562, 665, ete. Will
give in exchange first class sets of eggs as 53,
225, 226, 480. etc, for A 1 nests of the following
A. O. U. Nos. 444. 446. 449, 452, 456, 459, 471, 474,
474b, 474e. 477. 481, 482, 483, 494, 598, 598c, 598d,
598f, 500, 501, 501c. 5038, 505, 505a, 508, 511, 5lla,
51lb, 513, 518a, 547, 549, 552, 554, 578, 581c, 581d,
58le, 681L, 581m, 584, 588, 588b, 591. 591b. 591c, 592,
593, 593¢, 597a, 617, 620, 622b, 703a, 705, 706, 707,
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The well known Naturalist Ottomar Reinecke, of Buffalo, N. Y.-

292 THE OOLOWUIST

Ottomar Reinecke.

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June.

This month is largely given over to
the Warblers. May is the typical
Warbler month; June belongs ordinar-
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reason or other our observing friends
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Notes.

Richard C. Harlow of the State Col-
lege of Pennsylvania, well known to
the readers of The Oologist, was a
caller on our friend, H. W. Campbell of
Pittston, Pennsylvania, April 25th,
where he went to look up matters re-
lating to Duck hawks.

Campbell reports taking an adult
male and an adult female and a 1911
young female of the Canvasback, com-
pleting his series of this interesting
bird.

je ee
Some Curious Finds for 1307.

While walking over a bank near the
roadside on May loth, a Song sparrow
fluttered out of the weeds at my foot,
and after running along the ground
for a few feet, flew into a small bush.
From the birds actions I knew that
there must be a nest close by, but a
seareh over ten or twelve feet on
every side failed to reveal the home of
Mrs. Melospiza. This aroused my in-
terest sufficiently to want that nest
whether unusual or not, so the search
was repeated, this time with success.
The nest had been constructed in a
tomato can, the one place that J had
failed to look through my own lack
of brain power! The top of the can
had been cut half way round and then
bent up, thus forming a convenient
roof over the front door. I left the
eggs and nest, however, as the former,
four in number, were far advanced in
incubation.

On the 16th of May, I flushed a
Robin from her nest and two eggs on
the ground, close to a stone wall. The
eges were just hatching, and were ly-
ing upon the grass which had been
slightly rounded into a poor excuse
for a nest. Several days later, a
Garter snake had a good square meal.

On August seventh I removed a
bird box, which had been occupied
by House wrens, from the porch. Up-
on opening it, what was my surprise to
find that it contained ten eggs, slight-
ly nest stained, but otherwise in good
condition. The birds were constantly
at the box during the spring and sum-
mer, and why they did not hatch this
set is more than I can say. Incuba-
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eggs. Perhaps they were all infertile.
This is unlikely as the birds raised
a first brood to my definite knowledge
earlier in the year. The eggs are all
very small, measuring .60x .45. They
are pinkish white, well covered with
tiny specks of pinkish brown.

September 14th, while tramping
cross country, found a nest of the
Least Flycatcher, (Empidonax mini-
mus) placed in the crotch of a maple
sapling close to a road and about ten
feet from the ground. The nest con-
tained three, half grown young.
There were probably fresh eggs in
this nest about the last of August
which would be the latest date in my
records of this bird’s breeding.

What time do the birds begin to sing
in the morning? The following notes
upon this subject were recorded on
the mornings of June 14, 15, 16 and
17th, 1907, and although the birds
would sometimes vary a minute or so
from the times given below, the order
of the singers was found to be the
same on each successive morning,
starting with the Robin and ending
with the Yellow warbler.

BIRD I4th. 15th. 16th.
American Robin...... BEG Ate aap RAN mae

Black-billed cuckoo..3:27 3:27 3:28 3:28
Chipping Sparrow....3:30 3:30 3:30-3:30

Wood Thrush......... 3:45 3:46 3:47 3:48
(OUI E ETH (0 Iba were Paterna ra Peercths 15! mays 290 3:51
Chimney Swifts....... Left chimney each
morning at 3.52
House Wren..........- 4:06 4:07 4:07 4:08
Yellow Warbler.......4:30 4:30 4:30 4:30

After 4:30 a. m. it was impossible te
distinguish between the various voices
in the great chorus of birds. Obser-
vations of this nature must be taken
near the middle of June when there
is little or no change in the time of

the dawn on each day that the notes

are taken. Paul G. Howes.
2<P >

Fall Migration Notes

At Bloomfield, N. J.
August 23, 1911. A Migrant Shrike
appeared here today for the first time
on record. The bird was an adult male

in full plumage and was perched upon
a telephone wire over an open field
near southern end of town. The bird
displayed but little fear of man as I
approached within twenty feet of him
before he arose into the air and flew
off about three yards onto the same
wire.

August 27, 1911. An adult male
Blackburnian Warbler appeared here
in a thicket at the southern end of
Bloomfield in company with several
Redstarts and a Black and White
Warbler. This is an unusual bird lo-
cally.

August 30, 1911. A male Migrant
Shrike was found today in Branch
Brook Park in the southern section
along west shore of lake. Cliff Swal-
lows were very common here today
over this lake.

September 2, 1911. An Osprey ap-
peared locally for the first time. Bird
was an adult and was perched upon
a low stump near stream flowing from
Davey’s Pond, a small pond in north-
ern end of town.

September 10, 1911.
lina Wren, a rather
here, appeared today in thicket near
Hast Orange line. First of this spe
cies seen locally since August 7, 1910.

September 11, 1911. A female
Blackburnian Warbler found in this
same thicket today.

September 24, 1911. Two male Pied-
bill Grebes found at Pompton Lakes,
in Passaic Co. Both birds were adults
in full plumage. -

October 8, 1911. Pine Warblers,
Pipits and Wood Thrushes very com-
mon at Pompton Lakes today. Another
male Pied-bill Grebe found on Pomp-
ton Lake.

October 25, 1911. Another male
Carolina Wren appeared in same place
as one found on September 10th. This
bird sang continually from noon until
nightfall when it disappeared.

A male Caro-
uncommon bird

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Nest and Eggs of White-eyed Towhee
—Photo by O. EH. Baynard.

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November 19, 1911. A Catbird was
found in Branch Brook Park at noon
among the low shrubbery. This is an
unusually late record for this bird lo-
cally. The latest previous record was
made on October 23d, 1903, twenty-
seven days earlier than that of today.
The bird was feeding upon the few
bay-berries and other available food
which remained and appeared very
contented.

Louis S. Kohler.
pe
From Texas.

On two different occasions this
spring I have found American Crow
nests containing, respectively, seven
eggs and four young just hatched and
three eggs ready to hatch. This is
the only instances under my obser-
vation in twenty-five years where
there was more than six in a clutch.
Is it out of the ordinary?

For the last two or three weeks I
have been watching a female English
Sparrow on the streets of Vernon.
This bird has a white head and about
half down the neck is white. A glance
at it reminds one of the head of a Scis
sortail flycatcher with a Sparrow body.
She has a nest in the cornice of a
brick building and I am watching for
harvest. R. L. Moore.
Vernon, Texas.

Be es
Some Rareties.

Some time in the latter part of the
’*80ec one of our neighbors shot two
Swans on a large marsh four miles
south of Columbus, Wisconsin. Both
were fine specimens and were mount-
ed by a local taxidermist, and were
on exhibition in the window of a hard-
ware store for several years.

In the early ’*90s a Bald Eagle in
second Year plumage was shot by an-
other neighbor, and was also mounted
and kept in a market a number of
years.

And in 1898 a Golden Eagle, a sup-
berb specimen when first taken was
kept for over a year in a cage by a
local saloon keeper. In 1904 or 5 a
Columbus party had two eagles con-
fined but I never got to see what spe-
cies they were, they were later mur-
dered and mounted.

During the summer of 1891 or 2, I
cannot now say which, I saw my last
Passenger Pigeon, a lone bird, sit-
ting in the top of a dead tree near
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Late in the winter of 1903 I saw for
several days a large Snowy Owl.

Also in the late ’80s at about the
time the above mentioned swans
were shot, a number of White Herons
(American Egrets) (Editor) were shot
from a flock at Fall River Pond, near
here.

George W. H. Vos Burgh.

Oi

Nesting of the Black Throated Warbler
In East Berlin, Conn.

This summer for the first time I be-
came acquainted with the nesting
habits of the Black-throated green
warbler, a bird that is not commonly
met with on account of its haunts be-
ing located, chiefly in dense hemlock ~*
or pine woods.

It was in the early part of June
that I discovered a pair of these pret-
ty warblers, by hearing their scngs,
which is a harsh zee repeated four
or five times. Assuming that they
must be nesting in this locality I made
a thorough search of the immediate
surroundings but was unable to locate
their nest.

A few days later, on the 11th of
June I made another visit to this place
and further on in the dense hemlock
woods I heard the song of several of
these birds and after carefully search-
ing the lower branches of the trees I
was rewarded by finding a nest con-

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Nest and Eggs of Pine Woods Sparrow
—Photo by O. EH. Baynard.

neigh ey kth ace

THE OOLOGIST 297

taining four fresh eggs, Wwreathed
about the larger end with beautiful
markings of chocolate brown and lilac.
After carefully examining the nest and
eggs I withdrew to a secluded spot
nearby and waited for the return of
the bird, which within five minutes
time stole quietly back to the nest.
I then crept up so close to the nest
that I could of reached out my hand
and touched the bird, had it not been
for frightening her.

She was a beautiful little bird, being
olive green on the back shading into
greenish yellow on the throat and
cheeks, having a slight band of black
on the breast, small white wing bars
and tail notches.

The nest was composed of fine dead
hemlock twigs and strips of bark,
fine dead grasses, hair and a jew feath-
ers. It was saddled on the horizontal
limb of a large hemlock tree, eleven
feet above the ground, and ten feet
out from the body of the tree, located
beside an old wood road.

Two weeks later on the 25th of
June I found another nest built on the
lower branches of a hemlock overhang-
ing a small brook at the foot of a
ravine, and about fifty rods below the
first nest. It contained your young,
only a few days old. The parent bird
made frequent visits to the nest with
food, which gave me a good oppor-
tunity of studying her at close range.

It is usually quite difficult to get in
close view of these little warblers, as
they seem to spend most of their time
high up on coniferous trees, the dense
foliage keeping them well hidden from
view, while they continually render
their sharp little notes, as described
above. C. G. Hart.

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Civilization and the Green Heron.
It is curious and interesting to note
the effect that civilization is having
upon the Green heron, Butorides vires-

cens, and its nesting habits in this lo-
cality, where it breeds quite commonly
in suitable situations.

Some years ago, when there were
few residents living outside of what
was then the small town of Stamford,
the Green heron nested freely, plac-
ing its nest in such low places that
climbing was quite unnecessary. The
data of a set in my collection, taken
on May 14, 1897 reads: Four eggs,
incubation begun. Nest placed on a
dry mound in a swamp. Composed of
sticks and old reeds. To quote an-
other—May 6, 1898. Four fresh eggs,
nest a frail platferm of twigs, placed
on a tussuck in a Swamp, twelve
inches above the ground.

These sets were taken fourteen and
thirteen years ago respectively. As
the country became more settled in
the neighborhood of the herons’ fav-
orite haunts, the birds kept placing
their nests at higher elevations as will
be seen by the following data of two
sets taken by the writer in 1907. No.
I, May 12; 1907. Siw fresh eggs.
Nest in Red cedar, twenty feet from
the ground and close to the main
trunk. Composed of small twigs with
a slight cavity in the center. HEggs
could be seen from the ground
through bottom of nest. Birds de-
serted after laying second egg. No.
2, May 31, 1907. Four eggs, incuba-
tion 1-3 advanced. Nest twenty-five
feet from the ground in a Red cedar.
Constructed of twigs with slight hol-
low at one side for eggs. Solid enough,
however, to prevent their being seen
from the ground.

These 1907 nests were the last easy
ones to reach. In 1908, 1909, 1910 and
1911 the nests were placed in maple
trees, so high up and among such
slender branches that it was not worth
the risk to life and limb to go after
them. One of these nests must have

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Nest and Eags of Southern Yellow-throat
—Photo by O. EH. Baynard.

THE OOLOGIST 299

been at least fifty-five, or sixty feet
from the ground. On climbing near
enough to get a glimpse of it, I was
surprised to find that although it sway-
ed back and forth in the slightest
breeze, it did not seem to be any more
carefully constructed than those nests
of yore, which were but a heap of
twigs upon a tussuck. Civilization has
not routed the herons, but simply
changed their nesting habits.
Paul G. Howes.

Se se lee ES
The Bewick’s Wren.

In southwestern Pennsylvania the
Bewick’s Wren must generally be con-
sidered a summer resident, although
during certain winters a few may be
found about barnyards where outbuild-
ings afford them sufficient protection
against the wintry chill.

This little wren may be seen espe-
cially during the warmer days of late
March and early April; for then he
becomes especially diligent. He creeps
about fences; crawls in and out of
brush heaps; hops about on the
ground and now and then mounts to
some higher fence rail, or any con-
venient projection, from which he
sends forth a beautiful song.

His most common note is simply a
short ‘plit’ which is either uttered

as a single note or as a succession .

of “plits.’ This note he generally
utters while busily engaged in search-
ing for food. While creeping about
he very often jerks his tail in a pe-
culiar manner at the same time utter-
ing his peculiar note. He is very ner-
vous and seldom, indeed, do we find
him at rest; even while perched for
a song he will jump back and forth
as though he intended flying.

The food of this wren consists en-
tirely of insects—spiders and their
eggs being the most common diet.
These they gather from crevices in
fence rails, under the bark of trees

or about buildings; they also procure
some food from the ground.

They are sociable bits of bird life
and enjoy spending much of their time
about farm houses and barn yards. At
least that is where we often see them.
In Greene County they seem to pre-
fer the higher ground i. e. the tops of
ridges and hills which abound in this
section.

Some, it is true, are found inhabit-
ing the creek valleys, but few in com-
parison with the number found in the
above situation. Why they prefer the
higher ground I have never been able
to discover. Probably the higher
ground contains a more abundant food
supply.

Nest building begins late in April—
usually about the 20th of that month.
At this time they are very busy little
fellows, carrying building material.
Nests consist of small twigs, hay, dry
grass, rootlets and sometimes moss
and leaves; well lined with poultry
feathers and horse hair. The sites
chosen vary greatly and they range
from an old pair of trousers or a hat
to a tin can. To my knowledge the
commonest places for nests are small
out houses: corn cribs, barns, sheds,
etc. In these they select some con
venient nook and therein construct the
nest. These may be either large and
bulky or frail, as best suits the crev-
ice wherein they build. Many nests
are rather neat while the interior is
always smoothly lined with soft ma-
terial.

From five to eight eggs are deposit-
ed; the time usually being the first
week in May. These are white, much
speckled with reddish brown; some
being spotted.

I have examined a _ considerable
number of nests and none contained
more than eight eggs; seven seemed
to be the common number to each set.

800

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Nest and Eggs of Florida Meadow Lark
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THE OOLOGIST 3801

The female sits closely on these and
seldom leaves the nest except for food
and water. The male bird brings her
considerable food. In about ten days
the eggs hatch and you may be sure
the parents are very busy; for they
gather many ‘insects with which to
feed the young. The young grow
rapidly and are soon strong enough
to follow the mother about in search
of food. It is a pleasing sight to watch
a family of these wrens as they fol-
low their mother. They, like other
babies, quarrel at times and it is then
that we hear their cross little scolding
notes; and also the equally cross note
of their mother who seems to be rep-
rimanding them. We must, though,
consider them as gentle little birds
and encourage them to live near us
for they are exceedingly beneficial
creatures.

S. S. Dickey.
Washington, Pa.

a SA er Se EPR Re Rr
The Increase and Decrease of Birds.
By John D. Kuser, Bernardsville, N. J.

One of the great questions in the
bird world is: Are birds increasing
or decreasing in numbers? There is
no doubt that some are rapidly becom-
ing extinct, whereas those birds which
adapt themselves to civilization are
becoming more numerous. In the fol-
lowing paragraphs [I have taken up
the status as to whether, from my ob-
servations, I think the different spe-
cies of birds are becoming scarcer or
more abundant in Bernardsville, in
the northern central part of New Jer-
sey.

The following are rapidly increas-
ing: Turkey Vultures, Starlings, (a
few seen in 1908, in 1909 they were
more frequent and several large flocks
were seen in 1910, also several nests
being recorded in the latter year).
English Sparrows, Robins, Bluebirds,
Meadowlarks (one heard in mid-win-

ter), Song and Chipping Sparrows
and Chimney Swifts.

Those which show a steady increase
though not so rapid a one as the above
mentioned are: Pheasants (about 100
of these birds have been annually lib-
erated for several years, but it is a
question that if no more were let out
whether the birds would increase. Sev-
eral nests have been recorded), Os-
preys, Sparrow Hawks, Orioles, Gold-
finches, Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers (ex-
cept the red-head, which is rare),
Blackbirds, Jays, Crows, Mallards
(several pairs of which were liberated
a few years ago and there is now a
flock of a dozen or more), Great-blue,
Black-crowned Night, and Green Her-
ons, Flycatchers, Towhees, Red-eyed,
Yellow-throated and Warbling Vireos,
Black and White, Chestnut-sided and

Yellow Warblers, Ovenbirds, Mary-
land Yellow-throats, House Wrens
(formerly rare, have become more

common during the past two years),
White-breasted Nuthatches.

The birds which seem to remain
about the same in numbers, neither in-.
creasing or decreasing, are: Morning
Doves, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, and
Marsh Hawks (all of these Hawks
are only occasional), Screech Owls,
Hummingbirds, Swamp Sparrows, In-
digo Buntings, Rough-winged Swal-
lows, Cedar Waxwings, Water-
thrushes, Catbirds, Chickadees and
Wood Thrushes.

The slowly decreasing birds are as
follows: Hawks of the Genus Accip-
ter, Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Vesper,
Field and Grasshopper Sparrows,
Cliff, Tree and Bank Swallows (none
of the last named have been seen for
two years, but formerly they were oc-
casional), Brown Thrashers (only a
few seen in 1910 and in 1911 they were
even scarcer than in the previous
year) and all the Thrushes not al-
ready mentioned.

302 THE OOLOGIST

The following birds are rapidly de-

creasing: Shore birds of the order
Limicolae, Ruffed Grouse and Bob-
whites.

ee a Se
The Cerulean Warbler
Greene Co., Pennsylvania.

One dark rainy day early in May,
while afield in search of nests of the
Blue gray Gnatcatchers, I came to the
edge of a small quadrilateral wood
which covered part of the ridge of a
high hill, as I entered the North-east
corner of the wood the peculiar notes
of these birds could be heard in the
tops of some tall white oak trees near-
by.

They flitted away, and I tried to fol-
low two of them but found it quite a
difficult task and soon lost sight of
them. Returning to the place where
they were first seen, I waited a few
moments, and caught sight of a small
bluish gray bird with building mater-
ial in its bill, flitting about through
the oaks. It went to a long horizontal
limb about 40 feet up in a medium
sized white oak tree which stood just
inside the wood, and began weaving
the bits of building material about the
limb.

Returning to the same place May
24th no Gnatcatchers were seen nor
could I see the nest, which is general-
ly visible from the ground.

However I went up the tree and as
I approached the limb a nest could
be plainly seen, but a strange one it
was,—much like a Redstart’s, but the
bird was no Redstart. She sat close-
ly, and only left the nest when [ put
a long branch with a nest fork on its
end, out to collect the nest, then I
saw that it was a Cerulean Warbler.

Upon securing the nest I found it to
contain four eggs of the Warbler and
one of the Cowbird, which afterward
proved to be slightly incubated.

The female bird soon returned ac-

Nesting in

companied by the bright blue male,
who made considerable fuss at finding
his home gone.

This was the first nest of the Ceru-
lean Warbler found in this part of the
state, so it is needless to say that I
was much pleased with it. This nest
is found recorded by Jacobs in Champ-
man’s “Warblers of North America.”

Since discovering the above nest I
have, at several different times seen
the Warblers as late as May 30th and
found nests which were blown out dur-
ing storms.

Undoubtedly a few pairs of these
Warblers remain with us every spring
but owing to their habit of staying in
the tree tops they are very seldom
seen. S. S. Dickey.
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

ii 9
The Kentucky Warbler.

Of all our native birds none bring
back more delightful memories than
do the Kentucky Warblers. Many
hours spent on wooded hillsides or
dark ravines present themselves and
make pleasant, dreary winter evenings
when the woods and fields are cold
and bare.

Some nests were built on weedy
flats, high up on wooded hillsides,
while others were found on level
patches at the bottoms of deep hol-
lows.

After their arrival from the South
the Kentucky Warbler spends some
time flitting about the woods chirping
and feeding before commencing the
serious work of nest building. About
the 15th of May they usually start to
construct their cozy nest. Leaves,
weeds, stalks, horse hair and other
minor material are carried to the base
of a bunch of weeds, May apple stalks,
or sapling growing on a level space,
generally near a patch or an open
place in the woods, although a few

THE OOLOGIST 303

are found in the densest and darkest
recesses of the forest.

The female deposits four or five
small white eggs speckled with redish
brown and quite often the disliked
Cowbird adds one of hers for good
measure.

Sets are commonly completed by the
25th of May, and then our presence in
the vicinity is objected to by vigorous
chirpings. Even though we be con-
siderable distance from their abode
they seem to fear us, and flitting about
in the dense foliage, slyly keep out of
sight, but continually chirp.

Early one beautiful morning in May
after careful searching I was able to
discover five nests in a single stretch
of wooded land high up on a hillside.

I have found many nests by locating
the chirping of the birds, then careful-
ly searching the level places nearby.
Some have hidden their nests so com-
pletely that I have failed to find them.
However I have been fortunate enough
to find a sufficient number for careful
study.

S. S. Dickey.
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

Kentucky Warblers.

My first set of Kentucky Warblers
was found May 30, 1899 in Chester
County, Pennsylvania. At that time I
called it Maryland Yellow-throat and
did not know the difference until one
day while in West Chester, I called
on Mr. Ladd and he told me my set
was Kentucky Warbler.

_I prized the set highly as it was my
first, and kept it in a tray in one cor-
ner of my drawer with other Warbler
sets.

One night I had the drawer out of
the cabinet on the table admiring the
eggs when my daughter came up stairs
with our pet cat. The cat had a habit
of jumping on the table whenever she
came in the room, and when she got

close enough, made a spring for the
table. My daughter held on to her
the best she could, but one paw land-
ed squarely on the set of four Ken-
tucky Warblers, and broke three eggs.

It did not take me long to see what
the damage was, and I immediately.
got busy and showed the cat my indig-
nation at her imprudent action.

I hollowed first, and as the cat,
frightened at my look and actions,
started for the door. I grabbed a ten
pound hassock and hurled it with all
my force at her as she rounded the
corner.

I regretted the loss very much, as I
was afraid I would never be able to
find another set.

June 24, 1900, I found a nest with
one addled egg and four young, by
watching the parent birds as they
went closer and closer to the nest un-
til I located it at the base of a bush in
a hollow of the woods near a stream.

June 21, 1903, I found 1-2 with one
Cowbird. The female flew from the
nest as I was walking along a path in

the woods. Nest was at the base of a
bush.
June 3, 1906, I found 1-3 at Pocop-

son, Pa., in a hollow of the woods near
a parth at the base of a bush.

May 31, 1909; I found 1-4 and one
Cowbird at Pocopson, Pa., in a hol-
low of the woods near a road at the
base of a bush.

June 4, 1910, I found 1-5, my first
fine perfect set near Wilmington, Del-
aware, in a hollow of the woods at the
base of a bunch of weeds. I flushed
the female as I went over the ground
with my stick, and as she sneaked
away among the grass, I located the
nest near my feet. The nest was
nicely lined with black horse hair.

‘June 15, 1910, I found 1-4 near Wil-
mington, Delaware on the ground in
the forks of a bunch of bushes. I lo-

304 :

cated the nest before the birds had
finished it. The eggs were very pret-
ty, elongated in shape and marked
with brown spots and blotches, nearly
all over the eggs.

May 27, 1911, I found 1-5 near Wil-
mington, Delaware, on the ground at
the base of a very small bush. I flush-
ed the female as I went through the
woods, the eggs were fresh, marked
with small spots of brown.

All my Kentucky Warbler sets were
found near Wilmington, Delaware, but
the two in Pennsylvania.

T have found four nests with young,
and three empty in the past ten years.

They are always to be found
around here in the nesting season, a
pair generally in every low woods.

Saturday, June 10, 1911, I was out
in the woods in the afternoon, and
while sitting on the brow of a hill,
looking at the beautiful scenery, I
heard the notes of a Kentucky Warb-
ler.

The bright rays of the noon-day
sun penetrated the green foliage of
the tree tops and made a picture that
only nature could portray.

The day was fine, the air bracing,
and all nature seemed to be dressed in
its finest raiment.

Through the gentle breeze, I could
hear the call of the male Kentucky
Warbler as he sent notes of warning
to his mate who was concealed among
the weeds some where within sound.

My desire to find the nest was par-
amount, but where to look was hard
to decide, as the low woods covered a
wide expanse.

With stick in hand, and body bent,
I parted the weeds as I went from
bush to bush, covering all the ground
that seemed most likely for a nesting
site and found nothing.

Patience and perseverance brings
its reward in most cases, and after an
hour’s work, I found the female at

THE OOLOGIST

home attending to her domestic du-
ties. As I parted the weeds at the
base of a small bush, I could see her
outstretched neck as she leaned for-
ward to ascertain the cause of the
rustling noise I made in approaching
the nest.

The next move she was gone, and
lying in the hollow of the nest were
five white eggs, sparingly marked
with brown at the large end.

Nest was made of leaves, dead
grasses, twigs and lined with rootlets.
I have several sets in my collection
and find the eggs vary greatly. Some
are rounded oval in shape, while oth-
ers are elongated. Some are profuse-
ly marked nearly all over with spots
and blotches of brown, while others
are nearly plain.

Some of the nests are lined with
black horse hair, some with black
rootlets, and some with rootlets of a
lighter color.

EK. P. Darlington.
Wilmington, Delaware.

—_— Oo

Books Received.
The Museum News, Volume 7 No. 8,

May, 1912; published by the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Science.

This issue of the News contains an
exhaustive paper on “The Birds of
Prospect Park, Brooklyn,” by Robert
Cushman Murphy, and is a carefully
prepared review of the subject of
which it treats.

The English Sparrow as a Pest, U.
S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Bul-
letin No. 493, by Ned Dearborn. WNeed-
less to say this, as anything else pre
pared by Mr. Dearborn is a valuable
contribution to the subject of which
it treats, giving among other things,
particular directions relating to the
trapping of Sparrows. Nothing that
could be said against this avian rat nor
printed, that would tend to assist in

a

2 a aan ~ is

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its destruction but that would suit the
writer.

Some Common Game, Aquatic and
Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man,
by William L. McAtee and F. E. L.
Beale, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
Farmers Bulletin No. 497. A _ thirty-
page paper treating of a number of
well known birds such as the Prairie
Chicken, California Quail, Ruffed
Grouse, Upland Plover, Killdeer, Horn-
ed Grebe, Franklin’s Gull, Common and
Black Tern, Cooper’s Rough-leg'ged
and Sparrow Hawk, and Screech Owl.
It is full of useful information relating
to these species.

The Mammals of Illinois and Wis-
consin, by Charles B. Corey, Curator
of the Department of Zoology.

This is Publication No. 53 Zoology
Series XI of the Field Museum of
Natural History. While it is not
strictly a bird publication, yet it is
full of information for all naturalists,
being a complete resume of the mam-
mals found within the territory cover-
ed, occupying 452 pages, very fully
illustrated, and coming as it does from
the pen of one who stands at the very
forefront of this kind of research, will
like its companion book, The Birds of
Illinois and Wisconsin, take and main-
tain rank as a standard upon the sub-
ject of which it treats for many years
to come. It is a credit to the institu-
tion as well as to the author.

Birds of Douglas County, South Da-
kota, by Alexander Walker and EHu-
gene C. Ford.

This little publication issued April
15, 1912, contains a list of the birds
found in Douglas County, South Da-
kota. While it does not pretend to be
a complete list, but “contains only
those species that we have personally

observed or know of their being found
here,” yet is without doubt a nearly
complete list, showing as it does, 134

species. Extensive notes relating to
31 species are added, together with il-
lustrations of the nests, eggs and
birds of a number of other varieties.
On the whole, the publication is one
that is creditable to the authors.
However, the scientific appearance of
the same is detracted from by the ad-
dition of eight pages of advertising
matter.
> —___-__

Professor Wilson Tout, City Super-
intendent of schools at North Platte,
Nebraska, sends us a _ postal card
showing what real practical bird work
in schools will do. It contains a like-
ness of a class of sixty-eight scholars
sitting on the steps of their splendid
school building, each of whom holds in
his hands, a bird house of varying con
structure for use this coming spring.
Would that every bird lover engaged
in school teaching in this country
would do likewise.

Mr. Haton’s statement as quoted in

Burn’s “Monograph on Broadwing
Hawk’; See—Wilson Bulletin—last
number, i. e., “do not breed in Mon-
roe Co,” (N. Y.) is incorrect.

A pair of birds were shct in the

woods on farm owned by H. F. Wall-
er in the town of Chili, on May 30th,
1906. Were feeding young at the
time; taking young chickens from a
coop on the adjoining farm belonging
to, or at least occupied by J. Lesch. I
supposed I had reported this to Haton.
I positively identified the dead birds.
Ernest H. Short.
Rochester, N. Y.

Mr. J. H. Bowles writes from the
coast that he is just leaving for Ta-
coma and that on February 20th hum-
mingbirds were nesting. That up to
that time he had found five Anna’s
Hummers and four Allen's Hummers’
nests.

396 THE OOLOGIST

Comparison of the Arrival of Birds at Port Hope, Ontario
During 1911 and 1912.

1911 1912
Greya screech Owl. hecho: 42 Scenes + - «us 6 ae January 15th February 6th
@mirehkalde eve acto. ask te ccah seer Sarees Ooo ean oe coupe January 27th January 17th
Red-breasted Nuthatch ....................... January 28th January 6th
SlateuColored) JMMCO es sees = oes s- oekene February 3d March 14th
RTECS DALEOW \ ... siics s srtecuss ects nickah stents as) s- oieleh a toneue February 3d None seen
vemos Gnosbeaks oii «ci ae eee eters: = « ciekelole February 4th None seen
Downy. Woodpecker 2555556 eceeeee -- oe February 10th January 21st
Wahisttler Dae’ © .\cs) Se rerave sere eens 0 ce ehens February 18th January 18th
Bimen Grosbeak / 15 Ge% Seeks iercle eeteteeshs. <= 15 2 cen February 17th January 7th

February 19, 1911, found a mouse and a Chickadee impaled upon thorns, by
a Shrike.

1911 1912
(GO War eee Seca RS Se ee yeep ya! als ave ceriste February 26th March 3d
TAL OTRAVEY6 I WEN el ee err, ce no aie og oto 3 rio) 19 SHemeromeioseic February 25th April 8th
iBiroeyel \Wwataeech IRIE WWe 35 6n5o0oco>sscagpepouos 5 March 2d April 5th
Siellonreremliecl ney ot etecebeonooboscammoupoodc March 4th April 10th

(Do these birds ever come so far north in the spring? I am sure that is
what they are, as their plumage and manners refer exactly to the bird book.)

i19)i1 41 1912
EVO CIO OMe esac. ws cease, ete ee ar mee cutee eee Peteviare (205% aiccie coueu March 4th March 4th
@amiadaes Geese. ieee wir ae ie erence er ee ole lohe sueteae March 9th March 30th
ROTI BO, fellas ak ee eet ane Oe EE = 0. «ea. 0 ais beige March 13th March 30th
SOME TSONAtON Biap onto ee nec ob Odd 555 7 ome parr March 14th March 20th
Bit) ore see Re ene a Cet 5.5 3. 5 ei ra March 15th April 5th

1911 1912

TEMS) LEU a Lehane Renee ny eicht beolone g-c.S.clole co eRe color March 25th April 17th
WLEPIGION SIGN c eameaes eet arc ain taceen ce SSS o1so-6 SECO cS March 25th April 5th
RurpleiGuackle eae oieeseieieie = <fe iac March 29th April 9th
TRIG eet CR ee SOR oii Gem cic 5, Sic. ot eaeenee cheno March 31st March 30th
WeESOGr STATION Bao onaeaonodooococ se eemooDOn ac April ist April 12th
Pinging BIAGIO. ws oaanacanossocooud eee oaeca oc April ist April 10th
Wood duck, male and female ................. April 1st None seen
Wy ininreseunanyoel Slerllis Sh og 44acsa455+bogbeoscne April 1st May 1, 2 nests
Hooded Merganser ......-.-.------.+-...-«---» April 8th None seen
[EIN@S Gr Beak eos ated coeay Aes Slo doo oSclgmEmoe cies April 8th April 13th
Ruby-crowned Kinglet ..........-...-.......-- April 10th May ist
NVOOGHE CWC ie a oieiorenee al ae tree teiepeteyoss vos a. = Paqeoue April 10th None seen
Os Guero; Soeedesscne eo non 55 os co eEmEeooG So April 12th None seen
Mourning Dove ......-....2+se+eres---s--2-5-: April 16th None seen
Red-winged Blackbirds ....-.....------..----- April 16th March 30th
NBS eta) cS eh creer niese gone i 2 hat ce Sa ors ate ote eM April 16th April 30th
BiONANe GIANNIS Asin o ces Conceo Topo odgsUDmO oad April 17th May 2d
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ........-..........-. April 18th April 15th
miree Shrgullony soeconeccudgaaqoosssaudecosoogues April 18th None seen
Pum Wikies soo pdecodussoccbenuenbecooa4¢ April 19th April 6th
Baia. SiweMllow 5 bog dds bao sco bcoo lS opondoome aoe > April 19th May 2d
Gulls, flying over in the dark .......-.-------.. April 20th April 16th
WGC Rig SERRE COM CLs Gao da 0-6 SM Rein Garo Or April 25th None seen
Black and White Warbler ....-................ April 26th None seen
Spotted Sandpiper ...........-----------++-++-.- April 29th ' April 30th
Ghimmey Swift ..........sc2c-s-me e+ cee May ist May 3d
White Crowned and White Throated Sparrow...May 2d None seen
Brown Thrasher .........-.-c-sces-eeseeceece May 6th

Norman Haultain,
Port Hope, Ontario.

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VII

_Ihave the following North American Bird’s
Eggs for exchange for specimens desired by

me. A.O.U. Nos.

41-7 263 1-4 417 1-1 591¢ 1-3
16 2-1 267 1-4 420b 1-2 5931-3
30a 7-1 2691-3 429 n-1 n-2 593c 2-4
47 1-3 271 1-4 430 2n-2 593d. 1-3
49 2-29-3273 1-4 431 2n-1 2n-2 594 2-4
65 1-11-2 289 1-20 443 1-5 595 1-4
70 1-2 289a 1-12 444 1-4 598 1-3
74 1-2 311 1-3 1.447 1-3 599 1-4
76 1-1 316 2-2 457 1-3 601 1-4
79 1-1 325 1-1 458a 1-3 604 1-3
86 1-1 326 1-2 461 1-3 612 1-5

106 1-1 333 2-4 462 1-3 613 1-5
108 1-1 339 1-2 466 1-2 614 1-5
115.1 4-1 — 339b 1-21-3467 1-4 616 1-4 1-5
L17 1-1 337 1-2 481 1-4 622b 1-6
118 1-4 337b 3-2 493 1-4 624 1-3
120 1-2 343 1-3 505 1-5 627 1-3
120c 242-5 3601-3 506 1-5 6311-3
125 1-1 364 4-22-3 507 1-4 652 1-3
126 1-2 4-3 3651-2 508 1-4 687 1-3
132 1-9 366 1-2 510 1-5 1-6 703a 1-3
140 1-6 367 2-3 512 1-3 1-4 7061-3 1-4
1441-11 3.378c1-3 518 1-3 707 1-4
159 1-1 375 1-2 5191-41-5 7101-2 1-4
172 1-1 378a 2-4 2-5 529 1-5 713 1-4

19) 1-5 385 2-4 530 1-5 72\f 1-5
201 1-4 368 1-2 531 1-5 743a 1-6
202 2-3 300 1-5 552 1-4 746 1-4
208 1-10 406 1-4 552a 1-4 788 1-3
214 1-7 412 1-6 560 1-4 766 1-5
2191-7 1-8 4131-7 563 1-4

929 1-12

If you need any of them send me your bid
with a notation of your selection

R. M. BARNES

Lacon

ill.

