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FOR  THE  PEOPLE 

FOR  EDVCATION 

FOR  SCIENCE 

LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  AMERICAN  MUSEUM 

OF 

NATURAL  HISTORY 

THE  OOLOGIST, 


FOR  THE  STUDENT  OF 


BIRDS,  THEIR  NESTS  AND  EGGS. 


VOLUME  XVIII 


ALBION.  N.  Y.: 

FRANK  H.  L  ATT  IN,  M.  D.,  PUBLISHEB. 

1901. 


A.  M.  EDDY. 
PRINTER  AND  BINDER. 


INDEX  TO  VOL.  XVIII. 


Alaska  Notes, -172 

Albino  Eggs  of  Sialia  sialis 121 

Albinoes,  More- 43 

Bird  Life  of  a  Virginia  Island, 118 

Bird  Music, 8,  24 

Bird  Notes  from  California,  Winter 10 

Birds  Capture  Their  Prey,  How  Some. .101, 122, 

137,  153 

Birds  of  Michigan  and  Their  Protection,  The 

21 

Birds  of  South  Jersey,  Notes  on  Two 106 

Bittern,  American 103 

Bittern  Observed  in  Pennsylvania,  Least 44 

Blackbird,  Red-winged. 38,  43 

Bluebird, _ 38,  181 

Bobolink, - ..9 

Bob-white, 44,  106 

Books,  New 107,  141 

Bush-tit,  California 11 

California,  Winter  Bird  Notes  from 10 

California,  Western  Red-tailed  Hawk  in  Orange 

County,  _ 69 

"Canadian  Birds"  By  J.  Macoun:  A  Review,-  .44 

Catbird,  The  Food  Supply  of  the 149 

Caustic  Potash 90,  122,  151 

Concerning  Data, _ 140 

Consideration,  A 88 

Cowbird, 39 

Chickadee,  Black-capped 39,  43 

Crane,  Little  Brown 139 

Crow,  American 54 

Crow,  Fish 106 

Creeper,  Brown ■. 42, 154 

Cuckoo,  Black-billed 122.153 

Cuckoo's 24 

Data,  Concerning 140 

Dove,   Mourning 39 

Duck,  Wood 21,  39 

Eggs,  Packing  for  Shipment 40 

Eggs,  Use  of  Caustic  Potash    for    Incubated 

- 90,  122,  151 

Eggs,  Use  of  Pancreation  on  Incubated...  122, 151 

Finch,  Purple 38 

Flicker,  .123 

Flycatcher,  Great  Crested 138 

Food  Supply,  Baltimore  Oriole 134 


Food  Supply,  Brown  Thrasher i86 

Food  Supply,  Catbird 149 

Food  Supply  Mockingbird i87 

Food  Supply,  House  Wren. 170 

Gleanings  from  My  Notebook, 37,  59,  71 

Goldfinch,  American- 42 

Grackle,  Bronzed 39 

Grosbeak,  Evening 106 

Grosbeak,  Pine- 42 

Grouse.  Oregon  Ruffed  63 

Grouse,  Pinnated _ 106 

Grouse,  Ruffed 42 

Grouse,  Sooty 63 

Gull,  American  Herring. 37 

Gull,  Laughing ng 

Hawk,  Cooper's 12,  184 

Hawk,  Duck- 139 

Hawk,  European  Sparrow 26 

Hawk,  Harlan's 71 

Hawk  in  Central  Illinois,  The  Red-tailed .61 

Hawk,  Krider's 27  41 

Hawk,  Nesting  of  the  Broad-winged 5 

Hawk,  Red-shouldered,  _ 12.  40,  59,  71 

Hawk,  Red-tailed 26,  40,  59,  71, 153 

Hawk,  Swainson's 42 

Hawk,  Western  Red-tailed 69 

Heron,  Great  Blue 104,  153 

How  Some  Birds  Capture  their  Prey,. .101,  1S2, 

137,153 

Hummingbird,  Broad-tailed  Nesting  Habits  of 

tbe _ 133 

Hummingbird,  Calliope  igg 

Hummingbird,  Ruby-throated 73, 138 

Illinois,  The  Red-tailed  Hawk  in  Central 61 

Iowa  Notes _ 73 

Incubated  Eggs, Preparing  for  Cabinet  90,122,151 

Jottings,. 139 

Junco,  Slate  colored _ 39 

Junior  World's  Exposition, 140, 143 

Kildeer,- 33 

Kingbird 138,  139 

Kingfisher,  Belted 123 

Lark,  Homed 38 

Loxgilla  portoricensis , _ 74 

Maine,  Warblers    found   Breeding  in  Liver- 
more _i8i 


Index. 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


Mallard 39 

Manitoba,  Field  Notes  from...... 26,41 

Maternal  Solicitude.  An  Example  of 18S 

Merlin, 26 

Michigan,  The  Aceipter  Cooperii  in  Wayne  and 

Oakland  counties, 184 

Michigan,  The  Birds  o<— and  Their  Protection 

21 

Mockingbird, -11 

Music,   Bird 8,  24 

Nests,  The  Use  of  Old 12 

Nests,  Some  Twice  Occupied-  120,  136 

Nesting  Habits  of  the  Broad-tailed  Humming- 
bird,  - 133 

Nesting  of  the  Broad-winged  Hawk, 5 

Nesting  Sites  of  ilfe;o»pi2;a/ascia^a,unusual.l22 

Nesting,  Queer 62 

New  Jersey, Notes  on  Two  Birds  of  South 106 

Nighthawk 138 

Notes,  Iowa 73 

Notes  on  Two  Birds  of  South  Jersey, 106 

Nuthatch,  Red-breasted _ 43 

Nuthatch,    White-breasted 43 

Oologlat?  Who  is  an 53 

Oriole,  The  Food  Supply  of  The  Baltimore..  134 

Osprey,  American 102,  107 

Oven-bird, 8, 73,  183 

Owl,  Barred 12 

Owl,  A  Handsome  Little 85 

Owl,  Great  Horned 122 

Owl,  The  Spotted 165 

Owl,  Western  Horned 27,  86, 155,  167 

Oystercatcher,  American 119 

Pan-American  Notes 75,  90, 125, 142 

Pancreatin  on  Incubated  Eggs,  Use  of--122,  151 

Partridge,  Mountain 62 

Pelican,  Brown 102 

Pennsylvania,  Least  Bittern  Observed  in 44 

Pheasant,  Ring   62 

Phoebe,  39 

Pigeon,  Passenger 117 

Pipit,  American 11 

Plover,  Wilscm's 119 

Rail,  Clapper 118 

Redstart,  American 153,   184 

Robin,  American 38,  44,  154 

Robin,  Western 10 

Sapsucker.  Yellow-bellied 123 

Sets,  Two  Odd 54 

Shrike,  Great  Northern 37,42,  154 

Shrike  White-rumped 8 

Skimmer,  Black 119 


Snowfiake, 42 

Surprises.  Some 153 

Sparrow,  Chipping .84 

Sparrow,  English. 43 

Sparrow,  Golden-crowned II 

Sparrow,  Intermediate II 

Sparrow,  Seaside 119 

Sparrow,  Song 37,  42,  132 

Sparrow,  Vesper 9 

Sparrow,  White-crowned 11 

Swallow,  Rough-wing 153 

Swallow  Tree 39 

Swift,  Chimney 138 

Tern,  Common 119 

Tern,  Forster's 118, 

Tern,  Gull-billed 130 

Thrush,  Dwarf  Hermit 10 

Thrush,  Varied ..10 

Timely  and  to  the  Point .40 

Trogon,  Coppery-tailed .171 

Twice  Occupied  Nests  and  Other  Notes,   Some 

120,  136 

Unusual  Nesting  Sites  of  Melospiza  fasciata  122 

Vireo,  Warbling .35 

Virginia  Island,  Bird  Life  of  a ..118 

Vulture,  The  Turkey 87 

Warbler.  Audubon's 10 

Warbler,  Black  and  White 181 

Warbler,  Blackburnian 182  183 

Warbler,  Black-throated  Green 183 

Warbler,  Cape  May 139 

Warbler,  Chestnut-sided 183 

Warbler,  Canadian 184 

Warbler,  Hoover's -10 

Warbler,  Magnolia 182 

Warbler,  Myrtle 182 

Warbler,  Nashville 181 

Warbler,  Northern  Parula 181 

Warbler,  Pine 183 

Warbler,  Yellow 182 

Warblers     Found     Breeding    in    Livermore, 

Maine 181 

Waxwing,  Cedar 11,  154 

Wisconsin  Hash .105 

Whip-poor-will, 72, 138 

Woodpecker,  Golden- winged  (Flicker), 123 

Woodpecker,  Yellow-bellied  (Sapsucker) 123 

Wren,  House 105 

Wren,  The  Food  Supply  of  the  House .170 

Yellow-legs 43 

Yellow-throat,  Maryland 72, 184 


The  Oologist. 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY,  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  1. 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  JAN.,  1901. 


Whole  No.  172 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  Sales,"  lnsert;ed  In  tills  departmect 
f  oj  25c  per  25  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


W^hat's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  172  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
175     "  "  "  "    Apr.,  1901 

180      "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

184      "  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

A  RARE  BARGAIN!— One  fine  buffalo  over- 
coat, price  SlOO.Oa  J.  W.  PRESTON,  Baxter, 
Iowa. 

1  WILL  PAY  CASH  for  heavy  marked  sets 
of  Red-shouldered  and  Red-tailPd  Hawks.  If 
you  have  such  send  description  and  state  price 
wanted.     H.   C.  HIGGINS,  Cincinnatus,  N.  Y. 

FOR  SALE.— Ginseng  Seed,  the  coming 
money  maker,  also  for  exchange  Al  sets  194, 
197,  326.  339,  428,  491  and  many  others.  Send  for 
list.    J  B.  HINE,  East  Onondaga,  N.  Y. 

WANTED.— Fisher's  Hawks  and  Owls  of  N. 
A.  (illustrated)  for  cash,  also  some  back  Nos. 
of  Osprey  and  Nidologist.  What  have  you'^ 
J.  MERTON  SWAIN,  Waterville,  Maine. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— Complete  file  Natural 
Science  News,  66  copies;  2  Columbian  half 
dollars;  12  back  Nos.  Osprey;  Vols.  I,  II,  III, 
Museum;  1  Bristol  Steel  Trolling  Rod,  never 
used  but  twice.  Wanted  birds  eggs  In  sets 
with  complete  data.  ERNEST  L  HALEY, 
Rangeley  Maine. 

WANTED  AT  ONCE.— Osprey  Vol.  I,  Nos. 
2,  4;  Nidologist  Vol.  I,  Nos.  2,  4.  6;  Ornitholo- 
gist Vol.  I,  No.  6;  Oregon  Natvu-alist  Vol.  I, 
Nos  S,  3,  4;  Museum,  all  Vol.  VI;  Iowa  Orni- 
thologist, Vol.  I,  Nos.  1  and  4:  Vol.  II,  No.  1; 
Vol.  IV,  Nos.  1,  3  and  4;  Popular  Science  News 
Vol.  32,  Nos.  1,  2  and  U;  Midland  Monthly,  June 
and  August,  '97,  and  many  others.  Will  give 
cash  or  good  exchange  in  sets  and  singles  or 
books  such  as  "Tenney's  Zoology,"  "Dana's 
Geology,"  etc.  ALBERT  F.  GANIER,  Bow- 
mar  Ave.,  Vlcksburg,  Miss. 


CHOICE  SETS  of  499,  581c,  591b  and  519  to  ex- 
change for  common  Eastern  sets.  Want  five 
or  six  sets  of  each  species.  Lattin's  list  used. 
J.  S.  APPLETON,  Simi,  Ventura  Co.,  Cal. 

SNAP!— High  scoring,  pedigreed,  Belgian 
Hare,  doe,  to  exchange  for  best  offer  of  eggs, 
skins,  mounted  birds  or  curios.  South  Dakota 
sets  for  sets  and  singles.  H.  E.  Lee.  Bryant, 
S.  D. 

MANY  FINE  EGGS  of  this  locality,  such  as 
Hawks,  Owls,  Vireos,  Flycatchers,  Wrens  and 
others  to  exchange  for  eggs  not  in  my  collec- 
tion. I  will  have  on  hand  a  great  many  eggs, 
both  sets  and  singles,  this  coming  season.  All 
egg.s  collected  by  my.'^elf  are  strictly  first  class 
and  sets  are  originals  accompanied  with  full 
datas.  If  you  wish  to  make  a  good  exchange 
here  is  your  chance.  Send  list  and  receive 
mine.  Fair  dealing.  In  exchanging  I  use 
Taylor's  Standard  Catalogue  as  a  basis. 
ADOLF  SCHUTZE,  1611  Sabine  Street,  Austin, 
Travis  Co.,  Texas. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Over  1000  different  stamps 
including  complete  set  of  unused  Omaha  issue, 
in  large  album;  some  copies  of  Osprey  and 
about  100  arrow  points.  For  southern  or  east- 
em  land  shells,  beetles,  gciod  mountable  bird 
skins  or  Al  sets.  PAUL  B.  SMITH,  Box  2,  E. 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

COLUMBIA,  HARTFORD  and  Wolf-Ameri- 
can Bicycles,  new  and  second-hand;  fishing 
rods  and  tackle,  guns,  rifles,  cameras,  most 
any  article  for  out  door  sport  and  nature 
study.  Prices  right.  I  want  strictly  first  class 
sets  of  eggs  in  part  or  full  payment.  Write 
me  stating  wants  and  send  list  of  eggs.  Will 
quote  low  cash  prices.  Can  save  you  money. 
BENJAMIN  HOAG,  Stephentown,  N.  Y. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Sets  of  487.  187,  367,  36  for 
common  sets.  Have  you  my  last  price  lists? 
If  not  you  should  drop  me  a  postal  at  once.  I 
have  everything  you  need.  ERNEST  H. 
SHORT,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

EXCHANGE  —Field  or  marine  glass,  cost 
$16,  extension  hoods,  shoulder  straps,  leather 
case,  "Leflls,  Paris,''  for  sets,  O.  &  O.  books  or 
cash.  Sets  preferred.  E.  R.  FORREST, 
Washington,  Pa. 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


"Would  say  my  ad.  in  Oologist  for  un- 
mounted sea  mosses  has  brought  me  specimens 
enough  to  cover  a  surface  12  ft.  square.  I 
think  the  Oologist  is  the  best  advertising 
medium  for  collectors  in  America."  WM. 
CUDNEY,  Gait,  Ont. 

BELGIAN  HARES.— Employed  persons  may 
make  money  raising  them.  Pleasant,  profit- 
able and  requires  but  little  time,  money  or 
space.  Let  me  start  you.  R.  A.  POWELL,  135 
E.  5th  St  ,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

MIDWINTER  BARGAINS  in  sets  of  flrst- 
class  eggs:— Holboell's  Grebe,  1-3,  15c;  St.  Do- 
mingo Grebe,  1-5,  12c;  Pigeon  GuUemot.  1-2, 
15c;  Razor-billed  Auk,  1-1.  12c;  Ring-billed  Gull, 
12,  8c;  Caspian  Tern.  1-2,  12c;  Black  Tern,  1-2, 
5-3,  4c;  Black  Skimmer,  13  2,  6c;  Ashy  Petrel, 
4-1,  $1;  Booby,  1-2,  40c;  Faralone  Cormorant, 
1-3,  15c;  Brandt's  Cormorant,  1-2,  8c;  Baldpate, 
1-9,  25c;  Am.  Elder,  1-4,  15c;  Canada  Goose,  1-5, 
50c;  White-faced  Glossy  Ibis,  3.4,  12c;  American 
Bittern,  3-5,  20c;  Least  Bittern,  1-4,  1-5,  5c; 
Great  Blue  Heron,  3,  4,  5  10c;  Little  Blue 
Heron,  1-4,  4c;  Black-crovraed  Nightheron,  5-3, 
T-4,  5c;  Limpkin,  1-5,  25c;  King  Rail,  1-7,  9c; 
Clapper  Rail,  18,  4c;  Fla.  Gallinule,  1-9,  4c; 
European  Coot,  1-7  6c;  Am.  Coot,  1-6,  3c;  Red 
Phalarope,  1-4,  35c;  Northern  Phalarope,  1-4, 
25c;  Am.  Avocet,  1-3,  15c;  Black-necked  Stilt, 
3,  4,  12c;  Killdeer,  2-3,  &-4,  6c;  Belted  Piping 
Plover,  1-3,  1-4;  Scaled  Quail,  9,  19,  11,  12,  15c; 
Ring  Pheasant,  1-11,  10c;  Willow  Ptarmigan, 
1-7,  25c;  Rock  Ptarmigan,  110,  'SSc;  Prairie 
Hen,  1-11  6c;  Turkey  Vulture.  2-8,  2!ic;  Black 
Vulture,  2  2,  35c;  Cooper's  Hawk,  1-3,  10c;  Har- 
ris' Hawk,  2-2,  lOc:  Swainson's  Hawk,  7-2,  12c; 
Golden  Eagle,  1-1,  f3..50;  Am.  Sparrow  Hawk, 
1-3,  lOc;  Audubon's  Caracara,  2-3  5  2,  30c; 
Western  Horned  Owl,  1-2,  35c;  Roadrunner,  9-4, 
5c;  Yellow-bill-- d  Cuckoo,  1-3,  5c;  Belted  King- 
fisher, 1-5,  8c;  Chimney  Swift,  1-3,  1-5,  5c;  Scis- 
sor-tail  Flycatcher,  3,  4,  5,  4c;  Alder  Flycatch- 
er, 1-3,  3c;  Least  Flycatcher,  1-4,  5;  White- 
necked  Raven,  3,  4,  5,  6,  12c ;  Am.  Crow,  4-4-  3-5, 
2c;  Starling,  2-4,  5c;  Bobolink,  1-5, 15c;  Yellow- 
headed  Blackbird,  1-3.  2c;  Bicolored  Blackbird, 
1-3,  1-4,  3c;  Orchard  Oriole,  4.  5, 2c;  Baltimore 
Oriole,  14,  3c;  Bullock's  Oriole,  1-4,  3c;  Bronzed 
Grackle,  1-3,  2-5,  l  6,  2c;  Purple  Grackle,  1-3, 
1-4,  3c;  Great-tailed  Grackle,  3,  4,  5,  3c.  Am. 
Goldfinch,  1-4,  3c;  Lark  Sparrow,  3,  4,  5.  3c; 
Black-throated  Sparrow,  1-4,  10c;  Cassin's 
Sparrow,  1-3,  30c;  Song  Sparrow,  2  4,  5-5,  Ic; 
Samuel's  Song  Sparrow,  1-4,  3c;  Abert's  Tow- 
hee,  2-3,  20c;  Lark  hunting,  1-4,  9c;  Cliff  Swal- 
low, 2-4,  Ic;  Barn  Swallow,  1-4,  2c;  White- 
rumped  Shrike,  1-5,  1-6,  4c;  White  eyed  Vlreo, 
1-3,  4c;  Bell's  Vireo,  3,  4,  5,  3c;  Yellow  Warbler, 
2-3,1-4,  Ic;  Redstart,  1-4,  4c ;  Meadow  Plppit, 
1-4,  5c;  Catbird.  3,  4,  5,  Ic;  Rock  Wren,  1-4,  35c; 
Long-billed  Marsh  Wren,  4,  5,  3c;  Chickadee, 
1-3,  1-4,  5c;  California  Bushtit,  1-4,  5;  Wood 
Thrush,  2  3,  3c;  Bluebird,  2-5,  3c;  Plain  Tit- 
mouse. 1-6,  10c;  Red-shafted  Flicker,  2  5,  5c; 
Black  Phoebe.  1-4,  5c;  Parkman's  Wren,  1-7,  4c: 
Pileated  Woodpecker,  1-2,  $1.50;  Russet-backed 
Thrush,  1-4,  5o;  Bald  Eagle,  11,  (cracked  at 
blowhole)  76c;  Kidder's  Hawk,  1.3,  (large 
holes)  15c;  Caracara,  1-3,  (large  holes)  15c; 
Black  Vulture,  1-2,  (large  holes)  10c. 

The  above  prices  are  per  egg,  post-paid,  but 
smaller  orders  than  $3  are  not  desired. 

Special!  a  first  class  set  of  four  eggs  each 
of  White-faced  Glossy  Ibis  and  Black  necked 
Stilt  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  II.  J. 
M.  &  JAMES  J.  CARROLL,  Waco,  Texas. 

WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
.JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 


CHOICE  southern  sets  of  Royal  Tern,  Brown 
Pelican,  Willet,  Wilson's  Plover,  Laughing 
Gull.  Clapper  Rail,  Black  Skinner  for  sale  very 
cheap  or  exchange  sets  or  singles.  DR.  M.  T. 
CLECKLEY,  457  Greene  St.,  Augusta,  Ga.     3t 

I  send  you  today  some  ads  for  your  excellent 
paper.  I  must  say  that  ads  in  your  paper  al- 
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toba. 

HEAR  YE !  Hear  Ye !  Hear  Ye  1  This  is  to 
certify  that  my  advertisements  in  the  Oolo- 
gist have  paid  me  better  than  have  the  com- 
bined ads.  in  most  of  the  amateur  and  natural 
science  papers.  Ads.  in  the  Oologist  always 
bring  returns,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  is 
no  paper  having  three  times  the  circulation  of 
this  widespread  periodical  which  can  give 
equal  satisfaction.  MORRIS  GIBBS,  M.  D., 
Kalamazoo,  Mich 

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Camera  Co.,  ($1.00),  prepaid  34c.  FRANK  H. 
LATTIN,  Albion    N.  Y. 

CODDINGTON  MAGNIFIER(Miners'  glass), 
diameter  ^In,  cost  $1.50,  prepaid  95cts. FRANK 
H.  LATTIN,Albion,  N.  Y. 

"SNAPS"fortaxidermist3.7in.Stuffers, spring 
handle  (1.25),  80c ;  Scissor-handle  Stuffers,  i2in. 
($1.75),  $1.05;  Scissor-handle  Stuffer,  15in,  ($2.50) 
$1.60;  Bone  Cutters,  extra  fine  and  heavy, ($2.50) 
'  $1.60;  Forceps  for  Insects  ($1.25)  78c;  Botanical 
Collecting  Can  with  shoulder  strap,  size  12x754 
x3)i  in.  ($1.50)  $1.10;  Tenaculum  or  Dissecting 
Hook,  folding  in  handle  ($1)  28c.  All  prepaid  at 
prices  quoted,  regular  prices  in  (  ).  FRANK 
H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

TAXIDERMIST'S  OUTFIT:— Contains  one 
heavy  Cartilage  Knife;  1  nickeled  and  engrav- 
ed Scalpel  with  tip  shaped  for  detaching  skin, 
muscles,  &c;  1  pair  Scissors;  1  pair  Forceps; 
1  Dissecting  Hook;  1  Brain  Spoon;  1  pocket 
Wire  Cutter.  Instruments  best,  all  packed  in 
polished  Hard-wood  Case.  A  better  outfit  than 
the  one  always  sold  at  $3.  I  have  only  two 
outfits  and  will  close  them  out  at  only  $2.20 
prepaid.    FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,   N.   Y. 

"I  don't  know  whether  my  ad.  has  reached 
its  time  limit  yet  or  not,  but  stop  it  any  way. 
My  supply  of  exchange  material  was  exhaust- 
ed some  time  ago  and  replies  to  the  ad.  still 
come  in.  F.  P.  DRO  WNE,  20  Benefit  St..  Prov- 
idence, R.  I. 

WANTED.— Buyer  for  case  stuffed  birds. 
One  (each)  Hoot  Owl,  Screech  Owl,  Barn  Owl, 
Blue  Jay,  Pheasant  and  young.  Snipe,  two 
Wild  Pigeons,  three  Wild  Ducks,  Quail,  Blue 
Jay,  Redbird,  Hummingbird,  Mink.  Gray 
Squirrel,  Red  Squirrel,  Alligator  and  several 
others,  30  in  all ;  elegantly  mounted.  Make  an 
offer.    F.  W.  GATES,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.    172 


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COLLiECTORS  will  do  well  to  send  early  lists 
of  fresh  taken  eggs.  Al  in  all  respects.  Will 
pay  cash  or  give  good  exchange.  Give  lowest 
cash  price.  I  have  to  exchange :  Black-chinned 
Humm  r  n-2,  Bobwhite  1-11,  Claycoloied  Spar- 
row 6-4.  Franklin's  Gull  1-2,  White-neck  Raven 
1-4  1-5  1-6,  Caracara  1-3,  Louisiana  Heron  1-4, 
Black-necked  Stilt  4-4.  Great  White  Heron  1-4; 
one  good  egg  with  data  of  the  New  Zealand 
Spteryx,  very  rare,  for  cash  er  choice  ex- 
•change;  and  Vol.  I  Auk,  best  offer.  J.  W. 
PRESTON,  Baxter,  la. 

WILL  EXCHANGE  for  Mounted  Birds  or 
eggs  in  sets  the  following  Mounted  Birds: 
Evening  Grosbeak.  Varied  Thrush.  Curve- 
billed  Thrasher,  Am.  Three-toed  Woodpecker, 
Young  Owl  in  Down,  Louisiana  Tanager, 
Stella's  Jay.  Eggs:  1-3  Chuck-wills-widow. 
Skins:  Phainopepla;  Nashville,  Blue-winged, 
Kentucky,  Magnolia,  Black- throated.  Blue 
Warblers:  Snowflake,  Pine  Siskin  and  Am. 
Crossbill.  Send  in  your  liPts.  Reply  to  all. 
GEO.  H.  SWEZEY,  66-79  Jackson  St.,  Newark, 
N.J. 

RARE  WAR  RELICS  for  sale:— Cuban  Ma- 
chete $2,  American  Machete,  bone  handle  $2.85, 
Spanish  Bayonet  20-inch  blade  $1.50,  Spanish 
Cartridge  Box  $2.  The  following  are  Civil  War 
Relics:  Haversack  50c,  Knapsack  $1  25,  Bridle 
with  Bits  Complete  $2,  Canteen  $1,  Navy  Re- 
volver 13,  Navy  Revoivfr  Holsters  50c,  Confed- 
erate Powder  Bag  75c,  Enfield  Sword  Bayonet 
■<  Confederate)  $1,  Spade  Bayonet  (1776)  $2,50, 
Musket  Flints  10c.  Don't  delay.  Inclose 
stamp  for  particulars.  TEEL  &  CO.  Williams- 
port,  Pa. 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

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Why  not  get  all  the  best  things  printed  about 
it?  We  read  and  clip  thousands  of  newspapers 
and  magazines  every  week,  therefors  we  can 
help  you  make  up  a  scrap  book  on  your  favor- 
ite hobby.  Will  take  Natural  History  Speci- 
mens in  exchange.  Send  for  our  booklet, 
which  explains  the  scope  of  the  clipping  indus- 
try. 20TH  CENTURY  PRESS  CLIPPING 
BUREAU,  New  York  Life  Building,  Chicago. 


■  WANTED:— Will  pay  casli  or  "swap"  eggs 
of  American  Osprey  and  Hummingbirds  (any 
species  with  nest).  Two  good  skins  of  each 
the  Am.  Barn  and  Long-eared  Owls,  Rattle- 
snake Rattles,  Eggs  of  Hammerhead  Shark. 
Write  what  you  have  and  what  you  want. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

NOTICE:— I  have  retired  from  the  farm 
and  expect  to  devote  more  time  to  collecting. 
Hoping  to  hear  from  old  correspoddents  I  am 
yours  DELOS  HATCH,  Oakfield,  Wis. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE:— First  class 
sets  of  1  1-3,  191  1-4,  142  1-11,146  1-16,228  1-4, 
273  1-4,  308  1-11,  388  1-2.  387  1-2,  325  1-2,  501b  1-5, 
676  15,  735  1-6,  751  n-4. ,  several  large  Bahama 
Starfish;  large  collection  of  foreign  stamps. 
Write  what  you  can  offer.  GEORGE  J.  TILLS, 
Gaines,  N.  Y. 

EGG  EXCHANGE:— I  offer  nicely  prepared, 
authentic  sets  of  the  following  in  exchange  for 
sets  I  can  use:  79a.  93,  107,  116,  286.1,  288.  408. 
449,  450,  498b,  520,  549  550,  611.1,  615,  729,  708.  In 
sending  list  of  duplicates  it  would  be  well  to 
mention  how  many  of  each  species  you  have  to 
exchange  as  I  can  use  series  of  most  kinds. 
JAMES  P.  BABBITT,  Taunton,  Mass. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE,  price  per  set 
prepaid:  Whimbrel  5-4.  48c:  Northern  Phal- 
arope  5-4,  60c;  Red-throated  Loon  5-2.  50c;  Rich 
Ptarmigan  5-1,0  $2.00;  Dunlin  5-4,  48c;  White- 
faced  Glossy  Ibis  5-4,  80c:  many  others.  Send 
for  list.  D.  WILBY,  27  Front  Street  West,  To- 
ronto, Ont. 

FOR  SALE:— U.  S.  large  cents,  two -cent 
coppers,  different  dates,  5  cents  each ;  Indian 
War  Clubs  $1.00;  Moccasin,  40cts.  to  $1.50  ac- 
cording to  size.  JNO.  J.  PRICE,  1382  7th  St., 
res  Moines,  la. 

EXCHANGE:— I  have  a  mounted  Hutchins's 
Goose  taken  in  Western  New  York  which  I 
will  exchange  for  mounted  Snowy  Owl  or  any 
desirable  showy  mount.  CORNELIUS  F. 
POSSON,  Medina,  N.  Y. 

WANTED  FOR  C ASH :— Ridgway's  book, 
'•Nomenclature  of  Colors."  State  lowest  cash 
price.  Perfect  your  files,  I  have  several  copies 
of  Auks,  Nids,,0.  &.  O.,  Oologists  and  Ospreys 
to  exchange.  JAMES  H.  HILL,  New  London, 
Conn. 


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20th  Century  Bargains. 

CURIOS.    (LAND). 

Aztec  Pottery.  Patzcuaro,  Mex. 

Bowl,  irridescent  ware,  slightly  cracked  $  25 

Imitation  Fruits,  various  forms  colored...  20 
Monnd  Builders', Pottery. 

Western  New  York  pieces,  plain 06 

decorated 10 

Lai ge  piece  of  bowl,  N.  H ^  85 

Pueblo  Pottery.  Arizona. 
Fine  pieces  showing  the  beautiful  decora- 
tions in  colors,  silver  and  gilt 05..  25 

Modern  Relics,  buckskin. 

Awl  Sheath  beaded  all  over,  Sioux 35 

Money-bag;    Navajo,    bead    and   colored 

hair  decoration _  50 

Money-bag:   Ute,  beaded  in  mystical  de- 
sign  _  60 

Bucks-beads,  talisman,   Shoshone,    double 

string,  extra  tine 75 

Sioux  Arrow-shafts,  picked   up  by  Army 
Officer  on  site  of  Rosebud  massacre,   S. 

D.,  points  left  in  victims 17 

Gun-flints,    French    and     Indian    period, 

Penn.  or  Mich 08 

Tuscarora  Ceremonial  Clubs,  15  in.,  stained 

in  colors 75 

Package  Blackfoot  Tobacco,  "Killickinick"  05 

Chinese  Coin.  'Cash" 03 

Porcupine  Quill,  S.  Am 08 

"       African 25 

Buffalo  Horn,  scriped  but  not  polished,  a 

good  one    78 

'■Kriss"  Malay  Sword,  carved  ebony  hilt, 
scrolled  brass  and  laquer  scabbard,  fine 

condition 2  75 

Egg  of  Alligator,  worth  25 18 

••    "    Gopher,  worth  50 32 

••    ■'    Red-leg  Turtle,  worth  10 04 

■'    "    Snapping  Turtle,  worth  15 05 

Icoholic  specimens  as  curios  or  for  school 
purposes: 

Grape-vine  Beetle,  (Pelidnota) 05 

50  for 160 

Locust  (Acridium)  03 

50  to  100  at,  each 01!4 

Spiders,  Salamanders,  Snakes,  etc.,prices 
on  application. 

Mexican  Policeman's  Whistle 10 

"Tapa,"  native  cloth  worn  by  Samoan  Isl- 
anders    07 

Po-1  of  Sabre  Bean,  Cuba,  16  to  18  in 23 

Bunch  of  "Wax-berries,"  Sarpindus 05 

••Resurrection  Plants,"  Mexico,  can  be  ex- 
panded and  closed  indefinitely 10 

Nest  of  Trap-door  Spider 20 

Trap-door  Spider  mounted  in  box 48 

"Tarantula"                "            "     "     58 

"Scorpion"                 "            "     •'    25 

Chinese 'Horn-nut" 05 

Confederate  States  Bills.  $1,  $5,  $10 08 

Alligator  Tooth,  worth  10 03 

25 07 

Betel  Nut,  chewed  by  Samoans  to  stain  the 

teeth 12 

CURIOS,  (SEA). 

Marine  Algee  mounted  on  cards $  04 

"       extra  fine lO 

'        in  neat  shell  frames 38 

Acorn  Barnacle,  worth  15 06 

"              "           worth  25 08 

Fiddler  Crab,  worth  15 06 

Horse-foot  Crab,  worth  35 _  14 

Hermit  Crab  in  shell,  worth  25 11 

Sawfish  Saw,  worth  45 _  19 

Porcupine  Fish,  worth  25 17 

35 26 

45 33 


Sea-horse.   Atlantic 2? 

splned _  25 

"          mammoth.  Pacific 32: 

Pipe-fish,  fine 50 

Arm  of  Giant  Serpent  Starfish 06 

■'Aristotle's  Lantern,"  dental  apparatus  of 

Sea  Urchin 10 

Lucky  Tooth  of  Cod _  02 

Egg  of  Sand  Shark 02 

•'    "    Nurse     ' _ 18 

"    "    Hammerhead  Shark 12- 

Egg  Cases  of  Perriwinkle,  fine  long  string  12 

Shell,  whorls  broken  out  by  Hermit  Crab..  10 

Eyestone,  Fla   03 

Red  Sea-bean.  2  for 03 

Yellow  Sea-bean 02 

Black  Sea-bean 02 

Brown-banded  Sea-bean 0-3 

White  Sea-bean _ Qib 

Smooth  Sea-bean 05 

Striped  Sea-bean 02 

Cassia  Bean.  6  for 03- 

Black  eyed  Susan,  6  for 03 

Mimosa.  12  for 03 

Job's  Tears,  3  for 05 

Tooth  of  Sperm  Whale 5a 

SPECIAL   COLLECTIONS. 

Polished  Woods;  22  varieties,  sections 
2^x2>:i;  foreign  and  native,  including 
Camphor,    Mahogany.     Sandal,     Zebra, 

Ebony,  etc.;  worth  $3.30.  Thelotforonly.$l  80 

Biological  Specimens  25  varieties  repre- 
senting 7  orders,  all  neatly  put  up  in 
vials,  preserved  in  Formalin  and  neatly 
and  correctly  labeled,  listing  at  ?6  45. 
Well  worth  $5.00  to  any  Teacher.  Class 
or  Student  in  Zoology.    By  express  at 

purchaser's  expense,  carefully  packed      2  50 
Sent  Prepaid  east  of  Mississippi  River 
for  .50c  extra :  west  of  Mississippi  River 
7.5c  extra. 

SUPPLEMENTARY  LIST  OF 
BIRDS   ECCS. 

Specimens  received  since  January  list  was 
printed: 

SETS 

Am  Osprey.  3 $90 

Am.  Osprey,  2 60 

Cabot's  Tern,  2 35 

Long  tailed  Jaeger,  1 60 

Western  Gull,   2 28 

Rufous  Hummer,  nest  and  2   65 

Black-throated  Green  Warbler  3 60 

Pufiin,  1  (curious  runt) 20 

SINGLES  (rare). 

McFarlane's  Screech  Owl  (partial  data) $  50 

Wilson's  Snipe,  data 40 

Gt.  White  Heron 75 

Scaled  Partridge 30 

Gray  Kingbird,  data _  20 

Olive-sided  Flycatcher,  fine _  60 

Am.  Raven. Rocky  Mts _  60 

Red-eyed  Cowbird 15 

Black-whiskered  Vireo 50 

Canadian  Warbler 45 

Winter  Wren 35 

Leconte's  Thrasher 65 

Mountain  Chickadee 15 

Mockingbird,  Costa  Rica 40 

Black  Rail 1  00 

Aleutian  Leucosticte 80 

Pacific  Loon 70 

Ring-neck  Duck 40 

White-tailed  Hawk .35 

Am.  Goshawk 70 

Unless  you  already  have  it,  don't  fail  to  send 
for  the  new  (Jan.  1901)  list  of  eggs.  Always  ad- 
dress, 

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


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VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  1. 


ALBION.  N.  Y.,  JAN.,  1901. 


Whole  No.  173 


The  Oologist. 

A  Monthly  Publication  Devoted  to 

OOLOGY,    ORNITHOLOGY   AND 
TAXIDERMY. 

FRANK     H.  LATTIN,    Editor    and    Publisher, 
ALBION,  N.  Y. 

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ENTERED  AT  P.    O. .  ALBION.   N.    Y.   AS  SECOND-CLASS  MATTER. 

Nesting  of  the  Broad-wingfed  Hawk. 

On  the  16th  of  May,  1895,  while  walk- 
ing through  a  grove  of  oaks  on  the  edge 
of  a  marsh  and  within  fifty  yards  of  a 
small  stream,  I  frightened  a  hawk  from 


a  nest  twenty  feet  up  in  the  crotch  of  an 

oak  tree. 

I  thought  it  was  a  Cooper's  Hawk,  al- 
though the  plaintive  cry  it  made  as  it 
perched  amrng  ihe  branche.s  of  a  tree, 
one  hundred  feet  away,  was  new  tome. 
It  sounded  like  ''siggee,''"siggee,"  some- 
thing like  a  Kil  deer,  a  Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak  or  the  alarm  cy  of  a  Red- 
wing Blackbird. 

The  cry  was  repeated  constantly  and 
had  a  somewhat  ventrilcquial  effect,  so 
that  it  was  hard  to  tell  just  where  the 
birds  were,  especially  as  they  kept  pret- 
ty well  out  of  sight  and  did  not  fly 
around  much. 

When  1  reached  the  nest  I  found  it  to 
be  about  the  size  of  a  crow's,  and  built 
of  sticks  and  twigs,  rather  c'umsily  put 
together,  and  lined  with  a  few  pieces  of 
bark  and  eight  green  oak  leaves.  It 
only  contained  two  eggs  and  still  think- 
ing the  bird  to  be  a  Cooper's  Hawk,  I 
left  it  and  did  not  go  ba?k  until  the  20th, 
wben  the  hawk  was  again  on  thf^  nest. 
As  no  more  eggs  had  been  laid.  I  took 
the  two,  and  on  blowing  found  that  in- 
cubation was  about  one-third  advanced. 
The  eggs  are  of  a  uniform  dull  white, 
one  blotched  and  spotted  at  the  larger 
end,  and  the  other  at  the  smaller  end, 
with  faint  lilac,  which  has  a  clouded 
effect  as  if  it  was  under  the  shell.  They 
are  rather  small,  measuring  1.87  x  1  47 
and  1  93  X  1.52.  After  looking  up  the 
sut  ject  and  getting  the  opinions  of  other 
oologists,  I  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
they  were  the  eggs  of  Buteo   latissimus. 

The  following  year,  on  May  26th,  as  I 
was  passing  through  the  same  piece  of 
woods,  I  thought  I  would  take  a  look  at 
the  old  nest,  and  as  I  drew  near  a  hawk 
flew  from  a  new  one  in  anothertree  not 


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more  than  30  feet  from  the  one  of  the 
year  before.  This  time  I  observed  the 
bird  closely  and  saw  that  it  appeared  a 
little  smaller  than  a  Cooper's  Hawk  and 
had  a  shorter  tsil,  and  was  not  so  noisy 
and  aggressive.  It  flew  into  a  poplar 
tree  near  by,  where  il  was  joined  by  its 
mate,  and  all  the  time  I  was  near  the 
nest  they  kept  up  the  cry  which  is  dis- 
tinctive of  the  species.  The  nest  was 
about  30  feet  up,  composed  of  sticks  and 
twigs,  and  lined  with  bark,  green  leaves 
and  the  down  of  poplar  buds.  It  con- 
tained a  very  handsome  set  of  three 
eggs,  incubation  about  half  done,  and 
measuring  2.01  X  1.63,  2.01  x  1.63  and 
1.99x1.60.  They  are  spotted  all  over 
with  brick(:red  spots  and  dots  so  thickly 
that  the  ground  color  can  not  be  seen, 
but  the  coloring  is  heaviest  at  the  larger 
end  on  one  egg,  and  at  the  smaller  on 
the  others. 

I  was  away  during  the  next  three 
years,  but  on  May  10th  of  last  year, 
while  after  a  set  of  Long-oared  Owls, 
within  about  one-half  mile  from  where 
I  found  the  nests  in  '95  and  '96,  I  heard 
the  now  familiar  cry  again.  The  bird 
seemed  to  follow  me  wherever  I  went, 
although  I  only  saw  it  once,  and  I  could 
hear  its  cry  for  a  long  time.  Taking  the 
hint  from  the  bird's  actions,  I  went  to 
the  place  where  I  had  been  successful 
before,  but  though  there  were  several 
old  nests  in  the  vicinity,  I  saw  nothing 
of  the  hawk  until  I  had  reached  the  far 
side  of  the  wood  about  300  yards  'away, 
when  I  heard  it  again  close  at  hand.  I 
looked  around  for  a  nest,  and  at  first 
saw  none,  but  finally  discovered  what 
appeared  to  be  an  old  squirrel's  habita- 
tion about  15  feet  up  in  the  crotch  of  a 
large  black  oak,  growing  on  a  narrow 
neck  between  two  sloughs  and  with 
only  a  few  other  trees  around.  As  the 
birds  were  both  on  hand  sitting  among 
the  branches  of  trees  near  by,  though 
out  of  sight,  I  thought  it  best  to  investi- 
gate, and  with  some  difficulty  on  ac- 
count of  the  size  of  the  tree,  I  got  up  to 


the  nest.  The  crotch  in  which  it  was 
placed  was  formed  by  the  junction  of 
five  branches  with  the  main  body  of  the 
tree  and  formed  a  very  secure  position. 
It  was  built  on  the  remains  of  an  old 
squirrel's  nest  and  was  composed  of 
sticks  and  twigs,  lined  with  pieces  of 
bark,  a  few  feathers,  and  some  green 
twigs  with  the  leaves  on.  It  measured 
14  X  18  inches  in  diameter  on  the  out- 
side, was  14  inches  deep  outside,  7 
inches  in  diameter  inside  and  the  hollow 
was  4  inches  deep.  It  contained  no  eggs 
so  I  left  it  for  a  future  visit.  On  the 
same  day  as  I  was  pushing  my  way 
through  an  extensive  woodof  voung  oak 
and  poplar,  which  covered  the  sides  of 
a  high  hill  and  was  so  grown  up  with 
underbrush  as  to  be  almost  impenetra 
ble,  I  heard  "siggee,'"  "siggee'^  near  by, 
but  could  see  no  bird.  I  soon  found  a 
nest  in  a  small  red  oak,  and  then  another 
and  another,  until  I  found  five,  all  with- 
in fifty  yards  of  the  first  one,  none  of 
them  more  than  twenty  feet  up,  but 
they  all  proved  on  examination  to  be 
old  ones,  so  I  gave  it  up  for  the  time 
being. 

On  the  evening  of  the  17th,  while  out 
far  a  ride  back  of  Lake  Harriet  and 
within  the  city  limits  of  Minneapolis, 
and  on  high  ground,  mostly  under  cul- 
tivation, I  saw  a  hawk  fly  from  a  small 
grove  of  oaks,  which  is  about  an  acre  in 
size  and  is  within  500  yards  of  Minne- 
haha Creek. 

When  returning  about  dusk,  I  stop- 
ped at  the  grove  and  pushed  my  way 
through  the  underbrush  to  the  center  of 
the  grove,  where  I  soon  found  a  nest 
placed  about  18  feet  up  in  the  forks  of  a 
small  oak.  The  outside  of  the  nest  was 
rather  loose  and  scraggy,  and  spread 
out  so  that  I  could  not  see  whether  there 
was  a  bird  on  or  not,  but  a  small  stick 
tossed  up  brought  Mrs.  Broad-wing  off 
the  nest  to  alight  on  a  tree  near  by  and 
scold  as  long  as  I  was  near. 

The  nest  was  rather  wide  and  the  de- 
pression  very  shallow   and   was  lined 


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with  pieces  of  bark  and  a  few  green 
poplar  twigs.  Thie  eggs,  three  in  num- 
ber, are  perfect  "Red  tails"  in  minia- 
ture, one  being  heavily  marked  with 
blotches  of  red,  brown  and  lilac,  one 
dotted  closely  all  over  wtth  minute  red 
dots  and  the  larger  end  solidly  covered 
with  heavy  reddish  blotches;  and  the 
other  is  encircled  with  a  wreath  of  light 
red  and  lilac  around  the  middle,  though 
slightly  nearer  the  small  end.  Incuba- 
tion had  just  started.  Measurements 
1.88  X  1.49,  1.95  X  1.48,  1.90  x  1.48. 

On  the  20th  I  went  to  visit  the  nest 
found  on  the  10th,  and  as  I  drew  near 
the  bird  left  the  nest  and  being  joined 
by  its  mate,  they  flew  about  making 
more  fuss  than  any  of  the  other  pairs 
had  done. 

This  time  the  nest  contained  three 
handsome  eggs,  one  of  them  is  speckled 
with  red  all  over  and  looks  like  a  Tur- 
key's egg,  one  is  marked  with  large 
heavy  blotches  of  red,  principally  at 
the  smaller  end,  and  the  other  is  marked 
all  over  with  smaller  marks  which  are 
thicker  at  the  small  end;  measurements 
2.05  X  1.59,  2.10  X  1.59,  2  04  x  1  60;  incu- 
bation very  slight.  This  is  a  very  large 
set. 

I  next  went  to  visit  the  locality  where 
I  had  found  the  five  old  nests  on  the 
hill,  and  as  I  was  approaching  the  spot 
I  came  across  another  nest  which  look- 
ed older  and  more  dilapidated  than  any 
of  the  others,  and  was  mostly  composed 
of  dead  leaves,  being  evidently  an  old 
squirrel's  nest,  but  over  the  top  of  it 
projected  the  tail  of  Mr.  (or  Mrs  ) 
"Buteo."  The  hawk  flew  off  as  I  start- 
ed to  ascend  and  lighting  on  a  tree  30 
yards  away,  commenced  the  usual  sere- 
nade. The  nest  was  not  more  than  14 
feet  up  in  the  forks  of  a  very  small  oak 
and  was  composed  of  a  few  sticks  placed 
on  the  foundation  of  dead  leaves,  lined 
with  a  few  pieces  of  bark,  a  few  feathers 
and  some  poplar  twigs  with  the  green 
leaves  and  the  fuzz  from  the  Vuds  still 
on  them,  and  measured  18  x  16  inches 


in  diameter  outside,  8x7  inches  in  dia- 
meter inside,  8  inches  deep  outside  and 
4  inches  deep  inside.  It  contained  three 
eggs,  incubation  begun,  one  covered  all 
over  with  brick-red  dots  so  that  the 
ground  color  can  not  be  seen,  and  with 
an  almost  solid  mass  of  red  all  over  the 
small  end;  one  marked  heavily  with 
brick-red  blotches  forming  a  wreath 
ai'ound  the  small  end,  and  the  other 
clouded  and  marbled  all  over  with  sub- 
merged pale  lilac;  size,  1.84  x  1.47,  1.89 
X  1.54,  1.80  X  1.50. 

On  May  28th  while  looking  for  a 
Marsh  Hawk's  nest  in  a  large  marsh 
about  three  miles  from  Minneapolis,  I 
was  surprised  to  hear  the  cry  of  a  Broad- 
wing. There  was  only  one  tree  near 
and  that  was  a  small  poplar  that  grew 
on  a  dry  piece  of  ground  35  yards  away, 
and  I  finally  located  Mr.  Hawk  in  the 
lower  branches  of  this  tree  and  on  the 
opposite  side  He  seemed  to  be  carry- 
ing on  an  anima'ed  conversation  with  a 
Red-winged  Blackbird,  which,  alarmed 
by  my  proximity  to  its  nest,  was  utter- 
ing cries  cf  distress,  which  were  quite 
similar  to  the  Broad  wing's.  Every 
time  the  Blackbird  would  cry  the  hawk 
would  answer  it,  and  I  presume  the 
latter  thought  he  was  making  quite  an 
impression.  When  I  tried  to  get  near 
he  flew  straight  away  to  a  large  wood 
half  a  mile  distant,  and  I  made  up  my 
mind  that  there  was  a  set  of  eggs  in  that 
wood,  but  as  it  was  getting  dark  I  had 
to  put  off  searching  for  them  till  a  later 
date. 

On  the  30th  having  a  few  hours  spare 
time,  I  went  out  to  the  wood,  and  after 
a  somewhat  prolonged  search,  as  the 
wood  was  a  large  one  and  the  trees 
small  and  close  together,  I  found  the 
nest  and  the  ha,wk  flew  off.  The  nest 
was  about  25  feet  up  in  the  forks  of  an 
oak  tree,  and  was  built  on  top  of  the 
dead  leaves  of  an  old  squirrel's  nest  and 
composed  of  sticks,  and  thickly  lined 
with  green  oak  leaves;  it  measured  14 
inches  in  diameter  outside,  6  inside, and 


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12  inches  deep  outside  and  4  inside.  It 
contained  two  eggs,  incubation  about 
one-half  done,  and  rieasuring  1.88  x 
1.57,1.87x1.58.  One  marked  with  a 
wreath  of  red  around  the  smaller  end, 
and  the  other  with  a  mass  of  smaller 
red  spots  covering  the  larger  end,  and 
a  scattering  of  dots  over  the  rest  of  its 
surface. 

On  the  4ih  of  June  I  had  occasion  to 
be  in  one  of  the  railroad  yards  in  the 
suburbs,  when  I  heard  a  Broad-wing  in 
a  small  grove  along  side  of  the  track. 
The  grove  is  not  above  an  acre  and  a 
half  in  extent,  and  on  one  side  is  a  busy 
railroad  yard  and  large  grain  elevator, 
and  on  the  other  a  we'l  used  street  lead- 
ing to  the  suburbs  and  Lake  Minne- 
tonka,  while  the  street  cars  go  by  right 
on  the  edge  of  the  wood.  The  grove  is 
also  a  famous  hunting  ground  for  the 
small  boy  with  the  air-gun  and  "Flob- 
ert"  rifle. 

I  thought  the  hawk  must  be  on  a  hunt- 
ing trip,  for  it  did  not  seem  like  a  place 
in  which  thev  would  build,  but  fifteen 
minutes'  search  was  rewarded  by  see- 
ing the  hawk  fly  from  what  seemed  to 
be  an  old  squirrel's  nest  of  dead  leaves 
pla<^ed  against  the  trunk  of  a  small  oak 
tree  and  about  25  feet  up.  The  nest 
was  a  flimsy  affair  of  a  few  sticks  placed 
on  a  foundation  of  dead  leaves  and  was 
lined  with  a  few  pieces  of  bark,  a  few 
feathers,  (from  the  bird's  tail  evidently) 
some  green  leaves  and  fuzz  of  poplars 
and  a  long  green  weed  of  some  kind 
(I  think  it  was  a  "Solomon's  Seal")  cov- 
ered with  leaves. 

The  eggs  were  two  in  number  and  in- 
cubation was  begun.  One  was  marked 
all  over  with  pale  lilac,  with  a  few  dis- 
tinct angular  spots  of  light  red,  and  the 
other  with  a  few  large  blotches  of  red 
at  the  smaller  end;  this  egg  is  irregular 
in  shape  and  has  a  distinct  crack  run- 
ning clear  around  it,  and  a  spot  where 
it  has  been  shattered  and  bulged  out, 
but  it  has  all  been  healed  up  again  and 
is  as  strong  as  ever.     I  suppose  it  must 


have  been  broken  inside  of  the  bird  and 
before  the  shell  was  entirely  formed. 
Size  of  eggs,  1.92  x  1  50,  1  90  x  1.48. 

This  completes  my  series,  altogether, 
7  sets  of  18  eggs,  4  sets  of  3,  and  3  sets 
of  2. 

I  think  I  could  have  collected  a  good 
many  more  this  year  if  I  had  h^d  time, 
as  I  found  theoa  in  every  suitable  wood 
in  which  I  searched,  and  every  time  I 
heard  their  call  I  found  their  ne.st  with- 
out difficulty.  1  shall  not  disturb  them 
any  more  this  season,  but  next  year  I 
expect  to  take  a  set  from  each  nest  vis- 
ited as  here  described. 

These  sets  were  all  collected  within  a 
radius  of  five  miles  from  the  center  of 
the  city  of  Minneapolis  and  two  were 
within  the  city  limits. 

John  D.  Currie, 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Bird  Music. 

LContinued  from  last  issue.] 
Another  bird  that  sometimes  sings  on 
the  wing,  is  the  White-rumped  Shrike. 
It  is  not  generally  known  that  this 
Shrike,  or  for  that  matter  any  other, 
has  a  song.  I  have  heard  the  song  sev- 
eral times  and  can  testify  to  a  series  of 
very  agreeable  notes  nicely  modulated. 
We  cannot  call  the  song  really  melodi- 
ous, but  it  is  still  possessed  of  unique- 
ness, as  it  is  essentially  unlike  the  notes 
of  any  other  bird  of  my  acquaintance. 
I  once  heard  this  Shrike  sing  as  it  flew 
in  the  characteristic  manner  of  flight- 
singers,  on  fluttering  wings. 

The  true  love-song  of  the  Golden- 
crowned  Thrush  or  Oven-bird  has  been 
but  rarely  referred  to  by  writers,  in 
fact,  the  best  musical  efforts  of  this 
species  have  only  been  described  in 
comparatively  recent  times.  The  com- 
mon loud  clanking  chirpings,  so  often 
heard,  have  been  listened  to  by  aU  ob- 
servers, but  a  superior  strain,  only  oc- 
casionly  uttered,  has  been  listened  to 
by  but  few  intelligently.    I  feel  safe  in 


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9 


saying  that  no  bird  among  us  which  is 
so  well  known,  has  eluded  the  observ- 
ers of  bird  songs  as  this  one   has  done. 

I  listened  to  the  love  song  of  the 
Oven-bird  for  the  first  time  in  18S0.  A 
burst  of  melody  reached  me  in  a  dense 
piece  of  low  woods,  well  filled  with 
underbrush,  and  the  delightful  notes 
were  surprising  and  doubly  pleasing  to 
me  in  this  location.  At  first  on  hear- 
ing the  song  the  idea  presented  itself 
that  a  species  new  to  me  was  singing, 
and  my  extreme  care  in  reaching  the 
glade  in  hopes  of  secnring  a  note,  pro- 
cured me  a  chance  of  witnessing  a  most 
singular       porformance.  Crawling 

through  the  brush  I  came  to  a  partial 
clearing,  over  which  a  bird,  evidently 
in  the  highest  transports  of  joy,  was 
fluttering  in  irregular  flight.  It  is  not 
surprising  that  1  failed  to  recognize  the 
performer  in  this,  to  me,  unusual  as- 
pect, for  there  was  not  a  feature  in  its 
notes  or  movements  in  which  it  resem- 
bled its  ordinary  and  understood  hab- 
its. 

Observing  another  bird,  evidently  a 
Golden-crowned  Thrush,  and  its  mate, 
perched  on  the  ground  near,  and  which 
appeared  to  be  the  center  of  attraction 
to  the  delighted  warbler  overhead.  I 
quietly  awaited  the  movements  of  the 
pair.  Never  had  I  heard  this  song  be- 
fore and  never  had  I  witnessed  such  a 
scene.  This  was  indeed,  making  love 
with  a  spirit  not  often  witnessed  among 
our  warblers. 

This  song  was  almost  continuous, 
that  is,  together  with  the  interruptions 
of  the  more  subdued  call  or  conversa- 
tion notes,  and  the  common  chattering 
notes,  so  well  known  and  described  by 
Coues  as  a  harsh  crescendo,  and  was 
largely  of  the  most  melodious  strains. 

The  energetic,  unconscious  fellow 
was  in  the  meantime  consistently  flying 
above  his  inamorata,  describing  nearly 
every  form  of  flight  except  sailing. 
First  dashing  to  the  edge  of  the  glade, 
then  rising  to  the  tops  of  the  bushes  he 


would  flutter  almost  directly  upward 
as  we  have  oftea  seen  the  European 
Sparrow  or  House  Wren  do,  and  reach- 
ing a  height  of  twenty  feet  or  more, 
would  flutter  toward  his  mate,  or  dash 
about  the  clearing  in  varying  evolutions 
almost  constantly  singing.  She,  in  the 
meantime  sat  silent,  and  probably  in- 
terestpd  in  the  performance.  The  ap- 
pearance of  a  third  party  on  the  scene, 
undoubtedly  also  a  lover,  caused  the 
ecstatic  singer  to  dash  into  a  bush. 

This  song  ecstacy  is  rare,  as  it  is  also 
the  much  simpler  one  of  the  Grass 
Finch  or  Vesper  Sparrow  as  it  is  called, 
which  also  goes  into  a  rapturous  song- 
flight  occasionly.  The  Finch  rises  into 
the  air  fifty  feet  or  more  but  not  as  rap- 
idly as  the  Bobolink,  and  generally  set- 
tles back  near  to  the  point  from  which 
it  took  its  flight.  The  Bobolink  sings 
as  well  when  perched  as  in  its  flight, 
though  not  so  continued,  but  the  Grass 
Finch's  song  when  on  the  surface  is 
very  commonplace,  while  its  flight-song 
like  that  of  the  Oven  bird,   is  superior. 

A  number  of  species  of  birds  em- 
braced in  the  systematic  division  of, 
are  known  to  utter  their  notes  on  the 
wing,  and  from  the  Crow  to  the  Martin, 
which  is  the  nearest  to  a  musician 
among  the  Swallows,  there  are  many 
which  give  their  best  efforts  while  fly- 
ing. Among  these  is  the  Prairie  Horn- 
ed Lark,  which  comes  very  near  to  be- 
ing a  singer,  and  which  has  a  flight  of 
special  interest;  still  these  efforts  are 
not  sufficiently  musiciai  to  entitle  the 
birds  to  rank  in  this  list  of  musicians  as 
accepted  by  critics. 

It  will  be  observed  that  a  tremulous 
motion  of  the  wings  almost  invariably 
accompanies  song  flight.  We  may 
maintain,  then,  that  the  quiverings  of 
the  wings  is  an  accompaniment  to  the 
song  is  a  strictly  seasonal  feature.  All 
have  noticed  the  loss  of  the  song  syn- 
chronously with  the  skyward  flutter  in 
the  case  of  the  Bobolink,  when  he  as- 
sumes his  summer  dress  and  leaves  for 


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the  South  to  become  the  plebian  rice- 
bird.  I  have  yet  to  hear  a  bird  sing  on 
the  wlDg  in  autumn. 

Morris  Gibbs,  M.  D., 
Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
{To  Be  Continued.) 


Winter  Bird  Notes  From  California. 

One  of  the  most  abundant  winter  res- 
idents of  SaataClara  Co.,  Cal.,  is  the 
Western  Robin  (Merula  migratoria pro- 
pingua).  He  is  rihgarded  by  the  ranch- 
ers of  Santa  Clara  Co.  as  a  good  weather 
prophet,  although  I  could  never  confirm 
their  belief.  When  the  Robins  arrive  in 
force  in  the  fall,  the  farmers  prepare  for 
heavy  winter  rains,  and  when  they  are 
scarce  it  is  said  to  indicate  a  dry  sea- 
son. 

Although  we  have  a  county  game  law 
protecting  this  bird,  they  are  neverthe- 
less killed  in  considerable  numbers  by 
the  small  boy  .Italians  and  other  foreign- 
ers, but  I  think  that  in  the  last  few 
years  the  farmers  are  more  and  more 
coming  to  realize  the  need  of  protecting 
this  and  other  beneficial  birds.  Just 
recently  I  have  heard  of  several  parties 
who  intend  to  make  an  example  of  any 
one  they  can  find  shooting  Robins,  and 
1  hope  that  before  long  something  will 
be  done  to  enforce  the  law.  At  any 
rate,  the  Cooper  Ornithological  Club 
will  soon  have  a  law  pass,  in  the  state 
legislature,  unless  something  ue expect- 
ed happens,  which  will  protect  all  the 
song  and  other  birds  at  all  seasons  of 
the  year,  and  which,  if  passed,  we  mem- 
bers intend  to  see  enforced. 

The  Robin  arrives  with  us  about  the 
first  of  October  and  remains  until  March. 
They  are  more  or  less  gregarious,  a  flock 
usually  contaicing  about  fifty  birds,  al- 
though I  have  seen  flocks  which,  no 
doubt,  held  several  hundred. 

The  Varied  Thrush  {Hesperocichla 
naevia)  arrives  about  the  same  time  that 
the  Robin  does,  but  is  not  nearly  so 
common.   They  are  of  a  retiring  dispos- 


ition and  favor  a  location  for  their  win- 
ter home,  which  contains  a  number  of 
thick  cypress,  pine  or  other  thick  trees 
or  shrubs,  usually  near  some  house, 
where  they  are  quite  content  to  remain 
in  the  seclusion  thus  afforded  until  it  is 
time  for  them  to  again  journey  to  the 
thick  spruce  woods  of  British  America 
or  Alaska,  to  their  summer  home. 

Another  common  winter  resident  is 
Audubon's  Warbler  [Denclroica  audu- 
honi).  Most  of  their  time  is  spent  in  the 
orchards  vigorously  searching,  with 
many  a  shai'p  "chit"  for  insects  and 
other  food.  They  arrive  about  the  first 
of  October,  and  are  abundant  from  this 
time  till  the  last  of  February.  When 
they  first  arrive  they  are  changing  from 
the  summer  to  winter  plumage,  and 
some  of  the  specimens  taken  at  this  time 
are  very  interesting. 

In  this  locality  I  have  made  an  obser- 
vation which  may,  perhaps,  help  to 
prove  that  the  sub-species  of  Audubon's 
Warbler,  described  by  Mr.  Robert  Mc- 
Gregor, of  Palo  Alto,  and  named 
Hoover's  Warbler,  {Dendroica  coronata 
hooveri)  shows  a  constant  variation.  Mr. 
Grinnell  found  Hoover's  Warbler  abun- 
dant and  nesting  in  the  Kotzebue  Sound 
Region  of  Alaska,  (see  Pacific  Coast 
Avifauna  No.  1,  p.  55)  but  found  no 
Audubon's  Warblers.  Now,  our  Audu- 
bon's Warbler,  which  nests  in  Califor- 
nia, arrives  here  in  the  fall  about  the 
middle  of  October,  but  I  have  never 
noted  Hoover's  Warbler  before  late  in 
December.  This  would  help  to  prove 
that  they  are  a  distinct  sub-species, 
whose  summer  home  is  Alaska,  and  the 
long  distance  they  have  to  travel  will 
account  for  their  delay  in  arriving  in 
the  winter. 

A  very  modest,  though  interesting 
bird  is  the  Dwarf  Hermit  Thrush,  {Tur- 
dus  aonalaschkce)  which  is  fairly  com- 
mon in  our  locality  in  the  winter  time. 
He  is  generally  not  a  very  sociable  fel- 
low, always  traveling  by  himself  through 
our  gardens  and  feeding  upon  worms 


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and  other  insects.  I  have  often  felt 
sorry  for  him,  he  seems  so  lonely,  but  I 
presume  he  does  not  mind  it. 

The  Cedar  Waxwing  [Ampelis  cedro- 
rum)  is  an  irregular  winter  visitor  with 
us,  coming  in  flocks  of  from  about 
twenty  to  perhaps  one  hundred.  They 
feed  on  the  seeds  of  the  locust  and  pep- 
per trees,  which  are  quite  extensively 
grown  for  shade  trees  in  Santa  Clara. 

Has  the  Mockingbird  {Mimuspolyglot- 
tus)  ever  been  recorded  in  Santa  Clara 
Co.?  I  have  never  seen  a  record  of  it, 
although  I  know  they  occur  in  winter 
in  Alameda  Co  ,  which  is  next  to  us  on 
the  north.  My  tirst  record  was  on  the 
23d  of  Jan.  1899,  when  I  saw  a  male 
Mockingbird  near  a  residence  in  a  large 
garden  near  Santa  Clara.  I  was  told  he 
had  been  around  the  place  for  several 
weeks.  Since  then  I  have  recorded 
them  as  follows;  Feb.  9,  1900,  female, 
seen  in  a  garden  in  Santa  Clara;  Feb. 
13,  1900,  male,  bird  noted  in  a  garden 
near  a  house  two  miles  west  of  Santa 
Clara;  Oct.  12,  a  pair,  male  and  female, 
seen  near  the  place  I  saw  a  bird  Feb.  9, 
1900,  male  t^i  ging.  From  these  records 
I  conclude  that  the  Mockingbird  is 
rather  a  common  straggler  to  our 
county  in  the  winter  time. 

Oar  winter  Sparrows,  Gambel's 
[Zonotrichia  leucophrys  gambeli)  Inter- 
mediate, [Zonotrichia  I.  intermedia)  and 
Golden  Crowned  (Zonotrichia  coronaia) 
all  arrive  about  the  first  of  October. 
The  Whited-crowned  Sparrow  {Zono- 
trichia leucophrys)  arrives  several  weeks 
later.  They  all  congregate  in  large 
flocks  in  the  hedge  rows  and  brush  piles 
where  they  spend  a  very  merry  and  soc- 
iable winter.  These  birds  are  all  very 
much  despised  by  the  orchardists,for  in 
February  and  March  when  the  fruit 
blossoms  are  beginning  to  come  out, 
they  form  the  chief  article  of  diet  for 
these  Sparrows.  The  destruction  that 
a  flock  of  these  birds  can  do  in  one  day 
is  something  enormous. 

In  the  winter  time  our  Finches  all 


congregate  in  flocks,  it  being  no  uncom- 
mon sight  to  see  a  flock  of  House  Finches 
(Carpodacus  mexicanus  frontalis),  Law- 
rence's and  Arkansas  Goldfinches  (As- 
tragalinus  lawrencei and  psallria), which 
will  contain  several  hundred  birds. 

After  the  first  of  October  we  always 
have  with  us  the  American  Pipit  {An- 
thus pensilvanicus)  in  abundance.  They 
feed  in  large  flocks  in  the  grain  fields 
and  orchards,  delighting  particularly  to 
run  after  a  plow  and  pick  up  the  worms 
as  fast  as  they  are  turned  up.  The  ma- 
jority of  them  leave  about  the  first  of 
April,  although  I  have  one  record  for 
four  birds  noted  on  the  24th  of  April, 
which  1  consider  a  very  late  date  for 
them. 

I  think  of  all  our  resident  birds  in 
winter  the  California  Bush-tit  {Psaltri- 
parus  minimus  californicus)  is,  perhaps, 
the  most  interesting.  They  congregate 
in  small  flocks  and  will  search  a  garden 
so  thoroughly,  investigating  all  the  trees 
and  shrubs,  that  it  has  to  be  a  very 
smart  spider  who  can  escape  with  his 
life.  They  are  such  dainty  little  birds 
and  are  so  fearless  that  they  always 
draw  my  attention,  and  I  consider  it  a 
great  privilege  to  watch  a  flock  of  them 
"do"  a  peach  tree  in  our  back  yard. 

This  is  a  very  incomplete  account  of 
some  of  our  winter  birds  in  their  chosen 
homes,  but  as  time  is  pressing  I  must 
desist.  Would  time  permit,  I  might 
enumerate  the  Chickadees,  the  dainty 
Kinglet,  both  species  of  which  are  com- 
mon winter  residents,  the  Woodpeck- 
ers, Jays  and  many  others,  not  omitting 
the  infernal,  and  ever  obnoxious  English 
Sparrow. 

This  paper  is  merely  intended  to  show 
our  eastern  brethren  something  of  our 
abundant  bird  life  in  winter,  as  well  as 
in  summer,  for  we  can  study  birds  al- 
most a''  diligently  in  winter  as  in  nest- 
ing season,  and  it  is  but  a  poor  ornithol- 
ogist who  cannot  enjoy  the  birds  unless 
he  is  despoiling  them  of  their  most  prec- 
ious treasure — their  eggs. 

William  N.  Atkinson, 
Santa  Clara,  Cal. 


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The  Use  of  Old  Nests. 

It  is  a  strange  economy  of  Nature, 
which  impels  Hawks  and  Owls,  to  use 
old  and  unattractive  nests,  when  but 
little  energy  need  be  expendert,  in  the 
construction  of  new  abodes,  when  each 
would  then  build,  and  differentiate, 
accordirg  to  his  specific  instinct. 

April  18th  1^95,  we  saw  an  Accijnter 
cooperi  nearby  a  nest  which  was  just 
begun,  and  cor  eluded  that  she  was 
constructing  same.  May  5th,  the  nest 
was  completed,  and  on  May  19th,  we 
took  therefrom  a  set  of  five  slightly  in- 
cubated eggs.  The  nest  was  typical  of 
the  species,  very  bulky,  composed  of 
small  sticks  and  lined  with  the  outer 
baik  of  chestnut  in  chunks  from  two 
to  five  inches  long,  and  from  one-half 
to  one  and  one-half  inches  wide.  It 
was  placed  in  the  crotch  of  a  tall,  slen- 
der chestnut  tree,  fifty-five  feet  from 
the  ground.  In  1896  this  nest  was  occu- 
pied by  a  Barred  Owl,  which  hatched 
its  clutch  there.  When  we  visited  the 
site  April  12th,  the  shells,  strewn  about 
the  base  of  the  tree,  appeared  as  if  the 
young  had  been  hatched  a  day  or  two 
previously.  The  nest  appeared,  from 
the  ground,  as  if  some  inner  bark  and 
leaves  had  been  added  since  it  was  oc- 
cupied by  the  Cooper's,  but  I  think 
this  was  probably  done  by  squirrels, 
during  the  preceding  Fall,  as  I  have 
never  known  the  Barred  Owl  to  do 
anything  toward  building  a  nest,  or 
fixing  over  an  old  one.  They  appear 
to  be  satisfied  with  what  they  can  find. 
We  again  visited  this  site,  in  the  Fall  of 
'98  and  saw  by  the  numerous  tracks 
about  the  tree,  that  the  nest  was  occu- 
pied, but,  by  what  we  could  not 
make  out,  as  the  tracks  were  strange  to 
us.  A  charge  of  shot  into  the  nest 
brought  down  a  pair  of  old,  and  four 
young,  white-footed  mice.  This  ended 
the  history  of  that  nest,  as  it  was  blown 
down  the  following  winter. 
April  21,  1896,  and  April   11th,    1897, 


we  collected  sets  of  four  Red-should- 
ered Hawk's  eggs  from  a  nest  in  the 
crotch  of  an  oak  tree,  forty-one  feet 
nine  inches  from  the  ground.  The  nest 
was  a  typical  Buteo's,  made  of  large 
sticks  and  containing  much  inner  bark. 
In  98  the  Red  shouldered  Hawk  did 
not  appear  but  a  pair  of  Cooper's  added 
to  the  top  a  few  small  branches,  and 
reared  their  young  there.  During  the 
winter  of  1898-1899  this  nest  was  blown 
down  Last  spring  the  Cooper's  Hawks 
built  a  new  nest,  whose  history  we 
spoiled  by  removing  it  entire,  together 
with  its  complement  of  three  incubated 
eggs,  to  our  den. 

In  18^7,  on  April  20th,  we  located 
nests  rf  the  Red -shouldered  and  Coop- 
er's Hawks,  which  were  not  more  than 
two  hundred  foet  distant  from  each 
other.  These  were  both  of  the  build  of 
'&7  and  were  typical,  each,  of  its  spec- 
ies. The  Red-shouldered's  nest  con- 
tained two  slightly  incubated  eggs, 
which  we  tock.  The  nest  of  the  Coop, 
er's  was  just  completed.  On  April 
oOth,  we  tock  a  set  of  four  fresn  eggs 
from  it.  Visiting  the  locality  after 
Chickadee's  eggs  on  May  12th,  the 
same  year,  we  were  surprised  to  start  a 
Cooper's  Hawk  from  the  Buteo's  nest. 
A  climb  to  the  nest  showed  that  every 
vestige  of  the  inner  bark  had  been  re- 
moved. A  few  small  sticks  had  been 
added,  and  the  nest  relined  with  outer 
bark.  The  nest  contained  three  eggs 
of  the  Cooper's.  One  of  the  eggs  look- 
ed as  if  it  might  have  been  deposited 
many  days  before  the  other  two,  as  it 
had  lost  all  its  bluish  tint,  and  other- 
wise appeared  to  be  highly  incubated, 
while  the  remaining  two  had  the  ap- 
pearance of  being  perfectly  fresh.  We 
believed,  and  still  do,  that  this  faded 
egg  was  part  of  the  first  set,  which  had 
been  taken  before  it  was  completed, 
so  we  decided  to  take  the  set  to  see  if 
this  would  not  be  evidenced  by  the  dif- 
ferent stages  of  incubation.  But,  on 
blowing,  it  proved  no   different  from 


THE  05L0GIST. 


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the  others,  all  showing  incubation  had 
just  commenced.  Neither  of  these 
nests  have  since  been  occupied. 

April  25th,   1891",     we  found   a  nest 
which  had  every  appearance  of   being 
occupied  by   a    Uedshouldered   Hawk, 
very  large  sticks,   inner  bark  showing 
prominently,  and  a  pine   branch   here 
and  there,  about  the  top  sides.      It  was 
situated  in  th-i  fork  of  a   large   branch, 
which  sloped  awiy   from   the  trunk   of 
the  tree,  and  was   forty -two  feet  from 
the  jjrnuQd.       The  bird   left   the   nest 
when  we  were  about  fifty  feet  from   the 
tree,  and  almost  the  tame  instant,  a  full 
grown  gray  sq  lirrel   sprang  from  the 
under  part  of  the  nest,  ran  over  it.    and 
flattened  itself  against  the   tree,   a   few 
inches   above   the   nest,    and   there  re- 
mained uniil  we  began  the   climb.      So 
astonished  were  we  at  seeing  a  squirrel 
jump  from  the  very   nest  of  a  Hawk, 
that  we  paid  littlo  nttention  to  the  bird, 
and  were  very   much  surprised   upon 
reaching  the  nest,  to  find  that  it's  occu- 
pant was  an  Acciperal  cooper i,   instead 
of  a  Buteo  lineatus.     This  rest  contain- 
ed both  the  inner  and  outer  bark  o'  the 
chestnut.     It  was  plac  d  in  such  nn  un- 
fortunate position,     that    it  was   with 
great  diffi  julty  we  succeeded  in  colitct- 
ing  the  three  fresh  eggs   which  it  con- 
tained.     The  posi'ion  of  the  nest   was 
so    trying,     that  when  the  eggs   were 
taken,  wc^  could  not  wait   to   examiae 
the  nest  sufliciently  to  assert  positively 
that  it  was  a  combined  nest  of  the   sqir- 
rel  and  the  Cooper'd.      I  do  not  dare  to 
state  the  manner  in  wnich  we  got  the 
eggs  down  from  this  nest,  for  when  we 
told  the  story  at  home  that  evening,  we 
were  immediately   branded   as  worthy 
disciples  of   Ananias,   and    since  then, 
whenever  an  impropable  story  is  heard, 
some  one  is  sure  to  suggest  that  we  can 
tell  a  pretty  good  yarn   about   how  we 
procured    a  certain    set    of    Cooper's 
Hawk.     But  though  the  set  is,   we  fear, 
incomplete  it  is  on  recount  of  it's   asso- 
ciation, prized  most  highly.     It  was  not 


occupied  in  the  spring  of  '99,  t>ut  last 
fall  my  brother  shot  a  gray  sqirrel  from 
the  tree  which  evidently  made  tin  nest 
his  home.  We  hava  no  doubt  but  that 
this  nest  was  built  and  first  occupied  by 
a  Red-shouldered  Hawk,  then  occupied 
by  a  Cooper's  Hawk,  and  during  the 
wiater  and  perhaps  a  pact  of  the 
spring,  was  occupied  by  squirrels. 
The  fact  that  it  contained  much  inner 
bark  when  it  was  occupied  by  the 
Cojper's  suggests  the  idea  that  the 
Co'iper'd  Hawks  may  h  ive  drivon  the 
Buteo  away  from  the  nest,  aft-r  she 
had  prepared  it  for  occupancy  in  the 
spring  of '97,  fjr  during  the  whole  of 
that  spring  the  Buteos  were  in  the 
grove,  but  did  not  nest  there.  We 
have  no  knowledge  as  to  which  of  these 
sptc.es  is  considered  the  stronger. 

In  1898  we  took  a  set  of  Red-should- 
ered Hawk's  from  a  pine  tree.  Typical 
nest,  forty-six  feet,  six  laches  from  the 
ground.  In  April,  lt:99,  we  took  from 
this  nest  a  set  of  three  'g^s  of  the 
Barred  Owl.  The  Owls  used  the  nest 
just  as  they  found  it,  without  the  ad- 
dition of  a  stick  <r  a  bit  of  burk. 

The  lust  ntst  which  my  noto  books 
show  w!is  used  by  different  species, 
was  a  nest  built  aud  occupied  by  a 
Coopor'.s  in  '95.  !"his  nest  was  fifty 
feet  from  the  grouud,  in  the  crotch  of 
a  chestnut  tree.  A  pair  of  Red-should- 
ered Hawks  appropiiated  this   nest  in 

1899. 

John  H.  Flanigan, 

Providence,  R  I. 

THINGS  YOU  NEED  SOOH. 

Best  Heavy  Steel  Climbers,  made  to 

climb,  with  straps,  $2.50;  without,  $1.65. 

NIckle  Plated  Drills,  Nos.  1,  2,  3  and  4, 
set  $1.25. 

A  Good  Pencil  for  eges,  10c. 

Data  Blanks,  10c  per  100. 

Blowpipes.  40c,  20c,  12c.  Hooks,  Calipers, 
Measures,  Scissors,  etc.,  etc.  Bargains  in 
Trays.    Lists  free. 

I  have  a  DRILL  that  cuts  smooth.  CUTS 
the  lining  of  fie  egg  too.  Once  used  you  will 
never  use  the  regular  oological  drills  6  sizes 
at  25c  each.  2  sizes  at  35c  each.  4  sizes  at  50c 
each.  Sample  set,  3  sizes,  81 00.  You  want 
THEM.  Everything  Prepaid. 
BENJAMIN  HOAG,   STEPHENTOWN,  N.  Y. 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


BIRDS'  EGGS. 

Prices  per  set,  prepaid. 
5  per  cent   off  on  orders  of  $5  and  over. 
$10  per  cent,  off  on  orders  of  $10.00    or 
over. 

Western  Grebe  10-4,  35c;  2-5 $    45 

P»ied  bil'ed  Grebe  1  6 25 

St.  Domingo  Grebe  1-4 50 

American-eared  Grebe  1-7 40 

Black-throated  Loon  1-2 1  25 

Red-throated  Loon  1-2 75 

Tufted  Puffin  1-1 40 

Cassins  Auklet  3-1 50 

Ashy  Petrel  2-1 1  00 

California  Murre  1-1 12 

Booby  1-3 1  00 

Gannet  1  1 15 

Fulmar  1-1 25 

Canvas-back  Duck  18 2  40 

American Goldeneye Duck  1-12,  82.40;  1-8 1  60 

1-7 1  40 

Violet-green  Cormorant  1-4 1  25 

Xantus's  Murrelet  1-1 2  .'lO 

Canada  Goose  16 _..  2  65 

Lesser  Scaup  Duck  1-9 2  00 

Gadwall  Duck  1-10,  12.00;  1-9 1  75 

Mallard  Duck  1-9 1  00 

Shoveller  Duck  1  10 100 

Holbcell's  Grebe  1-5 75 

Great  Blue  Heron  1-5,  70c;  1-4 55 

Florida  Qallinule  1-8 50 

European  Coot  1-8 60 

Double  crested  Cormorant  1-4 35 

Florida  Cormorant  1-3 30 

Black  Skimmer  3-4 22 

American  Bittern  1-3 75 

Least  Bittern  15,  S5c;  2-4,  20c;  1-3 15 

Black-crowned  NightHeron 16 

Killdeer  1-4 40 

Spotted  Sandpiper  1-4 20 

King  Rail  1-11 85 

■Willet3-4 55 

White-winged  Dove  1-2 22 

Inca  Dove  1-2 60 

Marsh  Hawk  M  10c;  1-3 30 

Cooper's  Hawk  1-8 15 

Harris's  Hawk  1-3 45 

European  Buzzard  1-2 40 

Kestrel 50 

American  Rough-legged  Hawk  1-2 1  60 

Duck  Hawk  11 1  50 

Florida  Red-shouldered  Hawk  2-2 60 

American  Barn  Owl  1-2,  30;  1-5 60 

Aiken's  Screech  Owl  1  2 2  50 

California  Screech  Owl  1-5 _      65 

Florida  Burrowing  Owl  1-6 2  00 

Chachalaca  1  3 55 

Road  Runner  1-3,  30c;  1-4  40c;  Is 48 

Chestnut-bellied  Scaled  Partridge  1-10 1  50 

Ruffed  Grouse  1-8 75 

Gambel's  Partridges  1-12 1  40 

Valley  Partridge  1-8 55 

Dusky  Grouse  1-4 2  25 

Mangrove  Cuckoo  1-4 2  60 

California  Cuckoo  1-3 1  50 

Red-shafted  Flicker  1-6 30 

Northwestern  Flicker  1-6 60 

Gilded  Flicker  1-5 1  00 

Poor-wllll-8 2  75 

California  Woodpecker  1-3 50 

Florida  Nlghthawkl-2 70 

Western  Nightbawk  1-8 25 

Black  Phoebe  2-4 20 

Phoebe  n-4  38c  ;n-5  50c;  1-4 07 

Florida  Blue  Jav  1-5 50 

American  Crow  3-4  10c;  3-3  6c;  1-6 18 

Pinon  Jay  1  2,  81.00;  1-3,  81.50;  1-4 2  00 

Mexican  Meadow  Lark  1-4 50 

Hooded  Oriole  1-5 90 


Arizona  Hooded  Oriole  1-3. 

American  Goldfinch  n-3 

Texan  Cardinal  1-2 

Boat-tailed  Grackle  3-3 

Bi'ewer's  Sparrow  n-4. 


40 

20 

20 

10 

50 

Cassln's  Purple  Finch  1-4 1  00 

Louisiana  Tanager  1-3 1  00 

Pileated  Warbler  1-3 75 

Audubon's  Warbler  1-2 1  50 

Chestnut-sided  Warbler  n-2  n-3,  35c;  n-4 50 

Western  Robin  2  3,  12c;  2-4 18 

Casein's  Sparrow  13 1  00 

American  Dipper  1-4 1  50 

White-breasted  Nuthatch  1-6 75 

Lead-colored  Bush  Tit  1-7 3  75 

Mountain  Bluebird  1-4 30 

Chestnut-backed  Bluebird  1-2 _      36 

Verdin  1-4 1  20 

Brown-headed  Nuthatch  1-6 50 

Curve-billed  Thrasher  1-4 _      30 

Bendire's  Thrasher  1-3,  75c;  1-4 1  00 

Palmer's  Thrasher  1-3 75 

Thurber's  Junco  1-3 75 

Blue-fronted  Jay  2  1 35 

Woodhouse's  Jay-1-1 30 

Lazuli  Bunting  1-9 20 

Baird's  Wren  1-6 1  30 

Lomita  Wren  1-5 1  50 

Parkman's  Wren  1-6 25 

California  Bush  Tit  1-7. 35 

Prothonotary  Warbler  1-6 50 

Yellow  Warbler  n-4 _      25 

Arizona  G<  Idflnch  1-4 38 

Mexican  Goldfinch  15 75 

Lawrence's  Goldfinch  1-4 35 

Rusty  Song  Sparrow  1-4 18 

Abert's  Towhee  1-3 70 

Red-headed  Merganser  11  (American  col.)      35 

European  Coarser  1-2  (Canary  Islands) 3  00 

Lesser  Black-backed  Gull  1-2  (Scotland)  ...      35 

Gold  Crest  (England)  1  7 1  50 

Long-billed  Curlew  1-1 40 

Oregon  Chickadee  1-4 55 

Purple  (Srackle  n-4 40 

Many  others.    Lists  free. 

BENJAMIN  HOAG. 

Stephentown,  N.  Y. 

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ai.    Compass  or  Sunflower  Starfish,  Chili...  35 

12.  Fossil     Scaphites  j  (Nautilus   Family) 

Montana 25 

13.  Goldmouth  Shell,  Philippines 25 

14.  Fossil  Shark  Tooth,  Virginia _  10 


15.  Two  Tarpon  Scales,  Florida 05 

16.  Fossil  Polyp  Coral  I  New  York 15 

17.  "Electric  Stone."  a  var    ofTremollte 

emitting     flashes     of     light     when 
.scratched  with  any  hard  substance, 

New  York -  10 

18.  Precious  Coral,  polished  twigs,  Med- 

iterranean Sea 15 

19.  Banded  Murex  Shell,  Med.  Sea 15 

20.  Money  Cowry  Shell.  Hawaii iQ 

21.  Cone-in-Cone,  Chautauqua  Co. ,  N.  Y...  I5 

22.  An  Exchange  Notice  Coupon _  2o 

23.  Lattin's"Catalogue  of  N.  A.BirdsEggs"  I5 

24.  Short's  "Birds  of  Western  New  York."  1 

25.  Tassin's    "Directions    for     Collecting 

Minerals" 05 

26.  A  copy  of  "Penikese" -  35 

27.  Five  assorted  Bird,  Animal  and  Flower 

Pictures,  my  selection,  size  6x8  in., 

beautifully  colored,  true  to  nature ..._  30 

$5  00 


No  changes  or  alterations  of  any  kind  can  be  made  in  this  offer- you  either  accept  or  not  as 
you  may  elect.  The  offer  is  no  fake  nor  catch  penny  scheme  but  is  made  as  stated  and  in  good 
faith  in  order  that  many  may  share  in  the  beneflt  which  would  otherwise  fall  to  a  few.  and  inci- 
dentally to"increase  the  Oologist's  subscrition  list.  This  premium  offer  cannot  be  duplicated  for 
double  what  it  costs  the  1901  subscribers  to  the  Oologist  by  any  dealer  in  America— the  publish- 
•er  of  the  Oologist  included— after  present  supply  is  exhausted. 

RE9I£MBE^R..  1st.  That  if  your  subscription  to  the  Oologist  is  already  paid  through 
1901  you  get  the  entire  lot  of  specimens,  etc  ,  offered  above  for  only  50cts.  But  if  you  wish  them 
sent  prepaid  you  must  send  85cts  additional  or  75cts.  in  all. 

Sr?^  2d.  If  you  have  not  subscribed  for  the  Oologist  for  1901  and  wish  to  accept  this  offer  you 
must  send  50cts.  for  Oologist  with  coupon  for  1901  and  50cts.  for  this  offer  or  $1.00  and  if  you  want 
the  lot  sent  prepaid  add  25cts.  more  or  $1.25  in  all. 

3d.  This  offer  Is  made  in  connection  with  a  subscription  of  the  Oologist  only.  The  paper 
and  premium  can  be  sent  to  the  same  or  different  addresses  as  desired.  In  case  you  wish  the  pre- 
mium without  the  Oologist  or  wish  to  secure  a  second  premium  the  price  will  be  $1.00  or  $1.25  if 
sent  prepaid. 

Remit  in  most  convenient  manner.    Address  plainly  and  in  full. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  ALBION.  N.  Y. 


Buy  a  Postal  Card, 

Write  your  name  and  address  on  back 
and  mail  to  me. 

YOU  WILL  RECEIVE, 

New  Lists  of  Birds   Egjjs,  Minerals,  In- 
dian Relics  and  all  Naturalist's 
Supplies.     Ready  to  mail. 

Address.  ERNEST  H.  SHORT, 

Box  173  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

(Formerly  Albion,  N.  Y.) 


JAMES  P.  BABBITT, 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Dealer    in 

Taxidermists'      Supplies,      Bird 
Skins,  Eggs  &  Publications. 

Fine   Imported   Glass   Eyes   a   Specialty. 

Illustrated  Catalogue  and  large  monthly  bulle- 
tin of  bargains  in  Birds  Skins  and  Eggs  free  upon 
application. 

TAUNTON,  MASS. 

COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENT FORTREECOLLECTING- 
SAVES  EGGS.DANGER.TIME. 

Send  Stamp  for  Circular.  (175) 

J.     Rowland  Noweli,   Portman,   S.  C. 


16 


THE  OOLOGISl 


"You  might  as  well  be  out  of  the  Bird  \A^orld  al- 
together as  go  without  THE  OSPREY." 


a:^HR  OSPRRY, 

An    Illustrated    Monthly     Magazine 
Popular  Ornithology. 


of 


Edited  by  Theodore  Gill,  in  Co-op- 
eration withi   Robert  Ridgway,  L. 
Stejneger,  C.  W.  Richmond  and 
Other  EminentOrnithoIogists. 

The  Osprey  does  not  keep  a  poet, 
but  it  has  an  office  cat  who  can  catch 
more  birds  than  all  the  poets  put  to- 
gether. If  you  don't  believe  this,  read 
TsE  Osprey.  If  you  want  to  buy,  sell 
or  exchange  specimens,  advertise  in 
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Osprey.  If  you  want  to  write  about 
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provided  you  know  how  to  write.  If 
you  like  a  beautifully  printed  and  pro- 
fusely illustrated  magazine,  all  about 
Birds  you  must  have  The  Osprey. 

Terms— One  Dollar  a  Year. 
Published  by 

XHH  OSPRKY  COIMCPABiV, 

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THE  COOPER 
ORNITHOLOGICAL  CLUB 

Has  published  three-fourths  of  the  most  inter- 
esting descriptions  of  the  nests  and  eggs  or 
rare  species  of  the  West,  which  have  been 
printed  during  the  past  six  years,  including 
the  Hermit  Warbler,  Western  Evening  Gros- 
beak. White  throated  Swift.California  Vulture, 
etc.,  etc. 

It  is  now  publishing 

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Formerly  the  BULLETIN   of  the 

COOPER  ORNITHOLOGICAL  CLUB. 

A  crisp  and  breezy  16  to  24  page  bi-monthly 
bird  journal,  illustrated  as  required.  The  arti- 
cles are  all  from  field  workers  aud  have  a  ring 
which  enthuses  the  live  ornithologist.  The 
only  Bird  Magaziue  devoted  solely  to  the  Or- 
nithology of  the  Great  West. 

Always  out  on  time! 

You  want  it! 

Subscription  $1  a  year.  Sample  copy,  20c. 
For  sample,  address  C.  BARLOW,  Editor-in- 
chief.  Santa  Clara,  Cal.  Subscriptions  to  DON- 
ALD A.  COHEN,  Business  Manager,  Alameda, 
Cal. 

Subscription  may  commence  with  No.  1  (Jan- 
uary, 1899.). 


BIRD    BOOKS. 

Prices  Prepaid. 

Chapman's  Handbook $  2  25 

Ridgway's  Manual 5  60 

Baird,  Brewer  and  Ridgway's  N.  A.  Birds 

Land  Birds,  3  vols 20  00 

Water  Birds,  2  vols 20  00 

Bird  Studies  with  a  Camera 1  45 

Davie's  Nests  and  Eggs 1  50 

Davie's  Taxidermy 4  00 

Nuttall's  Handbook,  2  vols 6  20 

Goss'  Birds  of  Kansas 3  95 

Bird  Homes 1  95 

Land  Birds  and  Game  Birds  of  New  Eng- 
land     3  00 

Bendire's  Life  Histories,  Vol.  1 8  50 

Bird  Neighbors 1  70 

Birds  that  Hunt  and  are  Hunted 170 

Hudson's  British  Birds 2  15 

Kerton's  Birds,  Nests,  Eggs  and  Egg  Col- 
lecting     1  50 

Kerton's  British  Bird  Notes 3  80 

Kerton's  With  Nature  and  a  Camera 3  80 

Nehrling's  Native  Birds,  bound 19  00 

Parrotsln  Captivity,  3  vols.,  81  col.  plates  10  00 
Do  you  need  back  volumes  or  odd  numbers 
of  Auk.  Osprey,  "Nid"  Bird  Lore,  etc  ,  etc.,  to 
complete  flies?  Let  me  quote,  can  supply 
many,  also  any  book  obtainable.    Lists  free. 

BENJAMIN  HOAG, 
Books  and  Periodicals,  Stephentown,  N.  Y. 


JUST  PUBLISED. 

CANADIAN     BIRDS, 

By  John  Macoun,  M.  A.,  F.  R  S.C. 

The  author  has  brought  together  facts  on  the 
range  and  nesting  habits  of  all  birds  known  to 
reside  in,  migrate  to  or  visit  the  northern  part 
of  this  continent  and  in  addition  to  the  Domin- 
ion of  Canada  he  has  before  included  New- 
foundland, Greenland  and  Alaska. 

It  is  the  most  cump'ete  work  on  Canadian 
Birds  vet  published.  218  pages,  paper  cover. 
Price  .50  cents  U.  S.  stamps.  Order  a  copy  be- 
fore they  are  all  gone. 

For  sale  by 

W.  RAINE,  Kew  Beach,  Toronto,  Can. 


FOR  SALE. 

500  Eggs  of  Birds  of  Prey  including. 

Per  set 

Turkey  Vulture sets  of  2  $    50 

Black  Vulture sets  of  2  50 

Marsh  Hawk sets  of  5  90 

Harris's  Hawk sets  of  2  50 

European  Buzzard _set3  0f3  60 

Krider'sHawk sets  of  2  1  00 

Western  Redtail sets  of  3  75 

Swainson's  Hawk sets  of  3  60 

Rough-legged  Hawk sets  of  3  75 

Merlin sets  of  5  1  25 

Kestrel sets  of  5  60 

Audubon's  Caracara sets  of  2  75 

Rare  Owls,  &c.    Send  for  full  list. 

W.  RAINE,   Kew  Beach,    TORONTO,    CAN. 


The  OoLOGiST. 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY.  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  2. 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  FEB.,  1901. 


Whole  No.  178 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,"  "Exclianges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  tMs  department 
tor  25c  per  25  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  pajTnent  at  one-third  list  rates. 


What's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  173  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
175     "  "  "  "    Apr.,  1901 

180     "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

184     •'  '■  "  "    Dec,  " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

"I  am  sending  you  payment  for  the  enclosed 
adv.  to  be  inserted  in  the  next  Issue  of  the  best 
advertising  medium  I  knowof-THE  Oologist." 
W.  LEE  CHAMBERS,  Santa  Monica,  Calif. 

WANTED.-Copy  of  March,  1893,  Oologist. 
Will  give  4  different  back  No.'s  Oologist. 
JOHN  D.  CURRIE,  1210  Yale  Place,  Minnea- 
polis, Minn. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— With  Twin  City  collectors 
sets  343,  my  collecting  JOHN  D.  CURRIE, 
1210  Yale  Place,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

WANTED  FOR  CASH.— Will  give  cash  for 
desirable  sets.  Send  your  lists  at  once,  with 
lowest  cash  price.  Many  common  sets  wanted. 
W.  LEE  CHAMBERS,  Santa  Monica,  Gal. 

GIVEN.— A  nest  20  ft.  out  on  a  limb.  Prob- 
lem: To  get  the  eggs.  Solution:  Nowell's 
Collectors"  Tool.    Drop  him  a  card  for  circular. 

WANTED  FOR  CASH.— First-class  sets  of 
game  birds,  (particularly  large  sets)  Ducks, 
Geese,  Grouse,  Partridges,  etc.  Send  list  and 
lowest  cash  prices :  also  quote  fine  sets  of  any 
North  American  birds.  J.  L.  CHILDS,  Floral 
Park,  N.  Y.  174 

FOR  SALE  in  the  flesh  during  Feb.,  March 
and  April:  Common  Cormorats.  75c  to  $125; 
Gt.  Am.  Sheldrake,  30c  to  75c;  Golden  Eyes,  25c 
to  40c.  ALVAH  G.DORR,Taxidermist  and  Fur 
Dealer,  Bucksport,  Maine. 

WANTED.— Ridgeway's  Birds  of  Illinois, 
Vol.  II.  Will  pay  cash.  ISAAC  E.  HESS, 
Philo,  Ills. 


WANTED.— Orders  for  choice  sets  of  Califor- 
nia birds'  eggs.  To  be  collected  during  the  sea- 
son of  1901.  J.  S.  APPLETON,  Simi,  Ventura 
Co.,  Cal. 

PHEASANT  EGGS  FOR  HATCHING.- On 

and  after  May  first  I  will  be  ready  to  supply 
settings  of  Mongolian  Ring  Neck  Pheasants. 
Settings  of  15,  price  $4.  Orders  booked  now.  A. 
W.  PERRIOR,  1409  So.  Salina  St.,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  174 

FOX,  MOUNTED.— To  exchange  for  Nat. 
History  books,  printing  press,  money,  back 
No.'s  Auk,  Taxidermist,  etc.  Write  for  photo, 
describing  what  you  have.  Also  have  Hamil- 
ton 22-cal.  rifle  for  Hornaday's  or  Rowley's 
Taxidermy.    J.  D.  ANTHONY.  Waubeek.Iowa. 

NOTICE.— Send  your  catalogue  of  Insects, 
Sea  Curios,  Reptiles,  Birds,  Minerals,  etc.,  to 
EDWIN  H.  REIBER,  160  Champlain  St.,  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

WANTED.-Collectors  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada  to  collect  for  me  scientifi- 
cally birds'  eggs  in  sets,  with  full  data,  at  }i 
Lattin's  catalogue  rates.  DR.  M.  T.  CLECK- 
LEY,  457  Greene  St.,  Augusta,  Ga.  175 

COMBINATION  OFFER.— While  they  last  I 
will  sell  Cal.  Br  wn  Pelican  ^j,  Cassins'  Auklet 
1-1.  Western  Gull  ^j.  Annas'  Hummingbird  n-2, 
Costas'  Hummingbird  n-2,  for  $vi.40.  Remem- 
ber all  extra  fine  sets,  with  complete  data.  If 
you  wish  to  buy  them  singly  write  me.  W. 
LEE  CHAMBERS,  Santa  Monica,  Cal. 

EXCHANGE.— I  have  large  lot  of  sets  and 
singles  of  Mounted  Birds  and  Skins,  Ornithol- 
ogist and  Stamp  Magazines.  I  want  Eggs, 
Skins,  Mounted  B  rds.  etc.  Send  lists,  all  an- 
swered. W.JENNINGS  WIRT,  Box  137,Gaines, 
Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 

ARIZONA  SKINS  FOR  EXCHANGE —I  have 
just  received  a  lot  of  Arizona  skins,  which  I 
will  offer  in  exchange  for  any  a-1  sets  not  in  my 
collection.  Among  the  lot  are  Rivoli  Hum- 
mingbirds, Grades  Warblers,  Elf  and  Pigmey 
Owl,  Black-vented  Shearwaters,  Mt.  Plover, 
ect.  W.  LEE  CHAMBERS,  Santa  Monica. 
Cal. 


