jack- sknitie in drilling them !

ISSUED IN BEFLALF OF THE SCIENCE WHICH iT ADVOCATES.

Voncaus Ty rE

=. i 7

REMTNISC ae

—_—Or A
Collector.

BY “OOLOGIST.?

Aer a week or so of further sojourn
in the wilds of the Adirondacks, our
party returned to the point where we had
centered, as many had come from different
towns. My journal contained many notes
new tome, ard my cabinet contained a still
xroater supply of skius and exes; the Iat-
ter, however, did net amount to much, as

like wl other primitive cologists, I yd |i
blown them through two holes, and in four
eases out of fives

thongh a smallege, as. I had employed a
low diflereni
from the nicely drilled apertnres of to-day!
{have not reconnted more than about one
thir! of my journal in these columms, as it
is somewhat uninterestiug, but may add
that I had secured five skizs of priceless
value to me (L am aware of it now, but
then, I did not attach so much significance
to. them as I should had 1 knowi their rar-
ity), namely; that of the Duck Hawk, Pi-
Jenteal Woodpecker, Eared Grebe and

BRUARY,

these holes were large!
enviuh to admit one’s little finger, even |

1S76. Numper 12.

| Spruce Grouse.
| ‘Three of these are mounted, the others in
the skin state only,

‘more advantage to me than heretofore, aud
bh possessed a good English shot single
“breweh loading gun, which I always con-
sidered the beet | gun made. Egecollecting
had, in the two years that iutervened. be-
tiveen my northern New York trip and 769,
become very Interesting to me, and threat.
ened to supercede my desire tor birds them-
selves. My collection amounted then (’69)
to fifty yarieties of eves 7 an immense num-
ber I thought. 1 usuil to take every ‘op-
- portunity I could control. to go birds’-nest-

ing, and rarely ever returned empty-hand-
ed.. Lean clearly remember—with the aid
of a note made at the time—the day 4n
which T made a large ** collect.” as I called
it, and never since cas J heen fortenate
enough to equal it. TD collected on that
day, betw een ten ae twenty nests 6f Wild

igeons’ eggs, about half a dozen Miid-
hens’ (Stake driver) eges, and at fenst 16
less than thirty oges of the Field and Yel-
low-shanks Vlovers. 1 considered this a
splendid ‘+ collect,” and have never since
had the fortune to gather so many at one
time.

‘
sume vear (60). ae Was invited ft aerom-
&

My ficilitics for collecting in 69 were of

82 T HE COLOGISs

pany a hofanical excursion oa among thie
Bahamas. Nothing could satisfy me “bet- |
ter, and, having obtained the consent of
my guardian, [ “started. Our party con-

sisted of eight persons, two of which were
professors of sonie botanical school, two of

the others were students of the same science
and under the tutorship of the professors. | 1
There was a sportsman, a reporter to a
botanical periodical, a surveyor to the hot-
anists, and myself. The botanists were
in search of additional information with
which to complete a book they were com-
piling. I was delighted with the idea of
the grand collee tions t should make among
the Bahamas; a collection, I was confident
would transcend all others in number and
ravity of specimens.

The first island we visited is called New
Providenee, on which T made a rare col-
lection of both skins and eggs.

The morning after we arr rived at the ise.
land, the sportsman, named George MePher- |

son, and myself started for a day’s exenr-
sion among the valleys and around the |
shores of the island, which is not very large.
I noted some beautiful flowering plants.

which I have no doubt our more adentific

frieuds took advantage of. But after we

had traveled about half through «a little
gulch, the sportsman said he saw some-
thing, and agreeing to meet me on the enast
in o.direct line toward which we were trav-
eling, E went on. At the end of the gulch,
T saw an open space, and crawled on my
hands and knees stealthily,
frighten some game that probably would be
found there.
with the open space, E saw in ils center a
sluggish pond of water of some extent,
fringed on the opposite side with tall reeds |
and a few cypress trees. I rather incau-
tiously arose a little too high, and did not
see the beautiful long-legeed snowy white
bird that rose at a distance of less than five
rods from me until he was espied sailing
through the cypress trees just out of range.

As a natural thing this gave me considera-
ble disappointment ; the bird was familiar
to me, and I was anxious to obtain it. The |

lest I might |

+f soon as I gained a level!