VIII THE OOLOGIST
COLLECTORS, ATTENTION!

I will now make you a proposition the like of which you have never had.
You know since taking over THE OOLOGIST we have immensely increased
its circulation, standing, influence and appearance. It is now a journal of
recognized scientific rank. Many Libraries and most museums and scientific
Natural History Institutions in this country and Hurope are getting complete
files of this magazine.

You have no doubt, all noticed the great amount of space we have used in
the past couple of years in endeavoring to pick up back numbers to fill in
volumes.

Well, we now have a limited number of complete files and back num-
bers in complete volumes on hand. These we will dispose of for first class
sets of such eggs as are not listed in the following list, at one-third Lattin’s 1905
list price. This is an opportunity never before offered and one you should
accept at once, as the supply is exceedingly limited. The eggs I want must be ~
all strictly first class and accompanied by reliable data. JI cannot use any of
the following A. O. U. Nos.:

1 72 144 294 378 471 561 767
2 fe 146 294 378a 474b 581 659
3 75 147 297a 380 475 581m

4 76 155 300 388 476 584 681
6 el 160 301 390 481 587

7 79 167 302 406 487 d91b 683a,
9 86 172 302a 412 488 o9lc 684
11 90 182 305 413 495 593 687
12 93 184 dll 416 495a 598¢ 703
13 104 187 325 417 498 33/3) 704
16 106 188 326 420 498d 596 705
27 107 190 335 420a 500 598 706
30 116 191 306 420b 501 599 707
30a 117 194 307 421 501b 601 710
dla 118 200 337a 428 505a 604 710a
32 119 201 343 429 506 612... 2S
37 120 202 347a 430 507 613 715
40 120¢ 203 348 431 508 614 718
44 121 212 349 433 510 616 719
47 122 214 300 434 dll 617 721
49 123b 219 259.1 443 513 619 721a
51 125 221 360 444 543a 620 721b
53 126 225 360a 447 519 622a 729
56 127 226 362 462 529 622b 735
58 130 258 364 456 530 622e 743a
63 132 263 365 458 540 624 746
64 133 267 366 461 546 627 751
65 135 269 367 462 502 631 756
67 137 271 368 464 5o2a 633 758
69 140 273 373 465 508 633.1 761
Ose eal. 280 373¢ 466 560 641 761la

71 143 289 375 _ 467 060a 766

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Birds for sale.

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BIRDS

WANTED-—Live American Wild Trumpet-
er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, I11

EGGS

In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss; as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

EXCHANGE.—A tine series of ten of the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska.
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many others,
D. E. BROWN, 6044 Ist Ave.. No. W, Sta. F.
Seattle, Wash.

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets.
Nos. 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list:
J.S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co., Cal.

TO EXCHANGE — Sets with data, North
American and Foreign. Can use many com-
mon kinds of both. Dr. T. W. RICHARDS
ak Be Navy, 1911 N. St., N. W.. Washington

WANTED—Nests_ of theCliff Swallow;
offer eggs or cash. »-I have a small supply of

Stilbite from the extinct Frankford Quarry
to trade for sets. J. P. BALL, M. D., Frank-
ford, Philadelphia, Pa. (4-p)

Have sets of Long-eared Owls, Ferug

Rough-legged Hawk, Am. Goshawk, and
many water birds. Sets all with data from
far north. Let’s hear from all interested.
GUS KROSSA. Leduc, Alta, (2)

SE a mei eg oe eS

Rare sets of Land Bird’s Eggs always ap-
peal to me; and in return I can quote such
species as—34, 60.1, 81, 82, 92.1, 95, 96, 114, 116,
123, 129, 130, 147, 148, 178, 192. 206. 182, 274, 293a,
295, 327, 330, 343, 352, 356, 354, 354a, 359, 376, 384,
389, 391, 445, 639, 654a, etc. etc. Full list.
THOMAS H. JACKSON, 304 N. Franklin St.,
West Chester, Pa. (2-p)

WANTED —Fine sets full data of many N.
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water, especially fine Unios from Onachita
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-p

WANTED.— An A No. 1 set of_Sharp-
shinned Hawk, collected in the United States.
I offer in exchange, rare sets from the north-
west. J. H. BOWLES, The Woodstock,
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EGG (Continued)

Birds’ nests for exchange; have a few to ex-
change for eggs or books on birds. Address,
CHAS. F. MOORE, Cliffside, N.C. _(1-p)

Choice cabinet sets -with full and accurate
data for exchange for sets and large rare
singles. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene
St., Augusta, Ga. (2-p)

Bird eggs and books on ornithology,
oology, natural history, Will exchange for
old coins or stamps, United States or foreign.
C. C. WHITE, Hazlehurst, Miss. (1-p)

FOR EXCHANGEH.—355 2-4 3-5; 360a 1-4 2-5;
364 1-2, 10-3; 416 1:2; 490 1-3 2-4; 624 n-4; 631 n-3;
677 n-4. EK. J. DARLINGTON, Wilmington,
Del. (1-p)

FOR EXCHANGH.— Fine sets of Least
coe EUGENE KEITHLEY, St. See
Md. -p

Data blanks:and labels. Send:for samples
and prices. Will exchange for well prepared
eggs in sets. PAUL G. BURGESS, 920 6th
Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn. ()

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FOR SALE.—Hastman’s 5x7 Empire State
No. 2 Camera fitted with Bausch and Lomb
compound shutter and series I C Zeiss Tessar
lens F..4. 5.. Also ray: filter, telephoto lens
and all accessories. ..H. PERRY,.610 Baylor
st., Austin Tex. : g (1-p)

IMPORTED COCOONS.—Aftlas, Mylitéa.
Roylei, Selene, Trifen-estrata and other
Indian pupae for Regalis, Versicolora and
other . desirable native pupae and eggs.
JAMES I. MITCHELL, Indiana Trust Build-
ing, Indianapolis, Indiana.

WANTED.—Corréspoadents with persons
who have done any work on birds, mammals,
reptiles, -amphibians of Wyoming. Send
names and addresses of -yourselves ard
friends to Ernest Pillsbury Walker, Depart-
ment of Biology. University of Wyoming,
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Four section; six .splint; line guides; silk
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WANTED.—The (Utica? N. Y.) ‘Oologist
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Birds of New York by‘Eaton. Colored plates
by Fuertes. $5.00. Catalogues issued. SHE R-
WOOD’S,; 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York.

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BIRD BOOKS WITH COLORED PIC-
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Volume IX of the Ornithologist and Oologist,
covering the period from March 1, 1884 to
March 1, 1885. R. M. Barnes, Lacon, Ill.

WANTED.—Books on birds. Will pay a
reasonable cash price for those that I desire.
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HXCHANGE.—A five volume encyclopedia
of living animals of the world. Also fine
minerals, for first class skins of owls for
mounting. 8. V. WHARRAM, Geneva, Ohio,

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can Birds, Bendire; Bird Lore, volumes or
single copies. Also Bird Books and Insect
Book, repoit any you have. LAURA KHAN,
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WANTED.—Audubon’s Birds of America,
Kirst subscription, 8 vo. ed. Phila. & N.
Yori, 1840-44. Five dollars ($5.00) per part will
be paid for numbers 10 and 80. KRANKLIN
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a,

FOR SALE.—In_ perfect condition, “The
North American Birds” by Henry Nehrling,.
German text, cloth bound, gilt edge, 668 pages
and 36 plates, showing 137 species in natural
color. Original price $J5. Selis for $7.
ERICH DIETRICH, Canby, Oregon.

BIRD MAGAZINES.—I have about_ 500
old bird magazines for exchange, including
comp)ete volumes of Auk, Condor, Nidiolo-
gist, Osprey, Oregon Naturalist, and odd
numbers of all of these. W. LEE CHAM-
BERS, 1226 11th St.. Santa Monica, Cal.

WANTED FOR CASH—Bird Lore, Vol. 2,
Nos. 3-5. Write stating condition and price.
EDWARD E. ARMSTRONG, 125 No. Wa-
bash Ave., Chicago, 11]. (1-p)

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Back Num-
bers of the Oologist, Birds and Nature,
American Bird Magazine, Country Life in
America, etc. Write me your wants. ED-
WARD E. ARMSTRONG, 125 No. Wabash
Ave., Chicago, Ill. (1-p)

WANTED—‘Nidiologist”, Vol. 1 No. 2;
Vol. 4 No. 3: Vol.5 No.3. ““Auk’’ Vols. 1-8, 11,
12, 13 and 28. Jour. Maine Ornith. Soc. and
Bull. Mich. Ornith. Club, complete yols.:and
DR. T. W. RICHARDS, 1207 19th
St. N. W., Washington, D. C.

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POST CARDS, of birds, nests and eggs of
many of our Florida birds, Egrets, Ibises,
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guaranteed. State your wants in first letter
Price $1.00 per dozen. BAY
Orange Lake, Florida. (3)

WANTED.—Parts 1 and 6 Ridgway’s Birds
North and Middle America. Write cash price
delivered. NORMAN G. BUXTON, Johns-
town, Ohio. (1-p)

EXCHANGE.—I have Biol. Survey Bul-
letins No. 13, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27, 30 and 37, all per-
taining to birds, some with colored plates;
to exchange for ‘first class sets, Will take
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Short rates. ALEX WAL KER, ea Ores

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Books, Supplies and Speci-
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Copy Ridgway’s ‘“Humming-
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of Hayti and San Domingo,”
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ERNEST H. SHORT,

Box 173, Rochester, N. Y.
(1-p)

I offer fine exchange in first

class sets for American Animals,

Stone & Cram, The Reptile
Book, Ditmars, Ernest Thomp-
son-Seton’s new two-volume
work of American Animals, or
the following if in first class
condition: Colt’s or Savage
Automatic Pistol 32 cal., Win-
chester Automatic Rifle., 22 cal,
Marble’s Game Getter.

E. H. SHORT

Box 173 Rochester, N. Y.

Publications Wanted

I will pay a good price for the fol-
lowing publications; all to be sound,
in their original covers, and suitable
for binding. I will accept bound vols.
when bound in with original covers.

Birds, Birds and Nature, Vols. 1 to
11 inclusive.

The Oologist of Utica, N. Y. with its
continuation, the Ornithologist and
Oologist, Vols 1 to 6.

The Oregon Naturalist, Vol. 1.

Wilson Bulletin, Nos. 8 and 12.

The Iowa Ornithologist, Vols. 2, 3
and 4.

The Western Ornithologist, all Nos.
issued after Vol. 5, No. 1.

The Petrel, all Nos. issued after No.
tot Volk.

The Atlantic Slope Naturalist, all
Nos. issued except Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5
of Vol. 1.

The Ornithologist and Botanist, all
Nos. issued except Nos. 1, 3, ‘, 5, 7, 8,
and 9 of Vol. 1,

The Oologist’s Exchange, all Nos.
issued except Nos. 3,4 and llof Vol.1.

The Wolverine Naturalist, all Nos.
issued.

The Oologist’s Advertiser, all Nos.
issued except No. 2 of Vol. 1.

The Owl, all Nos. issued.

Stormy Petrel, all Nos. issued.

Gameland, all Nos. issued.

The Museum, all Nos. issued.

The Curlew, all Nos. issued.

The Hummer, all Nos. issued.

The Egg Collector, all Nos. issued.

The Bittern, all Nos. issued.

Ohio Naturalist, all Nos. issued.

O. and O. Semi-Annual, Vol. 1, No.
1, Vol. 2 both Nos.

Wilson Quarterly, No. 1.

Osprey, Vol. 3, Nos. 9 and 10, Vol.
4, No. 3.

The Osprey of Kentucky, all Nos.
issued,

And many others too numerous to
mention, so write me what you have.
I have complete vols. of Oologist, Bird-
Lore, and Nos. of Osprey, Nidiologist,
Oregon Naturalist and others for ex-
change.

GEORGE SETH GUION,
Napoleonville, La,

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The Iowa Ornithologist,
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plete - - - - - 20.00
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-2-3 2.00
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aS Vol. IV, No.7 - 2.50
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2-4 - - - - - .50
The Ornithologist and Botanist, Vol.
II, Nos. 3 4-5 - 15

The Oologists exchange, Vol. II, No. 4
and 12 - - - - - -50

The Stormy Petrel, Vol. I, Nos. 2-6 50
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The Oologists Journal, Vol.I, Nos. 2and4. .50

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eto 2. “Tpke pence

emer. A 3 ee

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eee ONT, As 10, 11, 12.

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mae Oe 2), 3) 4 vee Oe eenOn

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BIRD BOOKS

te most important feature

of our sock of second-hand

books, is the
department relating to ORNI-
THOLOGY and other branches
of NATURAL HISTORY.

We shall be glad to mail, post-

pamphlets, etc.,

paid, our New Catalog No. 27,
NATURE BOOKS, on receipt
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COLORED BIRD POSTCARDS

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UNIQUE BIRD POSTCARDS

A series of 12, showing some of the
best examples of bird photography.
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Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois.

Young of Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Nest
—Photo by C. F. Stone

308 THE OOLOGIST

Nesting of the Virginia and Sora Rails
In Pennsylvania.

The status of these two birds seems
to be very much of a problem to Penn-
sylvania Ornithologists. Their secre-
tive habits, their miry haunts and
their disinclination to flush all con-
spire to make them among the least
known of our Pennsylvania birds. The
Virginia Rail has been taken as a
breeder at various places in the east-
ern part of the state by Thos. Jackson,
Isaac Reiff, Dr. Hughes, J. Harris Reed
and others and more recently by Rich:
ard T. Miller and it seems to be a
regular though undoubtedly scarce
summer resident at suitable places in
the Delaware Valley. The Sora how-
ever, has very few authentic breeding
records in the state and this article is
written with a view to adding more
light on both these birds as well as
recording them as breeding in a new
locality—Center County—at an eleva-
tion of 1200 feet and in the heart of
the Pennsylvania Mountains.

The swamp where the Rails breed
is about two miles east from. State Col-
lege and about five acres in extent.
All through the spring of 1909, the
presence of Rails made us hopeful
that they might nest there along with
a pair of American Bittern and small
numbers of Swamp Sparrows. The
Bitterns were later shot and our hopes
as to their nest dashed, but the Rails
stayed on and when May 29th still
found them present, we decided to in-
vestigate at an early date. On this
trip we also saw and identified sev-
eral Short Billed Marsh Wrens but on
subsequent trips we were unable to
locate them. On June 7th we set out
to look for the Rails nests and the re-
sults I have copied exactly as they
were written up in my note book:

“June 7, 1909. This afternoon Fos-

ter White and I started for the Center -

Furnace swamp where we saw the
Rails and Marsh Wrens on May 29.
On our way down we stopped at the
spring and I found a Baltimore Ort-
ole’s nest ten feet up at the end of a
willow limb and holding three fresh
eges. In some sheds several Barn
Swallows’ nests were found, some in-
complete and some with young. In
the Center Furnace woods, I saw a
Cooper’s Hawk and after looking about
found her nest 40 feet up in the triple
crotch of a Scarlet Oak but when the
tree was climbed an empty nest re-
warded my gaze. I had secured a set
from this woods in early May.

“We then entered the swamp and
though no Marsh Wrens were seen, I
was agreeably surprised at our luck
with the: Rails. We saw several of
these, both Virginia’s and Sora’s and
several were flushed from their nest.
As I looked about I suddenly came on
a nest of the Virginia Rail containing
ten eggs. The nest was a frail struc-
ture of Marsh grass placed under a
tussock and cunningly hidden. The
bird was flushed about ten yards away.

“About twenty yards away, I found
a nest of the Sora Rail in the midst
of a grass tussock. It also held ten
eggs, quite distinct from those of the
Virginia. The nest was cunningly con-
cealed in the center of a grass tussock
about three inches deep. Several of
the eggs laid on top of the main layer.
Not far from here I found an incom-
plete nest of the Virginia as well as
one of the Sora. Down in the east end
of the swamp I flushed a Sora and sev-
eral yards away, I found her nest in
a tussock, poorly concealed and some-
what in the open. It held one fresh
egg (afterward destroyed by a Snap-
ping Turtle.) Not far from here, a
Sora rushed hurriedly off her nest and
in a moment I had parted the grass
and was looking in on six hatching

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eggs and one black, little Rail, still
damp. Nearby were two broken egg
shells of birds already hatched. About
50 yards off I flushed a Virginia from

her nest built in a thick clump of ©

marsh grasses and about 8 inches
above shallow water. It held ten eggs.
Some 75 yards away, White came on
still another nest of the Virginia Rail
with ten far incubated eggs. It was
built over shallow water about 1 foot
up in the thick marsh grasses. The
bird was seen nearby. All the nests
were compactly made of dry marsh
grasses and shreds of flags. The
Rails usually run off and fly up when
you are still several yards distant.
We saw one or two Swamp Sparrows
but found no nests, though two of the
Song Sparrows were found with four
young and five eggs. Several Red-
wings’ nests were found with from one
to four eggs and I collected one~set
of the latter number. In a dead tree
near the swamp we found a Red Heaa-
ed Woodpecker’s nest 25 feet up with
young.”

In 1910 I found a number of nests
here and secured two sets of 9 and 11
eggs, but all nests found were Sora’s.
I also detected and killed a twenty
pound Snapping Turtle while in the
act of robbing a Rail’s nest. David
Harrower also found several nests and
one of his sets held an unmistakable
Sora’s egg among a set of Virginia’s.
The year of 1911 the birds were not
so common and we did not disturb
them though they were still in the
swamp as several were seen.

The nests and eggs of the two spe-

cies seem unmistakably different to.

me. The eggs of the Virginia are
much lighter, cream colored and
speckled with light buff and brown,

while the Soras have a harder shell
are much darker and covered more
with brownish and Olive blotches.

The nests of the Sora are more com-
pact and deeper, and while they use
flags and cat-tails more, the Virginia
seems to prefer the dry Marsh grass.

The Soras usually nest directly over
water and in the deeper portions of
the swamp, while the Virginias often
nest in parts which are barely wet.
Both species are often very solicitious
about the nests and very hard to see
from above. The Sora seems to start
setting with the first egg as in a set
of ten, some will be fresh and others
in all stages of incubation. In one
set of eleven which I took, incubation
ranged from fresh to nearly fully de-
veloped. This also occurs in the sets
of Virginia but it is less pronounced.
From the dates above, it may be seen
that nidification in some instanges
must start by May 10th, about a week
after the arrival of the birds. The spe-
cies seem to-be fairly uniform in their
nesting habits and about May.28-30th
seems to be the time at which the ma-
As with the
Clapper Rail and Florida Gallinule,

jority have fresh sets.

there seems to be a tendency to build
sham nests as a large number are
never finished or laid in. I have found
several nests which have been pillag-
ed by Crows, Muskrats and Snapping
Turtles, but their natural enemies
seem to be few. ;

There are humerous swamps in
Pennsylvania suited to these birds and
I feel sure that rigid search will show
them much more. common than We are
inclined to believe at the present time.

Richard C. Harlow.

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Sora Rail’s Nest in Old “Mill Pond.”

Eggs, fifteen. Some were partly in-
cubated with large embryos, and some
were fresh; proving that the bird sits
on nest from the time the first egg is
laid.

Nest built of Bull Rushes and slight-
ly above the water level, in dense Bull
Rushes, and in nine inches of stag-
nate water. Nest twelve feet from
shore line.

Eggs and nest photographed June
5, L910.

J. F. Stierle.
Marshfield, Wis.

2° So

Notes.

A. J. Kirn reports the Gambel’s Part-
ridge (Lophortyx gambeli) at Vinita.
Oklahoma. He also says the Pileated
Woodpecker is still found in that vi-
cinity, and refers to the fact of hav-
ing once found seven Crow’s eggs in a
nest. This by way of reference to the
report of R. L. More of Vernon, Texas,
to the same effect.

We have a set of seven Crow’s eggs
in our collection, the history of which
is rather interesting.

It was taken originally along in the
’90’s at Wady Petra, a small place
eighteen miles Southwest of Lacon,
and by the collector sold to Harry R.
Taylor of California. When Taylor
broke up his collection, we purchased
this set and it returned to within a
few miles of where it first started
from. It is the only set of seven we
have ever seen personally.

Mr. W. A. Strong of San Jose, Cali-
fornia, writes that May 20, 1912, he
discovered the nest of a Willow Gold
Finch with four eggs which hatched on

the 28th.
looking into the nest, there were two

On the 4th of June again

little bird skeletons and nothing else

except a multitude of ants. We have

no doubt but that many young birds
are destroyed in this way.

Mr. S. V. Wharram of Geneva, Ohio,
reports some unusual. nesting sites
this spring. One a Brown Thrasher’s
nest containing four eggs situated on
the ground in the midst of a bushy
pasture. Another a Chewink Towhee
eighteen inches from the ground in a
bush in the midst of the same bushy
pasture. Both of which are unusual.

On May 20th of this year in Reeves
County, Texas, I found in a catclaw
brush on Sunflower Draw, a very in-
teresting nest of the Road Runner. It
contained one young bird that was
fairly well feathered, six inches or
more in length, and five others that
ranged in age down to one that had
been hatched only a few hours. One
egg was pipped and two that were not,
one of which lacked several days of
being ready to hatch. Six birds and
three eggs, making a set of nine. I
have often found nests of seven and
eight eggs and young; but one of nine
I consider rare.

It is almost impossible to secure a
full set of fresh Roadrunner eggs, un-
less, as laid, they are pierced to stop
incubation. — Stokley Ligon, Pecos,
Texas. ts a

I have an unusual find to record for
the season of 1912. June 1st while
walking along the edge of a wood I
flushed a Towhee from a well conceal-
ed nest placed in the center of a grass
tussock. Stooping over to examine
the contents I Was somewhat sur-
prised to say the least at the miscel-
laneous array of eggs that came to
view as I parted the grass. Three typi-
cal Towhee eggs, a runt Towhee and
a Cowbird for good measure. The runt
is very heavily colored, in fact all the

pigmentation that a normal specimen
would receive is crowded onto its

much smaller surface. The runt meas-

312 THE OOLOGIST

ures only .64x .56 as against .94 x .73,
93x.73 and .92x71 for the normal
eggs. The Cowbird is an average spe-
cimen .85x.66. The runt, as is usual
in such cases, proved infertile as well
as one of the normal eggs. The bal-
ance of the set showed about four
days incubation.
F, M. Phelps.

Elyria, O.

2—ip>—_e
A Battle With the English Sparrow.

Hoping to secure a family of Blue
Birds as renters I erected a neat lit-
tle bird house on my lawn, this spring.
No sooner was it in place than a pair
of English sparrows proceeded to take
possession. To this I objected and
made my objections known by hurling
clods and stones at them when ever
they came near. It was interesting
and amusing however, to observe the
means they took to accomplish their
purpose. Whenever a person appeared
outside the house there was not a
sparrow to be seen, within a half a
block and they acted as though they
did not know that there was a bird
house within miles. But safely hidden
by the window curtains indoors, and
peeping out through the windows I
could see what took place. The spar-
rows would fly unconsciously to some
bushes close by and half conceal them-
selves there, while they took note of
whether any one was in sight and if
the coast was clear a quick flutter of
wings and one would be in the house.
After I had observed this to my satis-
faction I tore out the nest and closed
up the doors of the house, as a remind-
er that such tenants were not desired.

But my battle was not over yet. The
house was one with a peaked roof and
opened gables, the pair proceeded to
take possession of the attic. By this
time I had murder in my heart so I
secured an air rifle and proceeded to

pump lead at them. But alas for my
marksmanship! there were no casuali-
ties but after several days of this sport
not a sparrow was in sight and I was
beginning to hope that my hints had
been taken. Being called away from
home for several days, when I return-
ed I found, however, a nest safely con-
structed in the attic of the bird house.
In disgust I tore out the nest and be-
gan to plan for some other campaign
of battle. It was at this point that
reinforcements came to my rescue.
The reinforcement was in the form of
a Kingbird (tyrannus tryannus). I
first saw him resting on a wire a few
feet from the house observing it criti-
cally. He next proceeded to chastise
every sparrow that came anywhere
near the house, but did not offer to
take possession himself. He kept
guard over the house for several days,
but has not been seen within a half a
block of it since. I do not know what
was his reason for taking part in the
battle, whether it was to help me out
of my dilemna or just to show his
kingly authority, which ever it may
be I am thankful for his assistance.
But in the meantime my house stands
tenantless.
Eugene C. Ford.

Armour, S. D.

Owing to the large amount of feed
lying about our place, and the abund-
ance of water for the comfort of our
wild fowl, it seems that nearly all the
English sparrows in central Illinois
desire to make their headquarters
here. The result is that we have kill-
ed an average of a thousand sparrows
a year on our home grounds during
the past ten years. At times we can
see appreciable diminution of the sup-
ply owing to the vigor with which we
prosecute our warfare. At other times
we almost give up in despair. If every-

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body would shoot and trap sparrows
as continuously as we do, we are
very certain the supply would shortly
be limited. All real bird lovers who
desire to assist in the protection of
our native species will wage a cease-
less warfare on that avian rat known
as the English Sparrow.—Hditor.
ee ee Rr
The Herons of South Central
Wisconsin.

The Herons are one of my favorite
groups of our North American birds.
They are, I think, a magnificent addi-
tion to any bit of landscape especial-
ly a marsh or piece of flags. They are
usually greatly persecuted though gen-
erally considered beneficial, or at least,
harmless. Seven species have come
to my notice in this locality, four of
which I have found breeding here.

American Bittern (Botaurus lenti-
ginosus). This fine marsh bird is a
common bird with us all through the
spring and summer months, and noth-
ing sounds more springlike than the
Chunk’-a-lunk-plunk’ of the Bittern
They nest in the marshes in May and
June. They feed largely on frogs,
snakes, lizards, crayfish, meadow mice,
tadpoles and fish. I have collected
several sets of eggs. I once collected
five whole eggs from a nest containing
two broken ones, seven in all.

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis).
This beautiful, tiny creature, is a com-
mon, though not abundant, summer
resident, found in the marshes among
the coarser grass and flags, where they
place their nests. I have found their
nests and eggs, but never have been
able to get a set in perfect condition,
as usually something destroyed the

eges before the sets were completed.
I once discovered one standing among
the grass with bill pointed straight up-

ward. I walked to it and stood and

stroked its neck and side for some
time. :

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).
I have often seen these great birds
here during the nesting season, but
have never found any nests, but have
been told that formerly a few nested
near here in some large timber now
cut away. I havea set of eggs collect-
ed in Michigan. They feed principally
on fish, they stand, sometimes on only
one foot, still as a statue, often for a
long time till the luckless “finny” ap-
pears, when quick as a flash, down
darts that terrible beak and poor fish
is finished, except for a meal. They
also feed on frogs, lizards, snakes,
mice, young rats, crustaceans, small
birds, insects, ete.

American Egret (Herodias egretta).
This magnificent heron occasionally
wandered, in former years, into this
locality; sometime early in the eigh-
ties a few were seen by a pond near
here and one shot and mounted and
posed for a number of years in a hard-
ware store, in the city of Columbus,
the admiration of all who see it. They
are now nearly exterminated as a re-
sult of being killed to supply plumes
for the ladies’ hats.

Little Blue Heron (Florida caeru-
lea). The Little Blue, occasionally
came as far north as this locality
where I have seen a few of them in
the latter part of the season. This
heron has three phases of plumage,
white, blue, and mottled, irrespective
of age or sex. Food—fish, frogs, liz-
ards, crayfish, small crabs and _ in-
sects; also crustaceans and larvae.

Green Heron (Butosides virescens).
The Little Green Heron is a common
summer resident, and formerly nearly
every grove of small trees near a
stream would often have a few nests
of these birds. They also nest in with
the Black-crowned Night Heron; but

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time and the gun and ax have changed
things considerably, and now but few
scattering pairs are found nesting.
They do not as a rule place their nest
as high, or in as large trees as the
Black-crowned. They feed on crayfish,
frogs, small fish and insects. Nests
usually in May and June. I have col-
lected fine sets in May.

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycti-
corax nycticorax naevius). Formerly
quite abundant, but now scarce on ac-
count of the wanton destruction by
the idiot with a gun; also sportsmen,
and the cutting away of timber.
Nests usually in colonies, in the smal-
ler timber along streams in May and
June. Food consists of fish, crabs,
lizards, mice, and insects. I usually
collected sets in May.

Geo. W. H. vos Burgh.

Zion City, Ill.

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Field Notes.

June 22, 1912, having an afternoon
off I decided to take a run up to my
favorite hunting grounds, the Quinni-
piace Marshes. So getting out my kit,
I boarded a Montowese car and rode
as far as Muddy River. After getting
off the car I walked along the bank of
the river down towards the marshes.
After walking about a quarter of a
mile and while passing through a lit-
tle clump of water oak bushes, I sud-
denly came up on a Cuckoo’s nest with
a female Black-billed Cuckoo sitting
on it. When I advanced a step she
flew off the nest and disappeared
among the bushes.

Looking into the nest, I could hard-
ly believe my eyes, for besides one
young, it contained two Yellow-billed
and two Black-billed Cuckoo’s eggs.
The young was covered with bluish
pin feathers and quite lively; there-
fore at least two days old; both eggs
of the Black-billed Cuckoo must have

been nearly hatched, because I could
see no light when I held them up to

the sun. One measured 1.09 x .79, the

1.12x.80. One of the Yellow-
billed Cuckoo’s eggs showed dark. red-
dish blotches on holding it to the
light;
menced, and the other was perfectly
clear, showing only the yoke, and in
fresh condition. Measurements, 1.17
x .85 and 1.15 x .84.

The nest, of dry sticks and a few
skeleton leaves around the top, lined
with mud colored leaves and skeleton
leaves and one large feather (looked
to be a Crow’s feather) was a little
larger and more compactly made than
the usual run of Cuckoo’s nests. It
was two feet and nine inches from the
ground and placed on a tangle of
briars and ferns, tops of ferns project-
ing about three to six inches above
nest. A very unusual nesting site for
a Black-billed Cuckoo, at least in this
section of New England.

I will devote my spare time to this
nest for the next two weeks and am
quite sure it will be time well spent.
H. Ulbert.

other

therefore incubation had com-

New Haven, Ct.

It is not unusual to find Cuckoo’s
nests containing the eggs of both spe
cies, nor to find nests containing eggs
at various stages of incubation. At
one time we found a nest containing
seven Cuckoo’s eggs, three of which
were Black-billed and four Yellow-
billed. And another time, a Yellow-
bill’s nest containing two young birds,
one of which was in the neighborhood
of a week old, the other just hatched,
one normal perfectly fresh egg and
one runt egg of not more than one-
third the size of an ordinary egg of
this species. These two eggs are now

‘in our collection.—Hditor.

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A Letter.
“Dear Sir:—

“T suppose it is hard for collectors
who have prosecuted their favorite
study for years to appreciate the ig-
norance of the novice. And in our
National History papers this dullness
of comprehension sometimes fails of
recegnition. Having laid a favorite
study on the shelf and resuming it af-
ter the lapse vf years enables me to
appreciate hcw much has “happened”
in the interval. In 1893 I made some
votes on the birds in Pennsylvania
and collected some eggs. But my eyes
were undergoing a test to keep up my
college work and I had to abandon the
work. Conchology claimed by devo-
tion and has held it unfailingly. But
now I fain would pick up some of the
lost links and it is my impression
that a series of articles would be
greatly appreciated by some collectors
not as much lost as I am.

“Can you not arrange to tell us some-
thing about the prominent collectors
(not necessarily the authorities in the
literature of ornithology,) but of the
field workers who have made collec-
tions worth seeing and worth knowing
about? Perhaps this has been done in
previous volumes of The Oologist,
which unfortunately I do not have.

“T think also it would be interesting
to review—what is, to be sure, most
elemental—the best approved of mod-
ern methods of collecting and prepar-
ing eggs—all the way from caring for
specimens in the field to their arrange-
ment in the cabinet.

“Another thing which should be of
special interest would be to call at-
tention to neglected field where new
birds might be found and rare eggs
collected.

“Still another thing. What are the

really rare and famous eggs? Of
course the Great Auk heads the list,

but does it? and why? What other
species are represented by rare sets of
eggs, and where can they be seen?
What sets are considered unobtain-
able? What is the history of some
famous collections?

“Maybe I am very dull, but these are
some of the things that I find myself
wanting to know.

“H. EH. Wheeler.”

The above suggestion is a good one,
and will be acted upon by The Oologist
management in the future—EHd.

How High Do Birds Fly?

This is an unsettled problem in or-
nithology. Various newspapers recent-
ly contained articles on the inability
of birds to fly or soar at heights ex-
ceeding 25,000 feet, and some of the
papers even intimated that it was im-
possible even for the Condor to fly at
this elevation.

I believe it is Humboldt who says,
“The Condor, that giant among the
vultures, soars at an altitude greater
than the summits of the Andes, and
even higher than would be the Peak
of Teneriffe were it piled upon the
snow-crowned summits of the Pyren-
nes.”

The highest peak of the Pyrennes
is 11,168 feet, and the peak of Tene-
riffe is 12,182 feet above the sea; these
piled on top of each other would make
a gigantic mountain over 23,000 feet
in height—about the average height of
the Andes—or a little less than five
miles; and yet the Condor soars above
this immense elevation with compara-
tive ease. In fact, it is rarely found,
I believe, below 10,000 feet elevation.

Another traveler, Dr. J. D. Hooker,
viewed from the summit of Mount
Bhomteo, on the frontier of Thibet, in
the Himalayan mountains, long black
V-shaped trains or flocks of wild geese
flying over the glacier-crowned top

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of Kinchinjhow and winging their
way at an elevation of some 22,000
feet.

Geese fly at immense elevation and
Condors soar higher than any of the
elevated Andes, some of which are 25,-
000 feet high, so it will be seen that, as
usual, newspaper ornithology is wrong
and misleading, as it generally is when
it treats about birds.

Let us hear from others in regard:

to the height reached by birds in
flight. As I have merely touched upon
the subject I may have something
more to say about the “problem” at an-
other time.
Richard F. Miller.

Harrowgate, Philadelphia, Pa.

I er

The Egret.

It is known to nearly all bird lovers
that one of the most beautiful of North
American birds, the American Hgret,
is fast nearing the stage of complete
extinction. This solely because of the
barbaric custom of killing the bird
while it is nesting, leaving the nest
full of eggs or young to rot or starve;
that its beautiful plumes may be se-
cured for millinery purposes.

We are sorry to note the fact that
we have observed more egrets worn
by women within the state of Illinois
this present year than ever at any
time before. It is a source of wonder
to us that women will be a party to
such atrocities as the starvation of a
nest full of little birds, that she may
have the temporary pleasure of be-
decking her head with the plumes of
the mother.

Another thing that we have observ-
ed in this respect is that in the cities,
a very large proportion of these
plumes are paraded up and down the
streets by the scarlet women of the
street, at whose lack of natural in-
stincts of motherhood we are not so

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much surprised. But confessedly we
fail to understand what moves the
other and better class of ladies to fol-
low this fad of their fallen sisters.

Thirty years ago thousands upon
thousands of egrets migrated up and
down the Illinois river and nested in
large colonies in suitable places along
the river. Today there is not one. The
last known nesting place of the Heret
in this part of the Illinois valley con-
taining five or six nests where former-
ly there were hundreds, was shot out
by plume hunters in 1907.

We hope to see Illinois pass a law
making the wearing of an egret illegal,
and attach to it, sufficient penalties to
stop the abhorent practice.—EHditor.

cE a ee ee

The Cardinal at Harmarville, Pa.

During the years in which I have
studied the birds in this locality, I
have always found the Cardinal at all
times of the year very plentiful. These
birds are really even more plentiful
during the winter months and I have
never failed to go out without seeing
at least fifteen of them. On the 10th
of last February (1912), it was very
cold, the temperature being below zero
all day, and yet I found the Cardinal
very much in evidence everywhere.
As far as I can see, they seem to have
no preference for any certain locality as
I have found them on the hills, in the
valley, in the open and in the more
secluded places at the same time.