18 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


OSPREY'S  EGGS  richly  marked  and  a-1  da- 
ta; 3-4  60c  per  egg,  10  3  45c  per  egg,  4S  40c  per 
egg,  3-1  30c  per  egg;  12  second-class  singles  10c 
per  egg;  Sharp  Shinned  Hawk, 3  heavily  blotch- 
ed singles  $1  per  egg;  14x5  Vive  camera  hold- 
ing 12  plates  85.  All  postpaid.  For  sale  or  ex- 
change.   J.  B.  NEWTON,  Unionville,  Ct. 

EXCHANGE.  -  The  season  for  collecting  is 
now  here.  Are  you  supplied  with  data  blanks? 
I  am  furnishing  a  number  of  collectors  with 
these  desirable  books.  100  datas,  with  stub  at- 
tached, f'ize  3x6.  stub  2)4  x  3,  extra  quality 
paper,  at  50c  per  100.  In  exchange  for  desirable 
sets.  Write  me  and  send  list.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.  GEO.  W.  MORSE,  Box  230,  Ash- 
ley, Indiana. 

EXCHANGE.— I  have  a  li!=t  of  over  200  sets 
with  full  data  to  exchange  for  sets  not  in  my 
collection.  These  sets  are  from  California,  Ar- 
izona and  Texas,  and  I  can  supply  most  any 
common  sets  from  these  localities  along  « ith  a 
great  many  rare  ones.  Send  lists  to  W.  LEE 
CHAMBERS,  Santa  Monica,  Cal. 

FOR  EXCHANGE— West  Indian  land  shells, 
also  several  cases  and  drawers  suitable  for 
eggs  or  sht'Us,  desiderata  shells,  curios^,  etc.  T. 
Q  PRIDDEY,  371  Carlton  St.,  Toronto,  Can- 
ada. 

EXCHANGE.— In  exchange  for  desirable  sets 
with  data,  some  back  No.'s  of  Sports  Afield, 
Gameland  Recreation,  Art  and  Nature.  Outing, 
The  Taxidermy,  Collectors'  Monthly,OoLOGiST, 
Bird  Loie,  and  Os  rey  Write  me  your  wants 
and  send  list.  GEO.  W.  MORSE,  Box  230,  Ash- 
ley, Indiana. 

EXCHANGE.— I  will  exchange  Cameras, 
Kodaks,  Rifles,  Revolvers,  Bicycles  of  any 
make  you  may  want  that  is  a  standard  wheel, 
or  anything  in  the  sporting  goods  line  for  rare 
sets  of  N.  A.  birds'  eggs  not  in  my  collection. 
Or  will  sell  the  above  for  part  cash  and  take 
the  balance  in  eggs.  W.  L.EE  CHAMBERS, 
Santa  Monica.  Cal. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Indian  Relics,  Marlin 
Rifle,  33  Cal.  with  tools.  Stamps,  75  Stamp  pa- 
pers, Telescope,  Eggs,  Books,  etc.  Want  Ban- 
jo Music,  Typewriter,  Hammerless  Shotgun, 
Stevens  Rifle,  Pistol.  Mounted  Birds  or  tobac- 
co tags.    F.  H.  RICKER,  Box  38,  Lisbon.  Me. 

NEW  TURNEY  Coaster  brake  and  hub  Cen- 
tury Gas  Bicycle  Lamp,  used  twice,  Medical 
Record  for  1900,  Phila.  Medical  Journal  ■  for 
1900.  What  offers  in  mounted  birds,  etc.  DR. 
A.  E.  PAYNE,  Riverh-ad,  N.  Y. 

TAXIDERMIST'S  OUTFIT:— Contains  one 
heavy  Cartilage  Knife ;  1  nickeled  and  engrav- 
ed Scalpel  with  tip  shaped  for  detaching  skin, 
muscles,  &c ;  1  pair  Scissors;  1  pair  Forceps; 
1  Dissecting  Hook;  1  Brain  Spoon;  1  pocket 
Wire  Cutter.  Instruments  best,  all  packed  in 
polished  Hard-wood  Case.  A  better  outfit  than 
the  one  always  sold  at  $3.  I  have  only  two 
outfits  and  will  close  them  out  at  only  $2.20 
prepaid.    FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.   Y. 

WANTED.— Osprey,  Hummers.  Hawks, War- 
blers and  all  N.  A.  birds'  eggs  in  choice  sets, 
large  series  evtn  of  common  species.  Pay  cash 
or  good  exchange  in  books,  magazines,  oolo- 
glst  tools  and  supplies,  bicycles,  guns,  fish  rods 
and  tackle,  cameras,  field  glasses,  in  fact  al- 
most any  article  for  outdoor  sport  or  nature 
study.  Send  lists,  quote  lowest  prices  if  you 
want  cash  or  state  what  you  want  in  exchange. 
I  can  save  you  money  if  you  want  to  pay  cash 
for  any  of  above  articles.  BENJAMIN  HOAG, 
Stephentown,  New  York. 


"Would  say  my  ad.  In  Oologist  for  un- 
mounted sea  mosses  has  brought  me  specimens 
enough  to  cover  a  surface  12  ft.  square.  I 
think  the  Oologist  Is  the  best  advertising 
medium  for  collectors  in  America."  WM. 
CUDNEY,  Gait,  Ont. 

WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  W^ARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  lul 

OOLOGiSTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  18'8,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

WANTED:— Will  pay  cash  or  "swap"  eggs 
of  American  Osprey  and  Hummingbirds  (any 
species  with  nest).  Two  good  skins  of  each 
the  Am.  Barn  and  Long-eared  Owls,  Rattle- 
snake Rattles,  Eggs  of  Hammerhead  Shark. 
Write  what  you  have  and  what  you  want. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion.  N.  Y. 

1  send  you  today  some  ads  for  your  excellent 
paper,  I  must  say  that  ads  in  your  paper  al- 
ways pay.— CHRIS  P.  FORGE,  Carman,  Mani- 
toba. 

HEAR  YE  I  Hear  Ye !  Hear  Ye  1  This  is  to 
certify  that  my  advertisements  in  the  Oolo- 
gist have  paid  me  better  than  have  the  com- 
bined ads.  in  most  of  the  amateur  and  natural 
science  papers.  Ads.  in  the  Oologist  always 
bring  returns,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  is 
no  paper  having  three  times  the  circulation  of 
this  widespread  periodical  which  can  give 
equal  satisfaction.  MORRIS  GIBBS,  M.  D., 
Kalamazoo,  Mich 

PLATE  HOLDER-Double,  5V4x5>sr,  Blair 
Camera  Co.,  ($1.00),  prepaid  34c.  FRANK  H. 
LATTIN,  Albion   N.  Y. 

CODDINGTON  MAGNIFIER(Miners'  glass), 
diameter  %in,  cost  $1.50,  prepaid  95cts.  FRANK 
H.  LATTIN,Albion,  N.  Y. 

"SNAPS"for  taxidermists.7in  Stuffers, spring 
handle  (1.25),  80c;  Scissor  handle  Stuffers,  i2in. 
($1.75),  $1.05;  Scissor-handle  Stuffer,  15in,  ($2.50) 
$].60;  Bone  Cutters,  extra  fine  and  heavy, ($2.50) 
$1.60;  Forceps  for  Insects  ($1.25)  78c:  Botanical 
Collecting  Can  with  shoulder  strap,  size  12x754 
x3>!J  in.  ($150)  $1.10;  Tenaculum  or  Dissecting  . 
Hook,  folding  in  handle  ($1)  28c.  All  prepaid  at 
prices  quoted,  regular  prices  in  (  ).  FRANK 
H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

"I  don't  know  whether  my  ad.  has  reached 
its  time  limit  yet  or  not,  but  stop  it  any  way. 
My  supply  of  exchange  material  was  exhaust- 
ed some  time  ago  and  replies  to  the  ad.  still 
come  in.  F.  P.  DROWNE,  20  Benefit  St..  Prov- 
idence, R.  I. 

MAYNARD'S  "Birds  of  Eastern  North  Amer- 
ica "  This  elaborate  work  was  published  about 
25  years  ago  at  $18  00  and  contained  532  pages. 
I  have  three  parts  of  this  valuable  work,  each 
containing  about  300  pages  (over  Vi  of  original) 
bound  in  tag-board  covers.  The  Thrushes. 
Warblers,  Starlings,  Water  Birds  and  Shore- 
birds  are  complete, will  st  11  at  only  $?.00  per  copy 
prepaid.  I  also  have  3  copies  each  containing 
about  H  of  original  work  at  $1.00  per  copy  pre- 
paid I  have  10  of  original  hand-colored  plates 
at  $1.50  for  lot.  Samp  e  pages  of  work  for 
stamp.  Style  of  text  see  article  of  'Black 
Duck"  In  Dec.OoiiOGiST.  FRANK  H.  LATTIN 
Albion,  N.  Y. 


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Make  an  offer  MISS  LEAH  BERKHEIMER. 
Imler,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa. 

COLLECTION  1,100  varieties  foreign  and 
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Thousands  Columbians  and  common  Ameri- 
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and  3  complete.  Vol.  4,  9  numbers,  1  copy  each 
Sept.  1894,  May,  Sept.,  Oct.  2,  Dec.  1895;  Museum 
Vol.  2  complete,  1  copy  Apr.  1895,  2  Dec.  "95.  3 
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Oct ,  Nov.,  Dec. '94.  Aug..  Sept.,  Dec.  '95,  Feb. 
'96  Nov.,  Dec.  '97,  Jan.,  Nov  '98,  Feb.  1900;  Bul- 
letin Michigan  Ornithological  Club  Vol  2  com- 
plete. Vol  3,  Nos.  1  and  2,  Vol.  1,  No.  2;  Bulletin 
Cooper  0.  Club  Vol.  1.  Nos.  1  and  2;  Popular 
Science  Neivs  Vol.  30,  Nos.  6  to  12  inclusive.  1 
copy  each  Feb. ,  Mar.  1897 ;  Bird  Lore  Aug.  1899 ; 
1  copy  "Birds  of  Michigan."  L.  B.  GILMORE, 
Blooming  Valley,  Crawford  Co.,  Pa. 

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for  rock  bottom  prices  on  all  kinds  of  natural- 
ists' and  collectors'  supplies.  Can  supply  any 
thing  in  the  line  at  right  prices.  Naturalists' 
Supplies,  2102  Arch  St.,  Phila  ,  Pa. 

WANTED.— A  Nn.  1  sets  Of  27,  29,  63,  133,  225 
and  226  from  the  original  collector.  I  will  give 
exchange  in  sets  or  cash  if  reasonable.  W.  H. 
BINGAMAN,  Box  151,  Algona,  Iowa. 

WANTED.— Am.  sets  with  data.  Have  many 
Brit,  sets  or  will  collect  this  season  if  wants 
and  prices  are  stated  early.  J.GORDON,  Corse- 
malzie,  Whauphill,  Wigtownshire,  Scotland. 

FOR  SALE.— The  following  for  sale  cheap; 
443  1-4,  1-3  at  5c,  506  1-4  at  4c,  316  1-2  at  2c,  552  1-3 
at  2c,  593  1-3  at  3c,  633  1-3,  1-4  at  5C,  703  1-4  at  2c. 
All  eggs  first-class,   with  datas.     The    above 

g rices  are  per  egg.     ADOLF  SHUTZE,    1611 
abine  St.,  Austin,  Texas. 

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ologist, Avifauna  Bird  Lore  Condor  Vols.  1 
and  2,  and  many  others.  Send  full  list  and  ex- 
change price.  I  can  offer  in  exchange  eggs, 
skins  mounted  birds  and  magazines  and 
stamps.  W.  JENNINGS  WIRT,  Gaines,  Or- 
leans Co.,  N.  Y. 

FOR  SALE.— Whlppoorwlll  1-2  $1.20,  Swain- 
sons  Hawk  3-3  55c,  Gannet  1-1  80c,  Fulmar  1-1 
30c,  Northern  Phalarope  1-4  90c,  Magnolia  War- 
bler 1-4  75c.  Prices  are  per  set,  prepaid.  I  will 
swap  any  of  the  above  for  sets  of  Am.  Osprey 
or  raw  furs.  J  AS.  O.  JOHNSON,  Southing- 
ton.  Conn. 

WANTED.— One  hundred  yearly  subscrip- 
tions to  Recreation  at  75  cents  each.  JAS.  O. 
JOHNSON,  Southington,  Conn. 


FOR  SALE.— The  following  first  class  singles 
for  sale  cheap:  6  at  10c,  47  at  50c,  49  at  20c, 51  at 
2  )c,  51a  at  20c.  63  at  20c.  54  at  20c.  58  at  20c.  59  at 
3.5c.  63  at  20c.  69  at  10c,  70  at  10c,  71  at  10.  72  at  15c, 
74  at  10c,  77  at  10c,  80  at  10c  120a  at  25c,  126  at  20c, 
132  at  20c,  140  at  20c  142  at  30c,  146  at  35c,  160  at 
20c,  188  at  35.  191  at  20c.  199  at  10c.  200  at  10c,  201 
at  10c,  202  at  10c,  203  at  15c.  211  at  10c,  214  at  10c. 
219  at  10c,  220  at  15c,  221  atSC,  261  at  35c,  263  at  15c. 
289b  at  10c,  294  at  10c,  300  at  15c.  305  at  20c,  316  at 
3c,  325  at  50c,  326  at  fiOc,  333  at  30c,  336  at  3,5c,  337 
at  50c,  337b  at  SOf^,  341  at  50c,  360  at  20c,  368a  at 
$1,  373b  at  40c,  378  at  15c,  385  at  25c,  387  at  10c,  390 
at  20c,  394a  at  50c,  412  at  5c,  413  at  10c,  406  at  8c, 
443  at  10c,  444  at  3c,  447  at  5c,  4.52  at  10c,  458  at  15c. 
461  at  10c,  477  at  5c,  481  at  20c,  493  at  10c,  495  at 
3c,  495a  at  10c.  497  at  3c,  498  at  3c,  506  at  6,  507  at 
6c,  511  at  5c,  511b  at  5c,  512  at  5c  513  at  10c,  560  at 
30,  563  at  3c,  567b  at  75c,  .581  at  8c,  587  at  10c, 593  at 
5c,  594  at  35c,  601  at  10c,  604  at  5c,  610  at  85c,  611  at 
10c,  612  at  5c,  613  at  5c.  622  at  5c,  622a  at  5c,  624  at 
10c,  627  at  15c,  630  at  $1,  633  at  10c,  653  at  5c.  683  at 
5c,  713  at  10c,  705  at  3c,  703  at  5c,  704  at  .3c,  719  at 
25c,  78Ia  at  10c,  725at  .5c,  731a  at  75.  735aat50c.761 
at  3c,  761a  at  10c.  766  at  5c,  767  at  10c.  768  at  10c. 
The  above  mentioned  prices  are  per  egg.  Any 
party  sending  me  $2. 50  may  select  to  the  amount 
of  $1.50  from  the  above  list.  I  have  only  a  few 
eggs  and  of  some  only  one  of  the  above  men- 
tioned, as  I  am  closing  out  my  collections  of 
singles.  All  eggs  are  strictly  first-class.  Small 
orders  also  accepted.  ADOLF  SCHUTZE,  1611 
Sabine  St.,  Austin,  Texas. 

IT  IS  SPREADING  LIKE  WILD  FIRE! 

^Vhat? 

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Collectors, 

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shells,  fossils,  minerals,  Indian  relics,  war  rel- 
ics, historical  articles  of  all  kinds,  coins,  med- 
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sects, flowers,  marine  and  land  curios  of  all 
kinds. 

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The  Student's  Shell  Collection 

This  Collection  contains  Forty  Small  Shells 
collected  from  all  quarters  of  the  Globe,  all  of 
which  are  numbered  to  correspond  with  a  cat- 
alogue, which  gives  their  proper,  common  and 
scientific  names,  with  the  locality  where  found. 
These  shells  when  purchased  individually  and 
properly  labelled  would  cost  from  2  to  25  cents 
each.  The  following  are  the  specimens  found 
in  this  collection : 

Scorched  Murex,  Thorny-nosed  Murex,  Fish 
Basket,  Gem  Shell,  Inflated  Olive,  Lettered 
Olive,  Rice,  Dove,  Thunder  Storm,  Pelican's 
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pus,  Indian  Wampum,  A  ngel  Wing,  Sun,  Scal- 
lop and  Jingle-    Price  $1.00. 

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*    The  Birds  of  Michig-an  and  Their 
Protection. 

Members  oj  the  Agassiz  Ass'n: — 

I  am  rf  quested  to  address  you  on  the 


subject  of  bird  protection,  and  gladly 
accept  your  kind  invitation.  For  the 
purposes  of  the  present  discussion, 
birds  may  be  divided  into  two  classes: 
First,  game  birds;  second,  birds  that 
are  not  considered  game.  By  game 
birds  I  mean  edible  birds,  the  pursuit 
and  taking  of  which  affords  sport  for 
the  gunner.  There  are  several  species 
of  birds,  however,  that  are  edible  and 
that  never  should  be  killed  by  sports, 
men  because  of  their  beauty,  or  their 
quality  as  songsters,  or  their  value  to 
agriculture  as  insect  eaters.  The  birds 
which  may  be  properly  classed  as  game 
birds,  and  which  are  found  in  your 
state  are:  Web- footed  wild  fowl,  the 
Grouse  family,  the  Sand  pipers,  the 
Plover  family,  the  Snipe  family,  the 
Quail  family,  the  Curlew  family. 

The  Wood  Duck  is  usually  classed  as 
a  game  bird  and  is  eagerly  pursued  by 
sportsmen,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it 
should  never  be  killed.  Within  the 
past  few  years  it  has  become  exceed- 
ingly rare  and  is  threat  sued  with  early 
extinction.  Still  it  is  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  plumage  birds  on  this  conti- 
nent. Its  economic  value  as  an  article 
of  food  is  so  small  that  it  should  never 
be  hunted  or  shot  at  by  any  true  sports- 
man. I  hope  to  live  to  see  the  time 
when  all  states  will  have  laws  protect- 
ing the  Wood  Duck,  for  all  time  to 
come. 

In  fact,  all  migratory  water  fowls  are 
threatened  with  extermination  and  un- 
less all  states  and  all  Canadian  prov- 
inces speedily  enact  and  enforce  pro- 


*    A  paper  addressing  Chapter  176  Detroit  B., 
Agassiz  Ass'n. 


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tective  laws,  a  dozen  species  of  ducks 
will  disappear  from  the  continent  with- 
in ten  years.  Under  present  conditions 
the  Indians  in  the  far  North  hunt  the 
nests  of  the  mother  birds  and  destroy 
the  eggs  by  thousands.  Almost  as  soon 
as  the  young  are  hatched,  and  before 
they  are  able  to  fly,  these  savages  pur- 
sue and  kill  them  with  clubs.  A  native 
will  eat  at  a  single  meal,  a  dozen  young 
wild  geese,  none  of  which  are  perhaps 
larger  than  his  dst;  while  if  they  weve 
let  alone  any  one  of  them  would  make 
a  good,  square  meal  six  months  later. 

As  soon  as  the  young  water  fowls  are 
able  to  fly  they,  with  their  parents 
start  on  their  southern  migration. 
When  they  cross  the  border  into  Mich- 
igan, Minnesota,  N.  Dakota,  Montana, 
or  Washington,  an  army  of  sportsmen 
assa'l  them.  As  the  winter  season  ad- 
vances, the  birds  move  south  and  at 
every  stopping  point  they  encounter  a 
new  division  of  this  army  of  shooters. 
Even  when  they  reach  their  winter 
feeding  grounds,  about  the  Gulf  of 
Mexico,  they  are  still  pursued  and 
slaughtered 

A  still  more  savage  enemy  greets 
them  at  the  International  boundry.  I 
refer  now  to  the  market  hunters. 
These  men  move  south  with  the  birds, 
clear  into  the  gulf  states;  camp  with 
them  all  winter  and  then  follow  them 
north  to  the  International  boundry  line 
again  on  the  spring  flight. 

A  game  dealer  in  Chicago,  for  in- 
stance, receives  a  shipment  of  wild 
geese  and  ducks  from  a  market  hunter 
in  Minnesota  or  N.  Dakota  in  August. 
In  September  he  receives  another 
shipment  from  the  same  man  100 
miles  farther  south.  He  keeps  on  re- 
ceiving daily  or  weekly  shipments 
from  this  same  man,  clear  down  from 
the  Mississippi  Valley  into  Louisiana  or 
Texas,  all  through  the  winter.  Then 
the  shipments  begin  to  come  from  a 
point  farther  north  and  continue  with 
unceasing  irregularity   through   March, 


April  and  up  into  May,  the  last  ship- 
ment coming  again  from  N.  Dakota  or 
Minnesota 

Is  it  a  wonder  therefore,  that  be- 
tween the  warfare  kept  up  by  these 
sportsmen  and  their  goril'a  allies,  the 
water  fowl  should  steadily  decrease 
from  year  to  year?  The  wonder  is  that 
they  have  been  able  to  withstand  these 
terrific  onslaughts  so  long.  It  is  only 
because  they  are  such  prolific  breeders, 
and  in  spite  of  this  they  are  doomed, 
under  the  existing  circumstances.  The 
remedy  is  for  shorter  open  seasors. 
These  should  be  limited  to  30  days. 

Second:  The  season  should  open  on 
the  same  day  and  close  on  the  same 
day  in  all  states  within  given  parallels 
of  latitude.  For  instance,  in  all  states 
north  of  the  40th  parallel  the  season 
should  open  Sept.  1st  and  close  Sept. 
30th.  In  all  states  south  «  f  the  40th 
degree,  and  north  of  the  35tb  degree,  it 
should  open  Oct  1st,  and  close  Oct. 
31st.  In  all  states  on  or  south  of  the 
35th  parallel  it  should  open  Nov  1st 
and  close  Dec.  Slst.  I  wou'd  accord 
the  extra  30  days  of  open  season  to  the 
Southern  states  because  in  some  seasons 
the  water  fowl  would  not  reach  these 
states  until  late  in  November,  or  even 
in  December. 

Third:  All  states  should  pass  laws 
limiting  the  bag  for  any  one  shooter  to 
ten  ducks  and  three  geese  for  any  one 
day,  and  to  fifty  ducks  or  fifteen  geese 
for  any  one  year.  , 

Fourth:  The  sale  of  game  of  all 
kinds  should  be  rigidly  prohibited  at 
all  times.  The  broad  principle  should 
be  established  that  game  is  and  should 
be  the  property  of  the  man  who  can  go 
afield  and  kill  it.  He  should  be  per- 
mitted to  give  to  his  friends,  to  a 
reasonable  extent,  but  not  to  sell  to  any 
one. 

Fifth:  A  rigid  and  impartial  enforce- 
ment of  game  laws  everywhere  and  at 
all  times. 

Much  that  has  been  said  as  to  the 


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protectidn  of  water  fowls  applies  with 
equal  force  to  all  birds  of  the  Grouse 
fataily,  to  Woodcock,  Qiail,  and  to  the 
Snipe  and  Plover  families 

Laws  should  be  made  to  open  on  all 
kinds  of  game  on  a  given  day  and  close 
on  all  kinds  30  days  later,  and  the  man 
found  in  the  woods,  in  the  fields,  or  on 
the  waters  wiih  a  gun,  at  nny  other 
time  of  the  year,  that  fact  should  be 
considered  prima  facie  evidence  that 
he  has  violated  a  game  law  or  is  trying 
to  do  so,  and  he  shouM  be  liable  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $10  on  conviction. 

The  following  speci^-s  are  habitually 
pursued  by  many  sportsmen,  but  are 
not  game  birds,  and  (with  the  exception 
of  two  species  of  Hawk)  should  nfver 
be  killed:  Hawk?,  Owls,  Blackbirds, 
Gulls,  Pelicans,  Cranes,  Loons,  Ibises, 
Egrols,  rormi)raats,  Bittoins,  Herons, 
Doves,  Eagles,  Wocdoeckers,  Robins, 
and  Meadow  larks. 

Much  that  has  been  said  as  to  the 
protection  of  game  birds  applies  with 
equal  force  to  song  and  insectivorous 
birds  Many  of  these  are  killed  and 
eatan — not,  I  am  glad  to  say,  by  real 
sportsmen,  but  in  many  cases  by  men 
who  pose  as  such.  The  greatest  enem- 
ies of  song,  insectivorous  and  plumage 
birds  are  the  Italians  and  other  for- 
eigners who  live  in  the  great  cities 
An  army  of  these  men  go  out  of  every 
great  city  every  Sundav  morning  during 
at  least  eight  months  of  the  year  with 
cheap  shotguns,  and  kill  every  bird 
they  can  find,  no  matter  of  what  kind. 
Robins,  Thrushes,  Orioles,  Tanagers, 
Blue  Jays,  Pewees,  Song  Sparrows, 
Bluebirds— all  go  into  the  Dago's  bag; 
then  into  the  pot  and  from  there  into 
his  rapacious  maw. 

Many  states  have  enacted  laws  pro- 
hibiting the  killing  of  song  birds  at  any 
time  of  year,  but  unfortunately  such 
laws  are  not  enforced  as  they  should  be 
The  remedy  for  this  lies  in  a  greater 
number  of  game  wardens  and  of  more 
vigorous  action  on  the  part  of  all  bird 


lovers.  There  should  be  at  least  one  in 
every  county  of  this  state,  and  if  one 
could  be  provided  to  each  township,  so 
much  the  better.  The  minimum  fine 
for  killing  a  song  bird  or  an  in'^ectivor- 
ous  bird  should  be  $25  Half  of  this 
should  goto  the  game  w  arden,  and  in  ad- 
dition he  should  be  paid  a  salary  which 
wouM  warrant  him  a  comfoT  table  living. 

Another  great  enemy  of  song  birds, 
and  especially  those  classed  as  plumage 
birds,  is  the  market  hunter.  This  man 
kills  and  skins  the  small  birds  for  mil- 
linery purposes.  He  also  kills  thous- 
ands of  plumage  birds,  such  as  Egrets 
and  Ibis  and  plucks  a  few  plums  from 
each  and  leaves  the  biid  to  rot  In 
many  cases  he  kills  the  mother  bird 
and  a  brood  of  young  are,  left  on  the 
nest  to  starve  to  death.  All  this  in- 
fatuous  traOic  should  be  suppressed,  as 
speedily  as  possible. 

All  statf  s  should  prohibit  the  wearing 
of  skins  or  plumage  of  birds  on  hats. 
A  few  of  the  slates  have  already  passed 
laws  to  prohibit  the  killing  and  selling 
of  such  birds  for  such  purposes,  but  this 
does  not  cover  the  case.  The  way  to 
remedy  an  evil  is  to  strike  at  the  root 
of  it.  Let  us  destroy  the  market  for 
bird  ekins,  and  bird  feathers,  then  the 
vandals  who  are  slaughtering  these 
birds  finding  their  occupation  gone, 
will  have  to  go  at  somethidg  else.  If 
they  are  too  lazy  to  work,  let  them  go 
to  stealing  horses  and  they  will  soon 
land  in  the  penitentiary,  where  they 
should  have  been  long  ago. 

Let  it  be  considered  the  duty  and  the 
privilege  of  every  friend  of  bird  pro- 
tection to  condemn  and  decry,  at  every 
opportunity,  the  habit  of  certain  wom- 
en of  wearing  bird  skins  or  plumage  on 
their  hats.  The  only  hope  of  saving 
from  total  extinction  the  many  species 
of  birds  in  this  country,  lies  in  the  rap- 
id creation  of  a  strong  public  sentiment 
against  the  millinery  traffic  in  bird 
skins. 

This  warning  is  not  the  result  of  im- 


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aptination  or  of  speculation.  It  is  the 
result  of  a  careful  and  thorough  study 
of  the  subject  extending  over  a  period 
of  30  years.  I  have  travelled  over 
nearly  every  state  and  territory  in  the 
Union,  and  have  personally  seen  the 
Praire  Chi<^keQ  and  the  Wild  Turkey 
swept  almost  entirely  from  the  great 
state  of  Illinois.  I  have  seeu  the  Ruffed 
Grouse  and  the  Quail  almost  entirely 
wiped  out  of  the  state  of  New  York. 
I  have  seen  the  Woodcock  driven  to 
the  verge  of  exterminatian  throughout 
all  the  New  England  States.  I  have 
seen  the  Wild  Pigeon  s'vept  from  the 
whole  United  States  and  I  have  seen 
practically  all  species  of  birds  reduced 
in  numbers  from  25  to  50  per  cent,  all 
over  the  continent. 

It  was  principally  and  primarily  for 
the  purpose  of  arresting  this  terrible 
slaughter  that  the  League  of  American 
sportsmen  was  organized.  Men,  wom- 
en and  boys  are  eligible  to  membership 
in  this  League  and  all  such  who  are  at 
all  desirous  of  seeing  the  beautiful 
feathered  creatures  remain  on  earth, 
should  join  the  League  at  once  and  aid 
us  in  saving  ihem. 

G  O.  Shields, 
New  York  City. 


Bird  Music. 

(Concluded). 

We  have  no  regular  night  singers  in 
the  Great  Liike  Region,  so  far  as  lam 
able  to  learn,  and  in  this  respect  Amer- 
ica does  not  equal  England,  which  has 
several  nocturnal  songsters,  one  of 
which  excels  as  a  mu-ician.  The  fa- 
mous English  naturalist,  Gilbert  White, 
records  three  species  which  sing  at 
night  in  the  British  Isles.  They  are  the 
Reed  Sparrow,  which  sings  among  the 
reeds  and  willows,  the  Woodlark,  sing- 
ing in  mid-air,  and  the  Nightingale,  as 
Milton  describes  it,— 

"In  shadiest  covert  hid." 

There   are    several   species    of  owls 


which  roll  forth  or  screech  out  their 
notes  at  night,  and  also  numerous  shore 
birds  and  water- fowl  that  issue  their 
varied  calls,  and,  especially  these  lat- 
ter are  partial  to  night  travel,  spring 
and  autumn.  Then  too  our  Whippoor- 
will  confines  his  singular  but  monot- 
onous jargon  to  the  hours  of  darkness, 
while  the  scream  of  the  Nighthawk 
more  often  breaks  on  the  ear  between 
the  setting  and  rising  of  the  sun.  But 
these  birds  are  not  strictly  speaking, 
songsters,  although  their  notes  un- 
doubtedly fill  their  requirements  as  to 
harmony  and  expression. 

The  plain,  domestic  little  Chipping 
Sparrow  sometimes  favors  us  with  its 
simple  chatter  in  the  darkest  night. 
The  notes  hardly  deserve  the  name  of 
song,  but  heard  issuing  from  the  sur- 
rounding gloom,  the  simple  refrain 
commands  our  attention  from  its  oddity 
at  the  unusual  hour.  The  Wood  Pewee 
not  rarely  quavers  forth  its  plaintive 
offering,  sounding  in  the  depth  of  night 
like  a  wail  from  a  departed  spirit. 
This  favorite  songster  is  a  remarkably 
early  riser,  as  he  is  also  late  in  going 
to  rest,  and  I  have  sometimes  thought, 
that  his  musical  efforts  at  night  were 
the  result  of  an  error  on  his  part— an 
idea  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  the 
notes  are  rarely  heard  more  than  once 
or  twice  during  the  night,  and  more- 
over the  song  is  only  occasional,  and 
only  in  the  nesting  season. 

Other  species  which  are  heard  to 
burst  forth  in  ecstatic  melody,  are  the 
Swainson's  and  Hermit  thrushes.  If  1 
could  describe  the  socgs  of  birds,  so 
that  other  bird-lovers  could  understand 
them  as  I  do,  I  would  feel  that  a  partial 
acknowledgement  had  been  made  to 
the  divine  melody  issuing  from  these 
bird's  throats. 

The  Cuckoo  also  sings  at  night,  or  at 
Itast  bubbles  out  its  peculiar  empha- 
sised jargon,  and  which  is  called  a  song 
out  of  courtesy  rather  than  from  any 
real   merit.      Both  species,   the  Black- 


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billed  and  Yellow-billed  cuckoos  favor 
ns,  but   the   former   is  more  abundant. 

We  often  hear  that  the  best  singers 
are  the  ones  of  plainest  dress,  but  this 
is  assuredly  not  so  in  all  instances.  If 
one  is  permitted  to  listen  to  the  sweet 
refrain  of  the  Scarlet  Tanager  in  the 
night,  it  will  be  acknowledged  that  the 
brilliant  coat  of  the  songster  does  not 
compare  in  point  of  excellence  to  the 
owner's  divine  song. 

These  birds  are  the  only  ones  at  the 
north  that  I  am  acquainted  with  that 
sing  during  the  hours  of  darkness,  and 
not  o'  e  of  them  is  a  regular  singer 
in  the  night.  luformation  has  reached 
me  from  no  less  an  authority  than  Mr. 
Robert  Ridgway  of  Washington,  to  the 
effect  that  the  Yellow- breasted  Cbat  is 
a  performer  in  darkness. 

Amoug  birds,  the  females  do  not 
sing,  and  although  many  species  have 
musical  ca'Jnotes  and  agreeable  tones 
in  conversation,  which  are  shared  in 
by  both  sexes  still  the  true  song  is  only 
rendered  by  the  male  bird  I  am  sin- 
cere in  saying  that  the  lady  bird  talks 
more  than  her  mate  about  the  house, 
but  I  will  admit  that  when  away  from 
home  she  is  very  discreet  in  this  re- 
spect, lu  attending  to  her  duties  of 
incubation  she  is  very  quiet,  and  it  is 
seldom  that  a  note  is  heard  from  her 
while  on  the  nest.  It  has  been  said 
that  all  birds  are  silent  when  incuba- 
ting, so  as  to  avoid  observation,  though 
most  species  are  quiet  when  setting, 
there  are  a  few  which  chirp  loudly 
when  so  engaged,  and  soaie  even  burst 
into  exuberant  song. 

Few  observers  are  aware  how  assid- 
ous  are  the  attentions  of  the  two  birds 
to  one  another  during  incubation,  and 
the  credit  which  is  due  to  the  father- 
bird  in  hi-t  devotion  in  covering  the 
eggs  in  his  mate's  absence  is  not  allow- 
ed him. 

Of  course,  when  a  bird  is  heard  sing- 
ing on  the  nest  we  know  that  the  notes 
come  from  the  male,  but   many  young 


observers  are  inclined  to  aUribute  it  to 
the  female.  Another  source  of  error 
in  failing  to  identify  the  sex  occurs 
with  those  species  in  which  the  male 
assumes  the  plumage  of  the  female  un- 
til the  second  or  third  year- 

The  Chipping  Sparrow  sometimes 
sings  his  chattering  refrain  while  upon 
the  eggs.  Yellow  Warblers  are  not 
rarely  heard  singing  from  the  nest,  but 
one  has  to  wait  patiently  in  a  neigh- 
boring copse,  at  the  proper  season,  in 
order  to  see,  hear  and  be  convinced. 

I  have  once  heard  the  Maryland  Yel- 
low-throat's song  from  its  concealed  nest 
in  the  grass  ;in  fact  I  found  the  nest,  from 
hearing  the  peculiar  notes,  almost  at 
my  feet.  Several  times  the  song  of  the 
House  Wren  has  reached  me,  coming 
from  the  cavity  where  the  old  bird  was 
setting  solacing  himself  in  his  cavernous 
nesting  spot. 

Once,  each,  I  have  heard  the  notes 
of  the  Black-billed  Cuckoo,  Scarlet  Tan- 
ager, Orchard  Oriole.  Goldfinch,  Ruse- 
breasted  Grosbeak,  and  the  Hermit 
Thrush,  the  latter  the  only  thrush  whose 
song  has  positively  reached  me  from 
the  nest.  One  would  think  that  the 
Brown  Thrush,  Catbird,  and  Robin, 
as  great  singers,  would  burst  forth  on 
the  nest,  but  it  must  be  borne  in  mind 
that  these  thrushes  prefer  higher  perch- 
es for  singing,  while  the  Hermit  is  a 
ground  nester  and  often  sings  on  the 
ground. 

But  of  all  the  species  which  are  musi- 
cal while  setting,  the  Warbling  Vireo 
heads  the  list,  both  for  persistence  and 
for  beauty  of  song,  according  to  my 
note-book.  Anyone  can  listen  to  the 
song  of  the  Warbling  Vireo  on  the  nest 
if  the  trouble  is  taken  to  tind  a  nest 
with  eggs  in  May  or  June.  For  when 
the  mate  takes  his  trick  keeping  the 
eggs  warTi,  he  cheers  himself,  and  en- 
livens the  surroundings  by  pouring 
forth  his  rippling,  inspiring  melodious 
warble.  I  have  heard  him  sing  from 
the  nest  in  early  morning;  in  the   hot- 


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test  part  of  the  day,  and  in  the  early 
twilight,  and  I  have  heard  him  issue 
as  many  as  twenty  bursts  of  soog 
during  one  spell  on  the  nest,  and 
have  discovered  the  nest  on  more  than 
one  occasion  by  the  sweetly  modu- 
lated tell-tale  song. 

These  species  are  all  the  birds  I  have 
found  to  sing  while  on  the  nest. 

Morris  Gibbs, 
Kalamazo,  Mich. 


Field  Notes  from  Manitoba. 

While  reading  the  articles  in  the  Jan. 
1901  OoLOGiST  I  noticed  an  article  on 
the  use  of  old  nests,  which  suggested  to 
me,  adding  a  few  notes  on  my  experi- 
ence rt'garding  the  use  of  old  nests  by 
Hawks  and  Owls. 

Before  I  became  a  resident  of  this 
glorious  western  continent,  from  my 
early  boyhood  days,  I  could  find  no 
greater  enjoyment  than  a  ramble  in  the 
woods,  lanes  and  fields  of  old  England, 
and  I  found  many  a  set  of  Sparrow 
Hawk,  Kestrel  and  one  each  of  the  Mer- 
lin, Hobby  and  Long-eared  Owl.  All 
these  gala  days  are  as  fresh  in  my  mem- 
ory as  if  they  had  happened  but  a  week 
or  80  ago,  and  I  well  remember  with 
what  joy  I  returned  home  with  my  first 
set  of  four  beautiful  Sparrow  Hawk's 
eggs  taken  from  a  nest  in  a  larch  (tam- 
arac)  wood.  How  long  I  watched  that 
nest.  Five  weeks  elapsed  from  the 
time  I  found  it  until  I  finally  brought 
home  the  set  of  four  eggs.  The  nest 
was  built  by  the  birds  themt'elves  and 
was  a  large  flat  structure  of  larch  twigs 
in  a  shallow  depression  of  which  lay  the 
prettiest  set  of  Sparrow  Hawk's  eggs  I 
ever  was  fortunate  enough  to  find. 
Many  a  set  of  Sparrow  Hawk's  eggs  I 
took  after  that  but  I  never  got  another 
set  one-half  so  handsome. 

Again,  quite  fresh  in  my  memory  is 
the  chalk  quarry  in  Lincolnshire  where 
I  flushed  a  Merlin  from  her  nest  on  my 
return  home  from  a  day's  collecting, 


and  how  on  the  following  evening  with 
my  brother  and  an  oolo2ical  friend  and 
a  wagon  rope  I  came  back  determined 
to  add  to  my  collection  a  new  species  of 
eggs.  The  rope  made  fast  to  a  stake 
well  driven  in  the  ground  I  (ippcended 
and  there  in  a  slight  depression  on  a 
ledge  in  the  chalk  clifif  resting  on  a  bed 
of  a  few  blades  of  withered  grass  I  es- 
pied a  lovely  set  of  five  Merlin  eggs. 

On  another  fine  May  day  I  visited  a 
larch  w^nd  at  a  distance  from  home, 
and  in  a  tall  pine  from  »he  very  top  I 
took  from  a  Crow's  nest  I  had  robbed 
but  two  weeks  previously  a  handsome 
set  of  Hobby's  eggs  and  in  descending 
unfortunately  broke  one  of  them. 

But  it  it  about  the  nests  of  our  own 
Manitoba  that  I  intended  to  write  so 
must  forget  for  the  present  these  pleas 
ant  memories  of  boyhood  days.  It  was 
on  the  15th  day  of  June,  1887  that  my 
residence  in  the  great  West  commenc- 
ed, and  I  at  once  began  to  investigate, 
although  only  in  the  last  two  yrars 
have  I  been  able  to  make  a  specialty  of 
oological  rerearch. 

The  first  nest  of  the  Red-tail  1  found 
was  found  that  summer.  It  was  the  1st 
of  July  and  three  well  fledged  young 
birds  were  its  occupants.  The  nest 
was  in  a  small  oak  25  ft.  up  in  a  main 
fork  of  the  tree  but  I  could  not  tell  if  it 
was  new  or  old  as  it  had  been  occupied 
so  long.  The  next  nest  of  thi^  species 
I  examined  was  in  a  lone  thorn  tree 
way  out  in  the  boundless  prairie  miles 
from  any  bush  on  the  side  of  a  creek 
where  the  birds  lived  royally  on  the 
marsh  birds  that  abounded  on  the  creek 
and  in  the  neighboring  swamp.  This 
nest  also  contained  three  well  fledged 
young,  and  was  used  year  after  year 
for  four  years  to  my  certain  knowledge. 
This  was  from  1890  to  1894,  the  last 
time  I  was  at  the  place.  I  intend  to 
visit  this  place  the  coming  spring  to  see 
if  the  Hawks  are  still  breeding  there. 

In  the  spring  of  1893  I  went  for  a 
ramble  in  the  woods  west  of  Carman. 


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It  was  the  Ist  of  May,  and  in  an  old 
Red-tail's  nest  on  an  overhanging  limb 
of  a  large  oak  tree  cear  a  shallow  creek 
I  found  a  family  of  Western  Great 
Horned  Owls.  There  were  three  of 
them  and  I  took  them  all.  All  were 
different  in  size;  I  kept  them  for  two 
months  and  got  some  very  interesting 
notes  regarding  them.  I  then  gave 
them  their  liberty.  On  the  15th  of  May 
the  same  year  I  took  three  Red-tail's 
eggs  from  this  nest.  It  had  been  slight- 
ly repaired  and  a  few  green  leaves  add- 
ed. 

But  I  must  pass  on  to  the  past  season 
and  describe  some  of  the  takes  noted 
down  during  the  months  of  April,  May 
and  June. 

My  first  find  was  on  April  6th  (this  is 
very  early  here)  in  heavy  oak  bush  at 
Salterville  amongst  scattered  trees  On 
the  outside  of  the  bush  I  located  a  nest 
of  Krider's  Hawk.  This  was  an  oid 
nest  and  has  been  used  for  three  suc- 
cessive years.  On  April  2d  I  had  taken 
two  Western  Great  Horned  Owl's  eggs 
from  this  nest.  The  nes!;  was  repaired 
and  a  lining  of  bark,  grass  and  leaves 
added.  It  was  between  35  and  40  feet 
up  in  oak  tree  on  side  branch  on  a  large 
flat  fork. 

On  May  4th,  in  light  oak  and  poplar 
bush  on  side  of  Boyne  river  three  and 
one-half  miles  east  of  Carman,  return- 
ing from  a  collecting  trip  I  found  a 
Red-tail's  nest  in  a  large  oak.  This 
was  on  side  branch,  hard  to  reach,  but 
I  got  to  it  after  some  hard  work  and 
took  therefrom  three  handsome  eggs 
The  nest  was  quite  new,  large,  of  sticks 
and  twigs,  lined  with  bark,  leaves  and 
grass,  and  was  placed  about  30  feet  up. 
On  the  same  date  I  got  another  set  of 
three  Red-tail's  eggs.  The  nest  was  in 
a  small  poplar  tree  in  a  poplar  bluff 
only  18  feet  high.  The  nest  was  the 
largest  I  have  ever  seen.  It  measured 
3  feet  in  height  and  2^  across,  was  a 
mass  of  large  and  small  sticks  and 
twigs  of  poplar  and  willow  and  was 


built  on  top  of  an  old  Crow'd  nest.  The 
depression  was  9  in.  in  diameter  and 
quite  shallow  and  srarsely  lined  with 
bark,  leaves  and  stubble.  I  could  see 
this  nest  from  either  north  or  south  at  a 
distance  of  over  two  miles. 

On  May  6th  I  took  another  set  of 
three.  Nest  in  a  tall  oak  30  ft.  up  in 
main  fork,  medium  size,  built  of  sticks 
and  twigs  and  lined  with  bark  and 
grass.  This  nest  was  new  and  although 
there  were  old  nests  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  this  new  one  the  birds  seem- 
ed to  prefer  to  construct  their  own. 

Next  date,  May  7tb,  west  of  Carman 
I  got  another  set  of  three.  This  nest 
was  in  an  oak,  one  of  a  clump  of  three 
in  poplar  woods.  Nest  was  about  30 
feet  up  in  a  fork  on  trunk  and  was  new, 
was  built  like  others  of  sticks  and  twigs 
and  lined  with  grass  and  bark  shreds. 
The  eggs  were  nicely  marked. 

On  May  12th  a  set  of  two  eggs  was 
taken  from  a  poplar  25  ft.  up  in  heavy 
poplar  woods  northwest  of  Carman. 
This  nest  was  situated  25  ft.  up,  close 
to  trunk,  made  of  poplar  and  willow 
sticks  and  lined  with  grass  and  bark, 
was  of  medium  size  and  new  In  this 
case  there  were  several  old  nests  handy 
but  the  birds  seemed  to  prefer  to  make 
a  new  structure. 

I  see  I  have  m'ssed  one  nest,  date 
May  9th.  This  Red-tail's  nest  was  in  a 
tall  oak  tree  40  ft.  up,  the  tree  being  in 
and  oak  grove  and  situated  on  bank  of 
ravine  which  seems  to  be  a  favorite  lo- 
cation, placed  in  a  fork  near  top  of  tree 
on  trunk,  was  a  large  coarse  structure 
of  sticks  and  twigs,  lined  with  bark, 
leaves  and  grass  and  contained  three 
eggs.    This  also  was  a  new  nest. 

A  second  set  of  two  eggs  taken  on 
May  12th  was  taken  trom  a  large  and 
conspicuous  nest  in  a  poplar  tree  20  ft. 
from  ground,  the  nest  composed  of 
sticks  and  twigs,  was  lined  with  poplar 
bark  and  a  little  dried  grass  and  was 
of  this  season's  construction  like  one 
previously  mentioned.     There  were  a 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


number  of  old  nests  in  the  immediate 
Ticinity  of  this  nest  which  the  birds 
might  have  used. 

A  third  set  of  Krider's,  two  eggs,  tak- 
en May  13th  was  taken  in  the  same  lo- 
cality, local'y  known  as  "the  poplars-," 
a  large  tract  of  wooded  country,  cover- 
ed with  willow  scrub  and  poplar  trees. 
This  nest  was  in  a  poplar  tree  25  ft.  up 
in  main  fork,  nest  of  medium  size,  of 
sticks,  lined  with  leaves  and  grass  with 
few  strips  of  poplar  bark  and  was  a 
nest  of  the  year,  evidently  built  by  the 
birds  themselves.  Old  nests  abound  all 
through  this  district,  but  I  found  none 
of  them  occupied. 

On  the  14th  of  May  I  again  visited 
this  district  and  took  a  set  of  two  Red- 
tail's  eggs.  This  nest  was  placed  in  a 
tall  dead  poplar  about  half  burned 
through  at  the  bottom  and  I  was  afraid 
to  climb  it  at  first.  However  I  made 
up  my  mind  to  try  it  when  the  female 
left  the  nest  at  my  near  approach,  as  1 
knew  there  was  something  to  get,  and 
succeeded  in  reaching  the  nest  and  re- 
turned to  terra  firma  without  mishap. 
The  wind  was  strong  and  cold  and  from 
the  north  and  a  cold  rain  made  this  a 
very  unpleasant  task.  This  was  the 
second  largest  nest  of  the  season  and 
was  built  on  the  top  of  an  old  one. 
The  nest  projected  so  far  out  around 
the  fork  in  which  it  was  placed  that  I 
had  trouble  in  reaching  over  it  and  was 
30  ft.  high.  The  nest  was  composed  of 
large  and  small  poplar  sticks,  many  of 
them  being  chined  by  the  fire  that  had 
passed  through  in  the  fall.  The  nest 
was  lined  with  poplar  bark,  grass  and 
a  few  green  leaves.  The  nest  was  quite 
close  to  the  railway  track . 

On  this  day  I  took  another  set  of  two 
while  going  homo,  from  dead  poplar, 
28  ft.  up  This  nest  was  also  large  but 
not  as  large  as  the  other,  of  sticks  of 
poplar,  lined  with  bark  shreds  and 
leaves.  A  few  feathers  also  were  used 
but  I  think  these  are  accidental.  This 
also  was  a  nest  of  the  season. 


May  16th  visited  Jickling's  marsh 
which  lies  in  the  poplar  belt.  I  took 
from  a  large  nest  in  a  poplar  tree  35  ft. 
up  in  main  fork,  a  set  of  two  eggs. 
These  were  small,  the  smallest  measur- 
ing 2.20x1.65  and  were  well  marked. 
This  nest  was  new,  although  situated 
quite  close  to  nests  built  the  previous 
year,  was  like  the  rest,  of  sticks,  mostly 
poplar,  and  lined  with  bark  shreds  and 
roots,  grass  and  leaves. 

On  May  17th  a  set  of  two  eggs  re- 
warded my  search.  These  were  Red- 
tails,  the  nest  in  a  poplar  tree  25  ft.  up, 
of  sticks  and  twigs,  lined  with  grass 
and  fine  roots,  was  of  large  size  and 
new.  A  second  nest  found  the  same 
day  contained  a  set  of  three  eggs,  was 
in  a  tall  and  spreading  Balm  of  Gilead 
tree,  25  ft.  up,  in  main  fork,  was  large 
and  new,  composed  as  were  all  the  oth- 
ers found  in  this  bush,  of  poplar  sticks, 
lined  with  bark,  grass  and  leaves.  As 
I  watched  the  old  Red-tails  circling 
above  I  glanced  around  the  neighbor 
ing  treetops  and  counted  five  more 
nests  within  my  view.  I  took  my  set 
to  the  buggy  and  visited  each  of  the 
five  nests  in  turn.  They  all  proved  to 
be  old  nests  in  different  stages  of  dilap- 
idation, from  which  I  should  judge  that 
this  pair  of  birds  had  bred  here  for  a 
few  years  and  had  used  all  the  nests  in 
turn. 

Another  set  of  three  eggs  taken  the 
same  date  from  a  nest  in  a  poplar  tree 
20  ft.  up,  was  also  a  new  nest  and  built 
of  sticks  and  twigs,  lined  with  roots, 
stubble  and  leaves. 

On  May  19th  I  took  two  sets  of  Red- 
tail  of  three  eggs  each,  both  from  pop- 
lar trees.  These  nests  were  both  new 
and  were  within  a  short  distance  of  old 
nests  evidently  used  in  previous   years. 

Just  two  more  nests  I  will  mention 
and  then  I  will  end  my  paper. 
(To  be  continued.) 

Chris  P.  Foege, 
Carman,  Manitoba. 


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2d.  If  you  have  not  subscribed  for  the  Oologist  for  19)1  and  wish  tT  accept  this  offer  you 
must  send  50cts.  for  Oologist  with  coupon  for  1901  and  SOcts.  for  this  offer  or  $1.00  and  If  you  want 
the  lot  sent  prepaid  add  25cts.  more  or  $1.25  in  all. 

3d.  This  offer  is  made  in  connection  with  a  subscription  of  the  Oologist  only.  The  paper 
and  premium  can  be  sent  to  the  same  or  different  addresses  as  desired.  In  case  you  wish  the  pre- 
mium without  the  Oologist  or  wish  to  secure  a  second  premium  the  price  will  be  $1.00  or  $1.25  if 
sent  prepaid 

Remit  In  most  convenient  manner.    Address  plainly  and  In  full. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN.  ALBION.  N.  Y. 


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Illustrated  Catalogue  and  large  monthly  bulle- 
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Whole  No.  174 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exclianges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  this  department 
lor  25c  per  2.5  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


IMPORTANT. 

This,  March,  Oolocjist  was  not  issued 
until  April  1st.  The  April  issue  will  be 
printed  on  April  15th.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by 
return  mail 

Index 
to  Vol.  XVII  (1900)  of  the  Oologist  will 
be  printed  in  the  April  issue 

W^hat's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  rollowlng  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  174  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
175      "  "  "  "    Apr.,  1901 

180      "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

184      ■'  '•  "  "     Dec,  " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

"My  ads.  in  the  Oologist  always  pay  me  be- 
yond my  expectations."  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ill«. 

"Since  my  ad.  appeared  in  February  number 
of  Oologist  I  have  received  letters  from  all 
over  the  country  and  I  could  sell  or  exchange 
100  ssts  If  I  had  them."  JOHN  D.  CURRIE, 
Minn. 

«3  WILL  BUY  137  varieties  of  foreign  and 
native  woods,  or  will  exchange  for  woods  not 
In  my  collection.  LOUIS  W.  HAHN,  Lake 
Ave.,  Silver  Creeki  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1901  VEDETT  BIKE  (made  by  Pope  M'f'e 
Co.)  model  SO,  new,  frame  22,  gear  81.  117  cash 
and  125  m  eggs  at  list  buys  It.  BENJAMIN 
HOAG,  Stephentown,  New  York. 


WANTED:— Al  sets  Nos.  83.  172,  192,  193.  206, 
210,  228.  258a,  261,  286,  301,  302,  310.  478,  486,  618, 
701.  Can  offer  good  sets,  Belgian  Hares,  Abys- 
sinian and  English  Cavies,  Fancy  Pigeons  and 
Pit  Games.  ALMON  E.  KIBBE,  Mayville. 
N.  Y.  175 

WANTED:— Sets  of  58.  64,  76,  137,  139,  261,  273, 
337,  339,  373,  387,  388,  390,  393,  394.  501-611.  614  and 
Others,  especially  218,  230.  334,  364.  Exchange 
or  cash.  All  answered.  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ills.  177 

WANTED:— "Bird  Nesting  in  Northwest 
Canada"  by  W.  Raine.  Must  be  in  good  con- 
dition and  complete.  Name  lowest  cash  price. 
RUSSELL  T.  CONGDON.  Ripon,  Wis. 

WANTED:— Columbian  half  dollars,  copper 
cents  and  half  cents.  Give  good  exchange  in 
Eggs,  Coins,  Curios  and  Minerals.  ROY  H. 
BULLIS,  Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

"I  think  the  Oologist  is  the  finest  advertis- 
ing medium  in  existence. "  ROY  H.  BULLIS, 
Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

ARROW  HEADS  and  almost  a  full  line  of  U. 
S.  cents  to  exchange  for  eggs  in  sets  or  U.  S. 
stamps,  also  one  4x5  Vive  magazine  camera. 
J.  B.  NEWTON,  Unlonville,  Conn. 

TO  EXCHANGE:- A  15.00  Winchester  rifle 
almost  new,  and  a  812.00  Mandolin,  book  of  in- 
structions, extja  strings,  etc.,  for  a  camera  of 
equal  value.    A.  R.  BEYMER,  Omer,  Colo. 

COLLECTORS :— My  Egg  Powder  will  re- 
move dirt  and  nest  stains  from  your  eggs  with- 
out injury  H  pound  50  cents;  1  pound  for 
12.50  worth  of  sets.  Send  list.  ROY.  H. 
BULLIS,  Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

FOR  SALE  AND  EXCHANGE :— Live  birds 
fine  large  Snowy  Owls,  Cooper's  Hawk,  all  in 
fine  plumage.  Make  me  an  offer  for  them.  Al- 
so black  cocker  pup,  good  pedigree,  birds'  eggs 
(Al)  full  data,  A.  O.  U.  6,  133  and  many  others. 
Send  list  and  receive  mine.  THOS.  E.  BURT, 
Port  Hoi)e,  Canada. 


34 


THE  OOLOtrlST. 


"I  take  numbers  of  ornithological  and  oolo- 
glcal  journals,  but  whenever  I  wish  to  buy  or 
sell  anything  I  turn  to  the  want  columns  of 
the  OoLOOisT. ' '  HARRY  fl .  DUNN,  Fullerton, 
Calif. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— 1  set  of  boxing  gloves, 
1  French  microscope,  cost  $15  00:  back  numbers 
of  OoLOGisT  Eggs  in  sets  wanted.  Send  list 
ROY  H.  BULLIS,  Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

FOR  SALE:— Combination  Egg  Set,  consist- 
ing of  an  engraved  handle  fltied  with  three 
sizes  drills,  thrfee  sizes  hooks  with  blowpipe,  in 
pocket  case.  Never  been  used,  f.75.  MAC  H. 
BURROUGHS,  401  C  St.,  Brunswick,  Qa. 

COLUMBIA  CHAINLESS  BICYCLE,  1901 
model,  new,  22  or  24  frame,  gear  82  or  74.  $50 
cash  and  8.50  in  eggs  at  list  rates  takes  one. 
BENJAMIN  HOAG.  Stephentown,  New  York. 

"The  one  exchange  notice  I  had  in  The  Oolo- 
GiST  last  year  was  so  successful  that  it  kept 
me  busy  all  the  year  with  exchanges."  J. 
GORDON,  Wigtownshire,  Scotland. 

SETS  of  Chestnut  backed  Chickadee  1-7,  Ore- 
gon Vesper  Sparrow  1-6,  Coopers  Tanager  1-4, 
Mangrove  Cuckoo  1-4,  Arizona  Goldfinch  1-5, 
Lawrence's  Goldfinch  1-4,  Western  Goldfinch 
1-4,  Brewer's  Sparrow  1-4,  Audubon's  Warbler 
1-4,  Mexican  Goldfinch  15,  Florida  Grackle,  1  5, 
Gild°d  Flicker  1-5,  Florida  Blue  Jay,  15,  Flor- 
ida Burrowing  Owl  1-6,  in  exchange  for  books 
in  good  condition  or  cheap  for  cash.  H.  S. 
WARREN,  149  Gladstone  Ave.,  Detroit  Mich. 

FOR  SALE:— A  fine  one  year  old  Bird  Dog. 
has  been  trained  for  Quails  and  Grouse  and  a 
beauty  too.  Will  sell  for  $5  00  cash.  Freight 
or  express  must  be  paid  bv  purchaser.  Address 
HANS  ANDERSON,  Box  13,  Gushing,  Howard 
Co.,  Neb. 

TO  EXCHANGE:— Fine  eggs  in  sets  with 
data  for  cash.  Complete  fllo  of  "The  Osprey" 
for  $5.50.  Will  give  cash  or  exchange  for  cer- 
tain fossils.  HARTLEY  H.  T.  JACKSON,  Box 
87,  Milton,  Wis. 

SOME  OF  THOSE  rare  sets  of  Pigmy  Owls, 
Pacific  Horned  Owls,  Belding's  Jay.  P  .sadena 
Thrasher  and  Cassin's  Kingbird'to  exchange 
for  Coues"  Key,  Ridgway's  Manual  or  other  or- 
nithological books.  W'  ill  also  sell  a  limited 
number  for  cash  or  trade  for  sets  of  Rantores. 
HARRY  H.  DUNN,  Fullerton,  Calif. 

WANT  ED:- Mounted  specimens  or  skins  of 
smaller  land  birds.  State  condition  and  price 
prepaid,  W.  P.  PARKER,  8  Midland  St..  Wor- 
cester, Mass. 

SPRING  SNAPS!— One  fine  White  Pelican 
skin  $4.00;  choice  tre.sh  Snowy  Owl  skins  $2.50, 
$3.50:  fresh  Great  Horned  Owl  skins,  $1.75 each; 
fine  Wolf  skins  for  rugs  with  heads,  skulls, 
legs  and  claws  complete,  $2.50  each.  Mounted 
birds:  Sharp-tailed  Grouse,  $2..50;  Ruffed 
Grouse,  $2.00;  Prairie  Hens,  $2.25;  Pine  Gros- 
beaks, 60c. ;  pair  N.  Hairy  Woodpeckers.  $1.50, 
on  stump;  Spruce  Grouse.  $2.25;  A.  Bittern, 
$1.50;  almost  white  Snowy  Owl,  $10.00;  a  quan- 
tity of  Elk  teeth,  $6.00  per  dozen.  All  Al  speci- 
mens prepared  at  prices  quoted.  Scalps  and 
heads  of  Moose  and  Elk  for  sale.  Buffalo  horns 

Solished  at  50c.  to  $1  00  a  pair,  matched  pairs, 
rder  from  CHRIS.  P.  FORGE,  Taxidermist 
and  Collector,  Carman,  Manitoba. 

SPECIAL  CLIPPER  BIKE  rode  about  2 
months,  perfect  shape.  Palmer  tires,  gear  78, 
frame  24  $15  cash  and  115  in  eggs  takes  it. 
BENJAMIN  HOAG,  Stephentown,  New  York. 


EGG  TRAYS  FOR  SALE  or  exchange  for 
sets  with  data;  Trays  in  six  sizes,  any  desired 
color.  Prices  on  application,  discount  on  large 
orders.  Samples  10  cents  M.  S.  CONWAY , 
.584  6th  Ave  ,  Lansingburg,  N.  Y. 

FOR  SALE:— :Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
ranging  in  price  from  25c.  to  $5.00 ;  halfs  from 
lOc  to  50c.  Special  rates  to  colleges  a cd  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co.,  Illinois.  179 

PRBLICATIONS  WANTED:— Cash  or  ex- 
change given  for  Bull.  Cooper  Club  Vol.  I  com' 
plete  or  in  part;  any  volume  of  0.  and  O. ;  Ool- 
OGIST  Vols.  VI  to  X  inclusive;  American  Ex- 
change and  Mart  any  volume  complete;  Avi 
fauna  any  number.  R.  C.  McGREGOR,  Box 
158,  Palo  Alto,  California. 

BRISTOL  STEEL  KOO,  No.  16RanglyFly 
Rod.  4  joints  and  butt,  new,  $3.75  cash  and  $3.75 
in  eggs.  Let  me  quote  you  cash  or  exchanse 
on  anythirg  in  Ime  of  sp^^rting  goods.  BEN- 
JAMIN HOAG,  Stephentown,  Ne.v  York. 

WANTED :— Well  marked  sets  of  Red-tailed, 
Red-shouldered  and  Sparrow  Hawks,  Great 
Horned  and  S.reech  Owls,  Tufted  Puffin,  Pig- 
eon Guillemot.  White  Pelican,  Caspian  and 
Sooty  Terns,  Bridled  Tern,  Audubon's  Shear- 
water, Blue-winged  Teal.  American  Bittern, 
Osprey,  Kildeer,  Bartram's  Sandpiper  Califor- 
nian  Quail.  Bald  Eagle,  Downy  Woodpecker, 
Ruby-throated  Hummingbirds  and  nests.  Cedar 
Wax  wing.  Red-eyed  vireos  and  others.  I  can 
offer  for  these  Saa  Birds'  eggs,  Ducks,  Plovers 
and  Hawks  from  Iceland,  Lapland,  Greenland, 
Labrad'  r  and  Northwest  Canada.  I  have 
thousands  of  eggs  for  exchange.  W.  RAINE, 
Kew  Beach,  Toronto,  Canada. 


OCLOG.STS  WANTED:  — Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  18!!8,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  yive  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

PHEASANT  EGGS  FOR'  HATCHING.- On 
and  after  May  first  I  will  be  ready  to  supply 
settings  of  Mongolian  Ring  Neck  Pheasants. 
Settings  of  15.  price  $4.  Orders  booked  now.  A. 
W.  PERRIOR,  1409  So.  Salina  St.,  Syracuse, 
N^jy\ 174_ 

WANTED  FOR  CASH.— First-class  sets  of 
game  birds,  (particularly  large  sets)  Ducks, 
Geese,  Grouse,  Partridges,  etc.  Send  list  and 
lowest  cash  prices :  also  quote  fine  sets  of  any 
North  American  birds.  J.  L.  CHILDS,  Floral 
Park,  N.  Y.  174 

WANTED.-Collectors  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada  to  collect  for  me  scientifi- 
cally birds'  eggs  in  sets,  with  full  data,  at  M 
Lattin's  catalogue  rates.  DR.  M.  T.  CLECK- 
LEY,  457  Greene  St.,  Augusta,  Ga.  175 

WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

WANTED.— Single  eggs  of  all  kinds  in  ab- 
normal specimens.  G.  E.  OILMAN,  27th  Ave., 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

ATTENTION  COLLECTORS —If  you  have 
not  seen  Mr.  W.  J.  Conway's  (Lansingburg.  N. 
Y.,  584  Sixth  Ave.,)  water  blower,  write  him 
concerning  it.  I  would  not  bft  without  it. 
GEO.  W.  MORSE,  Ashley.  Ind.  20  years  ex- 
perience collecting. 


THE  OOLOGIST 


35 


WANTED. -Series  of  Yellow-headed  Black- 
bird %  from  original  coUe'-tor,  with  complete 
data  Will  pay  cash.  RICHARD  D.  MILLER, 
3473  Amber  St.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE.— KO  coDies  of 
Happy  Days  cost  $6  00,  Hamilton  28  cal.  rifle, 
mounted  quail  $1.00,  squirrel  $1.00,  Sparrow- 
Hawk  75c.' Red-bellied  Woodpecker  .50c.  Have 
also  mounted  fox  for  best  offer.  J.  D.  ANTH- 
ONY, Waubeek,  Iowa. 

BIG  PROFITS-may  be  made  in  raising  Bel" 
gian  Hares.  It  is  interesting  work  and  takes 
but  little  space.  Pedigreed  stock  for  sale.  All 
letters  answered.  Also  climbers  for  exchange. 
R.  A.  POWELL,  135  E.  5th  St.,  St.  Paul,   Minn. 


INDIAN     BASKETS,     Indian 
r. .  Beaded  Buckskin    Sioux  Relics 

'   '  Indian  Photos,  Indian    Pottery 

"*  Indian  Weapons.  Elk  Teeth,  Mex- 

ican Hand  Carved  Leather  Goods 
Mexican  Drawn  Linens,  Shells,  Minerals.  Fos 
sils.  Ancient  tone  Relics,  Oregon  Tiny  Arrow 
heads.  Fossil  Fishes,  Fo.ssil  "Leaves,  Corals 
Agate  Jewelry.  Curios.  Wholesale  and  Retail 
16th  year.  Two-story  building  full.  New  cat. 
No.  10.  40  pages,  finely  illus.,  for  5c.  L.W.STIL 
WELL.  Deadwood  S  Dak. 


PENIKESE. 

A  reminiscent  sketch  of  Agassiz 
famous  Summer  School. 

A  96  page  book  of  much  interest  to 
students  of  Nature. 

iread  -wbat  others  say: 

•'Have  found  it  extremely  interesting  read- 
ing,"—Henry  Prime,  Garden  City,  L.  I, 

"I  enjoyed  the  book  [Penikese]  very  much." 
— W.  W.  Kinsley  (Supt.  of  Schools)  Grand 
Ledge,  Mich. 

"It  is  both  instructive  and  entertaining  and 
deserves  a  place  in  the  library  of  every  student 
of  nature."— W.  D.  Lynn,  Canfleld,  O. 

"I  have  just  finished  reading  'Penikese'  and 
can  say  that  I  have  enjoye^  it  exceedingly. 
Anything  looking  toward  keeping  green  the 
memory  of  the  great  Agassiz  should  be  of  in- 
terest to  the  teacher  of  biology  and  no  period 
of  his  life  is  more  interesting  than  the  years 
spent  in  building  up  the  laboratory  on  Peni- 
kese."—W.  P.  Hay  (Prof.  Biology,  HighSchool) 
Washington,  D.  C. 

"I  have  read  the  book  [Penikese]  with  great 
interest  and  think  it  an  admirable  remini- 
scence of  one  of  the  greatest  naturalists  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  The  name  of  Agassiz  is 
assuredly  treasured  by  all  true  lovers  of  na- 
ture and  his  methods  of  study  have  left  a  strik- 
ing impress  on  present-day  workers."— (Rev.) 
Robert  Blight,  Green  Lane,  Pa. 

Price  only  25c  (reduced  from   35c). 

Prepaid. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Pub'r, 
Albion,  N.  Y. 


Boes. 

fricea  per  set  prepaid.  5  per  cent,  on  $5,  10 
per  cent,  on  810  and  over.  On  an  order  figur- 
ing $25  net  will  allow  25  per  cent,  discounts. 
Holds  good  for  30  days  only  after  appearance 
of  this  ad. 

Whip-poor-will  12 $i  00 

California  Woodpecker  2-4 60 

Magnolia  Warbler  2  3  60c;  1-4 80 

Least  Vireo  3  4 80 

Bendire's  Thrasher  1-3 75 

Willow  Goldfinch  n-3 4& 

Cassin's  Purple  Finch  1-4 1  00 

Long-crested  Jay  1-2  $1  00;  8-3  81.50;  2-4 2  00 

Arizona  Jay  2  6  82.40;  4-5  $2.00;  4-4 1  60 

Vermillion  Flycatcher  n-3  n  3  n-3 1  20 

Lead-colored  Bush  Tit  n-6  83.60;   n-5  83.00; 

n-4  82.40;  1  4  81  80;  1-6 3  00 

Mexican  Horned  Lark  3-3 50 

Arizona  Hooded  Oriole  2-3 40 

Western  Horned  Owl  12 l  00 

White-tailed  Hawk  1-2 75 

Bell's  Vireo  4-3  12 

Scissor-tailed  Flycatcher  5-4     10 

Ru.sset-backed  Thrush  4-3 15 

California  Thrasher  6  3 _      80 

Orchard  Oriole  10-3  8c:  10-4  12c;  3-5 17 

Blue  Jay  5-4  lOc;  3  5 13 

Sooty  Tern  3-1 _      14 

Tufted  PufQn  2-1   40 

California  Murre  3-1  fine 20 

Clapper  Rail  3-9  .50c:  S-10  60c;  2-12 75 

Green  Heron  3-4 16 

Black  Phoebe  3-4 SO 

Brown  Thrasher  4-5 _      10 

Lomita  Wren  15 l  50 

Baird's  Wren  1-6 130 

Verdin  1-4 1  20 

Plumbeous  Gnatcatcher  n-4 1  65 

Least  Vireo  n-3  75 

Cedar  Waxwing  n-4  in  situation 7b 

Long-billed  Marsh  Wren  n-6  in  situation.-,     60 

Royal  Tern  3-2 35 

Wood  Ibis  1-3 65 

California  Screech  Owl  1-3 45 

Florida  Screech  Owl  1-3 45 

Bald-pate  Duck  1-4 80 

American  Golden-eye  1-8  $1.60;  2-7  $1.40; 

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Canada  Goose  1-6 3  25 

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Oregon  Chickadee  1-4 60 

Louisiana  Tanager  1-3 1  00 

Thurber's  Junco  1-3 75 

Cassin's  Sparrow  1-3 1  00 

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Lutescent  Warbler  1-1 36 

Blue-fronted  Jay  2-1 35 

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Gleanings  from  My  Note  Book. 

In  looking  over  my  note  book  I  find 
many  short  notes,  or  as  it  were,  many 
glimpses  of  bird    life,    which,    singly. 


could  not  very  well  be  expanded  into 
an  article,  so  I  have  decided  to  write 
them  up  collectively,  and  offer  them 
under  the  above  gleanings. 

As  the  weather  has  a  decided  influ- 
ence on  bird  movements,  especially  mi- 
gration, I  have  usually  prefaced  my 
notes  with  a  sort  of  weather  report 
which  I  may  use  in  connection  with 
these  gleanings  Its  severity  determines 
to  a  great  extent  the  character  and 
abundance  of  the  winter  visitors  that 
we  may  expect  from  the  northland, 
while  its  mildness  leads  us  to  look  for 
solitary  individuals  of  our  summer  resi- 
dents which  usually  leave  us  for  the 
sunny  southland,  hundreds  of  miles 
away. 

January  1,  1900 -N.  W.  wind  with 
zero  weather.  As  I  glanced  out  of  my 
den  window  I  paw  for  the  first  time  this 
winter  a  flock  of  about  100  Snowflakes 
on  the  snow  covered  ice  along  the  lake 
shore.  A  Herring  Gull  was  flying 
around  the  sandbar,  and  some  Ducks 
were  feeding  along  head  of  lake.  A 
"Lanius  borealis''  flew  about  from  one 
tree  top  to  another  and  teetered  up  and 
down  on  the  slender  branches.  Tree 
Sparrows  are  numerous  as  usual  and 
make  a  tour  of  the  town  every  day,  eat- 
ing the  weedseeds  in  gardens. 

February— Heard  the  first  gurglings 
of  Song  Sparrows  on  the  13th,  during 
an  hour  cf  sunshine  in  the  morcing. 
Next  morning  they  climbed  up  in  a  brush 
pile  to  rehearse,  but  seemingly  became 
disgusted  -for  they  soon  dove  into  the 
cattails  out  of  sight,  and  were  not  heard 
again  until  the  22d  when  I  heard  one 
bubbling  over  a  little. 

March    1. — This    month    came    in   a 


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"whooping."  Last  night  the  ground 
was  nearly  bare,  but  this  morning  24 
inches  of  snow  covered  the  ground.  A 
lot  of  Horned  Larks  came  into  my  gar- 
den to  feed,  but  hardly  a  weed  top  was 

to  be  seen. 

March  2  —Just  26  inches  of  snow  on 
the  level,  and  great  drifts  have  been 
formed  hy  the  heavy  winds  Several 
groups  of  Crows  flew  around  our  town, 
anxiously  scanning  the  snowy  billows 
for  a  morsel  of  food.  I  scattered  wheat 
on  the  snow  for  the  Horned  Larks  and 
three  of  them  remained  all  the  after- 
noon. At  first  only  one  came,  and 
when  others  came  he  tried  to  drive 
them  away — seemingly  afraid  that  there 
wouldn't  be  enough  grain  for  all. 

March  6.— Snow  increased  to  33  in- 
ches deep  and  the  Horned  Larks  have 
become  abundant— increase  in  numbers 
every  day,  and  are  so  tamed  by  hunger 
that  they  run  about  picking  up  the 
buckwheat  meats  within  5  or  6  feet  of 

me. 

March    13 — Robins    arrived    on  the 

9th— 4  of  them— although  the  temperat- 
ure was  6  degrees  below  zero.  I  saw 
about  50  today  in  an  orchard  where 
they  were  "yipping"  and  eating  rotton 
apples  that  s*ill  hung  on  the  trees. 

March  23.— Saw  the  first  Red-winged 
Blackbird  this  morning  at  7  o'clock. 
He  sat  on  the  "Upmost  branch  of  the 
topmost"  elm  tree  and  poured  forth  his 
happy  "0  glee-ee-ee  e."  But  he  soon 
flew  on  north  and  was  lost  to  view. 
The  40  or  50  other  companions  who 
ought  to  have  been  with  h^m  are  prob- 
ably stuck  upon  the-  barbarous  bonnets 
of  our  highly  organized  and  civilized 
"fearfully  and  wonderfully  made' 
maids,  who  seem  to  be  trying  to  equal 
their  sisters  in  darker  portions  of  the 
earth,  in  the  manner  of  personal  adorn- 
ment. 

I  heard  the  sweet  warblings  of  B'ue- 

birds  for  the  first  time.  This  morning 
quite  a  sprinkling  of  Robins  came  into 
town  and  for  some  time  their  homely 
yet  pleasant  notes  sounded   the  good 


tidings  of  nearby  balmy  days  "when 
the  Robins  will  nest  again."  Saw  two 
Meadowlarks  flying  north  high  in  the 
air. 

March  25  — This  was  a  beautiful  day, 
clear  but  an  icy  east  wicd  made  it 
rather  frosty.  Robins  filled  our  streets 
with  music,  while  the  valley  fairly 
swarmed  with  Bluebirds  and  I  never 
have  seen — even  years  ago — such  a  flock 
of  Bluebirds.  All  day  long  they  war- 
bled, flitted  and  played  around  the  old 
willow  stubs  that  fringe  along  the 
swamp.  During  the  morning  hours 
Song  Sparrows  were  in  full  song  for  the 
first  time. 

March  26  —At  5;30  p.  m.  about  75 
Red-wings  came  from  the  fields  and 
flew  out  in  the  f^wamp  where  they 
roosted  in  the  cattails. 

March  27. — Although  the  weather 
was  cold  and  cloudy  at  6:15  a  m.,  yet 
the  Song  Sparrows  were  bubbling  over, 
as  on  a  bright  sunshiny  morn.  Kildeers 
were  seen  on  the  23cl,  but  I  saw  my  first 
one  today  over  in  a  grassy  boggy  place. 

March  30. — As  I  stood  in  my  garden 
this  morning  about  7  o'clock,  I  heard 
among  the  medley  of  Robins,  a  sweet 
warb'e,  and  closer  listening  revealed  a 
Purple  Finch's  jubilant  strain,  coming 
from  a  lowly  perch  in  a  tree  in  my  gar- 
den, but  as  I  approached  he  mounted 
higher  until  the  top  of  the  tree  was 
reached,  when  after  a  few  bursts  of 
melody,  he  arose  high  in  the  air  flying 
first  one  way  and  another,  then  flying 
up  the  street.  For  the  first  time  the 
Red-wings  remained  around  swamp  and 
sang  their  "Og'/ee-ee"  and  willow 
trees  and  cat- tails,  while  the  irrepress- 
ible Song  Sparrows  mounted  on  dozens 
of  high  places  sang  with  joy  and  sweet- 
ness— a  song  that  is  indeed  of  great 
variation. 

Robins  are  becoming  enamoured  of 
each  other  and  scenes  of  courtship  are 
an  every  day  occurrence — males  utter- 
ing subdued  twitterings  and  "showing 
off"— flitting  about   the  females    from 


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branch  to  branch  and  1  think  many  are 
already  ma  ed.  The  multitude  of  Blue- 
birds that  were  here  on  tue  25th  have 
passed  on  north  and  spread  out  to  the 
hillsides.  Considerable  snow  in  woods 
and  piotected  places.  Lake  is  frozen 
over  with  about  12  inches  of  ico. 

March  31. — While  strolling  along  the 
street  before  breakfast  I  ran  onto  a  lit- 
tle troop  of  Chickedees.  As  I  watched 
them  as  they  hung  back  down,  or,  in 
other  words,  "bottom  side  up,"  one  lit- 
tle fellow  caught  sight  of  a  branch  of 
the  maple  that  was  leaking  sap,  and 
with  every  indication  of  having  found  a 
"fountain  of  youth"  the  Chickadee  flew 
to  where  the  sap  was  dripping  and 
drank  and  drank  with  an  eagerness 
equal  to  an  old  toper  taking  his  morn- 
ing "eye  opener,"  then  he  "chick-a  dee- 
deed"  and  from  across  the  street  came 
two  more  of  these  black-capped  topers 
who  drank  the  sweet  juice,  and  uttered 
those  low  notes  that  aound  so  far  away. 

April  1.  — Beautiful  clear  day,  but  icy 
N.  wind.  I  spent  tie  day  around  on 
the  lowlands,  enjoying  the  hosts  of 
Song  SpaTOvrs,  Robins,  Red-wings, 
Purple  Finches  and  a  few  Meadow- 
larks.  I  heard  a  Pbcebe  for  first  time, 
and  I  wonder  what  such  a  bird  can  live 
on  now  when  it  is  so  cold,  with  ice  and 
snow  and  no  flying  insects.  Although 
I've  seen  a  Bronzed  Grackle  several 
time?,  today  is  the  first  time  that  I've 
heard  him  tuning  up  the  wires  of  his 
"^E:>lean  harp  "  Robins  are  mated  and 
looking  for  suitable  nesticg  places. 

April  2  — Blackbirds  are  here  in 
abundance,  especially  at  night,  when 
large  flocks  of  Red-wings,  Cowbirds  and 
Grackles  come  in  from  the  fields,  ali^^ht 
ing  in  tree  top  around  swamp  and  pour 
forth  their  scugs  and  notes  in  rich  pro- 
fusion. 

April  3.— For  several  days  a  small 
flock  of  Ducks  has  been  feedinar  in  the 
creek  and  today  I  noted  a  pair  of  Wood 
Ducks  and  several  Mallards. 

April  5.— The  graceful  Tree  Swallows 


came  yesterday—about  a  dc  zen  of  them 
— and  this  morning  they  were  skimming 
over  the  thin  paper  ice  along  the  edge 
of  swamp  and  lake 

April  8.— It  has  been  bright  and  clear 
all  day  with  a  cold  north  wind,  which 
drove  the  ice  out  of  this  end  of  the  lake. 
A  new  flock  of  Grackles  arrived  from 
the  south  at  7  a.  m.  Those  that  have 
been  here  are  building  nests  in  almost 
every  evergreen  tree  in  town.  I  have 
never  seen  the  town  so  full  of  them,  in- 
deed, the  mischievous  great  glossy  fel- 
lows seem  to  really  erjoy  town  life 
more  than  any  other  bird  I  know. 

A  small  band  of  Slate-colored  Juncos 
are  staying  in  the  evergreen  trees  that 
adorn  some  yards.  During  a  short 
walk  in  the  woods  I  saw  several  Crows 
carrying  nesting  material.  On  my  way 
home  noted  first  Mourning  Doves. 
Bird  life  hfre  in  the  valley  is  abundant, 
but  the  woods  are  silent  as  the  tomb— 
except  for  cawing  Crows  and  the 
lonesome  notes  of  the  White-breasted 
Nuthatches..  About  75  Ducks  passed  on 
north  this  p.  m. 

April  12.— This  evening  I  took  a  walk 
along  swamp,  listening  to  the  full 
chorus  of  peepers.  They  were  heard 
first  on  the  6th.  As  I  stood  on  the 
bridge  1  heard  Snipe  making  a  sort  of 
short,  mewing  noise,,  as  they  flew  by 
me  just  overhead,  arid  I  also  heard  the 
whistle  of  many  wicgs  as  a  flock  of 
"Whistle-wings"  went  on  north  in  the 
gathering  gloom. 

This  p.  m.  a  few  Tree  Spar- 
rows came  into  the  willows  along  the 
swamp  road  and  one  seemed  to  be  in 
nearly  full  song,  at  least  he  burst  forth 
in  as  sweet  a  strain  as  ever  I  heard 
from  a  Sparrow's  Ihroat.  A  pair  of 
Loons  arrived  last  night,  also  a  great 
flock  of  American  Herring  Gulls,  but 
they  passed  on  north  at  sunrise.  A 
Great  Blue  Heron  sailed  in  from  the 
north  and  spent  the  day  fishing  around 
the  swamp.      Yesterday  a  big  Osprey 


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spent  tho  day  here,  as  ;did  a  Marsh 
Hawk. 

April  15  —I  made  my  first  trip  after 
sets  of  Buteo  borealis  today.  My  route 
was  north,  throt.gh  the  valley,  except 
when  I  turned  to  clioab  the  hillsides 
to  where  the  net-ts  were.  Weather 
warm  and  clear  u"til  5  p.  m.  Scarcely 
had  I  left  the  town  when  I  heard  the 
trilling  of  hundreds  of  Vesper  Sparrows 
but  found  them  scarce  half  a  mile  back 
on  the  hills.  An  occasional  weak  voic- 
ed old  Field  Sparrow  trilled  from  some 
weed  top— weak  voiced  but  none  the 
less  welcome.  From  the  distant  woods 
came  the  drumming  of  a  Raffed 
Grouse.  As  I  approached  my  first 
Hawk  woods  I  saw  the  male  sitting  on 
a  dead  limb  in  a  tall  pine  and  near  by 
the  female  sat  on  her  nest  which  con- 
tained 2  plain  eggs  so  I  left  them.  The 
nest  was  65  feet  up  an  al-^ost  limbless 
tree  and  was  lined  with  a  bed  of  pine 
sprigs,  corn  husks,  bark  chips  and  few 
feathers 

Iq  another  woods  about  3  miles  far- 
ther north  I  fouad  the  second  nest  with 
the  telltale  sprigs  of  evergreen  branches 
waving  over  edge  ef  nest  in  a  basswood 
about  50  feet  up,  but  it  was  never  used. 
While  sitting  on  the  sunny  side  of  a  big 
tree  eating  lunch  I  heard  for  the  first 
time  the  melodious  "chink"  of  a  Louis- 
iana Water  Thrush.  From  here  I 
tramped  over  a  mile  to  see  an  old  nest 
of  Buteo  lineatus  —in  a  woods  where  I 
have  taken  6  sets  in  years  gone  by. 
This  pair  had  always  laid  a  beautiful 
set  for  me  by  April  12,  but  at  this  time 
only  one  egg  had  been  laid.  The  nest 
was  an  old  one,  which  had  not  been 
fixed  up  at  all— she  had  merely  dug  a 
hole  in  a  mass  of  dead  leaves  that  filled 
the  nest,  so  that  the  egg  was  half  buried 
but  when  I  visited  the  nest  on  April 
22d  I  found  that  she  had  added  a  few 
pine  branches,  corn  stalks,  bark  strips 
and  chunks  of  moss,  on  which  lay  3 
handsome  egg3.  The  female  left  the 
nest  as  I  approached  and  did  not   utter 


a   single   cry,  which  is  characteristic  of 

this  bird.     I  called  on  two  other   pairs 

of  Red-tails   but  they  had  not  begun  to 

nest  yet.     After  supper  I  spent  an  hour 

around  swamp.    About  dark  a  hundred 

"Whistle  wings"  went  on  north  in  small 

flocks  of  from  6  to  50. 

C.  F.  Stone. 

Branchport,  N.  Y. 

{To  be  continued.) 


Timely  and  to  the  Point. 

[Dr.  N.  expresses  our  sentiments  to  a 
T  in  the  above  valuable  suggestions— 
with  the  exception  of  his  '3d" — we  boy- 
cott the  wadding  and  thread" — prefer  a 
good  grade  of  fluffy  cotton  and  no 
thread— tissue  if  anything  for  the  outer 
wrapper.  We  have  lost  many  a  valu- 
able small  egg  by  perhaps  too  hasty  or 
careless  unwinding  of  the  "thread." — 
Ed.] 

Mr.  Editor: — If  you  will  kindly  al- 
low me  a  small  section  of  your  valuable 
paper  I  will  endeavor  to  touch  upon  a 
subject  that  has  been  sorely  neglected 
on  the  part  of  contribufors  to  oological 
publications.  Nothing  is  more  aggra- 
vating than  to  purchase  or  exchange 
for  fine  specimens  of  eggs  and  upon  te- 
ceiving  them  to  find  a  part  of  one  or 
more  sets  broken,  thereby  rendering 
the  set  worthless.  This  catastrophe 
some  will  say  is  the  careless  handling 
of  packages  on  the  part  of  postal  clerks, 
etc.  Very  true,  but  to  them  we  cannot 
look  for  redress. 

The  fault  lies  in  every  instance  with 
the  shipper,  with  only  one  exception, 
and  that  is  where  packages  containing 
eggs  are  sent  over  the  Canadian  border. 
In  this  case  I  have  found  that  the  over 
zealous  custom  officers  in  searching  for 
dutiable  gems,  etc.,  put  their  fingers 
through  many  a  rare  and  costiy  egg. 
This  has  been  my  experience  with  a 
choice  set  of  Accipiter  velox,  as  they 
were  carefully  packed  and  in  a  rein- 
forced box.  The  cover  had  literally 
been  pried  oft",  contents  of  box  fatally 
sounded  and  sent  along.     In  this  case  I 


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do  not  see  that  the  shipper  was  at  fault 
and  so  one  must  bear  with  it. 

But  here  in  our  own  service,  where 
the  box  is  never  opened  from  the  time 
it  leaves  the  shipper  until  it  is  received 
by  the  consigoee,  a  broken  egg  should 
rarely,  if  ever,  be  found.  Collectors, 
as  a  rule,  iire  uither  too  anxious  to  save 
a  few  cents'  postage  or  will  not  spare 
the  time  to  tack  a  few  reinforcements 
into  their  cigar  box  before  packing  the 
eggs.     This  is  the  greatest  fault. 

Secondly  corner  the  careless  manner 
in  which  the  specimens  are  rolled  in 
cotton.  As  a  matter  of  fact  I  have  re- 
ceived eggs  from  collectors  packed  in 
cotton  that  had  been  used  in  the  field 
and  over  and  over  again  until  it  was 
but  little  better  than  excelsior. 

Other  collfcctors  have  the  habit  of 
putting  in  a  layer  of  cotton,  then  a  lay- 
er of  eggs,  and  so  on  until  the  box  is 
filled.  To  such  collectors  my  senti- 
ments are  perJ^aps  beat  unsaid.  No 
doubt  others  have  received  eggs  from 
these  same  collectors  in  this  condition. 

I  may  have  spoken  harshly  in  this  ar- 
ticle, but  those  to  whom  it  applies  I 
trust  will  digest  every  word  as  meant 
for  them.  And  now  a  few  instructions 
on  packing  eggs. 

1st.  Ship  by  express  instead  of  mail 
whenever  possible. 

2d.  Reioforce  all  cigar  boxes  by 
tacking  small  cleats  on  the  inside  to 
prevent  cover  from  crushing  in. 

3d  Wrap  each  egg  carefully  in  a 
8  rip  of  thin  while  wadding,  which  has 
been  previously  separated  down  the 
center,  allowing  the  soft  side  to  come 
in  contact  with  the  egg.  Wrap  each 
egg  around  the  smaller  diameter  first, 
then  around  the  greater,  and  lastly  use 
a  few  turns  of  thread  to  keep  the  cotton 
in  place. 

4th.  Put  a  thick  layer  i.f  cotton  into 
bottom  and  top  of  box. 

5th  Pack  each  egg  in  very  carefully 
and  use  great  cauiion  in  closing  lid  of 
box.     (Many  are  broken  this  way.) 


6th.  Use  heavy  wrapping  paper  and 
ptout  twine,  address  plainly  and  don't 
forget,  if  your  conscience  will  allow  of 
it,  the  glass  notice,  where  our  careful 
manipulator,  thi'  postal  clerk,  will  see 
it. 

7th.  Be  ready  to  make  all  losses 
good. 

Yours  for  more  care, 

J.  B.  Newton. 
Unionyille,  Conn.,  Jan.  15,  1901. 


Field  Notes  from  Manitoba. 

On  May  4th  I  found  two  nests  of 
Krider's  Hawk,  one  in  a  partly  dead 
elm  20  ft.  from  ground.  To  this  nest  I 
climbed  and  found  it  contained  nothing 
but  appeared  to  be  ready  for  eggs.  The 
other  was  also  in  an  elm  about  the 
same  height  and  was  no:  quite  ready 
for  eggs.  On  May  9th  1  tried  these 
neslri  again,  but  found  them  empty. 
On  both  occasions  the  old  birds  circled 
above  the  trees  and  scolded  me  for  my 
intrusion  so  I  decided  to  call  again  So 
on  the  22d  I  called  on  my  way  home 
from  the  swamp,  still  no  eggs  A  little 
further  down  in  the  woods  I  saw  a  very 
small  nest  in  an  oak,  not  more  than  15 
ft.  up  and  climbed  to  it.  It  contained 
two  eggs  of  Red-tail,  both  were  incu- 
bated. This  then  was  the  second  nest 
built  by  this  pair,  the  first  nest  having 
been  deserted  because  I  had  climbed  to 
it  on  the  4th  of  May.  The  nest  was 
very  small,  no  larger  than  my  two 
hands  and  quite  loosely  put  together. 

On  May  31st  while  looking  for  Marsh 
Hawk's  nests  I  called  for  the  third  time 
at  the  Krider's  nest  located  May  4th, 
and  as  it  was  still  empty  I  knew  there 
must  be  another  somewhere.  A  search 
revealed  a  nest  in  top  of  a  tall  oak,  but 
the  bird  was  absent  so  I  did  not  climb 
but  toward  evening  I  called  round 
again  and  at  my  approach  the  bird  left 
the  nest.      I   quickly  iLade  the  ascent 


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and  took  a  small  set  of  two  well  mark- 
ed eggs,  slightly  incubated.  The  nest 
was  small  and  loose  and  I  conld  see 
through  the  bottom  but  not  clearly 
enough  to  discern  the  eggs.  This  is  a 
phase  of  character  I  have  not  before 
noticed  in  the  Hawks,  but  in  these  two 
cases  with  Red-tails  and  in  four  cases 
with  Swainson's  Hawk  this  season,  I 
found  the  birds  deserted  the  nests  I  had 
climbed  that  contained  no  eggs.  In 
the  one  case  with  the  Swainson's  Hawk 
I  found  a  nest  complctfi  but  did  not 
climb.  A  few  days  after  1  called  round 
for  this  set  and  on  climbing  found  one 
egg.  As  the  nest  was  where  it  could 
be  seen  for  over  a  mile  in  the  top  of  a 
dead  willow  1  took  this  egg,  but  return- 
ing next  week  found  the  nest  deserted. 
I  then  drove  over  the  school  section 
and  examined  all  the  bluffs  and  in  a 
small  willow  bush  found  Mrs.  Swain- 
son  trying  to  incubate  two  more  eggs, 
which  I  knew  by  their  resemblance  to 
be  the  other  eggs  of  the  set,  I  having 
already  taken  the  first.  On  this  oc- 
casion sh3  hail  se'zed  upon  a  partly 
built  Crow's  nost,  flattened  it  out  and 
depo,sited  the  two  eggs  in  it. 

On  the  18th  of  June  I  took  my  last 
set  of  Krider'R  for  the  season.  This 
was  a  second  set  and  strongly  resem- 
bled the  first  one.  The  nest  was  small 
in  a  tall  oak  baside  a  ravine  about  one 
mile  distant  from  where  I  took  the  first 
set  and  contained  two  eggs  nicely 
marked.  This  nest  was  newly  built 
like  most  of  the  others  by  the  birds  and 
was  unusually  deep,  the  cup  being 
nearly  6  inches  in  depth  and  7  in  diam- 
eter. Both  male  and  female  birds  were 
quite  bold  and  seemed  to  resent  my 
robbing  their  second  nest.  Whether 
they  built  a  third  I  don't  know,  but  if 
they  did  I  did  not  find  it  as  my  horse 
hurt  his  feet  shortly  after  while  away 
after  Loon's  eggs,  and  I  had  to  leave 
the  field  for  the  season. 

Chris.  P.  Forge, 
Carman,  Manitoba. 


Some    Winter    Birds  of    a    Country 
Farm-yard. 

Ruffed  Grouse,  Bonasa  umbellus.  A 
few  cf  these  beautiful  game  birds  are 
seen  during  the  winter  budding  in  ap- 
ple trees  near  our  yard. 

Downy  Woodpecker,  Bryobates  pub- 
escens.  Quite  plenty  in  shade  trees  in 
our  yard  on  pleasant  days  during  the 
entire  winter. 

Blue  Jay,  Cyanociila  crisiaia.  Very 
abundant.  A  quite  large  flock  makes 
daily  visits  to  our  yard  in  search  of 
food. 

Pine  Grosbeak,  Pinicola  emicleator. 
Quite  abundant  but  more  so  as  spring 
approa^-hes.  They  come  in  flocks  to 
the  maples  in  our  yard  and  feed  on  the 
buds. 

Amer'can  Go'dfinch,  Spinus  iristis. 
Flocks  of  this  species  alight  in  the  trees 
in  our  yard  quite  often  during  the  win- 
ter. In  their  winter  plumage  they  are 
very  plain  looking  birds. 

English  Sparrow,  Passer  domesticus. 
An  occasional  straggler  finds  his  way 
to  our  yard.  I  cau;f,ht  one  in  my  hands 
that  flew  into  our  shed  to  get  out  of  the 
storm. 

Snowflake,  Plectrophenax  nivalis. 
Very  largo  flocks  can  be  seen  from  our 
yard  skimming  over  the  fields  and  pas- 
ture and  a  few  come  to  our  yard  occss- 
ionly. 

Song  Sparrow,  Mclospiza  fasciata. 
As  spring  approaches  we  are  tilled  with 
gladness  by  the  sweet  song  of  this  spar- 
row returning  to  his  summer  home, 
although  a  few  remain  here  nearly  the 
whole  year. 

Northern  Shrike,  Lanius  borealis. 
One  of  these  butchers  is  an  cccasiooal 
visitant  to  trees  in  our  yard  during  the 
winter. 

Brown  Creeper,  Certhia  familiaris 
americana.  These  interesting  little 
birds  are  winter  visitants  to  our  farm 
yard  shade  trees,  searching  for  food 
under  the  rough  bark  of  the  maples 
and  butternuts. 


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White-breasted  Nuthatch,  Sitta  car- 
olinensis.  Another  interesting  little 
farm-yard  visitant,  tiying  in  open  doors 
and  windows  and  making  themselves 
much  at  home  and  all  of  the  time  utter- 
ing their  curious  quauk. 

Red-breasted  Nuthatch,  Sitta  canad- 
eusis  The  above  description  of  the 
White-breasted  species  well  describes 
this  species,  although  the  Red-breasted 
is  not  so  abundant. 

Chickadee,  Parus  atricapillius.  Last 
but  not  least  on  my  list  comes  the  little 
Titmouse,  the  bird  of  .so  friendly  dispo- 
sition and  gentle  manners,  who  thinks 
no  one  his  enemy.  They  are  very 
abundant  here  and  help  to  make  the 
long  winter  pass  more  swiftly  by  their 
happy,  joyful  nature.  In  closing  this 
paper  I  cannot  refrain  from  writing 
what  Wilson  says  of  this  species  which 
I  take  from  Davies  "Nests  and  Eggs," 
fourth  edition.     It  is  as  follows: 

They  traverse  the  wood  in  regular 
procession  from  tree  to  tree,  tumbling, 
chattering  and  hanging  from  the  ex- 
tremities of  the  branches,  examining 
about  the  roots,  the  leaves,  buds  and 
crevices  of  the  bark  for  insects  and 
their  larva.  They  also  frequently  visit 
the  orchards,  particularly  in  the  fall, 
the  sides  of  the  barn  and  the  barn-yard 
in  the  same  pursuit,  trees  in  such  situa- 
tions being  generally  much  infested 
with  insects.  Therefore  we  rank  this 
little  bird  among  the  farmer's  friends, 
and  trust  our  citizens  will  always  rec- 
ognize him  and  as  such." 

I  consider  the  above  description  of 
this  little  bird  the  best  I  have  ever  read 
and  would  call  particular  attention  to 
the  last  few  lines,  and  trust  that  all  our 
citizens  throughout  this  broad  land  will 
give  more  attention  to  the  study  and 
protection  of  our  feathered  friends; 
stop  the  wholesale  destruction  of  our 
native  birds  before  it  is  too  late;  unite 
in  this  great  work,  for  unity  means 
strength.  Guy  L.  Briggs, 

Livermore,  Maine. 


A  Red-headed  Black-bird. 

I  saw  a  Red-winged  Blackbird  last 
spring  with  a  red  head  as  well  as 
shoulders. 

I  was  painting  a  fence  near  a  swamp 
and  the  bird  was  in  sight  at  any  time  I 
had  a  micd  to  look  for  him.  My  team 
came  to  take  me  home  and  I  called  my 
wife's  attention  to  the  bird. 

We  are  both  familiar  with  this  spec- 
ies ard  have  it  mounted  at  home. 

The  bird  was  evidently  mated  be- 
cause it  was  June  and  all  of  his  actions 
pointed  to  his  being  interested  in  a 
family  in  the  bnshes,  near  by. 

R.  S.  Torre Y, 
Wen  ham  Depot,  Mass. 

More  Albinos. 

In  the  December  iss'^e  of  the  Oologist 
I  saw  an  article  written  by  G.  G.  Welsh 
giving  an  account  of  an  Albino  English 
Sparrow.  A  day  or  two  after  I  read 
this  article  a  friend  told  me  he  had  seen 
a  Sparrow  which  was  nearly  all  wLite 
in  a  large  flock  of  the  same  species.  I 
told  him  to  try  an(l  get  it  for  me,  so  the 
next  day  he  brought  it,  having  shot;  it 
that  morning.  I  found  it  to  be  a  female 
English  Sparrow  vvith  both  wings  pure 
white  and  a  few  white  feathers  on  its 
head  and  neck.  The  rest  of  the  feath- 
ers were  of  the  same  color  as  other 
English  Sparrows.  I  now  have  it  in 
in  my  collection  mounted  with  its 
wings  half  spread. 