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Phil was a Snowy Heron, the noah MEANS
ful of living birds in my estimation. After
the Heron had flown away, I scanned the
edge of the pond as far as my vision ex-
tended, but saw nothing of importance.
The presence of a huge snake however was
of some importance, so 1 moved on. The
‘report of Mr, McPherson’s gun reached my
ears twice, and as he was considered a good
shot, and never aimed at anything that he
thought useless, my expection was that he
had secured something rare. ‘There was
about two miles between there and the
coast, and on my arrival there © learned
that McPherson had been waiting some time.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Bros’ Rccs anp Nests.

Species described in this issue :——

j01. Rosrare Svoonsitn,
551. KEsquinraux Curnew,
| 550. Tlopsontan i
549. Lone—pirnep **
487. Great Bie Iteron.

a01, Roseate Spoonbill.
This bird lays from 2 to 6 eges, similar
in markings and color to those of No. 409,
[which w ill be described hereafter. ] bit
considerably larger. They nest in trees at
the usual height ; breed in conmiunities, in
this respect being similiar to the above.

dal. Esquimanun Curlew.

This bird breeds in the far north, on the
| shoves of the Aretic islands and the coasts
of Labrador and at per Hudson’s Bay, 4
jeges are laid. The nest, generally in an
| oper 1 plain, is simply a depression in the
| ground, lined with a few bits of grass or
dried leaves. Eyes are laid in June, and
| vary greatly in color; the primary color is
generally an oliv sedeabe tending to green,
gray ov brown in different instances. * The
markings are large, well collected, bold,
and are of a chocolate color,
shade from light te gray and almost blacks

varying in

ee aa 83

‘The en as a gouetal ‘thing, are collected
abont the larger ¢ evd; the ege is pyriform j 2
in shape, though not so much so as those
af the Sandpiper family. ‘Size 2 by 1.45.

550. Hudsonian Curlew.

There has been so little written coneern-
ing this bird that a correct description of}
its evus is impossible, but they are so sim |
ilar in markings to the'last, that they can)
not be distingnished, except in size, these |
heing from 1.60 inches in breadth to 2.12 |
und 2.30 in length. Bird is very rare.

549. Long-hilled Curlew,

This is the most common of the family,
wing found in most parts of the United |
States. It breeds on the prairies of Min-
nesota and Dakota, south nearly to Mexi-
co, extending throngh the inter vening States.
Kees are of a clay color, more or less oliv-
aceons in some instances, in others decided-
ly of a buf shade. This is covered with
spots of small size, though in some eases
they attain the dignity: of blotches. They
are well distributed, but are often thickest
about the large end.

Markings are of contrasted shades of im-
ber. chocolate, cinnamon and the tints. /

Eves measure from 1.90 by 2.80, to 1.85
by 2. 43 juches, which shows the liability
to variation in different specimens.

487. Great Blue Heron. H

This bird is widely distributed over the
greater part of the United States. It lays |
three or five eggs, of a dull greenish blue
color, rough shell and without any mark-’
ings w histtey er. ‘They measure, as a gen-
eral thing, about 1.50 inches in breadth by

2.50 inches in length. Nest is gener ally |
placed i in trees ; often on the ‘ground : eid |
rushes. Breed in numerous localities, and |
at seasons corresponding to the latitude of. |
the lueation [Por further description, see
Jan. No. page 78.]-

egg is more of a bl uish green than a green=
ish bli Ue.

TO BE CONTINUED.
THE SEASON OF 775.
J.M. W.

N_ southern Connecticut the collecting
season of 775 was an exceptionally good

-oue. Many birds, resident in Mass. “and

northward, waiting for the hard winter to
break away, paired and bred some hundred
miles south of their usual lieunts. For in-
stance, it is unusual all summer long to see