They usually begin to nest about the
second week in April, the earliest data
that I have, being found April 16, 1910,
containing three eggs. But during
1911 they were very late in nesting,
for although I searched everywhere I
was unable to locate a nest containing
eggs until the 13th of May. This was
probably due to the late spring we
had that year; for this year they be-
gan at the usual time again. In se

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lecting a nesting site, they show a
great preference for grape-vines, al-
though small trees are sometimes
used. Out of all the nests that I found
last year, but one was located in a
small tree, the others being in grape-
vines.

_ The height of the nest from the
ground varies from three to ten feet
from the ground, five feet being the
commonest. Two broods are often
raised in one year, but I have never
found them raising a third brood, my
latest nest being found on the 10th of
June, 1911, containing threee fresh
eggs.

Their nests are very loosely con-
structed of weed-stems, grasses and
grape vine bark, lined with fine red
rootlets (rarely grasses) and almost
invariably contain three eggs. Dur-
ing all my experiences with the Car-
dinal I have found but one nest con-
taining more than three, and that was
on the 18th of May of this year, con-
taining four. When the bird is flush-
ed from the nest, and I have found
her a pretty close sitter,—she becomes
quite excited and joined by the male,
makes quite a lot of fuss.

Thos. D. Burleigh.
Pittsburg, Pa.
2S BS Ne eee
A Record.
On June 3d, 1912, there appeared a

pair of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus oc- :

cidentalis) on Pig Island, Northamp-
ton County, Virginia coast. On the 5th
inst. some twenty more birds had ar-
rived and were still there at the de-
parture of H. B. Bailey for the main-
land on June 7th. It remains to be
seen if they stay to breed.

In Wm. C. Rives’ “Catalogue of
the Birds of the Virginias’” he gives a
rather unauthentic record of a “bird
being seen near Cobbs Island in the
fall of 1881.” Our latest check list,

A. O. U., gives its northern range as
“Casual to North Carolina.”
H. H. Bailey.
Newport News, Va.
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A Good Three-Quarters of an Hour’s
Hunt.

Hearing a Kentucky Warbler sing-
ing in a wood at Rockledge, Mont-
gomery County, Pa., on the morning
of May 25, 1911, I determined to find
its nest if it took me all the day to do
so, and during the forty-five minutes
I hunted for it I found and collected
the following sets, in order named.
Not a bad three-quarters of an hour’s
search, when it is taken into consider-
ation that nests of all these species
are hard to find, with the exception of
the High-hole.

Flicker, 1-7; Ovenbird 1-4 and Cow-
bird; Blue-winged Warbler n-4; Che-
wink, n-4; Kentucky Warbler n-4.

There was also found a Crow’s nest
with young (not examined) and a
Wood Thrush’s nest just started.

Richard F. Miller.
Harrowgate, Philadelphia, Pa.
ae SSS
Unusual Nesting Site of Brewer’s
Blackbird.

On May ist I found what I thought
to be a very peculiar nesting site of a
pair of Brewer’s Blackbirds near the
top of a large dead stump. About ten
feet up I noticed an entrance to a
cavity excavated by Woodpeckers. I

climbed the stump, expecting to find

a nest of Western Bluebird, as those
birds were observed nearby; but was
surprised to find four incubated Black-
bird eggs on a lining of grasses and
hair.

As I did not see the parent leave the
nest, I retired for a distance of about
fifty yards. In a few minutes the par-
ent bird returned to the nest, but this
time did not leave until I rapped on

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the stump below the entrance. I have
never been told that such nesting sites
are quite often found. Being as it
was, my first nest of this species, it
was especially interesting.

Alex Walker.
Mulino, Ore.

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News.

The State of New York has just put
a law in the Statute book placing a
permanent closed season on the Wood
Duck and Swans. These are two meas-
ures which we have been advocating
ever since we took The Oologist in
charge. We are sorry they did not al-
so include the Woodcock.

It is to be hoped that other states
of the Union, or what is better, the
Federal Government by general law,
will follow suit and protect these fast
disappearing birds by the passage of
and vigorous and complete enforce-
ment of similar statutes.

We are in receipt of a neat adver-
tisinge circular from the Maplewood
Biological Labratory at Stamford, Con-
necticut presided over by our friend,
Paul G. Howes, advertising nesting
boxes and cavities to be put up around
improvements for the purpose of at-
tracting birds. It is well gotten up
and nicely illustrated.

The Agricultural Department of the
State of Pennsylvania is agitating the
passage of a law to prevent the killing
of harmless snakes. Pennsylvania is
afflicted with two dangerous reptiles:
the Rattler and the Copperhead. Aside
from these, all of the other serpents
of that commonwealth are beneficial,
many of them greatly so to the agri-
culturist. It certainly would be re-
markable if they should succeed in se-
curing the passage of this law. That
it ought to be passed and enforced,
those who have investigated the sub-
ject, of course know; but the density

of popular ignorance on the subject
of snakes, will surely be hard to pene-
trate.
eee, Sameer es
Personal.

C. §. Sharp of Escondido, California,
has recently sold his beautiful orange
grove home and moved into that thriv-
ing city. Perhaps this will give him
more time for the birds.

Henry Hestness of Rockford, Wash-
ington, and a subscriber to The Oolo-
gist and a promising young ornitholo-
gist, has recently died. To his family
we extend our sympathy.

F. C. Willard of Tombstone, Arizona,
and H. H. Holland and wife of Gales-
burg, spent the day with the Editor a
short time since, coming specially to
investigate the Yellow-headed Black-
bird in the marshes north of Lacon.
But with the usual luck of a lawyer,
we were tied up in court and unable to
get away. We trust they will come
again, as a day in an Illinois River
marsh would certainly be, to say the
least, something of a contrast for our
friend Willard, when compared with
the cactus covered mesas of Southern
Arizona.

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Bird Notes.

Our appeal for bird notes—printer’s
copy in the last issue, met with a gen-
erous response, and we hope the in-
flow will continue as our stock is
still very low. We believe our friends
and subscribers will assist us in keep-
ing up the standard of the Oologist by
contributing such readable observa-
tions as have come under their eyes
in field work. Many such should be

made of permanent record.

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Books Received.

The Birds of North and Middle
America, by Robert Ridgway, Curator,
Division of Birds, Smithsonian Nation-
al Museum, Part V, 1911.

This continuation of the monument-
al work now in process of publication
needs no commendation from our
hands. The name of Robert Ridgway
is sufficient guaranty of its absolute
thoroughness and accuracy. Part V
now under consideration comprises
the families of the Tapaculos—the Ant

birds—The Oven birds—the Wood
hewers — the Hummingbirds — the
Swifts—the Trogons; the most of

which of course are not included in
the A. O. U. check list, being largely
given over to birds found South of
the Mexican Border, and hence will
not be of general interest to bird stu-
dents in the United States.

It is a volume exceeding 850 pages,
and accompanied by many explana-
tory cuts and surely is a credit to the
author.

Hand Book of the Birds of Eastern
North America, with Introductory
Chapters on the Study of the Birds in
Nature, by Frank M. Chapman; 8th
revised edition.

This standard work has’ gone
through another revision and now
emerges in its Highth Edition. This
of itself is testimonial enough of the
demand for the book. The rank and
standing of the author as an ornitholo-
gist and a real student of nature in the
field is second to none in this country.
The name “Chapman” stands for ac-
curacy, scientific perfection, as well as
popular presentation of subjects re-
lating to birds. He is perhaps our
greatest bird photographer, and this
book is a lasting monument to his in-
dustry and ability.

It commences with the Zone map or
Faunal map of North America, con-

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tains about 530 pages, 24 full page
plates, many of them in color, and 136
text figures. Aside from technically
reviewing and describing the birds to
be found in Eastern North America, it
contains a vast volume of general in-
formation relating to birds generally,
and includes directions for the collect-
ing of birds and their nests and eggs.

If a person living in the Eastern
half of the United States can afford
but one bird book, there is no question
but that this is the best one he can
get. The technical make up of the
volume is entirely satisfactory. We
congratulate our friend Chapman upon
the continued popularity of his work.

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the duplicate sets of bird eggs, and
as I disposed of both please do not run
my “ad” again.

C. F. Stone, Dec. 7, 1910.

Allow me to congratulate you upon
the splendid magazine which you have
edited this year.

R. J. Longstreet, Dec. 12, 1910.

I am a subscriber of your paper, and
think it is a dandy.
R. Ross Riley, Dec. 12, 1910.

Your current number is quite newsy
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‘The Condor”

A Magazine of Western Ornithology
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VII

Thave the following North American Bird’s
Eggs ms exchange for specimens desired by

me, U.:Nos.

41-7 263 1-4 417 1-1 591c 1-3
16 2-1 267 1-4 420b 1-2 593 1-3
30a 7-1 269 1-3 429 n-1 n-2 593c 2-4
47 1-3 271 1-4 430 2n-2 593d 1-3
49 2-29-38 273 1-4 431 2n-1 2n-2 594 2-4
65 1-11-2 289 1-20 443 1-5 595 1-4
70 1-2 289a 1-12 4441-4 598 1-3
741-2 311 1-3 1,447 1-3 599 1-4
76 1-1 316 2-2 457 1-3 601 1-4
79 1-1 325 1-1 458a 1-3 604 1-3
86 1-1 326 1-2 461 1-3 612 1-5

106 1-1 333 2-4 462 1-3 613 1-5
108 1-1 339 1-2 466 1-2 614 1-5
115.1 4-1 339b 1-21-38 467 1-4 616 1-4 1-5
117 1-1 3o7 1-2 481 1-4 622b 1-6
118 1-4 337b 3-2 493 1-4

120 1-2 343 1-3 505 1-5 627 1-3
120c 24 2-5 3601-3 506 1-5 631 1-3
125 1-1 364 4-22-38 507 1-4 652 1-3
126 1-2 4-3 3651-2 508 1-4 687 1-3
132 1-9 366 1-2 510 1-5 1-6 703a 1-3
1401-6 367 2-3 512 1-3 1-4 7061-3 1-4
144 1-11 3.3738¢ 1-3 513 1-3 707 1-4
159 1-1 375 1-2 £5191-41-5 7101-2 1-4
172 1-1 378a 2-4 2-5 529 1-5 713 1-4

19] 1-5 385 2-4 530 1-5 721£ 1-5
201 1-4 368 1-2 5311-5 743a 1-6
202 2-3 390 1-5 562 1-4 746 1-4
208 1-10 406 1-4 562a 1-4 758 1-3
214 1-7 412 1-6 560 1-4 766 1-5
2191-7 1-8 4131-7 563 1-4

222 1-12

If you need any of them send me your bid
with a notation of your selection

R. M. BARNES

Lacon

ill.

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COLLECTORS, ATTENTION!

I will now make you a proposition the like of which you have never had.
You know since taking over THE OOLOGIST we have immensely increased
its circulation, standing, influence and appearance. It is now a journal of
recognized scientific rank. Many Libraries and most museums and scientific
Natural History Institutions in this country and Europe are getting complete
files of this magazine.

You have no doubt, all noticed the great amount of space we have used in
the past couple of years in endeavoring to pick up back numbers to fill in
volumes.

Well, we now have a limited number of complete files and back num-
bers in complete volumes on hand. These we will dispose of for first class
sets of such eggs as are not listed in the following list, at one-third Lattin’s 1905
list price. This is an opportunity never before offered and one you should
accept at once, as the supply is exceedingly limited. The eggs I want must be
all strictly first class and accompanied by reliable data. I cannot use any of
the following A. O. U. Nos.:

it 72 144 294 378 471 561 767
2 7 146 294, 378a 474b 581 659
3 75 147 297a 385 475 581m
4 76 155 300 388 476 584 681
6 a 160 301 390 481 587
i 79 167 302 406 487 d91b 683a
9 86 172 302a 412 488 591c 684
11 90 182 305 413 495 593 687
12 93 184 dll 416 495a 598e 703
13 104 187 320 417 498 595 704
16 106 188 326 420 498d 596 705
27 107 190 300 420a 500 598 706
30 116 191 336 420b 501 599 707
30a 117 194 307 421 501b 601 710
pila 118 200 0078 428 505a 604 710a
32 119 201 343 429 506 612 713
37 120 202 347a 430 507 613 715
40 120¢ 203 348 431 508 614 718
44 121 212 349 433 510 616 719
47 122 214 31919) . 4384 511 617 721
49 123b 219 259.1 443 518 619 (21a
51 125 221 360 444 543a 620 721b
a3) 126 225 360a 447 519 622a 729
56 127 226 362 452 529 622b 735
58 130 258 364 456 530 622e 74384
63 132 263 365 458 540 624 746
64 133 267 366 461 546 627 751
65 135 269 367 462 552 631 756
67 137 271 368 464 502a 633 758
69 140 273 3738 465 508 633.1 761
40 141 280 373¢ 466 560 641 76la

a 143 289 375 467 560a 766

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BIRDS--NESTS--EGGS
TAXIDERMY

VoL. XXIX. No. 8.

ALBION, N. Y., Ava. 15, 1912.

WHOLE No. 301

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_ We will not advertise the skins, nests, eggs, or mounted specimens of North American
Birds for sale. These columns are for the use of those desiring to make bona fide exchanges
of such specimens for scientific collecting purposes only.—EiITOR.

BIRDS

WANTED—Live American Wild Trumpet-
er Swan. R.M. Barnes. Lacon, [11].

TO EXCHANGE-—Skins of birds and ani-
mals of this country, with those of other
couptries. Also mounted birds and nests.
FRANK ESPLAN, Taxidermist, Richmond,
Minn, (1-p)

WANTED —A No.1 Skins of 445, 463, 465, 4664
and 467. Exchange for books on Ornithology.
WILLIAM M. PALMER, 924 West State St.,
Trenton, N. J. (1-p)

EGGS

In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss, as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

EXCHANGE.—A fine series of ten of the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska. I
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many others,
D. E. BROWN, 6044 Ist Ave.. No. W, Sta. F.
Seattle, Wash.

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE,—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets.
Nos, 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list:
J.S. APPLETON. Simi, Ventura Co., Cal.

TO EXCHANGE—Sets with data, North
American and Foreign. Can use many com-
mon kinds of both. Dr. T. W. RICHARDS
“a S. Navy, 1911 N. St., N. W.. Washington

ax OF

WANTED—Nests_ of the Cliff Swallow;
offer eggs or cash. I have asmall supply of
S'ilbite from the extinct Frankford Quarry
to trade for sets. J. P. BALL, M. D., Frank-
ford, Philadelphia, Pa. (4-p)

WANTED —Fine sets full data of many N.
A. Birds. Offered—Shells, land and fresh
water, especially fine Unios from Onachita
River. REV. H. E. WHEELER, Arkadel-
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WANTED.— An A No. 1 set of Sharp-
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J offer in exchange, rare sets from the north-
west. J. H. BOWLES, The Woodstock,
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Choice cabinet sets with full and accurate
data for exchange for sets and large rare
singles. DK. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene
St., Augusta, Ga. (2-p)

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JAMES L. MITCHELL, Indiana Trust Build-
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Make a cash offer for*specimens of Butter-

flies, caterpillers, reptile eggs, bugs, live
crows, for Taxidermists. E. W. KELLY,
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WANTED—A No. 1 sets of 343. 347a, 348, 362,
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WANT—Absolutely first class sets, com-
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FOR EXCHANGE—A fine collection of
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I want several sets of 332, 348 and 343. Good
exchanee: R. P.SHARPLES, West Chest
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WANTED.—Audubon’s Birds of America,
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be paid for numbers 10 and 80. FRANKLIN
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BIRD MAGAZINES.—I have about_ 500
old bird magazines for exchange, including
complete volumes of Auk, Condor, Nidiolo-

gist, Osprey, Oregon Naturalist, and odd

numbers of all of these. W. LEE CHAM-
BERS, 1226 11th St.. Santa Monica, Cal.

WANTED—‘Nidiologist”, Vol. 1 No. 2;
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odd nos. DR. T. W. RICHARDS, 1207 19th
St. N. W., Washington, D.C.

WANTED—Coues “Key to N. A. Birds’
5th edition’ State price and condition. H.
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WANTED-—Birds of New York, by Eaton.
colored plates by Fuertes. We issue cata-
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North Anierican Birds, Bendire; Vol If Bing-
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illustrations Science History of The Uni-
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World, Ridpath; latest edition, 9 beautiful
volumes, new. Will consider offers part
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ERNEST MARCEAU, 15 Fales St., Central
Falls, R. I. (1-p)

Advertise Your Bird Books
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our columns than because of
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The American Bittern—From a Drawing by Audubon

322 THE OOLOGIST

Nest and Eggs of the American Bittern

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The American Bittern.

A few of the remaining sportsmen,
Ed. Fish,
will recollect that the American Bit-

Arthur Bissell and others,

tern (of which a true picture is here
copied from Audubon’s great work, in
possession of the Buftalo Society of
Natural Science) in earlier days was
quite abundant. Squaw Island was
then covered with high elms and wil-
lows, and a sawmill stood at the head
of the island, and Rattlesnake Island
At Sca-

jaquada Creek, on the left side of Del-

was also covered with trees.

aware street, was Alberger’s slaughter
house, and opposite was a large farm
house. Jn the rear of Stony Point was
the West Seneca swamp, now entire-
ly covered by the Lackawanna steel
plant and the Village of Lackawanna.
All along here such sportsmen as
Charles Gerber, Steve Roberts, Jona-
than Sidway, Bob Newell, George Har-
ris, Lewis Kobler, Charles and Julius
Weiss, Peter Heinz, Louis Newman
and others, now all gone to the happy
hunting grounds, in spring shooting
encountered the American Bittern, but
hardly ever took notice of it, much
less to shoot it.

The grounds necessary to the bit-
tern, are now in more remote places.
They can be found in the Bowmans-
ville and the _ faroff Tonawanda
swamps. In the Tonawanda swamp
their habitation may not last for many
years, if the project to reclaim the
swamp is carried out.

The upper parts of the American
bittern are brown, profusely mottled
and freckled with buff and ochre on
neck, and under parts tawney white or
ochery; each feather with a dark
edged stripe, the throat line white
with brownish streaks; a velvet black
streak on each side of neck; crown and

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tail brown; a buff stripe over the eye;
quill feathers. greenish black, tipped
with brown; bill, pale yellowish;
legs, greenish yellow, iris yellow. It
varies greatly in dimensions: length
23 to 34 inches; extent, 32 to 45 inches.
The female is smaller.

A set of eggs varies from three to
six, and they vary greatly in size and
color. Tlfe bittern arrives in this lo-
cality from April 10th to 20th, and at
once looks for a nesting site which is
most of the time in a patch of swamp
vegetation. In the middle of this the
nest is constructed from dry stalks of
tules and swamp grasses about four
to six inches above the surrounding
set swamp. This nest is about a foot
in diameter. From the edge of the
cluster of swamp grass a regular path
is formed. The male alights cutside
of the grassy patch and hops to the
nest, thereby forming a vath, and in
this way it becomes easy to the ex-
perienced eye to find the nest.

The bittern lays from three to six
eges. After several weeks the young
will emerge from the eggs. It was
quite a treat for me when at one time
I found two downy young in front of
their mother, who was protecting the
three remaining eggs from which the
young had not emerged. After sev-
eral weeks the young are quite large,
as the picture shows. This picture is
due to Ed and Frank Zesch. The fe-
male is very persistent when sitting
on the eggs, and in several cases, as
with the woodcock, had to be taken
bodily from the nest and eggs, and
even will not budge when a dog is
standing over them.

It is quite difficult for the parents
to supply food to their young. In one
instance which I have never seen re-
corded, the adult male flew with a
frog to a nearby shrub and pierced
the frog on a short dead limb, for fu-
ture use. To my knowledge, when the

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The Young of the American Bittern—Not a Handsome Bird

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THE OOLOGIST 325

first set of eggs is taken, the mother
invariably lays a second set, so their
extermination may be far off.
Ottomer Reinecke.

Buffalo, N. Y.

We are indebted to Mr. Reinecke for
the use of plates illustrating this ar-
ticle—KEd.

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Breeding Birds of Marshall Co., III.

In the Ornithologist and Oologist,
Vol. xv, Page 113 (August, 1890) I
published a carefully prepared “List
of Birds Breeding in Marshall Co.,
Nlinois.”

Now, 22 years later, I desire as the
result of those years of experience
and observation to supplement that
jist and to amend the same in the fol-
iowing particulars, that it may be
hrought down to date and made as ab-
sclutely accurate as possible. Twen-
ty-two years is a long span and part
of the breeding season of every one
of these years was spent by me in the
field within this county. Many changes
have worked amongst the birds and
some new species added. The changes
that I desire to make in this list are:

No. 131, Hooded Merganser, (Laph-
odytes cucullatus). An article publish-
ed by me in The Oologist, Vol. No. 3
(March, 1912) details all the new dis
coveries with relation to this species
to date.

No. 132, Mallard. (Anas boschas).
Several sets of the eggs of this species
have been taken within the county
since 1890.

No. 144, Wood Duck. (Aix sponsa).
Rapidly becoming a very rare breeder
—now but a few pairs nest within the
county where formerly there were hun-
dreds.

No. 149, Lesser Scaup Duck. (Marila
affinis). This bird even yet rare oc-
casionally remains to nest here. I
have seen the young.

No. 194, Great Blue Heron. (Ardea

herodias herodias). There is but one
small herony left within the county, of
probably a couple of dozen pairs. It
won't last long. The Chicago Sani-
tary District Water has killed the
larger trees in the river bottoms and
they have no place to nest.

No. 196, Egret. (Herodias egretta).
Not now seen in the county at all.
Formerly migrated by here in Thous-
ands and a few nested with us. Not
one seen here in the past five years.
The last known nests near here were
in a larger herony of the Great Blue
Heron. There were about a half dozen
nests of this species, located at the
head of Hennepin Lake ten miles
north of the Marshall County line. All
the birds were killed by plume junt-
ers in 1907.

No. 206, Sandhill Crane (Grus mexi-
cana). A pair of this species for a
number of years between 1830 and
1850 had their nest on the farm now
owned by my cousin, 14% miles north
and one-half mile east of the present
Washburn School house. This is at-
tested to by two of my uncles who
lived on an adjoining farm, knew the
birds well and saw both old and young
birds and likewise saw and described
the eggs to me so accurately there can
be no question as to the authenticity
of the record.

No. 208, King Rail (Rallus elegans).
This bird I have ascertained to be a
common breeder here. I have taken
numerous sets of its eggs.

No. 212,. Virginia Rail
ginianus). This is a rare breeder here.
Wm. EH. Loucks, formerly of Peoria,
Ill., and now of San Francisco, Cal.,
photographed and took a set of nine
eggs while the writer was present in
the southern part of the county, May
7th, 1899. A half tone photo of this
nest and eggs may be seen by turn-
ing to The Oologist Vol. XXVI, Page
148,

(Rallus vir-

326

No. 221, American Coot (Fulica
americana). Now a very rare breed-
er within this county. Perhaps not
breeding here now at all. Formerly
common as a breeder.

No. 261, Upland Plover (Bartramia
longicaida). Now a very rare breed-
er here. a

No. 263, Spotted Sandpiper
macularius).
er here.

No. 273, Killdeer (Oxyechus vocifer-
us). Not nearly so common a breed-
er as formerly, now seldom seen.

No. 300, Ruffled Grouse (Bonasa um-
bellus umbellus). I have a number of
sets of eggs of this bird taken within
the county since 1890, one set I took
myself. This species does not seem
to increase or decrease here percep-
tibly.

No. 305, Prairie Hen (Tympanuchus
americanus americanus). ‘This bird is
almost gone here. There are not over
a dozen breeding pairs left in the
county. In May 1908, I received the
eggs from three nests that had to be
destroyed in plowing up the fields.
These are the last eggs and nests of
which I have any personal knowledge.

No. 310-a, Wild Turkey (Meleagris
gallapavo silvestris). Now entirely
extinct within the county.

No. 325, Turkey Vulture (Cathartes
aura septentrionalis). A few pairs
regularly breed within the county and
have so done for a number of years.
Always as far as I know in huge hol-
low trees.

No. 383,

\ a)
(Actitis
Now a very rare breed-

Coopers Hawk (Accipiter
cooperi). Our commonest breeding
hawk. Many now rest with us.

No. 337, Red tailed Hawk (Buteo
borealis borealis). Now a rare breed-
er here, formerly very common as
such.

No. 339, Red Shouldered Hawk (Bu-
teo lineatus lineatus). Now next to
the Coopers Hawk our most common

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breeding hawk. Confined to the River
bottoms.

No. 365, Barn Owl (Aluco pratinco-
la). One nest with five half grown
young found and another with two
half grown young. ‘The latter taken
and raised and kept in confinement
here in Lacon for over a year, then
one died and one was released. These
are the only nests I know of ever hav-
ing been found in the county.

No. 366, Long HKared Owl (Asio Wil-
sonianus). Not an uncommon breeder
here now.

No.
asio).
Owl.

No. 375, Great Horned Owl (Bubo
virginianus virginianus). Not ‘an un-
common breeder here. Might be ecall-
ed common, how it came to be omit-
ted from my previous list I am unable
to understand.

No. 393, Hairy Woodpecker (Dryo-
bates villosus villosus). Now a very
rare breeder here owing to the fact of
the English Sparrow appropriating
almost every nest hole as soon as the
same is excavated. I once saw one of
these sparrows enter the home of one
of these Woodpeckers and take a new-
ly hatched bird out in its bill, and flut-
ter for an instant over the water (the
nest was dug into a dead willow snag
standing in the overflowed Illinois
River bottoms) and drop the young
bird into the water to drown. It then
returned into the nest and soon ap-
peared with another newly hatched
woodpecker in its bill. As it fluttered
over the water for_an instant my gun
cracked and the sparrow died. I firm-
ly believe this sparrow will ultimately
cause the Hairy Woodpecker to be-
come extinct in all places where the
sparrow is permitted to remain during
the breeding season.

No. 409, Red bellied Woodpecker
(Centurus Carolinus). Since the Chi-

979
ol,

Our

Screech Owl (Otus asio
most common breeding

THE OOLOGIST 827

cago Sanitary District water has killed
off most of the larger trees in the
river bottoms this species has become
a common breeder here in the over-
flower bottoms.

No. 417, Whippoorwill (Antrostomus
vociferus vociferus). A common breed-
er here how, much more so than twen-
ty years ago.

No. 420, Nighthawk (Chordeiles vir-

ginianus virginianus). Now a very
rare breeder here. This species and
the preceding have reversed their

relative positions in this respect in the
last twenty years.

No. 456, Phoebe (Saymoris phoebe).
Not nearly so common as formerly.
The English Sparrow has practically
driven it away from all the buildings
and it now nests almost entirely under
bridges and banks. It is a much wild-
er bird than formerly.

No. 466, Traill’s Flycatcher (Empi-
donax trailli trailli). This is the spe-
cies referred in my prior list under
the number 466-a.

No. 511, Purple Grackle (Quiscalus
quiscula quiscula).

511-b, Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus
quiscula aeneus). This latter species
is the only one nesting here. It is an
abundant breeder everywhere. The
purple Grackle was included in my
former list because of erroneous iden-
tification.

No. 584, Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza
georgiana). A rather rare breeder
along the river.

No. 593, Cardinal (Cardinalis cardin-
alis). In the last twenty years this
species has become one of our common
birds. It is a resident the entire year,

withstanding our very coldest weather
apparently as well as a Downy Wood-
pecker. It nests all along the river
bottoms on the bluffs and in the towns.

No. 595, Rose Breasted Grosbeak
ludoviciana). This

(Zamelodia spe-

cies has also become a common breed-
er here in the last twenty years.

No. 612, Cliff Swallow (Petrocheli-
don lunifrons lunifrons). Twenty
years ago this species was nesting all
over the county. Today not a bird
breeds within the county. Nor has
there for the past eight or ten years.
The cause? Same old story! The
English Sparrow has entirely driven it
out by taking every nest as soon as
completed. Today the farmers horses
and cattle must be eaten up by the
myriads of flies and mosquitoes that
no longer tear this natural enemy, the
Cliff Swallow.

No. 614, Tree Swallow (Irdoproene bi-
color). Not one-half as common a
breeder as in 1890 for the same reason
the Hairy Woodpecker is not, namely,
the English Sparrow takes all its nest-
ing places.

622-e, Migrant Shrike (lLanius ludo-
vicianus migrans). The remarks ap-
plied in my former list to the White-
rumped Shrike apply to this bird ow-
ing to the change in nomenclature, see
1910 A. O. U. Check list of North
American Birds.

No. 638, Bells Vireo (Vireo belli bel-
li). Of recent years this species has
become a tolerably common breeder in
this county.

No. 731, Tufted Titmouse (Baelo-
phius bicolor). Of occasional occur-
rence within the county. I know of
their nests being found, one by myself.
Only one set of eggs have ever been
taken and preserved as far as I know.
That was taken by Prof. D. B. Bur-
rows. I believe this bird is gradually
becoming more common here.

No. 751, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher ( Poli-
optila caerulea caerulea). I know this
bird breeds in this county because of
having seen it here during the breed-
ing season and because of having sev-
eral nests brought to me by persons
who found them after they had been

328 THE OOLOGIST

blown out of the trees. I have never
known the eggs to be taken or an oc-
cupied nest to be found.

No. 766, Blue Bird (Sialia sialis sia-
lis). Not one-tenth as common a
breeder as it was twenty years ago.
The cause is two-fold: first, the freeze
whieh killed off most of this species
in the south some years ago; second,
the English Sparrow stealing its nest-
ing places and destroying its nests,
eges and young.

With the above corrections and addi-
tions I believe the list first referred
to be an accurate list of the breeding
birds of this county.

R. M. Barnes.

Lacon, IIl.

Soe

On the Tionesta.
A few years ago while still going to
school, a chum and myself spent about
a month of our vacation with a woods-
man who was taking it easy for
awhile, after having been badly injur-
ed while cutting timber.

He had a camp on one of the small-
er branches at the head of the Big
Tionesta Creek in this county, and
near the Forest County line. We went
in June ist and stayed about all
month, only coming out a couple of
times for grub.

A large tract of virgin timber, most-
ly hemlock, but with considerable
beech, oak, chestnut, etc., in places,
covered this region. At the very head
of the Tionesta was a fine tract of
huge white pine. The country between
this big woods and the river was lum-
bered over and consisted of slashing,
jungle, second-growth and _ scattered
timber. In the slashings, many huge
stubs stood about. The country is
rough and rocky. On many ridges
‘are piled up numbers of huge rocks
of sandstone and white gravel. The
streams are clear and cold and fed by
numerous ice cold springs. The beds

of these streams were rock sand and
fine white gravel. i

Our camp was near the head spring
of one of the branches and within a
stone’s throw of the timber. A barn
40x60 built of white pine timbers
still stood by the ruins of an old saw
mill and overhead in one corner on
the stringers, deer hunters had built
a snug room in which we stayed.

Our grub we packed in. A farmer,
four miles away, who was our nearest
neighbor furnished us with bread and
pies. .

Trout fishing was good and we spent
many happy hours after the speckled
fellows.

This woodsman was quite an expert
bee-hunter and that summer, found
and cut twenty-four bee-trees. A nuim-
ber of these were found and cut while
we were there. Although early for
honey, we had all we could eat; also
all the stings we desired. Twenty of
these swarms were saved and hauled
out the following winter on _ bob-
sleds.

Nearby was a rocky ridge overgrown
with huckleberry brush and sweet
ferns and known as a great place for
rattlesnakes. We crossed this ridge
on several occasions while lining bees
and killed two large rattlers, but near
our camp and along the streams we
found none. There was a family of
Flying Squirrels in the old barn and
the Red or Pine Squirrel was very
common. The large Blacks and Grays
were rather scarce as there was too
much pine and hemlock.

Poreupines were a nuisance and
paid nightly visits to our camp where
they chewed and fussed about so that
we had to get up at night frequently
and shoot one to stop the noise.

Returning one evening we caught a
coon in camp and chained him up.
There were plenty of signs of Bear,
but we did not see any. With deer

THE OOLOGIST 329

we were more successful and jumped
them on several occasions, and one
day while fishing in a deep pool on the
big creek, three deer walked right up
to me, but certainly exceeded the
speed limit on becoming aware of my
presence.

There were quite a few Wildcats
(Bay Lynx( too, and one cloudy after-
noon, while sitting on a _ big rock
watching a pair of Yellow-bellied
Woodpeckers feed their young, a large
cat walked out from behind a rock
not thirty feet away. We were both
surprised, but Mr. Cat did not seem
in a hurry to make a get-away. He
sized me up at his leisure, then turn-
ed about and the last I saw of him
was his bob-tail as it disappeared

from view behind the rock. They are
surely a ferocious looking thing
though.

There was a fine variety of birds
about our camp and every morning at
daybreak we were greeted by a great
bird chorus. There were more birds
in the slashing than in the heavy tim-
ber, but of course many kinds of birds
found in the timber would not be found
in the open, and again many were
found in the open slashings that never
were seen in the heavy woods. Situ-
ated as we were so close to the woods,
we got both the melody from the
woods and the chorus from the slash-
ing.

Close to camp along the edge of
the timber, a pair of Olive-sided Fly-
catchers had located and the loud
harsh call of the male was one of the
common bird notes as he sat high up
on a big dead stub. Above camp a
little ways, a pair of Yellow-bellied
Woodpeckers had a nest, and every
morning about daylight the male bird
had a habit of alighting on the roof
and hammering away. We called him
our alarm clock. Altogether I noted

73 species there and all no doubt were

breeding. Such birds as the Meadow-
lark, Vesper and Savanna Sparrows,
Blackbirds, ete., were of course entire-
ly absent as there were no fields.
The only water birds were the King-
fisher and Great Blue Heron. The
Kingfisher follows up all the larger
mountain streams in quest of trout
and the Herons were nestling in the
big pine. Wood Duck were said to
summer on the big creek but I saw
none at all. Deep in the forest at the

mouth of one of the branches, we
found a family of Woodcock which
rather surprised me, as I always

thought they frequented more open
country. Sharp-shinned, Cooper, Red-
shouldered Hawks were about every
day, and two miles away in the slash-
ing, a pair of Sparrow Hawks had set
up housekeeping. ;

Barred, Horned and Schreech Owls
were heard every night, and the for-
mer two we frequently saw.

The big stubs in the slashings were
well liked by the Woodpecker tribe
and the Hairy, Downy, and Flicker
were common. There were several
pairs of Red-heads near camp and the
Yellow-bellied was not at all rare as
we frequently met with them; and not
a day did we spend in the woods but
what we saw the Pileated.

As dusk approached, the Whip-poor-
wills tuned up. They were tame and
often alighted on the camp. I improvy-
ed the opportunity to learn something
of their habits. Nighthawks were
quite common about the barren ridges,
A pair of Kingbirds were about the
old mill, and a pair of Phoebes nest-
ed in our camp. Everywhere in the
forest, the Wood Pewee was common.

According to our woodsman friend,
Ravens had been found there the year
round up to a few years previous to
our visit.

Small flocks of Crossbills were seen

nearly every day, and on several occa-

330

sions we saw little flocks of five and
six of the Pine Siskin. Juncos were
abundant and we found several nests.

My friends the Warblers, were plen-
tiful and I spent lots of time with
them. Back in there, the Yellow was
entirely absent, but in the forest, the
Parula, Black throated Blue, and Black
throated Green, Magnolia, Oven-bird,
Redstart, Hooded, Canadian and Black-
burnian were all more or less plen-
tiful. The Black and White was there,
but was scarce. Along the streams we
met a few Water-thrushes. In the
slashings, three warblers were com-
mon: the Yellow-throated, Mourning
and Chestnut-sided. These three we
never met in the deep woods.

I found nests of all the warblers ex-
cept the Water-thrush and Blackbur-
nian. A pair of House Wrens nested
in the ruins of the old mill and I found
three nests of young Winter wrens
while fishing.