I  have  three  other  Albinos  in  my  col- 
lections which  were  killed  here.  On 
April  23,  1899,  a  friend  of  mine  was 
watching  near  a  pond  for  some  Ducks 
when  he  saw  a  white  bird  flying  alone, 
coming  toward  the  pond.  He  shot  at 
it  and  killed  it,  and  as  he  had  never 
seen  a  bird  like  it  he  brought  it  to  me. 
I  found  it  to  be  a  pure  white  "Yellow- 
legs ;"  this  is  the  only  pure  white  albino 
"Wader"  I  have  heard  of.  (if  there  are 
others  I  would  like  to  hear  of  them.) 


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The  same  person  on  March  16,  1899 
brought  me  a  male  Robin  which  has 
three  white  feathers  in  its  right  wing 
and  four  in  its  left  wing,  four  white 
feathers  in  its  tail,  breast  white,  its 
head,  neck  and  back  mottled  with 
white,  several  coverts  white. 

The  other  Albino  which  I  have  is  a 
female  Bob-white.  It  was  killed  on 
November  28,  1899.  This  bird  is  of  a 
very  light  color  all  over,  but  not  pure 
white,  its  bill  white,  feet  and  legs  a 
pale  flesh  color. 

If  these  notes  are  of  sufficient  interest 
you  may  publish  them. 

O.  S.  Biggs, 
San  Jose,  III. 


Review. 

CANADIA.::     BIRDS      BY      JOHN     MACOUN, 

M.  A.,  F.  R.  S.  C  ,  NATURALIST  TO 

THE  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY  OF 

CANADA. 

In  compiling  this  catalogue  of  the 
birds  of  Canada  the  author  has  endeav- 
ored to  bring  together  facts  on  the 
range  and  nesting  habits  of  all  birds 
known  to  reside  in,  migrate  to  or  visit 
the  northern  part  of  the  continent. 

In  addition  to  the  Dominion  of  Can- 
ada he  has  therefoie  included  New- 
foundland, Greenland  and  Alaska. 

Since  the  publication  of  Fauna  Bor- 
eali  Americana  by  Swainson  &  Rich- 
ardson in  1831  no  attempt  has  been 
made  to  produce  a  work  dealing  with 
the  ornithology  of  the  region  now  em- 
braced in  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

In  1857  Mr.  Montagu  Chamberlain 
published  a  catalogue  of  Canadan  birds 
and  previous  to  this  Mr.  T.  Mcllwraith 
published  his  Birds  of  Ontario,  which 
included  the  birds  known  to  occur  in 
that  province  only. 

The  Birds  of  Manitoba  by  Mr.  Ernest 
Seton  Thompson  was  published  in  1891, 
and,  as  the  name  implies  covered  little 
more  than  that  province. 

In   1891   Bird  Nesting  in  Northwest 


Canada  by  Walter  Raine  was  publish- 
ed, which  gave  an  account  of  the  birds 
found  nesting  in  Assiniboia,  a  vast  ter- 
ritory that  had  previously  been  over- 
looked by  ornithologists. 

Mr.  C.  E.  Dionne  of  Quebec  pub- 
lished a  catalogue  of  the  birds  of  that 
province  and  Mr.  Ernest  D.  Winkle  has 
published  a  valuable  little  work  en- 
titled The  Birds  of  Manitoba,  while  in 
1898  Mr.  John  Fannin's  Birds  of  British 
Columbia  appeared. 

While  the  above  ornithologists  were 
engaged  gathering  and  publishing  the 
valuable  information  contained  in  these 
works.  Professor  Macoun  had  constant- 
ly before  him  the  necessity  of  the  pres- 
ent work  and  has  been  collecting  notes 
and  observations  during  all  his  journeys 
since  1879.  Consequently  he  has  gath- 
ered together  a  mass  of  valuable  and 
interesting  matter  and  his  work  on 
Canadian  Birds  is  the  most  complete 
and  up-to-date  work  yet  published. 

Part  I  includes  Water  Birds,  Gallin- 
aceous Birds  and  Pigeons  and  Part  II 
will  be  printed  this  spring. 


Least    Bittern     Observed    in    Penn- 
sylvania. 

Having  noticed  in  the  April  (1900) 
Oologist  the  article  by  Mr  E.  R  For- 
rest, Washington,  Pa  ,  in  rfgard  to 
Least  Bittern  being  observed  in  Penn- 
sylvania, it  may  not  be  out  of  place  for 
me  to  state  that  I  have  observed  them 
here  in  the  mo'-ths  of  April.  June, 
July,  August  and  September.  It  ap- 
pears strange  that  I  never  observed  any 
in  Mav-  For  two  years  I  have  observ- 
a  pair  at  Holmesburg,  this  rounty  along 
the  Pennypaok  creek,  where  they  nest- 
ed, although  I  never  found  their  nest. 
In  August  1899  at  this  locality  I  flushed 
four  from  along  the  creek;  two  I  iden 
tified  as  young  Brids  from  their  weak, 
uneven  flight  In  September  several 
years  since,  a  boy  offered  me  one  for 
half  a  dollar,  which  he  shot  at  Bride- 
burg,  this  county.  It  was  a  young  one 
and  not  quite  full  fledgfd. 

Richard  F.  Miller. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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One-half  dozen  Alligator  Teeth,  Indian 

River.  Fla 25 

Four  Gem  Stones  (Red  Agate,  Black 
Onyx.  Crocidolite  and  Sardonyx  In- 
taglio) cut  and  polished 40 

Compass  or  Sunflower  Starfish,  Chili...  35 
Fossil     Scaphites  j  (Nautilus   Family) 

Montana 25 

Goldmouth  Shell,  Philippines 25 

Fossil  Shark  Tooth,  Virginia _  10 


15.  Two  Tarpon  Scales,  Florida 05 

16.  Fossil  Polyp  Coral  I  New  York 15 

17.  "Electric  Stone."  a  var  ofTremoUte 
emitting  flashes  of  light  when 
scratched  with  any  hard  substance, 
New  York...  10 

18.  Precious  Coral,  polished  twigs,  Med- 
iterranean Sea 15 

19.  Banded  Murex  Shell,  Med.  Sea _    15 

20.  Money  Cowry  Shell.  Hawaii Iq 

21.  Cone-in-Cone,  Chautauqua  Co. .  N.  Y....    1 

22.  An  Exchange  Notice  Coupon _    2 

23.  Lattin's"Catalogue  of  N.A.BirdsEggs"    IQ 

24.  Short's  "Birds  of  Western  New  York."    I5 

25.  Tassin's  "Directions  for  Collecting 
Minerals" 05 

26.  A  copy  of  "Penikese" 35 

27.  Five  assorted  Bird,  Animal  and  Flower 
Pictures,  my  selection,  size  6x8  in., 
beautifully  colored,  true  to  nature....    30 

$5  00 

No  changes  or  alterations  of  any  kind  can  be  made  in  this  ofler— you  either  accept  or  not  as 
you  may  elect.  The  offer  is  no  fake  nor  catch  penny  scheme  but  is  made  as  stated  and  in  good 
faith  in  order  that  inany  may  share  in  the  benefit  which  would  otherwise  fall  to  a  few,  and  inci- 
dentally to'increase  the  Oologist's  subscrition  list.  This  premium  offer  cannot  be  duplicated  for 
double  what  it  costs  the  1901  subscribers  to  the  Oologist  by  any  dealer  in  America— the  publish- 
er of  the  Oologist  included— after  present  supply  is  exhausted. 

R.£1IIE]^BE^R.  1st.  That  if  your  subscription  to  the  Oologist  is  already  paid  through 
1901  you  get  the  entire  lot  of  specimens,  etc  ,  offered  above  for  only  oOcts.  But  if  you  wish  them 
sent  prepaid  you  must  send  35cts  additional  or  7.5cts.  in  all. 

1;^  2d.  If  you  have  not  subscribed  for  the  Oologist  for  1901  and  wish  to  accept  this  ofler  you 
must  send  50cts.  for  Oologist  with  coupon  for  1901  and  SOcts.  for  this  ofler  or  $1.00  and  if  you  want 
the  lot  sent  prepaid  add  25cts.  more  or  $1.25  in  all. 

3d.  This  offer  is  made  in  connection  with  a  subscription  of  the  Oologist  only.  The  paper 
and  premium  can  be  sent  to  the  same  or  different  addresses  as  desired.  In  case  you  wish  the  pre- 
mium without  the  Oologist  or  wish  to  secure  a  second  premium  the  price  will  be  $1.00  or  $1.25  if 
sent  prepaid. 

Remit  in  most  convenient  manner.    Address  plainly  and  in  full. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  ALBION.  N.  Y. 


JAMES  P.  BABBITT, 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Dealer    in 

Taxidermists'      Supplies,      Bird 
Skins,  Eggs  &  Publications. 

Fine  Imported   Glass  Eyes  a  Specialty. 

Illustrated  Catalogue  and  large  monthly  bulle- 
tin of  bargains  in  Birds  Skins  and  Eggs  free  upon 
application. 

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COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENTFQRTREECOLLECTING 
SAVES  EGGS.DANGER.TIME. 

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dian Relics  and  all  Naturalist's 
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OOLOGIST, 

One  year,  One  Exchange  Notice  Coupon  and  $3.00 
worth  of  anything  you  may  select  from  the  colored 
insert  in  this  month's  Oologist.  All  prepaid  for  only 
$1.00. 

This  offer  will  hold  good  till  June  ist  only  and  will 
then  be  withdrawn,  never  to  be  repeated.  Remit  in 
most  convenient  manner  and  address  plainly, 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  M.  D., 

Albion.  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 
REMEMBER  that  I    am    closing    out    everything 
mentioned  on  this  colored    insert    at    one-third    rates 
prepaid  or  at  one-fourth  rates  if  sent    by    Freight    or 
Express  at  purchasers  expense. 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


47- 


KRANK  H   IaATTIN, 

ALBION,  N.  Y  , 

Who,  some  years  sinoe.  did  the  larg- 
est mail  order  business  in  the  specimen 
and  supply  line  in  ihe  Wurld,  is  now 
devoting  his  entire  time  Mud  enery  to 
his  Profwssiun— but  he  still  has  thous- 
ands of  dollars  locked  up  in  his  old 
business  and  is  closing  out  specimens, 
collectione,  etc  ,  at  'unheard  of 
prices  "  New  lists  have  been  issued  on 
"Books  for  the  Ornithologist,"  "Scien- 
tific Shells,"  "Selected  Corals,  Shells, 
Minerals,  Curios,  Relic,  etc."  "Bar- 
rel of  Shells,"  'Nature  Study  Collec- 
tion" also  a  selected  lii't  of  "specimens, 
curios  and  publications"  which  are  be- 
ing closed  out  at  one-fourth  rates.  Oth 
er  lists  are  to  follow  as  time  will  per- 
mit. All  arejree  tipon  request.  Write 
tod,^\'<^ 


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A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

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VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  4. 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  APRIL,  1901. 


Whole  No.  175 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,"  "Exctianges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  tills  department 
tor  25c  per  2,5  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


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Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  175  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
180     "  "  "  •'    Sept.,  '• 

184     •'  '■  "  "     Dec,  " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

TMDftRTSIifT  Tbii^  April  Oologist  was  Is- 
Ifflr Un  1  tt ni .  sued  April  15th.  The  May  is- 
sue will  be  printed  on  May  1st.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
nfail. 


WANTED.-CoUectors  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada  to  collect  for  me  scientifl- 
cally  birds'  eggs  in  sets,  with  full  data,  at  34 
Lattin's  catalogue  rates.  DR.  M.  T.  CLECK- 
LEY,  457  Greene  St.,  Augusta,  Ga.  175 

WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

"The  one  exchange  notice  I  had  in  The  Oolo- 
gist last  year  was  so  successful  that  it  kept 
me  busy  all  the  year  with  exchanges."  J. 
GORDON,  Wigtownshire,  Scotland. 

"I  take  numbers  of  ornithological  and  oolo- 
gical  journals,  but  whenever  I  wish  to  buy  or 
sell  anything  I  turn  to  the  want  columns  of 
the  OOLOOiST. ' '  HARRY  h .  DUNN,  Fullerton, 
Calif. 

PHEASANT  EGGS  FOR  HATCHING.— On 
and  after  May  first  I  will  be  ready  to  supply 
settings  of  Mongolian  Ring  Neck  Pheasants. 
Settings  of  15,  price  $4.  Orders  booked  now.  A. 
W.  PERRIOR,  1409  So.  Salina  St.,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  174 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 


TO  EXCHANGE.— For  sets,  almost  complete 
volumes  of  Osprey,  Nidologist,  Museum.  Also 
foreign  stamps.  Write  what  you  want  to  com- 
plete files.  HAROLD  M.  HOLLAND,  Gen.  De- 
livery, San  Diego,  Calif. 

AUKS  '94,  '95  and  '96  and  3  sets,  4  eggs  of 
Marsh  Hawk  to  exchange  for  cash  or  snap-shot 
camera  and  outfit.  No  cheap  trash  wanted.  S. 
J.  ADAMS,  Cornish,  Maine. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE.— Minerals  and 
curiosities,  old  books  and  newspapers,  coin 
sale  catalogues,  natural  science  papers  and 
magazines.  GEO.  WALTHER,  RushvlUe, 
Yates  Co  ,  N.  Y. 

WANTED.— A  few  fresh  skins  of  Prothono- 
tary  and  Cerulean  Warblers.  Will  take  some 
other  varieties  freshly  skinned.  I  offer  eggs  in 
sets  for  same.    J.  R.  MANN,  Arlington  Heights, 

Mass. 

A  FEW  first  class  Texas  birds'  eggs  to  ex- 
change for  birds'  eggs  or  curios  of  other  states. 
Address  ROY  WOODWARD  Pearsall,  Tex. 

EASTMAN  folding  pocket  kodak,  S'/s  x  3^, 
mandolin,  Elgin  gold  ladies'  watch  and  maga- 
zines to  exchange  for  fire  arms  of  any  sort,  In- 
dian relics,  curios,  bird,  mammal  or  snake 
skins,  or  anything  suitable  for  decorative  pur- 
poses. STEPHEN  VAN  RENSSELAER,  JR., 
West  Orange.  N.  J. 

MAGAZINES  for  exchange:  1  Vol.  Antiquar- 
ian, 1  Vol.  Archaeologist,  3  Vols.  Museum,  1 
Vol.  Oregon  Naturalist,  2  Vols.  Oologist,  l  Vol. 
N.  F.  &  F.  R.,  and  a  hundred  other  natural  his- 
tory papers  at  your  own  price  for  coins,  shells 
or  Indian  relics.  Write  at  once.  WM.  CUD- 
NEY,  Gait,  Ont ,  Canada. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— One  Bristol  steel  rod,  $3; 
eggs  in  sets;  one  Davie's  key.  .5th  edition,  new, 
12  25 ;  complete  file  Natural  Science  News,  82 ; 
twelve  back  Nos.  Osprey,  including  seven  Nos. 
of  Vol.  one,  $2;  Vol.  three  Museum,  $1;  twenty 
Nos.  of  Oologist,  back  of  1896,  $1;  B-flat  cornet. 
$8 ;  three-inch  T-perches  painted  white  or  nat- 
ural finish,  10c  each.  Will  give  50c  per  100  in 
exchange  for  any  of  the  following  tobacco  tags : 
Star,  Good  Luck,  Hor.-3e  Shoe,  Master  Work- 
man, Standard  Navy,  Old  Honesty, Drummond 
Natural  Leaf,  Sickle  Planet,Cross  Bow,Brandy 
Wine,  NoDby  Spun  Roll,  Spear  Head,  Neptune, 
J.  T.  Win  also  give  40c  per  100  in  cash.  E.  L. 
HALEY,  Rangeley,  Me.  176 


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WANTED:— Al  sets  Nos.  83,  172,  192,  193,  206, 
210,  228.  258a.  261,  S86,  301,302,310.478,486,618, 
701.  Can  Offer  good  sets,  Belgian  Hares,  Abys- 
sinian and  English  Cavies,  Fancy  Pigeons  and 
Pit  Games.  ALMON  E.  KIBBE,  Mayville, 
N.  Y.  175 

WANTED:— Sets  of  58,  64,  76,  137,  139,  261,  273, 
337,  339,  373,  387,  388,  390,  393,  394.  501  ■  611,  614  fand 
others,  especially  218,  230.  334,  364.  Exchange 
or  cash.  All  answered.  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ills.  177 

"I  think  the  Oologist  is  the  finest  advertis^ 
ing  medium  in  existence."  ROY  H.  BULiLIS, 
Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

"My  ads.  in  the  Oologist  always  pay  me  be- 
yond my  expectations."  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ills. 

"Since  my  ad.  appeared  in  February  number 
of  Oologist  I  have  received  letters  from  all 
over  the  country  and  I  could  sell  or  exchange 
100  ssts  if  I  had  them."  JOHN  D.  CURRIE, 
Minn. 

FOR  SALiE:— Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
ranging  in  price  from  25c.  to  $5.00;  halfs  from 
10c  to  50c.  Special  rates  to  colleges  aad  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLiAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co.,  Illinois.  179 

WANTED.— Indian  relics  and  Buffalo  robes. 
Will  pay  cash  or  make  good  exchange  Noth- 
ing but  genuine  goods  wanted.  CHARLES 
BARNUM,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Wanted.— Bird  and  mammal  skins,  eggs, 
Indian  relics,  minerals,  shells,  coins,  stamps, 
insects.  Correspondence  solicited.  EUGENE 
WOOD,  Fishkill,  N.  Y. 

SPECIAL.  NOTICE.— Will  collect  sets  or  ser- 
iesof6,77  219,221,261,337,  467, 497  and  614.  Look 
over  my  ads.  in  March  Oologist.  Write  me  at 
once.  ROY  H.  BULLIS,  Winnebago  City, 
Minn. 

FREE.— Wishing  to  get  statistics  regarding 
my  Collectors'  Tool  from  different  localities,  I 
make  the  following  offer :  1st  prize,  set  428  n-2, 
for  the  most  noteworthy  instance  of  collecting 
with  the  tool;  2d  prize,  set  729  1-3,  for  securing 
eggs  furthest  out  on  limb;  3d  prize,  a  year's 
subscription  to  Oologist,  for  securing  eggs 
highest  above  collector.  Other  special  instan- 
ces rewarded.  Artificially  placed  eggs  not  al- 
lowed. Prizes  awarded  and  result  announced 
in  August.    J.  R.  NO  WELL,  Anderson,  S.  C. 

SPRING  snaps:— One  fine  White  Pelican 
skin,  $4.00;  choice  fresh  Snowy  Owl  skins,  $3.60, 
83  fO;  fresh  Great  Horned  Owl  skins,  $1.75 each; 
fine  Wolf  skins  for  rugs,  with  heads,  skulls, 
legs  and  claws  complete.  $2.50  each.  Mounted 
birds:  Sharp-tailed  Grouse.  $2  50;  Ruffed 
Grouse.  $2.00:  Prairie  Hens.  $2.25:  Pine  Gros- 
beaks, 60c:  pair  N.  Hairy  Woodpeckers.  $1.50, 
on  stump;  Spruce  Grouse,  $2.25;  A.  Bittern, 
$1.50;  almost  white  Snowy  Owl,  $10  00;  a  quan- 
tity of  Elk  teeth,  $'5.00  per  dozen.  All  A-1  speci- 
mens, prepaid,  at  prices  quoted.  Scalps  and 
heads  of  Moose  and  Elk  for  sale.  Buffalo  horns 
polished  at  50c  to  $1.00  a  pair,  matched  pairs. 
Order  from  CHRIS.  P.  FORGE,  Taxidermist 
and  Collector,  Carman,  Manitoba. 


COLLECTION  of  eggs  for  sale  cheap;  Ist- 
class  eggs:  387  1-6,  511b  1  3,  506  1  2,498  1  3.593  1-4, 
477  1-4,  622  1-4.  736  1  4,  705  1-4;  singles:  80,71,65,30, 
128,223;  Redstart,end-blown  eggs :  121  1-3.211  1-4; 
singles:  488,  27,  416,  201,  B13,  703;  entire  lot  for 
$4.25,  post-paid.  WILL  D.  WEST,  Ocean 
Springs,  Miss. 


WANTED.— At  once  cash  or  exchange,  back 
numbers  of  any  the  following:  The  Oologist, 
published  by  S.  L.  Willard,  '75  to  '80.  Vols.  I  to 
V,  Ornithologist  and  Oologist  Vol.  VI, 
Canadian  Sportsman  and  Naturalist,  Vol.  I, 
No.  10;  Observer,  Vol.  I.  Nos.  2  and  5;  Wilson 
Bulletins,  Nos.  1  to  4;  The  Hummer,  Vol.  I, No. 
4;  Hoosier  Naturalist,  Vol.  Ill,  No.  1,  and  any 
No.  after  No.  6.  FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion, 
N.  Y. 

EG  as  TO  EXCHANGE.— For  others  not  in 
my  collection.  A  few  sets  each  of  following,  A. 
O.  U.  numbers :  201,388,390,412  438,414  456,461  467, 
488  494,495,498,501,507  511,529,540,563.563  581,587,595, 
598,608  613.619.924,629,652  659,674,681  685,687,704,705, 
721,  725,  755,  761.  Have  also  a  few  sets  of  better 
kinds,  which  might  possibly  exchange.  All 
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possible  condition.  Want  only  A-1,  absolutely 
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Who  Is  An  Oologist? 

That  is  a  question  often  asked  with- 
out being  properly  answered.  The  ue- 
ual  reply  is:  "He  is  an  egg  collector." 
In  part  such  an  answer  is  correct,  but 
only  in  part,  and  it  is  not  a  very  just 
description,  for  one  may  be  an  egg  col- 
lector without  being  an  oologist,  and 
one  may  even,  at  this  period  of  camera 
perfection  and  enlightened  methods  of 
bird  study,  be  an  oologist  without  being 
an  egg  collector. 

Hence,  it  is  evident  that  for  the  sake 
of  classification,  it  is  not  untimely  to  ask 
the  question:  Who  is  an  oologist?  And 
it  may  be  of  advantage  to  consider  the 
subject  carefully,  with  a  view  of  finding 
a  comprehensive  answer  to  the  ques- 
tion. 

Firstly,  then,  let  us  inquire  whether 
an  egg  collector  is  an  oologist  and  if 
there  is  not  some  further  requirement 
than  that  of  being  an  egg  collector  in 
order  that  he  may  correctly  be  called  an 
"oologist." 

Ornithology  is  a  science  and  oology  is 
a  branch  of  ornithology,  and  a  science. 
An  oologist  is  a  scientist,  for  his  object 
in  pursuing  the  investigation  of  oology 
is  to  increase  the  koowledge  of  the  sub- 
ject; to  add  to  science,  or  to  add  to  his 
own  knowledge.  In  ordei  to  do  this, 
that  he  may  have  specimens  for  use  in 
studying  the  various  types  and  varia- 
tions, colors  and  patterns,  he  collects 
birds'  eggs,  and  he  is,  perhaps,  justified 
in  collecting,  for  his  purpose  is  a  good 
one. 

But  there  are  persons  who  collect 
birds'  eggs  merely  for  the  whim  of  col- 
lecting, after  the  manner  of  the  small 
boy  who  collects  tobacco  tags,  without 
any  higher  aim  than  just  to  possess  a 
big  collection  or  as  a  paslime.  Are  such 


persons  "oologists?"  Assuredly  not, 
but  they  are  often  times  honored  with 
the  name.  They  really  belong  in  the 
same  category  with  the  small  boy.  Then, 
why  should  they  be  called  oologists? 
There  is  no  reason  why  they  should,  for 
they  have  no  claim  to  the  name. 

Further,  we  will  ask:  Is  an  oologist 
as3ienlisl?  Most  assuredly  so,  yet  he 
may  not  wish  to  add  to  science  any  fur- 
ther than  the  increasing  of  his  own  in- 
formation; but  that  does  not  wholly  bar 
him  from  being  a  scientist.  Of  course, 
he  would  have  a  clearer  title  if  he  were 
liberal  with  the  facts  he  gleans  in  his 
investigations  and  observations.  Yet  if 
he  is  the  right  kind  of  oologist,  the  kind 
that  collects  eggs  for  the  purpose  of 
study,  he  may  justly  be  called  a  scient- 
ist. And  if  he  is,  shall  he  not  have  an 
exclusive  name?    That  is  just  the  point. 

The  name  "oologist"  is  too  often  mis- 
applied. It  is  applied  to  shield  the  in- 
discriminate collecting  of  the  small  boy, 
the  wanton  collecting  of  the  mere  egg 
collector,  and  those  persons  whose  only 
object  is  to  own  a  collection. 

So  it  see^ns  well  to  separate  and  class- 
ify 6gg  collectors  into  three  classes  for 
the  convenience  of  reference: 

Oologists,  1st.  class.  Such  persons  as 
collect  eggs  for  the  purpose  of  study, 
for  the  increase  of  knowledge  as  to  the 
contour,  coloration,  measurement,  var- 
iation of  birds'  eggs;  the  advancement 
of  information  respecting  the  nesting 
habits  of  birds,  their  manner  of  nest 
building,  the  effect  of  food  and  special 
environment  upon  the  color  of  eggs;  the 
length  of  time  between  the  depositing 
of  each  egg  of  a  set;  the  resemblance  of 
sets  of  eggs  taken  from  same  pairs  of 
birds  in  consecutive  years;  length  of  in- 
cubation, and  any  other  facts  of  value. 

Oologists,  2d  class.    Such  persons  as 


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investigate  and  observe  along  the  lines 
mentioned,  but  vpho  do  not  believe  in 
flgg  collecting;  who,  with  aid  of  camera 
and  note  book,  observe  facts  and  study 
the  coloration  of  eggs,  manner  of  nest- 
ing, etc.,  without  disturbing  nests  or 
eggs- 

Egg  collectors,  3d  class.  (Not  oolo- 
gists  at  all,)  who  collect  eggs  merely  to 
be  collectmg;  amass  collections,  merely 
to  be  amassing;  whose  insatiate  yearn- 
ing is  to  add  and  add  without  any  just 
motive,  without  any  beneficial  end. 
This  class  includes  the  small  boy  who, 
ignorant  of  the  harm  he  does,  collects 
indiscriminately;  but  not  the  small  boy 
with  a  real  desire  to  study  and  who  col- 
lects sparingly  and  makes  good  use  of 
the  little  he  collects. 

With  the  present  wave  of  bird  protec- 
tion sweeping  the  country  and  the  war 
justly  waged  by  the  Audubon  society 
being  carried  forcibly  on,  there  is  no 
reason  why  this  3d  class  of  so  called 
oologists{but  who  are  really  not  oologists 
at  all,  but  simply  egg  collectors)  should 
not  be  harshly  dealt  with.  It  would 
simply  help  real  oology  and  tend  to 
draw  the  distinction  which  is  needed 
between  the  collecting  for  scientific  rea- 
sons by  oologists,  and  the  collecting  for 
the  sake  of  collecting  by  mere  egg  col- 
lectors. 

John  W.  Daniel,  Jr., 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Two  Odd  Sets. 

The  American  Crow  in  Knox  County, 
Illinois,  is  an  abundant  bird,  as  it  is 
throughout  the  Illinois  corn  belt.  Ev- 
ery available  timber  or  grove  has  its 
occupants  during  breeding  spason  in 
accordance  witb  the  favorable  growth 
of  the  trees  and  the  location.  I  do  not 
think  that  these  birds  return  to  the 
same  timber  or  grove  year  after  year, 
although  undoubtedly  may  be  found  in 


the  same  neighborhood  of  former  nest- 
ing sites.  From  my  observation,  how- 
ever, the  second  laying  has  invariably 
been  found  to  be  close  by  the  site  of  the 
first  nest,  unless  in  very  exceptional 
cases.  This  peculiarity  makes  it  possi- 
ble, although  not  probable,  that  two 
separate  pairs  of  birds  laid  very  excep- 
tionally colored  eggs  in  the  same  season 
and  only  a  few  miles  apart. 

There  were  collected  on  March  31, 
1894  a  set  of  five  eggs  of  the  American 
Crow  which  have  a  distinct  ground 
color  of  light  brown,  showing  not  a 
sign  of  bluish  greeo,  spotted  quite  gen- 
erally with  small  dots  of  black  more 
abundant  around  the  large  end,  and  an 
occasional  dot  which  might  tinge  on 
purple.  One  egg  is  marked  thickly 
with  around  the  small  end,  and  all  the 
eggs  are  uciform  and  of  the  average 
size.  The  bird  flew  off  its  nest  on  ap- 
proach but  remained  nearby.  The 
nest  was  typical  of  the  Crow  and  was 
placed  in  a  triple  crotch  of  an  oak  tree 
in  thick  timber  forty  feet  fiom  tie 
ground. 

Some  two  weeks  later  another  col- 
lector found  a  set  of  four  in  a  timber 
four  miles  to  the  south.  The  markings 
on  these  eggs  were  more  blotched  and 
decidedly  more  purple  in  color,  dis- 
tinctly brown  in  shade  but  lighter  than 
the  former  set  and  eggs  average,  a  trifle 
larger.  Nest  construction  was  almost 
the  same,  but  the  second  nest  was  situ- 
ated nearer  to  the  ground.  A  visit  to 
the  site  of  the  former  nest  indicated  no 
cause  for  a  change.  I  looked  thorough- 
ly for  a  second  nest  but  without  result, 
and  I  concluded  both  sets  were  from 
the  same  birds.  These  two  sets  are  the 
only  ones  with  the  peculiar  ground 
color  which  have  come  to  my  notice  in 
that  locality  or  elsewhere.  Unmarked 
eggs  and  eggs  widely  differing  in  size 
and  coloration  are,  however,  frequently 
found.  H.  M  Holland, 

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Gleanings  from  My  Note  Book. 

{Continued  from  last  issue.) 

April  18— Barn  Swallows  arrived 
here  today— 8  of  them.  Yesterday  I 
noted  Flickers  for  the  first  time.  About 
50  Gulls  arrived  this  morning. 

April  22. — It  rained  last  night  so  I 
left  my  ''bike"  at  home  and  went  over 
my  15  miles  of  Hawk  route  afoot.  An- 
other climb  to  the  Red-tail's  nest  re- 
vealed but  two  eggs  so  I  put  them  in 
my  pockets  and  came  down  jab  by  jab, 
to  the  tune'  of  a  pair  of  angry  Hawks' 
screams.  While  packing  the  eggs  I 
was  surrounded  by  a  band  of  Ruby- 
crowned  Kingkts,  who  were  being  en- 
tertained by  a  lot  of  Chickadees.  Just 
as  I  left  the  woods  I  heard  the  llute-like 
voice  of  the  Wilson's  Thrush.  The 
second  Red  tail  was  near  the  nest  but  it 
was  empty  and  in  fact  she  did  not  use 
it  nor  could  I  locate  her  nest  anywhere 
else.  From  here  I  crossed  over  the 
hills  to  the  valley  of  Potter  Swamp, 
where  bird  life  differs  from  any  other 
valley  because  of  so  many  Woodpeck- 
ers. Here  there  are  hundreds  of  old 
stubs  bordering  the  woods  so  that  no 
doubt  this  is  the  reason  of  their  abund- 
ance. Nine  miles  south  in  my  valley, 
or  rather,  the  first  one  east  of  Potter 
valley,  I  seldom  see  a  Red-headed 
Woodpecker,  but  in  Potter  valley  they 
are  very  common,  as  are  the  Red- 
bellied,  Yellow-bellied,  Hairy  and 
Downy  Woodpeckers.  From  here  I 
turn  homeward,  deciding  to  follow  the 
crest  of  the  hills,  but  it  was  a  long  nine 
mile  tramp  through  birdless  fields  and 
woods.  In  the  valleys  the  air  resounds 
with  noisy  Flickers,  sweet  carolings  of 
Vesper  Sparrows  and  other  common 
birds,  all  in  abundance  but  the  hills  are 
yet  dreary  and  barren  of  bird  life.  As 
I  neared  home  I  struck  for  the  valleys, 
crossing  several  ravines,  in  which  I 
heard  Louisiana  Water  Thrushes  in 
nearly  full  song. 

April  24. — After  a  short  supper  and  a 


still  shorter  cup  of  coffee,  I  pushed  my 
wheel  up  hill  for  2  miles  to  visit  a  nest 
of  Red-shouldered  Hawk.  I  found  her 
at  home  but  she  had  laid  but  two  eggs 
so  I  left  them.  This  is  a  late  date  for 
this  pair  to  be  nesting  as  I  have  always 
taken  her  full  sets  by  April  12.  Later 
comparison  with  5  sets  that  I  had  taken 
out  of  these  woods,  which  show  the 
same  type,  prove  that  this  is  a  new  fe- 
male, which  probably  accounts  for  the 
latef  nesting.  Spotted  Sandpipers  ar- 
rived last  night,  and  Towhees  yester- 
day. 

April  26.— At  6:30  p.  m.  I  rode  my 
wheel  2  miles  and  called  on  a  pair  of 
Red-tailed  Hawks  and  although  the  fe- 
male looked  strong  and  healthy,  and 
had  a  vociferous  voice,  yet  she  had 
only  exerted  herself  to  lay  one  egg — 
and  that's  all  she  did  lay — so  I  left  it, 
65  feet  up  in  a  big  onk,  to  tho  tender 
mercies  of  a  group  of  Crows  that  were 
amusing  themselves  with  these  Hawks. 
On  my  way  over  I  saw  a  Pied-billed 
Grebe  dabbling  in  the  creek,  while 
overhead  a  solitary  Duck  was  winging 
his  way  northward.  After  dark  I^heard 
a  Wilson's  Snipe's  "heavenly  music"  as 
he  zigzagged  about  over  the  swamp, 
which  was  rudely  interrupted  by  a 
startled  Green  Heron  who  emptied  the 
contents  of  his  voice  upon  the  air. 

April  28.— Four  "Bluebills"  (Lesser 
Scaup  Ducks)  were  shot  on  the  lake 
yesterday.  This  morning  at  5  a.  m.  I 
found  a  new  pair  of  Red-shouldered 
Hawks,  nesting  in  a  swampy  woods 
near  town.  The  female  left  the  nest  as 
I  was  passing  by,  and  put  up  a  "holler" 
fur  the  male  who  "cackled"  his  delight 
at  seeing  me  take  his  3  eggs,  which 
were  slightly  incubated.  The  nest  was 
an  old  one,  50  feet  up  in  a  big  beech 
tree,  and  was  lined  with  the  ever  pres- 
ent branches  of  evergreen,  dead  leaves, 
pieces  of  bark,  and  all  being  beautifully 
flecked  with  fluttering  downy  feathers 
from  breast  of  Hawk. 


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This  evening  I  visited  a  nest  of  Red- 
shouldered  Hawk  about  2  miles  away. 
I  had  lost  track  of  this  pair  for  3  or  4 
years,  but  at  last  they  had  come  back 
to  their  old  home,  50  feet  up  in  a  shag 
bark  hickory  tree.  She  left  the  nest 
slowly  and  without  any  fear,  while  I 
also  climbed  to  the  nest  slowly  without 
any  fear,  but  judging  by  the  amount  of 
bark  at  the  base  of  the  tree,  when  I  got 
down,  there  could  not  have  been  very 
much  left  on  it.  However  I  felt  repaid 
for  my  lacerated  trousers — and  feelings 
— for  I  brought  down  a  set  of  4  eggs. 
About  one  mile  away  I  called  on  an- 
other old  nest,  but  the  Hawks  were  not 
there  so  I  crossed  a  field  to  another 
swampy  woods,  where  I  found  her  sit- 
ting on  3  eggs  slightly  incubated.  The 
nest  was  just  40  feet,  5  inches  up  in  a 
nearly  dead  birch  tree,  and  was  an  old 
nest  relined  with  bark  strips,  pieces  of 
bark,  and  decorated  with  downy  feath- 
ers. As  I  coasted  homeward  I  heard 
many  Wilson's  Thrushes  and  I  remark- 
ed that  it  is  noticeable  how  they  seem 
to  be  common  on  the  hills  but  never 
heard  as  yet  in  the  valley  woods. 

April  29. — My  trip  today  was  over  my 
main  Red-shouldered  Hawk  route.  It 
was  a  beautiful  day— quite  hot  in  the 
sun,  but  rather  chilly  in  the  shade. 
Leaving  home  at  6  a.  m.  I  tramped 
nearly  6  miles,  visiting  two  orchards 
before  I  found  B.  lineatus  at  home. 
This  nest  was  just  27  feet  up  in  birch 
tree,  in  woods  on  hillside.  When  the 
sitting  female  saw  me  approaching  she 
put  up  a  "boiler"  and  half  standing 
over  the  eggs  she  kept  uttering  cry 
after  cry,  and  I  soon  found  the  reason 
for  her  fear  for  nestled  in  the  lin- 
ing of  pine  sprigs,  bark  strips,  grass 
and  moss  were  4  large  beautiful  eggs. 
She  only  flew  into  near  by  trees— her 
"cries"  soon  calling  the  male,  but  he 
was  very  moderate.  It  is  noticeable 
that  the  males'  cries  are  more  of  a.cackle 
than  the  females'.  He  must  have  been 
far  away  for  it  took  him  about  three 


minutes  to  respond  to  the  female's  cry 
for  assistance. 

I  next  visited  a  small  woods  down  in 
the  valley  where  1  collected  a  set  of  4 
last  year,  but  this  time  I  did  not  get  a 
smell  although  a  male's  actions  led  me 
to  believe  that  he  had  a  nest  near  by, 
but  I  found  a  pair  of  Crows  nesticg  in 
same  tree — their  nest  being  placed 
about  10  feet  under  the  Hawk's  old 
nest. 

Continuing  on  up  the  west  slope  I 
visited  three  old  nests  but  found  the 
woods  Hawkless.  Returning  to  the 
east  slope  I  found  that  a  pair  of  Red- 
shouldered  Hawks  had  fitted  up  an  old 
Crow's  nest  in  a  dry  thin  strip  of 
woods.  The  nest  was  about  50  feet  up 
in  a  big  maple  tree  and  was  lined  with 
chunks  of  bark,  pine  sprigs,  moss,  and 
stuccoed  with  white  downy  feathers 
that  fluttered  like  so  many  tiny  flags. 
The  distribution  of  these  Hawks  in  my 
section  varies  every  year.  Some  years 
they  are  abundant,  then  other  years 
are  not  near  so  common.  I  visited  in 
all  10  nests  in  as  many  woods  and  only 
found  two  sets  of  four  eggs.  Several 
years  I  have  taken  as  many  as  seven 
sets  over  this  route. 

April  30. — This  evening  I  took  a  walk 
in  near  by  woods  jutt  for  pleasure,  lit- 
tle expecting  to  take  anything.  1  was 
therefore  somewhat  surprised  to  flush 
a  Red-tailed  Hawk  out  of  a  piae  tree 
and  a  nest  where  I  took  a  set  of  Crow's 
eggs  last  year.  She  had  fixed  the  nest 
over  with  pine  branches,  bag  strings, 
bark  strips,  grass  and  hen  feathers. 
On  the  rim  lay  an  old  nest  of  Red-eyed 
Vireo.  I  have  been  acquainted  with 
this  pair  of  Red-tails  for  five  years  and 
have  found  them  very  changeable  in 
regard  to  nesting.  Some  years  they 
take  up  their  abode  in  woods  border- 
ing a  big  ravine  across  the  valley  where 
they  have  two  nests  about  one-half 
mile  apart.  Again  they  come  oyer  to 
the  west  slope  where   they  also  have 


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61 


two  nesis  that  they  jijenerally  fix  up  be- 
fore deciding  which  one  to  use. 

Red-shouldered  Hawks  frequently 
adorn  two  nests  before  using  either, 
and  one  pair  that  I  know  of  fixed  up 
three  nests  and  then  left  me  to  guess 
where  they  finally  nested. 

C.  F.  Stone, 
Branchport.  N.  Y, 
( To  he  continued. \ 


The    Red-tailed    Hawk    in 
Illinois. 


Central 


By  far  the  most  common  all-the-year- 
round  Hawk  in  this  section  of  the  coun- 
try. Iq  the  early  Spring  and  in  the 
Autumn  this  species  may  be  seen  by 
anyone  that  is  in  the  least  observant  of 
nature  and  her  doings,  hovering  in 
varying  numbers  over  stubble-fields 
and  meadows,  and  in  the  Winter  sea- 
son sailing  across  cornfields  in  search 
of  its  "daily  bread,"  which  consists 
principally  of  mice  and  rabbits  with  an 
occasional  small  bird  by  way  of  a  desert 
and  on  comparatively  rare  occasions 
the  barnyard  will  be  invaded  and  an 
unlucky  chicken  or  duck  carried  away 
for  a  "Sunday  dinner." 

Or  during  these  same  seasons  if  he  is 
not  out  looking  for  a  dinner  he  will  be 
seen  sitting  quietly  in  a  cottonwood 
tree  by  the  roadside,  where  he  is  ever 
on  the  alert  and  "scents  danger  afar" 
as  anyone  carrying  a  gun  who  has  tried 
to  get  in  shooting  range  of  him  can 
testify. 

Sometimes,  however,  if  you  are  in  a 
buggy  you  can  approach  very  near  the 
tree  before  he  takes  flight,  and  occas- 
ionally he  will  even  be  so  trustful  (when 
you  do  not  happen  to  have  a  "conceal- 
ed weapon")  as  to  allow  you  to  drive 
by,  within  maybe  30  feet  of  the  tree, 
without  appearing  to  notice  vou. 
^During  the  nesting  season  and  the 
time  of  rearing  the  young  they  con- 
fine themselves  more  exclusively  to  the 
timber. 


More  of  this  species  are  killed  by  the 
farmers  and  hunters  in  this  locality 
than  of  all  other  species  of  Hawks  com- 
bined: because  in  the  first  place  they 
are  probably  as  numerous  as  all  other 
resident  species  combined,  and  second- 
ly and  more  important  they  are  more 
inclined  to  get  away  from  the  woods  in 
search  of  food,  and  this  "coming  out  of 
the  woods"  as  it  were  makes  them  more 
conspicuous  and  thus  a  target  for  the 
shotgun. 

Their  nesting  begins  early  in  the 
springtime,  their  first  sets  usually  be- 
ing completed  between  the  15th  and 
35th  of  March.  Only  one  set  is  laid  in 
a  season  unless  the  first  is  destroyed, 
when  a  second  set  will  be  laid  and  if 
that  too  be  destroyed  a  third  and  even 
possibly  a  fourth  may  sometimes  be 
laid  under  similar  circumstances. 
However  I  have  never  taken  more  than 
three  sets  from  the  same  pair  in  one 
season.  When  more  than  one  set  is 
laid  I  have  found  the  interval  between 
sets  to  average  about  23  days.  My  ex- 
perience has  been  that  sets  of  two  and 
three  are  about  equally  numerous. 

For  their  nesting  site  they  almost  in- 
variably  choose  one  of  the  tallest  trees 
if  not  the  tallest  tree  in  any  particular 
piece  of  timber,  and  usually  the  most 
inaccessible  possible  position  on  the 
upper  and  outer  branches  of  the  tree  is 
where  the  nest  will  be  found,  although 
the  position  in  the  tree  or  rather  the 
distance  from  the  trunk  of  the  tree  will, 
vary  more  than  the  height  of  the  nest  in 
the  tree  or  the  height  of  the  tree.  The 
general  height  of  the  nests  in  this  coun- 
ty (Champaign)  is  from  69  to  110  feet, 
with  perhaps  an  average  of  80  to  85 
feet.  Of  course  an  occasional  nest  will 
be  found  on  either  side  of  the  above 
limi  s. 

There  sesms  to  to  no  preference 
shown  for  at)y  particular  species  or 
variety  of  tree.  The  only  question  on 
this  subject  that  seems  to  interest  them 
is,    "Is  it  aiaZZtree'?"    And  if  this  can 


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be  answered  in  the  affirmative  that  tree 
is  as  likely  to  be  chosen  for  a  nesting 
site  as  any  other  tree  of  the  same  height 
whatever  the  species. 

Contrary  to  what  seems  to  be  the  rule 
in  some  sections  of  the  country,  they, 
in  this  locality,  rarely  occupy  the  same 
nest  more  than  one  season,  an  entirely 
new  one  (usually  not  far  from  the  old 
one)  being  constructed  each  year,  or 
two,  three  or  four  in  a  year  if  that  num- 
ber of  sets  are  laid. 

After  incubation  has  begun  they  are,, 
as  a  rule,  very  close  sitters,  refusing  to 
leave  the  nest  till  you  are  under  the  tree 
and  sometimes  not  until  you  have  rap- 
ped repeatedly  on  the  trunk  of  the  tree 
or  thrown  several  clubs  among  the 
limbs.  I  recall  one  instance  in  which 
I  failed  to  dislodge  the  female  from  her 
nest  by  even  these  proceedings,  al- 
though I  rapped  heavily  and  repeated- 
ly on  the  tree  trunk  and  threw  clubs 
until  my  arms  were  tired,  several  of 
the  clubs  going  very  close  to  her.  She 
stuck  to  her  nest  till  my  climber  was 
within  20  feet  of  her  before  she  took 
flight. 

Almost  without  exception  the  sets 
from  a  pair  of  birds  show  a  marked  in- 
dividuality as  to  the  number  of  eges  in 
a  set,  siz9,  shape  and  ground  color  of 
the  individual  eggs,  and  color  or  colors 
and  degree  and  intensity  of  the  mark- 
ings. My  experience  has  suggested  to 
me  that  the  plain  or  very  slightly 
marked  sets  are  laid  by  young  females, 
^d  that  as  the  age  of  the  female  in- 
creases the  degree  and  intensity  of  the 
shell  markings  increase  till  the  limit 
for  that  particular  female  is  reached. 

Have  any  of  my  readers  made  obser 
vations  upon  this  point?  If  so,  did  the 
degree  and  intensity  of  the  markings 
increase  with  the  age  of  the  bird  up  to 
a  certain  limit,  or  did  it  nof} 

What  is  more  exhilerating  and  enj  3y- 
able  than  a  drive  to  the  country  and  a 
tramp  through  the  woods  in  the  middle 
of  the  Red-tailed  Hawk  season  (April 


1st  to  15th)  a  time  when  all  nature  is 
just  beginning  to  put  forth  the  buds  of 
a  new  life?  What  more  interesting 
than  to  watch  a  Red-tailed  Hawk  sail- 
ing, floating  back  and  forth  across  a 
field,  now  moving  swiftly  for  a  few 
paces  as  though  borne  by  a  brisk  breeze 
and  again  hovering  for  moments  above 
a  spot  as  though  caught  in  a  dead  calm 
and  all  the  while  with  scarcely  a  visible 
movement  of  those  majastic  sails? 
What  will  more  tend  to  draw  one's 
thoughts  from  the  things  of  earth  and 
to  direct  his  mihd  to  that  great  home 
above  to  which  all  mankind  should  as- 
pire, to  impress  upon  him  the  great 
wisdom  and  goodness  of  his  Creator, 
than  to  watch  a  Red-tailed  Hawk  when 
he  takes  upon  himself  the  role  of  a  Sky- 
lark and  soars,  at  first  in  broad  and 
sweeping  circles,  each  one  a  little  high- 
er than  the  preceding,  and  then  in 
gradually  narrowing  zones,  but  ever 
"onward  and  ujnvard"  till  he  is  a  mere 
speck  outlined  against  the  blue  sky  and 
then  at  last  the  eye  can  follow  him  no 
more  and  he  disappears  from  view  as 
though  the  very  gates  of  Heaven  had 
opened  and  allowed  him  to  enter  in? 
R.  L.  Jessee,  M.  D., 
Philo,  111. 


dueer  Nesting-. 

In  the  December  Oologist  I  notice 
that  A.  G.  Prill  of  Scio,  Oregon,  men- 
tions finding  "a  nest  of  the  Mountain 
Partridge  containing  11  eggs  of  this  bird 
and  9  eggs  of  the  Riag  Pheasant." 

He  says  that  this  is  the  first  time  that 
such  an  occurrence  has  come  under  his 
observation,  and  that  the  Partridge  was 
sitting  on  the  eggs  and  the  Ring  Pheas- 
ant was  not  about. 

I  do  not  wish  to  make  any  corrections 
to  Ur.  Prill's  notes,  but  simply  wish  to 
add  a  few  words,  as  I  have  had  some 
experience  aloag  the  same  line. 

I  have  found  the  eggs  of  the  Ring 
Pheasant  in  other  bird's  nests  at  least  a 


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6S 


score  of  times  and  ii  every  case  the 
Pheasant  left  and  the  other  bird  did 
the  incubating. 

Have  often  found  from  one  to  eight 
(usually  three  or  four)  of  their  eggs  in 
the  nests  of  the  Mountain  Partridge, 
Oregon  Ruffed  Grouse  and  the  Sooty 
Grouse  and  even  ia  the  nests  of  domes- 
tic hens.  Have  found  nests  which  con- 
tained eggs  of  the  Ring  Pheasant, 
Sooty  Grouse  and  Mountain  Partridge. 
Each  time  the  Sooty  Grouse  was  incu- 
bating all  the  eggs.  I  have  also  found 
nests  containing  eggs  of  the  Ring  Pheas- 
ant, Mountain  Partridge  and  Oregon 
Ruffed  Grouse,  the  latter  doing  the  in- 
cubating. 

A  friend  of  mine  informs  me  that  he 
found  a  nest  which  contained  6  eggs  of 
the  Ring  Pheasant,  6  Sooty  Grouse,  4 
Oregon  Ruffad  Grouse  and  3  Mountain 
Partridge  eggs  and  t  ie  Sooty  Grouse 
was  sitting  on  the  eggs. 

As  to  what  would  become  of  the 
young  hatched  from  such  a  "mix  up" 
as  this  I  can't  say;  but  I  know  of  one 
case,  two  or  three  years  since,  o'  a 
Sooty  Grouse  hatchirg  five  young 
Grouse  and  three  youag  Ring  Pheas- 
ants. She  soon  took  them  all  to  a 
wheat-field  where  I  oltea  saw  tham. 
As  soon  as  they  were  o'd  enough  to  fly 
the  Grouse  mother  would,  when  dis- 
turbed, fly  up  into  an  old  dead  fir  tree 
and  call  and  the  young  would  all  fol- 
low her,  Grouse  and  Pheasants  alike. 
Two  of  tho  Pheasants  were  male^  and 
it  was  a  rare  sight  to  see  them,  with 
their  long  tails,  sitting  up  on  the  iimbs 
of  an  old  dead  fir  tree,  with  the  Grouse. 
Ellis  P.  Hadley, 
Dayton,  Oregon. 


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"Having  been  a  close  ohsprver  of  birds  all  my  life,  and  being  perfectly  familiar 
wi'^h  most  of  the  bird*  of  Michijjan,  I  will  say  without  hesitation  that  the  books 
entitled  "  Bird^  and  Nature"  are  wiihout  exception  the  tioest  works  kuown  to  me 
on  that  feubj'ict.  The  plates  are  excellent  and  the  descriptions  accurate,  and  I 
would  hereby  recommend  the  work  t '  any  and  all  persons  desiring  to  gain  a 
knowledge  of  one  of  th'*  most  interesting  of  all  studies,  viz  ,  ornithology.  The 
price  of  the  work  places  it  within  the  reach  of  all  who  may  be  interested  in  that  line." 
Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  March  Sd,  1901.  Dr.  John  VanFossen. 

A.  W.  MUMFORD,  PUBLISHER, 
203    MICHIGAN    AVENUE,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


The  Oologist 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY,  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  5. 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  MAY,  190L 


Whole  No.  176 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  this  department 
for  25c  per  25  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  tn  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


What's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
■win  expire. 

No.  176  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
180      "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

184      •'  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

190     "  "  "  "    June,  1902 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 


IMPART SIIT  This  May  Oologist  was  is- 
IJUruniAni.  sued  May  Sd.  The  June  is- 
sue will  be  printed  on  May  25th.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
mail. 

COLUMBIAN  CHAINLESS.  1901  model.  If 
you  waat  a  bargain,  part  cash  Tand  part  eggs, 
write  me  at  once.  Cheaper  wheels  too.  BEN- 
JAMIN HOAG,  Stephentown,  New  York. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Birds  Eggs,  Minerals, 
Books,  Magazines  and  Autographs  for  Thor- 
oughbred Poultry  or  Eggs,  Pet  Birds,  Auto- 
graphs and  Sea  Curios.  F.  O.  NELSON,  Me- 
ridian, Ada  Co. ,  Idado. 

FOR  SALE  CHEAP.— A  850.00  No  15  32  35 
Maynard  target  rifle  with  case  and  reloading 
tools,  or  exchange  for  desirable  eggs  in  sets. 
E.  J.  DARLINGTON,  Wilmington,  Del. 

YOU  WILL  WISH  for  Nowell's  Col- 
lectors' Tool  while  In  the  woods  this  spring. 
Don't  reproach  yourself  after  it  Is  too  late- 
order  one  now.  J.  R.  NOWELL,  Anderson, S.C. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Al  Skins  of  New  York 
birds  for  those  of  other  localities.  Any  person 
sending  $1.00  for  subscription  to  Recreation 
will  receive  four  prize  bird  photos  (from  life). 
GEO.  C.  EMBODY,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

DON'T  FAIL  to  try  my  new  Egg  Drills.  You 
want  them  now.  Your  money  back  if  not  O. 
K.  4  selected  sizes  $1.00.  Sample  small  size 
25c.  They  cut  the  lining.  Every  mail  brings 
me  letters  speaking  in  highest  praise  of  their 
work.  BENJAMIN  HOAG,  Stephentown,  New 
York. 


FOR  SALE.— Homing  Pigeons,  one  dollar 
per  pair.  The  birds  are  all  from  .=500  mile  a  day 
bird  imported  from  New  York.  Parties  should 
address  LENS  FARM,  Pioneer,  Iowa. 

WANTED.— Sets  of  Hummers  with  nests. 
Loon,  Osprey,  Broad-wing,  Sharp-shinned 
Hawk,  Great-crested  Flycatcher  and  many  oth- 
ers. Lots  of  exchange  in  Books,  Periodicals, 
Tools.  Supplies,  anything  I  sell  or  cash.  BEN- 
JAMIN  HOAG,  Stephentown.  New  York. 

WANTED  to  buy  for  cash.— Rare  singles  of 
all  birds  eggs  from  No.  1  to  380  and  fine, 
perfect  sets  of  eggs  from  380  to  768,  also  rare 
small  skins.  Must  be  cheap  for  spot  cash.  De- 
sired only  for  private  collection.  K.  B. 
MATHES.  154  Ellicott  St..  Buffalo.  N.  Y. 

EXCHANGE.— Stevens  44  cal.  "Premier" 
Rifle.  50  everlasting  shells,  tools  for  smaller 
cal.  25  or  32.  Colt  41  cal.  Pocket  Revolver.  Ban- 
jo, tags  for  Colt  or  S.  &  W.  Revolver  32  cal. 
F.  H.  RICKER.  Box  38.  Lisbon.  Me. 

BOTANICAL  SPECIMENS  for  sale;  or  ex- 
change for  southern,  western  or  Canadian  spe- 
cies. Also  a  Yellow  Rail  skin  to  exchange  for 
best  offer  In  birds  eggs.  THOS.  A.  BONSER, 
Carey.  Ohio. 

COLLECTORS  ATTENTION !— Have  you 
seen  my  water  blower  for  1901?  The  finest 
thing  for  eggs  to  date.  For  sale  or  exchange 
for  sets  at  H  list  price.  M.  J.  CONWAY,  584 
6th  Ave.,  Lanslngburg.  N.  Y. 

TO  EXCHANGE  with  western  collectors,  one 
pair  heavy  climbers,  to  be  shipped  from  near 
Kansas  City,  with  or  without  straps  Can  use 
sets  or  singles  of  29,  53.  74.  77.  125,  140.  212,  214, 
819.  221.  ;61.  278.  293a.  S92.  294.  S97a,  305,  325,  331, 
339b,  342.  362,  .S73c  397.  399.  408,  429,  430,  431,  452, 
546,  552.  554b,  561,  601,  611.  612.  616.  any  Shrike, 
VIreo,  Warbler  oj  Chickadee.  758.  746.  742,  743a. 
Address  ERNEST  H.  SHORT,  Box  173,  Roch- 
ester.  N.  Y. 

FREE.— Wishing  to  get  statistics  regarding 
my  Collectors'  Tool  from  different  localities,  I 
make  the  following  offer :  1st  prize,  set  428  n-2, 
for  the  most  noteworthy  instance  of  collecting 
with  the  tool;  2d  prize,  set  729  1-3,  for  securing 
eggs  furthest  out  on  limb;  3d  prize,  a  year's 
subscription  to  Oologist,  for  securing  eggs 
highest  above  collector.  Other  special  Instan- 
ces rewarded.  Artificially  placed  eggs  not  al- 
lowed. Prizes  awarded  and  result  announced 
in  August.    J.  R.  NOWELL,  Anderson,  S.  C. 


66 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocitles,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

WANTED:— Sets  of  58,  64,  76,  137,  139,  261,  273, 
337,  339,  373,  387,  388,  390,  393,  394,  501-  611.  614  [and 
others,  especially  218,  230.  334,  364.  Exchange 
or  cash.  All  answered.  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ills.  177 

FOR  SALE:— Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
ranging  in  price  from  25c.  to  $5.00;  halfs  from 
10c  to  50c.  Special  rates  to  colleges  and  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co. ,  Illinois.  179 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N,  Y. 

WILL,  COLLECT  unusually  fine  sets  this 
spring  at  ^  cat.  rates  for  cash.  Datas  will  be 
models.  Get  list  of  possible  takes.  "First 
come,  first  serve."  J.  R.  NOWELL,  Anderson, 
S.  C. 

FOR  SALE.— 1  Timber  Wolf  skin  for  mount- 
ing with  skull  and  leg  bones,  $10.00;  1  pure 
white  Snowy  Owl  mounted,  $10.00;  1  Almost 
White,  $7.00;  1  Great  Horned  Owl  (subarticus) 
$3.00;  Saw-whet  Owl,  $1.00;  Sharp-tailed 
Grouse,  $2.00;  Canada  Ruffed  Grouse,  $2.00; 
Prairie  Hen,  $2  00;  Spruce  Grouse,  $2.00;  Amer- 
ican Bittern,  $1.50;  3  Cow  Moose  heads  un- 
mounted, skull  and  scalp,  $6  00 each;  Doe  Elk, 
13.50.  All  goods  prepaid  by  mail  or  express. 
Will  send  C.  O.  D.  if  desired.  CHRIS  P. 
FORGE,  Taxidermist,  Carman,  Manitoba. 

WANTED.— Any  complete  volume  of  O.  &  O., 
Oologist  previous  to  '95,  Auk,  and  Recreation 
previous  to  '97,  also  Recreation  Jan.  and  Feb. 
1900;  Osprey  Vol.  I,  Nos.  2,  4,  6  and  11-18;  Nid- 
ologist  Vol.  I,  Nos.  2,  4  and  6;  Feather,  Vol.  I, 
Nos.  1  and  2;  Iowa  Ornithologist  Vol,  I,  No,  1 ; 
Vol.  IV,  No.  4;  Oregon  Naturalist,  Vol  I,  Nos. 
2,  3  and  4;  Ornithologist  (England)  Vol.  I,  No. 
6;  Popular  Science  News,  Vol.  XXXII,  No.  12; 
American  Osprey,  Vol.  I,  Nos.  1  to  7  inclusive; 
Bittern  (1900)  Vol.  I,  No.  3;  Midland  Monthly 
June  and  August,  '97;  Western  Ornithologist, 
Vol.  I,  No.  3;  Oologist,  July,  '88;  and  many 
others.    Send  full  list. 

Will  give  in  exchange  for  same  hundreds  of 
duplicate  natural  history  magazines  (many 
complete  volumes),  about  60  first  class  sets 
with  datas,  150  singles,  stamps,  ancient  Indian 
relics,  Western  bird  skins,  a  few  curios  and  a 
number  of  old  medical  books.  Write  at  once. 
All  answered.  ALBERT  F.  GANIER,  Bow- 
mar  Aye.,  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— 1  2  5.  3  2-6.  4  3-7,  6  1-7, 
16  2-1,  63  1-3,  70  13-3,  77  1-3,  80  3-4,  106  5-1,  12a  1-4, 
130  1-9,  141  2-9,  142  1-10,  143  1-6.184  2-3,1912  4, 
194  1-4,  199  1-3.  202  2-4.211  1-8,  313  1-10,  239b  1-15, 
390  1  7.  477  1-5,  488  1-5,  2  4,  488a  1-4,  497  1-4,  511b  1-5, 
540  1-3,  560  2-4,  EneliSh  Sparrow  2-5,  f61  3-4 
563  1-4,  1-6.  581  4-5,  593c  1-4,  595  1-4,  613  1-4,  622  1-7, 
628a  1-5,  683  1-4,  704  1-4.  705  4-5,  719b  1-6.  721b  1-6, 
725  1-4,  2-6,  735  1-7,  761  1-4,  375d  4  2,  481b  2-3.  448 
6-5,  1-4,  519  20-5,  7132-4,  3-5,  710a  4  3,  and  many 
others.  I  want  to  trade  these  sets  for  full  sets 
of  Limicolae  or  Raptores  or  for  ornithologlcai 
publications.  For  good  full  sets  of  Raptoi-es— 
any  species— I  will  allow  25  per  cent,  over  cata- 
logne  rates.  Taylor's  list  must  be  basis  of  ex- 
change.   H.  H.  DUNN,  Fullerton,  Calif. 


WANTED.— May  number,  1888,  Vol.  XXII, 
American  Naturalist.  WILLIAM  BREW- 
STER, Cambridge,  Mass. 

WANTED  for  cash  or  exchange.— Eggs  of 
Golden  Eagle,  American  Flamingo,  Limpkin, 
Wilson's  Snipe  and  many  others.  I  have  on 
hand  these,  59,  202.  221,  226  fine  series.  258a  5-4 
very  fine,  289  1-11,301,331,333,  335.  337,  337a,  366, 
487  beautiful  series,  51  lb  beautiful  series.  All 
first  class  and  choice.  J.  W.  PRESTON,  Bax- 
ter, la. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE:— Marlin  re- 
peating rifle  22  cal.,  nearly  new,  for  pair  good 
Field  Glasses;  Mandolin  for  Coues'  Key  or 
Ridgway's  Manual;  mounted  birds,  Red  winged 
Blackbird  75c,  Red-bellied  Woodpecker  7,5c, 
Sparrow  Hawk  75c,  Quail  $1.00,  Coot  $1.00, 
Bufflehead  $1.50,  Squirrel  $1.00,,  Fox  for  best 
offer.  Send  for  photos,  3  years'  Anthony's 
Photographic  Bulletins.  If  interested,  write, 
J.  D.  ANTHONY,  Wauboek,  la. 

WANTED:- Al  sets  Nos.  83,  172,  192,  193,  206, 
210,  228,  258a,  261,  286,  301,  302,  310  478,  486,  618, 
701.  Can  Offer  good  sets,  Belgian  Hares,  Abys- 
sinian and  English  Cavies,  Fancy  Pigeons  and 
Pit  Games.  ALMON  E.  KIBBE,  Mayville, 
N.  Y.  177 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— One  Bristol  steel  rod,  $5; 
eggs  in  sets;  one  Davie's  key.  5th  edition,  new, 
$2  35;  complete  file  Natural  Science  News,  $2; 
twelve  back  Nos.  Osprey,  including  seven  Nos. 
of  Vol.  one,  $3;  Vol.  three  Museum,  $1;  twenty 
Nos.  of  Oologist,  back  of  1896,  $1;  B-fiat  cornet, 
$8 ;  three-inch  T-perches  painted  white  or  nat- 
ural finish,  10c  each.  Will  give  50c  per  100  in 
exchange  for  any  of  the  following  tobacco  tags : 
Star,  Good  Luck,  Horse  Shoe,  Master  Work- 
man, Standard  Navy.  Old  Honesty, Drummond 
Natural  Leaf,  Sickle  Flanet,Cross  Bow,  Brandy 
Wine,  Nobby  Spun  Roll.  Spear  Head.  Neptune, 
J.  T.  Will  also  give  40c  per  100  in  cash.  E.  L. 
HALEY,  Rangeley,  Me.  176 

PEA  FOWS.— I  have  two  pair  of  young  Pea 
Fowls  for  sale  at  $5.00  per  pair.  MATT  F.  Mc- 
GLEN,  Gaines,  Orleans  Co  ,  N.  Y. 

PRINTING.— All  kinds  of  printing  for  col- 
lectors. 100  envelopes,  100  note  heads  print- 
ed by  mail  80  cents.  Satisfaction  guaranteed . 
Samples,  two  red  stamps.  PEARL  PRINT - 
ERY,  Cleveland,  O. 


BOYS! 


If  you  collect 

note  my 

SPECIAL  OFFER. 


I  will  send  you  by  mail  postpaid  one 
each  of  the  following  eg<'a;  American 
Herring  Gull,  Gt.  Blue  Heron.  White- 
faced  Glossy  Ibis,  Ring-necked  Pheas- 
ant, KiUdeer  Plover,  Burrowing  Owl, 
Road-runner,  Red-wing,  Dwarf  Cow- 
bird,  Mofkingbird,  Flicker,  Wood 
Thrush,  Indigo  Bunting,  American 
Robin  and  Mourning  Dove,  all  listing 
at  $3.00,  for  only  72c.  New  list  of  sets 
just  issued  ERNEST  H.  SHORT, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


67 


Bro.  Lattin  says, 

"Send  Copy  by  Return  Mail." 

I  haven't  time  to  write  "copy" 
for  a  large  ad.  so  this  will  have 
to  do  for  the  time  being.  .  . 

Watch  for  my  ad. 
In  the  next  issue. 

But  if  you  want  to  be  in  the 
"swim"  send  25c  immed- 
iately and  you  will  get 

The  Curio  Monthly 

for  a  whole  year. 
WRITE  QUICK!       YOURS  IN  HASTE. 

ALLEN  JESSE  REYNOLDS,  Pub., 
Connersville,  Ind. 

p.  S.— The  Curio  Monthly  is  food  for  the 
bansrO''  Collectors.  Have  you  seen  it? 
20  pagres,  7x10. 

COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENTFORTREECOLLECTING- 
SAVES  EGGS,DANGER,TIME. 

Send  Stamp  for  Circular.  (179) 

J.  Row^land  Now^ell,  Portman,  S.  C. 

Mounted  Birds  and  Mammals. 

The  following  specimens  are  all  strictly  first 
class,  freshly  mounted  specimens-regular  price 
in  (       )     My  closing  price  is  by  mail,  express 

or  freight  at  purchaser's  expense— will  ship 
cheapest  way.    Special  rates  on  large  orders. 

Skunk  ($10.00)   $  4  05 

Red  Fox  (15.00) 9  10 

Gray  Squirrel  (.5.00) 2  40 

Gray  Squirrel  holding  walnut 3  30 

Tufted  Puffin  (5  50)  3  35 

Black  Guillemot  (5.25) 2  70 

Murre  (5.00) .  2  70 

Razor-billed  Auk  (mounted  from  a  skin 

from  Audubon's  collection) 6  75 

American  Herring  Gull  full  plumage(4.50)  2  70 

American  Merganser  (5.00) 2  70 

Shoveller  female  (3.50) 2  10 

Redhead  (5.00) _  2  70 

Buffi e-head  female  (3.50) 2  10 

American  Elder  (7  00) 4  30 

Spotted  Sandpiper  (2.00) 1  10 

Mexican  Jacana  (3.60) 2  10 

Bob-white  (2.50) 1  45 

Texan  Bob- white  (2.50) 1  45 

Mountain  Partridge  (3.50) _  2  10 

Scaled  Partridge  (2.75) 1  65 

Gambel's  Partridge  (3.00) S  10 

Prairie  Hen  [3.50) 2  20 

American  Barn  Owl  (5.00) 3  90 

American  Long-eared  Owl  (3.C0) ....  2  10 

Short-eared  Owl  (3.50) 2  30 

Great  Gray  Owl  (16.00) 9  30 

Saw-whet  Owl  (2.75)  2  10 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion.  N-Y. 


OOLOGISTS'  SUPPLIES. 

If  you  are  particular  about  the  preparation 
of  your  specimens  I  call  particular  attention 
to  the  EGG  DRILLS  I  am  bringing  to  the  no- 
tice of  collectors.  They  cut  smooth  atia  cut  the 
lining.  Sizes  about  4  100  to  2-38:  prices  25c,  35c 
and  50c  each.  4  selected  sizes  8100.  Also  3 
large  sizes  at  60c  and  75c  each.  16  sizes  in  all. 
Try  them.  Money  refunded  if  not  satisfactory 
after  use. 

CLIMBERS.  Best  steel,  made  as  they  should 
be  for  tree  climbing.  Long,  sharp  spurs  with 
4  heavy  straps  of  best  leather  $3.50  prepaid. 
Without  straps  $1,65  prepaid. 

BLOWPIPES.  Best  40c.  No.  3  nickel  20c, 
Cheap  12c.  DATA  BLANKS,  10c  per  100.  EGG 
COTTON,  all  colors,  9c  a  sheet,  50c  a  package. 
EMBRYO  HOOKS,  12c.  Handle  With  3  hooks 
48c.  EMBRYO  SCISSORS,  20c,  40c,  curved 
78c,  best  curved  98c.  SLIDING  CALIPERS. 
Best  nickel  85c.  PENCILS.  Extra  good,  soft, 
thick  lead,  lOe.  3  for  25c.  REGULAL  OOLO- 
GICAL  DRILLS.  Best  quality,  nickeled,  3  or 
6  inch  handle.  No.  1.  20c;  No.  2,  28c;  No.  3,  38c; 
No.  4,  46c;  No.  5.  63c;  No.  6,  80c.  EGG  TRAYS, 
all  sizes  and  colors.  FISH  BASKETS,  all 
sizes.  I  can  supply  your  wants  whatever  they 
maybe.  Lists  free.  AW  goods  preiiaid  Send 
for  egg  lists. 

BENJAMIN  HOAG, 
Stephentown,  New  York. 

FENIKESE. 

A  reminiscent  sketch  of  Agassiz 
famous  Summer  School. 

A  96-page  book  of  much  interest  to 
students  of  Nature. 

R^ead  -wbat  others  say: 

■'Have  found  it  extremely  interesting  read- 
ing,"—Henry  Prime,  Garden  City,  L.  I, 

"I  enjoyed  the  book  [Penikese]  very  much." 
— W.  W.  Kinsley  (Supt.  of  Schools)  Grand 
Ledge,  Mich. 

"It  is  both  instructive  and  entertaining  and 
deserves  a  place  in  the  library  of  every  student 
of  nature."— W.  D.  Lynn,  Canfleld,  O. 

"I  have  just  finished  reading  'Penikese'  and 
can  say  that  I  have  enjoyed  it  exceedingly. 
Anything  looking  toward  keeping  green  the 
memory  of  the  great  Agassiz  should  be  of  in- 
terest to  the  teacher  of  biology  and  no  period 
of  his  life  is  more  interesting  than  the  years 
spent  in  building  up  the  laboratory  on  Peni- 
kese."—W.  P.  Hay  (Prof.  Biology,  HighSchool) 
Washington,  D.  C. 

'•I  have  read  the  book  [Penikese]  with  great 
interest  and  think  it  an  admirable  remini- 
scence of  one  of  the  greatest  naturalists  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  The  name  of  Agassiz  is 
assuredly  treasured  by  all  true  lovers  of  na- 
ture and  his  methods  of  study  have  left  a  strik- 
ing impress  on  present-day  workers,"— (Rev.) 
Robert  Blight,  Green  Lane,  Pa. 

Price  only  25c  (reduced   from   3Sc). 

Prepaid. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Pub'r,. 
Albion,  N.  Y. 


68  THE  OOLOGIST. 

SELECTED  CORALS,  SHELLS,  MINERALS,  CURIOS  RELICS,  &c. 

A  Barrel  of  Shells  and  a  FatDre  Study  Collection. 

Offered  on  eight  page  insert  in  this  Ooloqist.  I  still  offer  for  sale  or  will  ex- 
change for  desirable  Eggs  in  Sets  or  for  Standard  Books  or  Ornithology,  if  at 
right  prices.  It  is  advisable  however  to  make  your  selections  or  purchases  at 
once,  as  the  Pan-American  and  Chautauqua  trade  will  take  nearly,  if  not  quite 
everything  left  next  month. 

The  following  have  already  been  sold:  Brain  Coral,  Propeller  Coral  ($2.25 
spec),  Sawfish  Saws,  Ostrich  Eggs,  Emeu  Eggs,  Paper  Nautilus,  Bisected  Cham- 
bered Nautilus,  Egyptian  Idol,  Chinese  God.  Chinese  Cash  Sword,  Arrowheads 
95c.  lot  from  Illinois,  Joplin  Calcite— the  $4.30  specimen.  In  the  Nature  Study 
Collection  it  is  necessary  to  substitute  other  specimens  of  greater  value  for 
the  Bisected  Nautilus. 

In  case  you  can  use  anything  left  in  larger  lots,  submit  list  and  I  may  be  able 
to  make  special  quotations. 

I  want  cash  but  will  "swap"  some  items,  which  I  have  in  abundance— if  necessary 
and  if  you  have  what  I  want  at  right  prices. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN. 


GIBB'S  CELEBRATED  PROCESS  OF  RAPID  TAXIDERMY, 

In  Practical  Use  for  Over  Twenty-five  years. 

Used  Everywhere  in  America.        Hundreds  of  Testimonals.        Try  and  be  Convinced. 
Start  a  class.     Money  in  It.     Be  Your  Own  Taxidermist. 

Naturalists,  Collectors,  Gunners,  Anglers,  Outers,  Boys,  Girls  and  all  others  interested  in 
nature  and  anxious  to  preserve  the  specimens  taken  in  wood  and  field,  have  all  felt  the  need  of  a 
simple  method  of  preservation,  which  is  free  from  intricacies  and  inexpensive. 

There  is  a  method  of  rapid  taxidermy  now  in  extensive  use,  which  meets  the  requirements  of 
all  amateurs  who  wish  a  practical  and  inexpensive  method  of  preserving  the  trophies  of  the  out- 
ing and  collecting  trip.  This  is  not  the  old  system  of  so-called  stuffing,  so  expensive,  laborious 
and  disappointing,  but  is  a  rapid  system,  which  anyone  can  learn  at  once  and  which  is  guaran- 
teed to  give  satisfaction. 

By  this  process  you  may  preserve  the  beautiful  plumage  of  the  grouse  and  woodcock,  or  the 
pike's  or  buck's  head,  or  the  showy  feathers  of  the  tanager.  Boys,  girls  and  all  others  can  do 
good  work  and  may  make  money,  as  mounted  heads  and  birds  find  a  ready  sale,  and  besides  you 
may  teach  your  friends  and  decorate  the  school  room,  ofQce  and  dining-room  with  native  birds 
and  other  attractions.  If  you  are  in  doubt,  then  get  your  friends  to  go  in  with  you  and  start  a 
class,  for  when  several  work  together  there  is  an  advantage,  and  the  expense  is  next  to  nothing. 

On  the  receipt  of  $1.00,  cash  or  stamps,  I  will  send  full  printed  instructions  for  mounting 
birds,  heads,  mammals,  etc.,  and  all  materials  for  mounting  and  preserving  specimens— includ- 
ing prepared  compound,  together  with  full  directions  for  dressing  skins  with  the  hair  on  for  rugs 
and  robes,  so  that  you  will  not  be  to  the  expense  of  one  cent  and  will  send  full  directions  how  to 
start  a  class. 

Remember  I  guarantee  satisfaction  or  monty  refunded. 

Mention  Oologist  and  address 

MORRIS  GIBBS,  M.  D.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

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The  Western  Red  tailed  Hawk. 

[Buteo  borealis  calurus.) 

To  Raptorial  birds,  especially  such 
species  as  partake  of  the  nature  of  the 
Vultures  and  other  carrion    eaters  in 


their  habits,  Southern  California  of- 
fers, next  to  the  countries  of  the  Torrid 
zone,  most  ideal  conditions,  both  cli- 
matic and  geographical,  for  the  rearing 
of  their  young.  The  rains  of  the  win- 
ter equinox  have  usually  abated  by  the 
last  week  of  March,  so  that  Hawks, 
Crows,  and  others  of  the  larger  birds 
which  occupy  open  nests  can  by  that 
time  or  earlier  have  their  last  year's 
homes  renovated  or  if  these  be  destroy- 
ed or  occupied  by  some  hardier  Owl, 
be  well  started  on  the  construction  of 


EGGS  or  THE  WESTSBN  RED-TAILED  HAWK. 

(From  a  set  in  the  author's  collection.) 


new  ones.  Occasionally,  as  was  the 
case  this  season  (1901)  heavier  rains 
came  on  just  about  the  time  these  birds 
had  begun  to  deposit  their  eggs  and 
their  nidification  was  correspondingly 
retarded. 

Orange  county,  where  my  home  and 
principal  collecting  grounds  have  been 


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for  the  past  several  years,  is  very  near- 
ly in  the  ^center  of  the  seven  counties 
lying  south  of  the  Tehichapi  Mountains 
which  are  known  as  Southern  Californ- 
ia. It  has  some  frontage  on  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  though  no  ports  or  watering 
places  of  importance  are  located  on  its 
coast  line.  Oa  its  south  eastern  border 
hills  come  down  to  the  sea  and  thence 
running  north,  north  west  they  form  a 
moderately  well  wooded  boundary  along 
its  northern  line.  Otherwise  the 
county  is  about  equally  divided  between 
level  cultivated  lowland  and  the  rolling 
barley  fields  of  the  mesas. 

In  the  heart  of  the  hills  before  men- 
tioned there  are  numerous  large  ranch- 
es within  whose  bounds  the  Mexicans, 
notorious  wood  theives,  have  not  been 
permitted  to  carry  on  their  wood-cut- 
ting operations.  Many  sycamores  and 
oaks  dot  these  ranches  especially 
wherever  water  is  to  be  found  in  the 
smaller  canyons,  and  in  these  the  Red- 
tails  find  suitable  nesting  sites.  Of 
course  there  are  other  Hawks  which 
breed  'n  the  same  localities,  but  the 
Red-tails  are  the  most  numerous  by 
about  twenty-five  to  one.  It  has  been 
my  good  fortune,  ornithologically 
speaking,  to  be  located  in  this  region 
for  the  past  three  and  a  half  years,  but 
it  was  not  until  last  year  that  I  thor- 
oughly "got  onto  the  curves"  of  the 
nesting  Red-tails,  and  the  result  was 
seventeen  sets  saved  out  of  about 
twenty  collected.  Three  of  these  were 
of  four  eggs,  six  of  three,  and  the  re- 
mainder, eight  sets,  of  two  eggs  each. 
I  think  this  porportion  will  hold  good 
in  almost  any  representative  series  of 
sets  of  Red  tailed  Hawks  collected  in 
Orange  county  So  far  this  season  I 
have  taken  three  sets  of  four,  four  sets 
of  three,  and  four  sets  of  two  which 
were  preserved.  One  set,  taken  from 
an  immense  nest  forty  feet  up  in  a 
sycamore— which,  by  the  way,  had  no 
branches  for  the  first  thirty  feet— and 
consisting  of  two  eggs  was  too  far  gone 


to  be  saved.  This  set  had  evidently 
consisted  when  first  laid,  of  three  eggs, 
for  about  half  of  the  shell  of  one  egg  was 
found  clinging  to  the  edge  of  the  nest. 
Of  course  they  were  finely  marked. 
Who  ever  saw  an  impossible  set  which 
was  not  beautiful? 

Again,  only  last  Sunday,  I  climbed 
over  sixty  feet  to  a  new  nest  in  an  im- 
mense old  sycamore  and  found  one 
heavily  incubated  egg.  No  broken 
shells  were  visible  nor  to  all  outward 
appearances,  had  anyone  climbed  the 
tree  ahead  of  me.  Last  season,  this 
pair  laid  a  nice  set  of  four  heavily 
marked  eggs  in  a  nest  in  another  syc- 
amore not  fifty  yards  from  this  one. 
This  is  not  an  "ofl"'  year,  for  two  pairs 
of  these  birds  which  laid  but  three  eggs 
each  last  year,  have  already  presented 
me  with  sets  of  four  each  and  tomor- 
row I  am  going  to  see  what  they 
have  done  in  the  way  of  second  sets. 

Several  pairs  of  Red-tails  are  nesting 
on  low  cliffs,  buildings  or  ledges  or  else 
in  crevices  of  the  rocky  wall,  while  I 
know  of  one  nest,  which  held  three 
young  in  May  of  last  year,  which  was 
built  in  a  depression  in  the  top  of  a 
huge  boulder  projecting  out  from  from 
a  sloping  sidehill.  Now  and  then, 
though  seldom,  a  nest  will  be  built  in 
a  wild  walnut  growing  on  the  steepest 
slope  of  a  grassy  hill.  As  these  trees  are 
seldom  over  twenty-five  feet  in  height 
and  correspondingly  small  of  growth, 
such  nests  are  the  collector's  delight. 
The  photo  presented  herewith  is  from 
a  set  of  four  eggs  taken  from  such  a 
nest  situated  twenty  feet  up  in  a  wal- 
nut on  a  sidehill.  No  bird  was  on  the 
nest  and  neither  one  put  in  an  appear- 
ance until  I  had  climbed  to  the  nest, 
when  both  commenced  their  usual 
screaming  and  kept  it  up  until  I  left 
the  tree.  Portions  of  two  lizards  and  a 
gopher  snake  were  in  the  nest  as  well 
as  remains  of  a  ground  squirrel  and  a 
kangaroo  rat.  The  whole  outfit  smelled 
like  a  glue  factory.     One  egg  is  in- 


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fertile  and  is  the  most  heavily  marked 
egg  of  the  set.  The  other  three  con- 
tained small  embryoes.  The  date  was 
March  28th,  and  this  was  the  first 
set  of  that  year.  This  set  of  eggs 
measure  respectively:  62x47.5;  61x47; 
61x46.  These  measurements  are  in 
millimeters  and  the  first  is  the  infertile 
egg.  Compared  with  the  average  of 
several  sets  of  three  eggs  of  the  Eastern 
form  of  the  Red-tail  (62x49;  62x48; 
^4x49  mm.)  tbey  seem  to  be  smaller, 
yet  this  is  a  set  of  noticeably  large 
eggs  as  compared  with  about  twenty 
other  sets  now  in  my  collection,  and 
collected  by  myself  in  the  past  two 
years.  Four  sets  of  Krider's  Hawk, 
collected  in  Iowa,  Texas,  and  Colorado 
seem  to  average  smaller  even  than 
sets  of  the  Western  Red  tail,  and  are 
not  marked  so  well  either,  though  the 
Eastern  Red-tail  is  far  ahead  of  our 
form  in  matter  of  markings.  Several 
sets  of  two  eggs  of  the  Western  species 
which  I  now  have  are  either  entirely  un- 
marked or  else  one  egg  has  a  very 
few  faint  dashes  of  rufous. 

Harlan's  Hawk  has  been  taken  here 
in  the  winter  and  not  more  than  a  year 
ago  a  pair  were  mounted  by  a  Los 
Angeles  Taxidermist,  so  I  am  constant- 
ly on  the  look  out  for  them.  Any  one 
who  has  collected  eggs  of  this  bird  and 
will  favor  me  with  good  description  or 
other  notes  will  do  me  a  favor  for 
which  I  will  pay  either  cash  or  speci- 
mens and  I  am  sure  such  an  article 
would  be  read  with  interest  by  collec- 
tors who  suscribe — as  who   does  not?— 

to  the   OoLOGIST. 

If  robbed,  our  Red-tail  will  almost 
immediately  commence  a  new  nest  for 
the  reception  of  a  second  set,  but  will 
usually  occupy  the  old  nest  the  next 
year,  seeming  to  become  strongly  at- 
tached to  her  home.  In  markings  the 
sets  of  one  pair  of  birds,  or  of  the  fe- 
male, if  the  male  be  shot,  persist  in  the 
same  type,  but  not  always  in  the  same 
distinctness   of   coloration.      One    nest 


of  this  bird  at  least  was  "unavailable" 
to  me  this  season,  though  I  haven't 
given  up  trying  for  it  yet.  It  is  in  a 
sycamore  just  beside  the  road  and  fully 
seventy  feet  from  the  ground.  About 
fifteen  feet  below  it  in  the  same  tree  is 
an  old  nest  of  the  Hawk  now  occupied 
by  a  Pacific  Horned  Owl,  which  I  sup- 
pose, has  hatched  her  clutch  by  this 
time. 

Harry  H  Dunn, 
April  10,  1901.  Fullerton,  Calif. 


Gleaning-s  from  My  Note  Book. 

(Continued.) 

May  came  in  bright  and  clear,  but 
cold,  bringing  a  few  King  birds,  and  an 
Oriole  whom  I  heard  chattering  but  not 
singing  at  all.  The  cold  wave  reached 
its  climax  on  the  night  of  the  5th,  when 
a  freeze  caused  the  drizzling  rain  to 
sheathe  the  grass  and  every  shrub  with 
fantastic  icy  forms  which  sent  forth 
brilliant  scintillations  as  "old  Sol"  came 
smiling  up  over  the  eastern  hills  the 
next  morning.  Even  the  set  of  Red- 
tailed  H.'iwk  that  I  collected  at  sunrise 
were  covered  with  frost,  for  it  seems 
that  when  I  flushtd  the  female  from  her 
nest  several  evenings  ago,  she  never 
came  back,  so  I  had  to  be  satisfied  with 
two  plain  eggs. 

I  have  noticed  many  times  that  neith- 
er the  Red-tailed  nor  Red-shouldered 
Hawk  will  return  to  their  nest  when 
flushed  from  them  after  dark,  even 
when  incubation  was  well  along  as  it 
was  in  this  set. 

As  I  left  the  woods  I  heard  the  clear, 
sweet  warble  of  a  Ruby-crowned  King- 
let and  soon  I  found  him  making  his 
toilet  as  he  sat  on  the  sunny  side  of  a 
pine  tree  on  a  dead  branch. 

No  sooner  had  the  cold  snap  passed 
away  than  arrived  on  the  6th,  a  great 
wave  of  migrants,  and  every  moist 
woodland,  whether  on  hill  or  in  vale, 
resounded  with  melody  far  sweeter 
than  words   can  describe.     Yet    from 


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secluded  spot,  or  tree-top  hij?h,  we  hear 
those  unobtrnsive  "Tsips"  which  mean 
so  little  to  the  unpractised  ear,  while  to 
the  eager  ornithologist  it  brings  visions 
of  some  new  or  rare  bird. 

Among  them  there  were  Redstarts, 
Maryland  Yellowthroats,  Black-throat- 
ed Blue,  Black-throated  Green,  Yellow- 
rumped,  Magnolia,  Oven-birds,  Chest- 
nut-sided and  Black  and  White  Warb- 
lers, White-crowned  and  White-throat- 
ed Sparrows,  Crested  and  Least  Fly- 
catchers, Catbirds,  Bobolinks,  Scarlet 
Tanager,  and  that  little  bundle  of  activ- 
ity, the  saucy  Winter  Wren. 

May  9.— 1  spent  this  evening  search- 
ing among  the  swampy  hummocks 
where  a  pair  of  Wilson's  Snipe  are  evi- 
dently nesting,  but  aside  from  being 
nearly  flushed  out  of  my  rubber  boots 
by  an  Amerioan  Bittern  who  suddenly 
jumped  up  in  front  of  me  and  uttered  a 
terrified  squawk,  my  search  was  un- 
eventful. 

May  13.-— The  corn  stubble  in  swamp 
has  become  a  most  interesting  spot,  for 
here  are  gathered  scores  of  Killdeers 
and  Spotted  Sandpipers,  either  species 
being  capable  of  furnishing  amusement 
as  long  as  one  cares  to  watch  them,  be- 
sides others  of  this  kind  have  begun  to 
appear.  This  morning  I  saw  a  Solitary 
Sandpiper  walking  daintily  around  the 
muddy  pools.  On  the  18th  a  small 
flock  of  Least  Sandpipers  arrived,  fol- 
lowed on  the  19th  by  15  Semipalmated 
Plovers,  while  on  the  23d  a  beautiful 
male  Black-bellied  Plover  spent  the 
day  here.  A  Least  Flycatcher  has  been 
tugging  away  at  the  fluffy  end  of  our 
clothes-line,  working  mostly  morning 
and  evening.  The  female  did  all  the 
work,  while  the  male  followed  close  at 
her  heels  like  an  arrant  taskmaster,  his 
emphatic  -'che-beck"  sounding  more 
like  a  threatening  "you-get,"  than  an 
expression  of  encouragement. 

May  39. — Appearances  are  sometimes 
very  deceptive  as  was  an  evergreen 
tree  in  which  I  found  a  rather  remark- 


able state  of  affairs  this  morning.  I 
was  looking  for  a  nest  of  Purple  Finch 
and  had  walked  around  the  tree  with- 
out seeing  any  signs  of  nests,  but  to 
make  sureil  gave  the  tree  a  gentle  num- 
ber 8  kick  which  stirred  up  a  lively 
rumpus  indeed,  for  out  of  that  tree 
went  6  jibbering  House  Sparrows,  an 
excited  Bronze  Grackle  and  a  more  ex- 
cited Robin.  Upon  climbing  the  tree 
I  found  a  small  bird  village,  consisting 
of  3  nests  of  English  Sparrows,  1  of 
Bronze  Grackle,  and  1  of  Robin— 5 
nests  within  a  radius  of  4  feet,  and  all 
containing  either  eggs  or  young. 

June  5. — While  trying  to  get  in  a 
good  place  to  photograph  a  Black-billed 
Cuckoo  on  her  nest  I  stumbled  onto  a 
nest  of  Maryland  Yellowthroat  contain- 
ing 4  fresh  egars.  The  nest  was  placed 
upon  a  triangle  of  vines  and  weeds 
about  8  inches  above  the  ground.  It 
was  a  large  bulky  affair  of  dead  leaves 
and  grasses,  lined  with  fine  round 
grasses  and  horse-hair.  This  find  so 
pleased  me — for  I  do  not  often  find  a 
nest  of  this  warbler— that  I  forgot  all 
about  the  Cuckoo,  who  had  sneaked 
away,  but  I  got  a  fine  photo  of  tho 
Yellowthroat's  nest  and  eggs  "in  situ." 

June  7. — For  some  time  I  have  heard 
the  song  of  a  Black  and  White  Warb- 
ler, over  in  woods  on  hillside,  along  a 
bush  lot,  so  this  evening  I  went  over 
purposely  to  hunt  for  their  nest.  I 
was  passing  along  the  edge  of  the 
woods,  when  I  heard  a  rustle  of  dead 
leaves,  and  looking  to  one  side  I  saw  a 
W  hippoorwill  fluttering  along,  stopping 
however,  about  6  feet  away,  with  wings 
outspread  in  a  wounded  attitude. 
Quickly  glancing  about  me  I  saw  Ohr 
what  I  had  hunted  for  for  so  many 
years,  two  beautiful  eggs  of  Whip-poor- 
will,  reposing  on  a  bed  of  dead  leaves 
underneath  a  cluster  of  bushes,  near  a 
pile  of  dead  brush. 

1  wanted  a  photo,  of  course,  but  had 
not  brought  my  camera,  so  knowing  the 
Whip-poor-will's   tendency  to  slip  out 


Lrist  No.  4. 


March  15,   igoi, 


LATTIN'S  CLEARANCE  SALE. 


SELECTED  CORALS,  SHELLS,  MINERALS,  CURIOS,  RELICS,  &c. 

A  Barrel  of  Shells  and  a  NatoFS  Study  Collection. 

Selected    Specimens  of   Corals,  Sea  Shells,  Minerals,  Indian 

Relics,  Curios,  &c. 

^"The  Engraving  on  last  page  of  this  list  illustrates  many  of  the 
specimens  offered  on  following  pages.  The  numbers  in  (  )  refer  to  the 
specimens  in  this  engraving. 


BRAIN  CORAT^, Meandrina  cerebri/ ormis,0^o. 
1,)  a  very  fine  specimen  from  the  West  Indies, 

11  in.  in  diameter  and  weighing  nearly  20  lbs. 
I  will  sell  for  only  $2.50;  its  worth  more. 

VAl^yLCO'&AlL,,  Madreporapalmata,  (No.  2,) 
from  the  Bahamas.  This  specimen  measures 
10  X  12  in.  and  weighs  about  6  lbs.  Will  sell  for 
only  $1,75.  I  have  another  specimen  of 
about  same  size,  but  more  of  a  hand-shaped  af- 
fair (thumb  and  fingers,  tip  of  small  finger 
broken)  at  same  price.  I  also  have  about  a 
dozen  other  specimens  of  this  Coral  at  3  5  cts . , 
5  O  cts .  and  $  1  each.  All  big  values  for  the 
money. 

PLATE  (BRAIN)  CORAL.  Meandrina  clivosa, 
(No.  3,)  size  16  x  82  in.  and  weighs  nearly  30  lbs. 
It  goes  at  only  ^'l-.SO  I  have  another  speci- 
men more  regular  in  form,  13  in.  in  diameter. 
My  price  is  $  2 . 7  5 .    Both  from  the  Bahamas. 

PINE  APPLE  CORAL,  Porites  astrceoides 
(No.  4,)  from  Bahamas.  10  in.  diameter,  weighs 

12  lbs;  my  price  $1. 6 O      I  have  also  a  7-in. 

specimen  of  this  species.unbleached "Nig- 

gerhead"  Coral,  at  $1 .20. 

PROPELLER  or  BUTTERFLY  CORAL, 
Agaricea  agaricites,  (No.  6,)  from  Bahamas. 
This  specimen  measures  about  12  in.  and  weighs 
7  lbs.  ^2. .2.5  takes  this  specimen.  In  '99,  se- 
cured a  bbl.  of  this  Coral  and  have  about  a 
"bushel"  left.  Can  furnish  nice  "wing"  speci- 
mens at  lO.  1 5,  25,  35,  50  and  75  cts. 
each  and  have  a  few  of  the  "butterfly"  speci- 
mens at  35,  50  and  75  cts. 

BRANCHING,  TREE  or  SPIKE  CORAL  are 
terms  by  which  the  Madrepora  Corals  are  com- 
monly called.  I  have  several  bbls.  of  Madre- 
pora cervicornis .  (No.  7,)  andean  furnish  speci- 
mens at  any  price  from  1  c.  to  $  1  each  and  can 
furnish  schools  or  teachers  in  bulk  at  very 
reasonable  rates.  Its  worth  loose,  without 
packing,  about  $5  per  bushel.  I  have  also 
many  of  the  rarer  Madreporas  and  the  follow- 
ing are  of  the  close  "spike"  or  "prong"  form 
and  not  in  long  branches : 

Madrepora  spicifera  from  Samoa,  8  x  13  in. , 
$1.50;  5x9  in..  75c.;  also  an  18  x  15  in. 
specimen  at  $3.50. 

Madrepora  obscura,  a  brown-colored  species 
from  Torres  Straits,  about  15  in.  diamet«r,  at 


$4,50  Could  be  broken  up  into  lOO  lOc 
specimens.  Another  7-in  Madrepora,  white, 
from  same  locality  at  $  1 .2  5. 

Madrepora  plantaginea  from  E.  I.,  an  8-ln 
specimen  at  ODlr  $1.20.  I  also  have  half  a 
dozen  clumps  of  J/adre;)ora  from  Fiji  Islands, 
ranging  from  7  to  U  in.  diameter,  at  S1.50. 
$2  50  and$3.50  each. 

Stylophora.  a  branching  Coral  from  Red  "Sea, 
5-in.  clump,  75  cts;  7-in.,  $1.50. 

Madrepora  abrotanoides ,  a  10-in.  spray  from 
Fi.ii,  $1.50. 

Seriaiopora,  CSo.  11,)  from  West  Africa.  This 
beautiful,  delicate  and  almost  perfect  clump  of 
Coral  has  been  one  of  my  star  attractions  for 
past  two  years.  I  have  not  cared  to  sell  this 
specimen  and  haye  held  it  at  $  1 0.  and  could 
have  sold  it  a  number  of  times  had  I  been  will- 
ing to  shade  the  price  a  little:  it  cost  me  $6  in 
cash  and  I  will  now  sell  at  this  figure. 

ORG  AN  PIPE  CORAL,  Tubipora  musica,  (No 
13  )  from  Singapore ;  this  a  section  c/^)  of  a 
clump,  measuring  about  9  s  11  in.  and  this  sec- 
tion has  been  held  at  $4-  50  Will  sell  for 
$3.25;  another  specimen,8xlO  in., at  $2.50. 
I  have  a  case  of  this  beautiful  and  interesting 
species  direct  from  Singapore  and  can  furnish 
selected  specimens  at  following  low  rates-  2  in 
lOc.  Sin.  25c.,  4in.  35c.,  5in.  50c.,  6  in! 
$1 . 

CORALS  not  shown  in  engraving.  I  have  two 
mammoth  Rose  Corals,  Symphyllia  from  Tor- 
res Straits ;  an  8  in.  one  at  $  1 . 5  O  and  a  5^  in. 
one,  more  symmetrical  and  beautiful,  at  same 
price. 

FEATHER  CORAL,  a  10  in.  "bum"  specimen 
50c. 

MUSHROOM  CORALS.  Fine  specimens-  5 
in.  diameter  of  Fungia  patella  from  Zanzibar 
at  only  35  cts.  each.  Selected  specimens  of 
Fungia  elegans  from  Gulf  of  Calif  ,  ly^  in  onlv 
12c.  prepaid.  "        ■' 

CRATER  or  VASE  CORAL,  Turbinaria  ciner- 
ascens,  from  Torres  Straits,  somewhat  resem- 
bles the  Neptune  Cup  Sponge,  (No.  8  )  This 
specimen  stands  10  in.  high  and  measures  11  in 
across  top;  a  3  in.  triangular  piece  has  been, 
broken  out  of  one  side;  will  sell  for  $2.5 O 


PINK  CORALS,  Stylaster,  from  Samoa,  and 
the  RED  and  YELLOW  CORALS,  Distichopora, 
from  Hawaii.  I  have  hundreds  of  specimens 
rangiijg  from  a  few  cents  to  35  cts,  in  value. 

PRECIOUS  CORAL,  Coralllum  rubrum,  from 
Mediterraman  Sea  A  fine  two  in.  clumn  ia 
muddy  matrix,  with  three  specimens  imbedded 
of  Megerlea  trancata  (a  Brachipod  of  the  Lamp 
Shell  or  Ttfrebratali  Family.)  My  price  for 
this  specimen  Is  $1 .90.  I  also  have  a  quant 
Ity  of  this  Precious  Coral  in  p<  1  shed  twigs, 
."■uch  as  are  used  to  make  into  the  good  old- 
fash  iou.d  Coral  Strings  or  "Beads,"  once  so 
connudU'y  used  for  necii  adornment.  We  used 
to  who  e.-'ale  this  at  $8  per  pound;  will  close 
out  what  1  have  left  at  ii5  cts.  per  ounce  or 
$3  per  pound.    Samples  5  cts. 

WORM  '-CORAL,"  Vermetus  (No.  15.)  A 
clump  or  mass  of  these  peculiar  worm-like 
shells  from  the  W.  L,  measuring  5x7  in.  anl 
weighing  2  lbs.  -.could  be  made  into  hundreds  or 
small  specimens;  $3.60. 