‘more than two or three Cuckoos here, but

last. season, in one day’s tramp near Nor-
wich, New London County, T found eight
pairs of Black-billed Cuckoos breeding.
Again, many of the birds of prey, wood:
peckers and early-building thrushes and -
sparrows, afraid of the lingering suow and
frosts, delayed nesting until the arrival of
the warblers, swallows and other summer |
birds, when, as if by common consent, they |
all bred harmonious sly together. ;
Apropos of this, a few miles from here,
there is a swamp of not more than two a-
cres. Almost circular in shape, it lies like
a beautiful green oasis, on a long range of
upland pastures. The centre is a compar-
atively open glade, girdled by a thick belt
‘of alders, white birch and high blueberry
bushes. Here, on the third of June, were
breeding eighteen varieties of birds, and of’
some species many representatives, On
either side of the patch were # pair of BI'k
billed Cuckoos, with respectively two and
three egys. In the rushes a Marsh Hawk
sat upon five eggs. Not half'a stone’s throw
to the right of the Harrier, were numerons:
nests of the three commoner sorts of Thrush:
Robins, Catbirds and Thrashers, witha sol-
‘itary Song ‘Thrush, and only just aerogss the
‘marsh were nesting a community of some

The eggs of the other Herons are similar | forty pairs of Red-winged Starlings. When-
to those ‘of this bird, and as a usual thing ever the Marsh Hawk would leave its nest.
the nests are the same, the only variance | three or four sentinel Red-wings would
in the eggs being in size and perhaps shape, ‘ pounce upon it and chase it around.

and in the case of 493 (Green Heron) the: CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT,

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4 more ipanimate season for items on birds’
eges than winter, in our estimation, cannot
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time, is near at hand. and as our Jist of
live correspondents has increased, we expeet
that our stock of contributions will he of
the rarest and most interesting nature.
Considerable expense has attended the
introduction of original engravings of exes
and birds in Tire Qonocisr, and it is witli
no small ameunt of pleasure that we
have learned of their approval. ‘The se-
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ed naturalists, is beyond doubt, the best
line of sketches of the kind now published,
each series containing an illustration. fu
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list of subseribers that will justify us in en-

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muneration and profit, it has not enriched
us; but we started with the understanding:

that its first year would not be productive of:
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larging our paper to three columus. and i
is with an anticipation of having to prov ide
ourselves with a larger subscription book
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send out this month’s papers at the same
date the previous numbers were issued. We
trust we bear excusal, and hope that none
will regard the fact as other than a mere
circumstance.

We should like to hear from our Califor-
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eeive Tre OoLoaisr regularly or not.

We would eall the attention of our read-
ers'to the advertisement of Mr. Coles, who
has a large quantity of desirable eggs at
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Il.

THE GREAT BLUE HERON,

Continued.

{ I is by no means a constant practice
with this species to breed in com-

~* munities, whether large or small;
for although L haye seen many such asso-
¢ciations, I have also found many pairs
breeding apart. Nor do they at all times
make choice of the trees placed in the in-
terior of a swamp, for I have found heron-
ries in the pive barrens of the Floridas,
more than ten miles from any marsh, pond,
or viver. TI have also observed nests on the
tops of the tallest trees, while others were
only a few feet above the ground? some al
so [ have seen*on the ground itself, and
many on cactuses. In the Carolinas, where
Herons of all sorts are extremely abundant,
perhaps as much so as in the lower parts
of Louisiana or the Floridas, on account of
the numerons reservoirs connected with the
rice plantations, and the still more numerous

ditches which intersect the rice-fields, all
of which contain fish of various sorts, these
birds find it easy to procure food in great
abundance. There the Blue Herons* breed
in considerable numbers, and it’ the place
they have chosen be over a swamp, few
situations can be conceived more likely to
‘ensure their safety, for one seldom ventures
into those dismal retreats at the time when
, these birds breed, the efluvia being extreme-
| ly injurious to health, besides the difficulties
to be overcome in, making one’s way to
tenis, fe Joun J. Aupuson.

| Ornithological Arrivals
AT
FAIRMOUNT PARK GARDENS,
Philadelphia, Pa.
NOVEMBER, 1875.
1 Great Northern Loon, Hab. N. Amer.
1 Herring Gull. es bs
2 American Rheas. S. Amer.
/1 Mocking Bird. Hab. United States,
1 Green-winged Teal. *+ North America.
1 Great Horned Owl. ‘+ West. Hemisph,
'2 Ring Doves. ‘Africa ; India.
1 White-throat. Spar. “ East. N. Amer.
4 Fox Sparrows. 4 do,
1 Wild Turkey. From Perry Co., Pa.
1 Red-tailed Hawk. Hab. North America,

oe

1 Bald Eagle uO. do.
1 Sparrow Hawk. +* do.
'1 Sereech Owl. +6 do.
(1 Barn te et do.
DECEMBER, 1875.
'2 Sereech Owls. Hab. North America.
1 Barred * As do, ,

1 Yellow-cheeked Amazon. Hab. Honduras,
4 Horned Grebes. Hab. North America.
1 Coot, ae do.

| 2 Pigeons, (Columba domestica.) do.