The old boiler had been left at the
mill and about twenty feet of stack
still stood. In this stack I got a set
of Chimney Swift. Also saw a Swift’s
nest inside an old camp. Both the
Creeper and Red-bellied Nuthatch were
found in the timber and probably nest-
ing. Thrushes were plentiful—Wood,
Wilson’s, Hermit and Olive-backed.

Altogether it was a very enjoyable
vacation.

I have not been over there for a few
years now, but the conditions are no
doubt much the same except that a
good bit of the timber has since been
taken out. There are other places
near here at present where the condi-
tions and inhabitants (Mammals and
birds) are about the same, but the big
tracts of timber are disappearing and

a wilderness of briars and second
growth are taking their place and the
time is not far off when the big tracts
of giant hemlock, maple, beech, etc.,

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will be a thing of the past in Pennsyl-
vania. R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.

Large Sets of Robin Eggs.

In a recent number of The Oologist,
I promised to chronicle my experience
with large sets of our plebian Robin,
and as “things promised are things
due,” it behooves me to keep my word.

The Robin is generally supposed to
lay from three to five eggs, and accord-
ing to most ornithological writers it
does, but during a long oological ex-
perience in which I have examined al-
most a thousand occupied Robins’
nests, I have found sets of five eggs to
be of exceeding rarity, as I have only
six records of nests containing five
eggs or young, or over, which is a
very small ratio in proportion to the
large numbers of nests examined. It
will then be seen that I do not exag-
gerate when I assert that sets of five

ges, or over, are of decidedly rare oc-
currence, in Southeastern Pennsyl-
vania and South Jersey, at least.

There have been published a few ac-
counts of sets of five Robin’s eggs, as
well as one set of seven, by different
collectors in The Oologist, of both the
eastern and western birds, and most
of the writers agree that such sets
are of exceedingly rarity.

Davie says, ‘“‘the typical set of eggs
is four, rarely five,’ but in my exper-
ience, sets of three eggs are almost
as common as four and often only two
eges constitute a complement in sec-
ond and later clutches.’ Dr. Coues, in
his “Avifauna Columbiana” says: “The
eggs are 4-6 in number,” and he is the
only ornithologist whom I can remem-
ber crediting the Robin as laying over
five eggs.

A writer in the defunct Museum
(Vol. I No. 1, 1894, p. 6) Says, “in a
rather active collecting experience
now extending back for fifteen years,”

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that he has never found a Robin’s nest
containing over four eggs. I wonder
whether he has since, been more for-
tunate in his search?

My records of Robins’ nests contain-
ing over four eggs and young follow,
and it is a curious fact that all but
two nests were in unusual situations.

I. Five fresh eggs; collected April
17, 1902, at Holmesburg, Philadelphia
County, Pa., from a nest placed 30 feet
up on wooded railroad trestle bridge
(one track) Spanning a creek, but not
above the water, underneath a cross-
tie and within fifteen inches of the
rail; on bridge used daily by about
fifteen or twenty trains. Eggs ovate;
greenish blue; size 1.10x.81; 1.05x

Mon 00 X .(8>; .9) x .to inches.
Il. Five fresh eggs, collected on
May 2, 1902, at Wissinoming, Phila-

delphia County, Pa., from a nest on a
wooden-girder supporting a large woad-
encased water main in a ravine, 12 feet
from the ground and about a foot
from the bottom of the pipe. Eggs,
ovate; greenish blue; sixe 1.19 x .83;
Pelee Nee Le keusoe Lie x .Sog Lule
x .88 inches. Notice the remarkable
uniformity in width of the eggs.

Ill. Five small young (no Cowbirds)
examined on June 3, 1902, at Frank-
ford, Philadelphia, Pa.; nest situated
15 feet up in a willow along creek,
placed between a double crotch. It
was first found on May 21st, when it
held two young and three hatching
eggs; the eggs were typical. The
young eventually perished from expos-
ure and starvation as wanton gunners
murdered their parents.

The discovery of three Robins’ nests
in one year containing over four eggs
and young is a record, I think, that
will not soon be equaled or surpassed.

IV. Five young about a day or two
old (no Cowbirds) found on May 30,
1904, at Parry, Burlington County,
New Jersey; nest placed about five

feet up in a white cedar sprout in a
cedar swamp along a creek.

V. Seven eggs, fresh and (3) com-
menced; collected on May 11, 1904 at
Holmesburg, Philadelphia County, Pa.,
from a nest placed on a girder of a
large wooden road bridge spanning a

creek, over forty feet above the
ground and less than ten inches un-
derneath the floor, beneath the foot

walk; a double nest, one built inside
the other making it two inches high-
er than in average-sized nest, other-
wise typical. Hggs ovate and greenish-
Dlue,. size 1719 sxe hare ledlo. x Sees
>: at Ge ame Weal WSS ol 1 AL 7 ea eb Wes aa oS
1.10 x .80 inches.

VI. Five fresh eggs, collected for
me by my young brother William from
a nest on a steel railroad bridge span-
ning an unopen street, on May 22,
1911, at Frankford, Philadelphia Coun-
ty, Pa.; nest about 24 feet above the
ground and 20 feet down from the
tracks, placed on a big bolt among
many united straining girder rods and
almost concealed. Many heavy trains
pass daily over the bridge. Eggs ovate
and greenish-blue, two abnormally
colored; one being faintly sprinkled
with bright yellowish-brown and the
other lightly speckled with the same
color over the entire surface; size
V2 x Shy Lilsak Aoieeele SOO (hana
ly sprinkled), 1.16 x .81 (lightly speckl-
ed); 1.138 x .80 inches. The mark-
ings are pigment and not dirt marks.

This is the first spotted set of Rob-
examined, al-

ins’ eggs I have ever

though I have seen a similarly marked
set of three in the collection of Dr. J.
P. Ball of this city, who collected it in
this vicinity.

All of these sets are in my collec-
tion and I prize them highly, although
they are only “Common Robins’ eggs.’

Let us hear from others who have

302

found more than four eggs in a Robin’s
nest.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.

P. 8S. Since the above was written
the writer has examined a set of six
Robin’s egzs, aS well as one of five, in
the extensive collection of Thomas S8.
Gillen of Ambler, Pa. They were col-
lected in Montgomery County, Pa.

R. F. M.

Nigger Sloughs, 1912.

In my ornithological research this
year, | have paid particular attention
to the birds that haunt the regions of
Nigger Slough. This wonderful “Birds’
Retreat” lies just seven miles south
of Los Angeles and three miles from
San Pedro Harbor, Southern Califor-
nia.

No doubt many of the readers of
The Oologist at once recognize this
typical bird land, where for two miles
the country around is covered with
water, surrounded by a dense growth
of water plants and tales.

Here too, occur large colonies of tule
Wrens, various species of ducks, coots,
and red wings chasing each other
round and round as if at play. In the
lake, water striders glide on stilt-like
legs among the rushes and floating
leaves, while dragon flies hawk at
midges; and on a dead tree near the
water’s edge, a Kingfisher has his
perch, from which on my approach he
swoops down twirling his watchman’s
rattle and disappearing from sight.
Sometimes in the tules nearby I
frighten up a bittern, and in the shal-
lows near the shore the great blue
heron is fishing, standing knee-deep in
the water watching patiently for his

victims. As Wordsworth says:
“The birds around me hopped and piayed;
Their thoughts I cannot measure;
3ut the least motions which they made
It seems a thrill of pleasure.”’

I am very glad to say that the little

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Tule Wrens (Telmatodytes palustris
paludicotae) are arriving at Nigger
Sloughs in great numbers every year.

During the month of May, 1912, I
counted fifty-three nests and I am
certain they are this year’s nests, for
I have been keeping a close watch on
the Tule Wren migration in this local-
ity for some time previous. Twenty-
four nests contained full sets, three
had young, and the remaining number
were either empty or contained but
one or two eggs.

I have secured some very interest-
ing notes during my research this year
at Nigger Sloughs on several species
of Southern California birds, especial-
ly that of the little Tule Wren, and
have made some investigations con-
cerning its maturation period and
manner of general housekeeping. I ex-
pect to have my data completed be-
fore the fall opens and next year I
expect to spend much of my time
looking into the American Coot migra-
tion throughout Southern California.

Alfred Cookman,
Univ. of Southern California,

Biological Station, Venice, Cal.
OS

The Purple Martin (Progne subis subis)
Nesting in Eaves of a Building.

Late in June, this summer, I noticed
Purple Martins entering holes in the
large eaves of three story buildings
which stood facing the main streets ot
Madison, Wisconsin.

At first I did not suppose they were
nesting, but as they were seen to enter
the holes so often, (holes formed by
pieces of plowed and grooved boards
breaking through) I became interest-
ed, and after careful watching I could
see the parent birds feeding their
young, which came to the entrance to
receive the food. Later I could see
the young birds sitting in the entrance.

Several other places were seen where

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the Martins carried food material to
the young.

This is a new occurrence as far as
my observations are concerned. [
never heard of Martins nesting in
such situations.

S. Dickey.
Madison, Wis.

This is the usual and ordinary nest-
ing place for this species, in the towns
and cities of the central west.—KEd.

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Books Received.

Personal Observations and Notes on
Breeding Migrant or Visiting Birds on
the Niagara Frontier, made by Otto-
mer Reinecke.

This is a list pubilshed in the pro-
ceedings of the Buffalo Society of
Natural History and covers the obser-
vations of the writer during the years
of his residence in that vicinity. It
is prepared with the well known and
often demonstrated scientific accur-
acy of the writer and illustrated by
numerous half tones, and is a contri-
bution deserving of a place in the li-
brary of all scientific ornithologists.

Annotated List of the Birds of Onei-
da County, New York and of the West
Canada Creek Valley, by Egbert Bagg,
March, 1911.

This is an excerpt of the transac-
tions of the O. H. S. Volume 12, pg.
16-85. This is a very comprehensive
treatment of the birds of the territory
covered by the list, and is particularly
interesting to the editor, because, not
only of the thoroughness of the paper
itself, but also on account of the intro-
duction as follows:

“Twenty-five years ago this winter, )
appeared before you in the rooms con-
nected with those of the City Library
and read ‘An annonated List of Oneida
County, N. Y.’ which I had prepared
from the observations of the late Dr.
William L. Ralph and myself. Tonight

I appeared again to bring that list up
to date.”

Like the list of the Breeding Birds
of Marshall County, Illinois, brought
down to date in this issue of The Oolo-
gist, Mr. Bagg’s list shows the changes
wrought by this long number of years,
and it is a production of which Mr.
Bagg may feel proud. It shows a
thorough knowledge and _ extensive
study on the subject treated.

Sa
Lost Birds.

There seems to be good reason to
believe that birds may become bewild-
ered by bright lights, storms or fogs,
and to completely lose their sense of
direction. Last February I was cross-
ing the Mediterranean from Algiers, in
Africa, to the coast of Southern
France. This route goes over the
broadest part of the Great Sea. When
we were at least 200 miles from land,
I found a common bird of Europe and
Africa, the White Wagtail (Montacilla
alba) on the boat. How long it had
been with us I do not know. It seem-
ed tired, but would fly to another part
of the steamer when disturbed. It
was with us all day and doubtless
spent the night with us, and going
ashore at Monte Carlo in the morning.

On our homewart journey we left
Gibralter in the early evening of May
6th, on the Berlin for New York. The
next forenoon, and when 250 miles
from the nearest land, I saw on the
boat a Yellow Wagtail (Montacilla
flava) and a Short-toed Lark (Calan-
drella brachydactyla) while four Tur-
tle Doves (Turtur senegalensis) were
circling about the steamer, keeping it

‘company but afraid to alight on it. By

evening we were 400 miles from land
and the birds were all with us. The
captain told me that such things were
not uncommon, but that they would
beat themselves against the lights at
night and fall into the ocean. Next

334

morning I found that two of the doves
had been picked up on the vessel, in
an exhausted condition, and that the
captain had them in an extemporized
cage, and he had them when I left the
ship at New York, eight days later.
I found that the Yellow Wagtail had
left us, but that the Lark was still with
us, and it stayed all day until we were
800 miles from land, but I could not
find it the following morning.

On our second day out from Gibral-
ter and when 500 miles from land a
large wader which I felt sure was a
Greenhawk (Totanus canescens) was
flying about the ship, coming at times
very near it, but afraid to alight any-
where on it. I last saw it at sunset
800 miles from land.

In every case except the last, the
supposition would be that the birds
were attracted by the steamer’s lights,
when near shore, and flew about them
till out of sight of land, by which time
they were completely bewildered and
lost, with no sense of direction left.
Some birds, of course, go at times, far
beyond their usual range without be-
ing lost, and a Black Vulture (Cathar-
ista atrata) was shot on the 7th of
this month, in a town adjoining this
on the Vermont side of the line, and
was brought to me for identification.
T also have a Leech’s Petrel (Cymo-
chorea leucorrhoa) shot on a small
lake near here, and fully 200 mee
from the ocean.

During the past five years some 20
to 25 Common Guillemots (Lourvia
troile) have been picked up on the
snows of December and January in
this town, half of them in one winter.
Some were dead but there were more
live ones, though they seemed unable
to take wing.

These instances might be continued,
but my article is already long enough.

F. T. Pember.
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Instead of this article being long
enough, it is too short, and we hope
friend Pember will continue his con-
tributions to The Oologist. It is a long
time since we have seen anything on
the subject of birds from his pen, and
are very sure the “old timers” will
join us in soliciting him to continue
the good work.—Hd.

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The Black and Turkey Vulture.

I will try to give a few points on the
vulture for the best bird magazine in
the world. First of all I will say that
the Vultures are a very interesting
study of birds, laying from one to
three eggs before setting, but usually
they lay two eggs. I have found a set
of one Black Vulture, two different
times, and they were well incubated.
This Spring about June first, Woodruff
Yeates, a Fort Worth bird collector,
and I went to a Vulture grounds about
twenty miles from here. We had the
good luck to find one set of three Tur-
key Vulture, six sets of two ‘Turkey
Vulture, and two sets of one. All these
were found in about four hours’ hunt.

I find that the Black Vultures pre-
fer the rock ledges and thick under
brush, while the Turkey Vulture will
lay in Boisdarc Hedges, underbrush
and rock caves. I had the experience
one time last spring to pull a Vulture
off the nest and examine her thorough-
ly, but that was the only time out of
about thirty sets collected. Usually
they will fly away before you get two
or three hundred feet from them.

The eggs are oblong with a white
background, having brown blotches
mostly on the large end. One egg be-
ing more brightly colored than the
other. I have one set collected last
Spring that are nearly white, while
others are thickly blotched.

R. Graham.
Ft. Worth, Texas.

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Notes.

Charles R. Keyes, the widely known
Iowa ornithologist, has just left for
an extended trip in Europe.

On July 18th, 1912, while walking
through a field near my home I found
a nest of Song Sparrows placed on the
ground in a tussock of grass which
contained four eggs of Song Sparrow
and two eggs of Cowbird. Is this not
late for the Cowbird to be depositing
eggs, as all eggs were fresh?—G. R.
Barlow, S. Killingly, Ct.

The “Outer’s Book” is now running
a serial article by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt
entitled “American Ducks and How to
Distinguish Them.” This is one of
the best papers on this subject that
we have seen. The fact that Dr. Shu-
feldt’s name stands sponsor for it,
places it in the rank of authority.

A few days ago a friend told me of
having heard a Quail near his farm.
This reminds me that last summer on
June 28th while fishing up the Cone-
wango, about six miles north of here,
I came upon a flock of young Quail.
I was walking along a fence and came
to a corner where grew considerable
brush, when the birds began getting
up all around me. They were hardly
half grown and could fly but a few
feet. This is the only positive record
of Quail breeding here that I know of.
We are a little too far north, and our
winters are too severe. The birds at
intervals stray here in the summer,
but this covey is the first I have seen
of this bird here for several years.—
R. B. Simpson, Warren, Pa.

A recent business trip took us over
a good part of the states of Kansas
and Nebraska. While at Wichita,
July 23d (thermometer only 106 in
the shade) we met Dr. W. I. Mitchell,
one of the very best known of the
Kansas bird men. He is as enthusias-
tic an ornithologist as we have seen
for lo, these many days,—Hditor,

335

Bluebirds Scarce in the Delaware
Valley.

What has become of our little har-
binger of Spring, the Bluebird? Since
late last February have not observed
one of these rovers, and reports from
points all along the Delaware indicate
that there has been a great Bluebird
blight this year. Even the farmers
are complaining loudly of the inroads
of cutworms, of which the Bluebirds
eat great quantities.

The only reason that can be assign-
ed to the small numbers of these birds
having been observed this season is,
that while enroute north during the
early Spring migration,. they doubtless
encountered the tail end of our past
severe winter and vast numbers of
them perished.

Let us hope that Dame Nature will
in her good time restore these little
denizens of our fields and gardens and
that next year its ever welcome song
of Spring will be heard in greater num-
bers. William M. Palmer.
Trenton, N. J.

i ee eee
Verification Wanted.

In the July issue of The Oologist I
find an article entitled “The Herons of
South Central Wisconsin,’ in which
the author, speaking of the Little Blue
Heron, says: “Occasionally came as
far north as this locality, where I have
seen a few of them in the latter part of
the season.” While the address of the
author, as appended to the article
mentioned, is Zion City, Ill., I pre-
sume he has reference to Columbus,
Wis., his former home.

So far as I am aware we have but
two actual records of this bird for
Wisconsin, one of these being August
28, 1848, and the other was made in
the early fifties. And while I do not
know the exact age of the author, I
very much question whether he saw
any of these birds anywhere in Wis-

336 THE OOLOGIST

consin before 1860. It is evidently an
error in identification and should be
so considered until the writer can give
actual proof to the contrary.

While the author does not claim his
list to be a complete list of Herons of
South Central Wisconsin, I might men-
tion that other species, records all
verified, have been taken in the terri-
tory under consideration. Among them
Cory’s Least Bittern, Snowy Heron,
Glossy Ibis, Wood Ibis, and even the
Roseate Spoonbill.

W. H. Snyder.
Beaver Dam. Wis.

pales so ge ee
Two California Birds.

Two of the most interesting birds,
with which I became acquainted dur-
ing my sojourn in California, were the
California Blue Jay, a jolly, noisy iel-
low and the western Meadow lark, an
exceedingly interesting bird of the AlI-
pine meadows, whither I often retired
to search for specimens of wild flow-
ers of the great and glorious old state
California, a veritable Hmpire by her-
seld. Of the former bird I often caught
glimpses in the live oaks along the
trails and mountain sides and often
did I head his loud scream, some time
before I got to know him at close
quarter; when the birds began nesting
I looked for nests and one day in the
foot hills on a steep incline, covered
with an almost impenetrable growth
of small trees and bushes, I-spied Mrs.
Jay on her nest, I had a good look at
her and a hard job to scare her off
her set of four eggs, for she was Set:
ting hard. Of course I ought not to
have disturbed them but as I was ex-
pecting to leave soon and had none
of these eggs, which I very much wish-
ed to possess, I decided to take them
and make every effort to save them,
although all the blow pipe I had at the
time was the neck of an oil can. I
got them partly blowed and had to

pack up and come to Wisconsin. After
I arrived I tried every way to save
them but could save only one, which
I have with the nest.

I first became acquainted with the
Western Meadowlark in Minnesota; a
bright whole souled bird of the Al-
pine meadows of the coast Range, in
California where we became better
acquainted and where I used to hear
his clear singing notes on all sides.
I succeeded in finding two nests, but
one was destroyed. I still have the
other, with four eggs, in my collec-
tion. This bird can be heard a long

distance and I usually could hear him,
away up near the top of the mountain

before I had gotten very far up. He
is a livelier bird than the eastern bird
and carries himself more erect. Both
birds won my admiration and [ secret-
ly determined to portray them on
paper some time in the future as sou-
venirs of my visit to California.
George W. H. Vos Burgh.

Zion City, Illinois.
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Notice.
We are again out of bird notes—
get busy—this is meant for you Mr.
Reader.— Kd.

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i 72 144 294 378 471 561 767

2 74 146 294a 378a 474b 581 659
3 75 147 297a 385 475 581m

4 76 155 300 388 476 584 681
6 77 160 301 390 481 587

7 79 167 302 406 487 591b 683a
9 86 172 302a 412 488 591e 684
11 90 182 805 418 495 593 687
12 93 184 311 416 495a 598¢ 708
13 104 187 325 417 498 595 704
16 106 188 326 420) 498d 596 705
27 107 190 3080 420a 500 598 706
30 116 191 3986 420b 501 599 707
30a 117 194 307 421 501b 601 710
dla 118 200 07a 428 505a 604 710a
32 119 201 343 429 506 612 718
37 120 202 347 a 430 507 618 715
40 120¢ 205 348 431 508 - 614 718
44 121 212 odd 453 510 616 719
47 122 214 300 434 511 617 721
49 123b 219 259.1 443 513 619 721a
51 125 221 360 444 543a 620 721b
53 126 225 360a 447 519 622a, feo |
56 127 226 362 452 529 622b 730
58 130 258 364 456 580 622e 7434
63 132 268 365 458 540 624 746
64 133 267 366 461 546 627 751
65 135 269 367 462 5o2 631 756
67 137 271 368 464 5d2a 633. 758
69 140 278 373 465 558 633.1 761
70 141 280 378¢ 466 560 641 761la

71 145 289 370 467 560a 766

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A Preliminary List of the Water Birds
Of the Middle Delaware Valley.

The Middle Delaware Valley is that
part of the Delaware River below tide-
water at Trenton and above Salem,
N. Y. The description of the region
is deferred until the completion of the
list when all remarks about how the
cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and Camden, New Jersey influence the
occurrence of the birds, etc., will be
commented on in the fuller report.

The reason I refrain from using the
scientific names, which are supposed
to be of such importance in a list of
this nature, is to economize the ac-
cepted English names of our birds as
well as to economize space, and as all
birds have common names by which
they are known to ornithologists, it
seemed to me superfluous to give the
scientific ones also in a preliminary
report.

1. Holboell Grebe; rare winter vis-
itant; October to March.

2. Horned Grebe; common tran-
sient; spring and fall.

3. Pied-billed Grebe; common
spring and fall transient. Both spe-
cies occur rarely in late summer.

4. Loon. Rare transient, spring
and fall; rarely seen in winter; occurs
chiefly in November.

5. Red-throated Loon. An uncom-
mon spring and fall transient; chiefly
occurs late in the autumn.

6. Black Guillemot. An extreme-
ly rare straggler during severe stormy
Winters.

7. Puffin. An _ accidental
wanderer of exceeding rarity.

winter
8. Brunnich Murre. Rare winter
straggler.

9. Razor-billed Auk. An extremely
rare wanderer during stormy, severe
winters.

10. Dovekie. An exceedingly rare

straggler during severe storms in win-
ter.

11. Pomarine Jaeger. Also occurs
rarely during severe winters.

12. Kittiwake. Of doubtful occur-
rence in severe winters.

18. Herring Gull. Abundant; Sep-
tember to May. Our commonest Gull.
Often occurs inland.

14. Ring-billed Gull. Common, as-
sociated with the preceding. October
to April.

15. Laughing Gull.
and fall transient.

16. Bonaparte Gull.
transient.

17. Franklin Gull.

18. QGull-billed Tern.
ly during former years.

19. Caspian Tern.
wanderer.

20. Royal
straggler.

21. Forster Tern. A rare visitor
in former years in all probability when
it was not an infrequent transient
along the New Jersey coast.

22. Common Tern. Common tran-
sient; April and May and August to
October.

23. Arctic Tern.
gler in former years.

24. Roseate Tern. Not a rare visi-
tant in spring and fall in former years
when it bred on the New Jersey coast.

25. Least Tern. Occurred not rare-
ly during former years in spring and
fall, when it bred commonly on the
coast islands of New Jersey.

26. Sooty Tern. An extremely rare

ummer wanderer.

27. Black Tern.
ind fall transient.

28. Black Skimmer. Of rare occur-
rence in former years when it bred in
New Jersey.

29. Greater Shearwater.

Common spring
Not a rare

Rare straggler.
Occurs rare-

An accidental

Tern. An accidental

Accidental strag-

Common spring

Accident-

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al straggler of extremely rare occur-
rence.

80. Stormy Petrel. Accidental
straggler.

81. Leach Petrel. Accidental strag-
gler.

32. Wilson Petrel. Accidental strag
eler. Any of these petrels are likely
to occur during severe winter storms.

99 Gannet. An extremely rare ac-
cidental straggler.

84. Double-crested Cormorant. Rare
visitant.

985. White Pelican. An accidental
straggler in former years.

86. Brown Pelican. An extremely
rare southern straggler or wanderer.

987. Merganser. Common; Septem-
ber to May.

88. Red-breasted Merganser. Com-
mon; September to May. Both spe-
cies of Shelldrake winter in immense
numbers.

89. Hooded Merganser. Uncommon
transient and rare winter resident.

40. Mallard. Common; August to
November and March and April.

41. Black Duck. Rare breeder and
common transient. (The Red-legged
Black Duck also occurs commonly in
the fall and spring.) Rare winter resi-
dent.

42. Gadwall.

43. Baldpate.

Rather rare visitant.
Common, spring and
44. Green-winged Teal. Rare visit-
ant.

45. Blue-winged Teal. Common
transient, especially common on the
marshes in September and October.

46. Shoveller. Very rare visitant.

47. Pintail.
spring and fall.

48. Wood Duck.
creasing.

49. Redhead.
spring and fall.

Common transient,
Rare resident; de-

Common transient,

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50. Canvasback. Rather rare spring
and fall visitant.

51. Greater Scaup.
spring and fall; transient.

52. Lesser Scaup. Abundant tran-
sient, spring and fall. Our commonest
lucks, are these two species of Broad-
ills as they are called by gunners.

58. Ring-necked Duck. Very rare
visitant.

54. Golden-eyed. Common _ spring
and fall transient and rare winter res-
ident.

55. Bufflehead. Also occurs com-
monly in the migrations and rarely
winters.

56. Old Squaw. Occurs commonly
during spring and fall.

57. King Hider. An exceedingly
rare winter straggler.

58. American Scoter.
autumn visitant.

59. Surf Scoter.
rarely in the fall.

60. White-winged Scoter. An un-
common fall transient. Scoters occur
commonly in flocks, chiefly in the fall,
occasionally in winter, and frequently
in early spring, but the species is in
doubt; probably all three occur.

61. Ruddy Duck. Common spring
and fall transient.

62. Snow Goose. Snow geese are
occasionally seen flying over but
whether the Lesser or Greater Goose,
or both species, can only be conjectur-
ed. The Lesser Snow Goose has rare-
ly been taken, however, and no Great-
er Goose records are extant.

63. White-fronted Goose.
tremely rare visitant.

64. Canada Goose. Abundant tran-
sient and not a rare winter resident;
September to May.

65. Brant. Not a rare transient;
very rare winter resident.
66. Whistling Swan.

ly rare occurrence.

107. Lesser Yellow-legs. Also a
common transient, spring and fall; ar-
rives as early as August.

108, Solitary Sandpiper.

Abundant,

Not a rare

Probably occurs

An ex-

Of extreme-

Common

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67. Roseate Spoonbill. An exceed-
ingly rare accidental straggler from
the South during former years.

68. White Ibis. Also occurred dur-
ing former years as an exceedingly
rare wanderer from the South.

69. Glossy Ibis.

70. Wood Ibis. Both of these Ibises
also occurred as extremely rare strag-
glers from the South in former years.

71. Greater Bittern. Common tran-
sient and rare breeder.

72. Least Bittern. Common sum-
mer resident; decreasing.

73. Great Blue Heron. Common
summer resident,, but, like the major-
ity of the water fowl, waders and
shore birds, it is slowly decreasing.

74. Egret. Not a rare summer so-
journer, aot

75. Snowy Egret. Extremely rare
summer visitant, but occurred occa-
sionally during former years.

76. Little Blue Heron. Not a rare
summer visitant; very rarely seen in
spring. %

77. Green Heron.
mer resident.

78. Black-crowned Night Heron.
Common summer resident; rarely oc-
curs during mild winters.

79. Yellow-crowned Night Heron.
Rare southern visitant.

80. King Rail. Common summer
resident. a |

81. Clapper Rail. Rare straggler
from the seashore.

82. Virginia Rail.
mer resident.

83. Sora. Very rare summer resi-
dent and common transient.

84. Yellow Rail.

transient.

85. Black Rail.

rare summer resident.

ta
Common sum-

Common sum-

Very rare fall
An exceedingly

86. Corn Crake. An extremely rare
straggler from Europe.

87. Purple Gallinule. Rare wander-
er from the South.

88. Florida Gallinule. Common sum-
mer resident in restricted localities.

89. American Coot. Common tran-
sient, rare breeder and occasionally
winter resident.

90. Northern Phalarope. Rare strag-
gler.

91. Wilson Phalarope.
gler.

92. Huropean Woodcock. An acci-
dental straggler of great rarity from
EKurope.

93. American Woodcock.
breeder and common transient.

94. Wilson Snipe. An abundant
transient, spring and fall; often stays
till late in December and May.

Rare strag-

Rare

95. Dowitcher. An exceedingly
rare stragegler.
96. Long-billed Dowitcher. An ex-

tremely rare straggler.

97. Purple Sandpiper. Of great rar-
ity.

98, Pectoral Sandpiper. Common
transient, by far commoner in autumn
than in spring.

99. Least Sandpiper. Abundant
spring and fall transient; arrives as
early as July.

100. Red-backed Sandpiper.
rare transient.

101. White-rumped Sandpiper. An
exceedingly rare transient.

102. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Com-
mon spring and fall transient, usually
associated with the Least Sandpipers
and both species occur often in im-
mense flocks.

Very

103. Sanderling. Rare visitant.

104. Marbled Godwit. Rare strag-
gler.

105. Hudsonian Godwit. Also a
rare straggler.

106. Greater Yellow-legs. Common

spring and fall transient.

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spring and fall transient; arrives as
early as July.

109. Willet. Occurs rarely in form-
er years when it bred in New Jersey.

110. Bartramian Plover. Rare sum-
mer resident.

111. Spotted Sandpiper.
summer resident.

112. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Of
great rarity and of doubtful occur-
rence.

Common

113. Long-billed Curlew. Rare vis-
itant.

114. Hudsonian Curlew. A _ fre-
quent transient, spring and fall.

115. Black-bellied Plover. Not a

rare fall transient.

116. American Golden Plover. An
exceedingly rare visitant.

117. Killdeer. Common summer
resident.

118. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Com-
mon spring and fall transient.

119. Piping Plover. Rare visitant
in former years when it bred on the
New Jersey coast.

120. Wilson Plover. Also a rare
visitant during former years when it
bred in New Jersey.

121. American Oyster-catcher. Rare
straggler during former years.

Richard F.. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.
o—<—0--
The Downy Woodpecker.

On finding the nest of the above spe-
cies this spring, 1912, I sawed the cav-
ity open with a V-shaped opening,
and exposed one fresh egg. I then
closed the opening by wiring the V-
shaped piece back into place. Seven
days later I returned and secured a
set of five fresh eggs. I then closed
my improvised door again as before,
and sixteen days later the nest con-
tained three young birds. The fact
that the bird had laid this number of
eggs and hatched them in so short a
time surprised me..

William B. Crispin.

Salem, N. J.

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Visit Large Fowl Yards.

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Breen and fam-
ily, in company with James Kinsella,
spent Sunday in Lacon, with relatives.
While in Lacon we had the pleasure
of being shown the large flock of wild
fowl—now tamed—owned by R. Ma-
gon Barnes, the well known lawyer of
that city. While Mr. Barnes has prob-
ably as large a law practice as any
lawyer in Illinois, he finds time and
plea—sure in his hobby of raising and
taming wild fowl. His residence place
is one of the oldest land marks of
Lacon, handed down by his father, the
late George O. Barnes also one of the
greatest lawyers of his time—and con-
sists of many acres. He has the place
fitted up with artificial water pocls
for his flock, and the birds have ke-
come so used to his call that many of
them will eat from his hands.

His flock of wild geese consist of
eleven different species, and are
handsome specimen of water fowl. In
order to get them he has spent hun-
dreds of dollars, and in the collection
are geese from all over North and
South America as well as trom Eurc-
pean shores. Besides the geese he
has also a number of wild ducks, wood
ducks and mud hens.

Probably the most interesting spe-
cimens in his large flock are his
Swans. Among these are some of the
most rarest of the Swan family, and in
fact one or two he has are the only
known species alive. One other spe-
cie he is now after, and with this view
in end he has a party in Alaska on
the lookout for the bird. The old le-
gion of the swan-song has no terrors
for Magon and he takes great delight

in his flock, and in showing them to
his. visitors, of which he has many
who come to see the birds.—Bradford,

(Ill.) Republican, June 12th, 1912.

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JS9N UO YOODPOOM

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346

A Barteminin Sandpiper’s Nest.

Many were the trips afield, and many
more were contemplated, in my en-
deavors to find the nest, and secure a
set of eggs of this—South New Jer-
sey’s Will-o’-the-wisp.

On May 16th, 1912 dame fortune
smiled and smiled aloud as I gazed
upon something I never before even
dreamed of seeing; a cupped shaped
depression in the ground, containing
five eggs—tfresh eggs of this specie. I
am unable to find any positive account
recorded of their eggs being taken in
this locality. But there are several
notices of the eggs and young being
seen. As far back as 1897 or 8 I re-
member a pair of old birds standing
on fence posts as wagons passed along
the road. ‘These birds had young
about, but nothing was done until
1910. While gunning in another lo-
cality for the same birds in August, I
decided they must have bred there.
The following spring in the early part
of May, 1911, I observed the birds
about, and near a public road within
a quarter of a mile of the L. P. R. R.

On the 30th of the month two others
and myself investigated with a long
drag rope. We entered a scanty growth
of timothy in a field. The old birds
greeted us by circling around near
by and whistling. The female coming
within gunshot at times, but the male
was not often so close. We were pos-
itive that the birds had a nest in that
field but failed to find it and went off
and hid. Then we would rush to the
place where we thought that the nest
was, but without results. As a last re-
sort I laid down closer and rushed
again with no new developments ex-
cept to pick up a wee bit of a downey
young that was skulking in the grass.
This settled matters for 1911, and we
all went home.

For the year 1912 I planned a vig-

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orous campaign against these birds.
Harly in the spring while the grass
was short I located a pair that had a
range of five mowing and two pasture
fields with other fields of cultivated
lands in between, about a thousand
acres in all, roughly speaking, consti-
tuted their range.

I was confident that I had them lo-
cated for a homesite when I visited
them the last of April in a clover field
on the brow of a hill, but was doomed
to disappointment when one week lat-
er my assistant and myself explored
it with a drag rope. The following
Sunday we located another home site
—and another disappointment—an-
other drag this time at night, with no
result. Another evening we located
them in a new field in a low pasture
and another flew up from the sparce
growth of clover in an adjoining field.
We found nothing as it was getting
too dark. The bird jumped up prob-
ably thirty yards ahead of us. The
rope all this time had brought no re-
sult. Three or four mornings after
this at about eight o’clock I visited
this place, and had the set in hand
within ten minutes after entering the
field. The male bird on this occasion
stayed away off, the female which
flushed about five yards from the nest,
circled round uttering the usual nest-
ing note of the species, left and re-
turned again, circled for a few mo-
ments and left for good, alighting up-
on a fence post so far away that we
could hardly see her.

The eggs were not pointing toward
the center as might be expected, but
lay about without order, and there
were really too many eggs for the nest
depression. It was so full as to seem
to be overflowing. The site was on
the brow of a hill in the least fertile
part of the pasture where the clover
was the thinnest. The location could

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—Photo by P. G. Howes.

Nest and Eggs of Lark Sparrow

348

be likened to that of a Spotted Sand-
piper, though that species would have
liked a scantier growth.

William B. Crispin.
Salem, N. J.

There are but few authentic Sets of
Five of this species known, and Mr.
Crispin is to be congratulated upon se-
curing such a prize. The foregoing
also shows what can be done by sys-
tematic, and continued effort.—Hd.

SS SST

Grasshopper And Lark Sparrows.

(Coturniculus savannarum australis)
And (chondestes grammacus.)