NEPTUNE'S  CUP  or  Vase  Sponge,  Paterion 
(No  8,)  from  Tasmania.  An  odd  and  curious 
specimen  worth  from  $15  to  $iO,  and  we  have 
always  held  this  specimen  at  110.  It,  measures 
ai  in.  high  and  th'^  vase  portion  is  12  in  indiam 
It  now  goes  for  only  $6  80.  Its  a  bargain  for 
some  one  wanting  such  a  specimen. 

AN  EGYPTIAN  IDOL,  (No.  21),  carved  from 
stone  or  lava  1,000  or  more  years  ago,  repre- 
sents an  elephant  or  some  other  animal,,  meas- 
ures about  4  X  iVi  in.  Secured  by  a  missionary 
acquaintance  from  a  mummy  pit  in  Egypt  and 
guaranteed  gemiine  Only  $3  05. 
CHINESE  CURIOS. 

CHINESE  GOD  (No.  5)  Of  white  porcelain,  6H 
in.  high,  from  the  collection  of  an  old  Chinese 
traveller.  My  price  is  $1.90.  I  also  have  a  Chi- 
nese cash  sword  at  $1.60.  Shuttle  cock  of 
feathers,  snakeskin  and  "cash"  45  cts.  prepaid. 

SNUFF  BO  TTLES,  size  about  2  x  2i4  in.  No. 
1.  pottery,  ornamented,  etc.,  45c,  prepaid;  No. 
2  Jade,  carved  acd  ornamented,  $1.35,  prepaid. 

STONE  WATER  VESSEL,  1  x  2'/2  in.  Of 
brown  mottled  "Jade,"  65  cts.,  prepaid 

OPIUM  PIPES,  No.  1,  (No.  16)  24  in.  ebony 
stem,  4  in.  brass  mouth  piece,  brought  by  sea 
captain  from  China,  $1.60,  prepaid ;  No.  2,  (No. 
81)  bone  mouth  piece,  18  in.  bamboo  stem,  90 
cts.,  prepaid;  No.  3,  pipe  only,  (bowl)  40  cts., 
prepaid. 

SPANISH  CROSS  inlaid  with  straw  from  an 
ancient  church  in  Jemez,  New  Mex.  Curio 
dealers  would  ask  $5  for  it,  but  it's  yours,  pre- 
paid, for  $1.45. 

SAWFISH  SAW  (No.  23  )  This  specimen  is 
the  one  next  to  Coral  specimen  No.  3,  and 
measures  three  ft.  in  length.  It's  worth  $3.25. 
The  others  in  engraving  have  been  sold.  I  also 
nave  two  small  specimens  with  snout  or  head 
back  of  eyes  attached,  10  in.  spec.  75  cts.,  pre- 
paid; 13  in.  spec,  $1  40,  prepaid;  all  from  Gulf 
Mexico.  .  ■     . 

SHARK  JAW  from  Martha's  Vineyard.  A 
small  but  fine  and  perfect  specimen.  About  4 
X  7  in.,  with  nearly  150  teeth.  Only  $1.80,  pre- 
paid. 

ALLIGATOR  (No.  30.)  This  5  ft.  specimen 
was  from  west  coast  Florida  and  was  one  of 
the  finest  specimens  I  ever  saw.  I  purchased 
it  at  the  Atlanta  Expo,  in  '95,  and  has  been  a 
constant  companic  n  in  my  expo-peregrina- 
tions in  the  north  since  that  date.  I've  sold 
dozens  of  others,  but  I've  always  "hung  on"  to 
this  specimen.  It's  but  little  the  worse  for 
travel.    My  price  has  been  $10.    Now  $6.£0. 

ALLIGATOR  TEETH  15  to  20  years  ago  al- 
ligators were  abundant.  The  swamps  and 
streams  of  Florida  was  fairly  alive  with  them. 
Their  teeth  were  used  by  the  hundreds  of 
pounds  for  jewellery  purposes  and  good  teeth 
were  staple  as  flour  or  sugar  at  $2  per  lb.  A 
pound  of  V2  to  1  in.  teeth  numbers  over  1,000 
(about  1,200)  teeth  and  represents  the  product 
secured  from  15  or  16  alligators  ranging  from  5 
to  12  ft.  long.    The  craze  for  the  jewellery  has 


waned  in  most  sections  and  I  have  many 
pounds  of  teeth  on  my  hands.  To  close  them 
out  I  will  sell  single  pounds  at  only  .50cts;  5  lbs. 
for  $'3;  orlOlbs  for  only  $3.  Just  think  of  it, 
OAVr  10,000  teeth,  which  represents  the  entire 
product  from  over  150  large  alligators  for  only 
$3. 

SHELL  AND  MOSS  WRE.^TH  (No.  34) 
Made  from  the  beautiful  sea  mosses  and  small 
shells  from  the  Callfc^ruia  coast.  In  box  16  x  20 
in.  t  hese  wreaths  sold  at  the  World's  Fair  at 
$20  each.  A  few  of  the  petals,  etc.,  have  been 
loosened  through  shipping.  My  price  only 
$4  60 

EGGS  OF  THE  EMEU  (No.  28.)  Nothing 
attracts  greater  attention  in  the  egg  line  than 
the  large  dark  green,  nearly  black,  pebbled  egg 
with  a  lighter  ground  color  of  this  peculiar 
Australian  bird.  Every  egg  collection  would 
have  contained  one  of  these  egg^  and  even  the 
laity  would  have  had  them  on  their  "what- 
nots" or  among  their  "brie  a-brac"  had  not  the 
price— which  has  always  been  $2.£0  -been  a  lit- 
tle too  high.  We  now  have  a  limited  supply  at 
only  84  cts.  each,  prepaid  This  rate  will  hold 
until  May  1st,  only.  I  have  a  few  cracked  spec- 
imens and  a  few  casts  at  5'J  cts.  each. 

OSTRICH  EGGS  (No.  27.)  Stock  all  sold. 
Can  secure  fair  specimens  at  $1  each.  Have  a 
few  good  2ds.  at  60  cts..  a  few  badly  damaged 
specimens  at  30  cts.  and  have  one  large  flatten- 
ed warp-sided  abnormality  at  $1  60. 

PIPE-FISH.  Sygnathus,  (No.  31)  from  Gulf 
California.  We  have  a  few  choice  specimens 
of  this  queer  and  rare  fish,  with  bony  armor, 
the  first  lot  we  ever  secured  in  sufficient  quant- 
ity to  place  on  sale.  Prices,  prepaid,  at  fjllow- 
ing  ridiculously  low  rates :  Specimens  under 
10  in.,  3 1  cts.;  10  in.,  40  cts;  11  in.,  45  cts.;  12  in., 
50  cts. ;  13  in.,  60  cts.;  14  in.,  75  cts.;  15in.,$l. 

THE  SE  \  HORSES,  Hippocamnus,  are  also 
of  same  order  as  the  pipe  fish  and  with  bony 
armor.  We  h  we  choice  specimens  of  both  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  species.  Pi  ices  of  either, 
prepaid,  15  to  35  cts.  each. 

PAPER  NAUTILUS,  Argonauta  Nodosa,(No. 
32.)  This  beautiful  $10  specimen  has  been  sold. 
We  have  a  few  small  specimens  of  the  ordinary 
Argonauta  Argo  from  the  Mediterranean  Sea, 
at  50  cts.  each,  prepaid. 

CHAMBERED  NAUTILUS,  Nautilus  pom- 
pilius,  from  Polynesia  Decoricated  specimens 
(NO.  9.)  This  mammoth  9  in.  specimen,  with 
lip  checked,  $i.25;  ordinary  6  to 8  in.  specimens, 
$1  25  to  $2  50  each.  Specimens  5  to  6  in.  in  nat- 
ural condition,  50  cts.  to  $1  each;  specimens  bi- 
sected to  show  structure,  (No.  33)  both  halves, 
75  cts.  to  $150;  siphuncle,  H.  50  cts.  to  $1;  the 
half  not  showing  siphuncle,  35  cts.  to  75  cts.  I 
also  have  a  lot  of  broken  and  damaged  shells, 
valuable  lor  teaching,  etc.  Will  close  out  at 
only  25  cts.  each.  First  orders  secure  best  spec- 
imens. I  also  have  one  very  fine  bisected  shell 
with  animal  in  glass  jar  containing  alcohol, 
(No.  17)  from  Western  Polynesia.  A  rare  spec- 
imen and  seen  only  in  a  few  of  our  larger  mis- 
eums.  It  cost  me  $9  as  a  dealer.  Will  sell  for 
$7.75.  I  have  a  beautiful  4J4  in.  specimen  of 
Nautilus  umbilicus  from  Australia  at  $1 ;  lip 
checked. 

CHRYSANTHENUM  SHELL  OR  THORNY 
OYSTER,  Spondy  lus  pictorum,  (Nos.  12  and 
16)  from  Gulf  of  California.  These  beautiful 
shells  usually  sell  at  $2  to  $3  each  and  range  all 
colors  from  pure  white  to  bright  red.  I  have  a 
few  left  and  will  close  out  at  $1  each.  I  have  a 
few  foreign  specimens  of  this  family  from  East 
Indies,  etc.,  at  50  cts.  each;  worth  regular  up 
to  $3.  First  orders  best  specimens ;  have  3  or  4 
species,  as  aurantia,  wrightil,  purpuraceus, 
etc. 

TRUMPET  SHELL,  Triton  tritonis,  (No.  25) 
from  Indian  Ocean.  Used  as  a  teakettle  by  the 
natives  of  theTypinsan  Archipeligo.  This  spec- 
imen is  16  in.  long  and  was  used  for  this  or  a 
similar  purpose ;  $3.25.  The  other  specimen  in 
engraving  also  has  holes  through  shell  for  or- 


namental  or  some  other  purpose ;  S2.20  I  also 
have  a  few  very  fine  specimens  of  this  shell  at 
following  low  rates :  6  in.  specimen,  f,0  cts;  8 
in.,75cts.;  10  in.,  ?1  to  $1.50;  12  in  ,  fl.50  to  $2; 
15  in.,  $?.  I  also  have  a  couple  baby  specimens 
2-3  in.  at  35  cts.  each,  prepaid. 

SHELL  VASE  (No.  14)  made  from  lai-ge-sr  ec- 
imens  of  Green  Snail,  Turbo  marmnratus.from 
Philippines.  These  vases  are  made  from  se- 
lected 5  to  6  in.  shells  and  are  worth  fl.50  each. 

1  also  have  from  same  shell  vases,  basket  style, 
with  carved  handles,  etc..  all  In  one  piece,  at 
only  81.50.  I  can  also  furnish  thtse»hells,  with 
Lord's  Prayer  engravtd  on,  or  made  into  call 
bells  at  $1  50.  (Regular  price  of  all  these  $1.50 
articles  is  $2.)  Shell  vases  of  same  shell  simi- 
lar to  (14)  made  from  3  to  3^  in.  shells,  worth 
50  cts.  each;  prepaid,  only  35  cts.  Shell  napkin 
rings  from  sections  of  this  shell,  plain  15  to  25 
cts.,  prepaid;  engraved,  25 to  35  cts.,  prepaid; 
small  3  in.  shells  of  this  species  in  natural  con- 
dition at  15  cts.  each,  prepaid. 

SIOUX  TENT.  Child's  play-tent,  15—5  ft. 
Willow  tent  pole.s  (No.  26  )  Tent  cloth  or  cover 
measures,  unpitched,  two  extremes— about  3  x 
10  ft.  It  is  spread  on  three  top  steps  of  engrav- 
ing. Material  of  common  factory  and  decorat- 
ed in  colors  by  some  Sioux  artist.  This  is 
guaranteed  genu'ne  and  has  been  in  my  pos- 
session for  8  or  10  years.  My  pri^e  is  $3  80,  and 
its  well  worth  double.  The  Sioux  Pi  e  (No.  20) 
has  been  sold.  I  have,  however,  a  similar  one, 
length  14V^  in.,  both  stem  and  bowl  of  red  Cat- 
linite  or  Pipestone,  Indian  make,  unu  ed,  an- 
gular and  more  ornamental  than  No  20.  My 
price  J1.90. 

INDIAN  BASKETS  mads  by  the  Hoopa  In- 
dians of  Humboldt  Co.  Calif.,  from  natural 
fibres,  artistically  woven  and  arranged  in  col- 
ors, water  tight,  bowl  shape.  The  Indians  sell 
them  "on  the  ground"  at  |5  each.  I  have  the 
following  sizes  and  will  send,  prepaid,  at  prices 
named:  3  in.  deep  by  7  in  diam.,  $3  15;  3^  in. 
deep  by  7/2  in.  diam.,  $3  GOWVi  in.  deep  by  S'/j 
in.  diam.,  14.10.    I  consider  the  best  the  cheap- 

AZTEC  PITCHER.  Genuine  aztec  and  pur- 
chased from  Mexican  Village  at  Atlanta  in  "95, 
with  a  guarantee  that  it  was  the  ancient.  I  te 
lleve,  hov  ever,  that  it  was  made  rerently  by 
descendants  of  the  ancient  aztecs.  Material 
black  day  and  covered  with  carvings,  faces, 
etc,;  $2.60. 

MOUND  BUILDER'S  RELICS.  I  have  hun- 
dreds of  ordinary  arrow  and  spear  heads  and  a 
few  of  the  more  common  pieces  such  as  sink- 
ers, drills,  scrapers,  etc.,  but  have  very  few  of 
the  rare  and  desirable  ones.  The  following 
covers  what  I  have  left:  Stone  Pipe,  (Horn- 
blende or  hard  mica  schist)  (No.  19)  size  2x4  in., 
wgt.  M  lb.,  from  Brant  Co.,  Ont ,  a  very  choice 
specimen,  S5. 10,  prepaid;  another  from  same 
locali;y  of  a  more  common  and  unattractive 
form,  3j^  X  2  in.,  7  oz..  hatchet  f-hape,  $2  20,  pre- 
paid; Slate  Pendant  from  Waterloo  Co.,  Ont.. 

2  in.  diamond  shape,  drilled,  prepaid  70  cts.; 
Hematite  (Limonite)  Celt  fr>:m  Van  Buren  Co., 
Ark.,  2x5  in.,  1  lb.,  prepaid,  only  $1  20.  Ordi- 
nary Stone  Axe  from  Cumberland  Co..  N.  .7., 
(Serpentine,  grooved,  4  x  5!^  in.,  2^  lbs  .)  $1.30. 
I  also  have  the  contents  of  a  cache  from  Rowan 
Co  .  N.  C,  consisting  of  about  375  unnotched 
arrow  or  spearheads  of  uniform  size  and  form, 
about  2V4  long,  will  sell  as  a  whole  for  only  $S8  - 
10. 

CELTS.  Various  sizes  and  material  from 
near  Baum  Village  site.  Paint  Creek  Valley,  O., 
at  from  45  cts.  to  $1  each,  prepaid. 

NET  SINKERS  made  from  Iron-stone,  Llm 
onite,  Concretions,  Van  Buren  Co.,  Ark, weigh 
ing  from  %  to  1  lb.  and  measuring  2H  to  3>4  by 
354  to  4)i  in  ,  each  45  cts. 

PESTLE  of  quartzite  from  Kv-.  l>;  IbP.,  2>^x 
41/j  in.,  85  cts. 

ARROWHEADS.  Van  Buren  Co.,  Ark,,  as- 
sorted; poor,  per  doz.,  30  cts. ;  ordinary.  Poets. ; 
selected,  11. 


BIRD  ARROWPOINTS.  Same  locality,  9c. 
to  24  cts  each,  prepaid. 

BIRD  ARROWPOINTS.  The  famous  little 
beauties  c.f  jasptr,  ctalcedony,  obsidian,  e'c, 
from  WilUmette  Valley,  Oregon.  I  have  a  few 
ordinary  ones  left  at  15  to  35  cts.  ( ach,  or  5  a.s- 
sorted  for  $1.10,  prepaid. 

POTTER  ■  fragments  with  markings,  6  pes  , 
Ky.  and  N.  Y.,  lot  40  cts. 

FIVE  good  jasper  and  iftint  arrowheads  from 
Mo.,  lot  50  3 ,  prepaid. 

EIGHT  damagea  pes.  Rowan  Co,  No.  Car., 
lot  2,5c..  prepaid. 

FOURTEEN  white  flint  arrowhead.s  frcm 
Engiewood,  Ills.,  fair  lot;  lot,  prepaid,  95  cts. 

MILKY  QUARTZ  DRILL,  So.  Car,  W  in.' 
made  from  broken  arrowhead,  '■'b  cts.,  prepaid- 

GLASSY  QUARTZ,  leaf  shape  arrowhead. 
So  Car.,  fair,  3}  cts  ,  prepaid. 

SCRAPERS.  Nine  small  ordinary  on^s  from 
So.  Dak.,  chalcedony,  etc.,  lot,  prepaid,  $1. 

OVAL  DISC  shaped,  pc.  from  Ind.,  2  x'Z'-A  in.' 
23c.,  prepaid. 

SLATE  ORNAMENT,  Waterloo  Co  ,  Ont.' 
round,  2  in.  diam.,  hole  in  center,  85c.,  prepaid' 

SANDSTONE  ORNAMENT,  Orleans  Co.,  N. 
Y.,  very  raie,  unattractive  and  not  ornament- 
al, 3^4  m.  didni.,  about  40  tally  marks,  one  per- 
foration, another  partially  through,  $2.10,  pre- 
paid. 

SPEARHEADS,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  rare  in 
locality,  3  in  ,  lot  (two),  prepaid,  75  cts. 

CUMBERLAND  CO  ,  N.  J.  One  knife  and 
eleven  seU-cled  arrowheads,  lot,  prepaid,   $1.25. 

MONTGOMERY  CO.,  PENNA.  A  selected  lot 
of  ten  pieces  of  Jasper  and  quartzite, as  follows: 
1  draw  knife  (?),1  scraper  2  small  warclub  heads, 
6  arrow  or  spearheads;  lot,  prepaid.  $2.10. 

BONE  NECKLACE.  Thirty-two  perforated 
(lengthwise)  phalangeal  bones  from  an  Ind'an 
burial  ground  in  Oxford  Co.,  Canada,  prepaid. 
$3  60 

BOTRYOIDAL  GROUP  OF  CALCITES  (No. 
10  )  This  magnificent  specimen  measures  about 
10  X  Li  in  and  weighs  over  20  lbs.  It  was  taken 
from  a  pool  of  pure  water  in  Crystal  Cave, 
Black  Hills  This  form  is  not  know  n  elsewhere 
in  the  world  Beautiful  lemon  yellow  botry- 
oidal  groups  of  compound  and  contact  thickly 
studded,  small  3-comered  xtals,  well  worth  $15, 
but  will  sell  for  only  ?8  90. 

JOPLIN  CALCITES  are  the  most  superb  rich 
yellow,  with  deep  browmish  base,  calcltesinthe 
world  and  occur  in  single  xtals;  low,  broad 
scalenohedrons.  sharp  angles,  six  sided,  six- 
faceted,  with  modifications  very  pleasing,  bril- 
liant, natuml  polish;  translucent  ice-like  ap- 
pearance. I  have  a  ;■  ingle  ■■  rystal,  which  weighs 
28  lbs.,  and  measures  10  x  18  in.  It  ought  to  be 
worth  $1  per  pound,  but  I'll  sell  for  $9  30.  I 
have  another  but  smaller  Joplin  xtal  nearly 
doubly-terminated,  measures  6  x  11  in.  and 
weighs  over  13  lbs.  and  goes  at  $4.30. 

NATIVE  COPPER  from  Lake  Superior.  The 
globe.  No.  SS,  was  filled  with  eelectfd  speci- 
mens in  acid,  but  old  zero  broke  the  globe  and 
we  can  furnish  the  ragged  thread-like  speci- 
mens separately  at  2.i  tts.,  35  cts.,  50  cts.  and  $1 
each,  prepaid. 

HOT  SPRING  QUARTZ  XTALS.  Have  a 
few  left  at  15c..  2nc  and  35c.  each,  prepaid;  and 
one  6  lb  .  5  X  9  In.,  clump  xtal,  with  group-like 
base  at  $1  60. 

RUBELLITE.  I  have  a  splendid  assort- 
ment of  specimens  of  this  beautiful  bright  rose 
tourmaline,  needle-like  xtals  usually  arranged 
so  that  dozens  Wj  11  radiate  from  a  single  cen- 
ter in  a  gangue  of  lavender  Lepidolite  and 
f(  uud  in  San  Diego  Co.,  Calif.:  M  lb.  speci- 
mens. 30  cts.;  1  lb  specimens,  55  cts.;  IH  to  21b. 
specimens,  $1 ;  5  1b  specimens,  $2.50.  I  have 
one  beautiful  museum  specimen,  which  meas- 
ures 8  X  10  in.  and  weighs  14  lbs.,  at  $.5.40. 


THE  ABOVE  ENGRAVING  SHOWS  ONE  OF  LATTIN'S 

PAN-AMERICAN 

NATURE   STUDY   COLLECTIONS 

DISPLAYED    IN    A    4x4    FOOT    SPACE. 


This  Collection  will  be  Appreciated  by    EVERY  STUDENT,    TEACHER,    COLLECTOR   AND 
AMATEUR,  and  is  of  Special  Value  in  Nature  Study  Work. 


Lattin's  Pan-American, 

NATURE  STUDY 

COLLECTION, 


This  Collection  contains  specimens  selected  with  special  care  in  order  that  the  Collection,  as 
^  whole,  would  not  only  be  of  value  to  the  Specimen  Collector  in  building  or  adding  to  a  cabinet, 
but.  b^ivA  <»ndeavored  to  make  it  practically  mdispensible  In  Nature  Study  Work,  both  to  teacher 
and  student. 

As  many  may  not  wish  to  purchase  the  entire  Collection,  I  quote  the  regular  price  on  each 
■specimen  and  also  my  prepaid  Clearance  Sale  price. 

The  entire  Collection  at  regular  retail  rates  would  cost  $11 ;  at. my  special  prepaid  rates  if 
purchased  separately   5.19. 

I  will  deliver  the  entire  Collection  f.  o.  b.,  freight  or  express,  Albion,  N.  Y.,  carefully  and  se- 
curely packed  and  boxed  for  only  ,32.78. 


No. 
1 


Regular 
Price.; 


Pink  Mnrex,  Murex  bicolor, 
Gulf  Calif.,  4in $    35 

2  Pearl  Conch,  Stromhus  gran- 

ulatus,  Panama,  2>giD. 15 

3  Orange  Scorpion,  Pte:  seer  a  au- 

rantia,  Philippines,  4in 15 

4  Goldmouth,  Turbo clu!,sostom- 

us,  Philippines,  2in _     15 

5  Chambered  Nautilus,  Nautilus 

pompilius,  E.  I.,  V4  of  bisected 
shell  to  show  structure,  etc., 
5in 75 

'6  Mushroom  Coral,  Fungia  ele- 
g^ans,  Gulf  Calif.,  2in 25 

7  Armor  Starfish,  Nidorella  ar- 
mata,  Panama,  5in 35 

«c  Black-mouth  Tree  Snail,  Oxy- 
styla  undata  var  floridensis, 
Florida,  2in _     35 

4  Tiger  Cowry,  Cyjircea  tigris, 
Australia,  3in 15 

iO  Black  Murex,  Murex radix,Fa,- 

ge   nama,  4in 35 

11  Tarpon  Scale,  Florida,  (2  spe) 
2in , 10 

!2a Compass  or  Sunflower  Star- 

. fish,  Heliaster  Kubingii,  Chili, 

4in .  35 

iS^Mammoth  Sea  Urchin.  Stron- 
qylocentrotus  franciscanus. 
Pacific,  4in 35 

14  Pink  Coral,  Slylaster  sanguin- 
eut,  Samoa,  2^in _     25 

15a  Orange  tscorpion  Shell.  Cut 
to  illustrate  structure,  4>^in., 
select 35 

16  Silvermouth,  Turbo  tesselatus , 

Gulf  Calif  .  2V4'ln 25 

17  Egg  of  Skate  or  Sand  Shark, 

Martha's  Vineyard.  4jn lO 

18  Organpipe    Coral,     Tubipora 

musica,  Singapore,  Sin 35 

19  Fossil  Polyp  Coral,  Heliopby- 

Hum,  Genessee  Co.,    N.    Y 
-     2in,  Cilb) 25 


$  21 
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11 
16 
04 


Lattin's  20  Purple-spined  Sea  Urchin, 
Prepaid  Strongyloce)itroius  drobach- 
Price.  iensis,  Gulf  Mexico,  3;^ln 

21  Horn  Nut,  China,  2j^in 

22  Sea  Horse,  Hippocampus  hud- 
sonius,  Delaware  Bay,  4in 

23  Screw  Sbell.  TurritelJa  croc  a, 
Panama,  3iu 

24  Native  Lodestone,  Magnet 
Cove,  Ark.,  2in 

25  Resurrection  Plant,  Mexico.. 

26  Young  Corcb,  Strombus  gigas, 
Bahamas.  5in 

27  Propellor Coral, .4^aric€'aagfar- 
icites,  Bahamas,  5in 

28  Coqulna  Shell  Conglomerate, 
St.  AugustiLe,  Fla.,  Sin 

29a  Fossil  Scaphites,  (Nautilus 
Family)  Custer  Co.,  Mon- 
tana, 3in 

30  Venus  Clam,  Chione  gnidia, 
Gulf  Calif.,  3in 

31  Lettered  Cone,  Conus  liter atus, 
Ceylon,  Sin 

32  Golden  Starfish.  Asterias  och- 
racea,  Calif.,  7in 

S3  Black  Ea.r.ffaliotiscracherodii 
Japan,  S><iin 

34  White  Murex,  Murex  ramosus, 
Zanzibar,  4!4in 

35  "Electric  Stone,"  "Hell  Fire 
Rock,"  a  variety  of  Tremolite 
so  hijjhiy  charged  with;phos- 
phonc  acid  tbat  a  light 
scratch  in  dark  emits  a  play 
of  lights.  Sin 

36  Branch CovslI, Madrepora cervi- 
cornis,  Bahamas,  7in.  Branch 

37  Sea  Fern,  Pterogorgia  setosa. 
Key  West,  3ft 

38  Golden  Sea  Fan,  Panama,  151n 

39  Yellow  Sea  Fan,  Rhipidogor- 
gia  occatoria,  Bahamas,  121n . 

40  Sertularla,  Atlantic  City, ^  J. 


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25 
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25 
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19 


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THE  ABOVE  ILLUSTRATION  SHOWS  ONE  OF  LATTIN'S 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY 


....BARRELS  OF  SHELLS 


CROWDED  INTO  A  4X5  FOOT  SPACE. 


TO   PROPERLY  DISPLAY  WOULD  REQUIRE  A  MUCH  LARGER   SPACE. 


Our  Twentieth  Century 


Barrel  °^  Shells 


Iq  my  list  offering  a  "Barrel  of  Shells"  six 
years  ago  ('95)  I  quote: 

"From  time  memorial  it  has  been  custom 
ary  for  shell  dealers  to  put  up  a  barrel  of  shells 
for  others  to  sell  again.  $2ior$3Jisa  favorite 
price  for  one  of  these  barrel  collections,  in  fact 
a  good  selection  of  saleable  material  cj,nnot  be 
sold  at  a  living  profit  at  a  lower  price.  'Lattin' 
has  been  in  the  shell  business  for  the  past  fif- 
teen years.  '95  makes  his  9ih  consecutive  sea 
son  at  Chautauqua  (whei'e  be  has  exclusive 
right).  His  'Fail'  trade  U  and  has  been  on-)  of 
the  heaviest  In  the  U.  S.,  and  at  the  WoRLd'.s 
Fair  'Lattin'  personally  sold  more  shells  than 
all  other  dealers  combined— the-^e  htatements 
may  seem  strong  but  they  are  facts  neverthe- 
less." At  that  time  I  offered  a  "barrel  of 
shells"  to  dealers  only. 

The  "Twentieth  Century  Barrel  of  Shells" 
has  been  put  up  from  an  eatirely  different 
standpoint;  and  while  I  expect  to  sell  more 
barrels  to  dealers  than  to  others  it  will  be  due 
to  the  fact  that  they  realize  more  fully  the  ex- 
ceptional bargain  I  am  offering  in  giving  a 
greater  variety  and  mikiag  a  lower  rate  than 
they  were  ever  able  to  previously  secure. 

I  have  about  25  of  these  Twentieth  Century 
Barrel  of  Shells.  The  engraving  on  preceding 
page  does  not  do  the  collection  justice.  It  was 
my  original  Intention  to  have  the  different 
specimens  numbered  in  order  that  one  coul  I 
get  an  idea  of  each  variety  from  the  engraving 
but  I  find  that  the  reduction  in  size  is  so  great 
that  the  carrying  out  of  my  original  intention 
is  out  of  the  question. 

This  'barrel"  has  be^n  arranged,  however, 
so  as  to  be  of  value  to  anyone,  and  especially 
so  for  those  wishing  to  get  a  nice  assortment 
of  shells,  etc.,  and  be  able  to  sell  enough  from 
the  residue  to  make  their  own  cost  little  or 
nothing.  This  assortment  is  of  value  to  the 
collector  or  teacher  and  of  special  value  for 
school  work.  It's  needless  to  add  or  say  more 
as  to  its  value  to  the  dealer  or  to  those  who 
wish  a  selection  to  sell  again.  I  might  call  at- 
tention, however  to  its  great  value,  if  proper- 
ly displayed,  as  a  store  window  attraction  and 
for  ornamental  purposes.  An  up-to-date  mer- 
chant can  use  it  as  an  attraction  for  a  few 
weeks  and  then  sell  at  Yz  usual  prices  and  real- 
ize a  good  profit.  It  is  also  of  special  value  to 
place  on  sale  and  as  an  attraction  at  a  Church 
or  Lodge  Fair  bioth,  etc.,  etc. 

For  whatever  purpose  you  purchase  this  as- 
sortment you  will  find  it  one  of  the  biggest 
investments  in  the  shell  line  that  you  ever 
made  for  the  money.  You  will  also  find  that 
the  assortmeht  contains  no  "dead  wood." 

Each  variety  Is  plainly  labeled  and  a  good 
sized  cardboard  libel  Is  also  sent  for  each  va- 
riety, giving  common  and  scientific  names  and 
locality,  making  the  assortment  doubly  valu- 
able for  display  purposes. 


The  assortment  is  made  up  as  follows: 

2  Lai'ge  Pink  Conchs $    75 

2PlakConch  Puiats 75 

4  Youag  Conchs 50 

1  E.  L  Clam 50 

2E   I  Clams 50 

4  While  Murex    60 

2  Wh  te  Murex 50 

3  Pink  MureK 50 

2  Pink  Murex 75 

2  Black  Murex 50 

1  Black  Murex  rO 

1  Grandmother  Shell 1  00 

1  Grandmother  Shell  ..  35 

1  Violet-mouth  Scorpion     50 

1  Orange  Scorpion  cut  to  show  structure         35 

1  Tent  Olive 75 

2GreenSnail   50 

2  Tiger  Cowry 35 

1  Marlinspike 50 

8  Mother  of  Pearl 50 

4  Lettered  Cones 1  00 

2  White  Spindle  Shells 50 

2  Venus  Shells 50 

5  Fighting  Shells 50 

5  Pearl  Conchs  50 

5  Silverllps 50 

5  Goldmouths  50 

5  Silvermouths 50 

5  Orange  Scorpions 50 

5  Black  Ears 50 

5  Screw  Shells 50 

5  Banded  Murex 50 

5  Lettered  Olives : 50 

4  Boxes  of  assorted  Small  Shells 1  00 

1  Sea  Horse 35 

1  Armor  Starfish 35 

1  Golden  Starfish 35 

3  Compass  Starfish 75 

3  Mammoth  Sea  Urchins    50 

Lot  of  assorted  pieces  W.  I.  \^'hite  Branch 

Coral 2  00 

Lot  Organpipe  Coral 1  00 

2  Purple  Sea  Ferns 50 

2  Purple  Sea  Ferns 1  50 

2  Yellow  Sea  Fans .* 50 

2  Yellow  Sea  Fans  25 

2  Golden  Sei  Eans 75 

This  assortment  of  shells,  etc.,  at  low  rates 
will  sell  for  not  lass"  than  $28.03.  I  will  pack 
the  entire  lot  in  a  barrel  and  deliver  f.  o.  b. 
express  or  freight,  Albion,  NY.,  for  only  $7.80. 
It's  worth  nearly  doubfe  this  figure  at  low 
wholesale  rates,  and  is  the  biggest  bargain  in 
showy  material  in  the  Shell  and  Coral  line  1 
have  ever  seen  in  my  20  years'  career  as  a  deal- 
e"  and  .lubber  In  Sea  Shells,  etc. 

-Address  plainly  and  in  full, 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,    M.    D  , 
Albion,  N.  Y. 


THE  ABOVE  ENGRAVING  ILLUSTRATES 

A  FEW  SELECTED   SPECIMENS 

OFFERED    ON    FIRST    PAGES    OF    THIS    LIST. 


THE  OOLOGIST 


73 


with  her  household  effects,  if  disturbed, 
I  covered  the  eggs  with  my  coat  and 
hustled  home  after  my  camera  and  took 
them  "in  situ."  Although  I  use  the 
most  rapid  plates  yet  I  had  to  make  the 
exposure  8  seoiiad<  on  account  of  the 
gatheritig  gloom  in  the  woods.  The 
eggs  were  nearly  hatched,  but  never 
did  an  ocilogist  use  more  time,  patience 
and  pancreatin,  than  did  I,  but  with 
all  my  care  I  c  )uld  only  save  one  egg. 

June  21.— How  queer  it  is— a  solemn 
fact  though — that  one  is  forever  sur- 
prising himself  by  finding  just  what  he 
is  not  looking  for.  Here  I've  found 
quite  accideatal'y  the  nests  of  two  spe- 
cies that  I've  searched  for  so  many 
times  without  success.  I'his  fact  was 
again  illustrated  on  June  21  while  pho- 
tographing an  Ovenbird  on  nest.  I 
was  out  in  the  woods  at  5  a.  ni.,  and 
when  1  arrived  at  the  nest  the  Oven- 
bird  was  out  to  breakfast,  so  I  took 
photo  of  nest  and  eggs  'in  situ."  I  had 
just  finished  when  she  came  walking 
homeward  with  dainty,  mincing  steps, 
turning  a«ide  here  and  there  for  little 
bunches  of  grass  or  a  dead  limb.  With 
camera  obout  six  feet  away  she  camo 
peeking  around  the  nest,  her  sparkling, 
beady  eyes  seeming  to  express  anxiety, 
which  did  not  pass  away  even  when  I 
requested  her  to  "look  pleasant." 

While  folding  my  camera  I  heard  the 
"hum"  of  a  Hummingbird,  overhead  in 
the  oaks  and  I  began  to  realize  that  a 
nest  was  near,  for  judging  by  the 
"hum"  or  "buzz"  it  sounded  like  a 
Hummingbird  from  the  nest  a  foot  or 
so,  and  darting  back.  A  glance  up- 
ward revealed  the  tiny  bird  humming 
around  her  home,  on  the  crotch  of  a 
dead  limb,  about  5  feet  from  the  body 
of  a  slender  oak,  and  30  feet  above  the 
ground.  She  seemed  to  be  nervous  be- 
cause of  my  presence  and  kept  turning 
her  head  sidewise,  and  peering  at  me 
over  the  rim  of  her  little  gem  of  lichens, 
spider's  web  and  cottony  stuff.     There 


were  two  slightly  incubated  eggs  and 
they  now  are  in  my  collection. 

There  is  another  solemn  fact  that  I 
always  think  of  as  a  sort  of  "hoodoo"^ 
and  that  is  to  have  some  misfortune  be- 
fall a  new  find.  Either  some  "var- 
mint" will  destroy  the  nest  before  the 
set  is  complete,  or  else  some  self-in- 
flicted acc'dent  will  happen. 

I  well  remember  the  first  set  of  Chest- 
nut-sided Warbler  that  I  found.  I  had 
succeeded  in  safely  packing  3  of  the 
eggs  and  had  the  fourth  egg  between 
my  "first  thumb  and  second  finger' 
when  a  mosquito  lit  on  my  thumb  and 
aroused  my  feelings — even  more  than 
the  offended  Warblers— which  caused 
me  to  raise  my  hand,  let  it  fall  down 
upon  the  mosquito,  smashing  him  into 
"smithereens"  and  incidentally  the  egg. 
C.  F.  Stone, 
Branchport,  N.  Y. 


Iowa  Notes. 

"Oh!  what  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June?" 
Sometimes  we  ornithologists  think  that 
the  early  spring  when  the  birds  begin 
to  arrive  from  the  sunny  south,  is  just 
as  pleasant  a  time  of  the  yea^,  for  after 
the  dreary  months  of  our  severe  win- 
ters, we  are  glad  to  greet  our  feathered 
friends  once  more. 

On  the  13th  of  March  I  heard  the  first 
Bluebird  of  the  season.  While  on  my 
way  to  work  in  the  morning  I  passed  a 
small  creek  bordered  on  either  side  by 
willows,  and  from  some  where  there 
came  the  unmistakable  notes  of  our 
first  spring  arrival.  A  cold  northwest 
wind  was  blowing  at  the  time  and  snow 
and  rain  fell  incessantly.  The  ther- 
mometer registered  36  degrees  above 
zero  all  day. 

About  the  middle  of  the  forenoon  on 
the  same  day  I  saw  a  small  flock  of 
Red-winged  Blackbirds  flying  high  in 
air  toward  the  south.  Evidently  their 
northward  journey  was  begun  a  little 


74 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


too  early,  and  they  had  discovered  the 
fact  in  short  order. 

A  flock  of  geese  was  seen  flying  north, 
ward  at  noon,  but  they  became  dis- 
couraged at  the  snow,  rain  and  wind 
which  they  encountered  and  'struck  off 
to  the  east  in  a  driving  rain. 

At  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  seven 
Bluebirds  were  seen  near  Cedar  Lake. 
They  were  on  the  south  side  of  a  wil- 
low covered  bluff.  The  wind  still  blew 
coldly  from  the  northwest,  and  snow 
was  falling  at  the  time  they  were  seen. 

Sunday  March  17th,  I  heard  a  Robin 
singing.  There  seems  to  be  a  scarcity 
of  Robins  this  spring,  this  being  the 
only  one  I  have  heard  to  date,  (March 
20th,)  but  their  ranks  are  filled  with  a 
goodly  number  of  Bluebirds.  I  am 
very  glad  to  note  the  increase  of  Blue- 
birds. Last  season  I  found  a  pair 
breeding  in  an  old  stump  near  my 
home,  but  this  was  the  only  nest  found 
for  several  seasons. 

Every  ornithologist  should  have  a 
camera.  A  good  photograph  of  a  bird, 
nest  or  eggs  can  tell  more  of  the  beauty 
of  Nature  than  words  can  express  or 
tongue  can  tell.  The  amateur  "bird- 
ologist"  will  find  the  camera  a  great 
help  in  his  study  of  bird  life  and  bird- 
architecture. 

A  few  days  ago  the  writer  hunted  up 
his  climbers,  blow-pipes,  egg-boxes, 
drills,  etc.,  and  after  looking  them  over 
and  cleaning  them,  put  them  away 
where  they  could  be  found  at  a  mo- 
ments notice.  The  time  will  soon 
come  when  they  will  be  needed,  and  it 
is  best  to  have  them  ready  before- 
hand. 

I  heard  a  Meadow-lark  on  the  18th 
of  this  month  (March.)  These  larks 
are  quite  common  during  the  nesting 
season,  and  their  presence  at  this  time 
of  the  year  is  a  sure  sign  that  spring  is 
at  hand.  Several  Red-winged  Black- 
birds were  serenading  the  sun  in  the 
early  morning  with  their  "kon-ker-ree." 
Song  Sparrows  also  sang  in  the  shrub- 
bery along  the  lake  shore. 


The  writer  has  a  unique  way  of  iden- 
tifying birds  for  field  nse.  It  is  a  small 
book  with  alternating  blank  and  ruled 
leaves.  The  left  page  being  blank,  and 
the  right  ruled.  When  a  strange  bird 
is  seen,  a  rough  outline  of  it  is  made  on 
the  blank  page  and  then  colored  with 
colored  lead  pencils.  A  description  of 
the  bird  is  written  on  the  ruled  page, 
and  it  is  very  useful  in  identifying  the 
specimen  at  hand.  With  this  book  in 
your  panjamas,  a  pair  of  opera  glasses, 
and  a  good  "key"  with  you,  cr  at  home, 
identification  is  made  quife  easy.  Of 
course  the  exact  colors  cannot  always 
be  used,  but  they  can  be  made  ne^r 
enough  to  serve  the  purpose. 

Glen  M.  Hathorn, 
Cedar  Rapids,  la. 


Loxgilla  portoricensis. 

I  first  met  this  bird  in  the  hills  back 
of  Catana  and  Bayamon  across  the  bay 
from  San  Juan  during  the  spring  and 
summer  of  '99.  In  a  three  months'  so- 
journ in  the  Island  of  Vieques  I  did  not 
observe  it  and  do  not  think  it  occurs. 
At  Aguadilla  during  the  summer  of 
1900  I  found  it  common  and  again  at 
Mayaguez  the  succeeding  autumn  and 
winter.  In  the  brush  of  the  lower  hill- 
sides near  San  Juan  Bay  it  seemed  to 
evince  no  evidence  of  shyness  or  seclu- 
sion and  was  readily  approached  and 
taken,  but  around  Aguachilla  and  May- 
aguez I  found  the  opposite  to  be  the 
base. 

A  male  skin  now  before  me  measurns 
six  and  one  half  inches  in  length.  The 
color  is  a  uniform  blue-black  with  pur- 
plish reflections.  A  patch  of  Venetian 
red  of  light  shade  covers  the  crown  ex- 
tending to  eyes  and  base  of  bill  and 
continuing  in  two  slight  stripes  three- 
eighths'  inch  down  on  neck.  Another 
patch  of  same  color  and  oval  shape 
covers  throat  and  upper  breast,  meas- 
uring one  and  five-eighths  inches  from 
base    of   lower    mandibles.      A    third 


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75 


patch  of  this  same  color  covers  under 
tail  coverts. 

The  bill  is  rather  short,  though  far 
less  so  than  many  of  the  Grosbeaks. 
The  culmen  measures  live-eighths  inch. 
The  female  is  almost  uniformly  of  an 
olive  brown  color  with  chestnut  under 
tail  coverts;  the  wing  quills  and  tail 
feathers  are  dark  brown,  almost  black, 
but  edged  with  the  same  color  brown 
as  the  rest  of  the  plumage.  The  young 
of  both  sexes  resemble  the  female. 

The  flight  is  slightly  bounding  with 
successive,  strong,  separate  strokes. 
The  song  reminds  one  forcibly  of  an 
exaggerated  edition  of  the  Song  Spar- 
row's and  the  alarm  notes  are  sparrow- 
like. I  have  he^rd  the  song  just  before 
twilight  when  the  resemblance  to  that 
of  the  Song  Sparrow  was  quite  strik- 
ing. Their  food  is  largely  vegetable, 
but  probably  insects  make  up  some 
part  of  it.  In  a  hasty  review  of  my 
note  book  I  find  record  only  of  seeds 
and  budH,  but  I  am  quite  sure  I  have 
examined  stomachs  containing  insect 
remains. 

The  female  Grosbeak  is  much  shyer 
than  the  male  and  I  have  never  had  a 
good  opportunity  of  watching  her  ways. 
The  male  is  often  found  feeding  on  the 
hillsides  and  among  the  bushes  without 
one  being  able  to  find  the  least  trace  of 
a  female  near. 

The  nesting  habits  I  know  only  by 
one  nest  found  on  June  15,  1900,  in  a 
narrow  bushy  pass  between  two  hills 
near  Aguadilla.  It  was  built  at  an  ele- 
vation of  about  8  feet;  placed  in  a 
clump  of  twigs  against  the  body  of  a 
small  tree.  In  appearance  it  was  much 
like  an  enlarged  edition  of  the  nest  of 
Euthia  bicolor,  being  bell-&haped  with 
entrance  in  the  side.  It  was  composed 
of  weed  and  vine  stems,  dead  leaves, 
and  skeletons  of  leaves,  and  measured 
externally  7x3  inches  in  depth,  the  lat- 
ter measurement  being  to  lower  edge 
of  entrance,  the  former  to  top  of  dome, 
— and  6i  inches  in  diameter.    The  in- 


side dimensions  were:  Depth,  2  inches; 
diameter,  3  inches. 

The  eggs  were  three  in  number  and  I 
sent  nest  and  eggs  to  the  U.  S.  Nation- 
al Museum  without  taking  measure- 
ments or  description,  so  must  describe 
from  memory.  They  were  fresh  and  I 
should  say  about  the  size  of  the  Car- 
dinals', of  a  light  blue  ground,  and 
quite  evenly  and  thickly  sprinkled  with 
fine  dots  of  reddish  brown. 

On  June  13,  1900,  I  secured  near  this 
same  spot  a  young  female  in  immature 
plumage.  Stomach's  contents  were 
small  round  weed  seeds. 

B.  S.  BOWDISH. 


Pan-American  Notes. 

If  ycu  don't  know  just  where  to  go 
next  summer  you  can't  make  any  m  is- 
take  in  going  to  the  Pan-American  Ex- 
position. 

The  superb  collections  made  in  the 
far  northwest  by  the  Alaska  Geograph- 
ical Society  will  possibly  be  shown  at 
the  Pan  American  Exposition. 


The  best  mineral  exhibit  ever  made 
by  Canada  will  be  seen  at  Ihe  Pan- 
American  Exposition.  Mine  owners 
and  nrospectors  are  giving  the  Bureau 
of  Mines  hearty  co-operation  in  their 
collection  of  specimens  for  this  display. 


The  Bird  Protective  Association  of 
America  proposes  to  make  an  exhibit 
at  the  Pan-American  Exposition  which 
will  be  of  great  interest  and  general 
value  to  all  agriculturists,  particularly 
those  interested  in  the  forest  and  shade 
trees.  The  exhibit  will  consist  of  in- 
fected sections  of  various  kinds  of  trees 
on  which  will  be  mounted  the  destroy- 
ing insects  in  their  various  stages  of  de- 
velopment, and  the  birds  that  devour 
them. 

The  bird  and  insect  life  will  be  repre- 
sented in  a  natural  way,  thereby  illus- 
trating the  great  value  of  bird  life  to 
all  forms  of  vegetation.  It  will  be  the 
first  exhibit  of  this  nature  ever  made  at 
an  exposition,  and  it  is  intended  to 
make  it  a  most  useful  feature  of  the 
Pan-American. 


76 


THE  OOLOGISl 


There  are  5,000.000  or  more  persons 
in  the  United  States  who  devote  more 
or  less  of  their  time  to  the  collection  of 
stamps,  coins,  picturps,  curios,  etc., 
and  the  majority  of  them  are  members 
of  the  societies  of  collectors.  Amonp: 
these  are.-  The  American  Society  of 
Curio  Collectors,  the  Philatelic  Sons  of 
America,  the  American  Philatelic  As- 
sociation, the  American  Numismatist 
Association,  the  American  Camera 
Club  Exchange  and  the  Illustrated  or 
Souvenir  Card  Exchange.  These  and 
many  other  associations  of  collectors 
will  hold  their  annual  meetings  in  Buf- 
falo during  the  week  beginning  August 
19th,  while  the  Pan-American  is  in 
progress. 

On  account  of  the  many  attractions 
offered  by  the  Exposition  and  Niagara 
Falls,  and  the  extraordinary  opportun- 
ities which  the  collectors  will  have  for 
adding  to  their  specimens,  it  is  expect- 
ed that  this  will  be  the  most  largely  at- 
tended meeting  of  the  different  associa- 
tions ever  held. 


When  the  Pan-American  Exposition 
opens  its  gates  at  Buffalo,  May  1,  1901, 
twenty-five  years  will  have  elapsed 
since  the  Centennial  at  Philadelphia. 
During  all  this  time  there  has  been 
nothing  noteworthy  of  the  kind  in  the 
east,  and  the  new  century  may  never 
see  anything  to  rival  or  surpass  the 
Pan-American  in  magnitude,  richness, 
beauty  and  universal  benefit.  Its  loca- 
tion, too,  is  one  to  assure  a  record- 
breaking  attendance,  for  tahing  it  as  a 
center  and  drawing  a  circle  with  a  rad- 
ius of  500  miles,  over  40.000,000  people 
— more  than  half  the  population  of  the 
United  States — would  be  included  in 
the  area  thus  circumscribed,  which 
would,  moreover,  include  at  least  sev- 
enty-five per  cent,  of  the  nation's  indus- 
trial and  commercial  wealth.  As  a 
center  of  railroads  and  waterways  Buf- 
falo is  also  at  the  front  with  the  tonnage 
of  the  Greas  Lakes  pouring  into  its 
harbor,  and  twenty-six  steel  highways 
reaching  out  in  every  direction.  In 
1876,  the  year  of  the  Centennial  Expo- 
sition, the  entire  population  of  the 
United  States  scarcely  equalled  that 
now  within  the  area  indicated,  and  the 
same  circle  in  diameter,  with  Chicago 
as  its  center,  would  not  include  over 
half  that  number.  The  resultant  ad- 
vantages, both  to  the  Pan-American 
Exposition  and  its  exhibitors  and  pat- 
rons, are  self-evident. 


A  new  booklet,  just  issued  for  the 
Exposition,  tells  a  very  charming  story 
of  its  history  and  creation  and  de- 
scribes the  beautiful  city  in  which  the 
festival  has  been  developed  and  brought 
to  completion.  The  booklet  is  embel- 
lished with  many  illustrations,  includ- 
ing twelve  coJoi  ed  plates  of  Exposition 
buildings  and  views.  These  will  be 
sent  free  to  applicants  by  the  Bureau 
of  Publicity  so  long  as  the  edition  lasts. 
All  the  principal  buildings  of  the  Ex- 
position have  been  completed  for  some 
time.  The  installation  of  exhibits  be- 
gan many  weeks  ago,  and  there  is 
every  reason  to  expect  that  the  Exposi- 
tion will  have  a  sand-paper  finish  on 
the  first  of  May— a  remarkable  achieve- 
ment, indeed,  considering  the  unfavor- 
able weather  and  the  history  of  other 
expositions  in  this  regard.  Some  of 
the  afterthoughts,  such  as  State  build- 
ings, will  not  ba  done  till  about  May 
20th,  which  is  to  be  Dedication  Day. 

Everyone  who  has  visited  the  grounds 
of  the  Pan-Amoiican  Exposition  during 
the  last  few  months  has  been  astonished 
beyond  expression  upon  beholding  the 
magnitude  and  the  exceptional  beauty 
and  novelty  of  the  enterprise.  It  is 
very  much  larger  than  people  generally 
have  supposed,  and  it  is  apparent  that 
the  $10,000,000  which  is  the  approxi- 
mate cost  of  the  Exposition  as  a  whole, 
has  been  expended  most  wisely  and 
with  the  happiest  results.  The  partic- 
ular novelty  that  is  to  be  noted  in  this 
Exposition  is  discovered  in  the  fact 
that  in  its  exterior  aspect  it  is  a  radical 
departure  from  former  expositions. 
The  buildings  are  arranged  upon  a  har- 
monious and  well  developed  plan, 
producing  court  settings  and  vistas  of 
very  charming  character.  The  use  of 
molded  staff  work  and  decorative 
sculpture  upon  the  buildings  and  at  all 
salient  points  within  the  courts,  the 
liberal  employment  of  hydraulic  and 
fountain  features,  the  floral  and  garden 
effects,  the  exquisite  colorings  of  build- 
ings and  architectural  ornaments,  and 
the  illumination  of  the  whole  with 
more  than  300,000  electric  lamps,  com- 
bine to  make  a  picture  of  unsurpassed 
loveliness.  The  musical  features  are 
also  of  great  importance  and  interest. 
The  exhibit  divisions  are  very  complete 
and  embrace  the  gamut  of  industrial, 
scientific  and  artistic  activities  of  the 
people  of  the  Western  Hemisphere. 
The  Midway,  claimed  to  be  the  great- 
est in  the  world,  has  more  than  a  mile 
of  frontage.     The  restaurant  features 


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are  perfect  and  the  Exposition,  so  far 
as  human  ingenuity  and  the  wise  ex- 
penditure of  money  can  accomplish 
such  a  work,  is  complete  to  the  last 
detail. 

Bnflfalo,  too,  is  an  ideal  city  for  an 
exposition,  having  a  summer  climate 
that  is  tempered  by  the  breezes  from 
Lake  Erie  and,  therefore,  the  most 
comfortable  in  which  one  may  erjoy 
his  summer  outing.  The  people  of  the 
city  have  prepared  themselves  In  a 
most  ample  way  to  entertain  millions 
of  guests  during  the  Exposition.  The 
private  dwellings  throughout  the  city 
have  been  thrown  open  to  the  public 
and,  in  view  of  the  ample  accommoda- 
tions, very  moderate  rates  will   prevail 


so  that  every  visitor  may  have  such  ac- 
commodations as  he  is  willing  to  pay 
for.  He  may  have  the  palatial  quart- 
ers of  the  fine  hotels,  or  the  quiet  rest- 
fullness  of  a  pleasant  home.  The 
average  rate  for  accommodations  near 
the  Exposition  grounds  is  about  $1.00 
per  night  for  lodging,  with  25c  to  50c 
added  for  breakfast,  it  being  expected 
that  guests  will  take  their  other  meals 
upon  the  Exposition  grounds.  A  num- 
ber of  responsible  companies  have 
organized  to  find  accommodations  for 
visitors  at  any  price  th?y  may  desire  to 
pay.  The  officers  of  these  companies 
are  centrally  located  and  this  system  of 
management  promises  tT  bring  very 
satisfactory  resiilts  to  all  concerned. 


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Bird's  EggS-  Hundreds  tiae  sets  and  singles,  will  make  you  special  low 
prices  this  mujjth.  Send  for  lists.  Berkshire  Hills  species  collected  to  order, 
with  nests  ira  sitti. 

Books  and  Periodicals.  Chapman.s  New  "Bird  Life"  ed.  in  colors  $1.70. 
American  Ornithology  and  Condor  both  full  year  to  New  Subscribers  for  only 
$1.15  Let  me  quote  you  on  any  Book  or  Periodical  published  in  any 
branch  of  literature.  Back  vols,  and  odd  numbers,  state  your  wants.  10  New 
Sets  Osprey,  vol.  2  at  $1.00  each;  6  numbers  vol.  1  at  $1.00.  Bendire's  Life  His- 
torio  Vol.  1,  $8  50.    Send  for  Bulletins  and  Lists. 

Fishing  Rods  and  Tacicle.  Bristol  Steel  Bods  Nos.  1,  2,  5.  6,  SS.IO  each. 
Nos  4,  8,  il.  13,  15,  16,  $4  00  each.  Split  Bamboos,  $1.00  to  $25.00.  Lancewoods, 
$1  50  to  $6  50.  I  >?uarantee  to  give  you  big  value  for  your  money.  All  numbers 
and  styles  of  Bristol  Rods,  extra  joints  tips,  etc.,  etc.  Tront  Flies,  prood  flies 
assorted  25  cts.  a  dozen.  Out  helper  flies,  70  cts.  dozen  Bass  Flies,  80  cts.  a 
dozen,  upward.  Single  Out  Hooks,  16  cts.  a  dozen.  Double  Out  Hooks.  25  cts.  a 
dozen.  Leaders,  5  cts.,  up.  Lines  and  Reeds,  every  description.  Baskets,  70cts. 
to  $1.50.  I  have  everything  for  all  sorts  of  fishing  in  any  part  of  the  United 
States,  Canada,  etc.,  etc.     Write  your  wants,  I  will  save  you  money. 

Bicycles  and  Sundries.  Hartford  Tires,  No.  80  $6.25  a  pair.  No.  77,  $5.75 
■a  pair.  No.  70,  $5  00  a  pair.  Veedtr  Cyclometers  $1.40.  Mossberg  "Cuckoo" 
'Chimes  39  cts.  1900  Columbia  Chainless  $48.00.  No  matter  what  you  want  in 
Bicycle  Sundries  let  us  quote.  I  have  special  bargains  in  wheels  at  from  $5.00  up, 
both  new  and  second  hand.  It  will  pay  you  to  write  me  before  you  buy.  I  take 
eggs  in  part  payment  on  wheels 

Benjamin  Hoag, 

Stephentown,  N.  Y. 


The  Oologist. 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY,  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVm.  NO.  6 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  JUNE,  1901. 


Whole  No.  177 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  thla  department 
tor  25c  per  25  words.  Notices  over  2.5  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  addltloaa. 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  FLrst-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


What's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  mimber  following  your  name 
on  the  wi'apper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  177  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
180     "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

183      •'  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

190      "       -        "  "  "    June,  1902 

195     "      '       •'  "  "      Dec.    " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 


IMPORTANT. 


This  June  Oologist  was  is- 
sued June  8th.  The  July  is- 
sue will  be  printed  on  June  25.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
mail. 

NOTICE:— I  will  exchange  ICO  Datas,  size 
61/4x3^,  printed  on  Diana  Bond  paper,  for  every 
BO  cts.  worth  of  strict  ly  first  class  sets  with 
complete  data  sent  me.  Sets  returned  if  not 
entirely  satisfactory.  CLARENCE  H.  LUTH- 
ER, Payetteville,  Ark.,  P.  O.  Box  322. 

WANTED:— Hummingbirds'  nests  with  eggs 
in  exchange  for  specimens  or  supplies.  J.  P. 
BABBITT,  Taunton,  Mass. 

FOR  SALE:  — One  set  of  Raven  eggs  with 
nest  at  catalogue  rates.  ALVAH  G.  DORR, 
Taxidermist  and  Fur  Dealer,  Bucksport.  Me. 

FOR  SALE  or  EXCHANGE :  Sets  of  378  4-8, 
5-9,  postpaid,  for  4c  per  egR.  or  will  exchange 
for  Tobacco  Tags.  10  tags  for  each  egg.  Get 
special  price  for  25  sets  of  378,  1901  collecting. 
Address  F.  W.  COLLINS,  Garden  City,  Kan. 

TYPE:— I  have  about  15  fonts  of  display 
type  and  ornaments  taken  from  a  printer  in 
payment  of  a  bill.  I  will  exchange  for  eggs 
or  skins.  Proofs  on  application.  JAMES  P. 
BABBITT,  Taunton,  Mass. 

TO  EXCHANGE  :-50  feet  of  seine  (new)  and 
good  22  cal.  rifle  for  "Coues'  Key,  '  "N.  A. 
Birds"  or  Davie's  "Nests  and  Eggs."  Good 
novels  for  eggs  or  either  of  above  books. 
Write  for  exchange  list.  ROY  E.  GASTON, 
Hiawatha,  Kan. 


FOR  SALE:— Large  Rocky  Mountain  sheep 
head,  measuring  l^Yi  inches  around  base  of 
horn,  35  inches  around  outside  curve,  22  inches 
spread.  Finely  mounted.  Price  $hO  00.  A  rare 
bargain.  Male  deer  heads,,  all  elegantly 
mounted.  One  large  13  point  $15.00;  one  large 
13point$l,5-.00;  one  10  point  $12.00:  one  4  point 
$10. CO  Every  .one  a  bargain  at  above  prices. 
Enclose  stamp  for  reply.  L.  B.  GILMORE, 
HloominK  Valley,  Crawford  Co.,  Pa 

FOR  sale:— A  new  No.  2  Eureka  Camera 
(Eastman  make)  pictures  3»/4x3l2.  three  (3) 
double  plate  holders  and  1  dozen  plates,  all 
postpaid  for  85.00  Also  a  No.  l  Vive  (almost 
new)  holds  12  plates  4'4x4ii  postpaid  for  $3.00. 
cost  $6.00.  F.  W.  COLLINS.  Garden  City, 
Kan.,  Box  431. 

OOLOGISTS :— 1  have  a  fine  lot  of  strictly 
first  class  sets  and  .singles  for  sale  at  80  per 
cent,  discount.  Don't  miss  this  chance  if  you 
care  to  purchase  eggs  cheaper  than  cheap. 
Send  for  list.    ED  KASCH,  Lockhart,  Tex. 

FOR  SALE:— The  following  first  class  sih- 
gles  for  sale  very  cheap:  289b,  2c;  316,  3c;  335, 
I5c;  326,  15c:  38.5,  5c;  387.  3c:  394a.  10c:  4C6.  2c: 
443.  2c;  452,  3c;  4.54.  5c:  .506,  2c:  507.  2c:  511,  2c: 
511b,  2c;  513.  3c:  513.  3c:  5.52.  2c;  .593,  2c:  594,  10c; 
601,  2c;  604,  2c;  611.  2c;  627,  2c ;  633.  2c :  703,  2c : 
719b,  5c;  735a,  If'c;  766.  2c:  Orders  of  less  than 
50cts.  not  dt^sired.  Send  before  they  are  all 
gone  ADOLF  SCHUTZE,  1611  Sabine  St„ 
Austin,  Travis  Co.,  Tex. 

look:  look:— The  following  first  class 
sets  with  data  for  sale:  316  13.  3c;  443  1-5  10c; 
506  1-5,  6c:  .553  1-4  5c;  .593  1-4,  5c:  594  1-4,  40c; 
633  1-4,  10c;  703  1-4,  1  5,  5c.  The  above  price.s  are 
per  set  postpaid,  but  orders  for  less  than  oOcts. 
not  desired.  ADOLF  SCHUT2E,  1611  Sabine 
St.,  Austin,  Travis  Co.,  Tex. 

CAMERA  and  EGGS  for  EXCHANGE:— I 
offer  nicely  prepared,  authentic  sets  of  the  fol- 
lowing In  exchange  for  sets  I  can  use:  79a  1-1, 
93  1-1.  107  1-1,  116  1-1.  286.1  1-1,  288  1-4,  1-5,  408  1-8, 
449  14.  498b  1-4,  1-5,  520  n-4,  611,1  1-4  to  6,  708  1  3. 
Also  a  6x8  "Waterbury"  view  camera,  made  by 
the  Scoville  &  Adams  Co.,  with  .shutter,  3 
double  plate  holders,  carrying  case  and  tripod, 
all  in  good  working  order.  In  sending  lists  of 
duplicates  plea  e  mention  number  of  each  spe- 
cies you  have  to  offer.  JAMES  r,  BABBITT, 
Taunton,  Mass. 


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WANTED.— Sets  Of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa. 101 

WANTED.— May  number,  1888,  Vol.  XXII, 
American  Naturalist  WILLIAM  BREW- 
STER, Cambridge.  Mass. 

FOR  SALE:— Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
rangiag  in  price  from  25c.  to  $5.00;  halfs  from 
10c  to  50e.  Special  rates  to  colleges  aid  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co.,  Illinois.  179 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

WANTED:  — Al  sets  Nos.  83,  172.  192,  193,  206, 
210,  228,  258a,  261,286,  301,  302,  310  478.  486,  618, 
701  Canoffer  good  sets,  Belgian  Hares,  Abys- 
sinian and  English  Cavies,  Fancy  Pigeons  and 
Pit  Games.  ALMON  E.  KIBBE.  Mayville, 
N.  Y.  177 

WANTED:— Oologists  and  others  to  read 
"Frederick  Young,"  the  prettiest  book  of  the 
year.  A  line  story  with  science  and  natural 
history  intermixed.  Tinted  illustrations;  gold 
top.  Price  $1.50.  Superlative  as  a  gift.  Order 
through  vour  book  dealer.  By  Charles  Lin- 
coln Phillips,  an  old  contributor  to  this  jour- 
nal. H.  A.  DICKERMAN  &  SON,  Publishers, 
Boston  tf 

CASH  PAID  for  bii'd,  animal,  nest  and  egg 
photos  of  specimens  in  situ  or  mounted.  Must 
befree  from  copyright  or  other  limitations,  so 
that  I  can  use  them  in  my  journalistic  work. 
Write  me  soon  and  state  lowest  cash  or  ex- 
change price.  Unmounted  photos  preferred. 
H.  H.  DUNN,  Fullerton,  California. 

PUBLICATIONS  WANTED:— Complete  vol- 
umes or  single  copies  of  the  Osprey,  Western 
Ornithologist,  Bulletin  Cooper  Ornithological 
Club,  Auk,  O.  and  O  ,  American  Osprey,  Con- 
dor, Iowa  Ornithologist.  Nidologist,  Feather, 
Hummer.  Oologist  and  others.  I  have  A  No. 
1  sets  with  data  magazines,  stamps  and  cash 
to  faciliate  exchange.  Everything  answered. 
G  .EN  M.  HATHORN,  1600  E.  Ave.,  Cedar 
Rapids,  la. 

FOR  SALE  or  EXCHANGE:— Complete  file 
(4  volumes)  Osprey,  except  Sept.  1899  No  ,  $5.00; 
1  copy  Nov.  '97, 'ditto  Jan.  '98.  the  two  25  cents; 
Volumes  2,  3  and  4  Nidologist,  $3  00:  1  copy 
each  Sept.  '94,  May,  Sept.,  Oct.,  Dec  .  1895,  the 
five  30  cents:  Museum  Vol.  2  complete.  75c: 
Bulletin  Mich.  O.  Club  Vol.  2  complete.  Vol.  3 
Nos.  1  and  2,  Vol.  1  No.  2,  the  lot  75  cents ;  Nat- 
ural Science  News,  complete  file,  60  cents.  Pre- 
paid at  above  prices.  Will  exchange  any  of 
the'  above,  value  for  value,  for  set  30-30  short 
range  reloading  tools ;  a  3  or  4  slide  tripod  for 
4x5  hand  camera;  a  Stevens  Diamond  Model 
pistol,  22  calibre,  10  inch  barrel;  or  a  Bristol 
steel,  jointed  fly  fishing  rod  for  bass  or  trout. 
L.  B.  GILMORE,  Blooming  Valley,  Crawford 
Co..  Pa. 

NOTICE !— Mounted  Fish  for  sale: 

Leopard  Shark.  18  inches $1  00 

Bullflsh,  22  inches      1  00 

Rock  Sturgeon,  16  inches _  1  00 

Send  "-tamp  for  photograph.  EDWIN  H. 
REIBER,  No.  160  Champlain  street,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 


WANTED:— Sets  of  58.  64.  76,  137,  139,  261.  273', 
337,  339,  373,  387.  388,  390,  393,  394.  .501-611.  614  and 
Others,  especially  218,  230,  334.  364.  Exchange 
or  cash.  All  answered.  A.  E.  PRICE,  Grant 
Park,  Ills.  177 

FOR  SALE: -My  entire  collection  of  eggs. 
Over  three  hundred  varieties  in  8ets  and  some 
singles.  List  includes  manv  rare  species, 
Massena  Partridge,  Rivoli  Hummer,  Bou- 
card's  Snarrow,  Raptores,  Thrishers,  Wrens, 
etc..  etc"  They  all  go  at  bottom  prices.  Write 
for  my  list.  F.  C.  WILLARD,  704  N.  Cnerry 
St.,  Galesburg,  111. 

Al  SETS  RING  PHE  iSANT,  Mt.  Quail 
Sooty  Grouse— 8  to  I'i  oggs  each— a  few  Al 
skins  Western  Evening  Grosbeak  iu  pairs  for 
original  sets  and  skins.  Many  common  spec- 
ies wanted.    A.  G.  PRILL,  Scio,  Oregon. 

WANTED  FOR  CASH:— I  intend  to  start  a 
collection  of  birds  eggs  and  skins  and  intend  to 
buy  quite  extensively.  Please  send  me  lists  of 
Al  sets  and  strictly  first-class  skins.  I  have  a 
list  of  about  100  different  sets  of  this  locality 
for  exchange  for  anything  not  in  my  collection. 
I  also  want  sample  copies  of  all  bird  maga- 
zines.   W.  E.  LEE,  Ocean  Park,  Cal. 

WANTED:— Some  nicely  prepared  Western 
game  heads  to  mount.  If  you  haven't  them 
but  can  get  them  next  season,  write  me.  Cash.. 
F  M,  RICHARDS,  Farmington,  Maine. 

FOR  SALE:— "Birds,"  monthly  magazine,  8- 
vols,  and  6  extra  copies  and  over  400  different 
plates,  beautifully  colored,  nearly  all  of  birds. 
The  finest  thing  of  the  kind  ever  published.  A 
bargain  at  $4.75.  In  splendid  condition.  I  also 
want  many  of  the  back  numbers  of  magazines 
advertised  for  in  May  Oologist  and  March 
and  April  "Recreation."  Write  at  once  to  AL- 
BERT F.  GANIER,  Bowmar  Ave,  Vicksburg, 
Miss. 

WANTED— Fresh  skins  of  all  humming- 
birds, also  others.  Can  give  in  exchange  skins 
of  this  and  other  localities,  also  a  few  eggs  in 
sets.  E.  VAN  L.  SMITH,  109  Good  St.,  Akron, 
Ohio. 

INDIAN  BASKETS,  Indian 
Beaded  Buckskin  Sioux  Relics 
(Indian  Photos,  Indian  Pottery 
Indian  Weapons.  Elk  Teeth, Mex- 
ican Hand  Carved  Leather  Goods 
Mexican  Drawn  Linens,  Shells,  Minerals,  Fos 
sils.  Ancient  -tone  Relics,  Oregon  Tiny  Arrow 
heads,  Fossil  Fishes,  Fossil  Leaves,  Corals 
Agate  Jewelry.  Curios.  Wholesale  and  Retail 
16th  year.  Two-story  building  full.  New  cat. 
No.  10. 40  pages,  finely  illus.,  for  5c.  L.  W.STIL 
WELL.  Deadwood  S.  Dak. 

FENIKESE. 

A  reminiscent  sketch  of  Agassiz 

famous  Summer  School. 

A  96  page  book  of  much  interest  to 

students  of  Nature. 
Price  only  25c  (reduced   from   35c). 

Prepaid. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Pub'r, 

Albion,  N.  Y. 


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THE  CDRIO  MONTHLY. 

Read  What  the  Collectors  Have  to  Sav  about  it: 


NUNDA,  III. 
The  Curio  Monthly  Is  just  such  a  magazine 
as  all  collectors  need,  and  is  the  best  magazine 
published  in  the  ivorld.  Frank  A.  Uox. 

SAULT  Ste  Marie,  Ont. 
Allow  me  to  congratulate  you  upon    your 
very  creditable  first  issufl.     /''  was  indeed  a  gen- 
uine surprise,  and  fills  a  long  felt  want.     Any- 
thing I  can  do  for  you  I  shall  be  pleased  to  do. 
Wm.  H.  Laughlin. 
Shelter  Island  Heights,  N.  Y. 
The  Curio  Monthly  at  hand.    I  am  much 
pleased  with  Its  appearance  and  general  make 
up,  ana  think  It  just  about ./j^/.s  the  bill. 

Willis  W.  Worthington. 
Oak  Mills,  Kansas. 
Have  received  initial  number  of  the  Curio 
Monthly  and  am  much  pleased  with  its  gen- 
eral appearance  and  contents.  It  is  just  swh  a 
publication  as  ire  hare  been  in  need  of  for  some 
time.  Geo.  J.  Remsburg. 


Atlantic  City,  N  Y. 
The  Curio  Monthly  at  hand  and  is. ^««  as 
silk.    Lid  you  ever  see  any  other  paoer  start  np 
like  it?  c.  C  Downs. 

Mt.  Vernon.  III. 
Vol.  I,  No.  1  of  the  Curio  Monthly  has  been 
received.      Allow  me   to  say  that  it  not  orly 
"fills  a  long  felt  want,"  but  is  exactly  ••what 
the  doctor  ordered.''  M.  L.  C  jleman 

High  Hill,  Mo. 
Received   the  April   number   of  the  Curio 
Monthly.    No  collector  should  be  without  it. 
Wm.  Warner,  Jr. 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
The  Curio  Monthly  came  to  hand  yester- 
dcty  and  I  was  much  surprised  at  its  ••get  up.'' 
It  was  more  than  I  expected  and  I  h'-artiiy  cnn  • 
gratulate  you  on  your  success  with  Vol.  I.  No. 
1  and  trust  that  future  numbers  will  not  lack 
the  merits  of  the  first  issue. 

Prank  P.  Jauke. 


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The  Condor  for  1901. 

This  popular  Californian,  illustrated  maga- 
zine of  ornithology  begins  its  third  volume 
with  1901.  and  its  issues  range  from  24  to  32 
pages  in  size.  It  controls  the  output  of  West- 
ern material,  and  prints  the  most  interesting 
and  valuable  articles  to  be  found  in  any  "bird" 
journal.  New  features  have  been  introduced 
for  1901,  which  will  serve  to  make  THE  CON- 
DOR a  leader  1 

The  March  (1901)  number  is  one  of  extreme 
interest,  containing  among  other  things  a 
charming  article  on  the  nesting  of  the  Golden 
Eagle  by  R.  H.  Beck,  illustrated  with  three  fiiU 
page  plates  depicting  nests  in  various  rugged 
situations  Mr.  E.  H.  Skinner  contributes  a 
valuable  and  most  interesting  illustrated  ar- 
ticle on  the  ne-ting  habits  of  Giraud's  Fly- 
catcher in  its  Mexican  home,  and  other  inter- 
esting papers  are  presented  by  Joseph  Grin- 
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known  contributors.  A  copy  of  this  valuable 
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BE  SUPPLIED  AT  $1. 

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"A  Handsome  Little  Owl." 

Along  the  city  street  I  wended  my 
way  to  the  high  school  building,  having 
my  eye  open  as  usual  for  things  orni- 
thological and  00 logical.    I  was  passing 


the  quarter-block  occupied  from  time 
immemorial  by  Martin  Tighe's  truck 
patch,  an  infallible  guide  to  the  pre- 
cocity or  tardiness  of  the  egging  sea- 
son, for  when  I  saw  Martin  lining  off 
the  patch  for  his  rows  of  early  potatoes, 
I  knew  certainly  that  two  haadsome 
eggs  were  waiting  my  gathering  in  the 
nest  in  the  big  Cottonwood  overhang- 
ing the  creek.  On  this  particular 
morning  a  most  unexpected  event  oc- 
curred. Now  I  pride  myself  on  my 
acquaintance  with  every  spot  in  my 
parish  that  is  likely  t^  yield  any  oiilog- 
ical  products;  but  theie  right  before  my 
eyes,  in  one  of  the  ancient  fenceposts, 
not  more  than  three  feet  from  the 
ground,  was  a  small  opening  suggestive 
of  a  nest  cozlly  ensconced  in  the  bot- 
tom of  a  cav  ty.  Strange  that  I  had 
never  seen  that  hole  before.  Wonder- 
ing how  that  promising  cavity  had  thus 
eluded,  my  gaze  while  passing  the  spot 
four  times  a  day  for  several  years,  I 
rapped  smartly  below  the  opening, 
while  all  sorts  os  ccjlogical  anticipa- 
tions fluttered  through  my  mind. 

Wonder  of  wonders!  Out  popped  a 
tiny  specimen  of  the  Owl  kind,  a  hand- 
some little  owl,  which  flattered  aimless- 
ly for  a  moment  about  my  head,  and 
then  perched  upon  the  fence,  scarcely 
beyond  the  length  of  my  arm.  My  heart 
almost  stopped  beating  in  my  excited 
bosom,  for  I  could  readily  see  that  it 
was  one  of  those  little  Elf  Owls,  or  a 
Pygmy  Owl, — ah  yes,  it  was  indeed  a 
Pjgmy  Spotted  Owl,  no  larger  than  a 
Passer  domesticus,  with  beaut  ful  white 
plumage  mixed  with  longitudinal  spots 
of  grayish  white.  I  give  all  these  de- 
tails because  some  collectors  are  so 
critically  anxious  about  accurate  identi- 
ncation. 


m 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


As  I  peered  anxiously  into  the  cav- 
ity, which  seemed  much  larjjer  and 
rounder  than  I  fancied  would  he  con- 
nected with  the  neat  circular  entrance, 
I  saw  that  there  were  eggs  lying  in  the 
bottom  of  the  hollow.  Was  I  indeed 
about  to  secure  a  full  set  of  eggs  of  this 
rare  species,  about  which  I  had  read 
with  covetous  eagerness  in  the  "Man- 
ual" and  which  the  books  declared  was 
only  a  casual  straggler  in  California 
and  Arizona?  One,  two,— tears  al- 
most blinded  my  eyes  as  I  realized  that 
the  two,  pearly  white,  small  sub-spher- 
ical eggs  were  an  incomplete  set.  Why 
had  fate  been  so  cruel  to  me,  when 
other  collectors  were  always  getting 
sets  of  six  and  even  seven?  (I  once 
heard  of  a  tet  of  eight.)  What  should 
I  do?  It  would  never  do  to  leave  this 
desideratum  in  the  exposed  site,  with 
hundreds  of  children  passing  several 
times  daily;  but  to  take  an  io complete 
set  of  so  rax'e  a  species  would  be  to  de- 
preciate their  value,  and  would  leave  a 
traia  of  regrets  which  would  linge  all 
my  future  days  with  sadness  whenever 
I  looked  over  my  culogical  treasures. 

Something  must  be  done,  and  done 
quickly,  for  a  group  of  children  are 
coming,  «.nd  my  aclions  would  draw 
their  attention  to  the  very  thing  I  want- 
ed them  not  to  know.  While  rapidly 
considering  whether  to  take  the  incom- 
plete set  and  blame  fortune  for  the  re- 
sults, or  to  take  the  chances  upon  the 
nest's  being  overlooked  by  the  children, 
even  as  I  had  overlooked  it  for  years, 
keeping  my  eyes  glued  upon  the  im- 
maculate treasures  in  the  brightening 
cavity,  I  was  surprised  by  the  hand- 
some little  Owl's  fluttering  down  and 
striking  me  plump  in  the  small  of  the 
back,— why,  'tis  nothing  but  the  baby 
planting  his  foot  abruptly  against  my 
spinal  column,  and  I  awake  to  find  that 
Saturday  morning  has  arrived,  bring- 
ing a  fine  clear  day  for  a  tramp  after 
products  of  Bubo  virginianus  sub- 
■arcticus. 


Well,  though  no  little  Spotted  Owl, 
nor  Elf  Owl,  or  other  desideratum  so 
valuable,  allure  me  afield,  I'm  off  for  a 
cruise  to  a  grove  five  miles  away.  On 
the  preceding  Monday  evening,  while 
mousing  around  a  haw  thicket  sur- 
rounding two  large  cottonwoods,  I  had 
detected  an  indistinct  form  aperch  up- 
on a  low  limb  near  the  trunk  of  one  of 
the  cottonwoods.  Though  I  was  seven- 
ty-five rods  away,  as  I  circled  the  thick- 
et there  remained  the  same  distance  be- 
tween the  two  prominences  surmount- 
ing the  upper  corners  of  the  crouching 
form,  and  I  became  aware  that  I  was 
being  watched  with  the  jealous  eyes  of 
Master  B.  v.  subarciicus.  So  starting 
out  about  Saturday  noon,  I  made  my 
way  to  the  thicket.  No  Bubo  was 
about  the  place.  However  I  made  a 
thorough  search  through  the  grove,  in- 
specting every  old  nest  of  Crow,  Hawk 
and  even  Magpie.  I  had  not  expected 
to  find  the  Owls  nesting  there,  though, 
for  I  had  frequently  inspected  the 
thicket  and  knew  about  what  it  offered. 
Continuing  my  way  I  faced  a  cutting 
dash  of  snow  pellets  f^r  nearly  two 
mile',  until  1  reached  a  grove  of  cotton- 
woods where  I  suspected  the  Bubos 
were  located  for  their  second  attempt 
at  nidification.  This  was  on  April  13th; 
I  had  despoiled  the  same  pair  of  three 
eggs  on  March  16th. 

Before  I  entered  the  grove,  I  was  in- 
formed that  the  Bubos  were  there 
domiciled  and  astir  by  a  small  colony 
of  Crows  which  inhabited  the  place. 
Sure  enough,  I  had  scarcely  stepped 
among  the  bare  trees  when  I  flushed 
the  male  Owl,  and  sent  him  flapping 
away  at  the  head  of  a  dozen  deriding 
Crows.  It  happened  that  he  alighted 
near  the  female,  who  immediately  took 
wing,  drawing  after  her  the  parcel  of 
Crows.  The  male  thereafter  remained 
upon  this  perch,  giving  utterance  oc- 
casionally to  a  deep-voiced  but  subdued 
hooting.  As  the  female  was  thus 
abroad,  it  was  necessary   for    me   to 


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87 


climb  to  each  suspected  nest,  not  know- 
ing the  precise  site;  and  guided  by  my 
experience  with  Bubo  in  Illinois,  where 
sycamores  grow  tall  and  Bubos  nest 
high,  I  ascended  to  several  that  were 
conspicuously  high.  At  length,  having 
examined  all  the  likely  sites,  I  conclud- 
ed that  the  occupied  nest  must  be  an 
insignificant  affair  in  the  top  of  a  slen- 
der tree.  Pushing  through  the  thicket 
to  reach  the  tree,  I  discovered  a  large, 
lean-to  nest  against  the  trunk  of  a 
small  tree,  the  distance  of  the  structure 
from  the  ground  being  only  ten  feet. 
Think  of  that,  Dr.  Strode,  only  ten 
feet.  Little  thinking  that  B.  v.  sub- 
arcticus  was  living  so  far  beneath  his 
privilege,  I  scrambled  up  the  trunk 
from  sheer  force  of  habit,  and  ah,  there 
were  two  eggs,  generously  blotched 
with  blood  as  though  produced  through 
sore  affliction,  lying  lonesomely  in  a 
cavity  ten  inches  across  and  two  inches 
deep.  Incubation  advanced  to  blood 
and  matter,  as  I  wrote  in  the  data. 
And  thus  my  Owl  dream  partially  came 
true. 

P.  M.  SiLLOWAY, 

Lewistown,  Montana. 

The  Turkey  Vulture. 

Cathartes  Aura. 


Throughout  southern  California, 
from  the  booming  surf  of  the  hoary 
old  Pacific  to  the  snow  capped  summits 
of  the  Sierras,  the  Turkey  Vulture,  or 
"Buzzard"  as  he  is  commonly  called, 
is  by  far  the  most  abundant  raptorial 
bird.  Hawks,  mostly  of  the  Red-tailed 
and  Red-billed  varieties  are  common 
residents  of  certam  limited  districts 
but  these  vultures  are  well  nigh  univer- 
sal, in  fact,  so  plentiful  are  they  that 
one  who  has  lived  in  this  Golden  state 
for  any  length  of  time,  notes  their  ab- 
sence from  landscape  to  a  greater  de- 
gree than  he  does  their  presence  in  it. 

In  spring  and  early  summer  the  big 
dark  colored  fellows  are  found  most 


abundantly  back  in  the  higher  hills  but 
as  soon  as  the  young  are  fully  fledged, 
they  begin  to  scatter  out  over  the  low- 
lands where  the  food  their  manner  of 
life  demands  is  more  easily  obtainable 
than  along  the  sterile  hillsides.  This 
family  exodus  takes  place  about  the 
end  of  August,  but  the  huge  California 
Condors,  who  occasionally  frequent  the 
same  hills  with  their  lesser  relatives, 
do  not  join  in  this  local  migration, 
preferring  to  take  their  chances  in  their 
naiive  hills.  These  huge  scaven)2;ers, 
however,  do  not  nest  with  us,  if  so  my 
knowledge  on  the  subject  is  at  present 
quite  limited,  ss  the  Turkey  Vulture  do. 

In  this  immediate  vicinity,  and,  I 
may  say,  throughout  the  northern  part 
of  this  county  (Orange),  their  eggs  may 
be  looked  for  from  April  1st  to  May  1st. 
Before  this  date  sets  are  seldom  com- 
plete and  afterwards  my  experience  has 
been  that  most  eggs  are  "past  redemp- 
tion" even  by  such  all  powerful  means 
as  caustic  potash.  I  admit,  on  the 
other  hand,  that  full  sets  of  the  f  ggs  of 
this  vulture  have  been  found  near  here 
earlier  than  April  1st,  and  on  the  10th 
day  of  March  of  this  year  while  out  on 
the  trail  of  a  pair  of  Pacific  Horned 
Owls,  I  found  two  fuzzy  young  "buz- 
zards" under  a  shelving  ledge  of  rock 
on  a  barren  hillside,  and  I  have  read  of 
fresh  sets  which  have  been  taken  a  few 
miles  southeast  of  this  place  during  the 
last  ten  days  of  May. 

Notwithstanding  the  many  floating 
rumors  which  have  come  to  me  of 
"buzzards"  that  built  huge  nests  in 
trees.  I  have  never  yet  succeeded  in 
finding  the  Turkey  Vulture  nesting 
anywhere  save  in  the  ground,  and  then 
always  in  little  caves,  never  "among 
the  brush  on  a  sidehill"  as  I  have  read 
of  other  collector's  doing.  Nor  do 
they  nest  in  hollow  trees,  a  trait  com- 
mon to  them  in  Texas  and  other  Gulf 
states.  This  is  not  from  any  lack  of 
dead  trees  for  every  fool  camper  who 
passes  through  our  canyons  must   of 


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necessity  build  his  Sre  beneath  the 
overhanging  trunk  or  the  spreading 
roots  of  some  giant  sycamore  or  oak, 
so  as  to  leave  some  mark  of  his  vanda- 
lism on  a  creation  far  beyond  his  in- 
finitesimal ability  to   replace. 

I  have  now  in  my  collection  several 
sets  of  this  species  taken  in  Texas,  New 
Mexico,  Arizona  and  other  southwest- 
ern states  as  well  as  eight  sets  of  my 
own  collecting;  further  I  have  sets 
from  states  east  of  the  Mississippi  also, 
and  it  is  worthy  of  note  that  all  the 
western  and  southwestern  collected 
eggs  are  much  larger,  more  clearly 
shell  marked  and  more  brilliant  in 
their  outer  markings  than  are  those 
from  the  eastern  states.  The  set  rep- 
resented in  photo  herewith  averages 
fully  .25  inch  longer  than  the  average 
of  four  sets  from  east  of  the  Father  of 
waters. 

As  may  be  seen  from  the  illustration 
this  is  a  well  marked  set,  yet  I  have 
seen  many,  ana  taken  three  or  four 
which  were  more  strongly  marked  even 
than  these.  They  were  taken  April 
12,  1900,  from  a  hole,  two  by  three  feet, 
in  a  rocky  ledge  on  a  steep  sidehiil.  No 
diflaculty  was  experienced  in  walking 
directly  to  the  nest.  In  fact  I  have  not 
noticed  that  they  try  to  conceal  their 
nests  or  to  place  them  in  inaccessible 
positions 

This  year  on  April  5th  I  took  another 
set  from  the  same  locality  and  only  a 
few  feet  from  the  old  hole,  so  I  suppose 
it  was  from  the  same  pair  of  birds.  The 
markings  persist  in  size  and  position, 
while  the  four  eggs  could  not  be  separ- 
ated by  the  calipers  alone.  No  attempt 
at  nest  building  is  ever  made  and  the 
nest  smells  worse  than  the  Red-tails'  I 
mentioned  in  the  May  Oologist. 

I  have  never  seen  any  egg  which  sur- 
passes the  egg  of  the  Turkey  Vulture 
in  beauty  unless  perhaps  it  be  that  the 
Emeu,  one  egg  of  which  I  obtained 
from  the  Publisher  of  the  Oologist  not 
long  ago.  „ 

Harry  H.  Dunn, 
FuUerton,  California. 


A  Consideration. 


In  reading  many  of  the  articles  in 
current  periodicals,  a  question  must  be 
forced  upon  the  minds  of  all  true  bird- 
lovers.  By  bird-lovers  I  do  not  mean 
to  include  those  who  simply  see  in 
birds  charming  objects  awakening  a 
coveting  desire  for  personal  possession, 
but  those  who  recognize  in  these 
"feathered  gems"  fellow  creatures 
having  right  to  existence,  and  the 
power  to  enjoy  same,  entitled  to  re- 
spect and  possessini?  traits  of  character 
worthy  of  earnest  and  forbearing  study. 
The  question  which  is  suggested  to 
such  students  is  how  many  persons  in 
the  United  States,  collect  birds  their 
nests  and  egsrs,  one  or  all,  of  these  how 
many  are  there  whose  work  in  this 
line  actually  adds  to  the  sum  total  of 
human  knowledge,  and  of  those  who  do 
so  add  what  percentage  of  their  collect- 
ing work  continues  to  a  desirable  end. 
In  short  what  percentage  of  all  such 
collecting  throughout  the  country,  ac- 
tually yields  commendable  results  and 
what  percentage  contributes  to  untold 
evil? 

These  are  considerations  which  effect 
not  alone  the  mere  "collector,"  but  also 
at  least  nine-tenths  of  those  persons 
who  are  posing  as  sincere  students,  and 
perhaps  conscientiously  believe  in  the 
value  of  their  work. 

It  is  not  my  purpose  here  to  enter 
into  that  much  discussed  question  of 
what  limits  in  collecting,  the  cause  of 
advancement  of  knowledge  justifies. 
"Who  shall  decide  when  doctors  dis- 
agree'" And  that  they  do  so  disagree 
on  this  subject,  the  columns  of  the  pub- 
lications on  ornithology  amply  testify. 
It  has  simply  occured  to  me  as  a  con- 
sideration, why  should  not  those  who 
are  conscientious  in  the  matter  ask 
themselves  in  sincere  impartial  hones- 
ty, what  the  character  of  their  work,., 
their  ability  for  it,  and  its  results  justi- 
fy? 


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When  studeats  whose  conscieutious- 
ness  it  would  be  unjust  to  lightly  ques- 
tion, indulge  in  rt^peat^'dlycoileetingnot 
first  alone,  but  second  fnd  third  layings 
of  birds  whose  economic  value  is  now 
becoming  known  throug;hout  thereilma 
of  agriculture  us  well  as  ornithology, 
and  birds  and  their  nests  and  eggs  are 
amassed  iu  large  series,  l>y  an  ever  in- 
cressiagiy  largo  number  throughout 
the  country,  aside  fjom  the  question  of 
consideration  of  the  rights  of  these 
weaker  felluw  creature?,  asid  i  from 
consideration  of  the  marked  decreas- 
ing cf  numbers  of  o!  j  cts  of  beauty 
and  iatere.-t,  adding  immeasurably  to 
the  power  of  0!ij>yment  of  nature,  and 
contributing  a  fertile  subject  for  legit- 
mate,  harmless,  and  profitable  study, 
there  is  furnished  to  the  great  mass  of 
the  people  as  just  cause  for  complaint 
from  an  ecouomie  standpoint  and  not 
alone  is  the  study  of  ornithology  im- 
paired by  tho  lus-i  of  sul'jeot-i  but  its 
cause  is  injured  irreptrably  in  the  mind 
of  tbou-ands  of  { eople  Mho  hold  the 
pleasure  of  diily  observation  of  the  birds 
as  tiny  friet.d->,  vastly  above  all  the  ac- 
cumulated scientific  knowledge  of  the 
past. 

If  a  conueleat  student  can  look  at 
an  amassed  series  of  a  hui  dred  speci- 
mens of  some  species  of  a  bird,  or  of  a 
thousand  eggs,  and  can  conscientiously 
feel  that  the  redults  to  true  and  valu- 
able knowledge  has  justified  this  ter- 
ribly seri')us  sacrifice,  it  is  my  belief 
that  he  is  above  reproach.  But  if  he 
has  otie  such  specimen  ia  his  collection 
which  has  yielded  nothing  to  knowl- 
edge, whoso  sacrifice  of  life  has  been 
in  vain,  then  it  appeais  to  me  that  a 
careful  consideration  of  the  fact  must 
give  him  regret,  kesn  and  sincere  in 
proportion  as  his  motives  are  honest 
and  co:,scieutiou8. 

When  WH  review  the  enormous  num- 
ber of  specimens  iu  the  private  col- 
lections of  the  country,  if  we  were 
able  to  trace  all  the  results   they   have 


yielded  in  the  way  of  increase  of  know- 
ledge, should  we  find  the  sacrifice  jasti- 
fiedv  And  this  does  not  touch  thii  mat- 
ter of  the  millions  of  specimens  gone 
to  early  desi  ruction  with  never  a 
to  contribute  to  any:  hincr,  throuj^h  the 
misguided  efforts  of  over-zea'ous  col- 
lectors whose  ability  to  obtain,  entirely 
replaced  auy  ability  to  abstract  ficts. 

It  seems  to  me  then  that  when  one  is 
inclined  to  turn  to  the  pursuit  of  this 
study  he  sho'.ild  earnestly.  thoLigh:fally 
Ri^k  himself  the  que^jtiou  what  bis  pris- 
s'ible  ability  justifies  in  t:\e  rnatter  of 
coih-cting. 

If  such  a  student  would  discip  i.ie 
himself,  first  by  an  apprenticeship  in 
observing  and  accumulating  facts  with- 
'iut  tbe  destroyin^r  of  life  and  the  en- 
jovmi'Kt  of  it,  would  not  m-vuy  fall  by 
the  wayside,  and  -^  ould  not  the  gain  be 
vastly  gn-ater  and  the  sacrifice  greatly 
]e  s?.  If  a  man  has  '•~erved  such  an  ap- 
prertieeship,  studying  birds  by  means 
of  c«me:a,  opera  glasses  ar^d  the  many 
means  whereby  their  lives  are  not  de- 
stroyed, there  has  come  to  him  oppor- 
tunity for  the  acquirement  of  more 
facts  and  original  knowledge  than 
m^ny  imagine,  and  is  not  tha':  man 
b  tter  fiUed  thereby  to  enter  into  the 
serious  part  which  deals  with  those 
lives  that  the  true  bird  lover  will  rev- 
erence second  only  to  human  life  and 
will  not  lightly  sacrifice  to  the  passing 
desire  of  the  moment  or  to  a  mistakea 
idea  of  need. 

Finally,  when  a  man  has  fully  deter- 
mined that  he  ia  justified  in  the  pursuit 
of  that  high  branch  of  tne  stu  1y  which 
occasionally  requires  the  sacrifice  of 
life  or  happiness,  he  should  u  e  the  ut- 
most care  to  assure  himself  that  his 
methods  are  such  as  to  guard  against 
waste.  When  one  reads  of  men  taking 
eggs  from  the  nest  when  far  advanced 
in  incubation  and  then  failing  to  save 
them  with  a  weak  excuse  that  they  are 
gone  beyond  all  hope  he  loses  all  pa- 
tience.     I    have  taken  a  set  of   Red- 


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shouldered  Hawk  in  which  the  young 
had  already  pipped  the  shell,  and 
blown  them  as  fairly  first  class  speci- 
mens, by  the  careful  use  of  caustic 
potash  and  patience.  I  took  a  set  of 
Scarlet  Tanager  in  which  the  youpg 
had  feathers  formed  and  injecting 
caustic  potash  and  occasionally  shak- 
ing, the  contents  in  three  days  became 
transparent,  and  save  for  the  feathers 
Tjlew  out,  thin,  almost  as  water.  I 
have  also  saved  sets  of  both  large  and 
small  eggs  in  first  class  condition  by  al- 
lowing them  to  stand  a  day  or  two  with 
water  in,  in  the  absence  of  caustic 
potash. 

I  wish  I  might  have  an  expression  of 
opinion  on  this  consideration  from  my 
fellow  students,  not  a  hasty,  biased  or 
prejudiced  one,  but  the  result  of  care- 
ful, honest  consideration  from  all  its 
aspects. 

;.  Particularly  I  would  like  to  see  ex- 
pressed the  views  of  those  students 
whose  work  extends  over  sufficient 
time  to  give  them  the  guidance  of  ex- 
perience. 

B.  S.  BOM^DISH, 

Mayaguez,  Porto  Rico. 
May  18,  1901. 


Pan-American  Notes. 


On  and  after  June  1st,  as  time  and 
"patients"  will  permit,  ye  Editor  in- 
tends to  take  an  occasional  day  off  and 
do  the  Pan-American — all  exhibits  and 
portions  of  exhibits  containing  anything 
of  special  interest  to  the  readers  of  tne 
OoLOGiST  in  the  specimen  and  curio 
line  will  be  carefully  noted,  in  order 
that  the  many  who  visit  the  Exposition 
with  a  limited  amount  of  time  at  their 
disposal,  will  surely  see  all  pertaining 
to  their  favorite  hobby. 


For  the  past  five  years  we  have  spent 
the  bulk  of  our  time  in  Buffalo  and  are 
fairly  well  acquainted  with  the  Pan- 
American  city  and  its  accommodations. 
We  have  many  personal  friends  and 
acquaintances,  who  are  taking  roomers 
and  boarders  during  the  season  and 
in  case  any  of  the  Oologist    readers 


intend  visiting  the  Exposition  and 
have  no  biding  place  in  view,  we  will 
gladly  turn  them  over  to  the  tender 
mercies  of  a  friend.  Write  exactly  what 
you  want  and  how  long  you  intend  to 
stay  etc. 


The  following  regarding  the  wonder- 
ful exhibit  of  the  Smithonian  Institution 
and  the  National  Museum  at  the  Pan- 
American  Exposition,  is  rehashed  from 
an  interview  with  Dr.  Frederick  W. 
True,  chi*  f  curator  of  the  Bureau  of 
Biology  of  I  he  Smithsonian  Institution 
and  Government  Commissioner  of  the 
Institution  to  the  Pan-American: 

The  display  is  the  finest  ever  made 
by  the  Institution  and  the  National 
Museum,  not  excepting  Chicago.  While 
the  quantity  of  the  exhibit  at  the  Pan- 
American  may  not  exceed  that  of  Chi  ■ 
cago,  the  qu^iity  will  far  excel  it. 

It  forms  one  of  the  largest  exhibits  in 
the  Goverflment  Building.  Every 
bureau  of  the  Institution  is  represented, 
but,  as  is  naturally  to  bo  expected,  the 
National  Museum  makes  the  most  ex- 
tensive display. 

The  Institution  has  several  exhibit 
illustrations  of  its  history  as  well  as 
some  showing  new  developments  in 
the  work  it  also  shows  the  will  of 
James  Smithson,  the  founder  of  the  es- 
tablishment, and  copips  of  his  scientific 
writings.  Pictures  of  the  chancellors 
and  secretaries  of  the  Institution  is 
also  shown,  with  views  of  the  build- 
ings, offices,  the  Hodgkins  fund  medals 
and  publications,  and,  finally,  a  com- 
plete set  of  all  the  publications  of  the 
Institution  and  all  its  bureaus  from  the 
year  1846  to  the  present,  comprising 
hundreds  of  volumes. 

The  National  Zoological  Park  is  rep- 
resented by  a  large  relief  model  show- 
ing all  the  natural  features  of  the  park 
and  the  animal  houses,  ponds,  bridges 
and  other  matters  of  interest.  This 
model  has  been  worked  out  with  great 
care  and  will  show  every  important  de- 
tail with  exactness.  The  model  will  be 
supplemented  by  many  interesting  pho- 
tographs of  picturesque  points  in  the 
park. 

The  exhibit  of  the  National  Museum 
consists  almost  entirely  of  new  objects 
not  shown  at  any  previous  exposition. 
The  Pan-American  idea  runs  through 
the  entire  exhibit,  and  very  little  that 
is  not  American  will  be  shown.  The 
plan  has  been  to  select  large  and  strik- 
ing objects  and  exhibit   them    singly, 


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rather  than  to  show  extensive  series  of 
small  specimens  The  exhibit  !<;  divid- 
ed into  three  sections — zoology,  geology 
and  anthropology. 