(1 King Vulture. Hab. Tropical America.
|1 Canada Goose. ** North America.

/1 Golden Eagle. ** do.

i 1 Rough-legzed Hawk. Hab, do. ,

under des-

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*This has reference to the bird
| eription, '

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THE OOLOGIST.

2 Red-tailed Eiki Hab. North Amer.

1 Reed Bird. He BS dds

1 Martinique Waterhen.** South America,
2 Snowy Owls. ** North do.

1 Great Horned Owl. © do. do.

JANUARY, 1876.
2 Sereech Owls.

1 Cardinal Grosbeak. ** do.
1 Golden Eagle. + do.
2 Snowy Owls, +¢ do.
1 Pair Peatowls. ‘© Tndia.

2 Hybrid Goldtinches. (between Goldfinch
: and Canary.)
The Yellow-throated Vireo.
( Fireo flavifrons,— Vieillot.)

‘Tuts is a comparatively rare species of
the vireo family ; ofa rich olive green, with
a yellow throat, from which it “devives its
name. It arrives here the first week in
May, and departs the first week in Septem-
ber. Itis said to breed from Maryland and
Virginia northward, and to winter in Flor-
ida.

About the latter part of June, 1874, I
was fortunate in finding and securing the
nest and eggs of this bird. ‘The nest was
built ou a walnut tree close to our house;
situated about thirty feet from the ground,
between the forks of a twig, and éontaineds

four eggs, pure white, spotted with reddish |

‘rown, thickest at the larger end.

The nest is very be: vutiful ; ; composed of
dry grass, threads, feathers, a little eutton,
and little pieces of paper; inside lined with |
fine grass and horse-hairs ; on the outside,
are blossoms from the walnut tree. or |

tws eggs remaining in my collection, one |

measures .77 by .54, the other .76 by .44. |
Germantown, Pa. Wa. H. Asumeap. |

A Novel Turkey-trap.

A PECULIAR, and yet very effective mode |
of capturing Wild Turkeys in Virginia, is’
delineated thus by an auther in the Forest.
and Stream: One of the favorite haunts:

Hab. North America. |

lof the Turkeys having aba discovered, the
| sportsman makes a trench about efohteem
jinches in depth and width, and four or five
feet in length, with a gradual slope from the
outer end, deepening to the middle. An
‘inclosure of fence-rails is then built, the
|first rail being placed across the middle of
ithe trench; this is the width of the inclos-
‘ure; its length is about that of two rails,
ti is about eight or nine rails high, and ig
' covered over with the same. A simitll qyuteati-
‘tity of grain is now seattered over the svouwid
‘in the vicinity of the trap and in the trench,
Once on the train of the grain, the Turkeys
unsuspiciously enter the trench, and so enter
the inclosure in further quest of food. Talf
a dozen or so will probably enter in thus,
‘and then they find themselves imprisoned,
They go round and round to find an exit,
but never think of looking downward, and
so uever find thé passage through which
they entered.

A Curiosity.

We have received from Kansas City,
Missoue, a curiosity in the form of a chick-
en’s ege, which, as we understand it. was
found inside another ege, between the albu-
men and yolk. It is a perfect eae, with «
rough and somewhat ‘‘forlorn” lookin,
shell, and contains the albume,n alone. of
a perfect egg. ‘The shell is very unequal
‘in thickness, being nearly a sixteenth of an
inch at one end, and scarcely as heavy as
a warbler’s egg at the sides. Tt is square-
he pies | elliptic: tly oval, aud measures .75

iia of an inch.