In years gone by, the Grasshopper
Sparrow was not uncommon, in fact at
one time it was abundant in the fields
which surrounded my home. Sudden-
ly they became very scarce and dur-
ing the years 1906, 7, 8 and 9 not one
nest was discovered although I search-
ed continually during the nesting sea-
sons. The only birds noted during the
scarcity were on spring migrations
and these apparently all passed on to
the north as the fields were uninhabit-
ed and I never heard their familiar
insect. like call during those four long
summers.

On arriving home from Switzerland
about the 15th of May, 1910, ‘I was
overjoyed to find that the birds had
returned in greater numbers than ever
before. Where they went during those
four years is a mystery to me, but
wherever they may have been there
was no “race suicide’ for this year
their long drawn out “chip--chzeeeeep”’
floats to ones ears from every side.

I found my first nest of the season
on June 3. It was placed on the ground
in a thin hay field about twenty feet
from a stone wall. The birds must
have used every scrap of their energy
in the construction of this nest as the
bottom of the cup was fully an inch
and a quarter below the surface of

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the ground, the sod tough and very
dry. The eggs were two-thirds ad-
vanced in incubation but a little pa-
tience saved the precious set. On
June 6 I found a second set of five in
the same field. These were fresh. On
June 9 I ran across two more nests
while hunting for Bobolinks in a heavy
field of grass about eight miles from
where the first two nests were found.
One contained five young about seven
days old, and the other four young,
fully fledged, and one infertile egg.

From the above observations it is
evident that the completement is
usually five and that May 15th would
be about the correct time to look for
fresh eggs. The nests are always
partly arched over and the entrance
invariably faces the sun! This being
the case with every nest that I have
ever found

The composition of the nest is al-
ways the same, fine dead grasses;
weeds or hair seldom, if ever, being
used in construction.

On June 10th of this year I was
Searching for nests of this sparrow, in
Long Ridge, Conn. I was walking
through a hay field and had almost
reached the wall at the edge of it,
when a bird flushed from the grass
within a few inches of my foot. A
short search revealed the nest, a plain
affair of grass and rootlets, but “Gee”
what have we here, four eggs unlike
those of any ground-nesting bird that
I ever ran across before! Retracing
my footsteps, I left the field for an
hour. On returning I nearly lost my
sences when the bird flushed again,
this time to light on a milk weed
stalk about fifteen feet away. I threw
my camera in a near by brook in my
excitement, for it was a Lark sparrow
in full breeding plumage, and there in
the grass, under my very nose lay
those four bluish, brown scrawled

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—Photo by P. G. Howes.

Nest and Eggs of the Grasshopper Sparrow

350

treasures, so unlike the eggs of any
other North American sparrow.
I believe this is a record for Connec-

ticut, if not you wise ones tell us

about it. It is my rarest find for the

season. P. G. Howes.
> <P 6

Some Erie, Pa., Notes.

While visiting at Erie this past
spring (1911) I spent some time each
day on May 31, June 1st and 2d on the
“Peninsula.”

The lower part of the ‘Peninsula’
had been swept by fire last fall and
the cover rather open for land birds
but still they seemed to be plenty.

It was the water birds that interest-
ed me most and I spent most of my
time looking them up. Long-billed
Marsh Wrens were breeding plentiful-
ly as were also the Red-winged Black-
birds. I flushed an occasional Least
Bittern but was too early for nests.

At a small pond lined with cat-tails
I flushed a female Mallard several
times but could find no trace of young.
About the marshy head of a small
pond I flushed a Wilson’s Snipe that
persisted in coming back but I could
find neither eggs or young and next
day could not again find the bird.

There was a pair of Piping Plover
on the outside beach and I got busy
and found the nest, mention of which
has already appeared in The Oologist.
There were several pair of Kildeer
about. Spotted Sandpipers were very
common and I saw several each of
Turnstone and Dunlin in full dress.
Also several each of Semip. Plover
and Semip. Sandpiper.

There was a flock of 15 or 20 Scaup
Ducks about the bay. I picked up a
turtle that was strange to me and
took it along. Afterwards I found it
to be a Blanding’s Turtle, a rather
rare thing in this state in the way of

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turties. After keeping it awhile it pre-
sented me with a set of nine eggs.
R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.
eee eee
The Season’s Opening.

When February comes with roar—
we know that winter’s almost o’er—all —
through the housed up days we've
read—and evenings ’till we went to
bed—all Bird books on our shelves
and then—we read them everyone
again—

And oh, the pleasure we derived—
in old experiences revived—We read
of how in Rawson’s days—he found
and wrote about Hawk’s ways—read
C. F. Posson’s squibs and notes—
laughed at his funny anecdotes—saw
pictures of the younger set—enrolled
now in Fame’s alphabet—saw our
Oologist hang on—while rivals died

soon after born—learned Lattin’s
Short’s and Barnes’ moods—their
trials and vicissitudes—read every

magazine and book—about eggs found
and pictures “took’—We sharpened
hatchet, irons and drill—and tried to
wait with patience ’till—the birds
came back and made their nests—and
lulled the longing in our breasts.

Then when March winds begin to
howl—we hie us forth to find an Owl
—the Great Horned Owl we hunt with
zest—we're tickled when we find his
nest—and when we shin up and the
cold—air whistles through our
breeches old—we feel that we are sure
repaid—to find two big round eggs
she’s layed—we hustle home like all
egg fools—and dig around for blowing
tools—but we don’t feel quite safe as _
yet—until we see in cabinet—the label
with 375—and then we settle down
and strive—to act as we think smart
men should—and stay at home ’till
weather’s good.—

But oh, those long cold lonesome

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days—of later March when every
phase—of springtime promise disap-
pears—and snow and sleet confirms
our fears—But March goes past like
other years—and finally we hear Kill-
deers—’Tis then we buckle armor on
—and whistle tunes from Mendellsohn
—we hie us forth on lengthy walks—
in search of nests of Red-tailed Hawks
—no trees too high, we boast and
scoff—we walk our blamed legs nearly
off—we sneak and creep down forest
aisles—(we happy carefree imbeciles)
—and crane our necks with eyes aloft
—and strain our muscles winter soft
—we list with ear drums taut it seems
—for ‘“Buteo borealis’ screams—at
last we see A NEST, A NEST—we
scramble at our very best—we see the
great height, grind our teeth—and but
for fresh sticks underneath—we’d turn
away with “sour grapes’ sneer—and
say “an old nest, built last year’—
but zounds, we’d never be content—
we'd feel small as a copper cent—to
turn away with just a glance—from
such propitious looking chance—we
long to scale the Hawk environs—and
grasp at last our climbing irons—we
buckle all the straps up tight—and
pause to scan the nest’s great height
—our eyes run up the trunk toward
sky—Gee Willikens but it is high—
how minutes now will seem like hours
—until that set of eggs is ours—we
sink the spurs into the bark—the first
ten feet. oh just a lark—fifteen feet
more and oh that tired—exhausted
feel, but now inspired—with visions
of a set of four—we buckle to our task
once more—we settle in a crotch to
rest—and gaze again up at the nest—

What hidden secret it beguiles—us
to climb up these miles and miles?—
what magnet is it draws and becks—
and causes us to risk our necks—on
rough and scraggly shell bark roads?
—Pride of possession ’tis that goads—

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and we are proud of every set—for
Red-tail’s eggs are hard to get—so
dog-goned hard that I won’t trade—
my Red-tail’s eggs to man or maid—
‘twas forty, fifty, sixty feet—at eighty
odd, the nest I greet—I lift my hand
and oh the thrill—Great Ceasar, I can
feel it still—Yes, eggs, but sad heart,
only one—now I must climb this son
of a gun—of a tree again to get those
eggs—oh my poor weary skinned up
legs—

March 29th found us again—beneath
the Buteo’s lofty den—337 our data
reads—nest composed of sticks and
weeds—a lining of corn husks and
leaves—with binder twine from old
oats sheaves—nest was a good six
feet around—placed eighty-seven feet
from the ground—Set mark, one three,
a beauty set—I ’aint done lookin’ at
"em yet—

Next month if Editor Barnes is kind
—Tlll tell you of my Buzzard find.

Isaac E. Hess.
Philo, Illinois.

> -—_
Personal Notes.

We recently made a 300 mile auto-
mobile trip in the counties lying south
and southwest of Lacon in the course
of which we met, among others, Dr.
W. S. Strode of Lewistown, Ill., who
in years past was one of the most ac-
tive of Illinois’ Ornithological stu-
dents. We spent a pleasant half hour
with the doctor and looked over some
of his specimens.

Of late years he tells us that he has
not paid much attention to Oology,
but has done considerable collecting
and making of bird skins, of which he
has a large local representation, as
well as one of the most complete col-
lections of fresh water mussel shells
that we have ever seen:

The Doctor promised us some copy
for The Oologist in the near future,

352

and we shall look forward to it with
interest.

At Jacksonville, we were permitted
to examine the collection of the late
Dr. King, an old resident of that city
who died some years ago. This is one
of the most remarkable assemblages
of natural history objects gathered to-
gether by a private collector that we
have ever seen. It includes substan-
tially everything under the sun of a
natural history character, including
mounted specimens of birds and mam-
mals from all parts of the world, a
beautiful collection of heads and ant-
lers, and an extremely large collec-
tion of ethnological specimens. It is
housed in a substantially built room,
beautifully cased and certainly is a
credit to the industry and persever-
ance of the one who gathered it.—KHdi-
tor.

Oscar Hi. Baynard,—everybody that
knows Baynard loves him—was struck
by one of Florida’s famous Diamond
Rattlers last season, and is not yet ful-
ly recovered. He has recently been
appointed Curator of the Museum of
the Florida State University, and a
better selection could not be made. He
has already secured the widly known
R. D. Hoyt collection of eggs, skins
and mounted birds for the museum.
We predict that it will eventually be-
come, under his administration, one of
the best known accumulations of Flor-
ida natural history specimens in ‘exist-
ance. We are glad to note that he re-
ports some Thirteen Thousand nests
of birds on the Orange Lake reserve
controlled by the Audubon Society, in-
cluding 405 pairs of Hegrets, where
there were only Four Pairs, two years
ago. This shows what protection that
really protects will do.

H. A. Mellhenny, who for many
years was one of the most active of
American Oologists and who has grad-

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uated into the millionaire class of
property holders, has recently purchas-
ased 74,000 acres of swamp land on the
Louisiana gulf coast and donated the
same to the state of Louisiana as a
bird reserve, upon which all shooting
of every kind will be prohibited. This
tract adjoins another very large tract
containing 138,000 acres, already the
property of the State, and used for
the same purpose.

This is a practical, sensible bird
protection. All that will be needed
now is to see to it that the laws pro-
hibiting shooting on these grounds are
strictly and impartially enforced.
Would that there were more of his
kind.

Mr. Stanley G. Jewett, one of Ore-
gon’s leading ornithologists writes, “]
am home again after a glorious four
months’ afield, mostly a desert I
should say, as Wyoming is pretty dry
in spots. Then I had a nice trip int)
the lake region of eastern Oreg n
where I visited the Hgret colony and
saw ducks, grebes and pelicans, not
by the thousands, but by the acre.”

We should be glad if he weuld fu’-
nish The Oologist readers with some
notes on his trip.

L. Brooks, one of the older Oologists
of the old Bay States, writes, “After
having recovered a long broken health
I should like again to become a sub-
scriber of The Oologist. We are pleas-
ed to have him with us again, and con-
gratulate him on his recovery. No
one who has good health realizes what
a fearful calamity its loss it. An un-
usual set of Nine eggs of the Great
Crested Flycatcher,” taken twenty-
five years ago” is reported by W. H.
Lebelsperger of Fleetwood, Pa. Also
a set of Three of the Mourning Dove,
taken in 1888,

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Collectors, Naturalists

Do you want a nice mounted bird to
adorn the top or your cabinet or to
hang in your den? If so, then send
your specimens to me where they will
be properly mounted by an expert Bird
Taxidermist, one who has spent years
in the field and knows how a bird
should look. I am going to make some

pecial prices to collectors and

students,, so send on your specimen,

or address

R. EF. MULLEN,

Taxidermist Studio
2419 Q St. South Omaha, Nebr.

‘The Condor”

A Magazine of Western Ornithology
Edited by J. GRINNELL.

Associate Editors:
Harry S. Swarth,
“Official Organ of the Cooper Orni-
thological Club.’’

Vol., XIV 1912

will contain the usual interesting
articles by live active ornithologists
and will be illustrated by the high-
est class of half tones. You can-
not afford to miss a number.
Published bi-monthly at Holly-
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Audubon’s Oriole, and nests, Cooper’s Tana-
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304

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Nesting
Dates for 1912.

190 American Bittern, June 29, 4 eggs.

212 Virginia Rail, May 28, 10 eggs.

214 Sora Rail, May 28, 12 eggs.

216 Black Rail, June 29, 7 eggs.

316 Mourning Dove, July 3, 2 eggs.

231 Marsh Hawk, June 29, 5 young.

33 Cooper’s Hawk, May 3, 3 eggs.

29 Red-shouldered Hawk, April 23, 3
eggs.

256 Duck Hawk, April 9, 3 eggs.

360 Sparrow Hawk, April 25, 5 eggs.

368 Barred Owl, June 1, 3 eggs.

388 Black-billed Cuckoo, June 3, 4
eggs.

390 Belted Kingfisher, May 19, 7 eggs.

394c Northern Downy Woodpecker,
May 24, 5 eggs.

405a Northern Pileated Woodpecker,
May 2, 2 eggs. ;

406 Red-headed Woodpecker, June 5,
4 eggs.

412a N. Flicker, May 12, 6 eggs.

423 Chimney Swift, June 28, 2 eggs, 2
young.

444 Kingbird, June 3, 3 eggs.

452 Crested Flycatcher, June 5, 4 eggs.

456 Phoebe, June 5, 5 eggs.

486a Northern Raven, April 1,
pleted nest.

499 American Crow, April 9, 5 eggs.

494 Bobolink, June 1, 6 eggs.

498 Redwinged Blackbird, May 28, 4
eggs.

507 Baltimore Oriole, June 5, 6 eggs.

511b Bronzed Grackle, May 19, 3 eggs.

529 American Goldfinch, July 31, 5
eggs.

560 Chipping Sparrow, June 3, 3 eggs.

563 Field Sparrow, June 5, 4 eggs.

567 Junco, May 31, 4 eggs.

581 Song Sparrow, May 19, 5 eggs.

587 Towhee, July 31, 3 eggs.

611 Purple Martin, June 29, 3 young.

613 Barn Swallow, June 5, 5 eges.

617 Rough Winged Swallow, May 1),
5D eggs.

619 Cedar Waxwing, June 24, complet-

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624 Red-eyed Vireo, June 3, 3 eggs.
629 Solitary Vireo, June 22, complet-
ed nest. ‘

652 Yellow Warbler, June 1, 4 hatch-
ing eggs. ;

654 Black-throated Blue Warbler, May

31, 4 eggs.
657 Magnolia Warbler, June 2, 4 eggs.
662 Blackburnian Warbler, June 1, 3
eggs.
667 Black-throated
June 3, 3 eggs.
674 Ovenbird, June 1, 5 eggs.
684 Hooded Warbler, May 31, 4 eggs.
686 Canadian Warbler, June 1, 5 eggs.
687 Redstart, June 2, 4 eggs.
704 Catbird, July 17, 4 young.
705 Brown Thrasher, July 17, 1 egg.
721 House Wren, June 5, 5 young.
722 Winter Wren, June 4, 4 eggs.
725 Long-billed Marsh Wren, June 29,
5 young.
727 White-breasted Nuthatch, May 14,
7 eggs.
755 Wood Thrush, May 31, 4 eggs.
759b Hermit Thrush, June 22, 3 eggs.
761 Robin, May 20, 4 eggs.
766 Bluebird, May 2, 5 eggs.
Richard C. Harlow.

Green Warbler,

Edge Hill, Pa.
———__ —— _ — 2-4-0
August Bird Notes.

On August 12, 1905, a companion and
I secured a batteau at our boathouse
at Richmond, Philadelphia, and rowed
down the river to South Camden, N. J,.
a distance of about ten miles, to wit-
ness the launching of the battleship
Kansas at the New York shipyard.
We left at 10 o’clock in the morning
and just reached the “yard” in time
to see the huge ship glide majestical-
ly from the ways into the Delaware.
It was launched on high water at 12:48
o’clock and was christened by the
daughter of the Governor of Kansas
with a bottle of water, as all ships
should be christened,

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We rowed down to view the launch-
ing against the tide and had to “buck”
it in rowing back, and had _ barely
reached the boathouse when a fierce
thunder storm swept over. It was a
hard twenty miles row, but we never
complained as we were used to it,
and had an enjoyable trip.

As we rowed out on and down the
river, off Richmond, we encountered
a small flock of Common Tern (Sterna
hirundo) flying about, in pairs and by
threes and fours; not over sixteen
were seen and they were all adults.
They probably came here after the
heavy storm that occurred on the 6th
inst., and they tarried the rest of the
month in this and other parts of the
river.

They were the first Wilson Tern we
ever observed on the river, but since
then I have found them to be a com-
mon bird here in late summer and
late spring.

While rowing past Cooper’s Point,
Camden, N. J., a small flock of nine
Least Sandpipers flew by close to the
boat, followed by a lone squalling
Lesser Yellowlegs flying about a road
being the Peeps; both species flew
swiftly and less than a meter above
the smooth surface of the water.

Near here we saw two Song Spar-
rows fly across the river into New
Jersey. They came from Philadelphia
and must have flown across the river
as it is built up for miles from where
the birds came. Quite an unusual
“migration” for August.

Everywhere along the river we saw
Swallows flying about and skimming
over the surface; Barn and Bank
Swallows were abundant and we iden-
tified at least six Rough-winged Swal-
lows amongst them.

On our way and in returning we
rowed close to Petty’s Island, which
is about a mile long and on the Jer-
sey shore, and on it observed the fol-

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lowing birds; Mourning Dove, a pair;
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 3; Spot-
ted Sandpiper, 1; Red-winged Black-
bird, 1; Song Sparrow, heard two sing-
ing; Catbird, 2; Maryland Yellow-
throat, heard; Barn Swallow, few;
Bank Swallow, few; House Sparrow,
many. The Swallows were seen flying
about on or rather above the island.

One of the Rubythroats savagely at-
tacked a Catbird which escaped its
fierce and diminutive antagonist by
promptly flying into a dense clump of
elders. The attack was entirely un-
provoked.

Just before the storm, broke, a large
flock of Barn and Bank Swallows flew
over high up, ahead of it, and as we
ran from the ship to the shelter of the
boathouse, as the rain swept down-
ward, we descried a pair of Blue-
winged Teal dropping into the river,
not three hundred yards away, which
were also probably seeking shelter
from the storm. An hour later, after
it had cleared, the Teals were nowhere
to be seen. They probably drifted
down with the tide, but the Swallows
(Barn and Bank) put in their appear-
ance and flew about until dusk.

These remarks go to show that even
on a pleasure trip, birds can be seen
by the observant and records of some
importance obtained.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.
sta Re SO oe
Bartramia Longicanda.

Upland or Field Plover is one of the
most difficult birds to approach. I had
occasion to watch during the mating
season, the peculiarities of the Wood-
cock and the Wilson or so-called Eng-
lish Snipe, but I prefer the girations
of the male Upland Plover.

In alighting they stretch their wings
to the utmost, high over their backs,
as if to get the wrinkles out before
gently folding them, When flushed

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Male, Female and Young of Upland Plover

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they utter a soft bubbling whistle.
During migration, one may clearly
hear those sweet notes from birds
traveling beyond the limits of human
vision.

They migrate from here to South
America, but have not been seen by
any reliable ornithologist down there
on account of hardly ever being in the
open, which makes observation also
exceedingly difficult up here. For
years we have tried our best to locate
their nest, and this spring we were
rewarded with success. In a dry pas-
ture we fcund about six Upland Plov-
er, and by walking up and down, flush-
ed a female from the nest containing
four finely marked eggs, size, 1.80 x
1.50. Their color being creamy buff
or white, spotted with reddish brown
or chocolate, chiefly at larger end.

In order to complete this description
as far as possible we tried our best
to obtain a pair of birds and several
young, and finally found a dry meadow
close to two tracks of a much fre-
quented freight line of the New York
Central railroad. The coal soot of the
constantly passing day and _ night
trains imparted itself to the surround-
ing vegetation and the constant moy-
ing of the Plover through the weeds
gave the plumage a dirty greyish ap-
pearance, but the Taxidermist succeed-
ed in cleaning them as shown in the
group.

We almost stepped on one of the
young ones; they squatted before us
without moving and looked like toads.

The Upland Plover is increasing in
this locality, on account of the diffi-
culty to find them.

T have seen a great many adult and
young Solitary Sandpipers within the
last few days, and hope to succeed to
find their nest.

Ottomar Reinecke.
Buffalo, N. Y.

857

Failure to Find Nests of Passenger
Pigeon.

Twenty to thirty years ago the Pas-
senger Pigeon (Kctopistes Migrator-
ius) nested in this region by the mil-
lions, according to the information
which I have obtained from the oldest
inhabitants. These same inhabitants
say they used to go into the Blue Ridge
mountains, which are only a very
short distance from here, and kill
large bags full of birds in a very few
hours. Today not one of these pigeons
can be found; they have disappeared,
not being able to withstand the great
slaughter to which they were subject-
ed.

My brother and I have conducted a
careful search this season for nests of
pigeons, in which we have covered
several hundred acres of the wooded
land of this section of North Caro-
lina, but have not found any nests,
nor have we seen a single Passenger
Pigeon. This convinces us that nests
of the pigeon are not to be found in
this section, while back farther in the
mountains a nest might be found if
searched for in the proper season.

Next season we expect to make a
search into the Blue Ridge, but it is
doubtful whether we will find any
nests.

Iam going to spend part of the win-
ter in Florida, and hope to have some-
thing interesting to write about the
birds of that state.

Charles F. Moore.
Cliffside, N. C.
pe
About Nuthatches.

’Twas early in May in my favorite
grove; with all the acumen I had I
strove to find a set of the elusive bird,
whose soft nasal quanks you often
have heard; the White-bellied Nut-
hatch—upside down; half of the
time a regular clown; He’s an adept
at fooling, a deceiver base, for he

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Nest of Upland Plover

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leads us so oft on a wild goose chase.

Well, I spotted for future a wild old
patch, where I vowed I would find and
rob Mr. Nuthatch; So during the fol-
lowing fortnight I read, all the dope
about Nuthatches any one said; And
when I was posted, it seemed that they
beckoned; So I hiked for Lynn Grove
on May twenty-second;

I left pretty early for I wanted to
hear, the very first “quanks” so I could
get near, when they started out on the
morning’s trip, and by following up I
could get a straight tip;

I soon got my bearings and found a
fine pair, but to watch two at once
proved a crazy nightmare; I named
one the female and followed her
tracks but if she had method, it sure-
ly was lax; She slid down the tree
with a skip and a hop and the next
tree ascended from bottom to top;
She hunted and stuffed and ate ’till
I'm blessed, I made up my mind she’d
forgotten her nest; But at last the
reward for patience was mine—she
struck out for tall timber in a bee line;
*’ She swung round an open place—lit on
a tree, and there she revealed her real
home to me; Of course ‘twas the big-
gest old tree in the wood; She’d have
chosen a larger tree yet if she could;
And as if to remind of the tree’s
mammoth size, She’d pop in and pop
out and thus tantalize; Now that tree
was at base a full seven feet through,
which made the full distance around,
twenty-two. With the Nuthatch’s
nest about fifty feet up, a draught of
real bitterness filled full my cup;
With nothing but wings could your
servant e’er hope, to reach that fine
set or perhaps with a rope, let down
from an airship might one succeed,
in performing the miraculous nerve-
thrilling deed;

I confess that my very first words
were “the devil,’ but my zero-like
spirits rose when I saw level, with a

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forty foot crotch of the great tree, an-
other prong in a nearby tree just
like the ’tother; Now the tree that
was nearby wasn’t so big, and to climb
it was easy as dancing a jig; A six-
teen foot sapling was cut down and
lifted, forty feet up in the crotches
and shifted; It dropped into place and
thus spanning the bayou, was good as
an iron bridge o’er the Ohio; I put my
hand into the fur nest and “Stung’—
For I counted two, four, six, eight
featherless young; Take a lesson, dear
reader, from this my sad fate—Go for
Nuthatch’s eggs at an earlier date.
Isaac E. Hess.
Philo, Illinois.
ee
1912 Field Notes.

April 24th. Found a nest of the Star-
ling in a large cavity in an old apple
tree. This nest was remarkable from
the fact that the eggs were nearly five
feet from the entrance of the cavity,
the whole interior of the trunk being
hollow to within a foot of the ground.

On April 26th I visited my Purple
grackle colony, before reported in the
Oologist, and found it to contain the
nests of about twenty pairs. These
nests were huge bulky affairs of mud
and coarse grasses shaped into deep
and substantial cups. A curious fact
is that the older nests in my collec-
tion, taken in 1898, are very frail and
loosely built of twigs, leaves and a
very small quantity of mud. What
has caused this change? I have often
wondered, for the nests are so entire-
ly different that one would never im-
agine that they were constructed by
the same species.

May 27th, and again on May 31st I
was walking through the same field of
hay at about 6 A. M. and on each oc-
casion I flushed a Bobolink from a full
set of five well marked eggs. These
are the First nests from which I have
flushed the bird directly from her

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eggs during my Many years ex-
perience in the field.

June 4th. Found nest containing
three eges of the Kingbird. It was
placed upon a small limb of a Syca-
more tree 35 feet from the ground and
six feet from the main trunk. The
birds used a large amount of greasy
cotton-waste in the nest which had
been thrown from locomotives on the
the railroad, close by. One of these
eges was fresh and the other two had
been incubated about 24 and 48 hours,
showing that this species commences
to incubate as soon as the first egg is
laid.

Paul G. Howes.

My husband found what we believe
to be a curious set of four eggs of the
Red-winged Blackbird. One egg was
marked with a very plain figure 5,
another with a 4, another with a 3 and
the other with several 2’s.

Mrs. F. R. Fowler.
oats ee ses
Rails.

Probably most of our readers are
familiar with the well known laugh-
ing call of the common rails and prob-
ably some of the them may be able
to throw some light on other rail
calls, which to me have always been
rather a puzzle. The King rail and
the Yellow rail are easily identified
by call notes, and so far as I know do
not use any that are liable to mislead
the observer into thinking that the
notes were made by either the Vir-
ginia or the Sora, but the two latter
are puzzles to me.

I once heard the laughing call made
by a rail and immediately a sora ran
in sight and I thought I was justified
in concluding that it was the author
of the note. This note is heard also
from a little marsh near here where
nothing but soras are usually seen,
nore are any others supposed to be
there. On another occasion on the

THE OOLOGIST

edge of a large marsh on Lake St.
Clair two of us heard the laughing
call and, on going over, flushed a Vir-
ginia Rail, and since then have heard
this call from a little marsh where
nothing but Virginias lived so far as
known.

This question therefore arises:—
If we admit that both rails have many
similar calls, can we say that either
species has a call belonging to itselt
alone, and if not, are there definite
variations by which one species can ~
be told from the other by a compar-
iscn of these common call notes?

The single musical whistling tone
is another common note I have also
felt justified in ascribing to both
species. The same remark applies to
their ascending musical note resembl-
ing that of the gold finch.

The great difficulty with these birds
arises from the fact that they are
nearly always hidden when calling.
On a very few occasions I have seen
the birds in the act of making a note,
but some of these opportunities have
only added to the puzzle because they -
prove conclusively that a certain note
which I supposed to have been made
by one species was really made by the
other as well.

There are doubtless some of your
readers who are very favorably situat-
ed with regard to these birds and may
be able to distinguish between notes
of the Virginia and Sora and if such
persons will kindly give us the benefit
of their experience, they will be mak-
ing a valuable addition to Rail Liter-
ature.

W. H. Saunders.
Pe En ge NS
Migration Note Of Interest.

In sorting and classifying a collec-
tion of Venezuela bird skins, recently
received at the Museum, I find the fol-
lowing common birds familiar to all
eastern collectiors. The data given
below gives an idea of the distance

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travelled twice yearly by small song
birds.

1. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobo-
link. Merida, Venezuela. September
20th, 1902. Altitude 4800 feet.

2. Mniotilta varia. Black and white
warbler. El Corial, Venezuela. Nov-
ember 17th, 1902. Altitude 9000 feet.

3. Dendroica aestiva. Yellow war-
bler. Valle, Venezuela. November
24th, 1902. Altitude 9000 feet.

4. Seiurus noveboracensis. Water
thrush. Merida, Venezuela. Novem-
ber 18th, 1902. Altitude 4890 feet.

5. Steophaga ruticilla. American
redstart. Valle, Venezuela. August
24th, 1902. Altitude 6000 feet.

6. Hylocichla aliciae. Gray-cheeked
thrush. El Corial, Venezuela. Novem-
ber 17th, 1902. Altitude 9000 feet.

Paul G. Howes.
>
From the Plains.

In Northwestern Kansas, the
Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus quiscala
aeneus) has been growing scarcer
each year for the past three years,
owing, I believe, to the depredations
of the Western Fox Squirrels, which
are becoming very plentiful on ac-
count of strict protection by law.
Three years ago the Bronzed Grackle
nested in large and small colonies in
this locality, mostly in Box-alder
groves near the Sappa Creek, colonies
ranging in size of from twenty to four
hundred nests to the grove. Nest
building commenced soon after their
arrival from the sunny South.

Incubation usually began May 18th
to 25th. As soon as the young birds
were able to follow their parents, they
commenced feeding near the colony,
and as the young grew stronger, their
epicurian propensities drew them far-
ther from their homes. When their
wings were strong enough to make ex-
tended flights, of a morning as soon as
it grew light, the Grackles spread

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over the surrounding country in large
flocks to make war on the Grasshop-
per, Corn-worm and the numerous
other injurious insects that constitute
their bill of fare.

Having spent the day at this, to
them, agreeable task, they would then
seek their roost. This, an ever recur-
ring delight, to any bird-lover, extend-
ed over a period of four months. Im-
agine a continuous stream of noisy,
happy Blackbirds passing over head
in the early gloaming,—first come a
few early birds straggling home; then
comes a whole army making the air
vibrate with the whistle of thousands
of eager wings, calling to each other
in soft low tones or giving loud clear
commands, as they fly in a wide level
plane, undulating like a black sleepy
sea. Sometimes the stream contracts
to a few dozen birds abreast, giving a
minor note to the music. Then as it
widens, the sound gradually increases
in volume until the uproar is perfect.
This gradually dies away as the last
belated traveller finds his roost, leav-
ing the observer to moralize over the
wonders of nature.

This year, 1912, but very few Bronz-
ed Grackles succeeded in rearing a
brood. A small colony of some fifteen
pair on my farm succeeded in rearing
their young in safety with some help;
on two different occasions, squirrels
attempting to dispoil the nests of eggs
and young; but the colony being near
the house, I was at hand with a shot-
gun.

Until the last few years the Fox
Squirrel was an unknown quantity in
this locality. The first few pairs that
arrived were hailed with delight and
stringent laws passed for their protec-
tion; but they have proved of no eco-
nomic value and are second to none
as bird destroyers, but they are still
protected.

Guy Love.
Oberlin, Kansas.

362 THE OOLOGIST

California Condor and Egg in Collection.

THE OOLOGIST

The Scarlet Tanager.

On the 31st of August while spend-
ing a week in the Allegheny Moun-
tains near Uniontown, Pa., I came
across a very interesting thing. I
was walking through the small or-
chard when I noticed a Scarlet Tan-
ager behaving in a very peculiar man-
ner. It would cling to the side of an
old apple tree for a few seconds and
then fly to a limb and pick violently
at its tail. After I had watched it
doing this several times, I became
curious and went closer to see what
was going on. The bird was very in-
terested in what it was doing, so that
[ was able to approach within a few
feet, and its actions were soon per-
fectly clear to me. There was a small
colony of little red ants in a crotch of
the tree and as there was no other
way in which to get at them, the bird
would let its tail hang among the ants
until a lot had crawled on it, and then
fly to a limb and eat them off. I have
seen many examples of the _ intelli-
gence of birds, but this beats them
all.

Thos. D. Burleigh.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
ae ee oe es

I enclose clipping from San Antonio
(Tex.) Light, a daily newspaper, this
date September 9th, 1911.

Just another sample of
newspaper-ornithology.

ordinary

R. L. Moore.

Save the Pigeons.

From various sources of late have
come dispatches announcing the re-
turn of the passenger pigeon. This
bird, twenty-five years ago was one of
the greatest and most numerous game
birds of the country. Every year they
crossed the country in millions, and
they were slaughtered by the hun-
dreds of thousands. They suddenly
disappeared and until recently have
never been heard of.

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Unfortunately for the passenger
pigeon he went from among men be-
fore the country had awakened to the
fact that it was killing game at a rate
that would soon destroy it entirely.
Consequently when the game laws
were framed they contained no men-
tion of the passenger pigeon. There
was no more reason for mentioning
him than there was for passing an
act to protect the dodo. He is now
unprotected by the law, and the hunt-
ers are hot on his trail. Of all birds
in America morally entitled to pro-
tection under the game laws, the pas-
senger pigeon holds first place. He
is not numerous, and if the hunters
are allowed to have their way without
restraint, they will wipe him off the
earth. : ;

Every state in the union should, as
quickly as possible, pass laws protect-
ing the passenger pigeon for a term
of years. Unfortunately the legisla-
tures of the majority of the states are
not now in session, and they will not
meet for many months to come. In
the meanwhile the passenger pigeon
must take his chances. The case is
lamentable but it is unavoidable.

eee
Runt Woodpecker’s Eggs.

In my collection I have many ab-
normal eggs, but in this paper, I shall
only mention my runt Woodpecker’s
eggs.

A set of four Red-headed Wood-
peckers eggs (set % coll. R. F. M.)
taken June 18, 1910, at Harrowgate,
Philadelphia County, Pa., by the writ-
er, contains one runt egg and meas-
ures as follows: 1.08 x .79, 1.05 x .80,
1:02°x 78;--83) eae 6st

A set of two eggs of the Northern
Flicker (10-2 coll. R. F. M.) contains a
runt and was collected by myself on

May 10, 1912, at Holmesburg, Phila-
delphia. They measure 1.09 x .84, and
83 x .68. Notice that the runt is

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exactly the same size as the above one
in the set of Melanerpes.

In a set of two Red-headed Wood-
pecker’s eggs (5-2 of coll. R. F. M.)
taken June 27, 1912 at Harrowgate,
(where the foregoing set was secured)
by the writer and R. C. Harlow, is an
abnormally large egg which looks like
and partakes the dimension of a
Flicker’s, but which is evidently a
Red-head’s egg. They measure 1.16 x
.85 and 1.00 x .78.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Summer Residents of Rutherford Co.,
North Carolina.

The following is a list of the breed- ©

ing birds of Rutherford County, North
Carolina, 1912. This is not a com-
plete list as it contains only those
species whose nests I have been able
to find, or have proof that they nest
here.

I think most of the Warblers nest
here, but as I do not know them very
well, I can list accurately only the few
members of the Warbler family that
are known to me.

The numbers used below are used
to show how many species are listed,
and are not A. O. U. or other scien-
tific numbers.

1. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus
podiceps). This little Grebe is not
very common in the nesting season,
only a few nest here.

2. Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus).
Not a very common breeder in this
section.

3. Bob-white (Colinus virginianus).
The Bob-white or Quail is one of the
most common of our breeding birds.
The farmers of this locality value the
Quail, and in the hunting season they
will not let- hunters kill them; the
law also protects them ten months in
the year.

4, Mourning Dove (Zenaidura ma-

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croura carolinensis). The Dove is a
very abundant breeding bird in sum-
mer; it is an abundant game bird in
the winter.

5. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura
septentrionalis). Our most common
breeding bird of prey.

6. Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparveri-
us). A very rare bird.

7. Sereech Owl (Otus asio asio).
The Screech Owl is very uncommon
in this locality.

8. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus
Americanus). Not very common.

9. Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcy-
on). Quite uncommon.

10. Pileated Woodpecker (Phloeto-
mus pileatus. Very scarce. It has
been reported to me that this Wood-
pecker nests here, and I have observ-
ed one or two in the nesting season,
but I have no positive proof that they
nest here. But as thew are non-mi-
gratory I think it probable they nest
in this county.