In  zoology  the  museum  has  been 
fortunate  in  obtaining  many  rare  and 
striking  specimens  for  the  exhibit, 
which  is  confined  to  American  verte- 
brate animals.  Among  mammals 
should  be  mentioned  the  Kodiak  bear 
of  Alaska,  the  largest  boar  in  the  world; 
the  singular  little  gray  Glacier  bear, 
which  lives  among  the  snow  fields  back 
of  Mt.  St.  Elias;  the  giant  moose,  the 
wild  black  sheep  of  British  Columbia, 
and  Dall's  sheep,  which  is  enfrely 
white;  the  rare  West  Indian  seal,  the 
musk  ox,  the  mountain  caribou,  and 
others.  All  the  larger  species  are 
mounted  on  bases  with  accessories  in- 
dicating their  natural  surrounding-  and 
habits 

The  bird  exhibit  comprises  about  300 
of  ihe  most  brilliant  and  striking  forms 
in  America,  including  many  West 
Indian  and  South  American  species, 
such  as  the  condor,  the  American 
ostrich,  the  macaws  and  parrots,  um- 
brella bird,  bell  bird,  cock-of-the  rock. 
The  taxidermy  of  both  birds  and  mam- 
mals is  of  a  very  high  order. 

Among  reptiles  the  most  striking  ex- 
hibit is  a  gigantic  snapping  turtle  from 
Texas,  known  as  the  alligator  snapper. 
The  creature  is  about  five  feet  long,  and 
is  the  largest  fresh  water  turtle  ever 
found  in  America.  This  part  of  the  ex- 
hibit also  includes  the  poisonous  and 
non-poisonous  American  snakes— rattle- 
snakes, moi'casins,  boa  constrictor, 
spreading  adder",  together  with  many 
striking  lizards,  frcgs,  tnads,  and  sala- 
manders, including  species  from  Cuba 
and  Porto  Rico. 

American  fishes  are  fuUv  represented. 
The  museum  has  had  agents  at  Key 
West,  Florida,  and  on  the  Amazon 
River  collecting  specimens  specially  for 
the  Buffalo  exhibit.  These  have  been 
prepared  by  a  new  method,  by  which 
their  natural  form  and  much  of  their 
brilliant  color  is  preserved.  A  novelty 
in  fishes  is  a  large  model  of  luminous 
deep  sea  fish,  arranged  by  means  of 
electrical  attachments  so  that  it  will 
phosphoresce,  as  it  is  known  to  do,  when 
alive  in  the  depths  of  the  ocean.  Many 
of  the  fishes  from  the  deepest  waters 
are  exceedingly  grotesque  and  wonder- 
ful in  structure,  but  on  account  of  their 
small  size  and  their  bad  condition  when 
dragged  from  the  depths  of  the  sea, 
they  are  little  known  to  the  public. 


The  geological  exhibits  are  diversified 
and  chiefly  American.  One  very  in- 
teresting series  consists  of  examples  of 
the  various  elements  which  occur  un- 
combined  in  the  rocks,  such  as  gold, 
silver,  copper,  lead,  mercury,  platinum, 
carbon  and  iron.  Strange  as  it  may 
seem,  one  of  the  rarest  of  these  ele- 
ments is  iron.  The  exhibit  contains 
native  iron  from  Greenland,  and  a  por- 
tion of  an  iron  meteorite  from  New 
Mexico.  Another  interesting  object  is 
a  large  platinum  nugget  worth  about 
$200  Carbon  is  represented  by  a  dia- 
mond crystal,  a  piece  of  graphite,  and 
specimens  of  the  curios  and  valuable 
black  diamond,  known  as  carbonade,  a 
piece  of  which  the  size  of  half  a  pea  is 
worth  about  $40. 

A  series  of  minerals  includes  every 
important  variet'^,  and  no  small  num- 
ber of  very  striking  forms,  largely  from 
America. 

Another  especially  interesting  ex- 
hibit at  this  time  is  a  series  of  the  rocks 
of  the  Hawaiian  islands,  which,  as  is 
well  known,  are  namely  lavas  The 
exhibit  is  accompanied  by  photographs 
of  the  interior  of  the  craters  of  the  vol- 
canoes. An  exhibit  of  concretionary 
structures  found  in  minei-al  and  rocks 
will  include  soma  magnificent  slabs  of 
the  concretionary  granite  found  in  New 
England.  Collections  of  deposits  from 
the  geysers  and  hot  springs  of  Yellow- 
stone Park  are  also  shown. 

Still  another  section  of  the  geologi- 
cal exhibits  is  devoted  to  fossil  verte- 
brate animals  and  fossil  wood.  Of  the 
fossil  nnimals,  the  one  which  will 
doubtless  attract  most  attention  is  the 
skeleton  of  the  gigantic  mammal-like 
reptile  known  as  Triceratops.  This 
creature  was  larger  than  the  largest 
elephant,  and  had  an  immense  bony 
shield  on  the  back  of  the  head,  as  well 
as  a  pair  of  great  horns  over  the  eyes. 
Besides  the  ske'eton,  a  large  painting 
representing  the  animal  as  it  must  have 
appeared  when  alive,  and  a  model  is 
also  shown. 

Another  extraordinary  creature  ex- 
hibited is  a  bird  with  teeth,  known  as 
Hesperornis.  This  remarkable  bird  was 
more  than  three  feet  high.  The  skele- 
ton is  practically  complete  Much  at- 
ten'  ion  will  doubtless  be  attracted  by 
the  collection  of  fossil  woods  from 
Arizona,  many  of  which  are  extremely 
brilliant  in  color. 

Hardly  less  striking  is  the  Zeuglodon, 
a  whale-like  carnivorous  animal  from 
Alabama,  which  reaches  a  length  of  50 


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or  60  feet.  It  is  a  strange  combiDation 
of  whale,  sea-cow  and  sea-lion,  and  has 
long  been  a  puzzle  to  zoologists. 

An  extensive  display  of  American 
anthropology,  prepared  in  co-operation 
with  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnol- 
ogY)  completes  the  exhibits  from  the 
museum.  The  most  prominent  fea'ure 
of  this  exhibit  is  large  family  Kroups, 
representing  typical  native  American 
peoples,  from  the  Patagonian  to  the 
^Arctic  Eskimo.  Each  group  will  serve 
to  give  an  idea  of  the  costumfs,  sur- 
roundings and  mode  of  life  of  the  people 
to  which  it  relates.  Close  attention 
has  been  paid  to  every  detail  of  the  ac- 
cessories and  the  modeling  and  paint- 
ing of  the  human  figures  are  of  a  high 
order. 

The  principal  peoples  represented 
are  the  Eskimo  of  the  farthest  north, 
the  Canadian  Algonquins.  the  Thlin- 
kins  of  Southeastern  Alaska,  the  bas 
ket  making  digger  Indians  of  Cali- 
fornia, the  Zuni  Pueblo  Indians  of  Mex- 
ico, the  Mayas  of  Yucatan,  the  Napo 
Indians  of  the  Upper  Amazon,  and  the 
Rhea-hunting  Indians  of  Patagonia. 

Surrounding  the  groups  are  many 
cases  filled  with  collections  representing 
the  arts  of  the  Indians,  their  house- 
hold utensils,  dress,  weapons,  etc.  A 
series  of  models  of  habitation,  the  wig- 
wam, the  snow-house  and  pueblo  is  al- 
so shown. 

The  public  will  doubtless  find  a  great 
deal  to  interest  them  in  the  collection 
of  native  baskets,  which  are  shown. 
This  series  includes  every  type  of  ab- 
original basket  making  in  the  western 
hemisphere.  There  is  many  beautiful 
pieces,  such  as  the  Aleutian  fine  grass 
weaving,  the  pomo-coiled  ware  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  diagonal  weaving  of  the 
caribs  of  Guiana,  the  first  Indians  met 
by  Columbus. 


With  the  object  in  view  of  presenting 
a  route  of  wholesome  fun  and  instruc- 
tion, some  of  the  greater  enterprises 
and  chief  Midway  attractions  at  the 
Pan-American  Exposition,  have  gone 
together  in  an  organization  called  the 
Red  Star  Route,  guaranteeing  absolute- 
ly their  entire  offerings  as  wholesome 
and  free  from  all  objectionable  features. 

Naturally,  the  first  visit  will  be  made 
to  the  electric  reproduction  of  the  Burn- 
ing Mountain  of  the  Sandwich  Isles— 
the  Volcano  of  Kilauea,  because  of  its 
nearness  to  the  main  entrance  to  the 
Midway.  The  spectator  stands  within 
an  extinct  crater  of  this  perpetual  fire 
mountain  of  Hawaii, 


Next  to  the  Volcano  you  visit  the 
greater  Hawaiian  Village,  where  you 
will  find  the  now  world  renowned  Na- 
tive Band  of  Hawaii,  whose  music,  es- 
pecially the  Hawaiian  national  airs, 
are  delightful,  and  the  famous  Hulu 
hulu  dancing  girls. 

From  all  tbis  fun,  npxt,  for  the  sake 
of  patriotism,  visit  the  great  electric 
cyclorama,  the  Battle  of  Mission  Ridge, 
an  enormous  reproduction  of  the  great 
battle.  Its  management  earnestly  begs 
that  the  G.  A.  R.  will  make  their  com- 
modious waiting  rooms  their  general 
headquarters. 

Moving  along  the  vast  Midway  you 
are  sure  to  be  attracted  by  the  quaint 
music  of  the  Filipino  Band.  The  Fili- 
pino Village  is  a  big  colony  and  con- 
tains representatives  from  nearly  all 
the  races  inhabitating  the  islands.  They 
range  from  cinnibalLsm  to  the  highest 
degree  of  civilization.  Many  of  the 
women  are  extremely  beautiful. 

Near  the  Administration  building 
you  will  find  a  handsome  brick  Vene- 
tian edifice,  which  contains  the  great- 
est wonder  of  all  the  Exposition — the 
Infant  Incubators,  from  the  London 
and  Berlin  Institutes,  which  has  for  its 
object  the  saving  of  the  lives  of  poor 
little  unfortunate  babies  who  happen 
to  have  been  prematurely  born. 

On  the  Midway,  and  immediately  op- 
posite the  great  Horticultural  building, 
you  will  tind  the  Herodian  Palace,  con- 
taining the  sacred  spectatorium,  Jeru- 
salem and  the  Crucifixion  of  Christ. 
Softly  you  tread  with  reverential  step 
the  grand  staircase  and  look  over  the 
great  scene.  It  is  all  sublimely  realistic, 
and  the  most  holy  feelings  of  which  the 
human  heart  is  capable  are  aroused. 
This  great  work  covers  an  area  of  can- 
vas four  hundred  feet  round  by  sixty 
feet  high. 

The  price  to  each  of  these  leading 
Midway  attractions  has  been  uniform- 
ly fixed  at  25  cents. 


Although  ground  was  first  broken  for 
the  Pan-American  Exposition  on  the 
25th  day  of  September,  1899,  it  was  not 
until  June  4th  of  last  year  that  the  first 
timber  was  raised  aloft  as  the  begin- 
ning of  the  superstructure  of  the  first 
building.  Since  that  day  a  beautiful 
city  of  more  than  one  hundred  build- 
ings has  sprung  into  existence.  The 
magic  of  20th  Century  methods  has 
wrought  a  wondrous  work  in  the  con- 
struction of  this  beautiful  and  costly 
Exposition,  which  on  Wednesday,  May 


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1,  was  formally  opened  for  a  six 
months'  festival. 

The  completed  exposition  is  a  dis- 
tinct triumph  for  every  one  concerned 
in  the  mammoth  enterprise.  It  may  be 
said  to  the  credit  of  Buffalo  that  her 
citizens  have  furnished  the  money  for 
it,  receiving  no  Government  aid.  The 
entire  amount  appropriated  by  the  Fed- 
eral Government  for  the  Exposition 
nas  been  expended  under  the  direction 
of  the  Government  Board  of  Federal 
exhibits  exclusively.  The  New  York 
State  appropriation  has  also  been  ex- 
pended under  the  same  conditions. 
The  total  cost  of  the  Exposition,  includ- 
ing the  Government  and  State  appro- 
priations, the  cost  of  the  Midway  and 
other  buildings,  is  conservatively  esti- 
mated at  $10,000,000.  The  Exposition 
was  first  proposed  by  a  number  of  citi- 
zens at  the  Cotton  States  Exposition  at 
Atlanta,  in  1895.  Its  official  history, 
however,  began  in  June,  1897,  when  a 
company  for  its  development  was  or- 
ganized by  several  prominent  citizens 
and  received  the  approval  of  the  City, 
State  and  National  governments.  It 
was  at  first  intended  to  hold  the  Expo- 
sition in  1899,  but  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can War  caused  its  postponement  to 
the  present  year.  The  preliminary  or- 
ganization was  superseded  by  a  larger 
one  with  ample  capital  for  the  Exposi- 
tion, and  from  the  time  of  the  reorgan- 
ization the  work  has  moved  forward 
rapidly.  This  organization  consisted 
of  25  directors,  with  the  Hon.  John  G. 
Milburn  as  president,  Edward  Fleming 
secretary,  George  L.  Williams,  treasur- 
er, and  John  N.  Soatcherd  as  chairman 
of  the  Executive  Committee. 

The  Hon.  William  I.  Buchanan,  at 
that  time  United  States  Minister  to  the 
Argentine  Republic,  was  unanimously 
elected  director-general,  November  1, 
1899.  He  had  previously  been  the  di- 
rector of  Agriculture.  Live  Stock  and 
Forestry  at  the  World's  Columbian  Ex- 
position at  Chicago.  His  ability  as  au 
organizer  and  director  of  a  great  enter- 
prise was  at  once  manifest,  as  the  work 
of  the  Exposition  has  gone  forward 
without  apparent  friction  or  delay. 
The  original  plan  called  for  some  twen- 
ty large  exhibit  buildings  and  to  these 
many  more  have  been  added  The  Ex- 
position plot  consists  of  350  acres 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  city, 
accessible  from  every  direction  by 
electric  cars,  and  having  as  favorable  a 
steam  railway  service  as  could  possibly 
have  been  chosen.    The  general  archi- 


tecture of  the  Exposition  follows  the 
Spanish  Renaissance.  The  plan  was 
worked  out  by  a  board  of  eight  leading 
architects,  representing  several  of  the 
leading  cities  of  the  country. 

The  most  comprehensive  view  of  the 
Exposition  is,  perhaps,  obtained  from 
tne  Esplanade  from  a  point  a  few  rods 
north  of  the  Triumphal  Causeway. 
Here  the  visitor,  with  one  sweep  of  the 
eye,  may  see  nearly  all  of  the  principal 
buildings  of  the  Exposition.  The  Tri- 
umphal Causeway,  behind  him,  is  a 
magnificent  structure,  designed  by 
John  M.  Carrere,  chairman  of  the 
Boatd  of  Architects.  Four  tall  pylons 
are  connected  by  swinging  cables.  The 
pylons  are  surmounted  by  four  stand- 
ard bearers,  designed  by  Karl  Bitter, 
the  director  of  sculpture.  The  bridge, 
as  a  whole,  is  intended  to  express  the 
pride  of  the  American  people  In  their 
achievements.  The  standard  bearer 
represents  a  muscular  youth  upon  a 
rearing  horse.  Below  him  are  the 
trophies  indicative  of  feudalism,  slav- 
ery and  tyrranical  power,  the  whole 
expressing  the  triumphal  struggle  of 
the  people  of  the  Americas  to  free 
themselves  from  the  institutions  of  des- 
potic ages  and  governments.  Termin- 
ating the  buttresses  of  the  piers  are 
four  groups  of  trophies  typifying  Peace 
and  Power,  modeled  by  Augustus  Luke- 
man.  In  the  niches  on  the  side  of  the 
bridge  are  statues  f-ymbolical  of  Hospi- 
tality, Love  of  Truth,  Patriotism,  etc. 
On  each  side  of  the  bridge  are  fountains 
of  rearing  horses  and  figures  flustered 
about  tall  poles  which  carry  huge  silk- 
en flags.  The  fountain  on  the  east  typ- 
ifies the  Atlantic  Ocean  and  that  on 
the  west  the  Pacific  Ocean,  with  one 
ba^e  uniting  the  two.  The  sculptor  of 
these  is  Philip  Martiny.  Beneath  the 
bridge  are  subterranean  grottos  mod- 
eled after  the  famous  Buttes  de  Chau- 
mont. 

Turning  now  to  the  eastern  wing  of 
the  Esplanade  the  observer  will  note 
th«  group  of  three  great  government 
buildings,  the  open  space  being  embel- 
lished with  sunken  gardens,  fountains 
and  statuary.  At  the  left,  marking  the 
western  boundary  of  the  Esplanade, 
are  the  Horticulture.  Mines  and  Graph- 
ic Arts  buildings,  this  court  being,  also, 
decorated  with  statuary,  fountains  and 
flowers.  Looking  due  north,  the  ma- 
jestic Electric  Tower  rises  to  a  height 
of  400  feet.  This  tower  stands  at  the 
north  end  of  the  Court  of  Fountains 
and  constitutes  a  very  beautiful  center- 


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piece.  On  the  eastern  side  of  the  Court 
of  Fountains  are  the  Ethnology,  Manu- 
factures and  Liberal  Arts  and  Agricul- 
ture buildings.  On  the  west  side  are 
the  Temple  of  Music.  Machinery  and 
Transportation  and  Electricity  build- 
ings. Beyond  the  tower  is  the  Plaza 
whose  northern  boundary  is  marked  by 
the  Propylaea,  a  very  beautiful  archi- 
techtural  screen,  rich  in  color  decora- 
tions and  ornamentation  of  statuary. 
East  of  the  Plaza  is  the  great  Stadium, 
a  mammoth  buildiue,  having  a  seating 
capacity  for  about  12,000  people.  West 
of  the  Plaza  is  the  entrance  to  the  Mid- 
way, where  one  may  spend  days  enjoy- 
ing the  multitude  of  novel  entertain- 
ments. 

The  beauty  of  the  picture  is  beyond 
the  power  of  anyone  adequately  to  de- 
scribe, for  no  words  can  convey  to  the 
mind  the  glorious  result  of  the  combin- 
ed eti'orts  of  the  architects,  the  sculp- 
tor, the  landscape  gardener,  the  color- 
ist  and  the  electrician.  They  have  all 
worked  harmoniously  to  produce  a  set 
picture  upon  such  a  magnificent  scale 
as  to  dazzle  and  delight  every  beholder. 

Upon  the  pinnacle  of  the  tower 
stands  a  graceful  figure  in  gold  called 
the  Goddess  of  Light,  presiding  over 
the  Exposition  and  looking  abroad 
over  its  many  beautiful  features.  In 
her  upraised  right  hand  she  carries  a 
torch  while  with  her  left  she  points  to 
the  beautiful  scene  below.  The  face  of 
the  tower  is  covered  with  myriads  of 
electric  lights.  One  does  not  realize  its 
mammoth  proportions  until  he  looks  at 
it  from  a  near  point  of  view.  The 
main  body  of  the  tower  is  50  feet 
square;  with  two  wings,  eaeb  110  feet 
high  extending  from  the  east  and  south- 
ward and  enclosing  a  semi-circular 
court'  From  its  southern  face  gushes 
a  cascade,  at  a  height  of  70  feet.  At  a 
height  of  110  feet  is  a  fine  restaurant. 
Elevators  will  carry  visitors  to  various 
heights  in  the  tower. 

The  State  and  Foreign  buildings  are 
situated  in  the  southwest  part  of  the 
grounds-  Nearly  all  the  governments 
of  the  Western  Hemisphere  are  repre- 
sented, either  in  buildings  of  their  own, 
or  have  creditable  exhibits  in  the  var- 
ious exhibit  divisions.  Several  of  the 
States  have  very  fine  buildings  of  their 
own  and  all  of  the  important  spates  are 
represented  by  special  exhibits  in  the 
Agriculture,  Mines  and  other  buildings. 
The  Live  Stock  division  occupies  sev- 
neteen  pavillions,  covering  about  10 
aci'es  of  land.    A  special  building  has 


been  erected  for  a  model  dairy  and  a 
commodious  building  is  used  for  dairy 
exhibits.  The  division  of  agricultural 
machinery  occupies  extensive  exhibit 
space  beneath  the  seats  of  the  Stadium. 
Two  special  buildings  have  been  erect- 
ed in  the  southeast  part  of  the  grounds 
for  a  commercial  ordinance  exhibit. 
Between  the  two  buildings  is  a  model 
of  a  Gruson  turre^  53  feet  in  diameter. 
This  is  so  arranged  that  the  visitor  may 
go  inside  and  note  the  construction  of 
this  form  of  sea-coast  defense  fortifica- 
tion. The  exhibit  of  big  guns  by  the 
United  States  Government  is  one  of  the 
very  interesting  features  of  the  Exposi- 
tion. 

The  arrangement  of  the  various  Ex- 
position buildings  is  such  that  one  may 
save  a  great  deal  of  time,  as  well  as  ef- 
fort, in  seeing  the  exhibits.  The  ar- 
rangement is  very  compact  and  one 
may  go  from  building  to  building  and 
enjoy  himself  thoroughly  as  he  goes. 

The  Fine  Arts  building  is  about  1,000 
feet  south  of  the  Government  buildings 
and  contains  a  fine  collection  of  the 
best  works  of  American  artists.  The 
forestry  building  is  a  near  neighbor  of 
the  Government  Buildiug,  and  a  few 
rods  to  the  east  is  a  stockade  of  the  Six 
Nations  oflndians  whose  ancesters  dom- 
inated the  territory  of  New  York  400 
years  ago.  This  stockade  contains  all 
the  various  forms  of  buildings  to  be 
seen  in  an  Indian  Village  prior  to  the 
settlement  of  New  York.  One  of  the 
pleasure  trips  within  the  Exposition 
grounds  is  the  circumnavigation  of  the 
buildings  upon  a  broad  canal  by  means 
of  launches  which  stop  at  convenient 
points.  This  canal,  over  a  mile  long, 
surrounds  the  main  group  of  Exposi- 
tion buildings.  There  are  also  wheeled 
chairs  in  abundance,  having  noiseless 
rubber  tires  and  easy  springs,  so  that 
one  may  be  as  lazy  and  comfortable  as 
he  desires.  A  miniature  railway  also 
skirts  the  Exposition  fence  and  will  be 
found  convenient  by  many. 


COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENTFORTREECOLLEGTING- 
SAVES  EGGS.DANGER.TIME. 

Send  Stamp  for  Circulai*.  (179) 

J.  Rowland  Nowell,  Portman,  S.  C. 


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HIS  PAPER  is  printed  at  the  Book 
and  Magazine  Publishing  House  of 
A.  M.  EDDY,  Albion,  N.  Y. 


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In  Practical  Use  for  Over  Twenty-five  years. 

Used  Everywhere  in  America.        Hundreds  of  Testimonals.        Try  and  be  Convinced. 
Start  a  class.     Money  in  It.     Be  Your  Own  Taxidermist. 

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nature  and  anxious  to  preserve  the  ."ppciniens  taken  in  wood  and  field,  have  all  felt  the  need  of  a 
simple  method  of  preservation,  which  is  free  fi'om  intricacies  and  inexpensive. 

There  is  a  methrd  of  rapid  taxidermy  now  in  extensive  use,  which  meets  the  requirements  of 
all  amateurs  who  wish  a  practical  and  inexpensive  n?ethod  of  preserving  the  trophies  of  the  out- 
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pike's  or  bucic's  head,  or  ibe  showy  feathers  of  the  tanager.  Boys,  girls  and  all  others  can  do 
good  work  and  may  make  money,  as  mounted  heads  and  birds  find  a  ready  sale,  and  besides  you 
may  teach  your  iViends  and  decorate  the  school-room,  office  and  dining-room  with  native  birds 
and  other  attractions.  If  you  are  in  doubt,  then  get  your  friends  to  go  in  with  you  and  start  a 
class,  for  when  several  work  together  there  is  an  advantage,  and  the  expense  is  next  to  nothing. 

On  the  receipt  of  $1.00,  ca.sh  or  stamps,  I  will  send  full  printed  instructions  for  mounting 
birds,  heads,  mammals,  etc..  and  all  materials  for  mounting  and  preserving  specimens— includ- 
ing prepared  compound,  together  with  full  directions  for  dressing  skins  with  the  hair  on  for  rugs 
and  robes,  so  that  you  will  not  be  to  the  expense  of  one  cent  and  will  .send  full  directions  how  to 
start  a  class. 


Remember  I  guarantee  saHsf action  or  money  reftinded. 
Mention  Oologist  and  address 

MORRIS  GIBBS,  M.  D., 


Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


The  Oologist. 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY,  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  7. 


ALBION,  N.  Y.,  JULY,  1901. 


Whole  No.  178 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  tUla  department 
lor  25c  per  25  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

Strictly  First-class  specimens  will  be  accepted  in  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


What's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  178  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
180     "  "  '•  "    Sept.,  '• 

183      •'  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

190     "  "  "  "    June,  1902 

195     "  "  "  "      Dec.    " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  vn:ong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

This  Oologist  was  mailed  July  24th. 

WANTED,— A  pair  of  young  live  of  each  of 
the  following:  Bam  Owl,  Long-eared  Owl, 
Short-eared  Owl  For  good  strong  specimens, 
large  prices  will  be  given.  J.  E.  T.,  Box  98, 
Lancaster,  Mass. 

GOOD  EXCHANGE  for  nice  sheets  of  Birch 
Bark  and  Modern  Indian  bows,  arrows,  pipes, 
buckskin,  bead  and  basket  work,  ALBERT 
B,  FARNHAM,502  12th  St,.  N.  W., Washington, 
D.  C. 

EXCHANGE :— One  Premo  camera  4x5  with 
complete  outfit  to  exchange  for  complete  sets 
of  eggs  with  full  data.  No  others  accepted. 
All  letters  answered,  CHAS.  S,  MOODY,  Oro 
Fino,  Idaho, 

FOR  EXCHANGE,— Eggs  Of  this  state  for 
sets  of  other  states.  Send  list  and  receive 
mine,    ED  T,  SCHENCK,  Sprakers,  N,  Y, 

FOR  SALE  or  EXCHANGE.— Two  hundred 
fifty  perfect  arrow  and  spear  points.  FRANK 
RACKETT,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Rural  De- 
livery No.  1. 

OOLOGISTS.— Have  some  fine  sets  to  ex- 
change for  same.  Send  your  lists.  Sets  of 
hawks,  owls  and  water  birds  especially  desired, 
RAY  F,  STEVENS,  Shabbona,  111, 

WANTED,— A  cabinet  for  bird  skins  and 
back  numbers  of  magazines.  Can  offer  sets, 
skins,  mounted  birds,  shells  etc,  or  part  cash, 
also  have  a  Lady's  Bicycle,  28  in.,  for  sale  at 
$18.00  cash.  All  answered.  W,  JENNINGS 
WIRT,  Gaines,  Orleans  Co,,  N.  Y. 


FOR  EXCHANGE.— Model  '99  gent's  bike  in 
good  condition.  Will  take  bird  skins  or  Indian 
relics  to  value  of  810,  Write  first.  Address 
BOX  817,  Ames,  la. 

WILL  EXCHANGE,— Western  photos  or 
plates  and  new  books  for  eggs  in  sets.  All  let- 
ters answered.  Address  CHAS.  S.  MOODY, 
Oro  Fino,  Idaho, 

WANTED.— Good  U.  S.  stamps.  Offer  in  ex- 
change skins  of  387.  412,  498.  76],  474,  759b,  .587, 
613,  614,  619,  521,  581,  461,  624.  661,  671,  673,  467,  728, 
735,  655,  THEODORE  B,  PARKER,  36  Beau- 
mont Ave  ,  Newtonville,  Mass, 

A  FEW  Sets  each  No,  123a,  49,  413,  588b, 
Several  volumes  Oologist  and  other  bird 
journals;  Gov,  Pub,  on  Ornithology;  Bar  Lock 
Type  Writer,  cost  $100  in  good  condition:  Star 
Fish  and  Sea  Urchins  from  Pacific  Ocean, 
All  for  A  1  Skins  and  Original  sets.  A,  G, 
PRILL,  Scio,  Oregon. 

FOR  SALE,— Plumbeous  Chickadee,  sets  of 
6, 6  and  7;  15c  per  egg.  Send  for  list  of  choice 
southern  sets.  Have  Flying  Squirrels  for  sale 
at  $1.50  a  pair;  also  Fox  Squirrels,  Coons,  etc. 
E.  F.  POPE,  Colmesnell,  Tex. 

U.  S,  ARMY  GOODS:— For  Collecting,  can- 
oeing, hunting  and  bicycle  trips.  Dog  Tents, 
2  pieces  buttoning  together,  covers  5x7ft, ; 
weight  about  Slbs,,  $1,2.5,  4  pieces  button  to- 
gether, covering  7x10, 12.25.  Rubber  Ponchos, 
45x72,  slit  for  head,  $1.50.  Canvas  Hammocks 
and  Haversacks,  each,  50c.  ALBERT  B, 
FARNHAM,  502  12th  St.,  N.  W  Washington, 
D,  C  179 

WANTED.— Sets  of  N.  Am.  Birds  Eggs. 
Can  use  any  except  498,  187,  49,  385.  The  more 
desirable  the  sets  you  offer  are,  the  better  the 
offer  I  will  make  you  for  them.  I  can  offer 
Trays  for  Eggs,  Large  Egg  Calipers  (best  12  in. 
sliding) ;  Glass  top  Egg  Cases,  Rare  Single 
Eggs,  Emue  Eggs,  Collection  of  300  var,  good 
Postage  Stamps  in  sets;  Shells,  a  large  assort- 
ment labelled ;  Minerals,  single  specimens  or 
collections:  Fossils:  Indian  Arrowpoints; 
Spearheads  and  Knives,  many  localities ;  also 
an  8 V4  in.  Rough  Stone  Axe  and  a  few  Drills: 
a  few  Bird  Skins  and  Corals.  Write,  sending 
list  of  what  you  can  spare  and  gi^nng  me  an 
idea  of  what  you  want  and  I  will  make  the  best 
offer  I  can.  E.  H.  SHORT,  Box  173,  Rochester, 
N,  Y.  179 


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WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

WANTED.— May  number,  1888,  Vol.  XXII, 
American  Naturalist  WILLIAM  BREW- 
STER, Cambridge,  Mass. 

FOR  SALE:— Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
ranging  in  price  from  25c.  to  $5.00;  halfs  from 
10c  to  50c.  Special  rates  to  colleges  a  ad  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co.,  Illinois.  179 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N,  Y. 

WANTED:— Oologists  and  others  to  read 
"Frederick  Young,"  the  prettiest  book  of  the 
year.  A  fine  story  with  science  and  natural 
history  intermixed.  Tinted  illustrations;  gold 
top.  Price  $1.50.  Superlative  as  a  gift.  Order 
through  your  book  dealer.  By  Charles  Lin- 
coln Phillips,  an  old  contributor  to  this  jour- 
nal. H.  A.  DICKERMAN  &  SON,  Publishers, 
Boston .  tf 

EXCHANGE.— Choice  first  class  sets  with 
full  data  Royal  Tern,  Am.  Oystercatcher,  Wil- 
let.  Wilson's  Plover,  Brown  Pelican,  Clapper 
Rail, Laughing  Gull,Forster's  Tern  BlackSkim- 
mer.  Green  Heron,  Boat  tail  Grackle.  Painted 
Bunting.IndigoBuD ting, Yellow-breasted  Chat, 
etc.  for  A  1  sets  with  data  and  large  singles. 
Sets  also  for  sale  very  cheap.  DR.  M.  T. 
CLECKLEV,  Augusta,  Ga.  180 


in.      o  V  (LIVE  BARN  OWLS 

A  rair  oi  imu  ]  live  long  eared  owls 

°   I  LIVE  SHORT  EARED  OWLS. 

For  good  strong  specimens,  large  prices  will 
be  given. 

J.  E.  T  ,  Box  g8,  Lancaster.  Mass. 


COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENTFORTREEGOLLECTING 
SAVES  EGGS, DANGER, TIME, 

Send  Stamp  for  Circular.  (179) 

J.  Rowland  Nowell,  Portman.  S.  C. 


A  1  SETS  Manitoba  collected  eggs  with  full 
data,  direct  from  the  collector:  Arctic  Horned 
Owl  1-4,  $1.50;  W.  H.  Owl  1-3,  75c;  Prarie  Horn- 
ed i.ark  1-4  1-3.  10c;  Short-eared  Owl  1-10  2-7  3-6 
3-5  3-4,  40c;  Redtails  1-S  5  3,  well  marked,  2ae; 
Krider's  Hawk  2  2  3-3,  35c;  Long-eared  Owl  3-5 
3-4,  10c ;  Marsh  Hawk  1-6  5-5  2-4  10c :  Gray  Ruffled 
Grouse  1-9,  40c;  Am.  Crow  1-6  2  5  4-1  2c;  Mallard 
1-7  10c;  Pintail  1-5  20c;  Col.  Sharp-tailed  Grouse 
1-10  1-12  1-13  1-17,  30c:  Prarie  Short-tailed  1-10 
1-12  1-13,  30c  Prarie  Hen  Ml  1-12  1-8.  10c;  Mead- 
owlark W3-4  2-5 1-6  5c  ;Killdeer  1-41-3  10c ;  Sharp- 
shinned  Hawk  1-5  1-6,  $1.00;  Purple  Grackle  3-4 
2-5  1-6,  2c;  Rusty  Blackbird  3-6  2-53-4.  30:  Mourn- 
ing Dove  3-2,  2c;  Clay -colored  Sparrow  3-s  4-4 
2-3,  nests,  10c;. Yellow  Warbler  3-4  8-3,  2c;  Chest- 
nut collared  Longspur  2-4  1-3.  20c;  White- 
rumped  Shrike  3-6  3-4,  3c;  Flicker  1-5  2c;  Rose- 
breasted  Grosbeak  3-4  1-5,  5c;  House  Wren  2-6 
2-5,  2c;  Bewick's  Wren  16  10c;  Long-billed 
Marsh  Wren  3-6,  2c;  Bartram's  Sandpiper  3-4, 
25c;  Wilson's  Pharalope  1-4,  50c;  Loon  1-2,  $1; 
Swainson  Hawk  4-3  3  4,  25c;  well  marked 
Broadwinged  Hawk  2-3,  $1;  Song  Sparrow  3-4 
2-5,  2c;  Redwinged  Blackbird  3-4,  Ic;  Osprey  1-3, 
75c;  well  marked  Whooping  Crane  1-2,  $2.00. 
List  is  incomplete  as  I  am  adding  sets  daily, 
but  all  listed  are  on  hand.  Prices  per  egg. 
CHRIS  P.  FORGE,  Carman,  Manitoba,. 

Mounted  Birds  and  Mamnials. 

The  following  specimens  are  all  strictly  first 
class,  freshly  mounted  specimens-regular  price 
in  (  )  My  closing  priceis  by  mail,  express 
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Screech  Owl  (2  75) 

California  Screech  Owl  (3.50) 

Great  Horned  Owl  (6.00) 

Arctic  Horned  Owl  full  plumage  (20.00)... 

American  Hawk  Owl  (6  00) : _ 

Road-runner  (3.00) 

Californian  Woodpecker  (2.00) 

Horned  Lark  (1.75) 

American  Magpie  (2.50) 

Steller's  Jay  (3.50)  

Blue-fronted  Jay  (8.00) 

Bobolink  (1.50) 

Meadowlark  (2.00) _ 

Bullock's  Oriole  (1.75) 

Evening  Grosbeak  (2  25) 

Pine  Grosbeak  (2.00) 

American  Crossbill  (1.75) _ 

Bohemian  Waxwing  (2.50) 

Black  and  White  Warbler  (1.25) 

Myrtle  Warbler  (1.50)  

American  Robin  (1.50) 

Ring-necked  Pheasant  full  plumage  (8.00) 
FrtANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N 


1  75 

2  10 

4  75 

12  50 

3  90 

1  75 

1  10 

90 

1  50 

1  30 

1  30 

90 

1  15 

90 

1  25 

1  10 

90 

1  30 

80 

80 

80 

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How  Some  Birds  Capture  Their  Prey. 

The  ruacner  in  waich  the  different 
species  of  birds  capture  their  prey  is 
very  interesting  to  the  observer.  There 
are  divers,  snappers  borers,  grubbers, 
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others  of  devious  ways.  In  swimmirg 
and  flying  most  of  the  birds  pive  evi- 
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Ducks  in  the  water.  But  the  habits  of 
nest  construction  are  often  quite  dissim- 
ilar from  the  methods  of  food  capture. 
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bore  for  food  and  at  the  same  time  hol- 
low out  their  nest,  but  the  Kingfishei^ 
uses  its  beak  in  securing  iis  prey  in  the 
water,  and  yet  burrows  in  the  sand 
when  forming  its  home,  while  tho  Wood- 
cock, which  bores  for  its  food,  builds  its 
nest  on  the  surface  of  the  ground.  The 
Bank  Swallow  captures  its  prey  in  the 
air,  but  burrows  in  the  bank  like  the 
Kingfisher.  The  Great  Blue  Heron 
spears  or  snaps  up  its  prey  in  the  water 
and  yet  it  builds  its  nest  of  sticks  quite 
similar  to  the  ways  of  many  small  birds. 
There  are  no  groups  of  birds  which 
have  not  marked  variations  in  some 
habits  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  them 
in  comparison. 

Loons,  Merganser.^,  Auks,  Guillemots 
and  many  other  birds  secure  their  prey 
by  diving,  and  many  can  and  do  remain 
a  long  time  beneath  the  surface  and 
make  long  flights,  so  to  speak,  through 
the  water  in  pursuit  of  fishes.  I  have 
twice  seen  birds  swimming  under  the 
water  and  they  seemed  to  be  flying.  In 
capturing  their  prey  they  undoubtedly 
use  their  winas  in  a  similar  manner. 
There  is  small  chance  of  our  seeing  the 
actual  capture  by  these  diving  birds, 
but  we  may  reason  that  they  secure 
the  minnows  by  a  movement  similar  to 
that  of  the  Heron  in  his  wadiog  and 
snapping. 

Let  us  compare  the  ways  of  a  fewr 
birds  in  securing  prey  from  the  water, 
on  the  surface  or  near  it.    The   Osprey 


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poises  above  the  selected  prey  and  at  a 
height  of  from  fifteen  to  100  yards,  gen- 
erally at  about  thirty  yards,  and  then 
plunges  at  an  angle  of  from  forty  to 
eighty  degrees.  He  drops  with  a  mighty 
rush,  and  apparently,  is  certain  of  de- 
struction if  he  strikes  the  water  at  this 
speed.  No  one  can  positively  assert 
just  how  the  Fish  Hawk  strikes  the 
water,  for  though  it  seems  as  if  he 
strikes  heavily,  and  very  often  goes 
completely  under  the  surface,  and  in 
some  cases  remains  under  for  nearly  a 
half  mimite,  yet  it  is  observable  that  the 
prey,  when  secured,  is  always  brought 
forth  in  the  talons.  It  is  really  remark- 
able how  the  Osprey  can  regulate  his 
plunge  and  secure  the  fish  with  his 
claws  after  churning  the  water  to  foam. 
It  would  almost  seem  that  he  makes  a 
grab  in  the  dark  after  reaching  the 
water.  His  method  of  capture  differs 
from  all  others  cf  the  birds  which  I 
have  observed  in  America.  When  the 
Osprey  secures  the  fish  it  quickly  mounts 
from  the  surface  and  then  the  capture 
may  be  plainly  seen  in  the  talons  of  the 
fortunate  bird.  The  bird  nearly  or 
quite  always  carries  the  fish  head  for- 
ward and  grasps  it  with  both  feet.  In 
quarters  where  I  have  observed  I  be- 
lieve the  average  catch  weighed  about  a 
pound  and  a  half  and  I  judged  that  fish 
that  weighed  less  than  a  pound  were 
rarely  hunted,  while  two  pounders  and 
even  as  large  as  three  pounders  were 
not  rarely  secured  by  the  Hawk.  On 
one  trip  in  Southern  Florida  we  repeat- 
edly observed  a  fishing  bird  that  had  re- 
ceived an  injury  to  one  of  its  legs,  rend- 
ering it  powerless  to  use  the  injuied 
foot.  This  foot  hung  down  when  the 
bird  flew  and  was  of  no  apparent  use  in 
its  forays  for  fish.  We  carefully  watched 
this  crippled  fisher  in  its  attempts  to 
catch  fish,  and  noted  that  the  poor  bird 
made  as  many  as  eight  or  ten  plunges 
before  securing  a  prize,  and  when  the 
fish  was  secured  the  prize  was  held  in 
the  claws  of  one  foot,  the  other  foot  be- 


ing of  no  assistance.  After  the  capture 
the  Hawk  flew  to  a  convenient  perch  on 
a  limb  in  plain  sight  from  our  boat  and 
attempted  to  eat  the  fish.  The  attempt 
to  manage  the  fish  and  as  well  hold  to 
its  perch  was  too  much  of  an  under- 
taking for  the  disabled  bird  and  in  its 
struggles  it  lost  its  hold  on  the  fish, 
which  fell  to  the  ground.  The  Hawk 
made  no  attempt  to  regain  the  captured 
fish,  but  immediately  began  fishing 
again. 

The  Pelicans  are  odd  feeders  and 
their  methods  of  securing  prey  are 
various  In  addition  to  the  habit  of 
snapping  up  fish  and  other  food  as  they 
swim  about,  they  have  also  the  habit  of 
swooping  down  and  engulfing  fish  on 
the  surface  or  just  below.  This  habit 
frequently  observed  in  the  Brown  Peli- 
can in  the  south  is  most  singular.  The 
fishing  birds  may  be  closely  watched  at 
St.  Petersburg  on  Tampa  bay,  where 
they  are  protected  by  law,  and  where 
they  have  become  very  tame  and  unsus- 
picious. I  have  repeatedly  seen  the 
birds  dive  within  ten  yards  of  the  wharf 
where  I  was  standing.  The  bird  flies 
with  flops  of  its  huge  wings  and  has  not 
inaptly  been  likened  to  an  exagerated 
Woodcock  with  its  long  beak  drooping. 
At  times  the  birds  hover  over  a  spot 
and  then  drop  with  a  heavy  thud  into 
the  water  This  plunge  is  made  head 
first  and  it  always  seems  a  miracle  to 
me  that  the  creature  is  not  killed  out- 
right from  the  concussion.  The  bird 
seems  to  strike  the  water  like  a  huge 
bladder  and  sometimes  goes  completely 
beneath  the  surface,  but  generallv  only 
partially,  and  in  most  instances immed- 
iatelv  rises  after  its  plunge.  In  these 
cases  where  the  prey  is  small  and  taken 
from  near  the  surface,  I  am  well  satis- 
fied that  the  Pelican  scoops  up  the  food 
rather  than  snaps  it  up  with  its  beak. 
If  one  will  examine  a  Pelican's  bill  it 
will  be  found  that  the  upper  mandible 
is  firm  and  very  strong,  while  the  under 
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and  though  but  an  inch  wide  when  rest- 
ing, may  easily  be  spread  to  four  or  tive 
inches.  It  is  my  idea  that  the  bird 
when  fishi  g  for  small  prey  on  the  sur- 
face, and  by  plunging,  merely  opens  its 
bill  as  it  strikes  the  water  ard  scoops 
up  the  minnows  in  its  pouch.  I  have 
frequently  seen  the  Pelicans  feeding  so 
near  me  that  I  could  distinguish  the 
small  fish  jumping  about  in  the  pouch 
of  its  captor  just  after  the  bird  arose 
from  its  plunge.  Anobserver  is  enabled 
to  do  this  when  the  bird  flies  between 
the  wharf  and  the  rising  or  setting  sun, 
as  the  pouch  is  almost  translucent  and 
the  jumping  form  of  the  little  nsh  may 
be  easily  distinguished.  Of  course  when 
larger  fishes  are  caught  the  principle  of 
capture  is  different.  I  have  seen  two 
pound  mullet  taken  from  a  Pelican's 
gullet  and  have  been  told  by  a  reliable 
man  that  he  had  seen  oo«  of  a  weight  of 
over  three  pounds  removed  from  a  fish- 
ing Pelican. 

The  Gulls  and  Terns  feed  almost  en- 
tirely from  the  surface  and  are  graceful 
in  all  their  movements,  dropping  to  the 
water  in  bold  plunges  and  skimming 
above  the  surface  like  the  wind-driven 
foam.  The  Petrels  and  Skimmers  course 
over  the  sea,  tacking  and  veering  in 
their  search  for  food.  These  birds  snap 
up  their  prey  when  on  the  wing  as  with 
nearly  all  the  sea  biids.  The  Geese 
rarely  go  beneath  the  surface  while 
feeding,  and  I  have  never  seen  a  Swan 
more  than  plunge  its  head  and  neck 
under  water.  Geese  and  Swans  always 
feed  where  the  water  is  shallow  when 
on  lake  or  stream,  while  the  sea  Ducks 
feed  from  deep  water.  I  have  no  doubt 
that  many  species  of  Ducks  feed  from 
the  bottom  where  the  water  is  twenty  or 
more  feet  deep,  and  I  have  found  some 
feeding  on  fresh  water  that  had  the 
crops  filled  with  crustaceans  and  aquatic 
seeds,  which  were  only  to  be  found  at 
the  bottom  and  in  fifteen  feet  of  water. 
The  Mergansers,  which  come  very  near 
to  being  exclusively  fish  feeders,  secure 


their  prey  as  do  the  Loons,  ly  ]  ursuit 
and  snapping  up  the  fish.  This  habit  is 
followed  at  times  bv  nearly  all  species 
nf  Ducks,  and  well  kn^wn  river  Ducks 
not  rarely  partake  of  a  feast  of  small 
minnow-i  when  they  can  be  fonnd  in 
shallow  watf  r  and  are  not  difficult  to 
secure. 

The  Herons  feed  largely  upon  fish, 
but  they  vary  their  diet  and  are  even 
known  to  eat  grasshoppers,  while  they 
are  very  destructive  to  the  larval  forms 
of  the  dragon  fly  and  other  aquatic  in- 
sects. This  is  especially  true  of  the 
Least  Bittern  and  Green  Heron,  which 
are  very  beneficial  to  man  in  their 
choice  of  food,  though  they  are  also  de- 
structive to  the  small  fry,  efpecially  the 
Fly-up-the  creek  or  Green  Heron,  a 
great  poacher  on  the  trout  fry.  I  have 
watched  the  Herons  and  Bitterns  as 
they  waded  ybout  and  have  seen  the 
lightning  like  thrusts  of  their  beaks  as 
they  stabbed  at  their  prey.  Among  the 
fishes  that  are  preyed  upon  by  the 
Heron  family  is  the  bullhead  or  horn- 
pout,  which  is  known  to  have  three 
erectile  fin  spines — one  on  the  dorsal  fin 
and  one  on  each  side.  The  wild  birds 
are  generally  well  aware  of  the  danger 
in  swallowing  one  of  these  dangerous 
fishes,  whole,  and  they  usually  destroy 
the  hinge  that  works  the  set-trigger 
spine  before  swallowing  the  fish  whole. 
I  once  had  the  pleasure  of  watching  a 
Greater  Bittern  dissecting  out  the  dan- 
gerous dorsal  and  pectoral  fin  spines 
from  a  good  sized  bullhead,  preparatory 
to  making  a  meal  of  him.  The  scene 
occurred  on  thw  edge  of  a  marsh  and  the 
thunder-pumper  was  so  much  engaged, 
that  it  failed  to  note  my  presence  and  I 
had  a  good  opportunity  to  observe  the 
operation.  The  bird  placed  thecsplur- 
ed  fish  on  the  marsh  grass  between  its 
feet  and  with  sharp  stabs  destroyed  the 
attachments  of  the  spines.  The  work 
took  some  time  t<s  the  fins  of  the  cat- 
fishes  are  strongly  connected  with  the 
bony  frame-work.    The  bird  was  flushed 


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before  completing  its  work  and  I  viewed 
the  result  after  the  disappointed  stake- 
driver  had  departed.  Two  of -the  spines 
were  found  almost  wholly  torn  loose 
and  the  other  about  in  shape  for  the 
feast.  This  bird  had  evidently  reasoned 
the  matter  out  to  its  satisfaction  and 
thus  avoided  being  impaled  by  the 
deadly  spines.  But  this  was  not  the 
case  with  a  mature  Great  Blue  Heron, 
who  had  captured  a  pound  and  a  half 
catfish  in  a  lagoon.  The  bird  had  at- 
tempted to  swallow  the  live  fish  without 
destroying  its  set-trigger  spines.  Re- 
sult—the Heron  was  found  lying  in  the 
shallow  water  with  several  inches  of 
the  body  and  tail  of  its  destroyer  stick- 
ing from  its  bill  ;the  body  of  the  captured 
fish  being  started  down  the  captor's 
gullet,  but  held  there  by  the  dorsal 
spine,  which  had  penetrated  the  throat 
just  back  of  the  greedy  bird's  bill,  and 
in  such  a  situ.ation  that  neither  fish  nor 
bird  could  relieve  itself,  and  both  were 
dead;  truly,  an  unforseen  tragedy  of 
the  wilds.  The  smaU  bullhead  some- 
times works  its  spine-impaling  act  on 
fish-eating  water  snakes,  as  well  as  on 
the  birds. 

The  Rails  are  interesting  feeders  and 
it  is  a  pleasure  to  see  the  trim  fellows 
patter  through  the  marsh  grass  and 
rushes.  They  feed  on  seeds,  small  mol- 
luscs and  crustaceans,  as  well  as  nymphs 
and  even  the  smaller  minnows  Their 
movements  art)  active  and  sinuous  on 
the  bogs  and  grass  while  the  larger 
members  of  the  family — as  the  Gallinu- 
les  and  Coots— swim  ungracQfuUv  and 
gather  food  much  after  the  manner  of 
the  river  Ducks 

Of  all  the  pleasing  birds  while  feed- 
ing, the  active  shore  birds  are  the  most 
engaging.  If  my  readers  know  of  a 
sequestered  lake  where  thesa  sprightly 
crea'.ures  congregate  after  the  nesting 
saason,  then  I  would  sui^gest  that  an 
afternoon  be  taken  in  August  to  observe 
the  Sandpipers  and  Plovers,  as  they  gy- 
rate about  the  lake  or  patter  about  and 


feed  upon  the  sands.  There  is  but  slight 
variation  in  the  manner  of  securing  the 
food.  Nearly  all  of  the  smaller  waders 
follow  the  same  methods  in  feeding,  and 
whether  upon  the  shore,  as  the  Sand- 
pipers and  Tattlers,  or  among  the  Plov- 
ers of  the  fields — as  the  Killdeer,  G  'Iden 
Plover  or  Upland  Pluver — they  all  run 
about  actively  and  pick  up  their  food  in 
the  daintiest  manner.  Along  shore  the 
Sandpipers  may  be  seen  traversing  the 
sands  or  even  wading  in  the  shallow 
water  and  gleaning  their  small  shelly 
food.  I  have  seen  the  Greater  Telltale, 
Lesser  Yellow-legs  and  Semi  palmated 
Plover  catching  and  eating  minute  min- 
nows at  the  edge  of  the  lake.  The  Spot- 
ted Sandpiper,  which  I  have  watched 
with  great  interest  for  over  thirty  years, 
is  a  loveable  little  creature  It  feeds 
upon  minute  animal  Jife  and  has  a  wide 
range  in  its  diet,  and  searches  for  mol- 
luscs, worms  and  insects  among  the 
debris  of  the  edges  of  the  millpond  and 
on  the  low  land  surrounding  ponds  and 
lakes. 

Among  the  Scratchers  we  find  but 
slight  variation  in  food,  and  while  the- 
Grouse,  Quail  and  Turkey  feed  mainly 
upon  seeds,  still  they  all  partake  of  an 
insect  diet  in  the  summer  months.  The 
Wild  Pigeon  and  Mourning  Dove  are 
among  the  most  exclusively  vegetable 
feeders.  All  of  the  Scratchers  are  well 
known  from  their  counterparts  of  the 
yard  and  farm.  The  Wild  Pigeon  often 
feeds  on  acorns,  both  spring  and  fall, 
and  unlike  the  Ked-head  Woodpecker, 
Blue  Jay  and  Grackle,  it  swallows  the 
acorns  whole,  tilling  its  crop  to  repletion 
and  giving  its  front  a  peculiar  appear- 
ance. 1  have  shot  Pigeons  in  the  woods 
and  found  them  stufifed  with  acorns, 
and  again  with  beechnuts.  The  Rutted 
Grouse  is  occasionally  in  the  habit  of 
eating  strong-scented  buds,  which  give 
a  balsamic  taint  to  the  flesh,  which  is 
anything  but  agreeable.  The  Spruce  or 
Canada  Grous-^  is  rarely  good  for  the 
table  on  account  of   this   habit,    and   at 


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105 


times  others  of  our  game  birds  are 
ruined  for  the  table  from  the  same 
cause.  ThR  eating  of  wild  celery  by  the 
Canvft''- backed  Dack  is  said  to  greatly 
add  to  irs  excellence  as  a  table  delica- 
cey. 

Among  the  rapacious  birds  there  is  a 
greater  variation  in  food  and  the  man- 
ner of  spcurins;  it  than  would  be  sup- 
pospd.  All  excepting  the  Vultures  seize 
their  prey  with  the  talons,  but  while 
the  B'  zzird  Hawks  are  slow  in  securing 
the  live  creaturo,  the  trao  Hawks,  Fal- 
cons and  Harriers  are  like  lightning  in 
their  m/vpments.  The  Red-taiiec?  and 
Redshoiildered  Hawks  are  quite  con- 
tent with  striped  snakes,  toads  and 
frogs;  while  an  occasional  common 
striped  gopher  or  chipmunk  is  added  to 
their  bill  of  fare,  and  these  birds  are  but 
seldom  found  to  molest  the  chickens  of 
the  barnyard,  it  is  the  Cooper  Hawk 
and  its  near  relaive  the  Sharp-shinned 
Hawk,  who  claim  most  of  the  chicks 
from  the  coop  or  garden.  These  depre- 
dators will  seize  a  chick  or  half-grown 
fowl  as  quick  as  a  flash  and  sail  away 
with  it  before  a  Buzzard  Hawk  could 
make  up  its  mind  to  an  attack.  The 
Buzzard  Hawks  are  not  averse  to  in- 
sects at  times  and  scarcely  anything  in 
the  nature  nf  animal  food  is  refused  by 
them;  but  'hen  most  all  of  the  rapacious 
birds  will  vary  their  diet  with  a  cheaper 
quality  of  food.  I  have  seen  t^iat  bird 
of  elegant  appearance  in  the  air — the 
Swallow-taiI"d  Kite — sweep  down  and 
secure  a  scake  and  bear  it  aloft,  trail- 
ing it  through  the  air  as  it  swept  the 
heavens  in  graceful  evo  utions.  Accord- 
ing to  my  apprnciation  there  is  no  bird 
in  the  air  quite  equal  to  the  Swallow- 
tailed  Kite.  Su(  h  dashes  and  plunges 
and  un^xpected  g}  I'atiuns  as  they  make. 
While  the  common  Hawks  are  silently 
soaring  or  plodding  through  the  forests 
the  Kites  are  saeti  to  perform  all  the 
evolutions  known   to  the   bird   world. 

The  Spjirrow  Hawk  catches  small 
birds  with  great  dexterity,  but  compen- 


sates for  this  lapse  in  decency  in  a 
measure  by  gatherincr  in  many  of  the 
pestiferous  rodents  that  infest  the  wood 
and  field.  In  the  summer  when  the 
grasshoppers  are  plentiful,  this  little 
Hawk  destroys  an  amazing  number  of 
these  insects.  It  is  interesting  to  watch 
a  Sparrow  Hawk  catching  hoppers.  He 
will  sit  on  a  dead  branch  and  fly  about, 
first  to  one  side  and  then  to  another, 
much  after  the  manner  of  a  Flycatcher; 
and  he  is  almost  as  accurate  in  his  work. 
I  once  observed  a  Sparrow  Hawk  catch 
a  grasshopper  on  the  wing,  but  the  work 
is  mostly  dune  on  the  ground,  and  the 
bird  always  returns  to  hii  perch  before 
eating  his  capture. 

The  little  Blue-winged  hawk  or  Sharp- 
shin  is  a  veritable  friend  among  the 
small  birds.  There  is  no  limit  to  his 
destructive  inclinations  and  I  only  for- 
give hioi  when  he  moves  into  the  city 
in  November  and  December  and  wages 
war  on  the  imported  Sparrows. 

The  Owls  are  flesh  feeders  and  lot 
part'cu'.ar  as  to  choice,  as  they  will  eat 
most  anything  dead  or  alive,  but  will 
become  very  hungry  before  they  will 
eat  tainted  meat,  as  I  have  proven  many 
timt-s  with  my  pet  Owls.  This  is  not 
anything  like  the  habit  of  the  Bald 
Eagle,  the  emblem  of  our  country,  which 
often  feeds  on  putr.d  flesh,  and  I  really 
believe  prefers  stale  fish  to  fresh.  One 
Owl  that  I  had  as  a  pet  for  a  long  time 
would  eat  all  fresh  meat  tQat  I  handed 
him,  whether  steak,  mouse,  snake  or 
any  small  bird.  His  habit  of  eating  was 
always  the  same,  and  he  invariably  held 
the  object  in  his  claws  and  tore  it  with 
Morris  Gibbs,  M.  D. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


Wisconsin  Hash. 

What  has  become  of  our  House 
Wrens,  or  in  fact  any  of  our  Wrens?  I 
have  not  seen  a  Wren  of  any  variety 
this  season,  in  town  or  out  of  town.  All 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


of  my  Wren  houses  are  vacant,  except, 
perhaps,  tenanted  by  a  few  spiders,  etc. 

The  Evening  Grosbeaks  came  this 
year  January  29th,  a  warm  cloudy  day, 
some  soft  snow;  at  first  a  flock  of  a  few 
individuals,  later  large  flocks,  some- 
times nearly  a  hundred.  They  stayed 
with  us  until  May  2d,  when  I  saw  a  fe- 
male, the  last  one  seen;  the  main  part 
of  the  flock  left  about  the  middle  of 
April;  two  pair  stayed  around  in  the 
evergreens  in  our  yard  so  close  and 
acted  like  breeding  birds  so  much,  that 
I  actually  was  foolish  enough  to  climb 
an  evergreen  in  the  vain  hope  of  tind- 
ing  a  nest;  but  then,  the  fools  aren't  all 
dead  yet. 

The  beautiful,  or  I  rather  say  the  dear 
little  Bobwhite,  are  getting  bred  in 
hereabouts  again  quite  plenty,  owing  to 
a  protecting  law  of  five  years,  and  either 
two  or  five  years  longer.  (Am  not  cer- 
tain.) I  call  my  dog  by  a  short,  sharp, 
quick  whistle;  one  day  he  flushed  a  pair 
of  Bobs.  Later  one  called  and  I  answer- 
ed; we  answered  back  and  forth  several 
times.  The  dog  would  look  at  me,  tfien 
toward  where  the  Quail  was,  then  at 
me,  etc.,  prick  up  his  ears  and  could 
not  make  out  who  the  other  fellow  was 
calling  him. 

One  day  while  my  dog  and  I  were  out 
I  found  a  Pinnanted  Grouse's  nest,  bird 
on.  1  watched  her  some  time  and  as 
she  did  not  ofi'er  to  leave,  I  sat  down  by 
the  nest  and  after  a  little  manouvering 
she  allowed  me  to  stroke  and  pet  her  to 
my  hearts  content,  and  to  csunt  her 
eggs,  a  fine  set  of  sixteen. 

Any  one  wishing  to  secure,  perhaps, 
one  hundred  fine  colored  photographs, 
size  lOi  X  14,  of  Audubon's  Birds  of 
America,  taken  direct  from  Audubon 
plates,  can  do  so  by  buying  the  Sunday 
Chicago  Record-Herald,  5  cents.  The 
pictures  come  to  your  news  dealer  not 
folded,  or  in  other  words,  flat,  and  if 
you  stand  in  with  your  newsdealers  you 
can  have  him  save  out  yours  before  his 
delivery  boys  fold    them;     one    plate 


comes  every  Sunday  as  a  supplement. 
The  series  began  June  16th.  I  do  not 
intend  this  in  any  way  for  an  advertise- 
ment of  the  Chicago  paper,  but  as  a  help 
to  my  brother  naturalists,  whom  it  may 
concern. 

A  good  way  to  trap  English  Sparrows 
is  to  place  a  large  cage,  with  a  small 
open  door,  on  the  (jrouu'i  near  chicken 
coops,  putting  some  feed  inside. 

Any  one  having  a  singer  Canary 
should  never  feed  it  lettuce;  and  if  in 
the  habit  of  feeding  it  lettuce,  should 
stop  off  gradually. 

How  many  species  of  birds,  1  esides 
the  Rose-breasted  Grosbeak,  eat  the  po- 
tatoe  beetle?  I  made  a  statement  sev- 
eral years  ago  in  the  Oologist  that  I 
wish  to  correct,  that  the  Cedar  Wax- 
wing  eats  the  potatoe  beetle.  It  should 
have  been  Rose- breasted  Grosbeak,  a 
female. 

Geo.  W.  Vosburgh, 
Co.umbup,  Wis. 


Notes  On  Two  Birds  of  South  Jersey. 

Fish  Crow— This  little  relative  to  the 
American  Crow  can  oniy  be  identified 
from  its  larger  relation  at  a  clrse  range 
They  inhabit  the  trends  of  the  coast  and 
bay,  and  do  not  go  far  from  brackish 
water. 

As  nesting  sites,  they  prefer  a  more 
or  less  wooded  island  marsh  to  the 
dense  woods  that  set  farther  I  ^ack.  Their 
nests  are  as  bulky  as  the  American 
Crow,  but  the  depression  where  the 
eggs  are  laid  is  much  smaller.  The 
height  ranges  from  ten  to  forty  feet  at 
times  in  the  top  of  a  small  gum  or  cedar 
tree,  while  at  others  against  the  trunk 
of  a  large  tree. 

Complete  sets  may  be  taken  with 
three  to  five  eggs  between  the  first  and 
latter  part  of  May.  I  have  never  col- 
lected a  full  set  in  April  yet.  The  young 
of  the  American  Crow  are  most  always 
ready  to  leave  the  nest,  when  the  Fish 
Crow  completes  her  set. 


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107 


Of  course  the  epjgs  look  like  other 
Crow's  epgs,  but  much  smaller,  ncd  at 
times  a  small  American  Crow  and  .-i 
large  fish  Crow  will  look  just  alike, 
and  measurement  alone  will  not  identify 
them. 

The  last  egg  laid  is  sometimes  beauti- 
fully marked. 

American  Osfrey— This  well  known 
bird  is  fast  decreasing  in  South  Jersey, 
especially  around  the  brackish  waters. 
I  see  no  accountable  cause  for  this,  ex- 
cepting every  year  several  old  dead 
limbs  break  off  with  the  nests. 

Every  set  a  collector  gets  of  this  bird 
he  well  earns  First,  he  generally  has 
a  hard  tree  to  climb,  then  a  dead  limb 
to  go  out  on,  and  when  that  point  is 
reached  he  strains  every  nerve  to  reach 
over  the  nests,  which  are  sometimes  five 
feet  high.  About  that  time  out  comes  a 
farmer  and  cries  '  ut,  '  come  down  out' 
of  that  tree  and  leave  them  Hawks 
alone." 

I  have  never  known  the  old  birds  to 
strike,  but  they  have  come  very  near 
my  head. 

They  lay  from  two  to  four  eggs. 
Three  is  the  usual  number  and  four  I 
consider  very  rare.  I  have  collected 
eggs  for  eleven  years  and  have  only 
found  three  sets  with  four.  A  series  of 
these  eggs  are  the  prettiest  specimens 
in  a  collector's  cabinet.  I  can  say  right 
here  that  I  never  saw  the  eggs  in  the 
same  set  of  like  appearance.  One  egg 
I  have  in  my  collection  is  nearly  un- 
spotted with  a  cream  ground. 

Wm.  B.  Crispen, 
Salem,  N.  J. 


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take  the  freedom  opened  to  them.  The 
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Figure  38. — Lady's-slippek  (Cypripedium  acaule). 

From  "With  the  Wild  Flowers." 
(Copyright.  1901,  by  The  Baker  &  Taylor  Co.) 


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Stanley,  History  of  Birds,  420p.  160  ills 90 

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*Davle,  Nests  and  Eggs  of  N.  A.  Birds  3d  ed. 

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Fisher,  Ornithology!of  the  Death  Valley  Ex- 
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served in  So.  Calif..  So.  Nevada  and  parts  of 
Arizona  and  Utah.  152p 1  25 

.  Hawks  and  Owls  from  the  Standpoint 

of  the  Farmer,  20p.  Spl _ 25 

Foster,  A  Consideration  of  Some  Ornitholog- 
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,  Biographical  Sketch  and    Published 

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Goode,  The  Published  Writings  of  Spencer 
FuUerton  Baird.  1843-83,  377p 60 

Hay,  Breeding  Habits,  Eggs  and  Young  of 
Snakes,  14p 25 

Heerman,  Birds  of  California,  (San  Francisco 
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Henry,  Smithonian  Circular  Relative  to  Col- 
lections of  Birds  from  Middle  and  South  Amer- 
ica     05 

Henshaw,  Ornithology  of  Nevada,  Utah,  Cali- 
fornia ColoradoNew  Mexico  and  Arizona,  395p 
15  mag.  col.  pi.  4to 3  75 

Holdens  Book  on  Birds,   128p,  ills 25 

Howell.  Abstract  of  Proceedings  of  Linnsean 
Society  of  New  York  for  year  ending  March, 
'92,   8p 25 

Hurst,  Taxidermists'  Guide.  lOOp.  ills 25 

Jacobs,  Eggs  of  Penna,  Birds  at  World's 
Fair,  lOp.  Spl 35 

,  Summer  Birds  of  Greene   Co.,    Pa., 

16p 35 

Judd,  Four  Common  Birds  of  Farm  and  Gar- 
den, 14p.  4flg 20 

Kennerly,  Birds  of  New  Mexico,  (Pac.  R.  R.  X) 
18p.  4col.  pi - 90 

Lattin,  Frank  H.,  The  Oologlsts'  Handbook, 
1885,  (25)  86p 35 

,  The   Standard    Catalogue    of    North 

American  Birds'  Eggs,  1896,  (25)  74p 10 

Lawrence,  Birds  of  Dominica,  22p 35 

,  A  Few  Birds  of  Guadalupe,  etc,  8p.    15 

,  Birds  of  Martinique,   12p 25 

Leverkuhn,  Fremde  Eier  im  Neste,  214p.  .1  00 

Louck's  Life  History  and  Distribution  of  the 
Prothonotary  Warbler  in  Ills _ 20 

Lucas,  Birds  and  Animals  recently  extinct  or 
threatened  with  extermination,  42p.  lOpl.  6fig . 
60 

,   History  and  Anatomy  of    Gt.    Auk. 

(Funk  Isld  expd)  40p.  Spl 60 

,  Tongues  of  Birds,  18p.  53flg 45 

,  Catalogue  of  S.    A.    Bird    Skeletons 

4p 10 

,  Exploration  in  N.   F.  and  Labrador, 

(after  bones  of  Gt.  Auk.)  20p,  map 30 

,  Weapons  and  Wings  ofaBirds,  12p,  pi, 

Sflg 25 

,  The  Tongues  of    Woodpeckers,    lOp, 

3pl _ 25 

Maynard's  "Birds  of  Eastern  North  Ameri- 
ca" This  elaborate  work  was  published  about 
25  years  ago  at  118  and  contained  532  pages.  I 
have  one  part  containing  about  300  pages  (over 
Vilot  original)  bound  in  tag  board  covers.  The 
Thrushes,  Warblers,  Starlings,  Water  Birds 
and  Shore-birds  are  complete  $3.00.  I  also  have 
a  copy  containing  about  ^  of  origmal  work  at 
90c.  Sample  pages  of  work  for  stamp.  Style 
of  text  see  article  of  "Black  Duck"  in  Dec. 
1900,  OOLOGIST 

Merriam ,  Report  of  Ornithologist  and  Mam- 
maloglstof  U.  S.  for '88imp,  60p 25 

,  Birds  of  Idaho,  with  description  of  a 

New  Owl,  20p,  col,  pi 50 

,  Birds  of  Arizona  (San  Francisco,  Mt- 

Plateau  and  Desert  of  Little  Colo,  and  Grand 
Canon  of  Colo. )  Map  showing  distribution  of 
Lecoute's  Thrasher,  24p 50 

,  Notes  on  4  Bermuda  Birds,  2p 15 


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spent  in  building  up  the  laboratory  on  Peni- 
kese."—W.  P.  Hay  (Prof.  Biology,  HighSchool) 
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FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Pub'r, 
Albion,  N.  Y. 

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No.  10, 40  pages,  finely  illus.,  for  5c.  L.W.STIL- 
WELL.  Deadwood,  S.  Dak. 

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I  will  send  you  by  mail  postpaid  one 
pach  of  the  following  eg'^.s:  American 
Herring  Gull,  Gt.  Blue  Heron,  White- 
facerl  Glossy  Ibis,  Ring-necked  Pheas- 
ant, Killdeer  Plover,  Burrowing  Owl, 
Road-runner,  Red-wing,  Dwarf  Cow- 
bird.  Mof'kingbird,  Flicker,  Wood 
Thrush,  Indigo  Bunting.  American 
Robin  and  Mourning  Dove,  all  listing 
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just  issued.  ERNEST  H.  SHORT. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


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Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  sales,"  Inserted  In  tills  department 
for  25C  per  25  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
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Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  179  yoiir  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
180     "  "  "  "    Sept.,  '• 

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195      "  "  "  "      Dec.    " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

TMDAPT  R VI  This  August  Oologist  was  is- 
IJurUniAlll*  sued  July  20th.  The  Sept.  is- 
sue will  be  printed  on  Aug.  20.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
mail. 

CERULEAN  WARBLERS  Eggs  in  sets  with 
nest  in  situ  for  sale  at  list  rates.  Sets  of  617 
for  exchange.  W.  E.  SAUNDERS,  London, 
Ont. 

FOR  SALE.— My  collection  of  small  birds; 
169  in  all.  No's  815  and  640  among  them.  All 
good  skins.  Will  send  list  if  you  mean  busi- 
ness.   W.  F.  WEST,  Greensburg,  Ind. 

EXCHANGE.— A  fine  lot  of  bird  skins  to  ex- 
change  for  a  pair  of  live  Pheasants,  any  varie- 
ty Correspondence  solicited.  C.  VAN  L. 
SMITH,  109  Good  St.,  Akron.  Ohio. 

COLLECTORS  :  Why  don't  you  send  for  my 
cheap  prices  on  Birds  Eggs,  singles  and  sets. 
I  am  just  giving  them  away  All  letters  an- 
swered promptly.  A  D.  DOERGE,  P.  O.  Box 
3,  Navasota,  Texas. 

FOR  SALE  CHEAP.— Fine  AI  sets  with 
data  such  as  Chuck-wiU's-widow,  Louisiana 
Water  Thrush,  Titmouse,  Nuthatch.  Hawks, 
Owls,  Vultures  and  many  more.  Write  for 
lists.    ROBT.  D.  FOXHALL,  Tarboro.  N.  Car. 

FOR  SALE.— Sets  of  American  and  Barrow's 
Golden-eye,  Loon  and  R.  B.  Nuthatch,  skins 
of  Gray  Ruffed  Grouse,  Cinnamon  Teal  and 
Picket  Pin  Gopher,  back  numbers  of  "Osprey," 
bird  pamphlets,  etc.,  or  will  exchance  any  of 
above  for  Davie's  Taxidermy,  good  Watch  or 
Telescope.  WM.  A.  BOWMAN,  ColumbiaFalls, 
Mont. 


WILL  SELL  for  best  offer  in  cash  or  eastern 
specimens  of  birds  or  eggs.  One  glass  case  con- 
taluing  L  thirteen  squirrels  mounted  upon 
branches,  etc.  Case  contains  one  Black,  one 
Red,  one  Grey,  one  Chipminck,  one  Flying  one 
Fox,  one  White  Face  Fox,  one  Florida  Fox, 
one  German  Black,  one  German  Red.  one  Mex- 
ican Red  and  Grey,  one  South  American  Fly- 
ing, one  India  Black  and  Yellow.  All  answer- 
ed. GEO.  SWEZEY,  66-79  Jackson  St. .  New- 
ark,  N.  J. 

WILL  t)ELL  CHEAP  or  exchange  for  Al 
sets  with  data.  Lattin's  catalogue.  1000  points 
and  buts  of  arrows  and  spears,3  forjlc  exchange 
5  for  le  cash;  back  numbers  Oologist,  "Birds" 
Part  I,  colored  olates,  "Birds  of  New  Jersey," 
"Birds  About  Us,"  Abbott;  Eastman  pocket 
kodak;  22  and  32  cal.  Smith  and  wesson  re- 
volvers ;  a  handsome  tan  sole  leather  gun  case 
for  carrying  two  guns ;  a  four  draw  brass  tele- 
scope: pair  of  boy's  climbers;  sets  of  cigarette 
cards;  trap  door  spider's  nest;  large  pieces  of 
petrified  wood  from  Arizona  and  pottery  from 
the  Cliff  Dwellers:  old  copper  cents  and  half 
cents ;  two  glass  topped  cases,  one,  two  draw- 
ers (walnut)  21x84;  other  a  wall  case  16x24 
(cherry);  also  sets  of  Al  birds  eggs.  Every- 
thing is  Al  and  must  go  cheap  for  cash  or  Al 
sets.    B.  A.  CARPENTER,  Salem,  N.  J. 

I  AM  COLLECTING  this  season  in  Southern 
Arizona  in  the  Huachuca  mountains.  I  am  se- 
curing many  rare  and  desirable  sets,  including 
Red-faced,  Virginia,  Audubon's.  Black-throat- 
ed Gray,  Lucy's,  Olive,  Grace's  and  Sonora 
Yellow  Warblers;  Coues',  Vermillion,  Sulphur- 
bellied,  Olivaceous  and  Buff-breasted  Fly- 
catchers; Stephen's  Whip-poor-will;  Rivoli, 
Broad-tailed,  Cactus  and  Black-chinned  Hum- 
mers; Arizona  and  Long-crested  Jays:  Scott's 
Oriole;  Hepatic  and  Cooper's  Tanagir;  Rock 
and  Canon  Wrens;  Canon  Towhee.  Painted 
Redstart,  Arizona  Junco,  Pygmy  Nuthatch, 
Chestnut-backed  Bluebird,  White-necked  Rav- 
ens and  manv  other  varieties  too  numerous  to 
mention  here.  Everything  will  be  prepared  in 
the  finest  order  possible— nests  with  all  sets 
not  larger  than  Jays.  Parties  wishing  to 
build  up  their  collections  send  for  my  full  list 
and  cash  priax.  Specimens  sent  on  approval 
where  parties  are  kno^\-n  to  me  or  where  good 
reference  is  furnished.  O.  W.  HOWARD,  Ft. 
Huachuca,  Arizona. 

WANTED.— May  number.  1888,  Vol.  XXII, 
American  Naturalist.  WILLIAM  BREW- 
STER, Cambridge,  Maes. 


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WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  W^ARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

FOR  SALE:— Fancy  and  common  Geodes, 
ranging  in  price  from  2.5c.  to  $5.00;  halts  from 
10c  to  50e.  Special  rates  to  colleges  and  mu- 
seums. H.  K.  McLELLAN,  Hamilton,  Han- 
cock Co.,  Illinois.  179 

OOLOGISTS  WANTED:— Will  pay  50cts. 
each  cash  for  one  of  each  June  1888,  and  April 
1889,  and  will  give  an  exchange  notice,  or  cou- 
pon good  for  one,  for  copies  of  the  January 
1895  and  April  1899  issue,  a  notice  for  each  copy. 
FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

WANTED:— Oologists  and  others  to  read 
"Frederick  Young,"  the  prettiest  book  of  the 
year.  A  fine  story  with  science  and  natural 
history  intermixed.  Tinted  illustrations ;  gold 
top.  Price  $1.50.  Superlative  as  a  gift.  Order 
through  vour  book  dealer.  By  Charies  Lin- 
coln Phillips,  an  old  contributor  to  this  jour- 
nal. H.  A.  DICKERMAN  &  SON,  Publishers, 
Boston .  tf 

EXCHANGE.— Choice  first  class  sets  with 
full  data  Royal  Tern,  Am.  Oystercatcher,  Wil- 
let,  Wilson's  Plover,  Brown  Pelican,  Clapper 
Rail, Laughing  Gull,Forster's  Tern  BlackSkim- 
mer.  Green  Heron,  Boat-tail  Grackle,  Painted 
Bunting.IndigoBun ting, Yellow-breasted  Chat, 
etc.  for  A  1  sets  with  data  and  large  singles. 
Sets  also  for  sale  very  cheap.  DR.  M.  T. 
CLECKLEY,  Augusta,  Ga.  180 

FOR  EXCHANGE —Model  '99  Kent's  bike  in 
good  condition.  Will  take  bird  skins  or  Indian 
relics  to  value  of  $10.  Write  first.  Address 
BOX  817,  Ames,  la 

WILL  EXCHANGE.— Western  photos  or 
plates  and  new  books  for  eggs  in  sets.  All  let- 
ters answered.  Address  CHAS.  S.  MOODY, 
Oro  Fino,  Idaho. 

WANTED.— Good  U.  S.  stamps.  Offer  in  ex- 
change skins  of  387,  412,  498,  761,  474.  759b,  587, 
613,  614,  619,  521,  581,  461,  624  661,  671,  673.  467,  728, 
735,  655.  THEODORE  B.  PARKER,  36  Beau- 
mont Ave  ,  Newton vllle,  Mass. 

A  FEW  Sets  each  No.  123a,  49,  413,  588b. 
Several  volumes  Oologist  and  other  bird 
journals;  Gov.  Pub.  on  Ornithology;  Bar  Lock 
Type  Writer,  cost  $100  In  good  condition;  Star 
Fish  and  Sea  Urchins  from  Pacific  Ocean. 
All  for  A  1  Skins  and  Original  sets.  A.  G. 
PRILL,  Scio,  Oregon. 

WANTED.  — A  pair  of  young  live  of  each  of 
the  following:  Barn  Owl,  Long-eared  Owl, 
Short-eared  Owl  For  good  strong  specimens, 
large  prices  will  be  given.  J.  E.  T.,  Box  98, 
Lancaster.  Mass. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— Eggs  of  this  state  for 
sets  of  other  states.  Send  list  and  receive 
mine.    ED  T.  SCHENCK,  Sprakers,  N.  Y. 

WANTED.— A  cabinet  for  bird  skins  and 
back  numbers  of  magazines.  Can  offer  sets, 
skins,  mounted  birds,  shells  etc.  or  part  cash, 
also  have  a  Lady's  Bicycle,  28  in.,  for  sale  at 
$18.00  cash.  All  answered.  W.  JENNINGS 
WIRT,  Gaines,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 

OOLOGISTS.— Have  some  fine  sets  to  ex- 
change for  same.  Send  your  lists.  Sets  of 
hawks  owls  and  water  birds  especially  desired. 
RAY  F.  STEVENS,  Shabbona,  111. 


A  1  SETS  Manitoba  collected  eggs  with  full 
data,  direct  from  the  collector :  Arctic  Horned 
Owl  1-4,  $1.50;  W.  H.  Owl  1-2,  75c:  Prarie  Horn- 
ed Lark  1-4  1-3,  10c;  Short-eared  Owl  1-10  2-7  3-6 
3-5  3  4,  40c;  Redtails  1-S  .5-3,  well  marked,  25c; 
Krider's  Hawk  3  2  3-3,  35c ;  Long-eared  Owl  3-5 
3-4,  10c;  Marsh  Hawk  1-6  5-5  2-4  10c;  Gray  Rufiled 
Grouse  1-9,  40c;  Am.  Crow  1-6  2  5  4-1  2c;  Mallard 
1-7  10c:  Pintail  1-5  20c;  Col.  Sharp-tailed  Grouse 
1-10  1-12  1-13  1-17,  30c:  Prarie  Short-tailed  1-10 
1-12  1-13,  30c  Prarie  Hen  Ml  1-12  1-8,  lOc;  Mead- 
owlarkW3-4  2-5 1-6  5o;Killdeer  1-4 1-3, 10c;  Sharp- 
shinned  Hawk  1-5  1-6,  $1.00;  Purple  Grackle  3-4 
3-5  1-6,  2e;  Rusty  Blackbird  3-6  2-53-4,30;  Mourn- 
ing Dove  3-2.  2c:  Clay -colored  Sparrow  3-b  4-4 
2-3,  nests,  10c;  Yellow  Warbler  3-4  3-3.  2c;  Chest- 
nut collared  Longspur  2-4  1-3,  20c;  White- 
rumped  Shrike  3-6  3-4,  3c;  Flicker  1-5  2c;  Rose- 
breasted  Grosbeak  3-4  1-5,  5c;  House  Wren  2-6 
2-5,  2c;  Bewick's  Wren  16.  10c;  Long-billed 
Marsh  Wren  3-6,  2c;  Bartram's  Sandpiper  3-4, 
25c;  Wilson's  Pharalope  1-4,  50c;  Loon  1-2,  $1; 
Swainson  Hawk  4-3  3  4,  25c;  well  marked 
Broadwinged  Hawk  2-3.  $1 ;  Song  Sparrow  3-4 
2-5,  2c;  Redwinged  Blackbird  3  4,  Ic;  Osprey  1-3, 
75c;  well  marked  Whooping  Crane  1-2,  $2.00. 
List  is  incomplete  as  I  am  adding  sets  daily, 
but  all  listed  are  on  hand.  Prices  per  egg. 
CHRIS  P.  FORGE,  Carman,  Manitoba. 

FOR  SALE.— Plumbeous  Chickadee,  sets  of 
5, 6  and  7;  15c  per  egg.  Send  for  list  of  choice 
southern  sets.  Have  Flying  Squirrels  for  sale 
at  $1.50  a  pair;  also  Fox  Squirrels,  Coons,  etc. 
E.  F.  POPE,  Colmesnell,  Tex. 

U.  S.  ARMY  GOODS:— For  Collecting,  can- 
oeing, hunting  and  bicycle  trips.  Dog  Tents, 
3  pieces  buttoning  together,  covers  5x7ft. ; 
weight  about  51bs.,  $1.25.  4  pieces  button  to- 
gether, covering  7x10, 12.25.  Rubber  Ponchos, 
45x72,  slit  for  head,  $1.50.  Canvas  Hammocks 
and  Haversacks,  each,  50c.  ALBERT  B. 
FARNHAM,  502  12th  St.,  N.  W  Washington, 
D.  C  179 

WANTED.— Sets  of  N.  Am.  Birds  Eggs. 
Can  use  any  except  498, 187,  49,  385.  The  more 
desirable  the  sets  you  offer  are,  the  better  the 
offer  I  will  make  you  for  them.  I  can  offer 
Trays  for  Eggs,  Large  Egg  Calipers  (best  12  in. 
sliding);  Glass  top  Egg  Cases,  Rare  Single 
Eggs,  Emue  Eggs,  Collection  of  300  var.  good 
Postage  Stamps  in  sets;  Shells,  a  large  assort- 
ment labelled ;  Minerals,  single  specimens  or 
collections;  Fossils;  Indian  Arrowpoints; 
Spearheads  and  Knives,  many  localities;  also 
an  SVi  in.  Rough  Stone  Axe  and  a  few  Drills; 
a  few  Bird  Skins  and  Corals.  Write,  sending 
list  of  what  you  can  spare  and  giving  me  an 
idea  of  what  you  want  and  I  will  make  the  best 
offer  I  can.  E.  H.  SHORT,  Box  173,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 179 

EXCHANGE:— One  Premo  camera  4x5  with 
complete  outfit  to  exchange  for  complete  sets 
of  eggs  with  full  data.  No  others  accepted. 
All  letters  answered.  CHAS.  S.  MOODY,  Oro 
Fino,  Idaho. 

FOR  SALE  or  EXCHANGE.— Two  hundred 
fifty  perfect  arrow  and  spear  points.  FRANK 
RACKETT,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Rural  De- 
livery No.  1. 

GOOD  EXCHANGE  for  nice  sheets  of  Birch 
Bark  and  Modern  Indian  bows,  arrows,  pipes, 
buckskin,  bead  and  basket  work.  ALBERT 
B.  FARNHAM,  502  12th  St.,  N.  W., Washington, 

D.  a 

THIS  PAPER  is  printed  at  the  Book 
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Ornithological  Pamphlets,  Excerpts,  8z:c. 

FOR  SALE  FRANK   H.  LATTIN,  ALBION,  N.  Y. 


Continued  from  L,ist 

Newberry,  Birds  of  Sacramento  Valley  to 
Columbia  River,  (Pac.  R.  R.  Survey  VI)  38p, 
2col,  pi,  4to 1  25 

Page,  Feathered  Pets,  A.  Treatise  on  the 
Food,  Breeding  and  Care  of  Canaries,  Parrots 
and  Other  Cage  Birds,  141p,  Ills 2.5 

Palmer,  T.  S.,  Bird  Day  in  Schools,  4p 10 

Posson,  Some  (27)  Birds  of  Unusual  Occur- 
rence in  Orleans  Co.fN.  Y.  4p 20 

Rey,  Die  Eier  der  ;Vogel  Mithleuropas,  Part 
I.  84p,  5col,  pi.  of  18  full-size  eggs,  eagles,  etc, 
1900 75 

,  Do  do.  Part  II,  16p,  5col,  pi,  of  40  full- 
size  eggs,  Hawks  and  Eagles 75 

Ridgway,  Catalogue  of  Old  World  Birds,  20p 
05 

,  Directions  for  Collecting  Birds,  28p    32 

,  Genus  Sittasomus,  4p 15 

,  Nomenclature  of  N.  A,  Birds,    badly 

soiled.  Pencil  notes  by  Davie,  giving  colors  of 
iris  of  common  species,  etc 50 

,  Report  of  Dept.  Birds  U.  S.  National 

Museum  1884-'82,  9  years,  64p 50 

,  Do  do  '86-'92,  6  years,  40p 25 

Rotzell,  Birds  of  Narbeth,  Penna.  and  Vicin- 
ity, 8p _ 30 

Sharpe,  British  Birds, parti,  112p,  llcol.  pi, 
40 

Short,  Birds  of  Western  York,  14p,  1st  ed, 
'93 35 

,  ditto,  21p,  2d  ed.   '96 10 

Shufeldt,  M.  D.,  R.  W.,  Scientific  Taxidermy 
for  Museums,  71  full-page  plates ,  57p,  text.l  50 

.  Observations  on  the  Classification  of 

Birds,  16p,  '98 20 

.  Osteology  of  LaniuS'  ludovicianus  ex- 

cubltorides,  lOp,  pi 20 

,  Forms  Assumed  by  the    Patella    of 

Birds,  8p 20 

,  Osteology  of  the  Eremophila   alpes- 

trls,  30p.  pi 25 

,  Osteology  of  the  N.  A.  Tetraonidae, 

44p,  8pl 60 

,  Osteology  of  the  Speotyto  cunicularia 

var.  hypogea,  32p,  2pl 40 

Smith,  Birds  of  Warren  Co.  O.,  with  notes 
and  Supplementary  List  of  Birds  of  Probable 
Occurrence,  30p.  '01 35 

Smithonian,  List  of  Birds  of  Mexico,  Cen- 
tral America  and  West  Indies,  8p,  '63 15 

,  Arrangement  of  Families  of    Birds, 

(66)  8p 10 

Stearns,  Notes  on  the  Natural  History  of  La. 
brador,  74p 60 

Stegneger,  Notes  on  Japanese  Birds,  24p    35 

Streets,  Natural  History  of  the  Hawaiian 
and  Fanning  Island  and  Lower  California, 
172p,  Wash.,  '72 1  00 

TurnbuU,  Birds  of  Eastern  Pannsylvania 
and  New  Jersey,  50p,  Phila,  '69,  very  rare...!  00 

Whitlock,  The  Migration  of  Birds,  140p,  '97 
95 

Bailey  &  Fisher,  Birds  and  Mammals  through 
parts  of  Minnesota  and  Dakota  and  experi- 
ments in  Poisoning  Birds,  34p,  (A.  R.  87)...-    35 


Of  July  OOL,OOISX. 

Baird,  Directions  for  Collecting,  Preserving 
and  Transporting  specimens  of  Natural  His- 
tory, 18p,  (S.  R.  .56)     25 

Barnard,  Birds  of  Chester  County  Pa  ,  5p, 
(S.  R.  '60) 25 

Barrows  &  Beal,  Food  of  Horned  Lark  and 
Cedarbird,  8p  (A  R.,  '93) 15 

Beal,  How  Birds  Affect  the  Orchard.  14p,  6 
flg,  (A  R  '00) ; 15 

Beal,  The  Meadowlark  and  Baltimore  Oriole, 
12p.  2fig,  (A   R   '95> 15 

Blakiston  &  Bland,  Birds  of  Nova  Scotia  and 
Bermuda,  lOp  (S  R  '58) 35 

Collins,  Habits  and  Capture  of  Sea  Birds  as 
Bait,  20p,  (F.  R  '82) 25 

Coues  and  Prentiss,  Birds  of  District  of  Col- 
umbia, 24p,  (S.  R   '61) 35 

Dodge,  Bird  and  Bird  Laws,  14p,(A  R.  '64)    15 

Elliot,  The  Game  Birds  of  the  United  States, 
30p,  4pl,  (A.  R.  '64) 50 

Fisher,  Food  of  Hawks  and  Owls,  statement 
of  stomach  contents  of  over  1000,  22p,(AR'87)  25 

Fisher,  Marsh  Hawk.  Common  and  Flammu- 
lated  Screech  Owls,  14p,  2  col  pi,   (A.  R.  '89)    35 

Fisher,  Sparrow  Hawk  and  Short-eared  Owl, 
also  Barrows.  Food  of  Crows  and  Rose-breast- 
ed Grosbeak  and  Potato  bugs,  46p,  (A.R.'88)    35 

Gunn,  Egging  Expedition  lo  Shoal  Lake, 
Manitoba  in  1867,  6  p,  (S.  R.  '67)  ..    25 

Holder,  Birds  of  Illinois,  lOp,  1860 35 

Holder,  Taxidermy,  Directions  for  Collecting 
and  Preserving  Specimens  in  Ornithology,  8p, 
5pl,  15  flg 25 

Holmes,  Birds  Injurious  to  Agriculture,  50p, 
30pl,  (A.  R.  '56) 50 

Judd,  Four  Common  Birds  of  the  Farm  and 
Garden  (Catbird,  Mockingbird,  Brown  Thrash- 
er, Hous'i  Wren),  14p,  4flg,  (A.  R.  '95) 20 

Judd,  The  Food  of  Nestling  Birds,  26p,  5pl, 
23flg,  (A.  R.  '00)  35 

Marsh,  Birds  with  Teeth,  44p,  30flg,  4to, 
(G.  S.  Ill) 1  00 

Merriam,  Introduced  Pheasants,  etc.,  12p 
(A-  R.  '88) -    20 

Michener,  Agricultural  Ornithology— Land 
Birds  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa..  22p,  (A.  R.  63) 35 

Newton,  Preparation  and  Saving  Parts  of 
the  Skeleton  of  Birds,  5p,  3  flg,  (S.  R.    '60)       20 

Ridgway  et  al.  Biographical  Memoir— Spenc- 
er F.  Baird,  42p,  (S.  R.  '88) 35 

Ryder,  Embryography  of  Osseous  Fishes, 
150p,  12pl,  (F.  R. '85) -    60 

Samuels,  Oology  of  New  England  Birds,  45p, 
(A.  R.  '64) 75 

Samuels,  Ornithology  and  Mammalogy  of 
New  England,  22p,  (A.  R.  '63) 50 

Shufeldt.  Osteology  of  Cathartidse,  80p  12pl, 
46  flg,  (H.  R.  '78) 75 

Smithsonian  Instructions  for  Collecting 
Nests,  Eggs  and  Insects,  4Sp,  (S.  R.  '58) 35 

Stevenson,  Birds  and  Mammals  of  Wyoming 
6p  (H.  R.  '79) 25 

Tristram.  Field  Study  in  Ornithology— Dis- 
tribution, Migration,  Mimicry,  Heredity,  22p, 
(S.  R.  '93) 35 

Wurdemann,  Flamingoes  and  Other  Birds 
from  South  Florida,  5p,  (S.  R.  '60) 35 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


Mounted  Birds  and  Mammals. 

The  following  specimens  are  all  strictly  first 
class,  freshly  mounted  specimens-regular  price 
in  (  )  My  closing  price  is  by  mail,  express 
or  freight  at  purchaser's  ^expense— will  ship 
cheapest  way.    Special  rates  on  large  orders. 

Screech  Owl  (2.75) 

California  Screech  Owl  (3.50) 

Great  Horned  Owl  (6.00) 

Arctic  Horned  Owl  full  plumage  (20.00)... 

American  Hawk  Owl  (6.00) 

Road-runner  (3.00) 

Horned  Lark  (1.76)  

American  Magpie  (2.50) 

Steller's  Jay  (2.50) 

Blue-fronted  Jay  (2.00) 

Bullock's  Oriole  (1.75) 

Evening  Grosbeak  (2.25) 

Pine  Grosbeak  (2.00) 

American  Crossbill  (1.75) 

Bohemian  Waxwing  (2.50) 

Black  and  White  Warbler  (1.25) 

Myrtle  Warbler  (1.50)  

Ring-necked  Pheasant  full  plumage  (8.00) 

Skunk  ($10.00)    

Red  Fox  (15.00) 

Gray  Squirrel  (5.00) _ 

Gray  Squirrel  holding  walnut 

Tufted  Puffin  (.5.50) 

Black  Guillemot  (5.25) 

Murre  (5.00) 

Razor-billed  Auk  (mounted  from  a  skin 

from  Audubon's  collection) 

American  Herring  Gull  full  plumage(4.50) 

American  Merganser  (5.00) 

American  Elder  (7.00) 

Spotted  Sandpiper  (2  00) 

Mexican  Jacana  (3.50) 

Bob-white  (8..50) 

Texan  Bob-white  (2.50) 

Mountain  Partridge  (3.50) 

Scaled  Partridge  (2.75) 

Gambel's  Partridge  (3.00) 

Prairie  Hen  [3.50) 

American  Barn  Owl  (5.00) 

American  Long-eared  Owl  (3.C0) 

Short-eared  Owl  (3.50) 

Great  Gray  Owl  (16.00) 

Saw-whet  Owl  (2.75)  

Lesser  Scaup  Duck 


1  75 

2  10 

4  75 

12  50 

3  90 

1  75 

90 

1  50 

1  30 

1  30 

90 

1  25 

1  10 

90 

1  30 

80 

8n 

5  60 

i  4  05 

9  10 

2  40 

3  30 

3  35 

2  70 

2  70 

6  75 

2  70 

2  70 

4  30 

1  10 

2  10 

1  45 

1  45 

2  10 

1  65 

2  10 

2  20 

3  90 

2  10 

2  30 

9  30 

2  10 

2  70 

BIRD  SKINS. 

Mexican  Jacana,  pair  ($3) $1  50 

Prairie  Hen  ($1.25) 75 

Red-tailed  Hawk  ($1.50) 1  00 

American  Crow  (75c) 50 

Snowflake  (35c) 20 

The  above  specimens  are  all  Barsrains 
at  my  prices.  If  you  can  use  $10  worth  or  more 
of  the  above  send  list  of  wants  and  let  me 
make  you  a  special  quotation— you'll  be  sur- 
prised at  my  liberality.  No  special  quotations 
after  Aug  15th. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion.  N-Y. 

JAMES  P.  BABBITT, 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Dealer    in 

Taxidermists'      Supplies,      Bird 
Skins,  Eggs  &  Publications. 

Fine  Imported  Glass  Eyes  a  Specialty. 

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The  readers  of  the  Oologist  will  be 
pleased  to  learn  that  Mr.  Walton  I. 
Mitchell,  who  has  an  almost  insatiable 
mania  for  rara  avis,  was  successful  in 
the  capture  of  the  specimen  of  his  or- 
nithological career  on  June  25th  at 
Hagerstown,  Maryland — Miss  Blanche 


Crawford — "At  Home  534  Summit  Ave. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  after  July  fifteenth  " 


The  entire  oological  collection  of  Miss 
Jean  Bell  has  been  purchased  by  the 
Hon.  John  Lewis  Childs,  Floral  Park, 
N.  Y.  This  collection  is  undouttedly 
the  finest  in  the  world,  composed  ex- 
clusively of  North  American  ppeeies. 
It  is  made  up  of  over  30,000  eggs,  some 
10,000  perfect  set?,  coverinjj  850  species. 

Among  other  species  it  contains 
three  sets  of  the  California  Vulture, 
fifteen  of  the  Sand-hill  Crane,  six  of 
the  Everglade  Kite,  ninety  of  the  Sharp- 
shinned  Hawk,  three  of  the  Cory's 
Least  Bittern,  one  Spotted  Owl,  two 
Whooping  Crane,  five  Claike's  Nut- 
cracker, eta.,  etc. 

A  feature  of  the  collection  is  the 
many  nests  of  which  there  are  about 
400  rare  and  perfect  specimens 

It  is  reported  that  Miss  Bell  spent 
over  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  in 
getting  this  magnificent  collection  to- 
gether. 


Under  date  of  March  25th  Mr.  O.  S. 
Biggs  of  San  Jose,  111.,  writes:  "A 
friend  sent  me  a  fine  specimen  of  a 
male  Passenger  Pigeon  which  was  kill- 
ed Mar.  12  near  Oakford,  Illinois.  It 
is  the  first  one  I  know  of  being  killed 
here  in  8  or  9  years.  I  have  it  mounted 
and  in  my  collection." 


The  following  note  from  Wm.  Cud- 
ney  announcing  the  death  of  Mr.  D. 
Priddy  was  omitted  through  error 
from  the  May  Oologist: 

"I  wish  to  announce  to  the  readers  of 
the  Oologist  the  death  of  Mr.  D.  Prid- 
dy of  Toronto,  whose  ad.  has  appeared 
in  the  Oologist  from   time   to     time. 


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THE  OOLOGISl 


He  died  suddenly  from  heart  trouble  a 
few  days  since  while  at  his  work.  Mr. 
Priddy  was  a  collector  of  shells  and 
took  quite  and  interest  in  that  branch 
of  science." 


Bird  Life  of  a  Virg-inia  Island. 

Cobb's  Island,  a  narrow  strip  of  land 
lying  on  the  coast  of  Virginia  in  the 
Atlantic  Ocean  near  the  southeast  end 
of  the  peninsula  formed  by  Northamp- 
ton county,  was  in  former  years,  a  fav- 
orite collecting  ground  for  ornitholo- 
gists and  oologists.  While  of  but  a 
limited  urea,  some  nine  miles  in  length, 
and  six  miles  wide  'at  its  greatest 
breath,  its  conditions  as  a  breeding 
ground  for  seafowl  were  most  favora- 
ble, and,  each  year,  vast  numbers  of 
them  nested  along  its  stretches  of  s&lt 
marsh  and  beach.  The  ornithologist 
here  found  h  bird-metropolis  of  a  most 
interesting  nature,  presenting  a  popu- 
lation of  thousands. 