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We should like very much to have our
‘northern correspondents send us a data 07
‘the first bird of the first five arrivals they
| observe or know ot being seen. We ak
| this that we may make a comparison ol
“notes to ‘ude!

i is

Don’t fail to get the March OQooctsr}
its contents will positively be A-L.

THE OOLOGI IST.

87

jeal So ery of Philadelphia received. It}
contains plates of the carniyora Tuilding, a |
jan oft tue Garden, hear pits, monkey house,
aviary, iad ae eroup of giraffe, The report
sives ths minober of bittts aid animals: re-
ceived since April 16th. 1874. up to Feb,
24th, 1875. the nuiuber of births and deaths
of birds snd animals for the same period, |
The rep ort is well printed, hesides showing
that the Garden is a euceess.
a wr
We are indebted to James Viek, Esqr.
the world renowned seedsinan and florist,
of Rochester, N.Y. for courtesies received
rom hin. Irom personal experience, we
ave war‘anted in recommending all who are
in went of flower-seeds and plants, to Mr.

Vick as a dealer in whom implicit confidence |

may he j nl aced, THe spends an immense a- |

motint of money in privters’ ink aid always |

performs all his card calls.for. His floral
publications are models of typographical
and chromatic art. No house where the
adornme ifs of floriculture aré appreciated |
ean well afford to be without thei.

AMERICAN
OOLOGICAL
SOCIBTY,

OFFICERS } :

President & V. Pres. - - J.S. Howland.

‘Treasures. - - - - - - + H. Dv dones.!

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—$— <0 —$___—_

NEW MEMBER.
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Tue First Semi-aANnuan Report

of the Society will be published next month,
See that you et the extra, As the officers
were not ‘lected until late in the season, the
report wi! be made exclusive of their du-
lies, and all names, articles and rules w ill
he credited tu the Soc iety, as no ¢ommittees
have been appriuted on any iopie or busi- |
ness,

Tou Viird Annu report of the Zoadlar!

Nothing eenla e give atibier sasietictibne
|we think, to all-our eastern members than
| to call a convention between now and Aug.
first, at some central town. Let us hear
from you, mems.! We want the opinions
lof all. '

CoLiecrors taking rare sets during the
coming season, are requested that they” send
jus a list of what they haye the fortune to
lobtein, in order to compare notes ou the
breeding localities of our little-known birds,
and also on the abundance of breeding birds
in such localities,

te

The Sacred Ibis. ;
Tne Sacred Ibis of the ancient Egyptians
was reverenced by that half superstitious
jrace as a bird of prediction, and was rear-
‘ed in the temples and palaces as religious
property. No one was allowed to kill an
(Ibis, under penalty of death. On the death
lofan Ibis, it was embalmed with as much
‘care as the body of ah Egyptian, and of
late, many prepared i inthis way, have been
discovered ia the uncient eaves, placed: a-
Way in masonry, and in a perfect condition.
This bird was supposed to haye been rey-
‘erenced on account of its propensities for
| destroying reptiles, but that was not the
“auth nti¢ reason. Front bass reliefs, taten
'from various Egyptian antiquarian temples
it is ascertained that the bird was held in
reyerence on account of its prediction of the
inundation of the Nile, which to the people
lwas a prognostication of good crops. It is
i held by the modern Egyptians as an estecn-
ved article of food, and may be seen in most
jall of the Cairo markets.
————--40b
Illustrations next month.

Subseribe.

E want agents all over the United State 3
to sell our oological instruments.

There are scores of collectors in woot lo-
calities, who annually render hundreds of
egos worthless, just on account of having no
prescribed method of pr eparing them. A
| commission of between 16 and 45 per e. given.
| Our priced catalogue will be out by the

middle of March, 8, L. Willard & Go,

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She did the feat,—
te cau’ Ba Beat Perfect in Every Respect.
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A leghorn she,
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The eggs I set
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It was pale bluish ash, with exception of
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Its beak

Tt had
hooked ani strony
claws, niore indicative of a raptor jal bird
than a sparrow, which fits remaining char-
acteristics implied. When captured, the

bird appeared incapable of standing pertect-

Wy on its legs, and when examined, they
were found to he impertect and soft. 1t<
“notes were very similar to those of the Bay=
winged Sparrow, J. C.. MeD,