11. Red-headed Woodpecker (Mel-
anerpes erythrocephalus). Not very
common.

12. Flicker (Colaptes auratus au-
ratus). This handsome bird is a very
common resident the whole year.

13. Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus

vociferus). A fairly common bird.
14. Nighthawk (Chordeiles virgini-
anus virginianus). Very abundant.

There are more Nighthawks here this
season than I have ever seen before.
15. Ruby - throated Hummingbird
(Archilochus colubris). This beauti-
ful little bird is very common in this
locality. I have observed as many as
ten in our flower yard at one time.
16. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata).
Abundant. :
17. Wood Pewee (Myiochanes vir-
ens). Abundant.
18. Crow (Corvus brachyrhyn-
chos). Abundant in both winter and
summer.

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19. Red-winged Blackbird (Agebai-
us phoenicens phoenicens). Common
in our marsh and swamp lands along
the rivers.

20. Meadowlark (Sturnella magna
magna). Quite uncommon.

21. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus gal-
bula). Very rare; I have never found
but one nest.

22. American Goldfinch (Astragal-
inus tristis). Rare, only two observ-
ed this season.

23. English Sparrow (Passor_ do-
mestcius). This pest is the most
abundant of any bird we have.

24. Chipping Sparrow (Spizelba
passerina). Very common.

25. Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinal-
is). The Cardinal is very common all
the year.

26. Purple Martin (Progne rubis).
’ Very abundant.

27. Maryland Yellow-throat (Geo-
thlypis trichas trichas). This little
warbler is a fairly common bird.

28. Yellow-breated Chat (Icteria
virens). Not very common. I have
observed several here this season but
have found only one nest.

29. Mocking Bird (Mimus polyglot-
tos). Our best known song bird is
the Mocking Bird; it is quite common.

30. Catbird (Dumetella carolinen-
sis). Very abundant.

31. Brown Thrasher
rufum). Plentiful.

32. Carolina Wren (Thryothous lu-

(Toxostoma

dovicienus). Very common all the
year.

33. Tufted Titmouse (Beaolophus
bicolor). Plentiful.

34. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mus-
telina). Abundant.

35. Bluebird (Sialia_ sialis). Not

very common in summer, but in win-
ter they are numerous.

Chas. F. Moore.
Cliffside, N. C,

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Books Received.

Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 7—Coop-
er Ornithological Club—Birds of the
Pacific Slope of Southern California,
by George Willett, July, 1912.

This is one of the best local lists
that has come under our observation
in a long, long time, and is indeed a
monument to the industry and thor-
oughness of the writer as well as a
credit to the Club which stands spon-
sor therefor. There are 377 birds
treated and hypothetical list of 18.
The mechanical execution is A No. 1
and the entire production without
doubt will stand for years as an abso-
lute authority upon the birds of that
region.

Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 8—Coop-
er Ornithological Club—A Systematic
List of the Birds of California, by
Joseph Grinnell, August, 1912.

This is merely a check list of the
530 species and sub-species the com-
mon and scientific names of which are
given, and as its title indicates, is aim-
ed to be an accurate list of the birds
of California. It is prepared with the
usual well-known scientific accuracy
of Professor Grinnell, and will with-
out a doubt be of much service to the
bird students of the Golden state.

A Revision of the Sub-Species of the
Green Heron, by Harry C. Oberholser,
from the proceedings of the United
States National Museum, Volume 42,
pages 529-77.

This separate, as its name implies,
is a revision of the sub-species of this
bird, and shows a painstaking investi-
gation of the subject treated. It
purports to divide this species into
fourteen sub-species of which ten are
new sub-species; none of which how-
ever we are pleased to say are North
American, or rather are inhabitants of
the territory covered by the American
Ornithologists’ Union Check List of
North American Birds,

366

To the layman it is utterly astonish-
ing the extent to which hair-splitting
in the naming of apparently more or
less localized races will go and the
slenderness of the foundation upon
which it is sought to build them.

Four Spring Days on Government
Island.

During April Tth, 1911 *T spent
four days on Government Island in
the Columbia River. The Island is
situated about one hundred and ten
miles from the mouth of the river, and
ten miles due east of the City of Port-
land.

The principal trees on the Island
are Cottonwood, Willow, Black Ash
and Wild Crab Apple.

There is a large lake of some eighty
acres in extent in the center of the
island that is the principal resort of
the water fowl. The island is about
seven miles long, and from one to one
and a half miles wide.

My camp was located on the river
bank amongst the willows and from
the tent I could watch the Audubon’s
and Black-throated Grey Warblers,
Western Warbling Vireos, Oregon
Chicadees, and Seattle Wrens as they
gathered their insect food from the
willow twigs.

On the more open flats about the
lake American Pipits stopped to feed
every day before continuing their
flight Northward. Gardner’s and Har-
ris’s Woodpeckers were busy exca-
vating nesting cavities in the dead
willow snags, and the Rusty Song
Sparrows, Oregon Towhees and Rob-
ins were all busy mating or nest build-
ing.

Two Wood Ducks had taken up

house keeping in a large Cottonwood

tree on the lake shore and before I
left had become quite tame. Among
game birds Ruffed Grouse and Ring-
neck Pheasants were the most com-

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mon but a few Mountain Quail were
found in the more brushy section of
the Island.

Occasionally a Stellar’s Jay flew
across the river from the Washington
side and two flocks of Bandtailed Pig-
eons were seen, but they did not nest
on the Island.

The only Owls seen were the Ken-
nicott’s Screech; they were fairly
common and can always be found in
the willow thickets.

Other birds seen were Great Blue
Heron, Western Crow, Northwestern
Flicker, Lewis Woodpecker, Western
Meadowlark, Ruby Crowned Kinglet,
Cooper’s Hawk, American Osprey, Cal-
ifornia Purple Finch, Nuttall’s Spar-
row, Lutescent Warbler, Western
Bluebird, Western Savannah Sparrow,
Varied Thrush, Pacific Yellowthroat,
Northwestern Redwing, Trail‘s Fly-
catcher, Western Evening Grosbeak,
Pine Siskin, Rufus Hummer, Blue-ring
Teal, Beldpate, Cliff Swallow and Mc-
Gillvrays Warbler.

Some EHastern people coming to
Oregon like to tell us how few birds
we have here, but personally I think
forty-one species in four days in April
is not a bad showing.

Stanley G. Jewett.
Portland, Oregon.
Bee
BIRDS..
Feather Law Has Beneficial Effect.

(San Jose Mercury.) New York,
Sept. 19—That the law which went
into effect in New York last year, pro-
hibiting the sale of feathers of native
birds for women’s hats is having a
beneficial effect on the rare birds of
the country is revealed by reports re-
ceived this week from bird protectors
in all the Atlantic coast states. Hs-
pecially is this statement applicable to
the rare white egret, from the back of
which the “aigrette” of the millinery
trade is obtained. As the birds bear

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these plumes in the spring their kill-
ing means that the young are left in
the nest to die of starvation. As a
result, the egret is now regarded as
one of the rarest birds in America.
This summer, for the first time in sev-
eral years, they are reported to have
appeared in New York state and sev-
eral have been seen in Massachusetts.

The National Association of Audu-
bon societies may truly be regarded
as the patron saint of these birds.
“As quickly as the New York Legis-
lature passed our anti-plumage law,”
said Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary
of the association today. ‘‘We sent
agents into the southern states to as-
certain the whereabouts of the few re-
maining colonies of these birds. In
all, 15 were found. These were situ-
ated in the Everglades and lake coun-
try of Florida and in the rice-field sec-
tion of South Carolina. During the
past summer about 5000 egrets dwelt
in safety in these colonies, for we pro-
tected them from the agents of the
millinery houses by employment of
trusty guards.”

It is freely stated that other species
of plumage birds are being benefited
in a similar way by the passage of the
law which it was predicted would
prove disastrous to many of the large
millinery firms of this city.

Hagles are becoming a threatening
form of destruction to the deer of the
state of Idaho. The state game ward-
en has received information to the ef-
fect that in many sections of the state
every young fawn has been carried off
by eagles of large species.—San Jose
Mercury..

ts i ited es nde.

Long Journeys Made By Plovers.

Bird migration has always been and
is yet a thing of much mystery. Let
the man who has never felt the thrill
of this mystery take his atlas and

367

turn to the map of the Western Hem-
isphere. Let him locate the Arctic
Islands north of North America, say
seventy-five degrees N. L. and with his
pencil draw from there a line down
along the coast of Labrador, across
to Newfoundland, and down to Nova
Scotia, then across the Atlantic to the
Lesser Antilles in the West Indies,
from there to Brazil and across to Ar-
gentina, and finally halt his pencil in
Patagonia. He will have traced then
what is said to be the southward mi-
gration of the American plover. But
let him continue the course, across
to the Pacific, northward up the coast,
then across Central America and up
the Mississippi valley, through central
Canada, and back to the northern
islands. He will then have mapped
what naturalists have given as the
yearly itinerary of some of these won-
derful birds—a journey of some fif-
teen thousand miles.—Outing.
W. A. S.
ee ee —Eeeeeeee
Notes on the Parula Warbler.

On June 9th, 1912, a friend invited
me down to look for Parula Warblers’
nests, which was something new to me
as these birds do not build here in my
neighborhood. We crossed the Con-
necticut River in a power boat and
landed on an island about a mile wide
by four miles long, and after looking
for some time on the south part of the
island and not finding any trees which
had any moss on them, started for
the north end.

As we were walking along on the
edge of a small ledge I noticed some
cedar with quite an amount of moss
on them and at the same time heard
a sharp “chip” from some bird. After
looking about five minutes my friend
discovered a nest up about fifteen feet
from the ground, and upon investigat-
ing, found it to contain four eggs of

369

the Parula Warbler with incubation
quite well advanced.

The nest was made entirely of long

moss woven together with a few grass
stems. Both male and female were
close by all the time we were around
the nest.

About a half hour later I found an-
other nest in a cedar up about eigh-
teen feet, containing four eggs which
were nearly fresh. This nest was a
very pretty affair, being built on a
good sized limb which had an abund-
ance of long strips of moss, some of
them twelve inches long. The moss
was very thick over the top of the
nest so the nest was not visible from
the top. The birds entered the nest
on each side. This nest was built
the same as the other, woven together
with a few grass stems. We looked
over an hour before I located the
third nest, which was in a cedar up
fifteen feet and contained three young
about three days old, and one egg.
This time the female was found on
nest and did not leave until I touched
the nest with my hand.

We looked for sometime and in
some good looking places, but with no
results. I find you can tell when you
are near a nest by the action of the
birds and by the sharp “chip” uttered
by them while near their home.

G. R. Barlow.
South Killingly, Ct.
yep eae AY Se
Double Shelled Hens’ Eggs.

W. H. Leibelsperger, of Fleetwood,
Pa., writes that one of his friends re-
cently brought him a tame chicken’s
egg that measured 8% b 7% inches. It
was 3.08 x 2.28 inches. He says: “After
removing the contents I discovered
that there was another egg within.
This egg was removed by drilling out
a hole with a diamiter a trifle larger
than the diameter of the inner egs

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and also blown. The inner egg is 2.12
x 1.62 inches. The inner egg was sur-
rounded by the usual contents of an
egg. The shell of the outer egg is
white and that of the inner one is
yellow.”

It is too bad that the hole in the
outer egg was made large enough to
permit the removal of the inner one,
as that very largely destroys that val-
ue of the specimen. Were the two
both blown and the hole in the larger
one still so small that the inner one
could not be removed then indeed
would Mr. Leibelsperber have a rare
specimen. We have the only speci-
men of this kind known to us that is
prepared in this way.—Hditor.

We recently purchased of W. I.
Varner of Athens, Georgia, the fourth
double-shelled egg which we have ever
seen, and likewise the fourth specimen
of this character in our collection. It
is rather roughly prepared, having a
hole punched in one end of the larger
egg about the size of a man’s fore fing-
er. The inner egg has a ragged hole
broken in the side of it about one-third
this size. However it is prepared and
blown in such a manner that the smal-
ler egg cannot be taken out of the
larger egg through the hole made and
this of course certifies to the genuine-
ness of the specimen.

By far the best specimen of this
character that we have ever seen or
known of came into our possession
from Alex. Walker, of Armour, South
Dakota. In that case both eggs, the
outer and inner, were blown through
small holes with modern oological
tools and is without doubt the best
specimen of this kind in existence.

Pua re en SO

Mr. L. EH. Miller, one of our subscrib-
ers and an enthusiastic bird student
of Huntingburg, Indiana, has recently
returned from an extended trip into
South America.

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Early Solitary Sandpipers in Philadel-
phia County, Pa.

It is well known that the Solitary
Sandpiper breeds in the mountains of
Pennsylvania, and like certain other
birds of the Canadian fauna of this
state, it is one of our earliest (if not

our first) migrant to appear in the
fall—late summer, rather, [ should
say.

Until four years ago I gave the
Water Thrush first place, as our frst
“Mall” migrant with August ist
as my earliest date of its ap-
pearance, but now the Solitary Sand-
piper ururps this species, and is the
earliest bird of any species occurring
here, to come in the “Fall.”

On July 10, 1908, while hunting for
a Florida Gallinule nest in a cat-tail
mareh at Port Richmond, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania, I observed twe
Solitary Sandpipers, which constitute
my earliest record. They were togeth-
er on a small ‘bar’ of mud in the
marsh and as tame as all new arrivals
of this species, which is our tamest

Sandpiper, and excepting the Spotted.

Sandpiper, the easiest one cccurring
here to identify.

On July 18, 1911, I saw a Solitary
Sandpiper along the Frankford Creek,
at Frankford, Philadelphia County, in
company with a Spotted Sandpiper,
and it was also seen on the same sand
bar on July 25th following.

I have numerous August records of
arrivals of the Solitary Sandpiver in
the vicinity of Philadelphia, and the
latest I have seen the species here has
been August 10th (2 records). It oc-
curs in the Spring from April 14th to
May 30th, generally occurring in May,
but on June 9, 1907, at Ocean View,
Cape May County, New Jersey, I saw
a single individual of this species at
the seashore where it is rare (c-£ Wil-

son Bulletin, Dec., 1909, p. 225) at all
times.

Richard F. Miller.
Harrowegate, Philadelphia, Pa.

Winter Notes.

The past winter was mild until
abcut the first of the year when it set
in in earnest and we had a severe
winter. Zero mornings were common
and one morning it reached 40 below.
We had two feet of snow in the woods
and twenty to twenty-four inches of
iec on the rivey

Redpells appeared in late November
and have been abundant all winter.
About March 20th they fairly swarmed
and at present (April 10) are still
common, but not in large flocks.

Pine Siskins became abundant late
in December and are still very plen-
tiful. CrossbillS were very scarce.

Late in February there was a large
flight of Horned Larks and on the
27th I found several. Lapland Long-
spurs with a large flock of Larks. This
is the first time I ever met the Long-
spur here. January 30th I saw a
Flicker. It must have svent the win-
ter although I never saw one here be-
fore in mid-winter. Also saw three
Robins on the 31st, the only ones not-
ed during the winter. There were a
few Snowflakes late in February dur-
ing some very stormy weather.

March 3d an adult Cardinal was
seen. February 9th I saw a Holboell’s
Grebe in winter plumage. A Snowy
Owl was seen January 12th and 1
shot an adult Goshawk January 2d,
but could not locate any breeding
birds this spring. ‘There were quite a
few Cedarbirds about up to the middle
of January.

The ice did not pass out of the river
until March 17th and very high water
resulted. Ducks were quite common
on the overflowed meadows and I se-
cured some fine males of Mallard,
American, Red-breasted and Hooded
Mergansers, Scaup, Bufflehead, Wood
Duck and Whistlers. Saw Swans on
several occasions; also Geese; but
these last two only seldom alight.
A number of Herring Gulls have been
about this winter and I have seen sev-
eral fine Rough-legged Hawks.

R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.

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Ruffed Grouse, Jr.

Stone.

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The Pine Siskin.
(Spinus pinus).

The Pine Finch is an irregular win-
ter visitor in this region. Not a win-
ter passes but a few flocks are about
and at irregular intervals large flights
occur. They make their appearance
in November, and by the first of April
have about all departed.

They are found in flocks in hemlock
woods in the mountains and when
large flights occur, flocks numbering
as high as 200 are to be met with.
They feed almost entirely on the small
cones of the hemlock and are noisy
and restless. They no doubt breed
sparingly every season as at different
times in summer I have seen small
parties of them back in the mountains.

Previous to this present season I
had never found a nest, although a
few years ago in April, while fishing
in a piece of virgin timber, I saw a
siskin on the ground gathering nesting
material. I dropped my fish pole
and tried to follow her, but quickly
lost her in the hemlocks and although
I watched and moved about for over
an hour, I never got sight of the bird
again.

This past season all through the win-
ter, Pine Siskins were abundant, and
about the first of April I began to see
a great many around town. By the
middle of April they were still com-
mon near town wherever there were
evergreens in cemeteries, groves or
patches of woodland.

April 14th I was surprised to discov-
er a pair building in a pine in a lit-
tle bunch of pines nearby. I then put
in what spare time I had in visits
to the nearby patches of evergreens
and found plenty of birds, and judg-
ing by their actions, most of them mat-
ed.

At this season they were feeding
on the young buds of maples, etc., as
well as in the conifers. They were

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very noisy and restless and their
sharp notes, somewhat like a Gold-
finch, could be heard on every hand.
The males were in full song and sing-
ing constantly.

Had I the time I could no doubt
have found quite a few nests. As it
was, I found ten. Five of these I
found one Sunday morning in the cem-
etery before ten o’clock. The first one
found (April 14th), was in a white
pine, twenty-five feet up, and ten feet
out on a horizontal limb, but was de-
serted before any eggs were laid.

Number 2 was twenty-five feet up in
a small hemlock and three feet out
on a horizontal limb. I found this
nest April 16th when it was only fair-
ly started, and spent. some time on
several different days watching build-
ing operations. The female did all
the work, the male often accompany-
ing her to and fro. The birds were
constantly calling. The female fre
quently called while at the nest and
the male was continually singing.
April 29th the female began setting on
a set of three.

Number 3 was also twenty-five feet
up in a hemlock and seven feet out
near the end of a horizontal limb. 1
found it completed on the 21st and on
the 30th the female began setting on
three eggs.

Nest Number 4 was a surprise. |
was passing the site of a farm house
that had burned last fall when I heard
a siskin singing in the trees along the
road. Just inside the gate stood two
little yellow pines. They were so
small I would never have looked in
them if the male hadn’t been singing.
In the smaller of the two, I saw the
female sitting on the nest. It was
only six feet up and four feet out,
and contained three quite well mark-
ed eggs of the siskin, and one of the
cow bird. This was on April 28th.

Nest Number 5 was thirty feet up in

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a thick spruce and way out near the
end of a long drooping limb. There
Was no way to reach it without injur-
ing the tree and as it was in the
cemetery I wouldn’t do that, so passed
it up.

Number 6 was also in a spruce. It
was eight feet up and eight feet out
on a lower limb. It was entirely fin-
ished and strange to say, the female
lay dead among the twigs on the limb
within two inches of the nest. There
was not a mark to show the cause of
her death.

Number 7 was ten feet up in a hem-
lock and five feet out, and contained
three young several days old. As this
nest was found April 28th, this pair
must have begun early.

Number 8 was found April 28th. It
was ten feet up and four feet out in
a thick spruce and held two badly in-
cubated eggs.

Number 9 was twenty feet up and
fifteen feet out in a white pine. It
held three young just hatched.

Number 10 was found May 3d. It
was in a white pine, fifteen feet up and
fifteen feet out. It held three or four
young just hatched. Couldn’t get close
enough to tell for certain the number
of young. There seemed to be a full
set, although I expected to find four.

The nests were neat and pretty.
They were well built and warmly lin-
ed. As soon as the young were hatch-
ed the old birds became very quiet and
have remained so ever since. Occa-
sionally I hear one sing a little or
hear a few flying over or meet a lit-
tle bunch along some road feeding in
the grass or on the ground. At such
times they are very tame and allow
a person to approach within a few
feet before taking flight. I made one

trip for nests back into virgin timber,
but although the birds were common
enough, I could not find a single nest.

378

Possibly in the big timber they nest-
ed high up.

It seems strange that these birds
should have nested so commonly here
this season, but I was certainly glad
to make their acquaintance as this
species and the Crossbill are two birds
I have always suspected of nesting
sparingly in the mountains, but had
hardly hoped to find except by mere
chance as they roam about so.

R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.
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The California Condor.

The half tone showing a mounted
specimen of this species and an egg,
appearing on page 362 of the October
issue should have been credited to R.
L. More of Vernon, Texas. We are
sorry for the omission.

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Nesting of the Wormeating Warbler in
Philadelphia County, Pa.

The only locality in Philadelphia
County where the Worm-eating Warb-
ler (Helmitherus vermivorous) breeds
is along the extensive wooded ravines
of the Wissahickon Valley in Fairmont
Park, and it is by no means a common
bird in this restricted region.

I have read about nests being
found here in the note books of the
late Harry K. Jamison, now in pos-
session of my friend, R. C. Harlow,
and have often viewed a nest and two
eggs in the Delaware Valley Ornithol-
ogical Club collection which were col-
lected on June 11, 1898, by Mark L.
C. Wilde at Roxborough, but until this
year I never hunted for its nest, al-
though I have been frequently on the
creek during the nesting season, but
always busy in searching for other
avian rarities.

However, June 4, 1912, found me at
Chestnut Hill, in the Wissahickon Val-
ley prepared to spend the whole day,
if necessary, in looking for the nest
of the Worm-eater, but it didn’t re-
quire much searching for me to find
the nest. I had found the most desir-
able looking nesting place and ap-
proached it from the edge of the
woods, and was just about ready to
start a systematic search for the nest
when a bird ran out from under my
foot, which I instantly recognized as
the Worm-eater. And glancing down,
saw the cunningly hid nest and noticed
that it held eggs; but didn’t just then
examine it, as the behavior of the
bird attracted my attention. She had
run off the nest like an Ovenbird—
which she greatly resembled in her
maneuvers, etc., and feigned lame-
ness and tried hard to entice me away
from her nest, all the time running
about within a yard ‘of me. After

watching her a while, I anxiously ex-

amined the eggs which I found to be

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four in number, and as I suspected by
the bird’s behavior, far advanced in
incubation, one addled. However I
collected the nest and have the set
in my cabinet; and although they are
second class specimens (except the
sterile egg) I value them highly, as
Worm-eater’s eggs from this county
are decided rarities in local collec-
tions.

The nest was placed at the base of a
laurel sprout about fifteen inches high,
on the ground under a drift of dead
leaves, amid thin undergrowth in a
mixed woods (mostly of hemlocks)
half way up on a steep hillside over
a hundred feet long. It was arched
over by the thick mass of dead
leaves and was well made, quite bulky,
of dead leaves, many partly decayed
and skeletonized, and lined thickly
with red stems of a species of moss.
It measured four inches in outside
width and 2% inches in inside diame-
ter; it was 214 inches thick and 1%
inches deep inside, and was_ nicely
cupped and well defined.

On the same day I collected my only
set of five eggs of the Yellow breasted
Chat, incubation advanced, although I
have a record of five young Chats.

Richard F. Miller.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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A Bluff Not Made Good.

We are in possession of a letter
dated September 19th, 1912, forward
ed to us by one of our readers, sign-
ed by a would-be well-known Oologist
which contains among other things
the following:

“You say that you ‘have been in-
formed as to my methods of dealing.’
If you have been told my methods are
dishonorable your informants are
LIARS, every single one of them.
Moreover, I warn you distinctly that
if I ever learn of your using the U. S.
mails to defame my character I shall

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have you indicted for libel. Our postal
system does not admit such outrage
and the penalties are severe. Be care-
ful; you have no case whatever
against me. Now do as you
please If I do not hear from
you in ten days I shall take action to
defend my character.”

Perhaps this diction will read fa-
miliarly to some who have been inter-
ested in oology in years past. So far
as we are advised no action such as
is threatened in the above communica-
tion has been commenced, and if any
such is commenced, we will try and
keep our readers advised of the pro-
gress of the threatened litigation.

It will be good for the honest oolo-
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from the game, and be well for the
honorable man when others learn that
they cannot assassinate reputation
without reason,

gf = SN ee eae
An Orange County Wood Ibis Rookery.

Bay Lake is located in the West
Central part of Orange County and
about 28 miles from Orlando, which
is situated about the center of the
county. It is a small lake, perhaps
three-quarters by a half mile and con-
tains a well wooded island. The
Northern end of the lake is bordered
by a thin fringe of cypress trees drap-
ed with Spanish moss, which is so
becoming to them, and the remainder
of the shore is fortified against human
intruders by a thick, dense, and impen-
etrable jungle of tangle and matted
vegetation extending down to the
water’s edge rendering it next to im-
possible to reach the lake from any
other direction than that of the
North.

There are but very few people liv-
ing in the immediate vicinity, and the
closest village is twelve miles dist-
ance. The lake is rarely visited and
then only by those who go there

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to fish, and the birds are never mc-
lested, and is resorted to year after
year for breeding purposes.

In 1911 on April Ist, I started out
shortly after sunrise with a young fel-
low as a companion and helper, to
visit the rookery that I had heard
about so frequently, and to discover
if there were any truth in the state-
ments that Wood Ibis were to be found
breeding in abundance there, and that
they had resorted to this same breed-
ing grounds for years.

It was late in the evening when we
arrived at our destination, and by the
time everything was unpacked, and
supper over we found it too late to do
any investigating so we sat around
the camp fire, and talked of the mor-
row’s prospects, estimating the num-
ber of sets of different species that
were in store for us, etc; until drow-
siness reminded us that a little sleep
would probably be good for us after
so long and tiresome a journey. That
night it appeared as if it were going
to blow up quite a storm before morn-
ing, so preparations were made to ar-
range things to be kept as dry as pos-
sible; however, the clouds passed
over, much to our satisfaction, and
the weather cleared up nicely by morn-
ing. Next morning found me up'at
dawn and ready to begin the day.
Everything locked as if we were going
to enjoy a splendid day’s collecting.
It took some little persuasion to arouse
my companion to activity, but finally
all drowsiness disappeared, and he
was soon ready to take part in the
fun that was to come. F

I had brought a boat along for an
emergency, but as we had discovered
a small homemade scow, we did not
trouble to unload our own. The home-
made affair was not fitted out in mod-
ern style, and was minus the oar-lock
fittings, which compelled me to resort
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a board (we had come off without
oars) which was very unhandy, es-
pecially so to one who has been used
to rowing, but just the same I did not
think it too hard to undertake, realiz-
ing what was in store for us if rook-
ery were reached. With an hour and
ing what was in store if the rook-
ery was reached, the sounds of the
noisy young were heard long before
their end of the lake was discovered,
and at a distance the trees appeared
as if partly covered with white sheets.

Upon finding so many young birds,
and in all trees the same way I be-
gan to feel rather doubtful as to wheth-
er I would secure any eggs or not, but
a birdman is hard to discourage, sc
with a feeling of confidence we began
our search for eggs.

The first approached was a low cy-
press only ten feet high growing in
four feet of water, and out 60 feet
from the edge of the lake, and it con-
tained six Wood Ibis nests all hold-
ing young, I should judge were fully
Six weeks old, and two occupied nests
of the Snakebird. The young of one
nest aS we came too near, became sus-
piciously alarmed, and plunged head
first into the water, and swam to the
tall grass near shore to remain con-
cealed until all signs of danger were
past. It is marvelous how they reveal
such wonderful instinct at so young an
age. Think of hopping directly out of
a warm nest and diving into a chilly
body of water with all its lurking
dangers! The other nest contained
four badly nest-stained eggs, which
were incubated about one week. Les-
lie, my companion, did the climbing
for me as [ had severely sprained my
knee by jumping from a wagon and
catching my foot in the reins, throw-
ing the knee-cap out of position with
the jerk in landing. Thought for a
time I had broken it. This was done
some weeks previous.

MLS

. judging from nests in them.

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The old birds lingered at the nests
until we would paddle within twenty-
five feet of them, but when they saw
that it was no use trying to resist
the persistent and stubborn advances
of the birdmen, they were off emitting
a peculiar gruntal sound amidst loud

flapping of wings. Soon they began to
circle around overhead uttering an oc-

casional deep-throated grunt, as if
questioning our authority, or perhaps
it would be more correct to surmise
that it was done to establish the
quietude of the noisy young which
were doing their utmost to drown out
all other living sounds. The air just
fairly rung with Ibis “music.” Ward
Herons, Florida Cormorants, and
Snakebirds flew restlessly and uneasi-
ly about knowing that something out
cf the ordinary was going on, and their
inquisitive natures prompted them to
see for themselves. One tall tree (cy-
press) contained a nest of the Ward
Heron, one Cormorant, and three
Wood Ibis nests, all occupied with
young with the exception of Cormor-
ant, which contained three badly in-
cubated eggs. Two cypresses grow-
close together had interlocked,
and this seemed to be a favorite tree
There
were four Cormorant nests, and eight
cr ten of the Ibis; all eggs had hatch-
ed of both species and the young var-
ied in ages from two to seven weeks.
I estimated the number in this tree.
at forty-five counting both species;
there was scarcely standing room for
all, and. it was a mystery to me how
they kept from being jostled into the
water below. The noise coming from
this tree was something tremendous.
As we advanced from one tree to the
next we could see Ibises soaring over
the swamp and alighting in the nests
behind us with food in their sharp and
spear-like beaks. These were possibly
birds that had gone after food before

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our arrival, for they appeared startled
and surprised at finding “visitors,”
but the loud hungry calling of the
young soon quieted their fears, and
apparently. we were temporarily for-
gotten. Many of the parent birds
were sitting silent and long-faced
among the taller branches of the cy-
presses lining the shore, one particu-
larly solemn individual and outward-
ly peaceable, perched his or her self
down beside a disagreeable and ag-
gressive Mrs. Snakebird, who at
once resented the liberty taken by
this tall, bald-headed creature whose
only and sole aim in life seems to be
that of remaining dignified, and peace-
ful, and began by striking viciously
with her sharp needle-shaped bill di-
recently at the Ibis’s naked cranium by
way of chastisement for rude conduct.
Every time she would act in a men-
acing manner ‘Baldy’ would edge
nearer the extremity of the limb, and
would be followed up each time until
at length, the end of the project was
reached, and rather than quarrel
with a lady in sight of fellowmen,
“Baldy” arose awkwardly as though
embarrassed, and between alternate
flapping of wings and soaring, flew to
a more convenient and agreeable at-
mosphere. No, not for a moment must
we be led to believe that “Baldy” is
a coward, he simply respected Mrs.
Snakebird’s diminutive size compared
with that of his own, and would not
stoop so low as to combat with her, be-
sides this he is sympathetic and has
some regards for the feelings of oth-
ers; the birdman had just taken a set
of eggs that she, indeed, was very
proud of, and wasn’t this quite enough
to place her in a vicious mood. ‘“‘Baldy”’
has had many fierce and dangerous en-
counters with large moccasins and
other venomous reptiles, coming out
of the fight victorious.

By actual count there were between

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ninety-five and a hundred Ibis nests,
and J estimated the young at three
hundred and fifty; only two nests were
found containing eggs—one with three
eggs with young breaking shell, and
a set of two infertile specimens. The
bird was found sitting on this nest
brooding silently and patiently, doubt-
less wondering how much longer she
was to be detained. The young rang-
ed in age from seven weeks to a young
breaking through the shell, but by far
the majority were about three weeks
old. All trees utilized for nesting
purposes were growing out in the lake
a distance from shore in order that
they might nest in safety, and be pro-
tected from all animals. Nests rang-
ed in height above the surface of the
water six to fifty feet, and anywhere
from two to ten nests in a single tree.
I don’t recollect seeing any one nest
of this species, but always accompan-
ied by one or more.

In several instances in this colony
I found Cormorants, Snakebirds and
Ibis nesting in the same tree but
there was only a disturbance apparent,
and perfect harmony and peace is
never in evidence when such a com-
bination is aggregated. Crows seem-
ed to have gotten in their thievish
work, aS many nests contained only
two young, and others just one each,
while still there were some that held
four, but three was mostly observed.

The nests were rude and bulky, but
substantial structures placed flatly on
a forked limb, in a crotch of a tree,
or among the bushy branches, some so
close as to be touching each other.
Course twigs and vines of several va-
rieties were used in the construction,
and ten inches thick, and two feet in
diameter in some while others were
not quite so bulky.

Not more than a dozen Cormorants
were breeding, and all had hatched
but three nests: these I secured, three

380

Ward’s Herons, two nests with young,
and about twenty Snakebird nests in
all stages of development from young

ready to leave nest to young few
hours old, some with fresh eggs,
others incubated, while still there

were to be found nests yet in con-
struction.

When first hatched the little Snake-
birds are covered with a dull yellow
down, and this is fostered until the
young have grown to be _ severai
months old, when about this period
they enter into the pin-feather stage.

The Wood Ibis is slowly but gradual-
ly decreasing in numbers in Florida,
that is very evident in every rookery
visited nowadays. Formerly in places
where thousands of these could be
found breeding together there are now
to be but several hundred at most.
This is due to the rapid settling up
of the state in the past few years. In
Orange County there is only one more
breeding place to which Ibis some-
times go, and this lake is called Mud

Lake, being entirely surrounded by
a dense cypress swamp which is im-

penetrable with the exception of a
small opening on the Hastern side.
It is an ideal spot, and if not molested
they return every year, but if one sea-
son they are disturbed the following
season finds the lake tenantless as far
as Ibises are concerned, but it seems
to take only a season to get over their
fright and they are back again.

I did not go to this lake this year
and have not heard any report from
there, therefore am unprepared to
make any statement.

Donald J. Nicholson.
Orlando, Florida.

Oi

Early Nesting of Oklahoma Hawks.

While hunting for Owl eggs March
3d, I went to an old nest of a Hawk,
thinking it might be occupied by an

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Owl; but imagine my surprise on see-
ing a hawk leave.

I wasn’t long shinning up that tree
(26 feet) and found one fine egg, while
old Butes borealis viewed me from a
distant tree, giving vent to his feel-
ings.

On returning in a few days, the sin-
ele egg was in the nest so I took it.
On returning on March 16th, another
set was laid, three eggs this time,
marked chiefly at the smaller end.

At the time of finding the first egg,
cold weather prevailed and the ground
was covered with sleet.

March 4th I found a nest of Barn
Owls containing five eggs. This I
think very early for this bird. They
were in a cavity in a maple tree on
creek bank. Several dead mice were
in the nest.

A Broad-winged Hawk’s nest was
found March 6th with two eggs; a
crust of ice was formed around the
top of the nest.

Albert J. Kirn.
Vinta, Okla.

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A Western Minnesota Early Blizzard.

On the afternoon of October 28,
1912, Ye Editor rode on one of the
“Soo Line’ overland passenger trains
from St. Paul, northwesterly one hun-
dred seventy-one miles to the little
village of Elbow Lake, in Grant Coun-
ty. The day was an ideal Indian Sum-
mer day. Clear, warm, and with slight
blue haze so dear to the autumn wor-
shipper’s heart. Most of the way was
spent in a folding chair on the rear
platform of the Observation car at the
end of the train.

As we rolled out of the twin sister
of St. Paul, Minneapolis, our train en-
tered a rolling semi-timber country
studded with many lakes and ponds.
Our eyes of course were open for
birds, but if there is any place more
unsuited for ornithological observa-
tion than a moving railroad train, we
have never discovered it. The roar
of the train seems to scare the small-
er birds into hiding and the larger
ones fly at such a distance as makes
identification very unsatisfactory in
Many instances,

881

After passing this rolling country
we entered the wide level prairie
where wheat is king. Here were like-
wise many small ponds and sloughs.

From the train we saw large flocks
of Blackbirds and Long Spurs, some
Juncoes, Crows and many small spar-
rows, the species of which were un-
dermined. Also some hawks, but the
scarcity of the latter was a matter of
astonishment to us, scarcely a half
dozen being seen in the whole dist-
ance. Occasionally a few Coots,
Grebes and Ducks floating on the
ponds likewise relieved the monotony.