During  June-July,  1895,  I  spent  three 
weeks  on  the  island  among  its  birds. 
The  season  was  a  favorable  one,  and 
all  the  specimens  were  nesting.  From 
the  time  our  boat  slipped  from  the 
mainland  shore  and  set  sail  for  the 
island,  birds  were  numerous.  Com- 
mon and  Forster's  Terns,  with  their 
graceful  airy  flight,  hovered  around 
the  boat,  darting  suddenly  to  the  water 
sometimes,  sending  up  splashes  of 
spray  and  catching  small  fish  that  ven- 
tured too  near  the  surface. 

Merry  Laughing  Gulls,  in  pairs,  fly- 
ing low  over  the  surface  of  the  water, 
each  bird  of  a  pair  keeping  close  to  its 
mate,  so  that  their  wings  nearly  touch- 
ed, indicated  that  the  species  was 
breeding.  Black  Skimmers  passed  us 
now  and  then,  and  toward  the  horizon 
a  long  black  line  of  Surf  Scoters  rested 
on  the  water,  this  species  lingering 
even  at  so  late  a  date.  Gulled-billed 
and  Black  Terns,  in  small  numbers, 
and  a  single  Royal  or  Caspian  Tern 
passed  by  the  boat. 


We  reached  the  island  late  in  the  af- 
ternoon, and  stopped  at  the  little  hotel, 
(now  washed    away.)     The    following 
morning,     equipped    with    hip  boots, 
some  old  clothes  and  a  spacious  wicker 
basket  (for  eggs,)  I  started  for  the  salt 
marshes  of  the  western  side.      In  order 
to  reach  these  to   advantage   I   hired  a 
sail  boat  and  a   worthy  sea-captain  to 
manage  it.      An  hour  later  we  were 
among  the  great  colonies  of  Laughing 
Gulls  [Larus  atricilla.)     Thousands  of 
these  birds  hovered    over  the  marsh, 
their  cries,  in  union,  creating  a    terrific 
din   when  we   neared  the  nests.      The 
sky  was  nearly  objcured  by  the  vast 
number  of  circling  birds.    This  was  my 
first  experience  among  sea  fowl,   and, 
what  a  revelation  it  was!      All  over  the 
marsh  the  nests  were  scattered.      They 
were  built   of  marsh   grass  and   other 
similar  material,  sometimes  raised  two 
feet    above  the  ground,    and   most   of 
them  held  sets  of  three  eggs,  while  sets 
of  four  were  found  in  several.      Many 
of  the  eggs  were  merely  laid   upon   the 
"wind- rows"   of    weed  and  grass.      I 
could  have  gathered  several  baskotfuls 
of  eggs,    but   took  only   a  few  of  the 
handsomer  sets.      While  looking  over 
the  the    "wind-rows"    1    ran  across  a 
number    of    sets    of    Forster's     Tern 
[Sterna   Mr  undo)   laid   upon   the  rows 
without  any  attempt  at  a  nest,   a  mere 
depression  having  been  made  and   the 
eggs  laid  in  it.    I  also   ran  across  sev- 
eral fairly  well  made  nests  of  this  spec- 
ies, of  grasses,  placed  on  top  of  the 
"wind-rows."    As  I  went  to  examine  a 
particularly  well  made   Gull's   nest,  I 
nearly  stepped  on  a  Clapper  Rail  [Rall- 
us  crepitans)  that   wa^f  sitting  on   her 
nest  of  nine  eggs.      This  was  my  first 
set  of  this  species  and  I  was  naturally 
elated  at  my  find.      The  Captain   per- 
ceiving this,  told  me  that  I  could   gath- 
er a  barrel  of  these  eggs  if  I  so  desired, 
which    statement    proved     true,     and 
some  twelve  sets  taken.     The  Clapper 
Rails  themselves    were    not  much  in 


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evidence,  we  only  getting  an  occas- 
sional glimpse  of  them  as  they  skulked 
amor'gst  the  high  marsh  grass.  The 
nests  are  built  of  marsh  grass  and 
placed  a  foot  or  so  above  the  gi'ound 
in  the  big  i  grass.  The  grass  surround- 
ing the  nest  is  pulled  down  by  the 
birds,  so  that  the  ends  hang  over  nnd 
form  a  canopy  above  the  nest.  This 
habit  facilitates  locating  the  nests,  for 
by  scanning  over  the  uiarsh  and  not- 
ing where  the  even  aspect  of  the 
grass  is  interrupted  by  the  ends  being 
thus  pulled,  over,  the  collector  may 
find  many  a  nest  that  would  otherwise 
be  overlooked.  In  this  same  marsh 
we  found  sfveral  nests  of  the  Seaside 
Finch,  and  saw  many  birds  of  that 
species.  The  nests  are  difficult  to  find. 
They  are  usually  placed  among  the 
gra«s  tops,  and  the  species  has  a  pen- 
chant for  selecting  the  grass  bordering 
on  the  small  sloughs.  After  seeing  the 
wonders  of  this  marsh,  I  returned  to 
the  hotel  and  worked  all  of  the  after- 
noon and  most  of  the  next  day  blowing 
the  specimens. 

On  the  following  day  I  started  early 
to  investigate  the  bird-life  of  the  btach, 
and  especially  to  visit  the  large  colonies 
of  Black  Skimmers  at  the  northeastern 
end.  This  time  there  was  no  need  of 
a  boat,  but  the  Captain's  services  were 
again  secured,  and  he  appeared  on 
time,  driving  the  only  horse  on  the 
island  hitched  to  a  delapidated  two- 
wheeled  cart.  As  we  proceeded  along 
the  beach,  about  the  first  birds  to  at- 
tract my  attention  were  a  pair  of  Wil- 
son Plovers.  They  were  acting  as  if  their 
nest  was  near,  and  a  careful  search  re- 
vealed a  cute  little  juvenile,  covered 
with  down  and  faintly  speckled, 
crouching  among  the  pebbles  of  the 
beach.  The  mimicry  was  perfect,  and 
it  was  by  mere  accident  1  noticed  him. 
Several  American  Oystercatchers  were 
noticed  on  the  beach  and  I  found  a 
nest,  or  rather  a  depression  in  the 
beach,  with  three  eggs.    One  egg  was 


'tpipped,"  and  so  I  did  not  disturb  the 
set.  Another  pair  evidently  had  a  nest 
near  by,  but  a  careful  search  failed  to 
reveal  it. 

Toward  the  northeastern  end  Com- 
mon Terns  [Sterna  hiruiido)  were  very 
numerous,  being  in  hundreds  and  their 
nests  were  scattered  all  over  the  beach, 
the  eggs  being  laid  in  mere  depressions 
among  the  pebbles,  and  the  eggs  con- 
stituted the  average  set. 

At  the  extreme  northern  end,  on  the 
eastern  side,  we  found  the  Black  Skim- 
mer colonies.  Hundreds  upon  hun- 
dreds of  Skimmers  were  congregated 
and  nesting.  As  we  neared  the  nests, 
the  birds  set  up  an  awful  uproar,  their 
"harking"  notes  together  with  the 
screeching  of  the  Terns  making  an  odd 
combination  of  discord.  When  we 
reached  the  nesting  ground,  a  great 
line  of  Skimmers  began  to  fly  around 
and  around  in  single  file,  turning 
toward  the  ocean,  then  curving  toward 
the  land  a/ain,  and  approaching  us 
directly,  but  only  to  curve  aside  at  the 
distance  of  some  fifty  or  sixtty  yards, 
all  the  time  uttering  their  peculiar 
"Ohe  hark"  '  Ohe  bark"  'Ohe  bark." 
Their  oddly  shaped  red-orange  colored 
mandibles  v'c^inted  downwa'dly,  and 
the  pure  white  of  their  underpart  plum- 
age contrasted  strikingly  with  the 
black  of  their  upper  parts.  Now  and 
then  a  skimmer  would  fly  at  us,  coming 
so  close  sometimes  as  to  make  us  dodge 
but  they  always  curved  aside  when 
within  three  or  four  feet. 

On  the  sand  dunes  and  on  the  sandy 
beach  were  hundreds  of  their  eggs,  re 
markable  for  their  beauty,  their  ground 
color  being  averagely  of  a  bluish  white, 
though  sometiues  a  very  clear  white. 
The  markings  are  profuse  and  of  um- 
ber, lavender  and  black.  Four  eggs 
constituted  the  full  set,  though  sets  of 
three  e^gs  were  common.  The  eggs 
were  laid  in  rather  deep  depressions  of 
the  sand,  and  on  a  single  sand  dune  I 
found  as  many  as  seven  sets.     Owing 


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to  the  exposure  the  incubation  is  large- 
ly accomplished  by  the  sun's  rays,  and 
the  birds  do  not  constantly  sit  upon  the 
eggs.  In  the  same  locality  with  the 
Skimmers,  we  found  a  number  of  Gull- 
billed  Terns  nesting,  their  eggs  laid  in 
depressions  in  the  sand  and  averag- 
ing four  to  a  set,  though  several  of 
three  were  found. 

Formerly  the  Royal  Tern  nested  in 
great  colonies  at  this  part  of  the  island, 
but  not  a  bird  of  this  species  was  no- 
ticed. Mr.  Robert  Ridgway  found  the 
Royal  Tern  in  great  abundance  on  the 
beach  when  he  visited  the  locality 
many  years  previous  (See  Davies'  Nests 
and  Eggs)  and  records  that  its  eggs 
were  so  thick  on  the  besch,  that  it  was 
with  difficulty  that  he  walked  without 
stepping  on  them.  The  Caspian  Tern 
also  formerly  bred  abundantly  on  the 
island,  but  wa  did  not  notice  its  eggs 
on  our  visit. 

Thonsamls  of  Least  Terns  {Sterna 
fm<t7?arwm)  used  to  nest  on  tbe  island, 
but,  alas!  they  have  all  been  sacrificed 
to  the  millinery  trade,  thousands  of 
them  having  been  shot  by  mercenary 
hunters  who  sold  the  skins  to  dealers 
in  New  York.  Not  a  single  specimen 
did  we  see,  and  the  Captain  informed 
me  that  it  had  been  a  long  time  since 
he  had  observed  the  species  on  the 
island.  The  Willet  is  another  species 
that  has  decreased  on  the  island.  I 
only  saw  a  few  pairs. 

Bat  now,  Cobb's  Island  is  not  what  it 
used  to  be.  The  ocean  has  made  great 
inroads  upon  it  and  it  has  greatly  de- 
creased in  area.  The  little  hotel  has 
been  washed  away,  and  the  birds  are 
not  as  numerous  as  formerly.  But 
there  is  an  abundance  of  bird  life  re- 
maining. The  Skimmers  and  Gulls 
are  in  great  numbers  yet  and  the  col- 
onies are  still  interesting.  The  col- 
lecting days  for  the  island,  however, 
are  over.  All  sincere  oologists  must 
certainly  appreciate  that  there  is  a 
marked  decrease  of  bird  life  through- 


out the  country.  There  is  no  excuse 
nowadays  for  bisketfuls  of  eggs. 
What  remains  of  these  Cobb's  Island 
colonies,  will  be  protected.  The  A. 
O.  U.  has  already  taken  measures  to 
this  end,  and  happy  is  the  thought,  that 
for  many  days  to  come  Cobb's  Island's 
feathered  population,  a  delight  to  the 
eye  of  the  bird  lover,  unmolested  and 
protected,  will  increase  as  the  years 
roll  by. 

John  W.  Daniel,  Jr., 

Lynchburg,  Va. 


Some  Twice  Occupied  Nests  and  Other 
Notes. 

On  Jnly  1,  1897,  at  Torresdale,  this 
county,  I  took  a  set  of  three  eggs  and 
nesit  of  the  Graat-crested  Flj'catcher 
from  a  large  knot  hole  20  inches  deep, 
10  feet  up  in  an  apple  tree. 

On  May  3,  1898,  I  took  a  set  of  three 
eggs  of  the  Flicker  from  the  hole  cap- 
turing the  female  sitting  on  them  which 
I  gave  its  liberty 

May  7  took  set  of  5  eggs  again  cap- 
turing the  bird  which  again  was  releas- 
ed. On  May  28  the  hole  contained  8 
two-third  in:-ubated  eggs.  Captured 
the  Flicker  brooding  them  and   let  her 

go- 

On  April   18.    1899.    found  a  Screech 

Owl  roosting  in  the  hole.  It  has  not 
since  been  used. 

June  9  1898,  took  a  set  of  five  Fiick- 
ei's  eggs  from  cavity  excavated  in  a 
maple  stub  15  feet  up  Oa  April  15, 
1899,  from  the  hole  took  a  fresh  egg 
and  the  female  Sere  ich  Owl  (gray). 
The  owl  lived  only  two  days  and  dis- 
secting her  I  obtained  another  egg  and 
found  5  small  eggs  in  her  ovary. 

June  27,  1898,  ^it  the  above  locality 
(Frankford)  took  two  eggs  of  the  Red- 
headed Woodpecker  from  a  cavity  30 
feet  up  in  a  maple  stub.  This  hole  had 
been  used  since  during  1899,  '00,  '01  by 
Passer  domesticus . 

On  July  20,  1900,  at  Riverton,    N.    J.. 


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121 


took  set  of  3  House  Wren's  eggs  from 
Flicker's  cavity  20  feet  up  in  a  stub. 
On  tiie  same  day  at  Now  Albany,  N. 
J.,  took  a  set  of  House  Wren'.s  eggs 
from  a  D^wny  Woodpecker's  hole  15 
feet  up  in  a  branch  of  a  dried  tree  in  a 
marsh. 

'On  May  22,  1901,  at  Holmesburg,  this 
county,  took  a  set  of  5  fresh  Rough- 
winged  Swallow's  eggs  from  an  unfin- 
ished Kingtisher's  hole  excavated  in  the 
top  of  an  unoccupied  quarry.  In  1899 
a  friend  found  a  Rnuarh-winged  Swal- 
low's nest  in  aa  old  Kingfisher's  hole 
but  tore  it  nut  before  it  was  finished. 

On  April  ^6,  1901,  at  Volunteortown, 
this  county,  took  set  of  4  eggs  of  the 
Robin  from  a  nest  situated  on  a  girder 
of  a  steel  railroad  bridgj.  On  May  7 
took   another  sat  of  4  from  same  nest. 

In  1899  took  14  eggs  of  the  Flicker, 
several  sets,  from  a  cavity  excavated 
in  a  %villow  15  feet  up.  Daring  1900  I 
took  several  oth^r  sots.  In  the  winter 
two  Screech  Owls  were  taken  from  the 
hole.  Mav.  this  year,  a  boy  roboed  a 
Passer  domesticus  of  her  fggs,  the  nest 
of  which  v.'as  built  in  the  hole.  June 
8,  this  year,  I  took  a  set  of  6  Passtr's 
eggs  from  the  hole. 

Apri[  14,  1898,  took  a  set  of  3  fresh 
eggs  of  the  American  Sparrow  Hawk  at 
Frankford  from  a  Flicker's  hole  35  feet 
up  in  a  black  oak  stub.  In  1897  a  brood 
of  Flickers  were  raised  in  the  hole. 
RiCAARD  F  Miller, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Albino  Eg-g-s  of  Sialia  sialis- 

Of  the  many  specimens  of  runts,  cur- 
ious colored  »nd  shaped  eggs  that  I 
have  seen  in  my  many  years  as  a  stu- 
dent of  oology,  it  has  never  been  my 
good  luck  to  see  a  pure  white  set  of  al- 
bino eggs  of  the  Bluebird  until  this 
season,  and  this  was  only  accomplished 
through  the  kindness  of  my  naturalist 
friend,  Mr.  J.  E.  Teagae  of  this  town, 
who   ha^f   pvpr  been  a  clo?e  ob^e^'ver  of 


the  birds  of  this  locality,  and  to  him  all 
credit  should  be  given  for  had  it  not 
been  for  him  the  eggs  would  never 
have  been  found. 

On  April  Ist  as  Mr.  Teague  was  pass- 
ing through  an  old  orchard  of  apple 
trees  he  saw  a  Bluebird  fly  from  a  hol- 
low tree  several  ods  away.  He  at 
once  thought  a  nest  of  common  eggs  of 
the  Bluebird  was  in  the  tree,  but  being 
mnch  interested  in  oology  he  went  to 
the  tree  for  a  look  at  the  nest.  The 
hole  was  in  the  main  trunk  of  the  tree, 
about  tive  feet  from  the  ground  and 
about  10  inches  in  depth,  a  vacated 
nesting  place  of  the  Flicker.  On  look- 
ing in  Mr.  Teague  beheld  not  blue  eggs 
but  pure  white  ones,  four  in  number. 
This  was  indeed  a  surprise. 

On  May  2d  he  again  visited  the  nest. 
The  Bluebird  was  on  the  nest  and  had 
to  be  driven  from  the  hole  before  the 
eggs  could  be  seen  This  time  five  eggs 
rewarded  his  gaze  and  this  completed 
the  set  as  no  more  were  laid. 

On  May  8th  Mr.  Teague  notifirid  me 
of  the  finding  of  the  nest  and  eggs  and 
on  May  10th  I  tramped  six  miles 
through  the  mud  in  a  heavy  rain  storm 
and  collectad  the  nest  and  eggs.  They 
are  vtry  glossy  and  look  lika  eess  of 
the  Woodpecker,  closely  resembling 
eggs  of  the  Yellow-bellied  Sapsucker 
(Sphyrapious  varius),  both  in  color  and 
size.  They  measure  .80x.62,  .81x.62, 
.78X.61,  .78x  61,  .82x  63. 

The  nest  was  very  large  and  bulky 
and  composed  of  dried  grass,  lined 
with  the  same  and  fine  rootlets. 

The  nest  and  eggs  now  repose  in   my 
cabinet  and  1  prize  tham  very  higely. 
Guy  H.  Briggs, 
Livermore,  Maine. 


■'Oh,  you  cruel  boy,  to  take  those 
eggs  out  of  the  nest!  'Think  of  the  poor 
mother  bird  when  she  comes — '' 

"The  mother  bird's  dead,  miss." 

"How  do  you  know  that?" 

"I  see  it  in  your  hat!" — Punch. 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


Unusual  Nesting  Sites  of  Melospiza 
fasciata. 

The  Song  Sparrow  in  the  spring 
builds  her  nest  on  the  ground  or  near  it 
in  this  locality  (northern  Philadelphia) 
but  on  May  2,  1898,  1  found  a  nest  in  an 
unusual  situation.  It  was  placed  in  a 
hole  in  the  wall,  inside  wall,  of  an  old 
ruin,  rootless  spring  house,  protected 
from  wind  and  storms  except  on  the 
northeast.  It  was  over  12  feet  from 
the  ground  and  empty  when  found,  but 
live  days  later  (May  7)  it  contained  four 
eggs,  which  were  collected  with  the 
nest.  Both  nest  and  eggs  typical,  the 
nest  composed  entirely  of  grass  stems, 
lined  with  horse  hair. 

Later  in  the  season,  in  late  June  and 
July,  it  is  not  rare  to  find  second  nests 
six  and  seven  feet  up.  Why  the  birds 
should  have  chosen  the  above  situ  for  a 
first  nest  I  cannot  explain. 

Richard  F.  Miller, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Potash. 

I  note  Mr.  Bowdish's  article  in  last 

OOLOGIST. 

When  I  published  my  "Directions  for 
the  Preparation  of  Eggs,"  I  advised  the 
use  of  caustic  potash.  I  was  promptly 
"taken  down"  by  a  prominent  western 
ornithologist  for  being  behind  the  times. 
He  advised  the  use  of  pancreatin  as  a 
much  more  satisfactory  drug.  Since 
then  I  have  thorougly  tried  this  drug. 
I  do  not  find  it  as  quick  nor  as  thorough 
as  caustic  potash,  and  it  is  very  expen- 
sive, while  caustic  potash  is  cheap,  and 
can  be  had  anywhere. 

I  heartily  endorse  Mr.  Bowdish's  pos- 
ition and  still  believe  in  the  caustic,  com- 
bined with  a  steady  hand  and  plenty  of 
patience. 

Ennest  H.  Short, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


How  Some  Birds  Capture  Their  Prey. 

(Continued  from  July  Number.) 

his  beak.  The  Great-horned  Owls  that 
a  friend  of  mine  owned  for  two  years 
or  more,  and  which  he  reared  from  the 
nest,  finally  escaped  and  at  once  visited 
a  neighboring  chicken  coop  and  killed 
several  chickens  before  they  were  de- 
tected. This  shows  the  latest  ferocity 
in  predacious  birds. 

The  Great-horned  Owl  is  an  excellent 
provider  for  its  mate  and  growing  fam- 
ily. One  nest  visited  held  upon  its 
edges  the  following  food  supply — re- 
mains of  one  Ruffed  Grouse,  parts  of 
two  hares  and  a  Woodpecker,  besides 
the  feathers  and  hair  of  other  birds  and 
small  mammals.  This  Owl  is  the  only 
Owl  that  is  known  to  be  destructive  to 
game  and  of  no  benefit  to  mankind, and 
it  stands  in  the  list  with  the  Cooper  and 
Sharp-shinned  Hawks  as  a  marauder  of 
the  worst  type.  Still  I  cannot  but  think 
that  there  must  be  some  redeeming  fea- 
tures, for  as  with  the  Butcher  bird  I 
cannot  think  that  he  is  as  black  as  is 
painted. 

The  Cuckoos  are  among  the  mcst  use- 
ful birds  that  we  have.  Their  food  in 
season  is  largely  of  caterpillars.  I  once 
witnessed  a  Black-billed  Cuckoo  attack 
a  nest  of  the  tent  caterpillars,  tear  into 
it  and  eat  a  surprising  number  of  the 
occupants  of  the  structure.  The  Cuck- 
oos also  eat  grasshoppers  and  a  great 
variety  of  other  insects  and  also  fruit  of 
several  kinds,  more  especially  berries. 
In  following  this  diet  of  caterpillars  the 
stomach  must  be  well  filled  with  hairs, 
and  this  is  so  to  the  extent  of  having  the 
organ  look  as  if  lined  with  hair. 

Everyone  who  has  studied  birds  knows 
of  the  oddly  formed  tongue  of  the  Wood- 
pecker, and  it  is  easy  to  understand  its 
adaptability  in  di-a^irg  forth  the  insect 
life  that  is  hidden  in  the  decayed  wood. 
The  Woodpeckers  in  the  great  lake  re- 
gion have  mainly  the  same  habit  in  se- 
curing food  from  the  cavities  which  they 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


123 


dig  to  uncover  the  insect  lifO;  and  the 
dainty  Downy  works  and  feeds  in  prac- 
tically the  same  manner  that  the  large 
Pileated  Woodpecker  follows.  But 
there  are  two  exceptions  to  the  general 
habit,  or  we  may  say  that  there  are 
charges  at  times.  These  differences 
occur  in  the  Yellow-bellied  and  Gold- 
winged  Woodpecker;  for  the  former  at 
times  varies  his  diet  with  liquid  sweets, 
while  the  latter  sometimes  leaves  the 
tree  trunks  and  plunges  his  bill  into  the 
soft  earth  of  the  ant  hill  in  search  for 
this  kind  of  insects.  Therefore,  these 
two  Woodpeckers  are  at  times  known 
as  the  sap-sucker  and  grubber. 

The  Golden- wing  leaves  its  perch  on 
trunk  and  limb,  and  takes  up  a  position 
on  an  ant  hill  or  even  on  the  level 
ground,  where  it  devours  the  ants  with 
great  satisfaction.  This  is  the  more 
astonishing  change  in  a  bird  when  we 
consider  that  there  are  so  very  few 
birds  which  will  eat  ants  at  any  time, 
and  I  do  not  know  of  another  species  in 
my  neighborhood  which  is  largely  in- 
terested in  ants,  excepting  the  variable 
Sap-sucker.  Someone  has  claimed  that 
the  Yellow-bellied  Sap-sucker  embraces 
36  per  cent,  of  ant  food,  but  then  this 
matter  of  food  differs  in  season,  and 
both  the  Yellow-bellied  and  Flicker  ar- 
rive some  time  before  the  ants  appear 
in  any  number  in  the  spring. 

Upon  its  arrival  in  late  March,  or 
more  likely  about  the  tenth  of  April, 
the  Yellow-bellied  Woodpecker  pro- 
ceeds to  bore  a  number  of  holes  in  the 
bai'k  of  certain  trees  producing  sweet 
sap.  These  usually  selected  are  the 
sugar  maple  and  common  planted  ever- 
green, though  others  are  often  bored, 
including  the  tulip  tree.  The  holes  are 
generally  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  in 
diameter  and  are  rarely  much  more 
than  that  in  depth.  The  holes  ai'e  usu- 
ally elliptical  in  shape,  and  especially 
so  on  the  coniferous  trees.  Many  claim 
that  these  holes  are  bored  so  that  the 
bird  may  secure  the  insects  which  will 


congregate  around  the  sweets,  but  I 
think  this  a  ridiculous  notion,  as  the 
Sap-suckers  are  often  seen  feeding  from 
these  holes  when  there  is  an  April  snow 
storm  and  much  too  cold  for  any  in- 
sects to  appear  on  the  bark  or  anywhere 
in  the  open.  The  Sap-sucker  is  easily 
approached  when  feeding  and  I  have 
stood  at  the  distance  of  five  or  six  yards 
and  watched  them  many  times,  and  I 
am  fully  satisfied  that  they  very  rarely 
catch  an  insect  in  their  first  week's  stay 
at  the  north;  but  that  they  sip  the  sap 
from  the  bored  holes  is  surely  the  case, 
for  I  have  witnessed  the  act  scores  of 
times. 

In  the  Belted  Kingfisher  we  have  an- 
other species  t^at  gets  its  living  by  div- 
ing in  the  lake  and  stream,  but  this 
plunge  is  entirely  unlike  the  plunge  of 
the  Pelicans  or  Osprey.  The  Kingfisher 
hovers  as  does  the  Osprey  and  as  follow- 
ed sometimes  by  the  Pelicans,  and  like 
those  larger  Ushers  is  also  a  surface 
fisher.  The  Kingfisher  descends  at  an 
angle  of  sixty  to  eighty  degrees  and  en- 
ters the  water  bill  first,  but  so  quickly 
is  the  stop  made  at  the  surface  that  in 
many  cases  the  bird  does  not  disappear 
beneath  the  water,  though  I  have  seen 
the  Blue  >^ngler  remain  ten  seconds  un- 
der the  surface.  The  prize  does  not 
average  more  than  three  and  a  half  la- 
ches long  and  many  minnows  of  no 
greater  length  than  two  inches  are 
creeled  by  this  law  breaker;  however, 
a  five  inch  shiner  is  occasionally  brought 
to  the  surface.  When  a  small  minnow 
is  captured  it  is  generally  swallowed 
whole,  the  bird  perching  itself  and  tak- 
ing the  little  chub  head  first.  But  when 
a  minnow  is  too  large  to  swallow  whole 
the  prize  is  dissected  and  eaten  piece- 
meal, and  this  operation  is  sometimes 
performed  in  the  presence  of  observers; 
but  I  have  only  once  seen  the  dissection. 
The  bones  of  the  fish  are  usually  regurg- 
itated after  the  carcass  is  digested,  after 
the  manner  of  the  Owl's  process  of  get- 
ting rid  of  the  bones  of  small  mammals 


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it  has  eaten.  These  bones  when  ejected 
in  the  burrow  arp  carried  away  from 
the  nest  as  the  birds  are  very  cleanly  in 
their  sand  house. 

These  anglers  of  the  lake  and  stream 
are  not  confined  to  a  diet  of  fish,  though 
I  believe  that  they  prefer  minnows  to 
anything  else  and  they  are  found  about 
streams  and  lakes  at  all  times.  They 
not  rarely  pick  up  the  larger  insects  and 
they  often  eat  grasshoppers,  and  I  once 
observed  one  catch  and  swallow  a  small 


frog.  It  is  said  that  in  Arizona  and 
other  arid  districts,  the  Kingfishers  live 
mainly  on  insects  and  lizards,  presum- 
ably from  the  lack  of  suitable  waters  at 
certain  seasons.  It  is  well  that  a  bird 
of  a  fish-eatiug  habit  can  accommodate 
its  ways  to  the  means  offered  in  a  desert 
land. 

MOKRTS  GiBBS,  M.  D. 

(To  be  Continued  ) 


MISS  JENNY. 


MK.  CHUPES. 


The  Dramatis  Person^e. 

From  "Mr.  Chupes  and  Miss  Jenny." 

(Copyright,  1901,  by  The  Baker  &  Taylor  Co.) 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


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Pan-American  Notes- 

A  fine  lot  of  Pueblo  pottery  and  relics 
of  different  sorts  is  shown  in  the  Eth- 
nology building  of  the  Pan-American 
Exposition.  The  Pueblos,  who  were 
dwellers  in  the  plains  and  in  the  c  iffs 
as  well,  are  one  of  the  most  interesting, 
from  an  archaeological  point  of  view, 
of  all  prehistoric  people.  Their  civil- 
ization was  remarkable,  and  their  in- 
genuity in  pottery  making,  basket 
weaving,  bead  work  and  many  ocher 
things,  very  great. 

They  had  many  peculiar  customs, 
ceremonies  and  symbolic  rites,  and 
their  pottery  is  ornamented  with  fig- 
ures the  significance  of  which  puzzles 
the  novice  and  expert  alike.  One  of 
their  peculiar  symbols  was  a  broken  in- 
stead of  a  continuous  line  drawn  about 
a  bowl  or  other  dish,  suggesting  per- 
haps the  finite  character  of  life.  A 
bowl  shown  in  the  exhibit  of  the  Pueb- 
lo pottery  has  the  repr^^duction  of  two 
feet  upon  the  bottom  of  it,  inside,  sug- 
gesting possibly  the  transitory  and  iu- 
signifigant  character  of  terrestial  exist- 
ance. 

Fine  specimens  of  the  famous  "black 
and  white  ware,"  are  shown,  as  well  as 
the  "red  ware,"  most  of  which  is  black 
on  the  Inside.  A  number  of  specimens 
finished  so  as  to  give  the  outside  a  cor- 
rugated appearance,  are  shown. 

Many  ingenious  fine  tools,  finished 
stone  implements,  ornamental  trinkets, 
presumably  having  religious  signifi- 
gance,  are  on  exhibition  in  the  cases 

The  basket  work  of  Indians  is  very 
wonderful.  Baskets  made  by  compara- 
tively modern  Indians  are  shown. 
Water-tight  baskets  in  large  numbers 
and  in  many  varieties  are  seen  in  the 
exhibit.  All  are  oranmented  with  fig- 
ures woven  in  when  the  basket  was 
made. 

The  Pima  Indians  are  those  most 
famous  for  basket  making.  They  even 
used  baskets  for  cooking  utensils,  cov- 
ering them  with  a  thin  layer  of  clay  to 
keep  them  from  being  destroyed  by 
contact  with  the  fire. 


An  instructive  exhibit  of  flint  im- 
plements from  Mill  Creek,  Union  Coun- 
ty 111.,  occupies  five  cases  in  the  bal- 
cony of  the  Ethnology  building  of 
the  Pan-American  Exposition.  Rough 
pieces  of  flint  are  shown  in  different 
stages  of  completeness,  and  incomplete- 
ness. On  the  left  a  number  of  blocks 
of  flint  are  shown,   and,   as  one  walks 


along  the  line  of  cases,  he  sees  the 
various  implements  assuming  a  more 
nearly  finished  condition,  and  finally 
the  complete  flint  spade,  hammer,  axe, 
knife,  or  whatever  domestic  or  agri- 
cultural implement  the  crude  work 
produced. 

In  working  the  rough  tools  a  stone 
bearing  some  resemblance  to  the  shape 
the  implement  is  to  assume  is  usually 
selected  to  save  labor  in  chipping  and 
flaking  the  rough  block. 

Many  of  the  implements  are  extreme- 
ly crude,  being  hardly  more  than  flat 
stones  used,  probably,  in  excavating; 
and  round  hard  stones  used  in  pound- 
ing and  flaking  the  larger  pieces  of 
flint.  Many  of  the  stone  spades  and 
axes,  however,  are  chipped  down  to  a 
remarkable  degree  of  thinness  and 
must  have  made  very  effective  tools. 


The  Florida  exhibit  of  sponges  in  the 
Horticultural  Building  of  the  Pan-Amer- 
ican Exposition,  interests  all  who  en- 
ter this  palace  of  wonders.  This  is  an 
important  industry  in  that  state  and 
should  be  developed.  Mr.  T.  M.  Wier 
of  Tampa,  the  Commissioner  from 
Florida,  says:  "The  Florida  sponges 
are  of  many  varieties,  differing  in  com- 
mercial value  from  $2  00  to  a  great 
many  dollars  per  pound.  It  is  one  of 
the  largest  industries  in  the  state,  more 
than  100  vessels  being  engaged  solely  in 
this  trade.  The  business  is  carried  on 
almost  entirely  by  negroes.  It  is  not 
an  uncommon  sight  to  see  a  vessel's 
captain  and  all  of  the  crew  composed 
of  colored  men.  The  sponges  are 
gathered  by  means  of  a  long  pole  with 
a  hook  attached  to  the  lower  end  with 
which  the  sponge  fisherman  is  very  ex- 
pert. He  lies  prone  upon  his  stomach 
in  the  stern  of  a  boat  looking  through 
an  ordinary  water  bucket  with  a  glass 
bottom,  which  does  away  with  the 
glare  from  the  water  and  allows  him 
to  survey  the  bottom  leisurely  while 
the  boatman  rows  or  sculls  the  boat. 
A  schooner  lies  at  anchor  nearby,  from 
which  a  half  dozen  or  more  of  these 
small  boats  fish,  which  returns  to  port 
when  it  is  loaded  or  at  night,  as  the 
case  may  be.  The  men  all  share  and 
share  alike  of  the  cargo,  the  captain 
receiving  a  larger  portion  and  the  own- 
er of  the  vessel  one-quarter  of  the  profit. 
Anclote  Harbor  in  Hillsboro  County 
and  Key  West  are  the  principal  sponge 
stations  off  the  coast  of  Florida. 


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THE  05LOGIST. 


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BIG  FREE  MIDWAY. 
The  Buffalo  Outside  Attraction  Increas- 
es In  Popularity. 

LARGE    ATTENDANCE. 

The  merry  Big  Free  Midway  is  the 
magnet  thac  is  attracting  thousands  of 
pleasure  seekers  who  -come  again  and 
again  hading  at  each  visit  something 
new  and  interesting.  This  Midway 
has  become  a  resort  for  people  who 
seek  innocent  amusement  and  its  prices 
are  within  the  reach  of  the  most  hum- 
ble. 

It  is  located  at  the  terminal  station, 
north  of  the  Exposition  proper. 

The  performances  are  presented  on  a 
scale  of  magnificence  never  before  at- 
tempted at  free  street  shows.  The  at- 
tendance has  averaged  17500  daily 
since  the  openinsr,  six  weeks  ago. 

Among  the  most  notable  of  the  one 
hundred  big  shows  are  the  Streets  of 
Cairo,  Sing  Sing  Prison,  Idols  of  Art, 
Streets  of  India,  Trained  Animal  Expo- 
sition, German  Village,  White  Top 
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30c:  Clapper  Rail,  5  8,  5-9,  5-10,  .5-11,  5-12,  .5c  egg; 
Boat-tailed  Grackle,  5-4,  40c;  Painted  Bunting, 
5-4,  40c;  Yellow-breasted  Chat,  5-4,  20c;  Black 
Skimmer,  10-4,  20c;  postage  extra.  DR.  M.  T. 
CLECKLEY,  Augusta,  Ga.  182 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE.— A  fine  lot  of 
eggs  and  skins,  collected  by  myself  last  June  in 
north-west  Canada;  also  photographs  of  bird's 
nests  of  Little  Brown  Crane.  Marbled  Godwit, 
Wilson's  Snipe,  Northern  Phalarope,  Semipal- 
mated  Plover.  Balrds'  Sparrow,  several  species 
Grebes  and  Ducks'  nests,  etc.  Photographs  15 
cts.  each,  unmounted,  or  2  doz.  kinds  for  $3.  W. 
RAINE,  Kew  Beach,  Toront-^,  Canada. 

I  have  only  room  for  one  testimonial  here: 
"July  12,  1901. 

"The  photos  are  simply  elegant.  I  want  one 
of  everv  set  (in  situ.) 

"G.  ABBOTT. 
"Chicago,  111." 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


Large  Timber  Wolf  Skins  for  Mounting, with 
skull  and  l^g  bones,  weighed  100  lbs.  and  meas- 
ured 6  ft  8  in..  $10;  Elk  Head,  small,  4  point 
antlers,  prettily  mounted,  $1.5;  Deer  Head, long 
neck,  $7 ;  Moose,  $30 ;  few  sets  of  dropped  Ant- 
ler.=?  of  Elk  and  Deer,  from  50c  to  $i  each. 
CHRIS.  P.  FORGE,  Carman,  Man. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— Fine  singles  of  Hawks, 
Gulls,  etc. ;  also  rare  United  States  stamps, 
books  on  birds,  papers  and  novels.  Desire  com- 
mon sets.    HARRY  KOFAHL,  Austin,  Texas. 

WE  HAVE  reliable  formulae  to  exchange  for 
anything  in  stamps,  minerals,  coins,  shells, 
birds'  eggs,  relics,  curios,  etc.  List  free.  HAT- 
SU  MFG.  CO.,  Fitchburg.  Mass. 

MOUNTED  BIRDS,  ETC  —2  Loons,  breeding 
plumage,  $5  each;  one  Golden  Eagle,  I;  Snowy 
Owl,  nearly  white,  $5;  spotted  and  large,  83;  W. 
Great-horned  Owl,  $3;  Sharp-shinned  Hawk, 
$1.50;  Ruffed  Grouse,  $1.50;  American  Bittern, 
$1 ;  Sawwhet  Owl.  $1.25;  Lined  Coyote  Skin  rug, 
$2.50;  Eagles' Claws.lOc  each;  quills,3c.  CHRIS. 
P.  FORGE.  Carman,  Manitoba. 

THE  PRIZES  for  the  Collector's  Tool  Com- 
petition have  been  awarded.  Most  gratifying 
results  were  obtained,  showing  possibilities  of 
the  instrument.  Watch  for  next  season's  com- 
petition.   J  R.  NOWELL,  Portman,  S.  C. 

WANTED.— Pair  of  Black  or  Fox  Squirrels. 
Will  give  good  exchange  in  eggs,  curios  or 
cash.    H.  A.  SHAW,  Grand  Forks,  N.  Dak. 

30  eggs  of  Rusty  Blackbird  in  sets  of  from  4  to 
7  eggs  in  a  set  at  25(i  per  egg,  70  eggs  of  Short- 
eared  Owl  in  sets  of  4  to  10  eggs  each  85c  per 
egg,  100  eggs  Col  Sharp-tailed  Grouse  in  sets  o'f 
9  to  17  eggs  each  25c  per  egg,  for  one  month 
only.  CHRIS  P.  FORGE,  Collector,  etc.,  Car- 
man, Manitoba. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— A-1  Skins  of  Swan,  Peli- 
can.  Eagles,  Sandhill  Cranes,  Wood  Ibis,  etc.. 
for  a-1  sets  of  eggs.  J.  CLAIRE  WOOD,  196 
Randolph  St.,  Detroit,  Michigan. 

ORDERS  TAKEN  for  Game  Heads,  Wolf 
Skins.  Fresh  Skins  of  Birds  and  Birds  in  Meat, 
Antlers,  etc.,  for  winter  delivery.  CHRIS.  P. 
FORGE,  Taxidermist  and  Collector,  Carman, 
Man. 

WANTED.— A-1  sets.  Can  offer  Snapping 
Turtle  1  9,  1-20,  3-21,  1-25,  value  10  cente  per  egg. 
Mounted  Snowy  Owl  and  Wood  Duck.  Fancy 
Pigeons,  Revolver  and  Cash.  JAMES  O. 
JOHNSON,  Southington,  Conn. 

FOR  SALE.— A-1  sets  Of  birds'  eggs  collected 
in  Manitoba.  Prices  per  egg,  all  sets  genuine, 
with  full  data:  No  2,  1-3,  2-4,  2  5,  25c;  4,  1-4-3-5, 
5c;  140,  1-10,  10c;  142.  1-8,  25c;  143.  1 ,5.  20c;  148,  1- 
9,  30c;  214,  118,  3c;  224,  3-4,  .50c;  261,  2  4  25c;  300c, 
1-10,  30c;  305,  1-9,  1-10,  10c;  316,  3-2,  2c;  337,  5-2,  4- 

3,  20c;  337a,  3  2,  2  3,  35c;  342,  5-3,  20c:  347a,  1-2,75; 
348.  1-2.  60c:  364,  1-3,  60c:  375a,  1-2,  50c:  375b,  1-4, 
11.00;  388,  2  3.  1-2,  5c;  390,  1-7,  10c;  394,  1-4,  10c; 
412,  1-5,  Ic;  467,  l-3n,  10c;  474c,  1-3.  10c;  477,1.4.8c; 
488,  6  4,  5-5,  1-6,  2c:  494.  1-4,  lOc;  495,  61.  Ic;  498,3- 

4,  1-5.  Ic;  501,  1-4,  3c;  507,  1-4,  1-3,  2c;  511b.  3-5,2-4, 
2c;  529,  l-4n,  3c;  538,  2-4,  20c;  540,  2-4,  5c;  561,  24, 
2-3,  2-5,  10c:  .581,  4-5,  .■?-4n,  Ic;  595,  2-3,  3c;  612,  4-5, 
Ic;  613,  2-5,  2c;  619,  l-.5n,  3c;  621.  2-6,  40c;  622,  2-4, 
1-5,  1-6,  3c;  652,  3-5  2-4n,  2c;  704.  2  6,  3-5.  Ic;  705,3- 
3,  1-4,  Ic;  719,  2-6,  10c;  721,  3-6,  1-7.  1-5,  2c;  725,  1-3, 
1-6,  2c;  750,  2-3,  6c;  767,  1-4.  Ic;  nests  same  price 
as  one  egg.  All  orders  prepaid:  25  per  cent. dis- 
count on  orders  of  $5.00  or  over  for  l  month. 
CHRIS.  P.  FORGE,  Naturalist  and  Taxider- 
mist, Carman,  Man. 


WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 

ROUGH  SKELETONS  FOR  SALE.— Lion, 
Tiger,  Grizzly,  Ostrich,  Monkeys  and  Boacon- 
strictors.  Cleaned  skulls  of  Monkeys  50c  to  $1 , 
postpaid.  List  for  stamp.  WM.  J.  HACK- 
MEIER,  Taxidermist  and  Collector,  14  Rondel 
Place,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

WANTED  —Nice  sets  of  Red-shouldered  and 
Red-tailed  Hawk,  Screech  Owl,  Field  Plover 
and  many  other  kinds.  I  will  pay  fl.  each,  for 
well  marked  eggs  of  Broad-winged  Hawk,  and 
35  cts.  for  Osprey's  eggs  in  sets.  W.  RAINE, 
Kew  Beach,  Toronto,  Canada. 


FREE 


FOR 


THE  ASKING. 


My  Catalogue*  of  all  Specimens,   Sup- 
plies and  Publications  for   the   Naturalist 
or  Curio  Collector. 
E.  H.  SHORT,  Box  173.  Rochester  N.  Y. 


INDIAN 


Baskets,  Indian  Beaded  Buck- 
skin Sioux  Relics,  Indian  Pot- 
tery. Indian  Weapons,  Elk 
Teeth,  Mexican  Hand  Carved 
Leather  Goods,  Mexican  Drawn 
Linen,  Shells,  Minerals,  Fossils, 
Ancient  Stone  Relics,  Oregon 
Tiny  Arrowheads, Fossil  Fishes, 

Fossil  Leaves,  Corals,  Agate  Jewelry,  Curios. 

Wholesale  and  Retail.    16th  year.     Two-story. 

building  full.    New  cat..  No.  10.  40  pages  finely 

illus.,  for  5c.    L.  W.   STILWELL,   Dead  wood, 

S.  Dak. 


Exchange  in 

Good  Sets  of  Eggs  or 

Cash  Paid 

FOR  GOOD 

PHOTOGRAPHS 

OF  Birds, 

Birds'  Nests 
and  Eggs. 

Only  good  work  from  living    birds 
and  nests    and    eggs    in    situation. 

Photos  are  for 
Reproduction, 

And  MUST  be  FREE  from  COPYRIGHT 

and  all  Limitations. 
^Vrite  at  once  what  you  have  to  sell  or  exchange 

MORRIS  GIBBS,  M.  D., 
KALAMAZOO,  MICH. 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


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The  Condor  for  igoi. 

This  popular  Californian,  illustrated  maga- 
zine of  ornithology  begins  its  third  volume 
with  1901,  and  its  Issues  range  from  24  to  32 
pages  in  size.  It  controls  the  output  of  West- 
ern material,  and  prints  the  most  interesting 
and  valuable  articles  to  be  found  In  any  "bird" 
journal.  New  features  have  been  introduced 
for  1901,  which  will  serve  to  make  THE  CON- 
DOR a  leader : 

The  March  (1901)  number  is  one  of  extreme 
interest,  containing  among  other  things  a 
charming  article  on  the  nesting  of  the  Golden 
Eagle  by  R.  H.  Beck,  illustrated  with  three  full 
page  plates  depicting  nests  in  various  rugged 
situations  Mr.  E.  H.  Skinner  contributes  a 
valuable  and  most  interesting  illustrated  ar- 
ticle on  the  nesting  habits  of  Giraud's  Fly- 
catcher in  its  Mexican  home,  and  other  inter- 
esting papers  are  presented  by  Joseph  Grin- 
nell,  A.  W.  Anthony,  R.  D.  Lusk  and  other  well 
known  contributors.  A  copy  of  this  valuable 
number  will  be  sent  for  20  cents  in  stamps. 

YEARLY  SUBSCRIPTION,  $1;  VOL.  II  CAN  ALSO 
BE  SUPPLIED  AT  f  1. 

The  Cooper  Ornithological  Club  also  offers 
for  sale  its  new  80-page  publication  on  "The 
Birds  of  the  Kotzebue  Sound  Region,  Alaska," 
by  that  well-known  writer,  Joseph  Grinnell. 
This  will  be  sent  on  approval;  price  75  cents, 
postpaid. 

Address  all  orders  for  sample  copies,  sub- 
scriptions or  communications  to 

C.  BARLOW,  Editor  and  Business  Mgr., 
Santa  Clara,  Cal. 

"BOOKS  FOR  THE 

ORNITHOLOGIST" 

The  following  books  I  offered  on  the  in- 
sert in  this  OOLOGIST  have   been   sold: 

Burroughs,  Riverby. 
Burroughs,  Wake  Robin. 
Jardine,  Hummingbirds. 
Kearton,  Wild  Life  at  Home. 
Pamphlets  and  Excerpts. 
Barnard,  Birds  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
Elliott,  List  of  Described  Hummingbirds. 
Gunn,  Egging  Expedition  to  Manitoba. 
Jacobs,  Summer  Birds  of  Greene  Co.,  Pa. 
Lawrence.  Birds  of  Martinque. 
Merrlam,  Birds  of  Idaho. 
Stevenson,  Birds  and  Mammals  of  Wyoming. 

I  CAN  FURNISH  the  "New  Books"  re- 
viewed in  this  issue  of  the  Oologist  at  Pub- 
lisher's prices  prepaid. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  M.  D. 

Albion,  N.  Y. 


Mounted  Birds  and  Mammals. 

The  following  specimens  are  all  strictly  first 
class,  freshly  mounted  specimens-rej<ular  price 
in  (  ).  My  closing  price  is  by  mail,  express 
or  freight  at  purchaser's  expense— will  ship 
cheapest  way.    Special  rates  on  large  orders. 

Screech  Owl  (2  75) _ 

California  Screech  Owl  (3.50) 

Great  Horned  Owl  (6.00) 

Arctic  Horned  Owl  full  plumage  (20.00)... 

American  Hawk  Owl  (6.00) 

Road-runner  (.3.00) 

Horned  Lark  (1.75) 

American  Magpie  (2.50) ^.... 

Steller's  Jay  (2.50)  

Blue-fronted  Jay  (3.00) 

Bullock's  Oriole  (1.75) _ 

Evening  Grosbeak  (2  25) 

Pine  Grosbeak  (2.00) 

American  Crossbill  (1.75) _ 

Bohemian  Waxwing  (2.50) 

Black  and  White  Warbler  (1.25) 

Myrtle  Warbler  (1.50)  

Ring-necked  Pheasant  full  plumage  (8.00) 

Skunk  (*10.00) 

Red  Fox  (15.00) 

Gray  Squirrel  (5.00) 

Gray  Squirrel  holding  walnut 

Tufted  Puffin  (.5.50) 

Black  Guillemot  (5.25) 

Murre  (5.00) 

Razor-billed  Auk  (mounted  from  a  skin 

from  Audubon's  collection) 

American  Herring  Gull  full  plumage(4.50) 

American  Merganser  (5.00) _ 

American  Elder  (7  00) 

Spotted  Sandpiper  (2  00) 

Mexican  Jacana  (3.50) _ 

Bob-white  (3.50) 

Texan  Bob-white  (2.50) 

Mountain  Partridge  (3.50) 

Scaled  Partridge  (2.75) 

Gambel's  Partridge  (3.00) 

Prairie  Hen  [3.50)  _ 

American  Barn  Owl  (5.00) 

American  Long-eared  Owl  (3.C0) _ 

Short-eared  Owl  (3.50) 

Great  Gray  Owl  (16.00) 

Saw-whet  Owl  (2.75) 

Lesser  Scaup  Duck 


1  75 

2  10 

4  75 

12  50 

3  90 

1  75 

90 

1  50 

1  30 

1  30 

90 

1  25 

1  10 

90 

1  30 

80 

80 

5  60 

1  4  05 

9  10 

2  40 

3  30 

3.35 

2  70 

2  70 

6  7.T 

3  70 

2  70 

4  .SO 

1  10 

2  10 

1  45 

1  45 

2  10 

1  (55 

8  10 

3  20 

3  90 

2  10 

2  30 

9  ,30 

2  10 

2  70 

BIRD  SKINS. 

Mexican  Jacana,  pair  (13) $1  50 

Prairie  Hen  (fl.35) 75 

Red-tailed  Hawk  (11.50) 1  00 

American  Crow  (75c) 50 

Sno-wflake  (35c) 20 

The  above  specimens  are  all  Bars^alns 
at  my  prices.  If  you  can  use  llO  worth  or  more 
of  the  above  send  list  of  wants  and  let  me 
make  you  a  special  quotation— you'll  be  sur- 
prised at  my  liberality.  No  special  quotations 
after  Aug  15th. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  Albion,  N-Y. 


JAMES  p.  BABBITT, 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Dealer    in 

Taxidermists'      Supplies,      Bird 
Skins,  Eggs  &  Publications. 

Fine   Imported   Glass  Eyes  a  Speeialty. 

Illustrated  Catalogue  and  large  monthly  bulle- 
tin of  bargains  in  Birds  Skins  and  Eggs  free  upon 
application. 

TAUNTON,  MASS. 


COLLECTOR'S  TOOL. 

A  POCKET  INSTRUMENTFORTREECOLLECTING 
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Nesting  Habits  of  the  Broad-tailed 
Hummingbird. 

The  nesting  habits  of  the  Broad-tailed 
Hummingbird,  while,  perhaps,  not  un- 
like those  of  the  Ruby-throat,   are  at 


least  worthy  of  note  in  its  peculiarities. 

It  is  a  common  breeding  bird  in  this 
locality,  often  noticing  the  male  in  its 
bright  colors  and  sharp  whistling  aerial 
flights;  the  female  humming,  neet  build- 
ing and  feeding. 

One  peculiar  trait  of  the  male  bird  is 
its  manner  of  flight  during  the  breeding 
season.  As  the  female  is  occupied  in 
nest  building,  incubating,  etc.,  her  mate 
enjoys  the  time  in  sporting,  rising  by 
short,  sharp  flights  to  a  height  at  which 
it  is  seen  with  difficulty  and  it  returns 
to  earth  with  a  plunge,  terminating  in 
a  miniature  booming  sound,  not  unlike 
that  of  the  Nightnawk.  Rising  again  as 
before  and  repeating  until  the  little 
thing  seems  exhausted  and  alights  on  a 
bush  or  twig  to  rest. 

The  sharp  chattering  or  screeching 
note  uttered  during  its  flight  is  a  pecul- 
iarity of  the  male  only  and  from  close 
observation  I  believe  it  to  be  made  by 
the  wings  of  the  bird. 

The  first  nest  that  I  ever  saw  vpas 
built  under  a  bridge  and  attached  to  a 
knot  on  a  small  stick,  one  end  of  which 
was  held  firmly  betv«reen  the  planks. 

Numerous  nests  of  this  species  have 
been  observed  during  the  past  few  years 
since  the  one  above  noted,  and  all,  with 
one  exception,  were  saddled  upon  dead 
branches  of  oak  saplings  close  to  the 
tree-trunk. 

The  first  nest  noticed  in  '97  was  dis- 
covered by  seeing  the  female  carrying 
material  for  its  construction.  I.s  posi- 
tion was  on  a  dead  stubby  branch,  close 
to  and  under  the  body  of  a  leaning  oak 
seven  feet  from  the  ground  and  protected 
from  sun  and  rain  by  the  body  of  the 
tree. 

One  egg  was  deposited  and  covered 
by  the  down  in  the  bottom  of  the  nest. 


134 


THE  OOLOGISl 


As  I  placed  my  fingers  in  the  nest,  the 
egj?  was  crushed  and  the  bird  had  aban- 
doned it.  A  few  days  later  another  nest 
was  found  nearby  containing  a  rotten 
egg  in  a  position  no  different  than  the 
former,  but  at  a  height  of  twelve  feet 
above  ground.  As  this  was  July  the 
second  nest  found  was,  undoubtedly, 
the  first  of  the  nests  built  by  the   birds. 

On  May  25,  1898,  a  female  was  observ- 
ed building  her  nest  in  the  same  clump 
of  trees,  the  situation  being  in  no  wise 
different  from  the  two  nests  above  de- 
scribed eight  feet  above  ground. 

On  June  3d  the  nest  and  two  eggs 
were  collected,  but  by  the  18th  another 
nest  with  eggs  were  found  only  a  few 
feet  away  from  tne  place  where  the  first 
nest  was  found.  The  height,  position 
and  protection  by  the  tree-trunk  were 
very  much  the  same  as  in  former  nests 
noticed. 

The  female  was  caught  from  the  nest 
and  identity  made  certain  in  this  in- 
stance, after  which  she  was  given  her 
freedom. 

Two  exceptions  to  the  above  have 
been  noticed  where  the  nests  were 
placed  on  a  forked  branch  of  the  oak, 
one  to  tTO  feet  out. 

One  nest  observed  differing  from  all 
others  seen  is  worthy  of  mention;  while 
as  a  general  thing  the  nests  are  covered 
with  lichens,  this  one  contained  an 
abundant  supply  of  moss  woven  into  the 
exterior  and  no  lichens. 

The  female  is  not  easily  noticed  by 
one  not  familiar  with  Hummingbirds, 
as  she  quietly  hums  from  flower  to 
flower,  the  bumming  of  her  wings  being 
heard  but  a  few  feet  away. 

P.  L.  Jones, 
Beulah,  Colo. 


The   Food   Supply   of  the   Baltimore 
Oriole. 

To  the  enthusiastic  working  ornithol- 
ogist there  is  not  a  subject  of  more  in- 
terest than  that  of  food  supply;    for 


other  things  being  equal,  this  governs 
to  a  large  extent,  the  geographical  dis- 
tribution of  the  various  species.  Im- 
portant as  the  subject  is,  however,  it  is 
one  which  is  overlooked  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  rank  and  t  le  of  bird  students, 
who,  while  interested,  do  not  dev  te  the 
time  they  should  to  this  most  important 
division  of  the  study,  but  conteht  them- 
selves with  leading  what  others  have 
written.  For  myself,  I  would  rather 
toil  a  whole  season  without  other  result 
than  to  establish  a  hitherto  unknown 
point,  than  to  add  a  thousand  skins  to 
my  collection  and  learn  nothing. 

Let  us  consider  as  a  start,  six  of  our 
birds  which  we  are  constantly  meeting 
with  during  the  spring  and  summer 
months,  viz:  Baltimore  Oriole  {Icterus 
galbula),  Catbird  ( Oaleosco2)tes  carolien- 
etisis),  House  Wren  (Troglodytes  aedon), 
Meadow  Lark  (Si^crnella  magna),  and 
the  Mockingbird  (Miraus  poJyglottos). 

The  Baltimore  Oriole  is  so  well  and 
so  favorably  known  about  the  land  by 
his  various  names  of  Golden  Robin, 
Hang  Bird,  etc.,  that  i"  may  seem  some- 
what out  of  place  to  consider  him,  but 
the  food  habits  of  this  interesting  crea- 
ture are  fully  as  beneficial  as  the  plum- 
age and  song  are  pleasing,  and  where 
ever  this  "flash  of  ornithological  flame" 
chooses  to  build  its  pendulous  abode,  it 
is  as  safe  as  the  nest  of  the  Stork  on  the 
roof  of  the  Hollander. 

The  habitat  of  the  Oriole  extends 
throughout  the  eastern  United  States 
north  of  Virginia,  and  at  times  some- 
what south  of  there.  In  the  Mississippi 
valley,  however,  it  reaches  farther  south 
than  on  the  Coast.  In  New  England  it 
is  especially  abundant,  and  extends  west 
over  the  wooded  portions  of  the  great 
plains,  and  is  finally  replaced  by  its 
brother  in  appearance,  Bullock's  Oriole 
(/.  bullocki).  Here  in  New*England  we 
look  for  him  with  the  bursting  apple 
tree  buds,  about  the  15th  to  the  30th  of 
May;  and  westerly  he  is  often  seen  as 
early  as  the  middle  of  April.      Climatic 


THE  OOLOGIST 


135 


conditions  affect  him  little,  directly,  ex- 
cept as  far  as  his  food  is  concerned,  and 
as  this  consists  largely  of  the  insects 
that  live  in  the  foliage  of  trees,  the  ar- 
rival of  /.  galbula  is  postponed  until 
they  have  become  plentiful. 

It  begins  its  southern  migration  about 
the  second  week  in  August,  and  by  the 
first  week  in  October  we  look  in  vain 
for  the  beautiful  flash  of  color  so  fre- 
quently seen  but  a  few  short  weeks 
since. 

I  took  one  specimen  at  Woods  Hole, 
Mass.,  on  the  2d  of  November,  but  have 
seen  none  later,  although  the  capture  of 
one  as  late  as  Nov.  16th  is  recorded  from 
Conn.  By  this  date,  however,  ordinar- 
illy,  nothing  but  the  deserted  nest, 
swinging  from  the  leafless  bough,  as 
the  bleak  November  blast  howls  among 
the  trees,  tells  of  the  occurence  of  1. 
galbula  in  that  locality.  The  winter  is 
spent  in  the  warm  southern  countries 
beyond  the  U.  S.  border. 

The  present  paper  on  the  food  supply 
is  confined  to  the  results  reached  from 
the  examination  of  eighty-six  stomachs, 
from  birds  taken  from  ten  states,  and 
covering  a  range  from  Mass.,  westward, 
to  North  Dakota,  and  were  taken  from 
April  10th  to  Sept.  3d,  inclusive.  The 
gross  contents  of  these  stomachs  may 
be  stated  relatively,  as  follows:  Animal 
matter  (principally  caterpillars  and 
beetles),  72.5;  vegetable  matter  (princi- 
pally wild  fruit),  12.;  mineral  matter 
(not  food  and  can  therefore  be  eliminat- 
ed) 16.4;  the  additional  9  per  cent,  be- 
ing water  and  mixed  gastric  juices. 

From  the  reports  received  from  west- 
ern points,  it  appears  that  the  largest 
amount  of  insect  food  was  found  in 
those  stomachs  examined  from  May  1st 
to  June  20th,  averaging  between  these 
dates  about  87  per  cent,  of  the  whole 
contents.  The  minimum  amount  of  in- 
sect food  was  found  in  those  stomachs 
examined  in  April  and  July,  when  it 
was  found  to  be  only  about  65  per  cent. 
Caterpillars  were  by  far  the  most  abund- 


ant insect :  in  fact  during  the  time  when 
these  insects  were  most  plentiful  there 
was  scarcely  any  other  insect  to  be 
found  in  the  stomach. 

A  general  average  between  the  cater- 
pillars and  beetles  in  the  stomachs  ex- 
amined, would  give  as  a  result  cater- 
pillars 30  per  cent.,  beetles  22  percent., 
and  the  other  stomach  contents  making 
up  the  balance. 

The  caterpillars  were  founi  to  be 
more  numerous  in  the  stomachs  after 
the  1st  of  July  than  btfore,  owing,  no 
doubt,  to  the  increased  supply  of  these 
insects.  Beetles  are  the  article  of  food 
next  pleasing  to  the  Oriole  palate,  and 
though  only  eaten  during  May,  June 
and  July,  the  click  or  srapping  beetles 
{Elatericlae)  constituted  nearly  10  per 
cent,  of  the  food  for  these  months.  1  his 
seems  a  trifle  strange  from  the  fact  that 
the  hard  shells  of  these  beetles  render 
them  .seemingly  undesirable  articles  of 
diet.  However,  let  us  not  dispute  the 
good  intentions  of  /  galbula,  for  these 
beetles,  together  with  their  larve,  the 
'•wire  worms,"  are  among  the  most  de- 
structive to  ihe  products  of  the  farmer, 
and  as  there  are  ever  500  species  of 
snapping  beetles  in  North  America,  any 
aid  in  their  destruction  should  be  gladly 
welcomed  by  him. 

Among  the  other  beetles  used  by  this 
bird  for  fo  d  are  the  May  beetles,  [Scar- 
abaeidae)  the  dung  beetles  (Aphodius) 
and  several  of  the  leaf-eating  beetles 
(Dichelonycha).  Among  this  latter,  the 
striped  squash  beetle,  {E.  vittata)  which 
in  the  larval  state  bores  at  the  roots  of 
squashes  and  cucumbers,  and  in  the  ma- 
ture state  feeds  upon  the  leaves,  may  be 
mentioned.  Odontola  dorsalis  and  0 
rubra,  which  feed  on  the  leaves  of  the 
juniper  and  apple,  respectively,  and  at 
times  ruin  these  trees,  are  also  a  favor- 
ite with  the  Oriole.  The  Snout  beetles 
or  weevils  (Rhyncophora)  are  also  taken 
by  this  bird  in  small  quantities.  The 
Caribidae  or  cannibal  beetles.which  feed 
for  the  most  part  on   the  injurious  in- 


136 


THE  OOLOGIST 


sects,  do  not  form  an  appreciable  article 
of  diet  for  the  Oriole,  and  it  would  seem 
tiiat  as  both  are  intent  upon  a  common 
purpose,  the  Oriole  passes  over  this 
beetle  without  disturbing  it. 

Wasps,  [Eymenoptera)  bugs,  (Eemip 
tera)  among  the  latter  being  many  of 
the  stink  bugs,  {Pentalomidae)  th'^  assas- 
sin bugs,  (Reduvinidae)  which  feed  on 
other  insects,  the  scale  lice  (Coccidae) 
and  the  common  plant  lice  (Aphidae); 
the  two  latter  being  among  the  most  de- 
structive insects  known.  Fiies  {Diptera) 
are  also  common  food,  the  larvae  of  the 
March  fly  (Bibio)  being  greatly  in  evi- 
dence. During  the  months  of  June, July 
and  August,  the  grasshoppers  and  lo- 
custs were  found  in  the  proportions  of 
3,  10  and  12  per  cent.,  respectively. 
Spiders  also  constitute  a  favorite  article 
of  diet,  and  gradually  increases  to  near- 
ly 10  per  cent,  of  the  animal  food  in 
August. 

The  vegetable  diet  of  the  Oriole  con- 
gists  almost  entirely  of  fruit,  but  seeds 
and  grain  are  sometimes  taken.  The 
favorite  fruits  are  cherries,  raspberries, 
blackberries,  mulberries  and  juneber- 
ries. 

The  examination  of  these  s'omachs 
has  shown  that  this  bird  is  a  great  in- 
sect destroyer;  that  it  destroys  immense 
numbers  of  caterpillars,  grasshoppers, 
bugs  and  noxious  beetles  and  does  not 
prey  upon  the  predacious  or  useful  in- 
sects. Let,  then,  the  farmer  continue 
to  hold  his  good  opinion  of  this  beauti- 
ful bird  and  accord  it  the  protection  it 
deserves. 

C.  C.  PURDUM,  M.  D. 


"Some  Twice  Occupied  Nests" 

After  reading  the  article  by  Mr.  Rich- 
ard F.  Miller,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  the 
August  OoLOGiST,  under  this  heading,  I 
thought,  perhaps,  my  experiences  in 
that  line  would  not  come  amiss 

April  16,  1897,  collected  a  set  of  three 
Phoebe  eggs.    Nest  placed  on  a  beam 


under  a  large  covered  bridge  In  col- 
lecting I  had  to  remove  the  nest,  which 
I  replaced  on  the  beam,  but  there  was 
another  beam  that  crossed  beam  No.  1 
and  it  was  on  the  other  side  of  No  2  that 
I  placed  the  nest.  This  was  not  in  its 
original  positio  n.  A  beam  separated 
the  two  positions. 

May  15  1897,  I  returned  to  the  bridge 
and  found  the  nest  gone  from  where  I 
had  placed  it,  but  there  was  a  nest  in  the 
place  where  I  had  found  the  one  on 
April  16.  There  had  not  been  water 
high  enough  to  carry  the  nest  away. 
Did  the  birds  tear  the  old  one  apart  and 
rebuild  it  in  the  old  position?  I  think, 
undoubtedly,  that  they  did,  although 
they  would  have  to  carry  the  mate'-ial 
past  an  8inch  beam.  Near  Arden  Sta., 
W.  Co.,  Pa. 

May  25.  1897,  collected  one  set  of 
seven  eggs  of  the  Flicker  from  a  hole  in 
the  limb  of  an  apple  tree  in  an  orchard. 

June  5,  1897,  I  returned  to  the  Flick- 
er hole,  from  which  I  collected  the  set 
on  May  25,  and  collected  another  set  of 
seven  eggs.    Near  Washington,  Pa. 

June  18,  1898,  col  ected  a  set  of  three 
eggs  of  the  Kingbird  from  a  nest  fifteen 
feet  high  in  an  apple  tree  in  an  orchard 
nesr  Tarkio,  Mo. 

June  23,  1898,  I  found  a  pair  of  Mourn- 
ing Doves  had  taken  possession  of  the 
Kingbird  nest,  from  which  I  collected 
the  set  on  the  23d  inst.  They  relined  it 
with  a  few  straws  placed  in  the  bottom. 
I  noticed  that  although  the  Doves  built 
a  nest  for  the  first  set,  for  the  second 
and  third  they  always  took  a  deserted 
Robin,  Kingbird  or  Blue  Jay's  nest  and 
placed  a  few  sticks  or  straws  (generally 
the  latter)  in  the  bottom  and  proceeded 
with  incubation. 

June  15,  1900,  collected  one  set  of  five 
eggs  of  the  Barn  Swallow.  I  also  took 
the  nest,  situated  on  a  beam  of  a  small 
bridge  over  a  run. 

July  10,  1900,  I  found  that  the  Swal- 
lows, from  which  I  took  the  set  of  five 
eggs  on  June  15,  had  built  a  new  nest 


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Elson,  Birdies,  105p,  ills 25 

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Fisher,  Out-door  Life  in  England,  474p..  .1  90 

Fowler,  Summer  Studies  of  Birds  and  Books- 
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Plants  and  Animal-!  (Hirds)— much  on  ornith- 
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Goss,  History  of  the  Birds  of  Kansas,  de- 
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new  and  last  edition  (7  OO) 5  00 

Goode.  The  Published  Writings  of  Philip 
Lutley  Schalter,  136p 40 

Greene,  Birds  of  the  British  Empire.  British 
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Headley,  Structure  and  Lite  of  Birds  412p. 
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Henshaw.  Ornithology  of  Portions  or  Neva- 
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maps  (also  ICOp.  of  other  matter) 1  00 

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Nevada  and  Oregon.  (Wheeler  Survey  of  "77 
and  '78)  54p.  maps,  (also  300  pages  of  othf-r 
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Herrick,  The  Home  Life  of  B'irds.  A  new 
method  of  the  Study  and  Photography  of 
Birds.  4to,  148p,  Hlphoto  Eng 3  50 

IngersoU.  Birds'  Nesting,  a  Hand-book  of  In- 
struction in  Gathering  and  Preserving  the 
Nests  and  Eggs  of  Birds  for  the  purpose  of 
Study,  UOp.  lofig.   ($1,25) I  10 

*Jardine,  Humming-birds.  2vols.  630 p.  95  col, 
pi.  Memoirs  of  Linneus  and  Pennant,  Edin- 
burgh 33 2  19 

Kansas  Academy  of  Science,  Transactions, 
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by  Collette) _ 50 

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found  near  Manhattan,  Kans 1  25 

Kearton,  Wild  Life  at  Home;  How  to  Study 
and  Photograph  It,  188p.  many  photo-engr. 
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Kingsley,  Popular  N'atural  History,  A  Des- 
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Up  to  Man,  2  vols  728p.  .^07  ills.,  many  pi.  Bos- 
ton '90,  132p.  devoted  to  Ornithology 6  60 

',  The  Naturalists"  Assistant,  a  Hand- 
book for  the  Collector  and  Student  with  a 
Bibliography  of  1,500  Zoological  Works,  228p. 
40  ills 85 

Knobel,  Field  Key  to  the  Land  Birds,  55p.  Ills, 
9col.  pi 75 

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Preparine  and  Mounting  Objects  of  Natural 
History,  244p.  ills.  London  '4.3.    ($.75)     70 

Mcllwraith,  The  Birds  of  Ontario,  being  a 
concise  account  of  every  species  of  bird  known 
to  have  been  found  in  Ontario  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  their  nests  and  eggs  and  instructions 
for  Collecting  Birds  and  Preparing  and  Pre- 
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Collection  of  Eggs,  with  Glossary  of  technical 
terms.  42fip.  ills.  (This  is  the  best  cheap  work 
for  collectors  lu  the  Gt.  Lake  Region  — ) 3  CO 

Manton,  Taxidermy  without  a  Teacher,  56p. 
ills.  (.50) 40 

Martin.  Our  Song  Birds  and  Domestic  Fowls, 
384p.  London  "60 35 

Maynard.  Contributions  to  .Scienc-»  Vol.  I, 
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Cory's  Gannet,  16p;  Monograph  of  Genus 
Strophia,  60p 2  90 

Newman,  A  Dictionary  of  British  Birds,  440p. 
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Ogilvie -Grant,  ("Lloyd's")  A  Hand-book  to 
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pi.,  "98 3  80 

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Hawking,  Hawking-birds  and  Owl-i,  I96p.  ills. 
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Ridgway,  Ornithology  of  Illinois,  vol.  I,  520p. 
33pl.,  1889 3  25 

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edition 6  80 

St  John.  NotfS  &  Sketches  from  the  Wild 
Coasts  of  Nipon,  416p.  ills,  maps,  ef 1  30 

Schley,  American  Partridge  and  Pheasant 
Shooting,  222p.  8pl 1  15 

Silloway,  Sketches  of  Some  Common  Birds, 
322p.  16pl 95 

Sharpe.  ("Lloyd's"),  A  Hand-book  to  the 
Birds  of  Great  Britian,  4  vols,  of  3J0  pp.  each 
124  col.  plates.  '97 5  40 

Stanley,  History  of  Birds,  420p.  160  ills 90 

Strickland,  Ornithological  Synonyms,  Vol.  I, 
Accipitres,  (Hawks,  Owls  and  Vultures)  only 
volume  published,  very  valuable,  268p 1  45 

Sttider's,  Ornithology  or  the  Science  of  Birds 
frota  the  text  of  Dr.  Brehm,  with  212  illustra- 
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Torrey,  Every  Daj'  Birds,  12  col.  pL,  repro- 
dtic^d  from  Atidubon  1  00 

Willcox.  Pocket  Guide   to    Common    Land 

Birds  of  New  England,  170p  .   _ 75 

*Wood,  Birds,  248p,  with  242  half -page  ills...    75 

*Wood,  My  Feathered  Friends,  ills.  400p ...    70 

.  Strange  Dwellings  being  a  Descrip- 
tion of  the  Habitations  of  (birds  and)  animals. 
434p.  57ills 90 

PAMPHLETS,  EXCERPTS,  &c. 

Allen,  Description  of  a  Fossil  Passerine  from 
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,  The  American  Ornithologists  Union, 

a  Seven  Years'  Retrospect,  20p.  N.  Y.  '91 20 

American  Ornithologists  Union,  Abridged 
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of  leaf  only,  70  leaves,  N.  Y.,  "89   (50) 40 


"Clearance  Sale'  of  Fbank  H.  Lattin,  M.  D  ,  Albion,  N  Y 


,  Supplement  to  the  Code  of  Nomen- 
clature and  Check  List  of  N.  A.  Birds,  24p. 
'89, 20 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  Bulle- 
tins of.  Vols.  I  to  Hi  complete.  Birds,  Geology. 
Mammals,  &c.,   1200p,  pL,  (1200) 6  00 

,   Annual  Reports  for  '93,   '95  and   "96, 

300p,  pi.,  &c.    Lot - 1  05 

Bailey  &  Fisher,  Birds  and  Mammals  through 
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ments in  Poisoning  Birds,  34p,  (A.  R.  87)...-    35 

Baird,  Directions  for  Collecting.  Preserving 
and  Transporting  specimens  of  Natural  His- 
tory, I8p,  (S.  R  '5f5) 25 

*Baird.  Review  of  American  (North  and 
Middle)  Birds  312p.  Wash.  '64 1  40 

* .  Catalogue  of  North  American  Birds. 

soiled.  56p.  4to 35 

Barlow  and  Taylor,  the  Story  of  the  Fa- 
rallones,  22  photo-eng,  with  text,  Calif,  '97  (50) 
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Barnard,  Birds  of  Chester  County,  Pa  ,  5p, 
(S   11  "60) .    25 

Barrows,  the  English  Sparrow  in  North 
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Beal.  The  Meadowlark  and  Baltimore  Oriole, 
12p.  2fig,  (A   R   '95) 15 

Beal,  The  Crow  Blackbirds  and  Their  Food, 
20p ., : ao 

Some  Common  Birds  in  Their  Relation 


to  Agriculture,  40p.  22flg 33 

,  The  Blue  Jay  and  its  Food,  12p,  3flg. 

15 

Food  of  Woodpeckers.  34p.  4fig 


Beeton's.  British  Song  Birds,  How  to  Rear 
and  Manage  Them,  140p.  ills 30 

Bendire,  Directions  for  Collecting,  Preparing 
and  Preserving  Birds  Eggs  and  Nests,  lOp.    25 

Bendire,  Reports  of  Dept.  Oology,  National 
Museum  '.S6-'92,  7  year.  14p 35 

do  do  for  4  years,  8p 10 

Burnham,  Our  Canaries  and  Other  Pet  Birds, 
Hew  to  Mate,  Keep.  Feed  and  Breed  Them 
108p.  50ills.  Mas.  '79,  (50j 30 

Carroll,  Birds|of  Refugio  Co.,Tex.  12p 35 

Cherrie,  Two  New  Costa  Rican  Fly-catchers, 
2p 10 

Collins,  Habits  and  Capture  of  Sea  Birds  as 
Bait,  20p,  (F.  R   '83) 25 

Cook,  A.  J.,  Birds  of  Michigan,  Jl66p.  llSflg. 
(1st  ed.) 45 

,  ditto.  (2d  ed  )  same  text  as  above,  but 

in  better  form  and  better  covers 7J 

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8col.  pi.  4to 2  4U 

Cope,  A  Wading  Bird  from  the  Amazon 
Shales,  4p 15 

Coues,  Check  List  of  N.  A.  Birds.  137p 50 

Coues  &   Kidder.   Ornithology  and    Natural 
History  ot  Kerquelen  Island,  172p,  M.  B.  23  1  00 
Coues  and  Prentiss.  Birds  of  District  of  Col- 
umbia. 24p,  (S.  R  '61) 35 

*Davie,  Nests  and  Eggs  of  N.  A.  Birds  3d  ed. 
'89,  468p    ]3pl 1  15 

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Duncan,  Ostrich  Farming  in  America,  I8p, 

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Earl,  Pets  of  the  Household,  Their  Care  in 

Health  and  Disease,  160p.  ills.   (50) 25 


Elliot,  The  Game  Birds  of  the  United  States. 
30p,  4pl,  (A.  R.  '64)  50 

Elliott  List  of  Described  Species  of  Hum- 
mingbirds, 18p 35 

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29pl  2  maps,  a  valuable  monograph,  with  des- 
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Mammals  and  Fishes  of  the  Group 1  25 

Evermann,  Birds  of  Carroll  County,  Ind., 
20p 35 

Farr,  Check  List  of  New  York  Birds,  410p- 
50 


Farrington,  Fossil  Egg  from  South  Dakota, 
8p,  2pl 35 

Fisher,  Food  of  Hawks  and  Owls,  statement 
of  stomach  contents  of  over  1000,  22p,(AR'87)  25 

Fihher,  Ornithology'of  the  Death  Valley  Ex- 
pedition of  "91.  Comprising  Notes  on  Birds  Ob- 
served in  So.  Calif..  So.  Nevada  and  parts  of 
Arizona  and  Utah.  1.52p 1  25 

.  Hawks  and  Owls  from  the  Standpoint 

of  the  Farmer.  20p.  3pl 25 

Foster,  A  Consideration  of  Some  Ornitholog- 
ical Literat\ire.  with  Extrao's  from  Cur- 
rent Criticism,  1878,  '83,  54p  N.  Y.  '94 55 

,   Biograp'iical   Sketch  and    Published 

Writings  of  Geo.  N.  Lawrence,  124p.  pi 30 

Goode,  The  Published  Writings  of  Dr.  Chas. 
Girard,  142p  (N.  B.  41) 30 

Goode.  The  Published  Writings  of  Spencer 
Fulleiton  Baird.  1843  82,   377p,  M.  B.  20 60 

Gunn.  Egginsr  Expedition  o  Shoal  Lake. 
Manitoba  in  1867,  6  p,  (S.  R. '67)   85 

Hay,  Breeding  Habits,  Eggs  and  Young  of 
Snakes,  14p 25 

Heerman,  Birds  of  California,  (San  Francisco 
to  Ft.  Yuma,  Pac.  R.  R.  Survey  X)  50p.  7col. 
pi.  4to 1  45 

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tonio, Pac.  R.  R.  X)  12p.  3col,  pi.  4to 60 

Henry,  Smithonian  Circular  Relative  to  Col- 
lections of  Birds  from  Middle  and  South  Amer- 
ica      05 

Henshaw,  Ornithology  of  Nevada,  Utah,  Cali- 
fornia ColoradoNew  Mexico  and  Arizona,  395p 
15  mag.  col,  pi.  4to  3  75 

Holden's  Book  on  Birds,   128p,  ills 25 

Holder,  Birds  of  Illinois,  lOp,  1860 35 

Holder,  Taxidermy,  Directirns  for  Collecting 
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5pl   I5flg 25 

Hough,  Preservation  of  Specimens  from  In- 
sects and  Dampness,  lOp,  (M.  R.  87) 25 

Howell,  Abstract  of  Proceedings  of  Linnisan 
Society  of  New  York  for  year  ending  March, 
'92,   8p 25 

Hurst,  Taxidermists'  Guide.  ICOp.  ills 25 

Jacobs,  Eggs  of  Penna,  Birds  at  World's 
Fair,  lOp.  3pl 35 

,  Summer  Birds  of  Greene    Co.,    Pa., 

16p 35 

Judd,  Four  Common  Birds  of  the  Farm  and 
Garden  (Catbird,  Mockingbird.  Brown  Thrash- 
er, HousM  Wren),  14p,  4flg,  (A.  R.  '95) 20 

Kennerly,  Birds  of  New  Mexico,  (Pac.  R.  R.  X) 
18p.  4col.  pi 90 

Kumlein,  Natural  History  ot  Arctic  America 
(Birds  38p;  Mammals  22p,  etc;)  180p,  (M.  B.  15) 
1  10 


Lattin,  Frank  H.,  The  Oologists'  Handbook, 
1885,  (25)  86p 35 

,   The    Standard    Catalogue    of    North 

American  Birds'  Eggs,  1896,  (25)  74p. 10 

Lawrence.  Birds  of  Dominica,  22p 35 


"Clearance  Sale"  of  Frank  H.  Lattin,  M.  D.,  Albion,  N.  Y. 


,  A  Few  Birds  of  Guadalupe,  etc,  8p.    15 

,  Birds  of  Martinique,   12p_ 25 

Lawrence  &  Sumichrast,  Birds    of    South- 
western Mexico,  56p,  (M.  B.  4) _ 60 

Leverkuhn,  Fremde  Eier  im  Neste,  214p    1  00 

Linton,  Avian  Entozoa,  32p,  4pl 35 

Louck's  Life  History  and  Distribution  of  the 

Prothonotary  Warbler  in  Ills _ 20 

Lucas,  Birds  and  Animals  recently  extinct  or 
threatened  with  extermination,  42p.  lOpl.  6flg. 


,  Tongues  of  Birds,  18p.  SSflg 45 

,  Catalogue  of  S.    A.    Bird    Skeletons 

4p 10 

,  Exploration  in  N.   F.  and  Labrador, 

(after  bones  of  Gt.  Auk.)  20p,  map 30 

,  "Weapons  and  Wings  ofaBirds,  12p,  pi. 

8flg 25 

,  The  Tongues  of    Woodpeckers,    lOp, 

3pl 25 

Maynard's  "Birds  of  Eastern  North  Ameri- 
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25  years  ago  at  818  and  contained  532  pages.  I 
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1900,  OOLOGIST 


Marsh.  Birds  with  Teeth,  44p,  30fig,  4to, 
(G.  S.  Ill) 1  00 

Merriam,  Biological  Reconnoissance  of  Ida- 
ho, 30p,  ornithology  etc 25 

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Mt.  and  Little  Colo.  Regions  of  Ariz.,  Birds 
44p,  3pl  5mps 40 

Merriam,  Introduced  Pheasants,  etc.,  I2p 
(A-  R.  '88) _     ^0 

Merriam.  Report  of  Ornithologist  and  Mam- 
malogist  of  Q.  S.  for '8Simp,  60p 25 

,  Birds  of  Idaho,  with  description  of  a 

New  Owl,  20p,  col,  pi 50 

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Plateau  and  Desert  of  Little  Colo,  and  Grand 
Canon  of  Colo. )  Map  showing  distribution  of 
Lecoute's  Thrasher,  24p 50 

,  Notes  on  4  Bermuda  Birds,  2p 15 

Michener,  Agricultural  Ornithology— Land 
Birds  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  22p,  (A.  R.  63) .^5 

Newton,  Preparation  and  Saving  Parts  of 
the  Skeleton  of  Birds,  5p,  3  fig,  (S.  R.    '60)  ..    20 

Newberry,  Birds  of  Sacramento  Valley  to 
Columbia  River,  (Pac.  R.  R.  Survey  VJ)  38p. 
2col,  pi,  4to 1  25 

Page,  Feathered  Pets,  A.  Treatise  on  the 
Food,  Breeding  and  Care  of  Canaries,  Parrots 
and  Other  Cage  Birds,  14] p.  Ills S5 

Palmer,  T.  S.,  Bird  Day  in  Schools.   4p 10 

Posson,  Some  (27)  Birds  of  Unusual  Occur- 
rence in  Orleans  Co.[N.  Y.   4p 20 

Rey,  Die  Eier  der  ;Vogel  Mithleuropas,  Part 
I.  34p,  5col,  pi.  of  18  full-size  eggs,  eagles,  etc. 
1900 75 

,  Do  do.  Part  II,  16p,  5col,  pi,  of  40  full- 
size  eggs,  Hawks  and  Eagles 75 

Ridgway,  Catalogue  of  Old  World  Birds,  80p 
05 

,  Directions  for  Collecting  Birds,  28p    32 

,  Genus  Sittasomus,  4p 15 

Nomenclature  of    N.   A.    Birds,    94p 


M.  B.  21 


50 


,  Report  of  Dept.  Birds  U.   S. 

Museum  1884-'83,  9  years,  64p 


National 
50 


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Ridgway  et  al,  Biographical  Memoir— Spenc- 
-  -    _     --    g^ 


Fishes, 
_    60 


er  F.  Baird,  42p,  (S.  R 

Ryder,  Embryography  of   Osseous 
150p,  12pl,  (F.  R.  '83) 

Samuels,  Oology  of  New  England  Birds,  45p, 
(A.  R. '64) 75 

Samuels,  Ornithology  and  Mammalogy  of 
New  England,  2Sp,  (A.  R.  '63) 50 

Sharpe,  British  Birds,  part  I,  112p,  llcol.  pi, 
40 


Short,  Birds  of  Western  York,  14p,  1st  ed, 
'93 35 

,  ditto,  2lp,  2d  ed.   '96 10 

Shufeldt,  Taxidermal  Methods  of  Leyden 
Museum.  8p,  6pl  35 

Shufeldt.  Osteology  of  Cathartidse,  80p  12pl, 
46  fig,  (H.  R.  '78) _    75 

Shufeldt,  M.  D.,  R.  W..  Scientific  Taxidermy 
for  Museums,  71  full-page  plates,  57p,  text...!  50 

,  Observations  on  the  Classification  of 

Birds,  16p,    98 20 

.  Osteology  of  'LaniuS'  ludovicianus  ex- 

cubitorides,  lOp,  pi 20 

,  Forms  Assumed  by  the    Patella    of 

Birds,  8p 80 

,  Osteology  of  the  Eremophila.  alpes- 

tris,  30p,  pi 35 

,  Osteology  of  the  N.  A.  Tetraonidse, 

44p,  8pl 60 

- — — ,  Osteology  of  the  Speotyto  cunicularia 
var.  hypogea,  32p,  2pl 40 

Smith,  Birds  of  Warren  Co.  O. ,  with  notes 
and  Supplementary  List  of  Birds  of  Probable 
Occurrence,  30p.  '01 35 

Stearns,  Notes  on  the  Natural  History  of  La_ 
brador,  74p 60 

Stegneger,  Natural  History  Notes  on  Com- 
mander Islds.,  30p 35 

Stegneger,  Notes  on  Japanese  Bii-ds,  24p    35 

Streets,  Natural  History  of  the  Hawaiian 
and  Fanning  Island  and  Lower  California, 
172p,  Wash.,  '72,  M.  B.  7 1  00 

Stevenson.  Birds  and  Mammals  of  Wyoming 
6p  (H.  R.  '79) 25 

Tristram,  Field  Study  in  Ornithology— Dis- 
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on  the  sa*re  spot  as  the  former  oae,  and 
had  four  eggs.    Near  Tarkio,  Mo 

June  18,  1900,  collected  one  set  of  five 
eggs  of  the  Red-headed  Woodpecker  in 
a  hole  in  a  maple  tree  in  a  grove  beside 
the  house  on  a  ranch  some  three  miles 
from  town. 

June  29,  1900,  collected  one  set  of  five 
fggs  (if  the  Ked-headed  Wooapecker 
from  the  same  hole  as  the  set  of  the  18th 
inst. 

July  10,  1900,  collected  one  set  of  four 
eggs  of  f^e  Red-headeil  Woodpecker 
from  the  same  hole  as  sets  of  June  18 
and  29. 

I  have  found  that  the  Red-headed 
Woodpecker  will  do  this  every  time, 
and  the  third  set  generally,  if  not  al- 
ways, consists  of  four  eggs.  Near  Tar- 
kio, N.  W.,  Mo. 

April  19,  1901,  collected  one  set  of  five 
eggs  of  the  Phieoe  from  a  nest  on  a 
beam  under  a  bridge.  (This  is  the  same 
bridge  situated  on  the  same  place  on 
the  same  beam  ?8  wtre  the  sets  of  April 
16  and  May  16,  1897.)  I  replaced  this 
nest,  but  it  was  carried  away  two  days 
la;er  by  high  water. 

June  8,  1901,  collected  one  set  of  five 
eggs  and  nest  of  the  Phoebe  in  the  same 
bridge  and  on  the  same  place  on  the 
beam  as  the  set  of  April  19,  1901.  Four 
eggs  out  of  this  set  (June  8)  were  spot- 
ted, two  heavily  around  the  large  end. 
The  eggs  in  the  set  of  April  19  were  un- 
8p:-tted. 

May  16,  1901,  collected  one  set  of  four 
eggs  of  the  Red-winged  Blackbird  Nest 
situated  six  and  one-half  feet  high  in  a 
small  willow  in  a  creek  bottom. 

May  30,  1901,  while  passing  the  Red- 
wing's nest,  found  the  16th  inst.,  with  a 
friend,  was  more  surprised  to  see  an 
Am.  Robin  sitting  on  the  nest.  On  ex- 
amination we  found  the  nest  contained 
one  egg  and  the  R  bin  had  relired  it 
with  grasses  and  built  the  side  no  about 
one-half  inch  with  mud  and  grass. 
Several  days  later  I  was  passing  and  I 
called  on  Mrs.  Merula  migratoria   and 


found  her  at  home.  The  nest  contained 
four  eggs,  which  I  photographed  and 
left. 

May  30,  1901,  collected  one  set  of  five 
eggs  of  the  Red- winged  Blackbird.  My 
friend,  who  was  with  me,  also  collected 
a  set  of  five  Red-wings.  I  enclose  you 
a  photo  of  same.  These  are  the  only 
sets  of  five  eggs  of  the  Red-wing  which 
have  come  under  my  notice.  The  eggs 
in  both  sets  were  ra'her  smaller  than 
the  average  Red-wing  eggs  and  rather 
sperical.  Both  sets  are  well  marked 
with  sploches  and  streaks  of  black. 

Before  I  close  I  wish  to  thank  Mr. 
Geo.  W.  Vosburgb,  Columbus,  Wis  ,  for 
the  paragraph  in  July  Oologist  where 
he  mentions  about  "The  Chicago  Re- 
cord-Herald," Audubon  series  of  colored 
photographs.  It  has  been  the  means  of 
selling  more  than  one  "Record-Herald" 
here. 

E.  R.  Forrest, 
Washington,  Pa. 


How  Some  Birds  Capture  Their  Prey. 

(Continued  from  August  Number.) 

Among  the  regularly  insectivorous 
birds  the  Whip-poor-will  swallows  the 
largest  insects  of  all;  frequently  engulf- 
ing large  moths  and  beetles  the  siza  of 
the  June  bug.  In  one  bird  that  I  dis- 
sected there  were  over  thirty  insects, 
many  of  which  I  could  identify.  They 
were  of  several  species  and  embraced 
beetles,  moths  and  a  few  dipterous  in- 
sects. While  the  two  Goat-suckers 
known  in  the  great  lake  region,  the 
Whip-poor-will  and  Night  Hawk,  or 
Bull  Bat,  as  it  is  sometimes  called,  feed 
upon  the  larger  insects,  th*!  Chimney 
Swift  only  captures  the  smaller  species, 
relying  mainly  on  the  small  two-winged 
insects,  flies,  'squitoes  and  gnats.  The 
former  birds  dash  upon  their  prey  in 
plunges  and  side-flops,  while  the  Swift 
engulfs  its  food  as  it  rapidly  revolves. 
"The  flight  and  capture  are  quite  sim  lar 


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THE  OOLOGIST 


in  the  movements  of  the  Whip-poor- 
will  and  Night  Hawk  when  the  two 
birds  are  feeding,  but  the  sustained 
flight  of  the  latter  is  quite  different  in 
the  open  from  the  more  curtailed  wing 
movements  of  the  former  in  the  woods. 
I  have  but  rarely  seen  the  Whip-poor- 
will  flying  and  feeding  in  the  day  time, 
though  they  sometimes  do  so  in  the 
nesting  season,  and  I  once  shot  a  speci- 
men which  had  a  crop  full  of  plunder. 
The  Night  Hawk  is  a  well  known  feeder 
during  the  daylight  hours  while  the 
young  are  small  and  I  have  seen  the 
old  birds  feeding  and  shrieking  their 
skeet  as  early  as  two  o'clock  p.  m.  But 
I  have  never  seen  this  habit  of  feeding 
in  broad  daylight  except  when  they 
had  young.  The  Night  Hawk  some- 
times runs,  or  more  properly,  waddles 
about  on  the  ground  in  quest  of  food, 
and  I  have  seen  an  old  bird  gobble  a 
black  cricket  in  broad  daylight.  Once 
the  observance  of  a  rare  sight  was  af- 
forded me  in  a  partial  clearing,  where 
I  beheld  an  old  Night  Hawk  feeding  its 
one  young  one.  This  was  in  the  day 
time  and  the  old  bird  flew  close  to  the 
nest  and  then  scuttled  to  the  little  one, 
which  was  a  fluffy  bit  of  down,  with 
closed  eyes.  The  old  bird  placed  its 
bill  within  the  mouth  of  its  offspring 
and  apparently  regurgitated  the  food 
for  the  young.  This  act  was  repeated 
three  times  in  the  space  of  a  half  min- 
ute, after  which  the  old  bird  closed  its 
eyes  and  both  remained  quiet  on  the 
ground.  I  have  repeatedly  seen  the 
same  act  performed  by  the  Chimney 
Bwift  on  a  nest  in  the  gable  of  the  barn 
where  they  have  nested  continuously 
for  over  thirty  years. 

from  close  observation  I  am  led  to 
think  that  nearly  all  insect-feeding,  as 
well  as  many  other  birds,  feed  their 
young  in  this  manner.  The  Ruby- 
throated  Hummer  is  another  species 
which  macerates  its  food  before  feed- 
ing its  very  young,  and  when  offering 
them  delicacies,  as  honey  and  insects, 


thrusts  its  long  beak  way  down  the 
throats  of  the  nestlings,  in  an  apparent- 
ly aimless  manner,  but  evidently  to  the 
liking  of  the  midgets  in  the  nest.  The 
rapidity  of  movement  in  the  Hummer 
is  remarkable  and  they  could  make 
good  flycatchers  were  it  necessary. 
They  sometimes  catch  flies  upon  the 
wing  and  I  have  seen  them  dart  at 
motes  and  specks  in  the  air  in  sheer 
sport  as  the  trout  snaps  at  specks  in  the 
water  from  mere  wantonness. 

The  question  of  food  of  the  Hummer 
has  been  much  discussed  and  the  idea 
generally  prevails  that  the  Ruby-throat 
visits  the  flowers  for  the  insects  that  are 
attracted  by  the  honey  in  the  flowers. 
This  question  shall  be  discussed  in  an- 
other chapter.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  in 
my  opinion  the  Hummer  makes  the 
same  use  of  the  honey  from  the  flowers 
that  the  Sap-sucker  gets  from  the  sap  of 
the  perforated  bark. 

The  Flycatchers  are  exponents  of  the 
art  of  lightning  dash  and  perform  in  a 
small  way  on  the  insects  the  same  line 
of  work  that  the  Falcons  follow  with  the 
birds  as  prey.  Some,  as  the  small 
Green- crested,  prefer  the  dark  woods 
where  they  are  found  catching  the  small 
dipterous  insects,  while  the  larger  spec- 
ies are  more  open  in  their  depredations 
and  I  have  repeatedly  seen  the  King- 
bird capture,  dissect  and  devour  the 
harvest  flies.  The  most  rangy  insect 
that  I  have  seen  a  Flycatcher  capture 
was  a  dragon  fly,  the  giant  libelula.  The 
insect  knew  its  danger  and  sought  to 
evade  its  destroyer  by  flying  in  a  small 
circle  and  at  a  very  rapid  rate.  The  in- 
telligent insect  used  excellent  judgment 
and  foiled  the  persistent  tryant  for  sev- 
eral seconds.  Round  and  round  they 
went  and  the  bird  did  not  gain  an  inch 
on  the  devil's  darning  needle,  as  we 
boys  used  to  call  these  gavze-winged  in- 
sects, and  I  was  wondering  if  this  rea- 
soning creature  could  manage  to  get 
away  from  its  fierce  enemy,  when  sud- 
denly the  Flycatcher  dashed  across  the 


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139 


circle  nearly  diametrically  and  caughit 
the  unlucky  spindle  amidships. 

Kingbirds  do  not  confine  their  efforts 
to  air  captures,  but  often  plunge  at  a 
grasshopper  on  the  ground.  They  also 
eat  bees  and  are  known  as  Bee  Martins. 
I  once  observed  a  Great-crested  Fly- 
catcher eating  a  hornet,  which  it  had 
captured  from  the  neighborhood  of  a 
paper  hornet's  nest  in  the  woods.  Still 
1  do  not  think  that  many  bees  are 
caught  from  the  hives  of  the  domestic 
bees. 

It  is  not  uncommon  for  the  Barn-yard 
Phoebe  to  feed  from  the  ground,  while  I 
have  seen  one  perch  for  a  moment  on 
the  back  of  a  sheep,  which  caused  me 
to  think  that  this  bird  ate  the  ticks  after 
the  manner  of  the  Cowbird.  All  the  Fly- 
catchers are  our  friends  and  should  be 
protected. 

The  Titlark  and  Horned  Lark  feed 
from  the  ground  and  though  they  are 
very  fair  fliers  and  indulge  in  many  var- 
iations in  flight  at  times,  still  they  are 
ground  feeders  and  do  not  show  off  in 
the  capture  of  their  prey.  The  Crows 
are  very  prosaic  in  the  capture  of  their 
prey,  which  in  the  nature  of  insects 
mainly  consists  of  grasshoppers,  which 
are  caught  upon  the  ground.  Bobolinks 
and  all  Blackbirds  feed  upon  ground 
insects  and  seed  irainly,  and  like  most 
of  the  singers  are  not  interesting  nor 
dashing  in  the  capture  of  their  food. 
Among  the  Sparrows  we  have  few  ex- 
ponents of  the  art  of  capturing  food  on 
the  wing.  I  have  seen  the  Chipping 
Sparrow  seize  a  small  moth  while  flying 
and  have  observed  the  same  proceeding 
in  the  case  of  a  few  others  of  the  family, 
but  all  of  our  Sparrows  are  surpassed 
in  insect  capture  by  that  interloper,  the 
European  House  Sparrow,  which  is  a 
most  persistent  feeder  upon  insects  at 
certain  seasons  and  which  it  catches  on 
the  wing  at  times  with  considerable 
skill. 

Morris  Gibbs,  M.  D. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


Jotting's. 
On  May  7th  Mr.  John  Rittenberg  se- 
cured a  male  specimen  of  the  Cape  May 
Warbler,  Dendroica  tigrina,  and 
brought  the  same  to  our  office,  where  it 
still  remains,  for  identification.  This 
species  is  a  very  rare  migrant  in  Orleans 
County. 


W.  Raine  of  Toronto  spent  the  past 
collecting  season  in  Assinaboia  and  has 
returned  with  photo,  nest,  eggs,  young 
in  down  and  skin  of  rarent  bird  of  the 
Little  Brown  Crane  {Orus  canadensis) — 
valuable  additions  to  his  unique  series 
of  this  species. 


Mr.  Delos  Hatch  of  Oakfield,  Wis.,  an 
old-time  naturalist  and  collector,  writes 
that  he  has  a  live  and  pretty  specimen 
of  the  White  Gopher  (Albino  Striped 
Ground  Squirrel). 


In  a  letter  dated  July  26,  from  Mr.  D. 
H.  Haight,  who  is  summering  in  Hamil- 
ton County,  N.  Y.,  and  who  had  an  ar- 
ticle in  the  January,  1899,  Oologist  on 
"Nesting  of  the  Duck  Hawk  in  Hamil- 
ton County,  New  York."     He  writes: 

"Remember  those  Duck  Hawks  I 
wrote  you  about  onceV  Well,  a  pair 
has  raised  a  brood  in  exactly  the  same 
place  again  ihi«  joar.  Probably  the 
young  of  the  pair  we  shot.  This  morn- 
ing I  was  up  on  the  ledge  and  within 
twenty  feet  of  them— the  old  birds  and 
four  young  just  well  able  to  fly.  I  left 
them  undisturbed,  although  I  could 
have  bagged  the  lot.  They  will  un- 
doubtedly nest  here  next  year  again. 

"It  would  be  a  great  chance  for  some 
museum  if  they  wanted  to  get  up  a  case 
of  this  rare  Hawk,  also  noted  a  Cardi- 
nal Grosbeak  here.  Never  heard  of  one 
so  far  north  before.  Probably  followed 
the  Hudson  River  valley  up  and  thus 
strayed  up  here." 


In  a  letter  of  recent  date  Ernest  Shil- 
labeer,  secretary  and  director  general 


140 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


of  the  Junior  World's  Exposition  to  be 
held  at  Dayton,  O.,  in  September,  a 
more  extended  notice  of  which  we  give 
in  other  columns,  writes: 

"I  enclose  a  slip  advising  you  of  an 
exposition  to  be  held  in  this  association 
Sept.  9th  to  21st,  inclusive.  It  is  gotten 
up  by  boys  under  my  supervision,  and 
is  purely  educational.  It  will  be  very 
extensive.  We  have  already  received 
exhibits  from  Russia,  Jamaica,  France, 
New  Zealand  and  many  states.  Nearly 
every  country  and  state  will  be  repre- 
sented. We  expect  10,000  people  in  the 
two  weeks.  The  boys  would  appreciate 
an  exhibit  from  you  of  such  things  as 
you  would  care  to  send.  It  should  reach 
us  by  Aug.  25th,  so  that  we  can  put  it 
in  the  catalogue,  which  will  be  a  souven- 
ier  and  10,000  issued. 


its  value  in  the  eyes  of  a  Philadelphia 
entomologist.  The  ornithologist  or  en- 
tomologist who  collects  specimens  with- 
out keeping  at  least  locality  and  date  of 
capture  is  a  back  number." 


Mr.  Philip  Laurent  of  Philadelphia, 
to  whom  we  recently  sent  specimens  of 
the  Great  Gray  and  Hawk  Owls,  which 
were  obtained  during  the  winter  of  '95- 
'96,  from  Red  Deer  River  country.  Al- 
berta, and  for  which  we  could  furnish 
no  further  data,  writes  amply,  timely 
and  tersely  as  follows: 

'I  am  sorry  that  you  can't  give  me  a 
little  more  data  concerning  the  two 
Owls.  1  have  nothing  to  complain  of  as 
regards  the  mounting  of  the  two  speci- 
mens, although  I  think  I  could  have 
done  a  little  better  work  with  the  Great 
Gray.  In  my  opinion,  the  man  who  col- 
lects a  bird  skin  as  rare  as  the  Great 
Gray  Owl  or  the  Hawk  Owl,  and  does 
not  take  down  full  data  (sex  by  dissec- 
tion, such  measurements  as  can  not  be 
well  taken  from  a  dry  skin;  as  well  as 
determining  the  contents  of  the  stom- 
ach, locality  and  date  of  capture)  should 
have  at  least  three  months  in  jail.  There 
are  quite  a  few  ornithologists  whom  it 
would  pay  to  visit  some  of  the  active 
"field  entomologists"  of  Philadelphia, 
and  see  with  what  care  they  label  their 
specimens.  An  insect  without  exact 
locality  and  date  of  capture  loses  half 


The  booklet  sent  out  by  Mr.  Silas  H. 
Paine  of  the  Silver  Bay  Hotel,  Silver 
Bay,  N.  Y.,  mentions  "three  unique  at- 
tractions," which  ought  to  make  Silver 
Bay  headquarters  for  the  naturalist  and 
collector  when  in  the  Lake  George  re- 
gion. 

"The  flora  of  Lake  George:— Nature 
study  is  becoming  very  popular.  No 
better  place  can  be  found  for  it  than 
the  shores  of  Lake  George.  It  is  won- 
derfully rich  in  wild  flowers,  ferns  and 
mosses.  A  lady  guest  of  the  Silver  Bay 
Hotel,  arriving  on  the  noon  boat,  found 
over  fifty  varieties  of  wild  flowers  that 
afternoon. 

"A  large  room  has  been  devoted  to  a 
collection  of  'The  flora  of  Lake  George' 
— not  pressed  in  books  in  the  old-fash- 
ioned way — but  placed  in  frames,  like 
pictures,  along  the  walls,  where  they 
can  be  easily  examined  and  studied. 

"The  fauna  of  Lake  George:— A  whole 
building  is  devoted  to  a  rare  collection 
of  the  birds  and  animals  to  be  found  in 
this  region,  nearly  300  specimens,  each 
bird  with  its  nest  and  eggs  and  young, 
surrounded  by  the  foliage  in  which  it 
makes  its  home,  and  each  animal  in  the 
same  way — in  its  natural  surroundings. 
This  work  has  been  done  by  a  skillful 
naturalist  and  is  of  g'-eat  interest,  not 
only  to  the  student,  but  to  all  lovers  of 
birds  and  animals. 

"The  history  of  Lake  George:— There 
is  no  spot  of  equal  length  in  America 
that  has  been  so  many  times  fought  over 
as  the  shores  of  Lake  i&eorge.  The  relics 
of  these  old  wars — arrowheads,  spears, 
tomahawks,  cannon  balls,  bayonets, 
muskets  and  all  the  paraphernalia  of 
the  camp  and  battlefield— are  turned 
up  by  the  plow,  or  fished  up  from  the 
bottom  of  the  lake.  Two  rooms  have 
been  devoted  to  a  collection  of  these 
historical  relics  and  the  portraits  of  the 
French,  English.  Indian  and  American 
soldiers  who  have  fought  here. 

With  these  collections  are  also  gath- 
ered the  books  pertaining  to  them,  so 
that  the  amateur  and  the  student  can 
find  all  the  helps  necessary  for  their 
use." 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


141 


New  Books- 

The  Home  Life  of  Wild  Birds.  A 
new  method  of  the  Study  and  Photo- 
graphy of  Birds.  By  Francis  H.  Her- 
rick,  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York, 
4to,  cloth,  gilt  top,  168p,  with  141  illus- 
trations from  original  photographs  from 
nature  by  the  author,  $3.50  net. 

This  is  unquestionably  one  of  the 
most  valuable  "Bird  Books"  of  the  year, 
not  only  for  the  working  bird  student, 
but  will  be  equally  prized  by  the  ama- 
teur, the  "Audubonian"  and  the  scien- 
tific and  exclusive  A.  O.  U.  man.  A 
most  happy  combination:  A  necessity, 
elegant  for  presentation  purposes,  un- 
surpassed for  the  bird  lover's  parlor 
table.  The  market  has  been  flooded 
with  "bird  books"  and  yet  the  publish- 
ers of  this  volume  claim  a  place  for  it  at 
the  fore-front  of  such  publications;  it 
admits  of  no  competitor:  all  this  be- 
cause of  the  fact  that  Mr.  Herrick  has 
perfected  an  invention  that  brings  the 
birds  beneath  his  eye,  and  beneath  the 
eye  of  his  camera,  in  a  way  hitherto  un- 
heard of.  At  an  actual  distance  of 
about  two  feet  from  the  nest,  the  author 
and  his  camera  stand.  From  that  point 
of  vantage  they  watch  and  record 
every  movement  of  the  bird  family 
The  domestic  economy  of  nest  life  be- 
comes a  practical  science,  to  be  set 
down  on  paper  by  pen  and  picture  for 
the  practical  needs  of  the  scientist  and 
for  the  delight  of  the  lay  lover  of  na- 
ture. 

The  Woodpeckebs.  By  Fannie  Hardy 
Eckstorm,  Houghton,  Miffiin  and  Com- 
pany, Boston.  Illustrated  with  five  c  )1- 
ored  plates  by  Louis  Agassiz  Fuertes 
and  21  drawings  by  John  L.  Ridgway, 
square  12mo,  140p,  $1.00. 

A  comprehensive  account  of  a  single 
family  of  birds  distributed  throughout 
North  America;  accurate  and  orderly, 
yet  written  so  as  to  stimulate  original 
observation  and  intelligent  study  among 
young  people.  The  author  has  made 
an  exhaustive  study  of  the  structure  and 
habits  of  the  Woodpecker  and  of  his 
tools— bill,  foot,  tongue,  and  tail— con- 


cluding that  he  is  a  miner  instead  of  a 
carpenter  as  generally  supposed.  The 
book  is  informing  in  contents  and  ani- 
mated in  style,  and  is  certain  to  interest 
boys  and  girls  in  the  study  of  bird  life 
on  their  own  account. 

EvERYDAT  Birds.  Elementary  Stud- 
ies. By  Bradford  Torrey,  Houghton, 
Mifflin  and  Company,  Boston.  Illus- 
trated with  12  colored  plates  from  Au- 
dubon and  2  from  photographs,  square 
12mo,  112p,  $1.00. 

"Everyday  Birds"  is  a  collection  of 
sketches  of  a  number  of  well-known 
birds,  some  biographical,  and  others 
general,  in  character.  The  volume  is 
really  an  interesting  bird-study  book, 
written  in  a  manner  to  interest  children 
and  older  people  in  birds  and  bird-life. 
The  illustrations  include  twelve  colored, 
plates  from  Audubon — the  first  consid- 
erable reproduction  of  the  colored  draw- 
ings from  the  "Birds"  of  that  author. 
Mr.  Torrey  combines  entire  scientific 
accuracy  with  much  literary  charm,  and 
readers  of  all  ages  will  find  it  delight- 
fully interesting. 

Bird  Day,  How  to  Prepare  for  It. 
By  Charles  A.  Babcock,  L.  L.  B.,  Silver, 
Burdett  &  Company,  New  York,  square 
12mo,  cloth,  96p,  16  page  illustrations 
of  common  birds,  50c.  * 

As  the  author  states:  "The  aim  of 
this  book  is  to  assist  school  children  in 
the  accurate  study  of  a  few  birds.  It  is 
believed  that  if  this  be  attained,  further 
study  of  birds  will  take  care  of  itself." 
It  contains  chapters  on  History  of  the 
Movement  of  "Bird  Day,"  The  Value  of 
Birds,  The  Destruction  of  Birds,  Plan 
of  Study,  Further  Suggestions,  Direct- 
ions for  Written  Work,  Programs  for 
Bird  Day,  The  Poets  and  the  Birds,  Ob- 
jects and  Results  of  Bird  Day,  and  Some 
Representative  Birds,  (note?,  descrip- 
tions and  illustrations  of  sixteen  com- 
mon species.) 

Tabby's  Defense.  By  Harriet  EU'ot, 
Abbey  Press,  New  York,  illustrated, 
cloth,  12mo,  42p,  50c. 

The  autobiography  of  a  cat  told  in 
simple  language  with  a  view  to  enlist- 
ing the  sympathy  of  children  on  behalf 


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of  dumb  animals,  and  helpinj?  them  to 
realize  the  responsibility  which  the 
human  race  incurred  when  they  received 
the  Divine  commission  to  rule  over  the 
animal  world  by  mercy,  and  not  by  ag- 
gression. The  interest  of  the  story  is 
enhanced  by  illustrations  depicting  the 
various  scenes  of  trial  and  prosperity 
which  Tabby  describes. 

Bobtail  Dixie.  By  Abbie  N.  Smith, 
Abbey  Press,  New  York,  12mo,  154p, 
cloth,  profusely  illustrated,  $1.00. 

Lovers  of  dogs  (and  their  name  is  leg- 
ion) have  a  treat  in  this  book.  The  il- 
lustrations which  accompany  it  speak 
as  often  and  as  loudly  as  the  dog  him- 
self. The  pictures  alone  are  worth 
more  than  the  price.  As  the  biography 
of  a  bow-wow,  the  book  is  of  great  value, 
while  its  different  teachings  with  regard 
to  the  treatment  of  animals  will  find  a 
place  in  every  library  and  every  school. 
The  author  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
the  production  of  a  work  which  is  so 
unique,  entertaining  and  instructive. 

Cat  Tales  in  Vekse.  By  Elliot 
Walker,  Abbey  Press,  New  York,  8vo, 
48p,  daintily  bound  in  cloth,  50c. 

The  multitudious  friends  (young  and 
old)  of  cats  will  welcome  in  this  book 
an  absokitely  new  thing  under  the  sun. 
Here  they  will  find  the  mioaus  of  their 
favorites  set  in  rhyme.  Owners  of  cats 
and  these  feline  animals  themselves  owe 
the  author,  Mr.  Elliot  Walker,  a  unani- 
mous vote  of  thanks.  The  verses  are 
unique  and  admirably  done.  The  cover 
is  designed  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Rowe  and  is 
very  characteristic.  Many  of  these 
rhymes  are  of  a  high  order  of  merit. 
None  of  them  are  mere  jingles.  There 
are  both  wit  and  wisdom  in  the  lines. 


EXPOSITION  COMPLETE 

Great  Throngs  Enjoy  the  Fan-AmericaQ . 

Ample   Accommodations     in   Buffalo  for 
All  Who  Visit  the  New  World's  Fair. 

The  Pan-American  Exposition  is 
complete.  Its  transcendent  beauties 
and      comprehensive       exhibits      are 


viewed,  enjoyed  and  prnised  by  great 
throngs  daily. 

There  are  accommodations  in  Buffalo 
and  its  suburbs  for  all  who  may  visit 
the  Exposition.  The  rates  at  the  ho- 
tels, boarding  hoases,  restaurants  and 
private  houses  for  lodging  and  meals 
are  reasonable. 

These  statements  are  made  on  the 
authority  of  the  Exposition  officials 
with  a  view  of  counteracting  as  far  as 
possible  false  and  misleading  reports 
which  have  gained  currency  in  certain 

localities. 

Hundreds  of  thousands  of  fair-mind- 
ed appreciative  people  have  visited  the 
Exposition  and  returned  to  their  homes 
delighted  with  the  show  and  their  ac- 
commodations. Their  words  of  com- 
mendation will  go  far  toward  correct- 
ing the  evil.  No  other  exposition  has 
offered  so  many  fine  attractions  Never 
before  has  human  interest  been  so 
graciously  catered  to.  The  illumina- 
tion is  the  grandest  and  most  inspiring 
spectacle  ever  produced  by  the  genius 
of  man.  Bathed  in  incandescent  radi- 
ance the  Rainbow  City  posesses  a 
beauty  exceeding  that  of  fairyland,  a 
loveliness  beyond  expression. 

By  day  the  scene  is  one  never  to  be 
forgotten.  Unequal  is  the  most  fanci- 
ful pen  to  an  adequate  description  of 
the  magnificent  architecture  and  beau- 
tiful coloring  of  the  palaces,  grand 
sculpture,  cooling  fountains,  smiling 
lakes,  wealth  of  flora,  waving  foliage 
and  grass  covered  glades,  delightful 
vistas,  and  rising  high  above  all  else — 
its  pinnacle  piercing  the  low-lying 
clouds — a  tower  of  graceful  proportions 
and  amazing  splendor,  upon  and  about 
which  the  newest  and  grandest  ideas  of 
genius  are  fittingly  exploited. 

Mr.  Arthur  C.  Pearson,  the  well- 
known  publisher  of  newspapers  and 
periodicals  of  London,  Eng.,  who  re- 
cently visited  the  Exposition,  said:  "I 
much  enjoyed  my  day  at  the  Exposi- 
tion, which  struck  me  as  being  very 
fine.  The  lighting  effects  at  night  are 
simply  marvelous.  I  never  saw  any- 
thing like  them,  which  is  hardly  to  be 
wondered  at  as  there  has  never  been 
anything  like  them  to  be  seen." 

Here  are  the  expressions  of  a  number 
of  distinguished  Americans: 

United  States  Senator  Thomas  C. 
Piatt  of  New  York:  "It  is  wonderful, 
very  wonderful." 


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143 


Secretary  of  War  Elihu  Root:  "It  is 
a  splendid  exposition,  worthy  of  being 
seen  by  the  whole  world." 

Governor  Richard  Yates  of  Illinois: 
"If  Paradise  has  anything  more  beauti- 
ful than  the  Pan-American  Exposition 
has  when  illuminated,  I  can't  conceive 
of  it." 

Passing  from  the  enchanted  courts 
into  the  splendid  palaces  one  reads  in 
the  comprehensive  exhibits  the  storv  of 
development  and  progress  in  the  New 
World  during  the  Nineteenth  Century, 
vast  discovery,  stupendous  invention, 
marvelous  advancement,  which  consti- 
tute an  example  never  before  furnished 
in  the  revolution  of  time. 

Buffalo  is  amply  prepared  to  accom- 
modate all  who  come  to  the  Exposition. 
The  rates  are  reasonable.  The  report 
that  the  hotels  are  charging  $5  to  $10  a 
day  for  single  rooms  is  uttery  absurd. 
These  charges  are  for  magnificent 
suites  with  extraordinary  conveniences 
at  one  or  two  hotels  There  are  scores 
of  hotels  where  the  charges  for  rooms 
are  $1  to  $2  per  day.  At  the  mammoth 
hotels  near  the  Exposition  the  charge 
for  lodging,  breakfast  and  evening  din- 
ner is  but  $2  50  and  $2  a  day.  The 
charges  at  downtown  hotels  are  as 
reasonable. 

There  are  upwards  of  200  hotels  in 
Buffalo,  with  accommodations  for  45, 
000  people.  There  are  650  boarding 
boarding  and  rooming  houses,  accom- 
modating 18.500.  More  than  10.000 
householders  have  opened  their  homes 
and  will  provide  accommodations  for 
more  than  100,000.  The  rates  are  50c 
to  $2  per  day. 

In  a  mnjority  of  the  boarding  houses 
and  at  many  private  houses  lodging 
and  breakfast  are  to  be  had  for  $1.00. 

To  sum  up  the  situation,  Buffalo  and 
its  environs  are  capable  of  accommo- 
dating nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million 
visitors  in  a  comfortable  manner  and 
at  rearonable  rates. 

It  is  well  when  convenient  for  the 
intending  visitor  to  make  arrangements 
for  accommodations  in  advance.  The 
Pan-American  Official  Bureaa  of  In- 
formation. 213  Ellicott  Square,  Buffalo, 
will  furnish  all  necessary  information, 
including  lists  of  places  where  lodgings 
may  be  engaged,  with  prices,  and  a  list 
of  reliable  rooming  agencies  and  frater- 
nal order's  information  bureaus. 

There  are  plenty  of  restaurants 
where  good  service  is  given  at  reason- 
able prices.  There  are  places  on  the 
Midway  where  a  good  lunch  can   be 


had  for  20  cents  and  a  satisfactory  din- 
ner for  35  cents. 

Admission  to  all  the  exhibits  build- 
ings of  the  Exposition  is  free.  In  this 
group  are  included  the  great  Govern- 
ment, Machinery  and  Liberal  Arts, 
Electricity,  Fine  Arts,  Horticultural, 
Mines,  Graphic  Arts,  Ordinance,  Agri- 
cultural and  Heavy  Railway  Exhibits 
Building,  in  which  the  visitor  might 
spend  with  profit  to  himself  several 
days.  The  great  Stadium  in  which 
sports  are  held  daily,  is  also  free. 

Nowhere  before  have  so  many  mer- 
itorious attractions  been  offered  for-the 
sum  of  50  cents  for  adults  and  25  cents 
for  children  as  at  the  Pan-American 
Exposition.  These  include,  daily  con- 
certs by  the  best  bands  on  the  Western 
Hemisphere,  organ  recitals  by  the  lead- 
ing organists  of  the  United  States,  and 
drills  by  United  States  Marines,  U.  S. 
Heavy  Artillery,  U.  S.  Life  Saving 
Corps,  and  U.  S.  Hospital  Corps. 
There  are  grand  displays  of  fireworks 
on  special  days. 

Elbeet  L.  Lewis. 


A  NOVELTY! 

In  the  way  of  International  Expositions. 
Boys  Imitate  Their  Elders  in    an    Inter- 
esting Enterprise. 

Dayton,  Ohio  to  be  the  site  of  a  Display 

of  the  Products  of  many  States  and 

Countries. 

The  "Juniors"  of  the  Dayton,  Ohio, 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
have  inaugurated  a  genuine  novelty  in 
the  way  of  Exposition  propositions. 
The  boys  cf  all  lands,  and  their  older 
friends,  are  invited  to  contribute  speci- 
mens of  the  natural  products  of  their 
respective  neighborhoods  for  exhibition 
at  Dayton  during  two  weeks  in  Septem- 
ber. 

The  responses  have  been  so  generous 
that  this  Junior  World's  Exposition 
scheme  has  outgrown  the  original 
thought  of  the  youthful  promoters,  and 
is  becoming  quite  an  extensive  affair. 

In  the  beginning  an  Exposition  com- 
pany was  formed,  the  shares  selling 
solely  to  members  of  the  Dayton  Junior 
Department,  an  organizition  of    boys 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


from  twelve  to  seventeen  years  of  age, 
some  three  hundred  in  number.  Dis- 
posing of  the  entire  capital  stock  at 
par,  the  company  organized  with  a  full 
corps  of  oflBcers  and  committees  in  the 
most  approved  fashion.  Among  the 
committees  for  preliminary  work  are 
the  following:  Care  of  Exhibits- 
Frank  Congdon,  Ralph  Niedergall, 
Carl  Congdon;  Signs  and  Posters- 
Julius  Tafel,  Charlie  Wilson;  Photo- 
graphs —  Robert  Pape;  Decoration — 
Everson  Welliver.  George  Ohmart; 
Correspondence— Carl  Starkey,  Frank 
Hale.  Ihis  last  committee  is  receiving 
much  assistance  from  one  of  the  local 
commercial  colleges,  whose  students 
are  furnishing  many  typewritten  letters 
for  the  boys.  Secretary  Ernest  Shilla- 
beer,  of  the  Junior  Department,  is 
serving  as  director  general. 

Upon  completing  the  organization, 
letters  were  immediately  sent  out  to 
many  lands,  asking  for  grasses,  leaves, 
shells  and  similar  specimens  easily  ob- 
tainable by  a  boy.  Unthreshed  grains, 
crude  spices,  nuts  and  cotton  balls, 
as  gathered  in  forest  and  fie'd,  were 
solicited,  together  with  minera's  and 
other  products  of  the  under-world. 

The  earlier  replies  were  so  cordial, 
and  gave  promise  of  exhibits  so  far  be- 
yond the  original  expectation  of  the 
lads  that  they  ha'^e  been  led  to  seek  a 
more  representative  and  elaborate  col- 
lection. All  answers  received  are  fa- 
vorable endorsements  of  the  idea  and 
assurances  of  hearty  cooperation. 

The  boys  of  Brussels  wrote:  "Be  as- 
sured -that  we  shall  do  our  utmost  to 
let  our  small  Belgium  shine  in  your 
gigantic  America."  An  ostrich  egg 
mounted  on  an  orange-wood  stand  has 
already  been  received  from  the  famous 
California  farm. 

The  boys  of  the  Dayton  Manual 
Training  School  are  preparirg  a  beauti- 
ful piece  of  parquetry,  consisting^  of 
specimens  of  every  obtainable  variety 
of  wood  native  to  Ohio.  Hazelton,  Pa. 
will  exhibit  a  model  coal  bunker,  show- 
ing the  manner  of  handling  a  natural 
product  Marseilles  will  exhibit  pro- 
ducts of  the  historic  Riviera  Two 
dozen  countries  and  islands,  together 
with  many  states  of  the  Union,  will  be 
represented,  according  to  the  latest 
returns 

This  first  exhibition  of  its  kind- 
managed  by  boys  in  the  interest    of 


boys,  —it  is  hoped  will  add  definitely 
to  the  attractiveness  of  geographical 
study  by  the  bo  s  of  Ohio,  many  of 
whom  will  be  privileged  to  inspect  the 
exhibits.  Many  other  boys,  reading  of 
this  Dayton  eft'ort,  may  fee  new  inter- 
est in  the  study  of  places  and  products, 
and  in  distant  lands  will  start  small 
collections  or  exhibitions  in  their  homes 
or  schools.  Practical  and  fascinating 
business  lessons  will  be  learned  by  the 
boys  taking  this  new  form  of  corres- 
pondence study  under  the  tutelage  of 
the  Dayton  managers.  The  first  con- 
sideration of  the  original  request  and 
the  weighty  problems  involved,  the 
subsequent  correspondence  with  head- 
quarters in  America,  the  planning  nec- 
essary to  give  their  respective  States 
and  countries  creditable  showing,  the 
preparation  of  the  exhibit,  the  study  of 
packing  and  shipping  methods,  and  the 
dealings  with  customs  officials,  will  be 
of  real  value  to  the  youngsters,  who 
may  some  day  participate  in  Vnore  am- 
bitious international  shows.  Then,  too. 
there  is  a  hope  that  the  successful  con- 
duct of  the  affair  may  direct  attention 
to  work  for  hoys  among  those  who 
have  the  world's   betterment   at   heart. 

A  striking  educaMonal  feature  of  the 
Exposition  will  be  a  huge  map  of  the 
world,  to  be  worked  out  by  the  Dayton 
lads.  The  spices  of  Ceylon,  the  tea  of 
China,  and  the  cotton  of  the  South  will 
be  mounted  on  this  unique  map, 
together  with  the  characteristic  pro- 
ducts of  other  States  and  nations.  "This 
alone  will  be  worth  the  price  of  admis- 
sion." 

The  bureau  of  publicity  is  offering  a 
series  of  prizes  for  posters  in  water- 
colors,  to  be  submitted  by  pupils  in  the 
grammar  grades  of  the  public  schools. 
These  posters  may  be  of  any  size,  shape 
or  design,  and  shall  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Exposition  Company,  to  be 
used  in  advertising  the  show.  The 
posters  entered  in  the  competition  will 
form  an  interesting  preliminary  ex- 
hibit, to  be  held  during  the  early  sum- 
mer. 

The  boy  managers  propose  loaning 
the  World's  Exposition  intact  fcr  ex- 
hibition in  other  cities.  In  such  cases 
the  local  Y.  M.  C.  A.  or  other  organ- 
ized body  interested  in  boys  will  be 
favored  with  the  manngement. 

Young  people  or  others  desirous  of 
exhibiting  specimens  in  September 
should  address  Director-General  Junior 
Junior  World's  Exposition,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  for  further  particulars. 


The  Oologist. 

A  MONTHLY  PUBLICATION  DEVOTED  TO 

OOLOGY,  ORNITHOLOGY  AND  TAXIDERMY. 


VOL.  XVIII.  NO.  10.        ALBION,  N.  Y.,  OCTOBER,  1901.         Whole  No.  181 


Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

Brief  special  announcements,  "Wants,'  "Exchanges"  "For  Sales,"  Inserted  In  this  department 
.lor  25c  per  2.=j  words.  Notices  over  25  words,  charged  at  the  rate  of  one-half  cent  per  each  additional 
word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  ca^h  u  lib  order. 

Strictly  Flrst-claas  specimens  will  be  accepted  In  payment  at  one-third  list  rates. 


IMPORTANT. 


What's  Your  Number? 

Examine  the  number  following  your  name 
on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

No.  181  your  subscription  expires  with  this  issue 
183      •'  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

190     "  "  "  "    June,  1902 

195     "  "  "  "      Dec.    " 

Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

This  Oct.  Oologist  was  is- 
sued Oct.  16th.  The  Nov.  is- 
sue will  be  printed  on  Oct.  30.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
mail. 

WANTE  D :— To  exchange,  one  guitar  and  case 
in  good  order,  nearly  new  [cash  price  eleven 
dollars]  for  bird  skins  or  sea  curios.  G.  A. 
DECKER,  Ludington.  Mich. 

FOR  EXCHANGE :— A  collection  of  Alcohol- 
ic Specimens,  "Scientifically  named"  I  want 
arrow  points,  minerals  shells,  and  U.  S. 
Stamps  not  in  my  collection.  W.  J.  ENG- 
LAND, Caro,  Mich. 

OLD  COINS,  Stamps,  Stamp  Papers,  a  few 
fine  mammal  skins  with  skull  and  leg  bones, 
etc.  to  exchange  for  bird  skins  and  eggs.  AL- 
FRED ANDERSON,  Box  59,  Downs,  Kan. 

FOR  EXCHANGE.— One  brand  new  copy  of 
Apgar's  --Birds  of  U.  S."  (cost  $3.U0)  for  Row- 
ley's Taxidermy  In  good  condition.  Address, 
ROBT.  W.  GLENN,  Wooster.  Ohio. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Complete  volumes  of  Bird 
Lore,  Condor,  Osprey  and  Mineral  Collector, 
half-dollars  of  1806,  1808,  1809,  1811  and  1814,  fine 
condition.  Wanted  first  class  sets.  E.  A. 
DOOLITTLE  Painesville,  Ohio. 

FOR  SALE  or  EXCHANGE  —Capen's  Oology 
of  New  England,  new:  100  Eastern  bird  skins; 
35  mounted  small  birds;  350  back  numbers  Ool- 
ogist, Osprey,  Museum,  etc. ;  800  Philatelic 
magazines;  Grav's  botany;  Coues  Key,  third 
edition.  Will  sell  any  o'  above  cheap  or  ex- 
change for  stamps.  GEO.  D.  FRENCH,  Ivory- 
ton,  Conn. 


WANTED.— For  cash  or  exchange.  Most  any 
number  of  The  Audubon  Magazine,  Birds  and 
All  Nature  or  The  Taxidermist.  Can  offer  var- 
ious stamp  and  curio  papers;  also  some  singles 
of  cheaper  eggs.  HOWARD  E.  BISHOP, 
Sayrc,  Pa. 

WANTED  for  cash.  Sets  of  335,  332  and  343 
or  will  trade  R.  P.  SHARPLES,  West  Ches- 
ter, Pa 

FOR  SALE.— For  best  offer  in  cash.  One 
long  Seth  Thomas  "Grandfather"  clock  with  a 
revolutionary  history,  confederate  money  and 
bonds.    Mrs.  M.  F.  SKEEN.  Farmer.  N.  C 

WILL  EXCHANGE  fine  Mexican  opals  for 
seeds  or  botanical  specimens.  Send  specimens 
and  25  cents  to  pay  custom  house  charges  and 
I  will  send  opal  by  return  mall.  R.  BURN- 
HAM,  Box  83,  Nogales.  Arizona. 

TO  EXCHANGE.— Arrowheads  and  coins  for 
eggs  in  sets,  many  common  varieties  wanted. 
Send  lists.    J.  B.  NEWTON,  Unionville,  Ct. 

FOR  SALE:— 4x5  Hawkeye  Gamera,  3  plate 
holders,  cost  $24;  1  copy  British  and  European 
Butterflies  and  Moths,  new;  30  colored  plates; 
165  cigarette  and  gum  pins ;  10  campaign  pins 
and  buttons ;Oologists  and  Scientific  American; 
200  or  300  ciearette  pictures;  1  baseball  mitt. 
All  to  be  sold  for  highest  cash  price.  FRANK 
E.  STOCK  WELL,  L,ancaster,  N.  H. 


TO  EXCHANGE.— A  lot  of  fine  bird  skins  for 
Bendire's  Lite  History  or  Capen's  Oology. 
FRED  FREY,  428  Decatur  St.,  Sandusky,  O. 

FOR  EXCHANGE  in  December.— Sets,  86. 
133,  273  294a,  333,  339b  365,  373,  375d,  378,  393d, 
394a.  397,  407,  413,  4.5U.  458  7-27,  710a,  7.53.  Singles, 
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The  Food  Supply  of  the  Catbird. 
By  C.  C.  Purdum,  M    D. 


The  Catbird  (Oaleoscoptes  carolinen- 
sis),  breeds  in  the  greater  part  of  North 
America.  Its  range  extending  from 
the  Atlantic  Seaboard  to  British  Colum- 


bia, and  from  the  British  Provinces, 
southward  to  the  southern  boundry  of 
the  United  States.  It  is  found  most 
plentifully  in  the  Transition  and  Upper 
Astral  Zones  of  the  eastern  United 
States  and  generalUy  rears  two  broods 
in  a  season  throughout  the  most  of  its 
range. 

Although  fond  of  the  society  of  man, 
in  many  places  it  is  not  appreciated, 
and  is  subject  to  persecution,  through 
the  mistaken  idea  that  it  is  a  fruit 
stealer,  as  well  as  for  its  plaintive  feline 
call.  However,  examinations  of  the 
contents  of  the  stomachs  of  these  birds, 
show  that  at  least  one-half  of  the  fruit 
that  it  eats,  is  wild,  and  that  fully  a 
third  of  the  entire  food  is  composed  of 
insects  which  are  more  or  less  detri- 
mental to  the  farmers'  interest,  and 
which  yearly  cause  heavy  losses  to  the 
country.  The  good  accomplished  in 
this  manner  fully  counterbalances  what 
harm  it  dots  by  appropriating  a  few 
cherries  and  strawberries.  The  reports 
received  from  observers  in  the  central 
states,  show  that  the  damage  done  by 
catbirds  in  that  locality  is  much  great- 
er than  along  the  seaboard,  but  when 
we  take  into  consideration  the  fact, 
that  in  the  central  part  of  the  United 
States,  wild  fruits  are  much  more 
scarce,  than  along  the  seaboard,  the 
reason  is  perfectly  apparent.  This 
would  perhaps  account  for  the  differ- 
ence of  opinion  in  regard  to  the  use- 
fulness of  this  bird,  between  the  west- 
ern and  eastern  observers.  Experi- 
ments to  establish  facts  in  connection 
with  the  controversy,  have  been  con- 
ducted by  the  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  and  show  conclusively 
that  catbirds  prefer  mulberries  to 
strawberries  and  cherries,  and  in  those 
localities  where  the  latter  are    abun- 


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dant,  they  amy  easily  be  protected  by 
planting  the  Russian  Mulberry,  which 
grows  luxuriantly,  in  hen  yards  and 
runs,  serving  the  double  purpose  of 
affording  excellent  food  for  the  hens, 
and  attracting  the  birds  from  the  mar- 
ket fruit.  Buckthorn,  wild  grape,  dog- 
wood, wild  cherries,  and  elder,  are  'ilso 
much  sought  for  by  the  catbird  and 
will  be  taken  in  preference  to  the  culti- 
vated fruit  wherever  it  can  be  procured. 

The  catbird  arrives  from  the  South, 
early  in  May  and  consequently  is 
obliged  to  subsist  on  other  than  ripe 
fruit  for  its  vegetable  diet.  Until  the 
time  when  the  fruits  ripen  however, 
the  greater  part  of  its  diet  consists  of 
insects,  of  which  ants,  May  beetles, 
thousand  legs,  prfdaceous  ground 
beetles,  and  caterpillars,  form  the  bulk. 
Even  at  this  time  however,  the  bird 
will  consume  large  quantities  of  last 
years  smilax,  sumach,  etc.  which  have 
been  exposed  throughout  the  winter. 
During  the  greater  part  of  June,  the 
same,  or  nearly  the  same,  conditions 
pertain,  but  as  the  weather  becomes 
warmer  and  the  vegetation  increases 
the  vegetable  diet  increases  also.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  sea'on,  the  grass- 
hoppers and  crickets  do  not  form  a 
large  article  of  consumption,  but  as 
June  advances,  they  are  consumed  in 
great  numbers.  After  the  last  week  of 
June  the  number  cf  these  insects  con- 
sumed is  insignificant.  The  same  is 
true  of  the  May  beetle  consumption, 
which  increases  from  the  1st  to  the  20th 
of  June  and  then  rapidly    decreases. 

The  vegetable  diet  is  greatly  in  ex- 
cess after  the  first  of  J  uly,  and  from 
the  1st  to  the  the  25th,  the  ratio  is  4  to  1. 
During  this  time  the  fruit  is  most  abun- 
dant, and  the  catbirds  erjoy  the  har- 
vest to  the  limit.  During  this  time 
only  about  two  per  cent,  of  the  food 
consists  of  caterpillars  and  beetles. 
In  their  winter  homes,  these  birds, 
while  probably  preferring  fruits  and 
insects,   are  forced  to  make   many   a 


meal  from  fr  zen  berries  and  hiberna- 
ting insects,  which  in  the  spring  fol- 
lowing wou  d  awaken,  to  lay  countless 
numbers  of  eggs  which  would  hatch  in- 
to hungry  and  voracif^us  larvae,  cap- 
able of  each  day  consuming  more  than 
their  own  weight  of  garden  plants. 
The  number  of  stomachs  examined  of 
this  bird  were  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
two,  and  were  from  specimens  taken 
as  far  north  as  Maine  and  as  far  south 
as  Florida,  and  covering  a  p*riod  ex- 
tending from  March  to  December.  The 
examination  has  shown  that  of  the  ani- 
mal food  of  the  catbird,  the  beetles  and 
ants  form  the  principal  part.  Smooth 
caterpillars,  crickets  and  grasshoppers 
are  next  in  importance,  while  centi- 
pedes, thousand  legs,  bugs  and  spiders 
are  not  found  in  such  large  quantities, 
but  nevertheless  are  constantly  met 
with.  The  constant  occurence  of 
thousand  legs  in  the  stomach  of  the 
catbird,  leads  one  to  suppose  that  they 
are  particularly  relished,  but  owing  to 
their  abode,  living  as  they  do  for  the 
most  part  under  stones  and  other  art- 
icles upon  the  ground,  they  are  not  so 
easily  captured. 

In  this  and  the  preceeding  paper,  no 
mention  has  been  made  to  the  earth- 
worms as  an  article  of  diet.  As  a  mat- 
ter of  fact,  earthworms  form  a  far 
smaller  proportion  of  the  foods  of  birds 
than  is  generally  supposed.  Even  the 
robin  does  not  use  as  many  as  we  are 
prone  to  believe  from  so  frequently 
seeing  him  about  ploughed  ground  etc. 
where  worms  are  most  likely  to  be 
abundant.  It  is  a  noteworthy  feature, 
that  out  of  the  193  stomachs  examined 
not  one  contained  an  earthworm. 

To  sum  up  briefly  then  the  economic 
status  of  the  catbird,  we  may  say  that 
two-thirds  of  the  food  for  the  entire 
year  is  vegetable,  and  the  remaining 
one-third  animal.  Of  the  former,  the 
majority  is  composed  of  fruit,  wild 
fruit  preferred,  but  where  the  cultivat- 
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fjreater  variety,  the  latter  is  taken  to  a 
large  extent.  Of  tlie  animal  food, 
three  per  cent,  consists  of  wild  bees 
and  carniverous  wasps  which  assist 
nature  by  carrying  pollen  from  one 
plant  to  another,  but  this  is  counter- 
balanced by  the  destruction  of  the 
thousand  legs,  plant  feeding  bugs  and 
weevi's. 

The  easily  procured  predaceous 
ground  beetles,  are  also  a  favorite  as 
has  been  mentioned,  but  even  the  de- 
struction of  these  beneficial  beetles 
is  compensated  for  by  the  number  of 
the  May  beetles  and  their  relatives 
which  are  destroyed.  These  added  to 
the  caterpillars,  crickets,  grasshoppers, 
leaf  eating  lice  and  click  beetlo'-i,  make 
our  friend  Oaleoscopies  carolinejisis, 
clearly  beneficial  to  the  husbandman 
and  as  such  he  deserves  their  protection 
and  care,  rather  than  the  persecution, 
to  which  however  he  is  all  too  often 
subjected.  The  next  paper  will  deal 
with  the  gastronomic  proclivities  of  the 
House  Wren. 


Pancreatin  vs  Caustic  Potash. 

While  I  dislike  entering  into  a  con- 
troversy over  this  matter,  I  believe  it  is 
due  the  readers  of  this  magazine  that 
someone  should  compare  the  prop- 
erties and  merits  of  these  com- 
pounds, as  a  knowledge  of  them  may 
be  the  means  of  saving  rare  and  valu- 
able specimens  which  might  otherwise 
be  destroyed  after  having  been  taken 
from  the  birds. 

When  I  wrote  the  item  "Don't  Use 
Caustic  Potash"  (Oologist  May  1899)  it 
was  with  the  purpose  of  adding  some- 
thing to  the  technique  of  preparing 
odlogical  specimens.  I  have  usd  both 
the  pancreatin  and  potash  during  my 
eighteen  years  of  oological  collecting 
and  after  a  careful  comparison  I  am 
more  in  favor  of  using  pancreatin  for 
removing  embryos  than  I  ever  was. 


Let  us  compare  the  two  compounds- 
Caustic  potash  [Potassa,  Potassium  Hy- 
drate] is  a  very  powerful  and  active 
alkah,  which  when  brought  in  contact 
with  other  compounds,  decomposes 
them,  extracting  their  water  ard  upset- 
ting their  chemical  equilibrium  When 
a  drop  of  the  potash  solution  touches  the 
shell  of  a  delicatelv  tinted  or  ppot'ed 
6gg  it  decolorizes  it  wherevor  the  so- 
lution touches.  Having  a  decide'^  pro- 
pensity for  combining  with  other  alka- 
lies thn  pota'h  decomposes  the  calcium 
salts  of  which  the  egg  thell  is  rompos- 
ed,  changing  them  from  carbonates, 
etc..  to  the  hydrate  and  thereby  render- 
ing the  shell  very  brittle  and  so  d  s- 
arranging  and  changing  the  composi- 
tion of  the  egg  shell,  that  it  is  not  egg 
shell  at  all  but  merely  a  comj)orcnd  made 
from  egg  shdl.  Potash  saponifies  the 
embryonic  contents  cf  the  egg  and  this 
soap  is  so  alkaline  that  the  whole  in- 
side of  the  egg  shell  is  attacked  by  its 
corrosive  and  caustic  properti  s  and  the 
shell  is  charred  and  weakened  even  if 
none  of  the  solution  touches  the  outside 
of  the  egg.  The  potash  solution  also  at. 
tacks  the  skin  on  the  hands  of  th-i  oper 
ator  and  for  that  reason  is  disagreeable 
to  handle. 

In  1895  I  took  a  set  of  eleven  pggs  of 
Blue-winged  Teal  which  were  advanced 
in  incubation.  Having  no  pancreatin 
I  used  caustic  potash  (which  I  had  at 
hand)  to  help  remove  the  embryos. 
The  eggs  are  in  my  cabinet  now  but 
they  are  bleached  on  the  outside  and 
stained  with  dingy  black  on  the  inside, 
by  the  chemical  decomposition  brought 
abont  by  the  potash  and  are  examples 
of  what  is  claimed  against  the  alkali. 

Pancreatin  is  an  organic  ferment 
which  digests  albumenoidf,  converts 
starch  into  sugar,  emulsities  fats  and 
curdles  milk.  It  is  not  sufficiently 
alkaline  (or  acid)  to  combine  readily 
with  the  salts  composing  the  egg  shell 
consequently  does  not  change  or  de- 
compose them.     Being  a  ferment  it  di- 


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gests  the  embryo  and  renders  it  soluble 
in  water  so  that  it  can  ba  removed  with 
ease.  Trypsin,  the  main  proteolytic 
principle  of  pancreatin  is  probably  the 
most  powerful  ferment  known.  Stu- 
dents of  physiology  know  how  actively 
and  powerfully  the  pancreatic  juice 
digests  all  that  is  left  after  gastric  di- 
gestion. (Pancreatin  will  digest  30G0 
times  its  weight  of  freshly  coagulated 
egg  albumen  ) 

A  few  weeks  ago  a  friend  in  this  city 
removed  nearly  fully  matured  embryos 
from  a  fine  set  of  ten  eggs  of  King  Rail, 
in  48  hours  He  used  one  and  one-half 
drachms  of  pancreatin  (15  cents 
worth.)  He  injected  the  solution  at 
6  p.  m.,  blew  out  and  reinjected  at  6 
p.  m.  the  next  day  and  blew  out  all 
that  remained  of  the  embryos  at  6  p. 
m.  the  next  day  without  damaging  the 
shell  in  color,  texture  or  compcsition  in 
the  least.  The  shells  of  these  eggs 
were  very  brittle  as  is  usual  when  incu- 
bation is  almost  completed  and  in  my 
opinion,  he  could  not  have  had  a  per- 
fect set  of  eggs  had  he  used  the  potash 
to  soften  the  embryos 

In  comparing  the  cost  of  pancreatin 
and  caustic  potash,  I  will  admit  that 
the  digestant  costs  several  times  as  much 
as  the  alkali  but  inasmuch  as  we  buy 
these  drugs  only  in  small  quantities  the 
cost  is  not  a  matter  of  any  great  mo- 
ment We  use  them  only  when  we  find 
something  rare  or  desirable,  and  to 
prepare  such  specimens  in  a  strictly 
first  class  manner  we  should  and  most 
of  us  do,  look  for  satisfactory  results 
regardless  of  expense,  especially  when 
the  expense  is  only  a  matter  of  a  few 
cents. 

The  question  of  time  is  also  a  matter 
of  but  little  importance  to  one  who 
wants  to  prepare  his  specimens  in  a 
first  class  manner.  The  actual  time 
consumed  in  removing  the  contents  by 
using  pancreatin  is  probably  less  than 
while  using  potash.  Of  course  time 
must  be  given  for  the  ferment  to  digest 


the  egg  contents  but  that  time  is  not 
necessarily  wasted,  as  the  ferment  will 
do  its  work  without  watching  or  urg- 
ing. The  alkali  solution  has  to  be 
shaken  about  inside  of  the  egg  to  obtain 
the  best  and  speediest  results  and  is 
slower  when  we  reckon  the  actual  time 
consumed  in  the  preparation  of  the 
specimens. 

Summing  the  matter  up— the  only 
point  in  favor  of  the  caus  ic  potash  is 
its  cheapness.  The  points  against  it 
are:  it  will  blacken  and  stain  the  egg; 
it  changes  the  nature  of  the  shell;  it 
renders  the  shell  more  brittle  and  less- 
ens the  stability  of  the  specimens,  (this 
being  admitted  by  Mr.  Short,  in  April 
1899  Oologist,  where  he  states  in  refer- 
ring to  the  use  of  caustic  potash:  ^'This 
is  impracticable  with  thin  shelled  eggs  as 
it  makes  them  too  brittle  to  stand  anything. 
You  can  often  save  large  heavy  shelled 
eggs  when  in  the  most  advanced  stages 
of  incubation,  etc."  Another  point 
against  the  potash  is  its  attacking  the 
skin  of  the  operator's  hands. 

The  points  in  favor  of  pancreatin  as 
compared  with  potash  are:  It  does  not 
attack  the  shell;  it  does  not  bleach;  it 
does  not  stain;  it  is  ns  uszfulfor  delicate 
thin  shelled  eggs  as  it  is  for  'Harge 
heavy  shelled"  ones.  I  have  removed 
three-fourths  incubated  Chickadee's 
eggs  in  two  hours,  after  injecting  a  1:1& 
solution  of  pancreatin  without  irjuring 
or  staining  the  shells.  Those  who  have 
tried  to  blow  out  incubated  Chickadee's 
eggs  know  how  difiicult  it  is  to  do  so 
without  injuring  their  thin  brittle  sheU. 
Pancreatin  does  not  burn  the  hands  of 
the  operator  wherever  it  touches.  The 
only  point  against  pancreatin  is.  that  it 
costs  more.  It  costs  10  cents  per  dram 
here  in  small  quantities. 

I  trust  these  particulars  will  explain 
the  advantages  to  be  gained  by  using 
pancreatin  in  the  removal  of  embryos 
and  should  anyone  desire  fuller  inform- 
ation 1  will  be  glad  to  give  same. 

ISADOR  S.  TrOSTLER, 

Omaha,  Neb. 
July  24,  1901. 


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Some  Surprises. 

Eggs  of  our  American  Cuckoos  have 
been  found  in  tlie  nests  of  other  birds, 
but  1  never  expected  to  have  this  fact 
verified  by  personal  experience.  Such 
was  the  case  this  spring,  however. 
About  eight  feet  from  the  ground  in  the 
main  fork  of  a  maple  sapling  amid  the 
dense  .second  growth  bordering  a  big 
woods  I  found,  on  June  2d,  a  nest  of  the 
Wood  Thrush,  containing  four  eggs  of 
the  Thrush  and  one  of  the  Black-billed 
Cuckoo. 

Later.  July  16,  I  met  with  another 
surprise  in  the  heart  of  this  big  woods. 
It  was  a  set  of  seven  Redstart's  eggs  or 
rather  two  sets  in  one  nest.  One  fe- 
male was  on  the  nest  and  the  other  close 
beside  it.  They  were  equally  demon- 
strative of  anxiety  as  I  ascended  the 
tree.  The  eggs  were  in  two  layers  and 
all  slightly  incubated.  Being  of  two 
distinct  types  there  was  no  difficulty  in 
separating  them  into  sets  of  three  and 
four.  Now  comes  the  question,  are  all 
the  eegs  found  in  a  nest  one  set  when 
you  know  they  are  laid  by  two  birds? 
I  do, not  consider  them  so.  Instances 
of  two  Terns  or  Gallinules  sharing  the 
same  nest  are  of  almost  yearly  occur- 
ence here,  but  it  rarely  happens  with 
the  land  birds. 

Up  to  this  year  I  found  the  Rough- 
winged  Swallows  breeding  in  single 
pairs  only,  but  on  the  30th  of  last  May 
I  discpvered  a  small  colony.  Their  bur- 
rows were  in  the  perpendicular  face  of 
a  gravel  pit  and  about  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  from  water.  The  colony  consisted 
of  eight  pair  together,  with  two  pair  of 
Bank  swallows  and  one  of  English  Spar- 
rows—all  within  a  space  of  thirty  feet. 

Perhaps  the  greatest  surprise  of  the 
season  occured  on  May  9th  at  a  Great 
Blue  Herony,  consisting  of  seventy-two 
nests  and  all  occupied.  I  was  high  up 
in  a  large  elm  scooping  eggs  into  a  net 
attached  to  a  long  pole.  Glancing  into 
a  neighboring  tree  I  beheld  a  Red-tailed 


Hawk  upon  her  nest.  Climbed  the  tree 
later  and  secured  her  two  eggs.  She 
had  taken  possession  of  a  Heron's  nest 
and  warmly  lined  it  with  corn  husks, 
bark  fiber,  moss,  dead  leaves  and  a  few 
feathers.  It  was  situated  amid  the  top- 
most branches  of  an  ash  tree  and  as  our 
tape  line  was  only  100  feet  in  length,  I 
am  uncertain  of  the  height,  but  judge  it 
at  113  feet.  The  remaining  two  nests 
in  the  tree  contained  Heron's  eggs. 

For  some  unknown  reason  the  Red- 
shouldered  Hawks  laid  larger  sets  this 
season.  Our  take  consisted  of  three 
sets  of  three,  thirteen  of  tour  and  one 
of  five.  Most  seasons  three  is  the  usual 
number  per  set.  We  secured  second 
sets  from  most  of  the  above,  consisting 
of  two  eggs  in  every  case. 

The  Cooper's  that  laid  four  eggs  last 
year  also  went  one  better  this. 

J.  Claire  Wood, 
Detroit,  Mich. 


How  Some  Birds  Capture  Their  Prey. 

(Continued  from  September  Number  ) 

Of  all  the  birds  which  capture  their 
food  in  mid  air,  the  Swallows  are  the 
most  entertaining.  To  be  sure,  the  cap- 
tured insect  is  so  small  that  we  cannot 
see  it  as  a  rule,  but  then  we  may  watch 
the  graceful  skimmers  as  they  sail  about 
the  premises,  and  we  know  that  at  each 
dash  from  the  course  the  flyer  has  bene- 
fitted the  agriculturist  by  engulfing  an 
insect.  Blue-backed  Swallows  prefer 
insects  which  are  to  be  found  about  the 
water,  and  generally  skim  the  surface 
in  their  search,  while  the  Martin  flies  at 
a  greater  height  and  at  certain  times  al- 
most out  of  sight.  All  of  the  Swallows 
engulf  their  prey  after  the  manner  of 
the  Nighthawk  and  Whip-poor-will,  but 
do  not  capture  such  large  insects  as 
these  night  fliers. 

The  Cedar  Waxwing  ordinarily  de- 
pends upon  a  diet  of  fruit  and  seeds, 
but  at  certain  seasons  feeds  largely  upon 
insects  which  it  catches  in  the  air  with 


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much  of  the  dash  of  a  typical  Flycatcher. 
I  have  seen  a  Waxwing  perched  on  the 
topmost  bough  of  a  tree  fly  up  and  catch 
a  score  of  insects  inside  of  a  very  few 
minutes.  In  these  movements  it  some- 
what resembles  the  actions  of  the  Red- 
head Woodpecker  in  that  it  nearly  al- 
ways flew  almost  straight  up  and  then 
returned  to  almost  the  identical  perch; 
but  it  is  more  graceful  as  a  Flycatcher 
than  the  Woodpecker. 

The  Great  Northern  Shrike  and  our 
common  White-rumped  Shrike  are  the 
Hawks  of  the  hedge-row  and  their  dash 
and  pertinacity  are  equal  to  the  actions 
of  the  larger  predacious  birds.  A  Shrike 
rarely,  if  ever,  captures  a  bird  upon  the 
wing;  at  least  I  have  never  witnessed 
the  act  and  I  consider  them  slow  upon 
the  wing.  But  they  are  great  at  strategy 
and  frighten  their  intended  victims  so 
that  they  fall  an  easy  prey.  I  have  wit- 
nessed a  capture  where  the  Shrike  had 
chased  a  Sparrow  intv^  an  osage  orange 
hedge  and  then  tried  to  seize  the  tremb- 
ling creature.  Each  time  the  Shrike 
made  a  dash  the  Sparrow  would  slip 
through  the  hedge  to  the  other  side  and 
escape  for  a  time;  but  it  did  not  dare  to 
leave  its  place  of  comparative  safety, 
though  I  doubt  not  that  it  could  have 
escaped  by  straight  away  flight.  This 
game  of  hare  and  hound  had  continued 
quite  a  time,  when  the  Shrike's  mate 
appeared  upon  the  scene  and  made  a 
dive  at  the  beleaguered  Vesper  Sparrow 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  hedge.  Two 
enemies  were  more  than  the  distressed 
and  rattled  bird  could  manage  and  it 
quickly  fell  a  victim  to  the  rapacious 
pair  which  had  a  nestful  of  young  near 
at  hand. 

The  Vireos  are  graceful  feeders  and 
very  deliberate  in  their  movements. 
They  have  no  dash  in  capturing  an  in- 
sect and  depend  more  on  the  smaller 
larval  prey,  which  is  picked  from  the 
leaves  and  twigs  with  a  coy  movement, 
which  is  amusing.  Often  the  move- 
ments of  a  feeding  Vireo  are  quite  simi- 


lar to  those  of  a  parrot  on  its  perch. 

All  of  the  Warblers  are  given  to  catch- 
ing their  prey  upon  the  wing  at  times, 
though  most  of  them  are  mainly  glean- 
ers among  the  twigs  and  leaves,  while  , 
the  Water  Thrushes  often  wade  about  in 
the  shallow  pools  for  food  and  the  Oven- 
bird  occasionally  scratchas  after  the 
manner  of  the  Towhee.  The  Redstart 
dashes  about  among  a  flock  of  mosqui- 
toes like  a  typical  Flycatcher.  I  have 
seen  the  Pine  Warbler  dash  out  for  an 
insect  while  it  was  singing  in  the  top  of 
a  tall  pine.  The  Hooded  Warbler  is  an- 
other species  which  is  expert  at  flycatch- 
ing. 

The  Catbird  occasionally  captures  an 
insect  upon  the  wing  as  do  also  the 
Brown  Thrasher  and  Robin,  while  the 
Swainson's,  Hermit  and  Wilson's  Thrush- 
es are  quite  persistant  in  aerial  forays, 
though  all  these  birds  are  generally 
found  feeding  on  the  ground.  The 
Robin's  habit  of  dragging  eaath  worms 
from  their  holes  is  well  known  and  we 
have  all  watched  the  struggles  of  the 
captor  and  captive.  Once  I  observed  a 
Robin  engaged  in  fishing.  The  spot 
was  in  the  woods  where  a  little  brook 
swirled  about  the  root-lined  banks  and 
made  little  eddies  at  the  bends.  In  a 
shallow  place  the  Robin  was  catching 
tiny  minnows  and  appeared  to  follow 
the  sport  simply  for  the  fun  of  it.  There 
were  a  dozen  little  tish  lying  on  the 
muddy  edge  and  as  I  watched  the  fish- 
erman twitched  another  minnow  not 
over  an  inch  and  a  half  long  from  the 
water. 

The  House  Wren  sometimes  catches 
an  insect  flying,  but  this  species  as  well 
as  all  the  others  of  the  familv  mainly 
depends  on  hunting  its  food  in  the 
nooks  and  crevices,  though  the  Long- 
billed  Mtirsh  Wren  feeds  from  the  water 
among  the  cattails  and  marsh  debris. 

The  Brown  Creeper  is  an  interesting 
feeder  and  we  marvel  as  we  see  the  del- 
icate creation  creeping  about  the  bark 
that  this  mite  can  sustain  life  from  these 


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155 


searches  in  the  middle  of  winter.  The 
Creeper  generally  begins  its  search  at 
the  base  of  the  tree  and  circles  upward 
and  sometimes  after  reaching  the  higher 
branches  will  drop  to  the  base  of  the 
trunk  again.  It  differs,  markedly,  from 
the  movements  of  the  Nuthatch,  which 
not  rarely  moves  head  downward  in  its 
search  for  insect  food  or  seeds.  I  have 
seen  the  Red-bellied  Nuthatch  clinging 
to  and  feeding  from  a  cone. 

The  Kinglets,  Gaatcatchers  and  Tit- 
mice are  pre-eminent  as  acrobats  while 
searching  for  food,  and  the  Black-cap- 
ped Chickadee  is  foremost  in  these  od- 
dities of  movement.  Sometimes  the 
Chickndee  catches  an  insect  on  the 
wing.  The  Bluebird  is  another  of  our 
fa  verities,  who  frequently  makes  a  fly- 
ing capture,  and  I  have  seen  a  warbling 
male  make  a  series  of  forays  and  catch 
an  insect  at  every  attempt 

MOERIS  GiBBS,  M.  D. 


Field  Notes  From  Manitoba- 

Continued. 

THE  WESTERN  HORNED  OWL. 

Eighteen  or  twenty  years  ago  I  re- 
member reading  in  Wilson's  American 
Ornithology  of  the  Virginian  Horned 
Owl;  but  it  was  not  till  the  year  1887 
that  I  had  the  pleasure  of  making  the 
personal  acquaintance  of  Bubo  virgin- 
ianus. 

The  farmer  with  whom  my  first  few 
months  in  this  country  were  spent, 
came  home  one  night  from  a  few  hours 
after  the  Prairie  Chickens,  and  brought 
with  him  a  fine  Owl  that  he  had  shot  on 
his  way  home  in  the  dusk  sitting  on  the 
top  of  a  straw  stack.  I  mounted  it  for 
him  It  was  a  fine  specimen  of  the 
Western  Horned  Owl. 

Since  then  I  have  shot  and  bandied  a 
large  number  and  taken  both  the  young 
and  eggs,  having  had  fine  opportunities 
to  observe  their  habits.  In  this  section 
they  are  fairly  plentiful,  frequenting 
the  timbered  country  and  are  very  par- 


tial to  heavy  timber  following  the  course 
of  creeks  and  rivers. 

In  such  localities  almost  any  evening 
in  the  year  while  walking  or  driving 
through  the  woods  my  attention  has 
been  arested  by  their  call,  "Hoo,  Hoo, 
Hoo,"  thrice  repeated,  then  a  pause  as 
though  listening  for  an  answer,  and 
then  repeated  again  till  Mr.  Bubo  is 
tired  or  goes  off  to  look  for  some  din- 
ner. 

Until  the  spring  of  1892  I  had  never 
found  a  nest  of  this  species  because  I 
did  not  know  just  when  or  where  to 
look  for  them.  However,  on  the  1st  of 
May,  while  looking  for  Red-tailed 
Hawks'  nescs,  I  chanced  to  see  a  pair 
of  feathery  tufts  protruding  from  the 
top  of  a  Red-tailed  Hawk's  nest.  I  rap- 
ped on  the  tree  and  off  flew  Mrs.  Bubo. 
I  climbed  the  tree  expecting  a  set  of 
Horned  Owl  eggs,  and  peeping  over  the 
edge  of  the  nest  saw  three  baby  Owls  in 
different  stages  of  growth,  but  all  ap- 
parently equally  surprised  and  angry  at 
my  intrusion.  One  was  feathering,  one 
about  half  grown,  while  the  third  was  a 
little  downy  fellow  just  emerged  from 
his  prison  cell.  I  left  them  still  mani- 
festing their  anger  by  a  volume  of  hisses 
and  bill  snappings  and  descended  to 
terra  tirma  again.  Two  weeks  after  I 
called  again  to  find  the  big  fellow  sitting 
on  a  branch  away  from  the  nest  and  the 
other  two  still  in  the  nest.  I  took  the 
two  and  brought  them  home,  making 
them  a  cage  of  a  large  box  and  made 
pets  of  them  till  near  the  end  of  July, 
when  I  gave  them  their  liberty  again. 

From  these  little  captives  I  obtained 
some  interesting  notes,  some  of  which  I 
will  record  here.  During  their  captivity 
they  were  quite  friendly  and  except 
when  fed  always  lived  on  the  best  of 
terms,  but  when  fed^they  would  some- 
times show  a  disposition  to  quarrel  over 
the  possession  of  the  food  given  to  them. 
I  fed  them  bodies  of  birds  I  had  skin- 
ned, but  they  did  not  seem  to  like  this 
kind  of  food,  only  eating  it  when  forced 


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to  by  hunger.  Mice  and  gophers  seem- 
ed to  be  their  favorite  food  and  they  had 
a  great  liking  for  snakes.  When  I 
would  throw  one  of  these  into  the  cage 
they  would  immediately  seize  it,  one  at 
each  end,  and  holding  it  down  with 
their  feet  tear  it  to  pieces  and  devour  it. 
Rabbits  seemed  to  be  another  favorite 
"dish,"  but  they  seemed  to  be  lazy 
about  this,  as  if  I  did  not  open  the  rab- 
bit before  1  put  it  in  it  would  remain 
untouched.  Probably  this  was  because 
the  parent  birds  always  tear  to  pieces 
the  food  they  bring  to  their  nestling?, 
and  in  captivity  they  failed  to  lea'U  to 
provide  for  themselves. 

During  the  day  they  would  climb  on 
to  their  block  perches  and  remain  very 
quiet,  but  toward  dusk  they  became 
lively  and  noisy,  spent  a  good  deal  of 
time  trying  to  get  out  of  their  prison, 
eat  any  food  I  gave  them  and  called  to 
each  other  in  a  peculiar  whistle,  later 
using  the  same  ''Hoo,  Hoo,"  that  the 
adult  Bubo  uses  in  the  weird  hours  of 
the  night 

It  was  very  amusing  to  see  them  fight 
for  the  possession  of  a  snake.  One  seiz- 
ing hold  of  each  end  they  would  tug  and 
pull,  flutter  and  struggle  till  the  snake 
would  come  in  two,  and  they  would 
each  take  its  portion  to  a  different  cor- 
ner of  the  cage  and  devour  it. 

Well  to  leave  the  young  Owls  and  re- 
turn to  the  woods  in  the  sprirg  of  '93 
On  the  15th  of  April  I  found  another 
nest  of  Bubo  virginianus,  this  time  in 
an  old  Broad-winged  Hawk's  nest  in  an 
oak  tree  about  30  feet  from  the  river 
bank  and  35  feet  high.  Mrs.  Bubo  was 
at  home  and  a  good  rap  on  tbe  trunk 
brought  her  off  In  this  nest  I  found 
one  just  hatched,  young  one  and  two 
badly  incubated  eggs,  all  of  which  I  left. 
I  might  here  mention  that  the  first  nest 
recorded  was  in  a  tall  oak  on  an  over- 
hanging branch  40  feet  up  on  the  bank 
of  a  dry  ravine  and  about  150  yards 
from  the  river  Boyne.  The  nest  was  an 
old  Red-tailed  Hawks  used  the  previous 


season  and  about  the  2l8t  of  May,  short- 
ly after  taking  the  young  birds,  I  took 
from  this  nest  a  set  of  three  finely 
marked  Red-tailed  Hawk's  eggs. 

My  third  find  of  this  species  was  in 
the  latter  part  of  April,  94.  While  fol- 
lowing the  Boyne  river  in  search  rf 
Ducks  I  came  upon  it  in  the  main  fork 
of  a  giant  basswood  tree  45  feet  up.  An 
old  and  very  delapidated  Red-tail  nest 
did  duty  for  a  home.  No  repairs  had 
been  bestowed  upon  it,  but  the  large 
fork  in  which  it  was  situated  helped  to 
make  it  more  habitable.  I  cou!d  see 
that  the  nest  contained  young  so  I 
climbed  up  to  investigate,  leaving  my 
coat  at  the  foot  of  the  tree  with  my  gun. 
Just  as  I  peered  over  the  edgts  of  the  nest 
endeavoring  to  raise  myself  above  it, 
the  old  bird  resenting  my  intrusion 
made  a  dash  at  me,  striking  me  in  the 
back  with  her  talons,  which  I  felt 
through  vest  and  two  shirts.  The  male 
bird  joined  in  the  attack,  but  was  not  so 
bold,  contenting  himself  with  dashing 
past  or  sitting  on  the  branch  of  a  neigh- 
boring tree  and  mingling  his  vocifera- 
tions with  those  of  his  three  offspring  in 
their  hissing  and  bill  snappings. 

In  the  nest  I  found  the  hind  quarters 
of  two  rabbits,  half  a  garter  snake, 
about  medium  size,  part  of  a  weasel, the 
legs  and  one  wing  of  a  Sora  Rail  and 
an  almost  entire  male  Ruffed  Grouse. 

The  nest  first  mentioned  having   con- 
tained a  one-third   eaten   Prairie  Hen, 
part  of  a  garter  snake,  an  almost  entire 
gopher  and  the  hind  quarters  of  a  rab- 
bit. This  shows  how  royaly  these  power- 
ful birds  of  prey  supply  for  their  young. 
C.  P.  Forge, 
Carman,  Manitoba. 
[  To  be  continued  ] 


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Church,  Cabinet  of  Quadrupeds,  with  Histor- 
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vols,  as  new.  drawing  paper,  thick  imp,  4tos, 
full  gilt,  tooled  and  gilt  Russia,   (broken)  rich 

full-page  copper  plates 3  00 

Cope,  On  Owen  on  Python  Morpha,  14p....    10 

,  New  Extinct  Vertebrata,  18p _    15 

,  Horizons  of  Extinct  Vertebrata,22p    15 

,  NImravlolae  and  Canldae  of  Miocene, 

etc.,  80p ■". 15 

,  Eocene  Vertebrata  of  Wind  River,  20p 

:....    15 

,  Miocene  Rodentia,  26p 15 

,  Extinct  Rhinocerldae,  12p 15 

Coues,  Breed  of  Solid  Hoofed  Pigs  .Consolida- 
tion of  Va.  Deer  Hoofs,  6p 10 

Coues  &  Allen,  North  American  Rodentia,4to, 

1091p,  4pl,  57fig 3  50 

De  Kay,  Mammals  of  New  York,  with  Intro- 
duction to  Natural  History  Survey,  4to,  348p, 

33pl 3  00 

Elliot,  New  Mammals  from  Oklahoma,  8p    15 

,  Mammals  of  Olympic  Mts.,  Wash.,  36p, 

21pl 50 

,  New  Rodents  from  Olym.  Mts.,  8p..    15 

,  New  Mammals  of  Ind.  Ter.,  8p 15 

Elliott,  H.  W.,  Fur  Seal  Fisheries  of  Alaska, 

240p,  48pl,  mps 1  00 

Forbes,  ("Lloyds")  Hand  Book  to  the  Prim- 
ates (Monkeys),  2vol.  300p.  each,  49  col.  pi,  '97 
2  10 

Hog  Cholera.  Its  History  Nature  and  Treat- 
ment, by  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  I6pl,  198p 
75 

Hornaday,  Extermination  of  the  American 

Bison,  180p,  22pl,  large  map 1  10 

,  How  to  Collect  Mammal  Skins  for  the 

Purpose  of  Study  and  Mounting,  12p,  9fig...    25 

Jones,  Mammals  of  Bermuda,  20p 15 

Kennlcott,  The  Quadrupeds  of  Illinois,  58p, 

lOpl,  A.  R.  56 35 

Lydekker,  ("Lloyds")  Mammals,  Mammals 
of  Great  Britain,  Marsupials,  Camivora,  3  vols, 

300p.  each,  lOOcol.  pi 3  15- 

McChesney.  Dakota  Mammals,  18p 25 

Meams,  Mammals  from  Arizona,  32p 25 

Merriam,  Mammals  of  Idaho,  etc. ,  54p,  3pl    50 

,  Mammals  of  San  Francisco  Mt.Region, 

44p,  9pl 50 

,  Revision  of  N.  A.  Pocket  Mice,  30p,  4 

pl.  (F.  1) 50 


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,  Fourteen  New  N.  A.  Mammals,  38p,  8 

pi,  (F.2) 50 

,  Twenty-Six  New  N.  A.  Mammals,  56p. 

3pl,  (F.  4) 50 

.  Monograph  of  the  Pocket  Gophers,  220 

p,  19pl,  71fig,  4  mps,  (F.  8) 1  10 

,  American  Shrews,  124p,  12pl,  (F.  10)    90 

Meyrick,  House  Dogs  and  Sporting  Dogs, 
Their  Varieties,  Points,  Management.  Train- 
ing, Breeding,  Rearing  and  Diseases,  260p...    75 

Mivart,  St.  G..  The  Cat,  A  Study  of  Back- 
boned Animals,  558p,  200ills,  (3.50) 1  90 

Palmer,  Jack  Rabbits  of  the  U.  S.,  88p,  6pl 
50 

,  Localities  of  Death  Valley  Expedition. 

24p,map 15 

Riggs,  Extinct  of  Scinromorph  Rodents,  8p 
10 

Salmon,  et  al,  Diseases  of  the  Horse,  556p,44pl, 

many  colored 1  10 

Shufeldt,  A  New  Rat,  lOp,  pi _    15 

Stejneger,  Extermination  of   Steller's    Sea 

Cow,  lOp 15 

Townsend,  et  al.  Seal  Life  on  the  Pribilof 

Islands,  534p,  24pl,  11  large  maps 1  40 

Trouessart  &  Coues,  Revision  of  the  Genus 

Sciurus,  (True  Squirrels)  8p 15 

True,  Abbott's  Kilima-Njaro  Mammals,  36p 

6pl 25 

,  Mammals  of  Kashmer,  16p, 15 

,  Aquatic  Mammals,  23p _    25 

,  Nine  Excerpts  on  Rodents,  etc  ,  23p    25 

,  Mammals  from  Bristol  Bay,  Alaska. 

8p 15 

,  List  of  Mammals  of  North  and  Central 

America  and  W.  I.,  28p 25 

,  Skeleton  of  Ribbon  Seal,  lOp,  4pl..  .    25 

,  Bottlenose  Porpoise,  lOp 15 

,  Skeletons  and  Skulls  of  Indian  Ocean 

Porpoise,  6p 10 

,  Spotted  Dolphin,  8p,  6pl 15 

,  Puma  or  Am.  Lion,  18p,  pi 15 

.Florida  Muskrat,  6p,  3pl 15 

True  &  Lucas,  West  Indian  Seal,  6p,  3pl..-  15 
True.  A  Review  of  the  Family  Delphinidae. 

192p,  47pl,  M.  B.  36 1  40 

,  Collecting  and  Preserving  Whales  and 

Porpoises,  24p,  llpl 25 

True,  et  al,  Four  Excerpts  on  Deer,  Moose 

and  Mt.  Sheep,  12p 15 

Wood,  Mammals  of  the  World,  Americanized 

by  Holder,   this  is   the  Mammal    Volume     of 

Wood's  "Animate  Creation"  or  "Our  Living 

World,"  666p,  (10x13  in.)  10  full-page  oleographs 

in  colors,  20  full-page  eng.  and  30ails,  unb..3  50 

HERPETOLOGY. 

Baird,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Pac.  R.  R. 
Survey,  4to,  36p,  34pl,  X 75 

Baird  &  Hallowell,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians 
of  Pac.  R.  R.  Survey,  (vol.  X)  4to,  42p,  31pl_l  00 

Blatchley,  Mexican  Batrachians  and  Reptiles, 
6p 15 

Boulenger,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Brit- 
ish India,  243flgs.  542p : 3  20 

Cooke,  British  Reptiles  and  Batrachians,  308 
p,  11  coi.  pi,  (1..50) 90 

Cope,  Check  List  of  N.  A.  Batrachia  and 
Reptilia,  systemic  list  of  the  higher  groups, 
Geographical  Distribution,  104p,  (M.  B.  1).   .    50 


,  Fossil  and  Recent  Reptiles  and  Fishes 

of  Kansas  and  Wyoming,  58p,  H.  S.  70 25 

,  Permian  Batrachians  and  Reptiles,  4p 

10 

.  North  American  Snakes,  104p 75 

.  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Central 

America  and  Mexico,  98p,  (M.  B.  32) 75 

Coues  &  Yarrow,  Herpetology  of  Dakota  and 
Montana,  34p 35 

De  Kay,  Reptiles  and  Fishes  of  New  York,  8 
vols.,  4to,  524p,  102pl 5  00 

Garman,  Reptiles  of  Bermuda,  20p 25 

,  American  Rhinobatus,  8p 15 

Girard.  Reptiles,  Batrachians,  Fish  and  Crus- 
tacea of  Chile,  etc.,  4to,  64p,  iSpl 75 

Hallowell,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Cali- 
fornia, (Pac.  R.  R.  X)  4tO,  30p,  lOpl 75 

Meek  &  Elliot,  Cold-Blooded  Vertebrates  from 
Olympic  Mts  ,  Wash.,  16p 25 

Stejneger,  Directions  for  Collecting  Reptiles 
and  Batrachians _.    25 

,  Seven  Snakes  and  Lizards,  30p.  pi..    25 

,  African  Reptiles  and  Batrachians,  32p 

85 

,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Arizona, 

16p,  2pl 25 

,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of    Death 

Valley,  60p,  4pl 50 

,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  Idaho,  6p 

15 

,  et  al.  Ten  Excerpts  on  Snakes,  Lizards, 

Chameleons,  Salamanders  and  Turtles,  40p,  3 
pi 35 

*Tenney,  Young  Folks'  Fishes  and  Reptiles, 
(l.OG)  109flg3.  142p 45 

True,  Xerobates,  N.  A.  Land  Tortoises,  16p    25 

Wood,  Reptiles,  Fish,  Shells,  Insects  and  In- 
vertebrates of  the  World.  Americanized  by  Hol- 
der, this  is  the  Third  Volume  of  Wood's  "Ani- 
mated Creation"  or  "Our  Living  World;"  this 
volume  relates  to  the  various  departments 
about  as  follows:  Reptiles  and  Batrachians, 
l*^Op.  Fish  nop,  Mollusks  84p,  Insects,  etc.,  84p, 
other  Invertebrates  about  150p;  644p,  (10x13  in.) 
10  full-page  o)eographs  in  colors,  20  full-page 
eng.  and  SOOills,  unb 3  60 

Yarrow,  Check  List  of  N.  A.  Reptiles  and 
Batrachia,  with  Cat.  of  Specimens  in  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum,  250p,  (M.  B.  24) 1  25 

,  Reptiles  and  Batrachians  of  portions 

of  Nev.,  Utah,  Calif.,  Colo.,  N.  M.  and  Ariz.. 
(Wheeler  Survey  V)  4to,  124p,  lOpl,  (3  col.)..l  50 

Yarrow  &  Henshaw,  Reptiles  and  Batrach- 
ians Collected  by  Wheeler  Expedition  In  Calif, 
and  Nev.,  '75,  '76,  '77,  24p;  also  Report  on  Fish, 
etc.,  etc.,  244p.  in  all 1  00 

ICHTHYOLOGY. 

Bean,  B.  A.,  Fish  from  Chespeake  Bay,  12p 

10 

Bean,  T.,  Collection  of  U.  S.  Fishes  at  Gt.  Int. 

Fish  Ex..  124p 25 

.  Directions  for  Collecting  and  Preserv- 
ing Fiih,  4p 10 

,  Notes,  etc.,  of  Fishes  of  Alaska  and 

Adjacent  Waters,  70p 35 

Bean,  Notes  on  Mexican  Fish,  lOp 10 

,  do  of  E.  U.  S.,  etc.,  24p.. 15 

,  Check-List  N.  A.  Fishes,  imp,  46p  ..    25 

,  Fish  from  Jamaica,  20p 10 

Bendire,  Salmonidae  of  Upper  Columbia,  12p 
25 


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BoUman,  Fishes  from  Escambia  River,  Ala.. 
Hp 10 

Brevoort,  Japanese  Fish,  4to,  36p,  10  col.  pi 
50 

♦Bushnan,  Jardlne's  Librarj',  Fishes,  Partic- 
ularly Their  Structure  and  Economical  Uses, 
220p,'33col.  pi -    75 

Cattle,  Gentalia  of  Male  Eel? ;  Porter,  Fish 
Poisoning  by  Gulf  Waters,  etc.,  12p 15 

Clark,  Fishery  Products  and  Apparatus  Used 
in  Preparation,  124p 40 

Collins,  Fishing  Vessels  and  Boats  and  Their 
Equipment,  Economic  Condition  of  Fisherman. 
Angler's  Outfits,  etc.,  180p 60 

Day,  Fishes  of  British  India,  2  vols,  341  figs, 
1058p 5  00 

DeKay,  Fishes  of  New  York,  see  Herpetology 

Dresel,  Notes  on  Greenland  Fishes,  16p  .  .     15 

Earn,  Apparatus  for  the  Capture  of  Fish, 
206p -.    65 

,  Fish  Culture  Exhibit,  96p  35 

Eigenmann,  Fresh-Water  Fishes  of  South 
America,  80p 40 

,  Fresh- Water  Fishes  of  Central  Ameri- 
ca and  So.  Mex.,  8p 10 

,  Fishes  of  San  Diego,  Calif.,  58p,  lOpl 

35 

Evermann  &  Jenkins,  Fishes  fromGuaymas, 
(Mex.)  46p.  pi  S5 

Gilbert,  Fishes  of  Albatross'  Expedition  on 

Pacific  Coast,  120p 50 

,  Fishes  of  White  River,  Ind.,  lOp.  ^.    10 

— ,  Fishes  of  Death  Valley  Exped.,  12p,  2 

pi 15 

,  Fishes  of  Gulf  Calif.,  etc.,  36p 20 

Gill.  Bibliography  of  Fishes  of  Pacific  Coast. 
74p,  M   B.  11 35 

,  Catalogue  of  the  Fishes  of  the  East 

Coast  of  North  America,  50p 25 

,18  New  Deep  Sea  Fish-like  Vertebrates. 

30p 25 

,  Osteological  Characteristics  of  seven 

Families  of  Fish,  40p _    20 

,  An  assorted  lot  of  Fish  Excerpts  on  25 

or  30  Fish  Subjects,  about  400p 50 

Girard,  The  Fish  of  Western  North  America, 
(Pac.  R.  R.  Survey,  vol.  X)  4to,  446p.  50pl  .    1  50 

Goode,  Fishes  of  the  Bermudas, 82p,  MB. 5    35 

,  Exhibit  of  U.   S.   Fisheries  and  Fish 

Culture  at  Berlin.  264p,  M.  B.  18 75 

,  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Collections 

from  U.  S.  to  Gt.  Int.  Fish.  Ex.,  London,  '83, 
1334p 3  50 

,Synopsis  of  U.S.Collections.Gt.Int  Fish 

Ex.,  106p 35 

,  Fishes  of  St.  Johns  River,  East  Coast 

and  Pensacola,  Fla.,48p 35 

.  Deep  Water  Fishes  off  New  England 

Coast,  34p 15 

,  Distribution,  etc.,  of  Sword  Fish  Fam- 
ily, 18p 10 

,  Study  of  the  Trunk  Fishes,  30p 15 

r  Goode  &  Bean,  American  Fishes  in  the  Lin- 
naean  Collection  and  Six  other  Excerpts,  lOOp 
35 

*Hamilton.British  Fishes, (Jardine's  Library) 
2  vol.,  742p,  72  col   pi 1  50 

Hay,Fishes  from  Eastern  Mississippi  28p    15 

Ingersoll,  Fish  Mortality  in  Gulf  Mexico,  7p 
10 

*Jardine,  Fishes  of  the  Perch  Family,  178p, 
36col.pl 75 


Jordan,  Review  of  Rafinesque's  Memoirs  on 
N.  A.  Fishes,  .53p,  M.  B.  9 25 

,  Contributions  to  N.   A.   Ichthology— 

(Etheostomatidoe,  Perchidce,  Siluridw,  etc.,  etc..) 
120p,  45pl,  M.  B.  10 75 

,    Synopsis    of    Family     Catostomidm, 

("Suckers")  140p,  M.  B.  12  B 50 

,  Temperature  and  Fish  Vertebras,  14p 

10 

,  Fishes  of  Dakota  and  Montana,  24p    15 

,  Fishes  of  Havana,  Cuba,  and  Review 

of  N.  A.  Julidinse,  40p 15 

•,  Fishes  from  Brazil,  21p _    15 

,  Fishes  from  Pacific  Coast  of  N.  A.  from 

Tropic  of  Cancer  to  Panama  and  other  excerpts. 

96p 35 

,  Fishes  from  the  Rio  Grande,  Tex.,   16p 

10 

Jordan  &  Brayton,  Fishes  of  Alleghany  Reg. 

of  So.  Car.,  Ga  ,  and  Tenn.,  96p,  M.  B.  12  A..    49 

Jordan  &  Edwards,  Review  of  Tetraodontid®. 
17p 10 

Jordan  &  Eigenmann,  et  al.  Review  of  N.  A. 
Gobiidte,  Prionotus,  Belonidte,  etc.,  76p 30 

Jordan  &  Gilbert,  Fishes  of  Pensacola.  Fla., 
and  Galveston,  Tex.  66p _    35 

,  Fishes  of  Key  West,  Fla.,  48p 25 

,  List  of  Fishes  of  W.  I  ,  55p 25 

,  Catalogue  of  Fresh  Water  Fishes  of  N. 

A.,  36p 20 

,  Ten  New  Fish  from  Key  West,  24p.    10 

,  33  New  Fish  from  Mazlatlan,  Mex.,  28p 

10 

,  Fishes  from  San  Diogo,  Calif.,  and  a 

doz.  other  excerpts  on  Pac  Fish,  lOOp 35 

,  Fishes  of  Beaufort  Harbor,  No.  Car.. 

22p ,     10 

,  Fishes  of  Ark.,  Texas,  Utah,  etc ,  36p 

15 

— — ,  Fishes  of  Cape  San  Lucas,  Panama. 

etc.,  60p 20 

,  Review  of  Am.  Caranginffi20p 10 

,  Fishes  of  Pacific  Coast,  44p _    25 

Jordan  &  Jouy,  Check-list  of  Pacific  Coast 

Fishes,  18p 10 

Jordan  &  Meek,  American  Flying  Pishes,  30p 

25 

,  Fishes  of  Iowa,  Missouri,  etc..  24p..    15 

Jordan  &  Swain,  Reviews  of  American  Marine 
MugilidSB,  Genus  Hoemulon,  Species  Lutjaninse 
and  HoplopagriDffi,  Spinephelus  and  Related 

Genera,  etc.,  185p 75 

Kidder,  Animal  Heat  of  Fishes,  etc.,  40p...    20 

Lockington,  Pleuronectidae  of  San  Francisco, 

.40p 20 

McCormick,  Descriptive  List  of  Fishes  of 
Lorain  Co.,  Ohio,  34p,  14pl,  map _    35 

McDonald,  The  Salmon  Fisheries  of  Alaska, 
51p,  9pl 35 

Ryder,  Devlopment  of  Viviparous  Fishes, 36p, 
7pl 35 

,  Fin-Rays  in  Classification  of  Fishes. 

12p 10 

Smith  &  Swain,  Fishes  from  Johnston's  Is- 
land, (700  miles  S.  W,  Hawaii)  24p 15 

Swain,  Pipe-fishes  of  the  U.  S  ,  8p 25 

"U.  S.  Fish  Commission  Reports.  1873  to  1887, 
(lacks  '78)  12  large  cloth  vol.,  also  '93,  '94,  '95  In 
paper,  lot  15  vols 7  50 

Wood,  Fish  of  the  World,  see  Herpetology, 
"Wood's  Animate  Creation." 


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Wants,  Exchanges,  and  For  Sales. 

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word.    No  notice  Inserted  for  less  than  25c.    Terms,  cash  with  order. 

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on  the  wrapper  of  this  month's  Oologist.  It 
denotes  when  your  subscription  expired  or 
will  expire. 

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183      •'  '•  "  "    Dec,  " 

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Intermediate  numbers  can  easily  be  deter- 
mined. If  we  have  you  credited  wrong  we 
wish  to  rectify. 

IllDARTSMT  This  Nov.  Oologist  was  is- 
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sue will  be  printed  on  Dec  15.  Copy  intended 
for  that  issue  must  be  forwarded  by  return 
mail. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— First  class  sets  with 
d  atas  in  full.  Send  your  list  and  receive  mine. 
Will  not  accept  sets  accompanied  by  lead 
pencil  datas.  JOHN  P.  WARD,  522  5th  Ave., 
Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. 

From  my  other  adv.  I  received  hundreds  of 
replies  and  disposed  of  almost  my  entire  lot 
of  sets.  etc.  etc.  The  Oologist  Is  O.  K.  B,  A. 
CARPENTER,  Salem,  N.  J. 

Winchester  repeating  shot  gun,  live  fox, 
ladies  gold  watch,  magazines,  books,  to  ex- 
change for  bird  skins,  Indian  relics,  curios, 
antiques,  fossils,  fiat  snake  or  animal  skins  etc. 
No  postals  answered.  STEPHEN  VAN  RENS- 
SELAR,  West  Orange,  N.  J. 

100  choice  Sea  shells,  30  cents  each,  5  all  dif- 
ferent old  coins,  15  cts.,  Indian  Tomahawk,  35 
cts.,  5  all  different  Indian  Relics,  30  cts  ,  15  Curi- 
osities, 27  cts. ,  250  mixed  postage  stamps  25  cts. 
My  price  list.  U.  S.  Coin  Catalogue  and  a  coin 
100  years  old.  price  10  cts.  W.  P.  ARNOLD, 
Peondale,  R.  I. 

FOR  SALE.— Al  sets  with  data  of  American 
Osprey  1-2,  75c;  Black  Vulture  1-8,  49c;  Arctic 
Tern  6  3,  19c;  Roseate  Tern  4-3, 22c,  8-2, 14c;  Am. 
Crow  1-4,  10c;  Wood  Pewee  3-3,  19c;  Am.  Red- 
start 1-3,  18c;  House  Wren  1-5,  15c;  Towhee  1-3, 
10c;  Mockingbird  1-4,  10c;  Black-crowned  Night 
Heron  1-4,  34c;  Snapping  Turtle  2-21,  90c.  Prices 
are  per  set  prepaid.  One  old  muzzle  loading 
rifle,  J2.00.  JAS.  O.  JOHNSON,  Southlngton, 
iConn. 


WANTED:— Eggs  In  sets.  Have  to  offer  Vol. 
Ill,  IV  and  V  Osprey  and  many  other  odd  cop- 
ies of  different  magazines ;  also  A  No.  1  sets  of 
eggs  1-3  677,  1-7.390,  1-3  1-4  80,  1-4  201.  1-7  475,  1-2 
420  and  others.  Send  for  lists.  RAY  DENS- 
MORE,  Painesvllle,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio. 

WOOD  DUCK:— I  want  a  few  good  skins, 
will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  FRANK  H. 
LATTIN,  Albion,  N.  Y. 

WANTED:— Son;e  big  game  heads  in  condi- 
tion to  mount,  also  some  new  skins  suitable 
for  mats.  Cash.  F.  M.  RICHARDS,  Farming- 
ton,  Maine. 

EXCHANGE:— Winchester  take  down,  trap 
grade  gun,  pun  case,  100  size  shell  case,  clean- 
ing rod  and  tools  for  best  offer  in  sets.  A.  L. 
Rlbyn,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

Shells  to  exchange  for  same  or  other  speci- 
mens. 100  Goniobasis  plicifera  for  an  equal 
number  of  any  species.  Want  books  and  pa- 
pers on  conchology.  FRED  H.  ANDRUS, 
Elkton,  Oregon. 

FOR  EXCHANGE :— Cast  of  prehistoric 
Indians'  bird  shaped  Idol,  (painted  true  to 
color)  In  my  collection,  for  35  cents  worth  of 
spear  or  arrow  heads.  HENRY  O.  EARHART, 
Mulberry,  Ind. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— Egg  trays,  size  Ii4x2 
2x2,  2'/4x8H.  2x3. 3x4,  for  eggsin  sets  with  full 
data.    H.  C.  MILLS,  Unionville,  Conn. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE:— A  large  col- 
lection of  Patriotic  souvenirs  of  the  Spanish 
American  War,  such  as  Dewey  Pills,  Uncle 
Sam  going  to  war,  etc.  C.  A.  WHITE,  Saline- 
ville,  Ohio. 

EXCHANGE  FOR  CASH:— Game  heads  at 
prices  lower  than  low.  Fur  Rugs,  Navajo 
Blankets,  etc.  Prof.  Stalnsky's  Natural  His- 
tory Establishment,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— Volume  Two,  except 
No.  One,  of  The  Osprey,  for  best  offer  of  eggs  In 
sets.  FRANK  BRYANT,  Madison  Wis.  Route 
No.  4. 

To  any  one  subscribing  to  •Recreation'' 
through  me,  1  will  give  a  coupon  good  for  $1.50 
worth  (Lattln's  List)  of  choice  sets  from  my 
1902  lists.    E.  F.  POPE,  Colmesneil,  Texas. 


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FOR  SALE:— Fine  mounted  head  of  Rocky 
Mountain  Goat,  well  mounted  ($17.00  prepaid.) 
Pend  for  photo.  WM.  A.  BOWMAN,  Columbia 
Falls,  Montana. 

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE:— 44  caliber, 
Marlin  take  down  rifle.  Lyman  ivory  head  and 
combination  sights,  all  in  A-1.  condition,  has 
not  been  shot  100  times,  also  a  handsome  tan, 
sole  leather  grun  case  for  carrying  two  guns. 
810  for  either  $15  for  both,  $40  in  exchange  for 
sets.    B.  J.  CARPENTER,  Salem.  N.  J. 

"There  Is  no  use  in  saying  that  the  Oor.OGiST 
is  the  best  paper  to  advertise  in  the  United 
State.'^  for  every  b"dy  knows  that."  RAY 
DENSMORE,  Painesville,  Ohio. 

Have  brass  miniature  stationary  steam 
engine  for  eggs  in  sets,  if  interested  write 
Cost  $20  00.  Please  send  lists  of  sets  for  cash 
also,  all  answered.  VVM.  K.  HATLER,  Cincin- 
natus,  N.  Y. 

TO  EXCHANGE:— Many  fine  varieties  of 
Sea  shells  and  curios  to  exchange  for  a  good 
pair  of  climbers,  Coues  Key  or  desirable  sets. 
E.  L.  WARNER,  Pablo  Beach,  Fla. 

Look  old  timers  among  your  old  magazines 
and  see  it  you  have  Osprey"  Vol.  i,  Numbejs 
2  and  4  also  '■Nldologist"  Vol.  I,  Numbers  2,4  6, 
for  which  I  will  give  30  cenis  each,  Casti.  AL- 
BERT F.  GANIER,  Bowmar  Ave.,  Vicksburg, 
Miss. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— Fine  specimens  of  snow 
white  Gypsum  from  this  locality,  also  Indian 
relics  for  Indian  relics  from  other  localities. 
Write  for  description  and  outlines.  WM. 
CUDNEY,  Gait,  Ont.,  Can." 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— Nice  sets  of  American 
Magpie,  7.  8,  9,  for  nice  sets  of  common  species 
Will  exchange  for  Mockicg  bird.  Yellow 
breasted  Chat,  Maryland  Yellow  throat.  Oven 
bird,  Chestnut-sided  Warbler.  Parula  Warbler 
White-eyed  Vireo  Purple  Martin,  Cardinal 
Swamp  Sparrow,  Song  Sparrow.  Slate  colored 
Junco,  any  Grackle.  Baltimore  Oriole.  Orchard 
Oriole.  Yellow-headed  Blackbird,  Bobolink, 
Blue  Jay.  Least  Flycatcher,  Wood  -Pewee. 
Crested  Flycatcher,  any  Kingbird,  Scissor- 
tailed  Flycatcher,  BuTowing  Owl,  American 
Sparrow  Hawk,  Red-shouldered,  Red-tailed, 
or  Cooper's  Hawk,  Killdeer,  Bartramian  Sand- 
piper Only  strictly  first-class  sets  desired. 
P.  M.  SILLOWAY.  Lewlstown,  Mont. 

Now,  who  ever  heard  of  a  silk-lined  Egg 
spoon,  for  handling  very  delicate  eggs  in  the 
cabinet.  A  valuable  thing  for  every  collector. 
Sent  postpaid  on  receipt  of  Sl.uO  worth  of  eggs 
in  sets  with  data.  Again  here  is  an  Al  bargain. 
100  extra  flue  data,  for  every  50  cts.  worth  of 
eggs  with  data  sent  me.  I  also  offer,  1000  well 
mixed  Foreign  Stamps  for  $1 00  worth  of 
choice  eggs  in  full  sets  with  complete  data 
Satisfaction  guaranteed.  Address  CLARENCE 
H   LUTHER,  Fayetteville,  Ark.,  P.  O   Box  322. 

FOR  EXCHANGE:— Original  sets  with  data, 
all  North  Amerijan.  12  1-1,  13  1-1,  16  1-1,  27  1-1 
1-9,  30  1-1,  30a  1-1.  40  I-l  1-2  1-3,  51  1-2  1-3,  69  1-3, 
70  1-3,  T2  1-3  105  1-1,  130  1-7  1-8  1-10  1-11,  132  1-7, 
140  MS,  1.59  1-3  201  1-4.  211  1-8.  212  16,  214  1-14  1  17, 
225  1-4,  226  1-4,  263  13  14,  274  1-2,  1-3,  289  1-16,  297a 
1-8  402a  1-5,  410  1-5,  471  n  3,  474c  1-4,  476  1-5,  478a 
1-4,  486a  1-3,  492  1-3,  549  n-5,  5.50  n-5,  553  n-5,  554  1  2 
1-3  1-4,  573  1-4.  495a,  578  n-4,  593c  1-4,  594  1-4,  630 
1-3,  633  n  4  1-3  of  495a.  708  1-3,  715  n  3,  719c  1  6,  729 
1-4,  746  n-3,  751  n-4  758  1-4  a^d  others.  Want 
Raptores  and  a  few  sets  of  452  and  461.  J.  D. 
SORNBORGER,  101  Hammond  St,,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 


FOR  SALE.— A-1  sets.with  full  data,  of  Royal 
Tern,  50-3,  50c;  Brown  Pelican,  20-3,  30c:  Amer- 
ican Oyster-catcher,  .5-3.  81;  Willet,  10-4,  50c; 
Wilson's  Plover,  5-3.  40c:  Laughing  Gull,  50-3, 
30c;  Clapper  Rail,  5  8,  5-9,  5-10,  5-11,  5  12,  5c  egg; 
Boat-tailed  Grackle.  5-4,  40c;  Painted  Bunting, 
5-4  40c;  Yellow-breasted  Chat,  5-4,  20c;  Black 
Skimmer,  10-4,  20c;  postage  extra.  DR.  M.  T. 
CLECKLEY,  Augusta,  Ga.  182 

WANTED.— Sets  of  eggs  containing  abnor- 
mal specimens,  such  as  runts,  albinos,  mon- 
strocities,  abnormally  colored  or  shaped  eggs. 
Win  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  J.  WARREN 
JACOBS,  Waynesburg,  Pa.  101 


Books  lor  the  Naturalist. 

In  September  Oologist  we  cffered 
four  paves  of  Book^i  and  Pamphlets  on 
Ornitliology.  la  the  October  issue 
we  offered  four  ])Hees  on  Zoology, 
Mammalogy,  Herpetology  and 
Ichyttiology.  This  month  we  ofifer 
four  more  on  Marine  Inverte- 
brates, Conchology,  Entomol- 
ogy, Botany,  Geology  and  Min- 
eralogy. 

In  our  "CLEARANCE  SALE  LIST" 
of  Nov.  15lh  We  offered  all  offered  in 
the  three  Oologists  mentioned  and  in 
addition  three  pajjes  on  Palaeontol-- 
ogy.  Ethnology  and  Archaeol' 
ogy.  Microscopy  and  Miscellan 
eous. 

I  wish  to  sell  and  close  all  out  at  ear- 
liest possilde  date  and  until  Jan.  1,  1902 
I  give  a  Special  Discount  of  lO  per 
cent,  on  all  orders  of  $1  or  over  and 
send  PREPAID 

I  offer  hund'-eds  of  Excerpts  at  prices 
ranging  from  10  to  35  cents  each  in  or- 
der to  make  quick  work  of  these  rheap- 
er  ones  (10  to  35c  ones  only).  t  will 
send  your  selection  prepaid — any 
amount  at  the  rate  of  $2  00  worth  for 
$1,00.  This  VERY  SPECIAL  discount  is- 
surject  to  no  other  discount  and  is- 
good  until  December  15th  only. 

FRANK  H.  LATTIN,  M   D. 

Albion,  N.  Y. 


JAMES  P.  BABBITT, 

Wholesale   and    Retail    Dealer    in 

Taxidermists'      Supplies,      Bird 
Skins,  Eggs  &  Publications. 

Fine   Imported   Glass   Eyes   a   Specialty- 
illustrated  Catalogue  and  large  monthly  bulle- 
tin of  bargains  in  Birds  Skins  and  Eggs  free  upoip 
application. 

TAUNTON,  MASS. 


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New   Goods  !      Right   Prices  ! 

This  list  is  the  fourth  supplement  to  my  2')th  Century  List  issued  last  January.  Copies  of  that 
list  and  supplement  No.  I  furnished  on  application;  supplements  2  and  3  all  gone.  Prices  here- 
with quoted  are  for  first-class  goods  sint  prepaid  by  mail  unless  otherwise  stated. 


Indian  Relics  (Cree)- 

Stone-head  War-clubs.  Rawhide  covered 
handle  and  pendant,  stained,  good  value 

at  12  EO;  only H  J8 

Postage  if  by  mail  22c  extra. 

Slingshot,  with  loop  and  fully  de'^orated, 

34  in.  long 1  SO 

Extra  long,  48  in 1  42 

Bows.  45  in..  Rawhide  strung  and  stained, 
each  with  2  triple  feathered  bunt  arrows, 

not  mailable l  32 

Stone  Pipes,  10  to  12  in.,  covered  stems —  1  24 
Medicine  Man's  Rattle  Charms,  used  in 

"Ghost  Dance,"  Fur  trimmed  handle 1  43 

Without  Fur  trimming 1  30 

Elk-tooth  Necklace  Charm  used  in  cere 
monial  dances;  30  in.  necklace  with  10 
stained  Elk-teeth  and  19  in.  decorated 
rawhide  pendant 1  92 

Miscellaneous  Indian  Relics. 