The morning of October 29th at El-
bow Lake broke with a leaden gray
sky, drifting clouds, a high cold North-
west wind and spitting snow. This
continued with increasing vigor all
day, and telegraphic reports gave de-
tails of a regular blizzard to the North
and West, and three feet of snow cov-
ered the ground.

This little town takes its name from
a shallow irregular lake that sur-
rounds the place on the North, West
and South sides, in some places a third
of a mile or more in width and in other
places less than half that distance.
The business taking us to this town
was law, and we got to the Court
House by 9 a.m. This building is on
a high knoll overlooking the North
arm of the lake, and not over a block
from the lake shore. Our case not be-
ing called, we had nothing to do but
wait and look out of the windows
which gave a splendid view of this
part of the lake, lashed as it was into
white caps by the fury of the storm.

The sights seen that day will be
long remembered, reminding the writ-
er of similar days thirty years or more
ago on the Illinois river. The sudden
change of weather had started the
northern feathered hosts moving with
a vengeance. Thousands upon thous-
ands of wild fowl passed on this day,

382

many directly over the little town and
some directly over the Court House,
almost within gunshot.

Long strings of gabbling Mallards
flying in irregular bodies, and huge
flocks of Pintails orderly and high up,
great troups of Scaups crescent shap-
ed, in bunches each seemingly trying
to lead the flock. Occasionally a gang
cf Redheads or Buffleheads hurried by
in the gray snowy day. Some Spoon-
bills passed, but were far outstripped
by bunches of little Green-winged Teal
that flashed by seemingly on the very
wings of the wind. One small flock
of White-winged Scoters passed as
though they had urgent business fur-
ther South. Aside from the Pintails,
most of the ducks flew low, as I sup-
posed, because of the fury of the wind;
but not so with that king of water-
fowl, Bronta Canadensis. Two long
lines of these birds away up,’ passed
over, breasting the storm at a rate
of not less than a mile a minute. As
far as the eye could see those noble
ganders led their companies in order-
ly fashion with regular’ wing beats,
defying Boreas in a way to enthuse
the lower of true nature.
of Blue Geese followed the rest, and
several of the White-fronted, the form-
er silent as usual, and the latter more
noisy than usual, if possible, for each
seemed to be expressing his or her
individual disgust with the ver as
they passed.

Four Wilson Snipe passed within a
half a hundred yards of the window I
gazed out of, and several Marsh, one
Pigeon, a number of American Rough-

leg and Swainson’s Hawks drifted

southerly in more leisurely fashion
than the ducks.

- There was scarcely any time during
the entire day that a glance out of
the windows would not disclose a flock

of Ducks moving South. At the height
of the storm a flock of a dozen or more

One troup

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Prairie Chickens passed, alternately
whirring their wings and sailing, as
is the flight habit of this species, to
the Southeast: The general cause of
all the birds flying Southeast was
that the wind blew from the North-
west.

Such migrations as this the writ
has witnessed in days gone by on a
sudden turn of the weather at home;
Now we have none such. Those rmil-
lions of wildfowl are’ ‘gone. Those ol
looked at. out. of the Court House win-
dows are going. They. will’ not - last
long. Almost every able-bodied: main
in the town’ who coud! ‘carry a° gun
and could get away was out doing his
level best te slay as many of.,these
poor birds that were fleeing from the
storm king for their lives, as possible.
And I assume the same was true of
every other town in that part of the
country.

In the little hotel in that town is
hung the picture of five brutes taken
with their five guns, surrounded with
some hundreds’ of poor dead ducks
with the statement that it occurred
November 10, 1911. This shows the
state of public sentiment there and
those poor birds that fled that day be-
fore the wind and the cold and the
snow, will not last long unless some-’
thing is done to save them. R.M.B:

~~
A Careless Cowbird.

A certain female Cowbird which
spent the spring and summer in this
locality was addicted to very peculiar
habits: in fact, her eccentricities car-
ried her so far as to utterly disre-
gard one of the most fundamental
ruels of conventional Cowbird behay-
ior. my

This particular. Cowbird arrived
from’ the South sometime late in
April,—at least she was on the place
with her polygamist mate and at least
one of his other wives when I arrived

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—Photo by F. B. McKechnie.

Bob-white on Nest

384

from the southern part of the state
the first week in May. For three or
four weeks they flew about the place,
the male evidently doing nothing but
showing off from the top of a tall
dead birch or driving a rival suitor
away from his wives, while the fe-
males walked around among the cows
in the stumpy pastures and fed upon
the flies which followed them.

In the meantime, a pair of Chest-
nut-sided Warblers had begun a nest
in a raspberry bush in a patch of
brush not more than thirty feet from
the side of our house, which was then
in course of construction. On May
31st, this nest was finished and one
ege was laid. This I thought was the
chance for Mrs. Cowbird. But three
days passed, and each day saw an-
- other egg until four were laid and the
set finished, but still no Cowbird’s egg.
The female warbler sat patiently on
these eggs, and could almost be touch-
ed before she would leave the nest,
until on the morning of June 12th,
just nine days after the last egg was
laid, when I looked in the nest and
saw, not the four young birds which
I expected, but one lone Cowbird’s
egg, which proved to be perfectly
fresh. The four Warbler’s eggs were
on the ground under the nest, two of
them punctured. Needless to say, the
mother bird was not sitting.

This was the first time I had ever
known a Cowbird to lay an egg in a
nest after the full set was completed,
to say nothing of when the eggs were
ready to hatch, but I was destined to
be still more greatly surprised by the
only other Cowbird’s egg which I
found on the place this year.

I was puzzled to find where this
Cowbird was laying the rest of her
eges. There were plenty of fresh
nests about the place, and many of
them,

Ovenbird’s nest was found in the

in plain sight,—June 6th, an.

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woods not ten rods from the house;
June 12th, another was found in the
edge of the woods still nearer the
house; June 6th, a Magnolia Warbler’s
nest with three eggs was found a few
rods farther south in the edge of the
clearing; and on June 7th and 8th, I
found two more unfinished Chestnut-
sided Warbler’s nests a short distance
away. In each of these a full set of
its owner’s eggs were laid, but none
of the Cowbird. On June 12th, I found
a Red-eyed Vireo’s nest with four
eggs, about five feet high in a small
maple sapling, between two small
branches and against the trunk of the
tree. On June 20th, three of these
eggs hatched. June 30th one of the
young Vireos left the nest, and I re-
moved the one addled egg.

On the following morning, July 1st,
I found the old Vireos feeding their
young in the bushes near the nest, but

when I looked into the nest I was as-
tonished to see that, instead of being
empty,
Cowbird’s egg.

it contained a single, fresh
This egg was almost
exactly like the one in the Chestnut-
sided Warbler’s nest, and I am satis-_
fied that it was laid by the same bird.
The nest may have been mistaken for
a newly completed one, but it certain-
ly did not look like one. Whatever
the intent of the bird that laid these
two eggs, it would be a bad thing for
the race of Molothrus ater if many of
her kind followed the example of this
particular misguided Cowbird.

Now if any of you old timers have
ever seen or heard of anything of this
kind before, I wish you would write
of it to The Oologist, for it is some-
thing absolutely new to me.

D. C. Mabbott.
Unity, Wis.

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The Auk, Vols. 1 to 20.

The Iowa Ornithologist, Vols. 2, 3
and 4.

The Western Ornithologist. All Nos. .

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Birds and All Nature,- Vol. 7.

Birds and Nature, Vols. 8, 9, 10, 11
and all of Vol. 12, except Nos. 2, .3.
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Oregon Naturalist, Vol. 1.

The Osprey, Vol. 3, No. 10; Vol. 4,
No. 3.

The American Osprey. All Nos.

The Oologist (Lattin) Vol. 5, No. 6.

The. Oologist of Utica, N. Y., Vols:
1 to 6, for which I will pay an unus-
ually high price.

The O. & O. Semi*
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The Wilson Bulletin, Nos. 8 and 12.

The Maine O. & O. All except Nos.
1, 2, 3,.4 of Vol. 1; and No. 3 of Vel. 2.

The Ohio Naturalist, Vols. 3 and 4.

The Museum. Vols. 5:and 6; and
Vol. 4 except Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.

The Hoosier Naturalist, Vol. 1. all
except No. 6; Vol.2, all except No. 3, 4,
6, 9. All subsequent Nos.

The Spy Glass. Vol. 7, all but Nos.
1 and 2; all subsequent Nos.

"The Oologist’s Exehange. Vol. 1, all
except Nos. 2,;.33, 4, 11; Vol. 2, all ex-
cept Nos. 3; 7. All subsequent Vols.

The Oclogist’s Advertiser. All Nos.

The Ornithologist and _ Botanist.
Vol. 15 Nos: 6; L0<and 12" Vol. 2; all:

The Wolverine Naturalist. All Nos.
except Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Vol. 1.

The; Empire State Exchange. All
Nos. except No. 3 of Vol. 1.

The Hawkeye. All, except Nos. 3
and 9 of Vol. 1 and No. 1 of Vol. 2.

he Hummingbird. (N.C.) All Nos.

The Bay State Oologist, No. .. of
Vol. 1.

The Oologists’ Journal. All except
eof Volo i>-ang 192-3 of Vol: 2.

The Hummer. All except Nos. 5, 6,
8 of Vol. 1.

The Bittern (Cedar Rapids).
cept Nos. 1, 2, 3 of Vol. 1.

Annual, Vol. 2,

All ex-

in with original covers,!

Vol. 3.

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The Bittern (Damariscotta, Maine).

All except Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 of Vol. 1.

The Bittern (Canisteo, N. Y.6). All
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The Exchange. All but No. 3 of
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All except Nos. 2 and 3 of
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Birds for sale.

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of such specimens for scientific collecting purposes only.—EDITOR.

BIRDS

WANTED-—Live Ameri¢an Wild Trumpet-
er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, Ill

FOR EXCHANGE.—A pair of Wild Pigeons
finely mounted. Make me cash offer for
same. PHILO W. SMITH, 1824 Byers Ave..
Joplin, Mo. (1)

FOR SALE.—Exceedingly rare sets, full
data of Comatikis comata ‘ Gerouticus eremita)
North Syrian Deserts for $25. (the two eggs).
Ch. GIRTANNER, Clarens, SReerte

(1l-p

BIRD SKINS .—Exchange generally.
FRANKS. WRIGHT, 14 Cayuga St., Auburn,
EN (2-p)

EGGS

In sending in your exchange notices for nests,
skins and eggs, we would appreciate it if you would
arrange the numerals in your exchange notice
in their numerical order, and not tumble them
together hit and miss, as some of our readers are
complaining, and we think justly so.

EXCHANGE.—Personally taken sets, 263,
, 388, 412a, 444, 466a, 498, 528, 529, 540. 584, 624,
for sets of Warblers only. H. MOUSLEY,
Hatley, Quebec’ (1-p)

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Fine sets from Greenland, Iceland, Arctic
America, also Antarctic. Will exchange
European for North American sets. H. T.
BOOTH, 8 Cranbury Road, Fulham, See

-p

EXCHANGE,—A fine series of ten of the
Pallas Murre from Cape Hope, Alaska. I
want 188, 332, 343, 348, 362, 364 and many others,
D. E. BROWN, 6044 Ist Ave.. No. W. Sta. F.
Seattle. Wash.

EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—A few sets each
of the following to exchange for other sets.
Nos. 49, 120c, 122, 127, 294a. 360a. Send full list:
J.S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co., Cal.

TO EXCHANGE — Sets with data, North
American and Foreign. Can use many com-
mon kinds of both. Dr.T. W. RICHARDS
7S Navy, 1911 N. St., N. W.. Washington

FOR EXCHANGE.—For anything of use
tO a sportsman. A. 1. mounted birds and,
skins of water fowl andowls. MILO DENNY
Waubeek, Iowa. (1-p)

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BOOKS

WANTED.—Nidiologist, Vol.1, No. 6._ In-
dexes to Vol. 2 and 4. Will’ pay cash, EARLE
a FORREST, 261 Locust Ave., Weegee

a. -p

CASH OR GOOD EXCHANGE.—For
Agassiz Companion, Amateur Naturalist,
Exchange, Empire State Exchange, Field and
Forest, and 40 other titles, to complete files.
Lists exchanged. FRANK L. BURNS,
Berwyn, Pa. (1-p)

FOR SALE.—Coues’ Key, last edition, 2
vols, $7.00; cost $12.50. Or willentertain offers
of rare Warbler sets only. H. MOUSLEY
HATLEY, Quebec. (1-p)

FOR EXCHANGE.—Two hundred sets
with data, in first class condition, including
50 European (without data) in cabinet. List
sent on application.—DR. JAMESON, uP N.
Washington St., Titusville, Pa. (4-p)

WANTED.—Least Sandpiper 1-41, have sets
of Osprey, Least Bittern 1-4, and Green Heron
1-5 to exchange for same. WM. Bb. CRISPIN,
Salem, N.J

FINE COLLECTION BIRD EGGS, many
birds and nests photographed, to exchange
for microscope, fly rod, casting rod, or tackle
Box 775, Stanford University, Cal.

Choice cabinet sets with full and accurate
data for exchange for sets and large rare
Singles. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene
St.. Augusta, Ga. (2-p)

FOR SALE.—Named collections of 100
species, 200 specimens, all perfect, of Marine
Shells, $5.00 postpaid; also of land and fresh
water shells, $5.00 postpaid. Smaller col-
lections at same rate. A. G. REYNOLDS,
Gulfport, Fla. (2-p)

FOR SALE.—The Auk, volumes 1 to 15
bound in brown morocco and yolumes 16 to
26 in numbers as issued, all first class. Price
$100.00. Wanted, Bird Lore, Vol. 1. No.6; Vol.
2, No. 2. Write me and see what a liberal
offer I will make for these two numbers.
LAUREN TREMPER, 136 N. Dewey St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. (2-p)

EXCHANGE OR SELL CHEAP.—
Mecllwraith’s Birds of Ontario, Macoun’s
Catalogue of Canadian Birds, Ottawa
Naturalist, Vols. 23, 24, 25; Davies Nests and
Eggs of N. A. Birds; Oologist. last four vol-
umes. Wanted, a pair of good Marine Glasses
or specimens of interesting Minerals. LEWIS
BROWN, 31 Willcocks St., Toronto, Can ;

-p

Authors and Publishers of Bird Books send
us particulars of your books. We intend
making Ornithology one of the important
sections of our business. It will pay you to
get in touch with us. We buy in large or
small quantities. A. R. WOMRATH, 72
Madison Ave., New York. (3-t)

WANTED FOR CASH.—The Condor, Vols.
Ito XIIJ,-The Auk, Vols. I to X, Bird Lore,
Vols. I-II-IlI-VII-X. All or any part of
these, also; Wilson Bulletins, Nos. | to 26.
The Oologist a complete file or parts. And
any bird book by Coues, Mrs. Bailey, N. 3S.
Goss, Ridgway, Audubon, Toerey, Lowell or
C. C. Abbott. I will purchase bird books
new to my library. Send list ofany that you
have for sale. J.N.SWIFT, Stockport, Ohio.

WANTED.—“Bulletin of the Cooper i
Club,” Vol. I complete or odd parts. W. LE
CHAMBERS, Eagle Rock, Cal. ea

BIRD BOOKS WITH COLORED PIC-
TURES, pocket size. Write for my free des-
criptive circular. - DUNBAR, 30 Row-
ena St. Boston Mass.

WANTED AT ONCE.—We will give $5 for
Volume IX of the Ornithologist and Oologist,
covering the period from March 1, 1884 to
March 1, 1885. R.M. Barnes, Lacon. Ill.

WANTED.—Books on birds. Will pay a
reasonable cash price for those that I desire.
Seu title aud author, condition. etc. CHAS.

F. CARR, (Personal), New London, Wis.

I will give $2.00 for No.6 of Vol. 5 of THE
OOLOGIST in the oneina covers and in
good condition. R.M. BARNES, Lacon, Il.

BOOKS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—
Ridgway’s Birds of N. & M. America, parts:
1 to 5 inclusive. paper covers. Bound vols.
of The Ibis, 1875 up. Forest and Stream,
Bird Notes. Also have wild turkey, ducks,
geese and swan skins to exchange for books
or sets of eggs. H. H. BAILEY, Box 154,
Newport News. Va. (1- D)_

WANTED.—Life history of North Ameri-
can Birds, Bendire; Bird Lore, volumes or
single copies. Also Bird Books and Insect
Book, report any you have. LAURA KHAN,
Stockport, Ohio.

WANTED.—Audubon’s Birds of America,
First subscription, 8 vo. ed. Phila. & N.
Yori, 1840-44. Five dollars ($5.00) per part at
be paid for numbers 10 and 80. FRANKLIN
POOR OE 920 Walnut St., Philadelphia,

a,

FOR SALE.—Nests and Eggs of the Birds
of Ohio. Plates (154 x 174 inches) beautifully
colored by hand. Two volumes, finely bound.
The most beautiful work on natural history
ever published in the United States. Very
scarce. Price and full particulars on appli-
cation. Address, A. R. WOMRATH, 72 Mad-
ison Ave., New York. Catalogues issued.

BIRD MAGAZINES.—I have about 500
old bird magazines for exchange, including
complete volumes of Auk, Condor, Nidiolo-
gist, Osprey, Oregon Naturalist, and odd
numbers of all of these. W. LEK CHAM-
BERS, 1226 11th St., Santa Monica, Cal.

FIELD GLASSES FOR SALE.—Fine field
glasses, used only one trip, likenew. Genuine

“Colemont French,” are leather case. Cost
$14.00. Will take $8.00. . COLE, Shukert,
Bldg., Omaha, Nebr.

I will give Twenty Dollars for Volume
1 and two dollars each for numbers one
and two of Volume II, of the Utica, N.
Y., Oologist.
R. M. BARNES,

‘s Lacon, III.

THE OOLOGIST Ii

EGGS, Continued

T have a few good sets to exchange. Want
334, 334a, 337a, 337d, 340, 344. (351) 352a, 356, 360c,
361 and many others. DAVID E. BROWN,
Room No. 11, Federal Bldg., Tacoma, none

p

FOR SA LE—700 egg trays, made with white
paper all sizes and in good condition. I will
also exchange for sets of eggs for others new
to my collection. I have also many maga-
zines for exchange. C. M. CASE, 7 Holcomb
St., Hartford, Conn.

“Ideal” data blanks, your name and address
inserted, exchanged for sets of birds’ eggs
listing 25 cents or over. F. STONE,
Printer, Branchport, N. Y. (1-p)

WANTED.—To hear from collectors who
have sets with Cowbird eggs in them. Who
wants skins of the Wild Turkey, 310 A? Last
year I put up ten. [need many of thecommon
sets with nests, Canada Jay, Northern Raven,
Audubon’s Oriole, and nests, Cooper’s Tana-
ger, Warbling Vireo and nest, numerous
Warblers, ~t. Lucas, Mearn’s and LeCont’s
Thrashers, and Varied Thrush and nest. H.
H. BAILEY. Newport News, Va. (1)

EXCHANGE.—Vol. 23 Physical Culture.
Want Reed’s Color Key to North American
Birds, Holland’s Butterfly book, Hummers,
Sets of 144 Eggs. flying squirrel skins. EARL
HAMILTON, Yohoghany, Pa. (1-p)

FOR EXCHANGE.—A 1 sets taken this
season, Glaucus Wing Gull, Pigeon Guillemot
Violet Green Cormorant. W. F, BURTON,
Esq., 937 St. Charles S. T., Victoria, B. C.

I have the following North American Birds’
Eggs in original sets with full data, to ex-
change for others that Ineed to add to my
collection. A.O,U. Nos. 471-3, 761-1, 791-1,
86 1-1, 108 1-1, 132 1-8, 144 1-9, 1-11, 172 1-4, 191 1-5,
208 1-10, 219 t-8, 221 1-12. 275 1-3, 277a 1-1, 326 1-2,
337b 1-2, 339b 1-3, 462 1-3, 405 1-2, 478a 2-4, 2-5,
417 1-2, 429 3n-2, 430 n-2, 594a 2-4, 631 1-3. Many
of these are extremely rare, especially the
Florida Burrowing Owl which are absolutely
authentic, having been a part of the collection
formed during the ’80’s by S. B. Ladd. R.M.
BARNKS, Lacon, [1l.

The ad. in your paper to which you
refer was intended to appear only in
the November issue; instead it has
been in three times and I was all
cleaned out in two weeks after its
first appearance. Will you please not
print it again?

Gaylerd K. Snyder.
January 31, 1912.

I had many replies to my recent ad.
and could have disposed of my offer-
ing several times over.

F. P. Drowne, M. D.
February 19, 1912.

Your Oologist is too good to discon-
tinue. A. L. Marshall,
March 27, 1912.

MISCELLANEOUS

IMPORTED COCOONS,—Atlas, Mylitta,,.
Roylei, Selene, Trifen-estrata and other
Indian pupae for Regalis, Versicolora and
other desirable native pupae and_eggs.
JAMES L. MITCHELL, Indiana Trust Build-
ing, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Do your own tanning. Our school will teach
you quickly in your own home. Success
guaranteed. Low cost. Send now for our
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POST CARDS, of birds, nests and eggs of
many of our Florida birds, Egrets, Ibises,
Gallinules, Limpkin, etc. About three hun-
dred good negatives to select from. Work
piaraaicee: State your wants in first letter

rice $1.00 per dozen. O. E. BAYNARD,
Orange Lake, Florida. (3)

FOR EXCHANGE.—A Columbia Chain-
less 26 in. cushion frame, coaster and hand
brake, model 88 bicycle. Cost $85. In first
class condition. Will exchange for first class
bird skins or eggs in sets with data ona basis
of $35. C. W. CHAMBERLAIN, 36 Lincoln
St.. Boston, Mass. (2)

TAXIDERMY.—We mount birds, animals,
heads, and makerugs. Finest work. Museum
methods, moth proof. Guaranteed low prices.
Write for price list. 88. Its free. N. W.
tee OF TAXIDERMY, No. 76, Omaha,
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A few pairs of extra fine, large Texas steer
horns of the now extinct ‘Texas Long-horn”
type. Rare. Price, $2.50 to $10.00 per pair.
E. F. POPE, Colmesneil, Texas.

EXCHANGE NOTICE.—Belgium double
barrel 12 gauge shot gun, Remington 4 barrel
pistol, Elliots patent 32 cal., 26 Newhouse No.
1 jump craps. Loggerhead Turtle eggs 1-21 and
1-22 first class data. I can use A 1 sets of

Kapicies,etce.Or I will send the entire lot
cheap for cash. JAMES O. JOHNSON,
Southington, Conn,

TAXIDERMY SUPPLIES.—Glass eyes
tools, materials, for taxidermists. Biggest
and best stock in America, lowest prices.
Get our catalog 56 free. Write for one today.
ne ay SCHOOL OF TAXIDERMY, Omaha,
NeDr.

FOR SALE.—4 x 5 long focus camera
equipped with Plastigmat lens and B. & L.
Shutter. Camera is sllghtly used but in the
best of condition. Parties interested write
for full description and price. Also have a
number of others, new and second hand, for
sale cheap. F. C: WILLARD, Tombstone,
Ariz. (1-p)

WANTED.—Photographs (any size from
3% to 4% inches and up) of birds nests with
egesin situ. As I desire these for coloring,
prints must be made on velox or platinum
paper, the latter preferred, Send any num-
ber you may have on approval, and I will
remit 25c. each for those I keep. JOHN
LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N.Y. (3t-9):

IV THE OOLOGIST

PUBLICATIONS WANTED.

{ will pay a good price for the fol-
lowing publications; all to be sound, in
‘their original covers, and suitable for
binding. I will accept bound Vols.
‘when bound in with original covers,
and will accept whole Vols. if seller
‘will not break same, of a large number
of those listed below.

The Auk, Vols. 1 to 20.

The Iowa Ornithologist, Vols. 2, 3
‘and 4.

The Western Ornithologist. All Nos.
issued.

The Stormy Petrel. All Uos. issued.

Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7.

Birds and Nature, Vols. 8, 9, 10, 11
-and all of Vol. 12, except Nos. 2, 3.
4 and 5.

Oregon Naturalist, Vol. 1.

The Osprey, Vol. 3, No. 10; Vol. 4,
‘No. 3.

The American Osprey. All Nos.

The Oologist (Lattin) Vol. 5, No. 6.

The Oologist of Utica, N. Y., Vols.
1 to 6, for which I will pay an unus-
ually high price.

The O. & O. Semi* Annual, Vol. 2,
Nos. 1 and 2.

The Wilson Bulletin, Nos. 8 and 12.

The Maine O. & O. All except Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4 of Vol. 1, and No. 3 of Vol. 2.

The Ohio Naturalist, Vols. 3 and 4.

The Museum. Vols. 5 and 6; and
Vol. 4 except Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.

The Hoosier Naturalist, Vol. 1. all
except No. 6; Vol.2, all except No. 3, 4,
6, 9. All subsequent Nos.

The Spy Glass. Vol. 7, all but Nos.
1 and 2; all subsequent Nos.

The Oologist’s Exchange. Vol. 1, all
except Nos. 2, 3, 4, 11; Vol. 2, all ex-
cept Nos. 3, 7. All subsequent Vols.

The Oologist’s Advertiser. All Nos.

The Ornithologist and Botanist.
‘Vol. 1, Nos. 6, 10 and 12; Vol. 2, all.

The Wolverine Naturalist. All Nos.
‘except Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Vol. 1.

The Empire State Exchange. All
Nos. except No. 8 of Vol. 1.

The Hawkeye. All, except Nos. 3
‘and 9 of Vol. 1 and No. 1 of Vol. 2.

he Hummingbird. (N.C.) All Nos.

The Bay State Oologist, No. .. of
Vol. 1.

The Oologists’ Journal. All except
1 of Vol. 1; and 1, 2, 3 of Vol. 2.

The Hummer. All except Nos. 5, 6,
8 of Vol. 1.

The Bittern (Cedar Rapids). All ex-
-cept Nos. 1, 2, 3 of Vol. 1.

The Bittern (Damariscotta, Maine).
All except Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 of Vol. 1.

The Bittern (Canisteo, N. Y.6). All
but No. 10 of Vol. 1 and No. 8, Vol. 2.

The Exchange. All but No. 3 of
Vol. 2.

The Exchange. All but No. 3 of
Vol. 1.

The Taxidermist. All Nos.

Nature and Culture. Vols. 1, 2, 3
and 4.

Zoe. All except Nos. 2 and 3 of
Vol. 3. :

The Naturalist (Texas). All Nos.

Gameland. All Nos.

The Egg Collector. All Nos.

Wilson Quarterly. No. 1.
And many others too numerous to
mention.

GEORGE SETH GUION,
Napoleonville, La.

Birds of Eastern
North America

By
Chester A. Reed, B. S.

This is a most interesting and
thorough book of written and
pictured description.

The opening and closing chap-
ters take up bird-lore and make
it entertaining and understand-
able to those who want to know
more about birds.

Most valuable is the chapter
on how to study birds.

Good and accurate illustra-
tions give the key to identifying
birds in the field, and the gen-
eral appearance of the species.

408 illustrations in color.
Many in black and white.
Net $3.00

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

Garden City New York

THE OOLOGIST Ne

BENJAMIN HOAG
STEPHENTOWN, N. Y.

Oologists Tools and Supplies, Books and
Magazines of every description. Send for
lists. Write your special wants for quotations
by letter. I can save you money.

Cut the Lining Egg Drills: 4 selected sizes for
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The Captive Eagle.

A Ballad, :

By Charles West Thompson.

An Hagle sat on the stormy peak

Of a mountain’s rugged crag,

Where the winds of the winter whis-
tled bleak F
And uttered their boisterous brag.

His head was as bald as the cliff where
he sat,
And his neck as white as its snow,
And his eye was like that of the moun-
tain cat,
When he glares on his prey below.

On the scathed limb of an ancient oak,
He had taken his lofty stand,
And thence he looked down where
wreaths of smoke
Gave tokens of cultured land.

And away and away did his gaze ex-
tend
O’er the ocean’s waters blue,
And he heard the roar on the distant
shore
Where the snow-white sea gulls flew.

He had perched his nest on that moun-
tain’s brow,
In the eye of the glorious sun,
And he looked on the face of the day-
king now,
As for many long years he had
done.

He had seen his eaglets thence go
forth :

To the chase of the hawk on the sea,

He had sailed on the icy-winged blast
of the North,

And screamed as he rode it with glee.

Long years had he dwelt on that
mountain height,
And sailed o’er that ocean’s gloom,
When the morning was bright, or the
blackness of night
Made darker the tempest’s plume.

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Long years had he stood by that roar-

ing flood,
And that rock was his kingdom’s.
throne,
By the storm-rent oak his decree he
spoke,

And his will was his law. alone.

Even now he sat on that oak so bear,
Majestic and proud and free,
The emblem at once, and the glorious.
heir .
Of nature’s liberty.

He sat with his noble wings outspread
For a flight o’er the sunny land,
And he launched thro’ the air like an
arrow that’s sped
From a practised archer’s hand,

Away deep down to the scene below
He flew on fearless wing,
And he paused where a waterfall turn-
ed into snow
The stream of a woodland spring.

Ah! bird of royalty! sad for thee
To have left thy mountain height,
Where thy way was unwatched, and
thy wing was free,
And none to arrest thy flight.

For the hunter has marked thy down-
ward course, :
And fixed on thee his eye—
And has lifted his gun to the noon-day
sun,
And said that thou shalt die.

A flash—a roar—the Hagle rose
From the tree where his perch had
been,—
And the echo that woke from the
forest of oak,
Shouted loud as to chide the sin.

He soared away on his upward flight,
As he uttered a piercing cry,
But suddenly dropped; like the meteor
of night z
That falls in a summer sky.

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With a broken wing he could no more
seek

To rise in the glare of day—

So the monarch that reigned on the
mountain peak,

Was carried a captive away.

From “The Cabinet of Natural His-
tory and American Rural Sports,” Vol.
© (1830), p. 2389.

SR er Ee
The Pileated Woodpecker.
The Pileated Woodpecker may be

called the king of woodpeckers, for
though it is exceeded in size by the

Ivory-billed Woodpecker of the South-
ern States, the latter bird is so near
extinct that it may be neglected en-
tirely. In regard to its habitat,
Stearns says in New England Bird
Life, ‘All of the ‘forest primeval’ still
harbors the great, black, scarlet-crest-
ed woodman, chips of whose powerful
chiselling are still scattered at the
feet of many a decrepit monarch.”

To put this into other words, this
great woodpecker is found all over
North America where the old growth
forest still remains, being rare or
casual in the more cultivated parts
and in the wooded prairie regions. In
Southern Maine this bird is still found,
though in small numbers; it is prob-
ably more often seen in winter than in
summer for at that season it is usually
found in the depths of the forest car-
ing for its offspring.

The eggs of this bird are very rare
in the collections of this locality and
there are none to my knowledge which
contain a complete set, though there
are one or two containing single eggs.
For many years I have tried to obtain
one of these eggs, but have always
failed to do so for the owners would
mot part with them even if offered a
gold mine.

Way back in the spring of 1886 I
was passing through a piece of old
growth woods not far from home when

387

we saw a large round hole in a dead
stub; we knew it was too large for a
Flicker’s nest and stopped to investi-
gate. As we were looking at it while
standing some distance away, a Pileat-
ed Woodpecker flew to the stub and
disappeared in the hole. We felt sure
that the bird had a nest in the stub
and were highly elated at our good
fortune. We decided not to disturb
the nest as we felt sure that it was
too early to find a full set of eggs. We
waited until the 10th of May before
we visited the nest again.

When we reached the stub, my
friend, who was the lighter, volunteer-
ed to climb it, though it was old and
rather rotten. Not having any climb-
ing irons he started up, making rather
slow headway, for the stub swayed
and shook in a way that threatened to
throw him to the ground at any mo-
ment. After a climb of about twenty-
five feet he reached the nest and dig-
ging carefully through the rotten wood

‘he found that the eggs had not been

laid.

We were bitterly disappointed at
losing the set of eggs, but as we were
young collectors we made no attempt
to stop up the hole we had made in the
stub, thinking it was useless; for we
believed that the birds would desert
the nest. I have since found that we
were wrong and devised a method by
which the eggs can be obtained with-
out risk of the nest being deserted un-
til the set is laid. This method will
be explained later on. This stub was
on a high, rocky ridge—a very un-
usual place for these birds to nest as
they generally prefer swamps.

For many years after this first ex-
perience, my acquaintance with this
species was limited to an occasional
glimpse of one of these birds in. the
woods, though sometimes in the win-
ter one would be seen flying from one
woods to another. I felt sure. that

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Western Red-bellied Hawk’s Nest and Eggs

they were nesting in the vicinity, but
so carefully were their nests hidden
that all attempts to find them were
unsuccessful.

In the summer of 1911 my brother,
while driving through a piece of old
growth woods about a quarter of a
mile from our home, saw a young
Pileated Woodpecker barely able to
fly. This made it certain that this
species of bird had had a nest in those
woods. Greatly encouraged by this
circumstance, I decided to try to find
the nest the next year.

The next spring I was returning
home through these woods about the
middle of April after an unsuccessful
hunt for a Great-horned Owl’s nest
which I had been trying to find since
the last of February. While passing
through a swamp in which there were
quite a number of dead stubs I noticed
a large circular hole about half way

—Photo by J. B. Dixon.

up in a large poplar stub. I went to
the foot of the stub and soon made
certain that some bird was making a
nest there, for the ground was strewn
with fresh chips dug from the inside.
I made no attempt to climb the stub
for I did not wish to frighten away
the birds, which I felt sure were pre-
paring a nest there. Four or five
days later I visited the nest, and as I
was watching the hole at some dist-
ance, a Pileated Woodpecker put her
head out of the entrance and after
looking around withdrew it again. I
had found a second nest, and I de-
termined not to lose the nest this
time.

Knowing the bird to be wild and
Wary, I had used great care while
visiting the nest, and was probably not
seen by the Woodpeckers. I kept
away from the nest until May fourth,
when I decided that the set of eggs

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ought to be laid. So I went again, tak-
ing a hammer, saw, chisel, scoop net
and climbing irons; an 18-foot ladder
was also taken to reduce the height of
the climb, as I thought it probable that
I might have to go up the stub several
times. On reaching the stub I placed
the ladder against it, strapped on my
irons and soon reached the nest. I
looked into the hole, but could only
see the edge of the bottom on the op-
posite side. It was about two feet
deep. I used the saw to make two
cuts about four inches apart opposite
the bottom of the inside cavity. I split
out the piece of wood between the cuts
and with the chisel dug into the nest.
I found that only one egg had been
laid, so after lifting it with the scoop
net near enough for a good look, I re-
placed it, fitted a piece of wood into
the hole I had made and replaced the
piece split off from the outside, fasten-
ing it with nails.

I made another visit on May 7th,
and found that there were four eggs.
What a sight to please the eyes of an
oologist who had waited so many
years to see his first set! How pret-
ty they looked, like four gems in their
setting of wood chips, the yolks show-
ing through the translucent shells, giv-
ing them a pink tint, which is never
seen in the eggs after they are blown.
This tint gradually changes to a dark-
er hue as the eggs advance in incuba-
tion.

Thinking that the set was not com-
plete I left the eggs undisturbed. On
May ninth [ visited the nest again and
found the female sitting on the four
eggs. JI removed the eggs and put in
two Filicker’s eggs which are some-
what smaller.
these: about a week but deserted the
nest when I took out one of them.

The male bird was not seen at any
time when the nest was visited. The
following measurements of the stub

~

The female sat on.

889

and nesting place may be of interest:
Diameter of the stub at the ground, 19
inches; diameter of the stub at the
nest 1214 inches. Diameter of the
hole 3% inches. This was almost ex-
actly circular and on the western side
of the stub. The horizontal depth of
the cavity, the ruler being placed on
the lower edge of the entrance, was
10 inches. The hole went in horizon-
tally for 7% inches before it was work-
ed downward. The vertical depth
from top of entrance to the bottom, 24
inches. The diameter of the cavity
at the entrance was nine inches. The
diameter of the cavity at the bottom
was 7% inches. The distance from
nest hole to ground, 30% feet. The
entrance and walls were smoothly
chiseled except at the top, where it
was somewhat rough. The full height
of the stub was estimated at 55 feet;
there were no limbs on it and the bark
only adhered to the lower part, the rest
being bare. A glance at the measure-
ments show that the cavity was widest
at the top, tapering gradually toward
the bottom. The four eggs are of
nearly the same size and measure:
132K 1: dst x02 ee SA exe O2 arid
1.34x1 inches. They are very smooth
and glossy white.

In his ‘‘Life Histories,” Bendire says
of the nest of this species: “The en-
trance measures from 38 to 3% inches
in diameter, and it often goes five
inches straight into the trunk before
it is worked downward. The cavity
varies from 7 to 30 inches in depth
and is gradually enlarged towards the
bottom where it is about six inches
wide.”

This description fits my nest very
well, except it is the reverse in shape.
This bird is so widely distributed that
it may change its nesting habits some-
what so that Major Bendire was prob-
ably right, his description being taken
from nests found in the West.

390

Some writers consider our northern
bird, which is almost equal to the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker in size, as a
sub-species .and have given it the
name, Northern Pileated Woodpecker,
Ceophoeus pileatus abieticola. It in-
habits the heavily wooded sections of
North America from the Allegheny
mountains northward.

John T. Parsons.
South Paris, Me.
Books Received.

Birds in Relation to the Grasshop-
per Outbreak in California, by Harold
C. Bryan: University of California
publication in Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 1.

This is a very. well prepared article
covering 19 pages and is exhaustive
in its treatment of the subject. It dis-
closes many interesting and valuable
thoughts relating to the great assist-
ance rendered by birds.to men in the
destruction of insects.

a Ne ee
Sad.

The following clipping from a Wash-
ington (D. C.) paper is self explana-
tory.. It is sad indeed that a young
man in the morning of life will blight
his future by a proceeding of this kind.
Subsequent to the arrest, Mr. Reise-
berg admitted his guilt of this charge,
and owing to arrangements made, he
was not prosecuted further, and the
case was nolle prossed.

It is to be hoped that it will be a
lesson to himself and to all others
‘similarly inclined, for indeed the es-
cape from a term in the penitentiary,
at least in this instance, was narrow.

MUSEUM BOOKS DISAPPEAR.

Changes are Preferred Against Former
» Employee—Volumes in Demand by
_Naturalists—Located in IIli-
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street northeast, formerly employed as
clerk at the museum, was arrested last
night at his home by Central Office
Detective Weedon. He was released
on $500 bond for his appearance in the
police court this morning.

The volumes were published in
Utica, N. Y., in 1875, and consist of
monthly serials bound together. They ~
have long been out of print, and are in
great demand among naturalists.

The books were missed about ten
days ago. The museum authorities
had the names of several persons who
had been hunting for copies, and wrote
to them to ascertain whether the mis-
sing books had been offered to them.
Yesterday they received a reply from
R. M. Barnes, of Lacon, Ill., stating
that he had purchased the books for
$35. He returned one, and said he
would send the other as soon as he
could get it from a friend, to whom
he had loaned it.

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The Flycatcher of Eastern Massa-
chusetts.

Massachusetts is credited with
eleven species of Flycatchers. Hight
of these occur more or less regularly,
while three, viz.: The Gray Kingbird,
Gay’s Phoebe and Acadian Flycatcher
are recorded as accidental visitors
only. Those that summer with us or
pass through the state during migra-
tion are the Kingbird, Crested Fly-
catcher, Phoebe, Olive-sided Flycatch-
er, Wood Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Alder,
and Least Flycatchers.

The Kingbird is a very common
resident. They arrive from the South
early in May, usually about the. 5th,
but. occasionally. as early.as the 2d.
When they first arrive I most frequent-
ly find them in the trees and bushes
along the river bank, little groups of
three to five birds that keep up a con-
stant chatter, flying up into the air
after passing insects and chasing one
another from bush to bush with loud,
harsh, calls. They soon select their
mates, then each pair retires to some

THE OOLOGIST 391

Screech Owl

—Photo by F. B. McKechnie.

392

nearby orchard where nesting is be-
gun. Once a nesting site is decided
upon, the birds guard it constantly
and any other bird that chances to
come near to the nest, or even the
tree in which it is placed, is promptly
set upon and driven from the locality.

Nests with eggs are to be found in
this locality during the first ten days
of June. The nests are rather bulky,
composed of weed stalks, coarse grass
stems, fine rootlets, some little horse-
hair and often bits of cotton waste or
yarn. Placed fifteen feet to twenty
feet from the ground near the end of
branch usually of a fruit tree.

I take the following from my notes
for 1901 regarding a pair which I
watched at Lakeville, Mass.: “A partly
finished nest was found June 10th. By
June 19th it was completed. These
birds did most, if not all of the build-
ing before 8:00 a. m.—in fact the birds
were never seen at the nest, or the
tree it was in, after that hour, al-
though one of the pair was always on
guard nearby. Eggs were laid June
20th and 21st. Then for some reason
the birds deserted the nest and later
Red Squirrels destroyed the eggs.”

“Another site was chosen in an
apple tree about 200 feet distant from
the first nest. The tree stood alone in
a field of about eight acres. This nest
Was completed and the first egg laid
when I examined it, June 29th. The
second egg was laid June 30th, and the
last on July 1st. The young were all
hatched on the 18th, the period of in-
cubation being about 17 days.” The
birds seldom went far from the nest,
apparently finding sufficient food for
the young near at hand. No bird was
allowed to cross nearer than within
one hundred feet of the nest whether

Crow, Jay, or inoffensive Robin or
Waxwing. A nest which I watched in

1900 had much the same history, three

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young being reared. They remained
in the nest fifteen days.

If the first nest is destroyed they
will generally rebuild near by, often
finishing the second nest in a very
short time. I*have three nests in my
possession which were all made by the
same birds. The first was taken June
8, 1897, after it had been robbed by
boys of three eggs. A second nest
was built a few feet away, three eggs
laid and incubation begun, but was
also robbed. This was on June 24th.
The birds nothing daunted, made a
third attempt and by July 5th had an-
other nest finished and three more
eggs deposited. From the above it
will be seen with what rapidity the
birds must have worked in the con-
struction of their nests; however, the
second and third nests were not nearly
as compact and well made structures
as the first, but showed evidence of
haste in their construction.

During August flocks of Kingbirds
are often met with along roadsides
and river banks. They do not form
large flocks, but travel along in loose
companies of a dozen or less, and by
the end of the month most of them
have left for the south. After Septem-
ber ist all are generally gone, but an
occasional bird may be met with as
late as the 7th.

The Crested Flycatcher is a summer
resident of somewhat local distribu-
tion and apparently varying in num-
bers during different seasons. During
1907 they were very common but since
that year I have not found them num-
erous until this year (1912). They
arrive about May 14th and leave in
the fall at the same time as the King-
bird, often associating with them dur-
ing late August in loose noisy flocks.

During their stay with us they are
shy, noisy birds, haunting the higher
branches of hardwood timber, rather
than the farm, constantly flying from

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tree to tree and screaming continual-
ly. The only nest I have ever found
was built in a cavity of an apple tree
in an old orchard, on the edge of the
woods, well removed from any house.
It was made of dried grasses and fine
twigs and a quantity of pine needles.
The six eggs which it contained were
about one-half incubated, were cold
when found and appeared to have
‘been deserted several days. This was
on July 4, 1902.

To the bird lover, living in the city
and obliged to look to the city parks
for his few glimpses of bird life, the
‘Phoebe will long remain a stranger.
Neither will he often be found in the
‘woods. To make his acquaintance you
‘must visit the farm, go to the barn-
yard, and there you will find him at
home. They return from the south
in March (my earliest date is March
23d), and almost immediately turn to
the site of their last year’s nest, and
during the summer are Scitu.s soen
far from their home. This is most
frequently under the barn, or a shed,
‘but sometimes on a beam under a
bridge; but wherever situated, the
birds will return to it year after year.

Before the settlement of the coun-
try, the Phoebe probably placed its
nest against the side of a rock or cliff.
A nest of this sort came under my ob-
‘servation in 1905. On July 22d I found
four well fledged young in a nest built
im a crevice of a rock overhanging a
‘small cascade well up the mountain
‘side in the Berkshires. The nearest
house was several miles away.

A typical nest is composed of moss,
‘fine grasses or hayseed, more or less
mud and lined with horsehair. If
placed in a mortise in a beam, or on
-a ledge or end of a timber it will meas-
ure about 314 inches in outside diame-
‘ter, by two or three inches in depth,
‘but placed against a wall or upright
‘beam with no support beneath, the

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nest is always built up higher and
will measure five or six inches in
depth.

Five eggs generally constitute a set
for the first brood and the second may
consist of either four or five. Of the
various nests that I have examined, a
large proportion of them have had one
or more eggs spotted. I am inclined
to believe that spotted eggs are of
more regular occurrence than is com-
monly supposed, and that some birds
always lay spotted sets. I have found
nests placed in the same spot for three
consecutive years and each season
they contained spotted eggs.

A nest for a second brood had the
following history: Started June 12,
1901, on a small ledge under a barn.
The birds worked rapidly collecting
most of their material under the barn
and by the 16th it was campleted, No
eggs were laid until the 19th. The
first egg was unmarked. Three more
1 num
bered each egg as laid with an indel-
ible pencil. No 2 had a few faint
spots; No. 3 was more plainly marked,
and the last one was quite well cov-
ered about the larger end with fine
brown spots. Incubation lasted 14
days, the young emerging from the
shell July 6th. They remained in the

The nesting season lasts from May
nest 15 days, flying on the 21st.
1st to the last of July. After the first
of August the birds seem to disappear
from the barnyard and you find young
and old in clumps of Alder or Gray
Birch along streams or sometimes in
growths of young Pine. They now
renew their worn out plumage and
early in October, leave for the South.

The Olive-sided Flycatcher is not
common in eastern Massachusetts.
Formerly breeding around Boston as
attested by Nuttall in 1830, and Audu-
bon in 1832, and by Mr. G. O. Welch
in 1858 at Lynn, it has gradually de

were iaid if aS many Gayn.

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serted that section and now occurs
only as a migrant. The few birds that
I have met with were wild and would
not allow a near approach. They were
usually silent, but a bird seen in a
swamp in Plymouth County screamed
continually,—a loud shrill note like
the call of a Great Crest.

Of the five species of Flycatchers
that summer common with us, the
Wood Pewee is the last to arrive—
usually about May 20. As their name
implies they are birds of the woods,
but at times one will visit the orchard;
and during June, 1900, a pair built
a nest in an orchard near where I was
staying at the time.

The Wood Pewee builds the daint-
iest and most artistic nest of any of
our eastern Flycatchers. Compact
and symmetrical, it is made only of
fine materials. It is saddled onto a
limb or firmly attached to two parallel
twigs and the exterior decorated with
bits of lichens. When complete it
matches its surroundings perfectly,
and is then difficult to find unless by
accident, or by watching the birds.
The eggs, three or four in number, are
white, with a creamy tint, and are
marked with spots of brown and faint
lilac, mostly about the larger end.
Some eggs are exact miniatures of
eges of the Kingbird. Late in August
or early in September as you walk
through the pine woods you see a
bird said quietly down from a dead
branch near the top of a pine, catch
an insect and fly to another tree some
thirty feet away. In a minute or
two-.he repeats the performance, re-
turning to his first perch. Soon you
see another, then another do the same
until: you discover that there area
dozen or more Wood Pewees in the
trees about you, when you. probably
thought they were well along on their
journey to their winter home. AIl-
though the last to arrive in the spring,

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the Wood Pewee is not among the
first early migrants to leave in autumn,
but. tarries until close to the 20th of
September, only the hardy Phoebe re-
maining longer.

At this season, they are usually si-
lent save for a faint “quip” given as
they return to their perch after chas-
ing a passing insect.

The Yellow-bellied and Alder Fly-
catchers are rare birds in this locality
and I have never positively identified
either of them here. They both pass
through duirng the last few days of
the spring migration and might be
easily overlooked. The Alder Fly-
catcher summers in one or two re-
stricted localities in the state.

During the last few days of April or

early in May the Least Flycatcher ar-

rives. You know of his presence long
before you see him; his brusque
“chebec, chebec,” greets you alike from
the orchard, lawn, the shade trees of
our streets, and in woods of not too
thick second growth. In about two
weeks after his arrival he selects a
mate, then he leaves the woods and
takes up his home about our houses,
selecting a branch of an apple or pear
tree as a site for his nest. This is
made of soft plant fibres, fine grasses,
the buff colored down from the fronds
of opening ferns and long horsehair.
The eggs are usually four unmarked
and of a cream white. Fresh eggs
are to be found by June 1st. ie
On the 9th of June, 1901, I found
a nest containing three eggs. The
fourth egg was laid the next day, but
the bird did not start to incubate until ©
the 11th. -On June 25th three young
hatched and the fourth egg proved to.
be infertile—the period of incubation
being 14 days. The young remained
in the nest. thirteen days. - 1 ges
After the young are out of the nest
We see but little of these birds and
they doubtless leave for the south

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early. My latest dates are August 23d,
September 2d and 5th.
F. Seymour Hersey.
Taunton, Mass.
jon Pee a
Notes.

This summer (1912) I found an odd-
ly situated nest of a Western Fly-
catcher. In an old deserted barn a
pair of trousers had been thrown over
a crossbeam, and the nest had been
built upon the upturned cuff at the
bottom. The nest itself was typical,
and contained one egg, which however
was accidentally broken and the bird
deserted the nest.

On May 24, 1912 I found a Shufeldt’s
Junco nest containing two young, per-
haps three days old, and two addled
eges; the latter pure white unmarked.
These are the only unmarked eggs of
this species that I have seen. The
nest was placed under the overhang-
ing edge of a low bank by the rcad-

side. Alex Walker.
Mulino, Ore.
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Field Notes.

Jan. 8.—Found an English Sparrow’s
nest in a corner of a porch cf a vacant
house containing two fresh eggs. There
was about two inches of snow on the
ground and the temperature was four
degrees above. This is the first nest
of this bird which I have ever found
during the winter, and why the bird
should build during such a winter as
we have had is beyond me.

May. 22.—Found a Rose-breasted
Grosbeak’s nest containing five eggs.
This is rather unusual around here,
three or four being the usual number.
As a matter of fact this is the first
that I have ever found containing more
than four; although the bird is a com-
mon breeder in this locality.

‘Sept. 14—Saw the largest flock of
Crows ever seen here. About 6:30 I
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to spend the day at Harmarville, when
I saw several Crows fly from nearby
and start over the river. Watching
them I saw several more fly out, and
for about ten minutes a steady stream
flew from the top of that hill. Out of
curiosity, I counted them and found
that exactly one hundred and one
Crows had flown across. They prob-
ably roosted there, but it seemed to
me to be rather early for them to be
gathering in such large flocks.

Sept. 30—Found a Cowbird in a very
peculiar position. It was feeding on a
much-used street with a small flock
of English Sparrows and seemed to
be very much at home. Being an adult
male, it looked very much out of
place in such a locality, and seeing it
at a distance, I thought that the Star-
ling had finally invaded us. Except
for its size and color, its actions were
exactly like those of the Sparrows.
with whom it was feeding, and it show-
ed little fear of the passers by.

Oct. 3—The Cowbird was still on
the job, but it was gone the next day.
It certainly did make quite a long stay
in such a peculiar locality.

~ Thomas D. Burleign.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
ea Rate Lh

Northern Red Breasted Sapsucker.

One day last summer, May 9th, 1912,
I believe, I spent some time in observ-
ing one of these beautiful birds work-
ing on a soft maple tree near the
edge of a large wood. It was not in
the least timid, and paid but slight at-
tention to me as I sat watching it, only
a few yards away.

Certain portions of the trunk, and
some of the limbs of the tree were.
systematically covered, but why the.
whole surface was not tapped instead
of patches of one or two square feet.
here and there, I cannot say. The:
punctures as usual were in rows at:
even distance apart.

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When I first arrived, I noted a pine
squirrel out on one of the branches,
and by his actions I soon learned*that
he was getting a free drink of maple
sap at the bird’s expense. Every few
minutes he would leave his position
on some other part of the tree, and
work towards the bird. The latter,
with a sharp note or two, would make
a few passes toward him and then fly
to another part of the tree, leaving
the enterprising squirrel to lap the
sap from the fresh punctures.

Part of the time there were two
sapsuckers present; the first having
been joined by another, evidently its
mate. They doubtless had, or were
preparing a nest nearby, but I failed
to locate it. The Northern Red-breast-
ed Sapsucker, in this locality seems
to prefer the dead stubs in the top of
live maples for nesting sites, although
they occasionally nest in large snags.
May 3, 1912, I flushed one from a hole
very near the top of an enormous dead
snag. It was evidently incubating as
it took several hard raps on the base
with a stick to disturb it. This snag
was about two and one-half or three
feet in diameter at the bottom, and
probably two feet at the top. Its
height was at least one hundred feet,
and as there was not a limb or pro-
jection on it, it was impossible to in-
spect the nest. This was near a small
lake, around which this species was
quite common.

Alex Walker.
Mulino, Ore.
tie aL OSE Sate Han

A Week on Lake Erie.

On the ist day of April, 1912, I left
Pittsburgh for Kingsville, Ohio, a
small town on the shore of Lake Erie,
with great expectations for the fol-
lowing week, which certainly were
fulfilled. The farm-house at which I
‘stayed was very finely situated, the
lake not more than 500 feet in front

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of the house and a large pine forest
a little distance behind it. On my ar-
rival, I found the weather much cold-
er than when I had left Pittsburgh,
and I feared that a cold spell was com-
ing on. My fears were justified, for
when I got up the next morning a
heavy blizzard was in progress and it
was extremely cold. This lasted for
three days, when it became warmer
again, and the last two days were per-
fect.

The following is the list of birds
seen during my stay:

51. Herring Gull—These birds were
much scarcer than I expected to find
them, seven being the largest number
seen in one day.

148. Scaup Duck—Fairly plentiful in
open spaces on the lake. Quite a
number of other Ducks were seen but
they stayed too far out to be recog-
nized.

172. Canada Goose—Seen occasion-
ally going by overhead in large flocks
making quite a clamor.

273. Killdeer — Several pairs of
these birds stayed in a large field near
the farm house at which I lived, and
were continually heard and seen.

300. Ruffed Grouse— These birds
were very scarce, but one individual
being seen during my stay.

316. Mourning Dove—Seen occasion-
ally but never in large numbers.

331. Marsh Hawk—A pair of these
birds stayed in a large swampy mea-
dow and were seen daily. :

352. Bald EHagle—These birds, al-
though quite common the previous
summer, were very scarce at this time,
but one individual being seen on the
2d.

360. Sparrow Hawk—These little
Hawks were fairly plentiful, being oc-
casionally seen along the road.

390. Belted Kingfisher—Very scarce,
being seen but twice, on the 5th and
6th, fishing in the lake.

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394. Downy Woodpecker — Fairly
plentiful , several being seen daily.

412a. Flicker—These birds arrived
on the 5th and were plentiful during
the rest of my stay. é

456. Phoebe—Rather scarce, prob-
ably on account of the cold weather.
One was seen during one of the coldest
days and I often wondered if it ever
found anything to eat.

488. American Crow—Very plenti-
ful: large flocks often consisting of
plentiful, several being seen daily.

‘495. Cowbird—These birds were
during the last few days of my stay,
extremely plentiful. From daybreak
until about nine o’clock, large flocks
passed by in an almost continuous
stream.

498. Red-winged Blackbird — These
birds were also extremely plentiful,
passing by with the Cowbirds.

501. Meadowlark—Very plentiful at
all times, even during the coldest
weather.

511. Purple Grackle—Very plentiful
for the last few days going by with
the Red-wings and Cowbirds.

517. Purple Finch— Very scarce,

only three were seen on the 6th, one

of which was singing.

528. Redpoll—Very plentiful during
the whole of my stay. On the 5th a
large flock was seen which must have
_ contained at least 100 individuals.

540. Vesper Sparrow—Very plentiful
in the fields.

559. Tree Sparrow—Small flocks of
these little Sparrows were seen but
never in large numbers.

560. Chipping Sparrow—These birds
were entirely absent until the 6th;
when one individual was seen.

_563.. Field Sparrow—Seen in small
Saher ‘in the fields.

567. Slate-colored Junco— Fair 1 y
plentiful, seen in small flocks with the
Tree Sparrows.

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581. Song Sparrow—Abundant every-
where. ;

587. Towhee—Fairly plentiful in the
thickets and brush piles.

593. Cardinal—Very scarce, but one
bird seen, in a small thicket, on the
4th.

622. Loggerhead Shrike—Several of
these birds were occasionally seen in
a thorny grove of small trees.

726. Brown Creeper—Rather scarce,
seen several times in the woods.

727. White-breasted Nuthatch—Fair-
ly plentiful, seen occasionally in pairs.

748. Golden-crowned Kinglet—These
little birds were seen but once on the
5th, when three of them were found
in a small orchard.

761. American Robin—Fairly plenti-
ful everywhere.

766. Bluebird—Very plentiful, often
seen in small flocks of eight or ten
birds.

Thomas D. Burleigh.

Pittsburgh, Pa. %
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Copy.

We again call upon our contributors
with the wail of the pursued to state
that the typesetter calleth for copy,
and we have but little left. These
long winter evenings are good times
to prepare short articles and notices
giving pithy bird information acquir-
ed during the past season.

Ly Se eS eee
Nesting of the Sprague’s Pipit.

It is a far cry from. the Park-like re-
gion of Canada where I first heard and
found the Sprague’s Pipit on its nest-
ing grounds, to the undulating prairie
country of South Dakota where I be-
came more intimately acquainted pee
this species.

I have heard and found this Pipit
on its nesting grounds near Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan, but it was some
time after hearing the Bedilia, delia,
delia, delia, delia notes of this soar-

THE OOLOGIST

ing songster that I discovered it was
the rare Sprague’s Pipit.

When you hear this bird in its breed-
ing haunts, you will find many, many
nests—I don’t think. I looked in vain
all through late May and most of June
for evidence of its nesting and only
rarely did I find a bird of this species
on the ground; because they have the
knack of alighting and proving so
quiet and elusive that to the average
collector it doesn’t appear possible for
a Pipit to be in the country.

On most any clear day you will find
them high in the air, sometimes out
of sight uttering their melodious ring-
ing song. This of course, is in the vi-
cinity of their summer home, but the
nest may be a mile or more away from
where you hear them.

It was not until June 28th, 1905,
that I found and brought to earth my
first specimen of this bird from off
her nest of four badly incubated eggs.
This was in the Park region before
noted, and the bird was in the midst
of a black sand plain some miles in
extent, covered with short grass. The
nest was simply a depression in the
ground among the short grass, made of
dead grasses, canopied over as usual
with the standing grass.

I found no other nests in this region
and I left regretfully, without my per-
fect set of this bird which I so much
desired.

But in May, 1907, while holding
down my claim in Stanley County,
South Dakota, I found my much covet-
ed, perfect set. I was returning home
from a trip to Wellsburg after neces-
sary supplies, when within sight of
and a quarter of a mile distant from
my shanty, I noticed a hole in the
ground seemingly made by some small
rodent. J rode on slowly a short dist-
ance, when the Bedilia, delia, delia
notes of a Sprague’s Pipit burst out as
it seemed, from a clear sky, and the

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author of the song was out of sight
and remained so. [ turned my bronco
and rode back, and after a few mo-
ments search, I found the nest that
I had looked so long and hoped so
much for.

It was simply a depression scratched
in the soil to the depth of six inches,
among short grass that had been mow-
ed the season before. This was sub-
stantially lined with dead grasses and
canopied over with some _ scattered
dead grass left from last year’s rak-
ing. It contained but one egg and I
was unable in my own mind to place
the identification satisfactorily, and
I. could hardly wait until the full set
would be completed. Thoughts of
that egg with the queer mode of nest-
ing, crowded my mind in every idle
moment.

After waiting the full alotted space
of time for the bird to complete the
set I returned to the nest from Ash
Creek, where I had been after the
mail, finding the bird at home on the
full set of five eggs. I went to my
shanty after my gun and returning,
found her again incubating, and by a
fortunate shot soon had in hand my
much longed for Sprague’s Pipit with
perfect nest and five eggs.

This was on May 26th and a good
day for eggs, as I soon collected four
sets of three eggs each of Swainson’s
Hawk and one set of nine of the Pin-
tail.

This bird is rare there, possibly one
pair to each township, and I heard
but three other males through the
summer, and these in widely scatter-
ed territory. But in late August and
early September I secured a dozen or
more specimens, and easily, too.

: W. H. Bingaman.
Algona, Ia.
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In The Future.
For 1913 we have several leading,

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earefully prepared articles already
prepared which will occupy consider-
able space and are accompanied by
some splendid illustrations; one of
which is a resume of a two months’
trip into the Everglades. And in the
near future we expect to get out an-
other Isle of Pines number which will
be very valuable, as practically all of
the information relating to that far
away Isle that has been printed, has
been published in The Oologist.

Oi
Scarcity of Bluebirds in the Delaware
Valley.

I read Mr. William M. Palmer’s note
in the August Oologist, on the scarcity
of the Bluebird in the Delaware Valley,
with much interest, as I have noticed
‘the same thing this year-in:Southeast-
ern Pennsylvania.

In Northeastern Philadelphia very
few Bluebirds were to be found this
summer, and for the first time since
1897, when I first began keeping notes,
I failed to find a nest of this harbing-
er of spring.

The Bluebird arrived on February
20th in this locality, when a pair were
seen at Harrowgate by my cousin, R.
M. Kerrigan, but it was not until
March 19th that I observed it, when I
saw a lone male at Chamounix in
Fairmont Park.

Subsequently, till July, I have very
few records of the occurrence of the
Bluebird in the vicinity of Philadel-
phia, probably of not more than ten
birds, and the highest number observ-
ed in one day is five, on April 1st, in
the Pennypack and Huntingdon Val-
leys, Montgomery County, Pa., which
were probably migrants, as only a fe
male was seen on May 15th at the
same localities. On April 4th, three
Bluebirds were observed at Fox Chase,
where at least a pair nested as I after-
ward saw one or two birds here. My

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other few records are of single birds
seen.

On April 28th, at Delair, Camden
County, New Jersey, I saw two Blue-
birds, and in South Jersey, on May
25th, one or two were observed at
Cape May Court House, a region not.
in the Delaware Valley.

Where are the Bluebirds? I confess.
I do not know. But that they will
return again I have no doubt, for they
practically disappeared in the Hast-
ern United States in 1895 and have
since, till this year, returned.

Dr. C. C. Abbott had an article on
the “Passing of the Bluebird” in the
“Public Ledger” of June 9, 1896, a
newspaper of this city, and reprinted
in the Report of the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Agriculture for 1896, a
beautifully written essay on the dis-
appearance of the beloved Bluebird,
and thought they had gone for good.
But in a few years they were as plen-
tiful as ever in their old haunts. At
that time it was thought that the ex-
cessive cold weather decimated the
birds and probably the same thing oc-
curred again this winter, which was of
unusual severity throughout the states.
and abnormally cold.

I heartily concur with Mr. Palmer
that Dame Nature will, in her good
time, as she formerly did, restore
these little denizens of our fields and
gardens. What would the fields and
farms, orchards and groves be with-
out the Bluebirds?

I also noticed a big decrease in
Robins this spring in the Delaware
Valley. With millions of Robins an-
nually slaughtered in the South in the

winter months it is a wonder there are
so many found here as there are. If
the murder doesn’t cease the Robin
will eventually become a rare bird, I

fear. Richard F. Miller.

Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Birds “Self Served” Lunch.

All authors represent the Kentucky
Cardinal or Virginia Redbird as a
snobish, unsociable, selfish bird and a
resident of the marsh and deep wood.

My experience with these beauties
is so different from the reputation
which they have that I want their
admirers to know how cosmopolitan,
how friendly and how civilized they
can be.

Our home is within three blocks of
the business section and our living
room porch is about 40 feet from the
street. Not enclosed by shrubs. Up-
on this porch and my window sill the
Cardinals feed every winter.

In the fall, a male and a female
came, and they are later joined, each
year, by two and three males.

Netji Balchan says, “Bearing himself
with a refined and courtly dignity,
not stooping to soil his feet by walk-
ing on the ground like the more dem-
ocratic robin, or even condescending
below the level of the laurel bushes,
the cardinal is literally a shining ex-
ample of self conscious superiority, a
bird to call forth respect and admir-
ation rather than affection.”

From day light until dark every
day, my beautiful friends dine at my
festive board.

They “break bread” with the
Nuthatch, the Chickadee, the Wood-
peckers, the Waxwings and even the
sparrows but draw the line at the
Blue Jay. Frequently they drop is
the ground and eat the seeds that
have fallen.

The snow, where so many birds
(largely sparrows, of course,) have
lighted, is as well trodden as a child’s
playground.

In his own family Mr. Cardinal is
a trifle overbearing, but that may not
be his fault, who knows. While he
eats, Mrs. Cardinal, who is so exqui-
sitely colored, patiently and admiring-

401.

ly sits on the porch rail or in the gush
near by and waits for him to crack
and eat from ten to twenty sunflower
seeds. When he leaves she comes.
down and eats.

If she is particularly hungry, or per-
haps’ disrespectful, she will drop
dewn, thinking to “put one over him”
but he soon reminds her that she is
out of order. However on the ground
they both feed together. With no other
bird does he act this way. She appar-
ently does not resent his treatment
of her, for I have never seen the beau-
tiful blush on her breast deepen.

Bird authorities say that the Cardi-
nal begins its glorious song in March.
My Cardinals begin singing the last of
January, indeed they are singing now,
but not their fullest. From the apple
tree above the porch within full view
cf several of our windows they sing
all day. They are so gorgeous, so lov-
able, and so unusual that they are al-
ways new to us. Close to the kitchen
window is a shrub protected from the
west wind by a woodhouse. On the
coldest days my beauties sit there with
their heads under their wings, leav-
ing only long enough to come for more
seeds.

Last summer we found a nest of
the Cardinal, parent on the _ nest,
which was built in a wild grape vine
about six feet from the ground. Vine
covered a shed belonging to a summer
cottage at Cold Water Lake. Cottager
had not yet come.

The members of my bird family eat
from sixty to seventy-five pounds of
sunficwer seeds during the winter.
However I have other boarders than
the Cardinals, the busiest of whom are
the Chickadees. On my railing and
porch posts and trees is plenty of
suet, and the Chickadees and
Nuthatches have arranged their affairs
so that all of their time can be divid-
ed between eating seeds and suet. The

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little stubby bill of the Chickadee
seems ill fitted to crack the hard shell
of the sunflower seed, but he can do
it all day, as well as the Nuthatch can.

The Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
are an occasional Sapsucker, fattening
on my suet. The Brown Creeper en-
joys us apparently in his undemonstra-
tive way, but I’ve never seen him eat
suet. He slides past it and around it
but never touches it.

Yesterday a flock cf about 25 Cedar
Waxwings visited us and ate the ap-
ples left hanging. As this is their
habit, they as cheerfully, politely, and
quietly left, as they came. Has any
bird such beautiful manners as the
Waxwing?

On Christmas day a real Robin sang
a real Christmas carol in one of our
trees. We have heard of this occa-
sionally, but it is a rare experience
after all.

Mrs. EH. F. Gamble.
ped ES Pa ae
Vireos in Southside, Virginia.

On June 22d I was out for the first
time in the season, and although it was
late, I had hopes of locating some sets
of Vireos. Fully a dozen nests were
found, but in most of them the young
had been hatched and had flown. One
nest of the Red-eyed was found with
three eggs slightly advanced in incu-
bation, and one nest with four young.
Both of these nests were suspended
on the ends of small limbs about twen-
ty feet up. The first in,a beech and
the second in an oak.

One nest of the Yellow-throated was
found, four feet from the ground in a
small sweet-gum tree, with four young
in it. This is the first nest of the Yel-
low-throated that I have seen, al-
though the Red-eyed, White-eyed and
Warbling are fairly common.

The White-eyed as a rule is the
more common of the three birds. The
majority of the nests of the Red-eyed

THE OOLOGIST

that I have found since I have been
collecting, have been in small sweet-
gum trees near the roadsides and the
Whiteeyed and Warbling usually
build in thickets.
Chas. Lungsford, Jr.
Petersburg, Va.
(pone te Sek ae eee

. Robin vs. Snake.

Several days since while walking
along one of the streets here in town
I saw an interesting sight. I noticed
a robin on a lawn shaking and slap-
ping something about, and on drawing
closer, saw that the object was a
small garter snake about ten inches
long.

After his snakeship was quieted the
robin picked him up and flew off
heavily.

I never saw a robin tackle a snake
before. Possibly he thought it a giant
angle worm.

R. B. Simpson.
Warren, Pa.-
ee ee
Set of Black Rail.

One of our correspondents wrote us
a few days ago that he had taken this
season, a set of eggs of this rare bird.
The letter has been mislaid, and we
wish our correspondent would send us
his name and address and as full a
history of the taking of this rare set
of eggs as he has time to furnish us
with, and we assure him it will not

again be lost.
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A Letter.

“T see by the September Oologist
that I am ealled on for verification of
the statement I made in July Oologist
about the Little Blue Heron. As I am
cut off at the present time from all of
my field notes and books, I cannot
give any dates. Can only say that
I myself saw and identified at close
range, a Little Blue Heron. I will
give the exact date and place later.”

George W. H. vos Burgh.

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Birds.

Thousands of birds are killed by
Japs. Dr. Homer R. Hill says that Al-
batrosses are treated most cruelly.
Starved to death that their feathers
may be made more salable.

New York, Nov. 2.—That thousands
of albatrosses have been imprisoned
to die of starvation by Japanese
feather poachers in the Hawaiian. Is-
lands was told today by Dr. Homer R.
Hill of the University of Iowa in an ad-
dress before the annual meeting of the
National Association of Audubon so-
cieties.

He has recently returned from the
Pacific and states that these birds
each year collect in countless numbers
to rear their young on Layson island,
which is now a United States bird
reservation. They grow fat from in-
action and much eating and are easily
captured. By placing them in dry
cisterns, where no food is available,
the fat becomes absorbed by the time
the birds die. This makes the skin-
ning easy and the feathers are render-
ed more salable.

Twenty-three of the agents of the
feather trade were captured sometime
ago and taken to Honolulu for trial.
The Audubon society is planning to
protect these birds in future by means
of agents, who will be placed on the
island during the breeding season of
the birds.

“The past year we employed about
50 wardens to guard great nesting
colonies of water birds throughout
North America, and at least 2,000,000
birds thus dwelt in safety from the
millinery hunters,’ said T. Gilbert
Pearson, national Audubon secretary,
after the lecture today. ‘There seems
to be no limit to which the feather
manufacturers will go in their desire
to get bird feathers with which to
trim women’s hats,” he declared.—San
Jose Mercury.

403

Volume XXIX.

With this issue we close Volume
XXIX of The Oologist. Whether it
has been better or worse than previ-
ous volumes, the reader must judge,
It will be the aim of the management
of The Oologist to make Volume XXX
as good or better than Volume XXIX
has been; but this we cannot do with-
out the support and assistance of our
readers.

We publish The Oologist for fun; not
for money, and are always glad of all
of the assistance in the way of contri-
butions of copy that our readers may
make.

The only change the ensuing year
will note in the policy of the maga-
zine, if such may be denominated a
change, will be that more attention
will be given to Oology than was pos-
sible during the past year. And as a
beginning, on the following page you
will find the only published illustration
of an authentic double-shelled egg that
has ever been printed. This specimen
is in our private collection, and has
been repeatedly referred to in the
columns of The Oologist.

; R. M. B.
SRS) Se, eee aes

Please discontinue ad. of mine for
exchange of a pair of field glasses.
Have disposed of them long ago, and
am still receiving inquiries.

George Seth Guion.
February 24, 1912.

Please cut out my ad. as it appears
on page 2, middle of second column in
the October number of The Oologist.
Received all the copies I wanted. Have
also disposed of all the bird books
that I advertised in The Oologist for
sale, some time ago.

Philip Laurent.
October 17, 1912.

The Oologist continues as good as
ever since you acquired it and it’s a
pity some of the ornithologists and
collectors do not contribute more arti-
cles to it than they do.

Richard F. Miller.
August 31, 1912.

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