Obsidian  Knives 22 

"        Scrapers 12 

"         Spearheads 12 

Ancient  Beads  from  Indian  Burial  Ground, 

plain  white  and  Colored,  5c  each,  3  for....      10 
Elk-teeth,   stained    and    perforated    for 
charms,  15c  each,  2  for 25 

Birds'  Eggs. 

Sets  with  data,  first-class: 

Great  Blue  Heron,  4  eggs 50 

Turkey  Vulture,  2  eggs 70 

Black             '        2     "    70 

Red-throated  Loon,  2  eggs 75 

Phainopepla,  3  eggs 35 

Fla.  Red-shouldered  Hawk.  2  eggs 40 

Rufous  Hummingbird,  nest  and  2  eggs S.i 

Costa's              ■'                 "       '•    "      ■■    75 

Anna's  "  "       "    "      "  (hole 

in  one  egg,  irregular) 50 

Black-throated  Loon,  2  eggs 1  25 

Clapper  Rail.  10  eggs 55 

Western  Gull  2  eggs 22 

Royal  Tern,  2  eggs 25 

Black  Skimmer,  3  eggs 10 

EXTRA  LARGE  SETS. 

Flicker.  14  eggs 25 

Long-bill  Marsh  Wren  10  eggs 85 

HEAA'ILY  MARKED  SETS. 

Bobolink  5  eggs 55 

Merlin,  4  eggs 70 

Red-shouldered  Hawk,  2  eggs 33 

Calif.  Murre.  1  egg        12 

Rose-breasted  Grosbeak,  3  eggs 18 

SECOND  CLASS  SINGLE  EGGS. 

End  blown  or  slightly  cracked,  but  practi' 
cally  as  good  as  Ist-class: 

Rhea,  (So.Am.Ostrich)  regular  price  $3  for  1  62 
Golden  Eagle,  (a  beautifully  marked  egg 
of  the  lavender  type,  but  very  faintlv 
cracked  on  end,  data) 2  10 


Am.  White  Pelican 08 

Manx  Shearwater 15 

Short  eared  Owl 18 

Marsh  Hawk 08 

Wild  Turkey 20 

Rough  legged  Hawk 12 

Broad-winged  Hawk 20 

Ferruginous  Rough-leg  Hawk 24 

Am.  Osprey 16 

Long  bill  Curlew 18 

Am.  Raven 25 

Am.  Woodcock 20 

Whip-poor-will 20 

Black-tailPd  Godwit 15 

Sooty  Grouse 12 

Willet  08 

Turkey  Vulture 12 

Ruddy  Duck 10 

Am.  Golden-eye  Duck 08 

Barred  Owl  20 

Cooper's  Hawk 07 

Pileated  Woodpecker 16 

Ruffed  Grouse 05 

Black  skimmer 03 

Leconte's  Sparrow  (data) 25 

Short-billed  Marsh  Wren 10 

White  breasted  Nuthatch 08 

Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher  (runt) _.  10 

Rare  Single  Eggs,  (strictly  first  class). 

Whooping  Crane 82.6 

Loon 75 

Canada  Goose 70 

Northern  Raven  65 

Olive- sided  Flycatcher 65 

Black  Rail 1  00 

Broad-tail  Hummingbird 40 

Datas  furnished  and  sent  prepaid. 

I  also  offer  the  following  first  class  singles, 
A.  O.  U.  Nos.  312,  320a.  348,  367,  478b.  482,  4S3,  496, 
574a.  578.  .579,  593a.  591,  617,  607,  633a,  641,  643,  695a, 
711,  712  707a,  752,  758a,  Any  of  these  at  Jith  of 
Lattin's  Standard  prices. 

Miscellaneous. 

Egg  of  Alligator 18 

'■    "  Crocodile 1(0 

"    "  Python 95 

"    "   Spreading  Adder  (snake) 25 

"    "  Red-bellied  Terrapin 15 

"    "  Yellow  Spot       "        20 

"    •'  Land  Turtle 06 

"    "  Peacock 35 

'■    "  Guinea  Fowl  (small  runt) 12 

"    '•  Egyptian  Goose 40 

Confederate  States  $100   Bond,  nine  cou- 
pons intact,  not  torn,  fully  signed 20 

Confederate  Fractional    Currency    (Shin- 
plasters)  5c  each,  3  var.  for 10 

Davies  "Nests  and  Egg,"  5th  (last)  edition, 

regular  price  $2.35,  good  as  new,  for 1  50 

No  egg  order  of  less  than  3.5c  will  be  sent  un- 
less 5c  additional  be  sent  for  postage. 

All  orders  of  over  3.5c  sent  postpaid. 

Butterflies  and  Moths,  spread  and  in  papers, 
always  in  stock  at  reasonable  prices.  Full  list 
for  10c  in  stamps. 

Address  all  queries  and  orders  to 

ERNEST  H.  SHORT, 
Box  173,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


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The  Spotted  Owl. 

[Syrnium  occidentals.) 
By  Harry  H.  Dunn,  Fullerton,  Cal. 

Of  this  owl,  probably  the  rarest 
North  American  species  of  its  genus, 
very  little   appears  to  be  known.      At 


least,  when,  a  year  or  two  aj?i^,  I  at- 
tempted to  gather  together  a  little  in- 
formation on  the  genus  Syrnium,  I 
met  with  very  mea;?er  results  concern- 
ing this  particular  bird  Of  its  occur- 
rence in  Southern  California  I  was  then 
quite  well  assured  as  I  had  seen 
feathers,  which  I  supposed  belonged 
to  this  species,  on  the  ground  under 
trees  which  were  evidently  the  nightly 
"hunting  boxes"  of  some  owl.  But  it 
was  not  until  this  season  that  I  became 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  this  large, 
dark  colored  bird  in  its  summer  home 
and  as  I  h.:ve  tak«n  three  sets  of  two, 
three  and  fouv  eggs  respectively,  I  feel 
warrNDted  in  inflicting  myself  upon 
suih  readers  as  I  may  have  with  a  short 
description  of  bird  and  nesting  habits. 
The  country  round  about  my  home, 
here  on  the  north  western  border  of 
Orange  cour.iy,  is  extremely  hilly  and 
given  over  to  small  and  precipitous 
cliffs  The  hills  are  not  what  would  in 
the  east  or  middle  west  be  called  "well 
wooded,"  but  in  some  of  the  more 
protected  canyons  a  heavy  growth  of 
oak  and  sycamore  with  now  and  then  a 
cottonwocd  may  be  found.  On  March 
26th  of  the  present  yesr,  I  was  making 
my  way  up  one  of  the  larger  of  these 
canyons  kweping  a  sharp  lookout  for 
Western  Red  tails  and  Pacific  Horned 
Owls,  whch  the  la  ter  frequently  occu- 
py old  Jnawk'd  nests,  when  my  atten- 
tion was  drawn  to  an  old  oak  stump 
some  fifty  yards  up  one  of  the  sides  of 
the  canyon,  by  the  actions  of  a  pair  of 
Desert  Sparrow  Hawks.  I  was  morally 
cert=>in  that  the  little  Hawks  were  not 
nesting  at  so  early  a  date,  but  I  had 
just  taken  two  sets  of  Western  Red- 
tails,  each  consisting  of  four  eggs,  so  I 
was  ready  for  any  old  chance  that  hap- 
pened to  come  along.     I  clambered   up 


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to  the  stump  and  dealt  it  a  resounding 
blow  with  the  small  hatchet  which  I 
usually  carry  with  me  on  such  occasions. 
Much  to  my  surprise  a  large  owl  came 
hustling  out  of  a  hole  some  ten  feet 
from  the  ground,  and  flying  across  the 
canyon,  settled  on  a  dead  sycamore 
limb,  thus  permitting  a  good  view  of 
her  brown  body,  heavily  marked  with 
blotches  and  bars  of  a  darker  shade. 
Up  to  the  tree  I  went,  and  peering  into 
the  hole  saw  some  three  feet  down  three 
pure  white  eggs  on  a  bed  of  rotten 
wood.  I  returned  to  the  bottom  of  the 
canyon  and  got  my  rifle  (a  22  calibre 
collecting  gun)  and  my  box.  When  I 
came  back  the  owl  was  still  sitting 
where  I  had  left  her,  and  when  I  came 
in  sight  she  commenced  snapping  her 
beak  at  me,  much  as  does  the  Long- 
eared  Owl.  I  noticed  that  her  face  and 
in  fact  most  of  her  head  was  much 
lighter  in  color  than  the  rest  of  her 
body,  and  though  quite  sure  of  the 
species,  I  shot  her,  and  upon  careful 
comparison  with  description  and 
measurements  given  by  various  authors, 
I  proved  her  to  be  the  Spotted  Owl. 
This  bird  was  very  near  as  large  as  the 
average  of  two  female  skins  of  the 
Pacific  Horned  Owl  now  in  my  pos- 
session, she  being  20.50  inches  long  and 
having  a  wing  length  of  13.75   inches. 

The  eggs  are  much  like  those  of  the 
Horned  Owl,  only  rather  more  glossy 
and  a  trifle  smaller.  In  fact  they  are 
perfectly  similar  in  all  ways  to  those  of 
the  Barred  Owl  of  the  eastern  states. 
These  three  were  fresh,  but  dissection 
showed  her  to  have  laid  her  full  com- 
plement. 

At  a  distance  this  bird  when  in  re- 
pose would  pass  for  a  Horned  Owl, 
though  in  the  three  cases  which  have 
come  to  my  notice,  the  male  Spotted 
Owl  did  not  appear  at  the  nest  as  the 
male  Pacific  Horned  usually  does,  nor 
did  the  female  Spotted  Owl  make  any 
noise  whatever,  save  the  snapping  of 
beak,  during  my  stay  at  the  nest,   a 


trait  common  to  the  female  of  the  Pa- 
cific Horned.  I  have  taken  sets  of  this 
latter  bird  from  nests  with  the  male 
and  female  sitting  on  a  boulder  not 
twenty  feet  away  and  "hooting"  with 
all  their  lungs. 

My  second  set,  consisting  of  two  eggs 
I  found  in  an  old  hollow  sycamore  stub, 
which  had  fallen  slanting  across  the 
creek  bed,  and  was  led  to  its  discovery 
as  I  have  been  to  several  nests  of  the 
Pacific  Horned  Owl,  by  a  tell  tale 
feather  which  still  clung  to  the  rough 
bark  of  the  tree.  This  was  on  the  16th 
day  of  April  and  was  in  the  Santa  Ana 
canyon  about  eleven  miles  from  my 
home.  I  did  not  shoot  this  bird  as  she 
was  on  the  nest  and  well  seen.  Incu- 
bation fresh,  but  as  one  efrg  had  slight 
traces  of  blood,  I  consider  it  a  full  set. 
On  the  18th  of  April,  just  two  days 
later,  I  took  my  third  set  from  a  hole 
in  a  live  oak  about  20  feet  from  the 
ground,  the  eggs  being  laid  about  a 
foot  and  a  half  in  from  the  entrance. 
The  bird  was  on  as  before  but  also  left 
with  a  few  snappings  of  her  beak  when 
I  rapped  on  the  trunk.  This  was  a 
natural  cavity  and  had,  I  think  been 
occupied  by  Desert  Sparrow  Hawks  the 
season  before.  There  were  four  eggs 
in  this  set  and  all  were  more  or  less  in- 
cubated indicating  that  the  bird  had 
made  a  business  of  sitting  on  the  eggs 
from  the  time  the  first  was  laid.  No 
attempt  at  nest  building  was  made, 
though  the  hole  was  very  near  horiz  on- 
tal  with  nothing  to  prevent  the  eggs 
rolling  out  should  they  once  get  started. 
The  eggs  were  similar  to  the  two 
previous  sets  and  not  so  granulated  or 
"lumpy"  as  type  eggs  of  the  Pacific 
Horned  Owl  usually  are. 

On  the  whole,  I  think  from  my  ex- 
perience this  season  that  the  Spotted 
Owi  is  about  one-third  as  numerous 
during  the  breeding  season  in  southern 
California  as  is  the  Pacific  Horned  Owl, 
of  which  I  took  nine  sets  this  year 
against  the  three  sets  of  the  Spotted 


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just  mentioned.  Neither  owl  is  nearly 
so  rare  as  the  Short-eared  owl  which  I. 
have  found  breeding  but  once  and  then 
with  a  nest  full  of  young. 


Field  Notes  From  Manitoba. 

Continued. 

THE  WESTERN  HOENED  OWL. 

I  did  not  visit  this  nest  again,  but  in 
the  spring  of  '95  I  decided  to  profit  by 
the  three  accidental  finds  I  had  made, 
and  on  April  1st,  I  took  the  course  of 
the  river  west  and  as  the  ice  had  not 
broken  up  and  made  the  best  walking, 
I  followed  the  river  on  the  ice  about 
three  and  one-half  miles  west  of  town. 
I  found  in  a  basswood  tree  leaning  over 
the  river  an  old  Broad-wing  d  Hawk's 
nest,  from  the  top  of  which  peeped  two 
tufts  of  feathers,  which  previous  exper- 
ience told  me  were  the  ear  tufts  of  Mrs. 
Bubo.  Knowing  that  all  was  right,  I 
climbed  the  tree  and  as  I  neared  the 
nest  the  old  bird  flew  off  and  perched 
on  a  tree  near  by,  while  I  finished  my 
climb  and  examined  her  home. 

The  nest  was  small,  very  little  more 
than  a  foot  in  diameter  and  only  just 
hollowed  enough  to  keep  the  eggs  from 
rolling  out.  It  was  lined  with  a  few  of 
Mrs.  Bubo's  feathers  and  contained  but 
two  eggs.  These  were  in  different  stages 
of  incubation.  I  left  them  in  the  nest 
to  see  if  she  would  lay  any  more  and  re- 
turning a  week  after  found  the  two  eggs 
still  there  and  Mrs.  Bubo  still  engaged 
in  the  duties  of  incubation.  So  being 
sure  the  set  was  complete  I  took  them. 

From  '95  to  '98  I  left  my  Horned  Owls 
to  breed  in  peace,  when  on  the  24th  of 
March  I  thought  by  way  of  recreation 
and  for  necessary  out-door  exercise  I 
would  see  how  they  were  prospering. 
Accordingly,  taking  my  gun  and  a  box 
well  filled  with  cotton  in  my  pocket,  I 
took  the  course  of  the  river  east  from 
town  and  after  passing  various  unoccu- 
pied nests  found  in  an  elm  close  to  the 


bank  of  the  river  25  feet  up  an  old  nest 
of  the  Broad-winged  Hawk,  from  which 
1  could  see  the  tell-tale  tufts  protruding. 
Climbing  the  tree  I  found  the  nest  again 
a  very  small  one  and  contained  only 
two  eggs,  which  I  left  to  see  if  any  more 
would  be  laid.  Returning  a  week  af:er 
1  found  the  nest  as  I  had  left  it  and  the 
two  eggs  awaiting  me,  so  I  took  them. 

On  the  1st  of  April  I  followed  the 
cour:^e  of  the  river  west  and  in  a  bass- 
wood  tree  leaning  over  the  river  I  found 
another  nest.  Mrs.  Bubo  was  at  home, 
as  numerous  feathers  cau«rht  on  the 
edge  of  the  nest  and  in  the  nearby 
branches  testified,  and  after  a  short 
climb  I  reached  the  nest,  which  contain- 
ed the  usual  complement  of  two  eggs 
I  left  this  nest  for  eight  days,  when  I 
returned  to  find  that  Mrs.  Bubo  consid- 
ered a  family  of  two  enough  to  look 
after  and  I  bv  taking  her  complement 
of  eggs  put  her  to  the  trouble  cf  re- 
suming her  household  duties.  This  nest 
was  about  25  feet  up  and  quite  near  the 
place  I  found  the  nest  in  '95. 

In  '99  I  tried  the  same  route  on  the 
29th  of  March  without  success  to  the 
east  and  on  the  3d  of  April  to  the  west 
for  three  miles,  but  found  no  nests.  I 
however  saw  two  Owls,  one  of  which  I 
shot,  a  fine  male  of  Bubo  virginianus 
subarcticus,  which  is  the  commonest  re- 
presentative of  the  family  here. 

In  1900  I  again  tried  my  luck  and  on 
April  2d  in  a  grove  of  oak  trees  three 
miles  east  of  town  on  the  bank  of  a 
ravine  I  found  a  nest  of  the  Red-tailed 
Hawk,  occupied  by  Horned  057ls.  This 
nest  was  occupied  last  year  by  Red-tails 
and  as  Owls  generally  are  not  well 
versed  in  the  mysteries  of  architecture 
the  nest  was  simply  flattened  and  two 
eggs  rested  therein.  As  it  was  late  in 
the  season  and  the  eggs  appeared  pretty 
well  advanced  in  incubation,  I  took 
them  and  after  spending  the  balance  of 
the  afternoon  in  fruitless  search  return- 
ed home.  The  nest  was  in  a  tall  oak  40 
feet  up  and  on  a  main  fork  plenty  of 


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feathers  in  the  branches  and  on  the  side 
of  the  nest,  showing  that  the  birds  had 
often  passed  to  and  fro.  All  these  sets 
and  nests  were  those  of  the  Western 
Horned  Owl. 

This  year  on  March  17th  I  thought  I 
would  enjoy  a  ramble  in  the  woods.  It 
was  a  lovely  day  and  mild,  and  as  the 
snow  was  too  deep  in  the  woods  for 
comfortable  walking  I  took  the  course 
of  the  river  and  walked  on  the  ice, which 
was  smooth  and  without  snow  from  a 
previous  t  aw.  About  two  and  one- 
half  miles  east  of  the  town  I  visited  a 
Red-tail's  nest  in  a  large  oak  tree,  from 
which  I  had  secured  a  set  of  eggs  last 
spring,  and  as  I  clambered  up  the  river 
bank  I  noticed  Owl  feathers  In  the 
branches  and  on  the  edges  of  the  nest. 
As  I  drew  closer  I  could  see  the  tell- 
tale tufts  and  knew  1  had  located  Mrs. 
Bubo's  intended  nursery.  As  it  was 
Sunday  I  did  not  climb,  but  made  up 
my  mind  that  I  would  visit  this  nest 
again,  so  on  the  23d  as  the  river  was 
still  frozen  I  hitched  my  horse  to  the 
cutter  and  drove  do^n  to  see  how  Mrs. 
Bubo  was  prospering.  Arrived  at  the 
wooded  point,  almo  t  an  island,  well 
timbered  with  oak,  elm  and  basswood, 
I  left  the  rivdr  and  following  my  path 
of  last  Sunday  soon  reached  the  foot  of 
the  tree.  Mrs.  Bubo  was  at  home  and 
I  began  the  ascent.  The  tree  was  so 
large  I  could  not  shin  it,  so  I  climbed  a 
small  sapling  and  swung  over  till  I 
could  climb  into  the  first  fork.  After 
this,  as  there  were  plenty  of  branches, 
I  soon  reached  the  nest.  The  old  bird 
flew  off  as  I  neared  it  and  alighting  on 
a  dead  tree  close  by  watched  me. 

As  1  peered  over  the  edge  of  the  nest 
four  handjome  egg3  arrested  my  gaze, 
and  raising  myself  above  the  nest  I  took 
notes.  The  nest  was  large,  20  inches  in 
diameter  and  was  in  better  repair  than 
usual.  The  cavity  also  was  deeper,  9 
inches  in  diameter,  just  holding  the  four 
eggs  nicely.  Quite  a  lot  of  downy 
feathers  were  caught  in  the  branches 


near  the  nest  and  on  the  edge  of  the- 
nest  and  a  few  of  these  also  composed  a 
lining. 

While  taking  my  notes  the  male  bird 
came  flying  by  and  made  a  dash  at  me, 
and  both  male  and  female  began  scold- 
ing me  for  my  intrusion,  uninvited  into 
their  home,  snapping  their  bills  and 
hissing  at  me  and  calling  to  each  other 
"Hoo,  Hoo."  I  had  a  fine  view  of  them 
as  they  sat  in  the  tree-top  close  by, 
every  few  minutes  making  a  dash  at  me 
as  though  to  drive  me  from  their  home. 
The  smaller  size  and  very  light  color 
and  pure  white  feet  told  me  that  I  had, 
without  doubt,  found  a  nest  of  the  Arctic 
Horned  Owl  [Bubo  virginianus  arcticus) . 
After  taking  all  notes  and  getting  the 
height  of  the  branch  on  which  the  nest 
rested,  an  overhanging  one  and  35  feet 
from  the  ground,  I  descended,  returned 
to  my  cutter  and  followed  the  course  of 
the  river  to  where  the  bush  ended,  find- 
ing no  mora  nests. 

Oq  March  29th  I  tried  the  river  west 
and  as  the  ice  was  getting  pretty  rotten 
the  cutter  broke  through  and  I  nearly 
got  a  cold  bath.  However,  I  saved  my- 
self by  reaching  out  my  arm  and  righted 
the  cutter  with  only  an  arm  wet  to  the 
elbow.  On  this  occasion  I  found  in  a 
basswood  tree  in  a  Red-tail's  nest,  old 
and  dilapidated,  a  set  of  two  Western 
Horned  Owl's  eggs.  Both  were  incu- 
bated and  as  is  usual  the  one  about  a 
week  more  than  the  other.  This  nest 
was  25  feet  up  and  in  a  tree  quite  close 
to  the  river  bank.  The  nest  was  very 
flat  and  well  adorned  with  the  yellow- 
ish downy  feathers  of  its  occupant.  I 
took  the  eggs  and  as  the  unsafe  state  of 
the  ice  prevented  further  progress  re- 
turned home. 

Now  to  sum  up.  These  birds  seen  in 
this  northern  latitude  are  very  early 
breeders,  nesting  always  while  the  snow 
is  on  the  ground,  dates  being  from  the 
17th  of  March  until  1st  of  April.  I  have 
never  known  them  to  construct  their 
own  nest.    They  always  seiza  on  the 


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nest  of  some  kind  of  Hawk  and  use  it 
for  their  nursery.  They  like  to  build 
near  a  ravine  or  river,  for  the  reason 
that  finding  a  tree  whose  branches  over- 
hang the  river  the  male  takes  up  his 
position  there  and  watches  until  some 
unwary  mouse,  squirrel  or  rabbit  crosses 
the  ice,  when  he  swoops  down  upon  it 
and  carries  it  off  to  his  mate.  They 
hunt  chiefly  at  night  or  in  the  dusk  of 
twilight,  which  accounts  for  the  pres- 
ence in  their  nests, which  contain  young, 
of  such  dusk-loving  animals  as  rabbits, 
(northern  hares)  pocket  gophers,  mice 
and  snakes.  They  take  birds  as  they 
roost  aad  the  birds  most  frequently 
caught  by  them  are  ground  birds  as  the 
Grouse,  Riils,  etc.  These  they  cat  h 
while  s'eeping,  as  you  may  prove  for 
yourself  if  you  will  go  out  some  fine 
night  in  the  spring  at  the  lime  the  Owls 
have  their  families  to  provide  for,  and 
sitting  down  in  the  shelter  of  the  trees 
on  the  border  of  the  woods  frequented 
by  them  watch  them.  As  twilight  deep- 
ens you  will  hear  a  call  'Hoo,  Ho.>, 
Hoo,"  then  a  pause  and  again  thrice  re- 
peated the  "Hoo,  Hoo,  Hoo."  Strain 
your  eyes  and  against;  the  evening  sky 
you  see  Mr.  Bubo  sitting  motionless  as 
a  statute  on  some  dead  stump  or  limb 
of  a  tree  or  perhaps  a  fence  post.  Watch 
him.  In  a  moment  he  leaves  his  perch 
and  flaps  n  uselessly  over  the  grass, 
keeping  about  three  or  four  feet  above 
the  ground.  His  large  wings  and  soft 
plumage  carrv  him  silently  through  the 
air  and  his  large,  well  developed  eyes 
scan  the  ground  for  his  prey.  Ah!  see 
him  poise.  He  sees  some  game.  Hovers 
a  moment,  then  drops.  Run  to  the 
place  and  you  see  him  rise  from  his 
quarry.  He  carries  off  with  him  a 
mouse,  a  rabbit  or  perchance  a  Grouse. 
On  fine  evenings  in  the  spring  I  have 
witnessed  this  performance  as  I  sat 
down  to  rest  on  my  way  home  after  a 
day's  collecting 

I  don't  want  to  impress  the  reader 
that  they  are  a  very  destructive  bird, 


for  I  find  that  it  is  only  at  the  season 
when  they  are  raising  their  brood  that 
they  destroy  much  game.  At  other 
times  it  does  not  take  much  to  keep  a 
pair  of  these  Owls,  for  the  two  I  had  in 
captivity  were  not  very  large  eaters,  a 
full-grown  rabbit  lasting  them  for  three 
days. 

If  you  will  open  these  Osvls'  stomachs 
at  other  seasons  you  will  generally  find 
that  its  stomach  contains  95  par  cent,  of 
the  remains  of  mice,  moles,  weasels, 
snakes,  rabbits  and  such  mammals  and 
that  few  birds  are  taken. 

We  have  the  three  varieties  of  the 
Great  Horned  Owl  hare,  the  two  prev- 
iously mentioned  and  the  Dusky.  This 
variety  is  rarer  than  the  other  two, only 
about  three  specimens  having  come  into 
my  hands.  I  have  not  found  their  nests 
as  yet,  although  I  feel  pretty  sure  that 
they  breed  here.  I  had  one  brought  to 
me  in  July  of  '94,  and  it  appeared  to  be 
a  young  bird,  as  all  the  down  was  not 
oft'  its  feathers. 

The  Arctic  is  rather  more  common,  but 
chiefly  seen  in  winter.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  the  nest  found  this  March  I  have 
never  seen  a  nest.  This  year  while  on 
a  visit  to  Rock  and  Pelican  lakes  I 
boated  down  the  Pembina  river  for 
about  seven  miles  between  half  past  4 
and  half  past  10  ori  the  third  of  July> 
and  after  passing  a  heronry  of  the  Great 
Blue  Heron  in  a  very  secluded  spot  at  a 
bend  of  the  river  where  the  crooked 
course  of  the  river  almost  forms  a  large 
island,  I  frightened  from  their  perches 
on  overhanging  branches  four  young  of 
the  Arctic  Horned  that  wee  well  able  to 
fly.  They  alighted  in  different  places 
near  the  river,  some  on  overhanging 
branches  and  one,  the  smallest  of  the 
four,  on  a  stump.  I  passed  within  ten 
feet  of  him  as  he  sat  there  staring  at  me 
with  his  big  yellow  eyes,  and  knew  at 
once  that  I  had  seen  a  family  of  B.  y.. 
arcticus.  These  were  all  one  brood,  I 
have  no  doubt,  as  they  stayed  close  to- 
gether and  had  probably  been  hatched 


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in  one  of  the  old  Heron's  nests  in  the 
heronry  before  mentioned. 
•   Well,  so  much  for  Bubo  virginianus 
in  his  different  phrases.     When  I  again 
take  up  my  pen  to  treat  the  readers  of 
the  OoLOGisT  to  some  bird  lore  I  will 
tell  them  something  about  the  Loon. 
C.  P.  Forge, 
Carman,  Manitoba. 


The  Food  Supply  of  the  House  Wren. 

BY  C.  C     PURDUM,    M.  D. 

One  of  the  birds  I  most  love  is  our 
quick  motioned  and  cheerful  little 
House  Wren  [Troglodytes  aedon.)  I 
meet  him  everywhere  in  the  United 
States  where  I  may  pitch  my  tent,  ex- 
cept in  the  mountains.  In  the  winter, 
if  I  chance  to  be  in  the  wooris  in 
Georgia,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  or  in 
fact  any  of  the  Southern  states,  ho  is 
there  to  greet  me.  If  in  the  summer, 
when  the  heat  becomes  oppressive,  I 
invade  the  cool  and  delicious  solitudes 
of  the  forests  of  Maine,  I  find  him 
always  cheerful,  always  chirping  hap- 
pily to  his  mate  on  her  eggs  in  the  nest 
in  the  fence  post,  and  always  glad  and 
happy  to  be  in  the  society  of  man. 
Like  our  friend  O.  caroUnensis,  the 
House  Wren  rears  two  broods  each 
season,  depositing  six  to  eight  reddish 
brown  eggs,  generally  in  some  artific- 
ially constructed  shelter.  Thus  we 
find  them  nesting  in  bird  boxes,  unused 
gutters,  tin  cans  of  all  sizes,  which  by 
chance  are  elevated  somewhat  above 
the  ground,  holes  in  the  fence  posts, 
old  wood-pecker  holes,  and  in  one  in- 
stance in  a  watering  pot  which  was 
suspended  from  the  back  porch.  * 
Some  years  ago  when  the  writer  was 
preparing  a  report  on  "Odd  and  pecul- 
iar Nests  and  Nesting"  (the  completion 
of  which  was  interrupted  by  a  long  per- 
iod of  sickness,)   he  received  an  inter- 

*Report  on  the  House  "Wren,  U.  S.  Dep't.  of 
Agriculture,  1895. 
+Mr.  Roy  G.  Fitcli,  since  deceased. 


esting  note  from  an  observer  in  the 
West  f  as  follows:  "The  day  before 
yesterday  I  took  a  set  of  seven  eggs  of 
the  House  Wren.  I  have  taken  many 
sets  of  these  eggs  before,  but  the  pecul- 
iar situation  of  tho  nest,  etc,  warranted 
I  think,  taking  it.  An  old  rubber  boot 
had  been  cut  down  to  the  ankle  and  the 
foot  used  as  a  shoe  by  one  of  the  farm- 
ers about  here,  and  had  afterwards 
been  discarded  in  the  field.  In  clear- 
ing up  the  field  the  next  Spring  prepar- 
atory to  planting,  tLe  improvised  shoe 
had  been  thrown  carelessly  into  a  brush 
heap  at  the  edge  of  the  field,  and  re- 
mained there.  The  birds  took  posses- 
sion of  this  and  filled  it  with  sticks  ard 
then  built  a  nest,  thus  making  for 
themselves  a  very  substantial  abode. 
The  nest  and  it's  encasing  of  boot  foot, 
make  a  very  interesting  addition  to  my 
collection  "  In  most  localities,  this  bit 
of  perpetual  motion  is  respected  by  the 
farmer,  and  his  worth  fully  appreciat- 
ed. Hunting  with  the  minutest  care, 
but  with  marvelous  agility,  the  Wrens 
skip  hither  and  thither  along  the  fences, 
about  the  brush  heaps,  in  and  out 
among  the  stones  of  the  loosely  con- 
structed walls  of  the  pastures,  through 
the  orchards,  and  about  the  out  build- 
ings, searching  with  their  little  pierce- 
ing  eyes,  every  crevice,  nook,  and  cran- 
ny, for  food  for  their  youngsters  and 
themselves,  and  altogether  make  one 
of  the  most  useful,  and  certainly  the 
least  expensive  of  the  farmer's  assist- 
ants. The  report  of  the  U.  S.  Dep't.  of 
Agriculture,  on  this  bird,  gives  the  re- 
sults of  the  examination  of  fifty  two 
stomachs,  taken  from  a  range  extend- 
ing from  Connecticut  to  California. 

Ninety-eight  of  the  stomach  contents 
was  composed  of  insects,  while  the 
remaining  two  per  cent,  was  composed 
of  rubbish,  like  bits  of  grass,  wood,  and 
sand, which  was  in  all  probability  taken 
by  accident.  No  vegetable  food  could 
be  said  to  have  been  taken  intention- 
ally,  was   found  in  any  one  of  these 


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stomachs,  and  none  was  expected,  for 
I  do  not  know  of  one  observer  who  has 
taken  the  trouble  to  closely  follow  the 
habits  of  these  birds,  who  has  been 
guilty  of  charging  them  with  even  an 
occasional  departure  from  an  insect 
diet. 

Nearly  one-half  of  the  insects  con- 
suaied  are  grass-hoppers  and  beetles, 
and  the  other  half  is  about  equally 
divided  among  the  bugs,  spiders  and 
caterpillars.  Among  the  beetles,  the 
ground  varieties  form  about  six  per 
cent ,  and  the  weevils  rank  next  in  im- 
portance. Indeed  during  July  they  ap- 
proach eleven  per  cent.  Only  about 
half  as  many  dung  beetles  are  consum- 
ed, as  weevils  are  not  eaten  at  all  after 
May,  when  these  beetles  are  of  most 
value  from  an  economic  standpoint. 
Among  the  other  varieties,  which  were 
found  in  only  small  quantities  or  oc- 
casionally, may  be  mentioned,  beetles 
of  the  lirefiy  group,  leaf  beetles,  click 
and  rove  beetles. 

'Cine  bird  had  eaten  a  longicorn 
beetle."  From  the  examination  above 
spoken  of  it  was  found  that  during  the 
month  of  August,  the  grass-hoppers 
reached  a  maxium  of  sixty  per  cent.,  to 
the  exclusion  of  some  of  the  heretofore 
most  common  kinds  of  insects.  Of  this 
sixty  per  cent,  the  common  and  green 
grass-hoppers  and  insects  formed  the 
bulk,  and  as  the  bird  continues  to  eat 
insects  after  the  fruit  ripens  we  can  not 
but  make  a  most  favorable  comparison 
between  it  and  the  bird  of  our  last 
paper,  Oaleoscoptes        carolinensis. 

Among  the  bugs  consumed  by  the 
House  Wren  are  many  of  the  plant 
feeding  and  leaf  hopping  varieties. 

The  stink  bug  [Pentatomidae)  is  also 
consumed  in  large  numbers.  Plant 
lice  are  occasionaly  eaten.  The  large 
number  of  daddy-long-legs  which  this 
bird  devours,  is  however,  from  a  strict- 
ly economic  standpoint,  somewhat  det- 
rimental, as  they  are  known  to  feed 
upon  aphids.       Very     few  flies  were 


found  in  the  stomachs,  owing  no  doubt 
to  the  fact  that  these  insects  are  more 
difficult  to  capture  than  the  others. 
But  few  wasps  were  found. 

In  conclusion  I  can  do  no  better  than 
to  quote  "verbatim,"  from  the  excellent 
paper  of  Mr.  Sylvester  D.  Judd,  Assist 
ant  Ornithologist  to  the  Department  of 
Agriculture. 

"From  the  foregoing  detailed  account 
of  the  Wren's  food,  it  is  obvious  that 
the  bird  is  very  beneficial  to  agricul- 
ture. Such  insectivorous  birds  should 
be  encouraged.  It  is  a  pity  that  the 
quarrelsome  English  sparrow  can  not 
be  exterminated,  for  if  in  the  place  of 
every  dozen  English  Sparrows,  Ihere 
was  one  House  Wren,  our  churches 
would  present  a  more  sightly  appear- 
ance, while  the  yield  of  the  crops  of  the 
country  would  be  greatly  increased. 
At  Cambridge,  Mass.,  the  sparrow  has 
driven  >the  Wren  away  by  occupying 
the  nesting  boxes.  This  is  true  to  a 
certain  extent  wherever  the  two  birds 
have  met.  To  secure  the  services  of 
the  wren,  the  farmer  must  put  up  nest- 
ing boxes  and  declare  war  on  the  spar- 
row." 

TABLE  SHOWING  NUMBER    OF    STOMACHS 
AND  PER  CENT.  OF  FOOD. 

Number  of  stomachs  examined 53 

Per  cent,  of  animal  food. 

Ants 4 

Caterpillars 16 

Beetles 22 

Grasshoppers 25 

Bugs 12 

Spiders,  Thousand-legs,  etc 14 

Miscellaneous 5 

Total  animal  food 98 

Miscellaneous  vegetable  food 2 

Total  100 


Nesting^  of  the  Coppery-tailed  Trog-on. 

One  of  my  collectors  has  recently  sent 
me  several  sets  of  eggs  of  the  Coppery- 
tailed  Trogon,  and  as  they  are  quite 
rare  1  thought  your  readers  might  be  in- 
terested in  his  letter  describing  the  tak- 


172 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


ing  of  a  set  of  them.    They  were  taken 
on  July  24  of  this  year.    He  writes: 

"We  left  Sinaloa,  Mexico,  at  5  a.  m. 
on  the  23d  of  July.  The  pack  mules 
were  started,  but  it  had  taken  so  long 
to  get  them  off  that  we  decided  to  take 
lunch  before  leaying.  After  lunch  we 
went  down  to  the  river  and  were  fer- 
ried across,  while  the  mules  were  re- 
quired to  swim.  Our  afternoon  ride 
was  a  pleasant  one  and  we  enjoyed  it 
hugely.  It  was  through  a  rather  low 
growth  of  all  sorts  of  strange  trees. 
There  were  giant  cacti  of  various  kinds, 
several  varieties  of  prickly  pear  and 
many  climbing  vines.  At  frt quent  in- 
tervals we  came  to  native  dwellings,  as 
poor  as  they  could  be  to  be  called  shel- 
ters, the  sides  made  of  brush  and  the 
top  thatched  with  palm  leaves. 

"I  never  elsewhere  saw  so  many  tar- 
antulas. Their  holes  lined  the  sides  of 
the  road,  and  occasionally  one  would 
stick  his  front  feet  out  as  we  went  by. 
Before  night  came  on  our  mules  showed 
signs  of  fatigue,  though  we  had  traveled 
slowly.  Toward  evening  we  struck  the 
first  creek  of  any  importance,  by  the 
side  of  which  the  natives  were  starting 
to  cultivate  corn.  The  temperature  was 
about  the  same  a*"  that  in  a  moist  hot 
house.  It  was  just  as  the  sun  was  set- 
ting that  we  rode  into  a  little  village  of 
thatched  houses.  We  put  our  cots  un- 
der a  shod  and  tried  to  get  some  sleep, 
but  it  was  rather  a  failure,  for  the  bur- 
ros kept  up  a  braying  to  each  other 
through  the  entire  night.  I  put  in  only 
about  an  hour's  sleep  for  the  night. 

"Our  mozos  was  up  at  4  a.m.  and  fed 
the  mules,  and  by  6:30  we  were  off  on 
the  road.  It  was  like  a  moist  hot  house 
all  morning.  The  trail  wa^  a  pretty 
one,  winding  beside  an  arroyo  with 
large  trees  and  very  dense  foliage  all 
around.  Here  and  there  we  would  pass 
patches  of  bananas,  mangoes  and  sugar, 
cane,  with  a  little  thatched  cottage  in 
the  grove  generally  shaded  by  an  orange 
tree.    As  we  were  riding  along  a  siooy 


bit  of  trail,  always  on  the  lookout  for 
curios,  my  eyes  caught  sight  of  a  bird 
which  interested  me.  There  are  lots  of 
large  green  and  blue  parrots  to  be  seen 
along  the  trail,  and  another  bird  of  bril- 
liant red,  green,  black  and  white  plum- 
age. I  saw  one  of  the  latter  disappear 
behind  a  stump,  and  on  riding  up  to  it 
she  flew  out  of  a  hole  in  the  stump.  I 
looked  in  t^e  cavity  and  found  her  nest 
of  eggs.  I  did  not  see  how  she  got  in 
there,  for  her  tail  was  as  long  as  the 
hole  was  deep.  I  think  she  must  have 
left  it  at  the  entrance  and  put  it  on 
again  when  she  went  out.  My  old  spirit 
of  colle'cting  birds'  eggs  got  the  better 
of  me,  and  out  the  eggs  had  to  come. 
They  were  fresh,  and  I  blew  them  and 
put  them  back  in  the  nest,  covered  them 
with  leaves,  sticki  and  stones  and  left 
them  until  my  return  trip  some  weeks 
later." 

The  native  name  of  this  bird  is  Coa  or 
Cola,  but  the  A.  O.  U.  knows  it  as  the 
Coppery-tailed  Trogon, 

The  eggs  are  pure  white,  about  as 
dull  in  color  as  a  pigeon  egg,  and  either 
two  or  four  in  number. 

R.  P.  Shakples, 
West  Chester,  Pa. 


Mr.  Richard  C.  McGregor  of  the  U. 
S.  S.  "Pathfinder"  under  date  of  Aug- 
ust 16th,  in  Dutch  Harbor,  Alaska, 
writes:  "I  have  some  little  time  for 
birds,  etc.,  here.  Have  put  up  plenty 
of  skins  of  Aleutian  Leucosticte,  Sand- 
wich Sparrow  and  Aleutian  Song  Spar- 
row besides  a  few  other  species.  Have 
eggs  of  Nelson's  Ptarmigan,  Fork  tailed 
Petrel,  Sandwich  Sparrow,  Green- 
winged  Teal  and  some  common  things^ 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


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MARINE      INVERTEBRATES      AND 
PRODUCTS. 

Agasslz,  Seaside  Studies  in  Natural  History, 
Marine  Animals  of  Mass.  Bay,  Radiat«s,  156p, 
185flg 1  25 

Andrews.  Annelida  Polychaeta  of  Beaufort, 
No.  Car.,  (.57  species)  26p,  7pl 35 

Benedict,  Ten  New  Species  and  One  New 
Genus  Annelida,  7p,6pl;  also  Jordan's  List  of 
Fishes  of  the  West  Indies,  52p _    20 

,  Corystoid  Crabs  and  37  New  Hermit 

Crabs,  34p,  3pl 35 

Benedict  &  Rathbun,  Crabs  of  Genus  Pano- 
peus,  33p,  6pl 35 

Clarke,  Common  Sea  Weeds  of  the  British 
Coasts  and  Channel  Islands,  140p,  10  col.  pi..    45 

Cooke,  Ponds  and  Ditches,  254p,  ills 45 

Darwin,  Coral  Reefs,  Volcanic  Islands  and 
South  American  Geology,  550p,  6pl  (1.50)....  1  10 

Fewkes,  Medusae  of  Albatross  Exped..  6p,  pi 

15 

Harger,  N.  E.  Isopoda,  8p 15 

Herrick,  The  American  Lobster,  A  Study  of 
Its  Habits  and  Development,  852p,  52pl,  (7  col.) 

1  00 

Hlbberd,  The  Book  of  the  Aquarium  or  Prac- 
tical Instructions  of  the  Formation,  Stocking 
and  Management  in  All  Seasons  of  Marine  and 
River  Animals  and  Plants,  262p,  fully  ills....    65 

Hyatt's  Sponges,  44p,  ills 20 

Ives,  Echinoderms  from  Bahamas,  6p.  pi..    15 
McMurrich,  Actinias  of  the  Albatross  Expedi- 
tion, with  Classification  of  Anthozoa,  98p,  15pl 
60 


Macalister  &  Packard,  Zoology  of  the  Inver- 
tebrates, 77flgs,  144p 60 

Jfann,  Deep  Sea  Diatoms  off  Dela.  Bay,  lOp 
15 


Packard,  Tertiary  Crayfish,  8p,  pi 15 

Page  Aquaria,  A  Treatise  on  the  Food, 
Breeding  and  Care  of  Gold  Fish,  etc.,  64p,  Ills 
40 


Peck,  Pteropods  and  Heteropods  of  Albatross 
Exped.,  16p,  3pl 25 

Rathbun,  Economic  Crustaceans,  Worms, 
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,  Scientific  Investigation  of  the  Sea  and 

Fresh  Waters,  112p 50 

,  Catalogue  of  Recent  Echini  and  Echi- 
ni of  Albatross  Exneditlon,  64p _    50 

,  'Crabs  of  Family  Pericerldae,  46p,  ISpl 

50 


,  Parasitic  Copepoda,  Stalked  Crmoids, 

18p 25 

,  Marine  Invertebrates  N.  E  Coast,  20d 

25 


,  Littoral  Marine  Fauna  of  Cape  Cod,  18 

p 15 

Ryder,  New  Sponge,  Camoraphysema  obscura, 
and  Potts,  Mexican  F.  W.  Sponges,  6p,  pi...    15 

Streets,  No.  Pacific  Phronlmidae,  6p,  pi. ..    15 

Verrill,  Marine  Invertebrata  of  N.  E.  Coast 
of  America,  64p -    50 

Webster,  Annelida  from  Bermuda,  24p,  6pl 
35 


Wood,  Invertebrates  of  the  World,  see  Herpe- 
tology, "Wood's  Animate  Creation" 


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American  Authors,  650p 1  50 

,  do  do  do  by  Foreign  Autliors,  298p.    75 

Brown,  Atlas  of  Fossil  Conchology  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  with  descriptions  and  il- 
lustrations of  all  species,  98  full-page  tinted 
steel  plates  containing  3500  figures,  royal  4to, 
Liondon,  1889,  (20.00)  new 7  00 

Bnsh  &  Dall,  MoUusks  and  Echinoderms 
dredged  on  Coast  Labrador,  etc.,  20p,  2pl 25 

Carpenter,  MoUusca  or  "Shell  Fish"  and 
Their  Allies  (134p) ;  and  Morlot,  General  Views 
on  Archeology,  (70p)204p,  S.  R.  60 75 

*Chenu,  Manuel  de  Conchyliologie  et  de  Pale- 
ontoiogie  Conchyliologique,  vol.  I— Univalves. 
3707flgs 7  00 

Dall,  Index  to  Names  Applied  to  Sub-divis- 
ions of  Brachiopoda.  88p,  M.  B.  8 40 

.Marine  Mollusks  of  the  S.  E.  Coast  of 

U.  S.,  222p,  74pl,  con.  700flgs,  M   B.  37 3  50 

,  Instructions  for  Collecting  Mollusks 

and  Other  Useful  Hints  for  the  Conchologist. 
56p,  ills 50 

,  Limpets  and  Chitons  of  Alaskan  and 

Arctic  Regi  ns,  etc.,  96p,  5pl 50 

,  Florida  Land  and  Fresh  Water  Shells, 

also  Marine,  etc..  with  Mesozoic  and  Cenozoic 
types  by  Marcou,  64p,  3pl 50 

Dall,  New  W<^st  Am.  Shells  of  Albatross  Ex- 
pedition, eta,  32p,3pl.. 35 

,  Notes  on  Mollusks  of  Behring  Sea.etc, 

also  Rathbun's  Parasitic  Copepoda,  52p,  6pl    50 

,  MoUusca  of  Bering  Island,  12p _    25 

De  Kay,  MoUnsca  and  Crustacea  of  New 
York,  4to,  355p,  53  col.  pi,  (411  col.  fig). 5  00 

IngersoU,  A  Monograph  on  The  Oyster  In- 
dustry of  the  United  States,  4to,  251p,  42pl...l  50 

Jay,  Japanese  Shells,  4to,  8p,  5pl,  (2  col)...    35 

Mayo,  Lessons  on  Shells,  218p,  lOpl,  ill.  84 
species 60 

Orcutt,  Mollusks  of  San  Diego,  etc.,  20p,  pi 
25 

Pikbry,  H.  A..  The  Manual  of  Conchology, 
each  part  contains  64  or  more  pages  and  15  to 
20  plates,  fine  edition,  both  colored  and  India- 
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Rimmer.  The  Land  and  Fresh  Water  Shells 
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Roberts,  et  al.  List  of  Shells,  Insects  and 
Plants  from  Hayden  Survey  of  '70,  20p 15 

Ruschenberger,  Elements  of  Conchology,  110 
P,  12'fig 60 

Scudder,  Bibliography  of  the  Publications  of 
Isaac  Lea  with  Biographical  Sketch  and  Steel 
Eng.  Portrait,  338p,  (M.  B.  23)  1  00 

*Shells  and  Their  Inmates,  230p,  53ills,  Lon- 
don, '41 70 

Simpson,  Notes  on  Unionidffi  of  Fla.  and  S.E. 
States,  32p,  26pl 75 

Stearns,  Frederick,  Japanese  MoUusca,  80p, 

Pl 25 

Stearns,  R.  E.  C. ,  West  American  Shells,  22p. 

3pl 35 

,  Shells  from  W.  Coast  of  S.  A. ,  30p..    25 

,  do  do,  rare  or  little  known  species,  12 

P,  pl 25 

,  West  African  Mollusks,  24p 25 

,  Mollusks  of  Galpagos  Is.,  98p,  2pl  .    75 


' ,  Land  and  F.  W.  Shells  of  Death  Val- 
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,  L.  and  F.  W.  Shells  from  Texas  and 

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,  do  from  Gulf  Border  of  Miss.,  14p_.    25 

■ ,  Etlmo-Conchology,  A  Study  of  Primi- 
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Verrill.  Deep  Water  MoUusca  off  Martha's 
Vineyard,  28p 33 

Winslow,  Economic  MoUusca,  etc.,  86p....  35 
Williamson,  Shells  of  San  Pedro  Bay,  42p,  5 

pl 50 

Wood,  Mollusks  of  the  World,  see  Herpetolo- 

gy,  "Wood's  Animate  Creation" 

ENTOMOLOGY. 

Ashmead,  Monograph  of  N.  A.  Proctortry- 
pidaB,  472p,  18  plates,  M.  B.  45 1  20 

Badenoch,  Romance  of  the  Insect  World, 
298p,  fSfig  pl,  (1.50) 90 

Ballman,  The  Myrlapoda  of  N.  A.,  210p,  M. 
B.  46 70 

Chambers,  Index  to  Tineina  of  U.  S.  and  Can- 
ada; new  Tinea ;  Food  Plants  of  Tinea,  90p..    35 

Comstock,  Cotton  Insects,  512p.  77  flg,  3  pl. 
(2  col.) 75 

Cook,  Myrlapoda  from  Africa,  8p W 

&  Collins,  Notes  on  Geophilidae,   14pv 

3pl 15 

Davis.  Locust  and  the  Horn  Fly,  6p,Illus    05 
Drury.  Preparation  and  Care  of  Insect  Col- 
lection, 8p 15 

Eberhart,  Key  to  Families  of  Insects,  24p- 
150  fig 15 

Edwards, Bibliographical  Catalogue  of  Trans- 
formation of  N.  A.  Lepidoptera,  148p,M.B35    40 

Lepidoptera  of  Montana,  6p _    10 

Emmons,  Insects  of  New  York,  4  to  326p, 
47  col.  pl 5  00 

Forbush  &  Fernald,  The  Gypsey  Moth,  65pl, 
.596  pages 1  70 

French.  Butterflies  of  the  Eastern  United 
States,  408p.  93Uls i  05 

Grote,  Maine  Moths;  N.  A.  Agrotis:  N.  A. 
Moths;  Lithophane;  NoctuEe;  Calif.  Noctulds: 
N.  A.  Pyralidaj,  134p,  ills 40 

Hampson,  Moths  of  British  India,  1892,  333 
flg,  528p 2  35 

Howard,  Biology  of  Chalcidee;  Insects  with 
branched  antennae,  32p,  2pl 15 

Kappel  &  Klrby,  British  and  European 
Moths  and  Butterflies,  amagniflcent  work,4to, 
274p,  31  col  pl,  illustrating  nearly  500  fig,  true 

to  nature,  cover  slightly  soiled  (7.50)  4  10 

KIngsley,  Genus  Alpheus,  12p 10' 

Kirby,  ("Lloyd's  Natural  History."  Moth 
and  Butterflies,  5  vols,  each  containing  about 
300p  text,  158pl.,  beautifully  and  accurately  Il- 
lustrating over  500  species  true  to  nature, 
1897 4  90 

LeConte,  Rocky  Mt.  Coleoptera,  56p 20 

Manton,  Insects,  How  to  Catch  and  How  to 
Prepare  them  for  the  cabinet,  32p,  ills,  (.50)    40 

Maynard,  The  Butterflies  of  New  England, 
4to,  76p.  10  hand  col.  pl  showing  250  life  size 
specimens,  rare,  valuable,  out  of  print,  new 
but  cover  damaged 4  20 

Meyrlck.  A  Handbook  of  British  Lepidoptera. 
844p,  ills  (2.50).... 1  70 

Montadon,  N.  A.  Hemiptera  Heteroptera, 
8p 10 

Neal,  Fla.  Boot  Knot  Disease,32p,  21col  pl    25 


THE  00  LOG  I  ST. 


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Packard,  Cave  Fauna  of  North  America.  &c. 
&c,  270p,  Slpl,  4to - 2  15 

Rocky  Mt.  Locust  and  Other  Insects  in- 

iurloiis  to  Garden  and  Field  Crops  of  W. States 
and  Tex.,  228p.  Ml,  67  flg,  H.  S.  '75. 80 

Inj  ur ious  and  Beneficial  Insects.  30p    15 

Patton.  Certain  Bees;  Aculeate  Hymenop- 
tera;  American  Stizlni,  40p 15 

Pelt,  Insects  Injurious  to  Maple  Trees  4to. 
3  col  pi.  11  ills 25 

Riley,  Directions  for  Collecting  and  Preserv- 
ing Insects,  i48p,  I40ag_ 75 

Insects  of  Death  Valley,  31p 15 

Parasites  of  Hessian  Fly,  lOp,  pi 10 


West  African  Insects  and  Arachnida, 

26p,  pi 15 

Riley  &  Monell,  Aphidae,  32p,  2pl 15 

Riley,  Packard  and  Thomas  3d  Report  U.  S. 
Entomological  Commission  with  special  refer- 
ence to  the  Kocky  Mountain  Locust,  Army 
Worm,  Canker  Worm,  Hessian  Fly  and  Scien- 
tific Results,  4o0p,  64cl 75 

Scudder.  "Tertiary  Insects  of  North  America, 

4tO,  7i4p,  28pl 2  15 

Butterflies,  &c  from  Colo.,  Ariz,   and 

Utah,  16p _    10 

Tertiary  Insects,  Colo,  and  Wyo.,26p    15 

N.  A.  Eaiwigs,  12p 10 

Fossil   (Green  River)   Insects;  Fossil 

Coleoptera,  42p _    85 

Smith,  Insects  found  in  New  Jersey,  486p  1  10 

Lepidopterous  Family,    Noctuids    of 

Temperate  N.  A  ,  234p.  5pl,  revision  of  the  spec- 
ies of  the  Genius  Agrotis,  M  B  38 85 

Lepidopterous  Super-family,NoctuId8e, 

in  Boreal  America,  424 -1  05 

Contributions  toward  a  monograph   of 

the  noctuidSB  of  N.  A.,   revision  of,   Dicopinas; 
Cuculla;  xylomigesandMorrisonia;  Mamestra; 

Homohadena;  hadena,  I86p,  8pl 90 

do  do,  all  but  last  two  (Hadena  and 

Homohadena)  134p,  6pl _ 60 

Revision  of  Saturnidae,  30p,  3pl lf> 

Snow,  Am.  Platypez!dae,  lOp,  pi 10 

Thomas,   Bynopsis  of  the  Acrididie  of    No. 

America,  4to,  262p 1  20 

New  Orthoptera,  20p,  H  S  70 10 

Thomas  &  Uhlfr.  Orthoptera  and  Hemiptera 

of  Dak.  and  Mont.  32p 15 

Weed,  Harvest  Spider  of  Ohio,  22p,  13pl...    20 
Wellman,  Study  of  the  Prothorax  of  Butter- 
flies, 6p,  9tlg 10 

Williston  Syn-psis  of  the  N.  A.  Syrphida3, 

336p,  12pl,  M.  B.  31  1   15 

Wood,  Insects  of  the  World, See  Herpe- 

tology,  "Wood's  Animate  Creation." 

BOTANY. 

Apgar.  Trees  of  the  Northern  United  State.s, 
224p,  400fig 85 

Pocket  Key  of  Trees  of  N.  U.  S.  east  of 

Rocky  mountains,  40p,  ills 35 

Beadle,  Catalogue  of  the  Biltimore  Herbar- 
ium. 30p 10 

Beal,  Forestry,  etc.  A  Popular  Account  of 
Trees  of  Michigan  and  Their  Uses,  24p 10 

Brandegee,  Flora  of  S.  W.  Colo.,22p 10 

Burgess,  J.  T.,  English  Wild  Flowers,  182p. 
illus 35 


Bush  Trees,  Shrubs  and  Vines  of  Missouri, 
46p 10 

Carpenter,  Vegetable  Physiology  and  Sy- 
stemic Botany,  .576p,  200  flg,  (2.50) 1  40 

Chickering,  Plants  of  Montana  and  Dakota, 
30p 15 

Cooke,  British  Fungi  (Mushrooms,  &c),  with 
colored  plates  of  40  species,  166p,  20  col  pi, 
(1.50) 1  20 

Handbook  of  British  Hepatic^,  310p, 

7pl,  2C0fig,  (1.50) 1  05 

■ —  Index    Fungorum    Britannicorum,    a 

check  list  of  over  3000  species,  58p 40 

Rust,  Smut,  Mildew  and   Mould.     An 

Introduction  t « the  Study  of  Microscopic  Fun- 
gi, 262p,  269  col  flg  (1.50) 1  10 

Eceers.  Flora  of  St.  Croix  and  Virgin  Isles, 
34p,  M.  B.  13 35 

Fernow.  Timber,  Characteristics  and  Prop- 
erties of  Woods,  with  a  key  to  the  more  impor- 
tant woods  of  N.  A.,  88p    49flg 35 

Flint,  Catalogue  of  U.  S.  Materia  Medica  Col- 
lection, 48p 15 

*Goodale.  Physiological  Botany.  214flgs, 
534p,  vol.  II  of  Gray's  Botanical  Text  Book  1  10 

Few  Common  Plants,  62p,  (20) 15 

*Gray,  Asa,  School  and  Field  Book  of  Botany 
consisting  of  ''Lessons  in  Botany"  and  'Field, 
Forest  &  Garden  Botany."  bound  in  one  vol. 
622p,  387flg  (1  80) 95 

* Manual  of  Botany,  rev.,   VOOp,    25pl 

(1  62) 1  20 

Japanese  Plants,  4to,  28p 25 

Plants  of  Commander  Islands,  12p     10 

Gray  &  Hooker,  Rocky  Mt.  Flora,  78p 30 

Hall.  Botany:  Lessons  in  Botany  and  Analy- 
sis of  Plants,  287pp,  ills a 70 

Hardinge.  With  the  Wild  Flowers,  Descrlp- 
tlonof  &o,  272p,  55p  of  il's 1  00 

Havard,  Flora  of  Western  and  Southern 
Texas,  84p 35 

*Heinderson,  Garden  an  Farm  Topics,  244r>, 
ills  (1.50) „ 60 

* Gardening    for    Profit.    376p,     138fig 

(1.50) 90 

Holm,  Leaves  of  L'riodendron,  22p,   6pl...    15 

Flowers  of  Anthoxanthum,  6p,  pi  .    10 

Kelsey,  The  Genus  Uncinula,  Drawings  and 
Descriptions  of  all  American  species,  26p, 
lOBg -    10 

Knowlton,  Directions  for  Collecting  Recent 
and  Fossil  Plants,  40s,  9  fig 25 

Plants  of  Alaska,  12p 15 

Lefroy,  Botany  of  Bermuda,  llOp _    40 

Merriam,  Cactuses  of  Death  Valley,  16p, 
9pl,  mp 15 

Desert  Trees  and  Shrubs  of  Death  Val- 
ley, 6)p,  2mp £0 

Richardson's  Model  Herbarium  and  Plant 
Record.  A  bound  volume  for  mounting  and 
describing  60  botanical  specimens,  with  a  28p 
book  of  instructions,  etc 93 

Ridge  way,  Robt..  Trees  of  Lower  Wabash  and 

White  River  Valley,  Ills,  and  ind,  40p 35 

,    Rathrock,  Lichens  of  Alaska,  lOp 15 

f  coffern,  Outlines  of  Botany,  including  Moss- 
es, Lichens  and  Ferns,  304p,  318flg 1  10 

Smith,  Ferns,  The  History,  Organography, 
Classification  and  Enumeration  of  the  Species 
ol  Garden  Ferns  with  a  Treatise  of  Their  Cul- 
tivation, etc.,  4'Op,  lOOills 1  40 


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Taylor,  Edible  and  Poisonous  Mushrooms, 
lOp,  4col.  pi.,  A.  R.  93 25 

Torrey,  Flora  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
Full  descriptions  of  all  the  indigenous  and 
naturalized  plants  hitherto  discovered  in  the 
state;  with  remarks  on  their  economical  and 
medicinal  properties.  Vol.  II,  which  covers 
the  Cryptogams,  Endogens,  Gymosperms, 
Apetalons  and  a  portion  of  the  Monopetalous 
plants,  4t0,  58-2p,  89pl 5  00 

Vasey,  Agricultural  Grasses  and  Forage 
Plants  of  the  U.  S.,  148p,  11  ^pl 1  40 

Grasses  of  the  Southwest  (Desert  re- 
gion of  W,  Tex.,  New  Mex.,  Ariz.,  So.   Cal , 

Vol.1,  lOOp,  50pl 65 

Vol.  ir,  lOOp,  50  plates 65 

Grasses  Of  Pacific  Slope  (Calif.  Ore., 

Wash..  New  Mex.,  Coast  and  Alaska,  Vol.  I. 

lOOp,  50pl 65 

Vol.  II,  lOOp,  50pl 65 

Vasey  &  Rose,  Pac.  Coast  Island  Plants, 6p  10 

Lower  Calif.  Plants,  lOp _    10 

Ward,  Flora  of  Washington,  D.  C.  and  vicin- 
ity, 266p.  M.  B.  22 90 

*Wood  A.,  Object'Lessons  in  Botany,  332p. 
655flg  (1.17) 70 

* Class  Book  of  Botany,  832p,  5pl,  745flg, 

(8.92) 1  Ob 

* The  American  Botanist  and  Florist, 

630  p,  555ag 90 

GEOLOGY  AND  MINERALOGY. 

'Agassiz  Geological  Sketches,  31Ip,  ills,  (1.50) 
85 

Ballard,  World  of  Matter,  A  Guide  to  the 
Study  of  Chemistry  and  Mineralogy,  264p,  (1  25) 
80 

Beck,  Mineralogy  of  New  York  4to,  560p,  8pl, 
33  tables,  533flg _.l  50 

Becker,  Stratigraphy  of  California,  28p ...    15 

Black  Hills,  Geology  of  the,  by  Newton,  Jen- 
ney,  Whitfield,  Cassin,  Gray  and  Tuttle,  4to, 
666p,  19p,  with  large  atlas 3  40 

Blatchley,  Goology  and  Natural  Resources  of 
Indiana,  (21st  Annual  Report)  Petroleum  In- 
dustry, Caves  and  Their  Fauna,  Middle  and 
Upper  Silrlan  Rocks,  Geology  and  Flora  of 
Vigo  Co.,  etc.,  etc.,  718p,  39pl  6mp l  30 

Chamberlain,  Terminal  Moraine,  4to,  112p,  10 
pi,  G.  S.  3 35 

Clarke,  Meteorite  Collection  of  National  Mus- 
eum, 12p,  pi 10 

*Dana,  Manual  of  Geology,  1st  ed,  800p,  over 
lOOOfig,  (85) _..l  50 

,  do  do,  2d  ed _.2  00 

,  Minerals  and  How  to  Studv  Them,  A 

Book  for  Beginners  in  Mineralogy,  388p,  300ills, 
<«1.50) ..1  80 

,Crystanographlc  Study  of  the  Thinolite 

of  Lake  Lahoutan,  34p,  31p 25 

,  Manual  of  Mineralogy  and  Lithology. 

3d  ed,  poor  cond,  474p,  ills  (8.00) ..i  6o 

Denbree,  Formation  of  Crystalline  Rocks,  78 
p,  S  R.  61 25 

Dewey,  Economic  Geology  and  Metallurgy. 
256p.  34pl,  M.  B   43 95 

Egelstou,  Catalogue  of  Minerals  and  Syno- 
nyms. Alphabetically  Arranged  for  Museum 
Use,  198p,  M.  B.  33 75 

Emmons.  Geology  of  Northern  New  York, 
447p,  17pl,  (9col.)  116ills 2  00 

Endlich,  Erosion  in  Colo.,  34p i5 


Gannett,  List  of  Elevations  and  Large  Con- 
tour Map  of  U.  S.,  34p 15 

Gelke,  Geology,  138p,  46fig 35 

Gurney.  Crystallography,  128p,  46flg 35 

Hague,  Geology  of  the  Eureka  (Nev.)  Dlst.,  4 
to,  44p,  21dg  chts,  G.  S.  3 _     25 

Hall,  Geology  of  Western  New  York,4to,705p, 
col.  map,  54pl .4  00 

Hayden,  Geology  of  Wyoming,  etc.,  264p,  20 
fig,  H.  S.70 50 

,  Headwaters  of  Mo.  and  Yellowstone, 

Two  Ocean  Pass,  18p,  10  folding  charts,  2pl_    85 

,U.  S.  Geological  and  Geographical  Sur- 
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♦Hitchcock's  Elementary  Geology,  434p,  211 
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Hoffman,  Minerals  of  Nevada,  16p 10 

Hyatt's  About  Pebbles.  20p 10 

Irving,  Copper- Bearing  Rocks  of  Lake  Su- 
perior, lOOp,  15  col  pi 50 

Jordan  s  Elementary  Crystallography,  with 
series  of  netts,  for  the  construction  of  Crystals 
(1.50) 60 

Kunz,  Gem  Collection  of  National  Museum, 
lOp 10 

Lewis,  Corundum  and  the  Basic  Magnesian 
Rocks  of  W.  No.  Car,  108p,  6pl,  mp 35 

♦Lrell.  A  Manual  of  Elementary  Geology ,4th 
ed,  500flg,  512p 1  15 

,  The  Students'   Elements  of  Geology, 

678p,  645flg 1  36 

Mather,  Geology  of  Eastern  New  York  and 
Long  Island,  4to,  708p,  46  col.  pi.  and  mps,  35111s 
2  50 

Merrill,  Hand-book  and  Catalogue  of  Build- 
ing and  Ornamental  Stones  In  U.  S.  Nat.  Muse- 
um, 372p,  9pl,  30fig 75 

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Nat.  Museum,  50p 25 

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,  Maine  Building  Stones,  18p 10 

.  Geology  and  Natural  History  of  Lower 

Calif.,  36p,  lOpl 85 

Nichols,  The  Ores  of  Columbia,  70p,  mp 25 

Nitze,  The  Iron  Ores  of  No.  Car.,  240p,  80pl,58 

fig,  mp 75 

Owen,  Report  on  Geological  Survey  of  Wis- 
consin, Iowa.  Minnesota  and  Nebraska,  1852, 
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FOR  EXCHANGE:— Skins  of  Gray  Fox  and 
Great  Horned  Owl,  for  handbook  of  Birds  of 
Eastern  North  A  merica,  and  mounted  deer  or 
Elk  head.  MRS.  MOLLIE  F.  SKEEN,  Far- 
mer, N.  C. 

NOW  who  ever  heard  of  a  silk-lined  egg 
spoon  for  handling  very  delicate  eggs  In  the 
cabinet.  A  valuable  thing  for  every  collector. 
Sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.00  worth  of  eggs 
in  sets,  with  data.  Send  list  for  selection. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed.  Address,  CLAR- 
ENCE H.  LUTHER,  2204  Third  Ave.,  Birming- 
ham, Ala. 

MTD.  BIRDS  FOR  SALE:— Golden  Eagle 
88,00;  Loons  $4.00;  Snowy  Owls  $3.00  to  $5.00; 
Artie  Horned  Owl  $.5.00;  W.  Great  Horned  Owl 
$3.00;  Sawwhets$l  50;  Sharp-tailed  Grouse  $2.00; 
Ruffed  $1.50;  Gray  Ruffed  Grouse  $i.50;  Black 
billed  Cuckoos  75  cents;  Snow  birds  60  cents; 
Redpoles  50  cents;  Pine  Grosbeaks  75  cents; 
Evening  do.  75  cents ;  small  specimens  prepaid 
by  mail  at  prices  quoted.  Wolf  skins  for 
mounting  or  rugs,  from  $3  50  to  $2.00.  Eagle 
claws  and  feathers.  Fresh  skins  of  Northern 
birds  for  sale  during  winter  months.  CHAS. 
P.  GORGE,  Carman,  Man. 

TO  EXCHANGE:— Finely  prepared  speci- 
mens of  the  Marine  Invertebrates,  preserved 
in  Formalin,  for  books,  eggs  or  skins.  These 
preparations  are  'ivery  one  beauties  and  an  ad- 
dition to  any  collection.  Full  list  for  yours. 
No  Postals.  ■  C.  C.  PURDUM,  M.  D.,  128  Min- 
eral Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket,;  R.  I. 

DESIRE  SETS  OF  Grasshoppers  and  Savan- 
na Sparrows.  Purple  Finch,  Fish  Crow, 
Horned  Lark,  Green  crested  Flycatcher.  Whip- 
poor-will,  Hairy  Woodpecker,  Screech  Owl. 
Am.  Ospre./,  Am.  Sparrow  Hawk,  Red  tailed 
Hawk.  Ruffled  Grouse,  Bartramian  Sandpiper, 
Am.  Woodcock,  Hermit  Thrush,  Tufted  Tit- 
mouse, Carolina  Wren.  R.  W.  Swallow,  Blue- 
Gray  Gnatcatcher  and  Summer  Tanager.  Ad- 
dress, GEO.  H.  SWEZEY,  66-79  Jackson  St., 
Newark,  N.  J. 

FOR  SALE :— The  following  sets  at  one-third 
Lattin's  catalog  A.  O.  U.  Nos.  6  1-4,  30a  6-1,  49 
2-2,  .51a  1-2.  70  1-3,  77  4-3,  223  1-1,  269  1-3  430  n-3, 
481  1  3,  710  1-3  and  others.  Send  stamp  for  list. 
RICHARD  F.  MILLER,  3473  Amber  St.,  Phila- 
delphia, Penn. 

WANTED:— Eggs  in  original  sets  with  data, 
strictly  first  class  skins,  books,  or  anything 
the  collector  can  use.  Can  give  excellent  value 
in  finely  preserved  Marine  invertebrates,  and 
some  eggs.  Write  me  at  once  as  I  shall  close 
this  stock  out  immediately.  C.  C.  PURDUM, 
M.  D.,  128  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket, 
R.  I. 

FOR  SALE :— I  have  still  a  few  choice  sets  of 
eggs  for  sale  which  I  will  close  out  at  follow- 
ing prices:  ShortEared  Owl,  1-4,  80c;  1-5,  $1;  1  6, 
81  20;  1  7,  $1.40  per  set;  Gray  Ruffled  Grouse  1-9, 
$2.50;  Am.  Crow  1-4,  8c;  1-5,  10c;  1-6,  12c;  Pintail 
1-5.81.00.  Sharp-tailed  Grouse  117,  $3.40;  1-14, 
$2.80;  1-10,  $2.00;  Prarie  Hen  1-8.  80c;  Ml  $1.10; 
Killdeer,  1-3,  30c;  Br<  nzed  Grackle,  1-7, 1-4.  1-6, 
12c;  1-5  10c;  1-4.  8c;  Rusty  Blackbird,  1..7,  $1.75; 
1-6;  $1.50;  Mourning  Dove.  1-2  4c;  Clay  colored 
Sparrow,  1-4,  40c;  Yellow  Warbler,  1-4,  8c; 
White  Rumped  Skrike,  1-6.  18c;  1-5,  15c;  1-4,  12c; 
Flicker  1-5,  10c;  House  Wren,  1-6.  12c;  1-5,  10c; 
Bartrams  Sand  Piper.  1-4,  soc;  Wilson's  Phara- 
lope.  1-4.  $2.00;  Loon  single  Chipped  hole,  30c; 
Swainson  Hawk,  1-3,  50c;  SongSparrow,  1-5,  5c; 
1-4.  4c:  Red-winged  Blackbird.  1-4,  4.  All  sets 
with  full  data  and  a  1.  CHRIS.  P.  FORGE, 
Carman,  Man. 


Exchange:— Colt  revolver,  banjo,  stamps, 
eggs,  old-fashioned  foot  stove,  sp^c.  conglome- 
rate and  others;  want  old  U.  S  coins  and 
Indian  relics.    F.  H.  RICKER.  Lisbon,  Me. 

TO  EXCHANGE: -12th,  17th,  18th.  19th  Re- 
ports Geological  Survey, 10  vols.,  '-BatsN.  A  ," 
Allen,  and  -'Half  Hours  With  Insects,"  Pack- 
ard, for  ornithological  publications,  mounted 
birds  or  desirable  sets  with  data.  H.  E.  LEE, 
Bryant,  S.  D. 

FREE :  A  collection  of  25  beautiful  sea 
shells  with  large  list  of  bargains  for  10c  post- 
age only.     E.  BOYER,  536,  W.  61,  Chicago,   111. 

NOTICE:— I  am  putting  up  a  building  for 
my  collections  and  as  soon  as  I  get  moved  I 
win  be  ready  to  exchange.  DELOS  HATCH, 
Oakfleld,  Wis. 

FOSSILS,  geodes,  polished  onyx,  curios, 
shells,  250  varieties  minerals;  $8.00  worth  for 
$5.00.  Also  Indian  relics,  Spinning  wheel, 
grandfathers  clock,  etc.  CURIO  CO.,  Craw- 
fordsville.  Ind. 

WANTED  AT  ONCE:— Any  ancient  Indian 
spears  over  4  inches  long,  must  be  perfect. 
Send  full  description  Will  give  good  exchange 
in  flint  arrows.  Absidian  spear-heads,  beads 
and  pottery,  or  cash,  if  cheap.  ROY  H. 
BULLIS,  (Member  A.  S.  of  C.  C.  No.  107) 
Winnebago  City,  Minn. 

EXCHANGE:— I  have  a  large  quantity  of 
Gladiolus  bulbs  and  Geodes  to  exchange  for 
Natviral  History  specimens,  coins,  stamps, 
curios,  etc.,  etc.  DELOS  HATCH,  Oakfleld, 
Wis. 

WANTED;— A  number  of  sets  each,  6,  27,29, 
58,  63,  64,  77,  80,  120a.  122  137  139,  140,  144,  149,  160, 
172,  183,  190,  214,  218  238.  261,  263  264,  273,  277.  277a, 
289,  294  295.  300  309,  210,  318,  325,  326,  328.  329,  337, 
337b,  339,  343.  Any  Hawks,  Owls,  Humming^ 
birds  ana  Warbles  and  nests,  nearly  any  spar- 
rows, 364,  373.  387,  388,  390,  393,  394,  501,  .509,  5,=i8, 
601,  611,  614  619,  622a.  622b  624,  761,  751  and  nests, 
at  once.  Collectors  are  requested  to  send  full 
lists  of  these  and  other  duplicates.  Good  ex- 
change offered.  D.  WILBEY,  27  Front  St., 
West,  Toronto.  Ontario,  Canada. 

LARGE  second-hand  Billiard  Table,  fine  to 
use  or  cut  down.  Cheap.  Stamp  for  particu- 
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Nature,"  for  cash,  $4.50.  G.  W.  HOLMES 
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X-MAS   LIST. 

Eggrs  in  Sets,  First  Class,  Witli  Data. 
Prices  Per  Set  Prepaid. 


Cone's  Flycatclier.  3  ^5 8 

Short-eared  Owl.  4  (a  

Sooty  Grouse.  3  'g. 

Blue-  fronted  Jay,  3 :  Magnolia  Warbler,  4, 
per  set. 

Prairie  Hen,  8  (a, - 

Marsh  Hawk,  5;  Bartramian  Sandpiper,  4, 
per  set 

Glaucous  Gull.  2  (a, 

Black-necked  StUt,  4:  Mallard  Duck.  6(g.... 

Am.  Avocet.  4:  Audubon. s  Shearwater,  1  @ 

Belted  Kingfisher.  6:  Pigeon  Guillemot,  'i\ 
Burrowing  Owl,  7.  per  set 

Verdin,  3;  Prairie  Horned  Lark,  4;  Ariz. 
Hooded  Oriole.  3.  per  set 

Chestnut-sided  Warbler,  \(a, _ 

Stormy  Petrel,  1  (g 

Louisiana  Heron,  4;  White-eyed  Vireo,  3, 
per  set 

Lazuli  Bunting,  3  !?> _ 

Calif.  Towfiee,  4;  Noddy  Tern,  1,  per  set 

Arkansas  Goldfinch.  4:  Black-headed  Gros- 
beak. 3:  Sooty  Tern,  1 ;  Leache's  Petrel, 
1,  per  set 

Samuel's  Song  Sparrow,  3:  Puffin,  l,  per  set 


3.00 
150 
.85 


Unusually  Heavy  Marked  Sets. 

Swamp  Sparrow,  Z<% _ 22 

Chickadee,  6  'g  35 

Spotted  Sandpiper.  4  (a, .82 

Russet-backed  Thrush,  3  (g, _    .20 

Bobo-llnk,  4  ig  45c;5'5> 55 

Lar£:e  Sets. 

House  Wren,  7  (a, 20 

Sora,  12  ra, 55 

Pied-billed  Grebe,  8  fg .30 

Sooty  lein,l  (unusually  large  egg) _    .18 

Bird  Skins. 

Prepaid   unless  otherwise    mentioned.  (  m. 
male;  fm.  female). 

Pied-billed  Grebe,  m 8  .45 

Screech  Owl  (in  downy  plumage) 38 

Am.  Barn  Owl  m..  postage  12c .90 

Short-eared  Owl  m..  postage  12  c 65 

Kittawake  Gull  m.,  postage. 10c 85 

Balrd's  Sandpiper  m _    .42 

Virginia  Rail  m .32 

Williamson's  Sapsucker  (tip  of  beak  gone) 

m 50 

Yellow-bellied  Sapsucker,  m .22 

Calif.  Woodpecker   m 86 

Lapland  Longspur.  m .22 

Snowflake,  m.  or  fm 12 

Redpole.  m.  orfm _    .12 

Prairie  Horned  Lark,  m.  or  fm. 14 

Am.  Crossbill,  m 28 

White  wing  Crossbill,  m _    .38 

White  wing  Crossbill,  fm .20 

Spurred  Towhee,  m 18 

'White-eyed  Vlreo,  m _    .18 

Least  Vireo.   m.  24 

Oregon  Junco,   m _    .24 

Horned  Lark,  m. .28 

Chestnut-backed  Chickadee,  m 38 

Raby-crowned  Kinglet,  m _    .26 

Kuby-crowned  Kinglet,  fm _    .18 

Cassin's  Kingbird,  fm 18 

Cerulean  Warbler   fm 28 

Connecticut  Warbler,  m 70 

Bay-breasted  Warbler,  m.  or  fm 34 

Fox  Sparrow,  m 20 


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Warblers  Found  Breeding  in  Liver- 
more  Maine. 

Black  and  White  Warbler  iMni- 
otilta  varia.)  Breeds,  but  its  nests 
are  very  hard  to  find.    I  think  it  is  not 


an  uncommon  breeder  in  this  locality, 
and  is  found  quite  abundant  during 
migration.  Earliest  nest  found  May 
25th,  latest  June  9th.  Eggs  3  to  5  in 
number,  color  "white,  spotted  in  the 
form  of  a  "wreath  around  the  large  end 
■with  hazel,  lilac,  che&tnut  etc.  Nest 
composed  of  leaves,  bark,  pine  needles, 
grasses,  lined  "with  horse  hair,  and  hair 
like  roots. 

Nashville  Warbler  {Eelmintho- 
phila  rvjicapilla.)  Fairly  common 
breeder  in  this  locality.  Its  nest  is 
"well  concealed  and  very  hard  to  find 
unless  the  bird  is  flushed  from  it. 
Ear  iest  nest  found  May  31st,  latest 
July  5th.  Eggs  3  to  5  in  number. 
Color  "white,  spotted  over  the  entire 
surface  "with  lilac,  chestnut  etc.  Nest 
composed  of  grasses,  moss,  pine  needles 
and  hair,  and  sunk  deep  in  the  ground 
so  that  the  top  of  the  nest  is  level  wi:h 
the  surface. 

Northern  Parula  Warbler  [Com- 
psothJypis  amerii-ana  nsiiea  )  Breeds, 
and  no  doubt  quite  abunaantly  in  this 
locality  -where  trees  are  found  that 
are  laden  "with  the  long  gray  moss  the 
usnea  of  the  botanist,  that  is  found  in 
such  abundance  throughout  the  forests 
of  Maine,  but  I  have  never  found  its 
nest  until  this  season.  They  "were 
built  in  "woods  near  stagnant  pools  of 
"water  at  a  height  of  from  20  to  30  feet 
from  the  ground.  Earliest  nest  found 
Jidy  9th,  latest  July  22d.  Eggs  3  to  5 
in  number.  Color  white,  speckled  "with 
bro"wn,  chestnut,  grayish  etc.  Nest 
composed  of  the  usnea  moss.  The 
usnea  moss  in  which  one  nest  of  this 
species  is  built  and  which  is  in  my  col- 
lection, measured  33  inches  in  length. 
It  was  in  a  dead  spruce,  and  is  a  beau- 
tiful nest. 


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Yellow  WABBLER(Z)enc?roica  cestiva) 
Fairly  common  here,  but  not  so  abund- 
ant a  breeder  in  this  town  as  in  other 
localities  near  by.  Breeds  very  abund- 
antly at  Dead  River  and  Androscoggin 
Lake  in  the  towns  of  Leeds  and  Wayne, 
Me.  See  The  Oologist,  Feb.,  1900, 
pages  26,  27  and  28. 

Master  Harold  W.  Philoon  found  a 
beautiful  nest  of  this  species  containing 
four  eggs,  built  in  a  pear  tree  at  his 
home  in  Livermore  this  past  season. 

Nests  early  in  June  in  this  locality. 
Eggs  three  to  five  in  number;  color, 
greenish  or  bluish  white,  spotted  with 
black  lilac  and  brownish,  thickest  at  the 
large  end  in  the  form  of  a  wreath. 

The  nest  is  very  finely  made  and  is 
composed  of  plant  stems,  fine  fibers  and 
grasses,  and  lined  with  soft  plant  down 
and  some  times  a  few  feathers.  I  have 
never  found  them  built  over  ten  feet 
from  the  ground,  seldom  more  than  two 
or  three,  although  I  have  found  a  large 
number  of  them. 

Black-throated  Blue  Warbler 
{Dendroicaccerulescens.)  I  consider  this 
species  a  very  rare  breeder  in  this  local- 
ity and  have  only  one  record  of  its  nest- 
ing in  this  town  June  12,  1893.  A  nest 
containing  four  slightly  incubated  eggs, 
placed  in  a  low  bush  about  eighteen  in- 
ches from  the  ground,  and  composed  of 
nearly  the  same  material  as  described 
for  this  species  in  Davies'  Nests  and 
Eggs  of  N.  A.  Birds,  4th  edition. 

The  color  of  the  eggs  is  a  greenish 
white,  very  heavily  blotched  with  red- 
ish  brown  chestnut  and  hazel  nearly 
covering  the  entire  surface  at  the  large 
end,  a  very  beautiful  set  of  eggs. 

Myrtle  Warbler  {Dendroica  corona- 
ia.)  This  Warbler  although  not  an 
abundant  breeder  in  this  locality  is  not 
rare  here  by  any  means,  and  I  think  is 
far  more  plentiful  than  one  would  sup- 
pose. I  consider  this  species  a  common 
summer  resident  and  is  found  breeding 
in  coniferous  growths  of  small  pines  at 
a  height  of  from  five  to  fifteen  feet  from 


the  ground.    Earliest  nest  found  May 
23d,  latest  June  15th. 

Eggs  four  or  five  in  number;  color, 
white,  spotted  with  reddish  brown  and 
blotched  with  large  patches  of  lilac, 
mostly  around  the  large  end  in  the  form 
of  a  wreath. 

The  nest  is  composed  of  fine  twigs  of 
the  hemlock  and  fir  and  fibers,  and  a 
few  dead  grasses,  and  lined  first  with 
•  oft  grasses  and  lastly  with  a  warm  bed 
of  featherj  from  the  Canadian  Ruft'ed 
Grouse  [Bonasa  uinbellus  togata.) 

Magnolia  Warbler  [Dendroica  mac- 
ulosa )  Very  common  breeder  in  this 
locality.  Have  found  many  nests  of 
this  species  built  in  confirious  growths 
of  pine,  hemlock,  fir  and  spruce  at  a 
height  of  from  two  to  ten  feet  from  the 
ground. 

Earliest  nest  found  June  5th,  latest 
July  5th. 

Eggs  three  to  five  in  number;  color, 
white,  spotted,  speckled  and  blotched 
with  brown  hazel  black  and  chestnut  in 
some  nearly  all  at  the  large  end,  in 
others  over  the  entire  surface. 

Nest  composed  of  fine  twigs  and  grass- 
es and  lined  with  fine  black  hair  like 
roots;  it  is  made  very  flat  and  is  very 
loosely  constructed. 

Chestnut-sided  WARBLER(2)en(Zroica 
pennsylvanica.)  Abundant  throughout 
its  range  and  a  very  common  breeder 
in  this  locality. 

Its  nest  is  commonly  found  built  in 
low  bushes  seldom  more  than  two  feet 
from  the  ground  in  old  bushy  pastures. 

Earliest  nest  found  June  8d,  latest 
June  27th. 

Eggs  three  or  four  in  number;  color, 
white,  spotted  with  brown,  chestnut, 
lilac  and  sometimes  dots  of  blackish. 

Nest  composed  of  bark,  dead  grasses, 
weed  stalks,  plant  down,  etc.;  lined 
with  fine  grasses  and  horse  hair,  and  is 
generally  loosely  constructed,  although 
this  is  not  always  the  case,  for  I  have 
found  them  finely  made. 

Blackburnian  Warbler  [Dendroica 


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183 


blackburnice.)  I  consider  this  a  very 
rare  breeder  in  this  locality,  but  is  fair, 
ly  common  during  migration.  I  have 
never  found  its  nest,  but  have  taken 
their  young  just  out  of  the  nest,  and 
have  observed  them  feeding  their  young 
in  the  tree  tops  in  a  woods  of  pine,  cedar 
and  fir. 

This  past  season  the  date  at  which  I 
took  the  youDg  was  July  29th.  No 
doubt  fresh  eggs  could  be  obtained  in 
the  latter  part  of  June  in  this  locality. 
Next  season  I  hope  to  record  a  nest  and 
eggs  of  this  species  from  Livermore. 

Black  THROATED  Greek  Warbler 
{Dendroica  virens.)  Common  summer 
resident  and  no  doubt  a  common  breed- 
er in  this  locality,  although  I  have  found 
but  few  nests. 

Earliest  nest  found  June  8th,  latest 
June  26th.     • 

Eggs  three  or  four  in  number;  color, 
white,  with  a  wreath  around  the  large 
end  of  rufous  lilac,  chestnut  and  brown- 
ish spots,  although  some  are  spotted 
over  their  entire  surface. 

Nest  is  composed  of  bark  strips,  dead 
grasses,  hair  and  sometimes  feathers; 
lined  with  fine  down  and  hair,  and  all 
that  I  have  seen  were  built  from  five  to 
fifteen  feet  from  the  ground. 

Pine  Warbler  (Dendroica  vigorsii .)  I 
think  this  species  is  a  common  summer 
resident  in  Livermore,  although  very 
few  nests  are  found  and  I  do  not  think 
it  is  found  breeding  very  abundant  in 
any  part  of  the  state. 

I  have  had  the  good  luck  to  find  two 
nests,  each  containgfour  eggs,  one  June 
14th,  the  other  July  6th,  both  built  in 
small  pine  in  thi^k  coniferous  woods, 
one  about  fifteen  feet  up  and  the  other 
only  six  or  seven  feet  from  the  ground. 

Eggs  white  or  grayish  white,  spotted 
and  blotched  with  brownish  lilac  and 
blackish  in  the  form  of  a  wreath  around 
the  large  end,  the  rest  of  the  egg  spar- 
ingly marked. 

The  nests  are  composed  of  fine  strips 
of  bark  from  the  birch  and  grapevine, 


find  dead  grasses  and  a  few  fine  twigs, 
and  are  deeply  hollowed  and  lined  with 
fine  dead  grasses,  hair  and  hair  like 
roots,  and  warm  mosses,  and  are  very 
thick  and  warmly  made. 

Oven-bird  (Seiurus  aurocapillus.)  A 
common  breeder  in  this  locality.  I 
have  found  many  nests  of  this  species 
and  I  do  not  consider  them  hard  to 
find. 

The  most  beautiful  nest  and  eggs  of 
this  bird  that  I  have  ever  seen  was  one 
that  I  found  in  the  month  of  June,  1898, 
in  the  town  of  Leeds,  Me.,  near  the  An- 
droscoggin Lake,  that  I  have  mentioned 
in  The  Oologist,  Feb.  issue,  1900,  page 
26. 

Well  do  1  remember  that  night,  for  it 
was  after  the  day  had  past  and  the  sun 
had  gone  down  below  the  western  hills, 
and  night  was  coming  on.  With  my 
naturalist  friend,  Mr.  J.  E.  Teague,  of 
Livermore,  who  has  been  my  compan- 
ion on  many  a  camping  expedition,  I 
was  climbing  a  hill  to  view  a  cavern  far 
up  the  hillside  among  the  ledges.  Every- 
thing was  silent,  not  a  breath  stirred 
the  leaves  of  the  giants  of  the  forest, 
and  from  the  hilltop  we  could  look  out 
over  the  silent  waters  of  beautiful  An- 
droscoggin Lake,  dotted  with  its  many 
islands,  its  waters  glistening  like  silver 
under  the  rays  of  the  risins?  moon.  That 
one  could  always  go  through  life  as  calm 
and  peaceful  as  this.  A  scene  like  this 
brings  one  nearer  to  his  Creator  and 
fills  him  with  more  noble  purposes.  It 
seemed  as  though  I  was  looking  into 
another  world  as  we  stood  looking  out 
on  to  this  grand  sight. 

The  silence  was  broken  from  a  clump 
of  bushes  near  by.  There  came  to  us 
the  mournful  notes  of  the  Whip-poor- 
will,  then  from  the  deep  dark  forest  the 
hoot  of  an  Owl  was  heard,  then  silence; 
then  from  far  out  on  the  lake  came  the 
mournful  screams  of  a  pair  of  Loons 
that  were  nesting  there,  then  silence 
again.  Night  had  come  and  all  nature 
was  at  rest. 


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We  turned  to  retrace  our  steps  back 
to  camp,  when,  from  the  leaves  at  my 
feet,  there  ran  a  little  bird  with  the  ac- 
tions of  a  mouse,  and  looking  down,  we 
beheld  the  beautiful  home  of  the  Golden- 
crowned  Thrush,  built  among  the  grand 
old  hill'?  of  northern  Maine. 

This  species  nests  in  this  locality  in 
June.  I  have  never  found  it  nesting  in 
any  other  month  of  the  year. 

The  eggs  are  four  or  five  in  number, 
usually  five,  and  are  too  well  known  to 
need  any  descriotion,  as  is  also  the  nest. 

Maryland  Yellow-throat  {Geoth- 
lypis  trichas  )  Common  breeder  in  this 
locality.  Have  found  many  nests  built 
in  bunches  of  grass  or  low  bushps,  and 
sometimes  on  the  ground  at  the  foot  of 
a  tussock  of  grass  near  or  in  swampy 
localities. 

The  nest  is  very  hard  to  find  by 
watching  the  birds  carrying  nesting 
material,  and  nearly  all  that  I  have 
found  was  by  flushing  the  bird  from  the 
nest,  which  is  very  large  and  bulky  for 
so  small  a  bird. 

Earliest  nest  found  June  6th,  latest 
June  28th. 

Eggs  three  to  five  in  number;  color, 
white,  spotted  and  lined  with  brown 
and  black  mostly  at  the  large  end,  al- 
though the  rest  of  the  egg  is  not  un- 
spotted. 

The  nest  is  composed  of  dead  leaves 
and  course  grasses  and  lined  with  fine 
dead  grasses  and  horse  hair. 

Canadian  Warbler  ( Wilsonia  pusil- 
la.)  Rare  breeder  in  this  locality.  Have 
never  found  its  nest.  July  10th  found 
two  pairs  of  these  Warblers  feeding 
their  young.  It  was  in  a  low  swampy 
woods  of  fir,  spruce  and  ash.  The 
young  were  hardly  able  to  fly  and  were 
easily  caught  and  positively  identified. 
Next  season  I  intend  to  find  a  nest  of 
this  Warbler  if  careful  search  will  re- 
veal it. 

American  Redstart  {Setophoga  ruti- 
cilla.)  Abundant  breeder  and  a  beauti- 
ful bird  and  with  tail  spread  like  a  fan 


they  flit  from  tree  top  to  tree  top,  re- 
minding one  of  a  huge  butterfly  in  all 
the  brilliant  colors  of  the  rainbow.  The 
Redstart  delights  to  nest  in  woods  of 
deep  green  foliage  near  running 
streams. 

Earliest  nest  found  June  1st,  latest 
June  25th. 

Eggs  three  or  four  in  number;  color, 
white  or  greenish  white,  spotted  with 
brown  and  lilac  over  the  entire  surface, 
thickest  at  the  large  end. 

Nest  composed  of  fine  fibers  and  bark 
strips  and  spider  webs;  lined  with 
gras--e8  and  horse  hair.  Built  from  five 
to  fifteen  feet  above  the  ground. 

In  closing  this  paper  1  would  say  that 
I  consider  the  Warblers  the  most  inter- 
esting family  of  birds  for  the  ornitholo- 
gist to  study,  and  in  giving  the  descrip- 
tion of  the  nests  and  eggs  i-n  this  paper, 
I  have  described  specimens  that  are  in 
my  own  collection,  and  while  it  may 
differ  from  the  descriptions  given  by 
others,  it  is  correct  in  regard  to  the 
specimen  that  I  have  examined. 

Hoping  that  more   attention   will  be 
given  to  the  study  and  less   to   the  de- 
struction of  our  feathered  friends,  I  re- 
main oologicaly  and  ornithologicaly, 
Guy  H.  Briggs. 
Livermore,  Maine. 


The  Accipiter  Cooperini  in  Wayne  and 
Oakland  Counties,  Michig-an.  * 


Cooper's  Hawk  is  a  common  summer 
resident  in  both  Wayne  and  Oakland 
counties,  being  exceeded  in  abundance 
only  by  the  Red-shouldered  [Buteo  bore- 
alls  )  It  is  well  known  to  the  farmers 
as  the  "chicken-hawk,"  and  most  farm- 
er boys  pride  themselves  upon  the 
number  they  have  killed.  It  is  the 
most  dashing  and  spirited  of  our  sum- 
mer hawks  becoming,  however,  like 
most  other  hawks,  commonest  in  Aug- 
ust and  September.  Undoubtedly 
more  than  80  per  cent  of  the  depreda- 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


185 


tions  committed  upon  domestic  poultry 
may  be  attributed  to  it.  Bendire  says: 
"Cooper's  Hawk  must  be  considered  as 
one  of  the  few  really  injurious  Raptors 
found  within  our  limits,  and  as  it  is 
fairly  common  at  all  seasons  through 
the  United  States,  it  does  in  the  aggre- 
gate far  more  harm  than  all  other 
hawks.  It  is  well  known  to  be  the 
most  audacious  robber  the  farmer  has 
to  contend  with  in  the  protection  of  his 
poultry,  and  is  equal  in  every  way  both 
in  spirit  and  dash,  as  well  as  blool- 
thirstiness,  of  its  larger  relative,  the  Gos- 
hawk, lacking,  however,  the  strength 
of  the  latter,  owing  to  its  much  smaller 
size.  It  is  far  the  worst  enemy  of  all 
the  smaller  game  birds,  living  to  a 
great  extent  on  them  as  well  as  on 
smaller  birds  generally.  It  does  not 
appear  to  be  especially  fond  of  the 
smaller  ro  ients.  These  as  well  as  rep- 
t'les,  batrachians,  and  insects  seem  to 
enter  only  to  a  limited  extent  into  its 
daily  bill  of  fare,  and  unfortunately  it 
is  only  too  often  the  case  that  many  of 
our  harmless  and  really  beneficial 
hawks  have  to  suffer  from  the  depreda- 
tions of  these  daring  theives."  How- 
ever, this  has  always  been  the  most  in- 
teresting of  hawks  to  me,  perhaps  be- 
cause the  first  I  ever  shot.  To  relate 
the  story:  It  was  late  in  the  afternoon 
on  a  September  day.  A  friend  and 
myself  were  returning  from  a  collect- 
ing trip  rather  disappointed  with  our 
day's  "catch,"  when  we  noticed  a  hawk 
sailing  through  the  air.  Suddenly  he 
seemed  to  drop  into  an  apple  tree  at 
the  end  of  a  long  field.  We  crept  to 
within  gun  range,  when  he  suddenly 
sailed  from  the  tree.  I  tired  bringing 
him  to  the  ground-  When  we  got  up 
to  him  he  turned  over  on  his  back  and 
showed  signs  of  fight.  Not  knowing 
the  strength  of  a  wounded  hawk,  I 
went  to  pick  him  up.  when  at  the  same 
time  he  took  a  gentle  hold  on  my  hand, 
and  would  not  let  go  until  we  killed 
him. 


Mr.  J.  Claire  Wood  speaks  of  a  female 
Cooper's  Hawk  in  his  collection  which 
was  taken  in  Greenfield  Tp.,  Wayne 
County.  The  bird  had  dashed  through 
the  laths  of  a  hen  coop  in  pursuit  of 
pome  small  chickens,  and  was  caught 
by  the  farmer  before  it  could  escape. 
It  was  very  poor  in  flesh,  and  its  stom- 
ach was  empty,  which  probably  ex- 
plains its  daring  ferocity.  Mr.  Wood 
also  records  the  following  sets  of  eggs 
of  the    Cooper's  Hawk  taken  by  him. 

"May  6,  1900.  Nest  situated  about  45 
feet  from  the  ground  in  the  main  fork 
of  a  slanting  beech,  in  higher  portion 
of  a  thick  woods  in  Van  Buren  Tp., 
Wayne  County.  This  nest  contained 
four  eggs. 

"May  5,  1901.  From  same  pair  of 
birds,  nest  also  45  feet  from  the  ground 
in  fork  of  young  beech,  the  trunk  of 
which  was  not  more  than  nine  inches 
in  diameter.  This  nest  was  not  more 
than  100  feet  from  tree  containing  old 
one.  The  old  bird  was  not  at  home, 
but  put  in  h°r  appearance  as  I  ascended 
the  tree,  and  was  very  demonstrative, 
sweeping  down  within  a  few  feet  of  my 
head.  Was  induced  to  climb  by  notic- 
ing bits  of  down  clinging  to  nest  and 
surrounding  limbs,  which  is  invariably 
the  case,  I  believe,  when  incubation  has 
commenced.  This  nest  contained  five 
eggs  somewhat  incubated. 

"May  11,  1900.  Rather  open  oak 
woods  bordering  railroad  track,  Clark- 
ston,  Mich.  The  continued  persistant 
cries  of  this  bird  induced  me  to  look  for 
the  nest.  There  was  a  great  many  old 
crow  nests  in  the  woods  and  I  climbed 
to  several  before  discovering  the  one 
containing  the  eggs,  which  were  five  in 
number,  and  very  slightly  incubated. 

"The  most  remarkable  part  of  this 
take  was  the  fact  that  while  it  rained 
steadily  all  day,  the  hawk  had  not  been 
on  the  nest  for  some  hours,  for  the  nest 
was  soaking  wet,  and  the  eggs  cold, 
nevertheless,  she  was  very  solicitous 
over  the  welfare  of  her  home." 


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THE  OOLOGIST. 


It  has  been  stated  that  a  visit  to  the 
nest  of  a  Cooper's  Hawk  would  cause 
the  parents  to  abandon  it,  however,  I  am 
inclined  to  differ  judging  from  a  pair  I 
had  an  acquaintance  with  last  spring. 
On  April  21st,  while  out  collecting  birds, 
we  met  a  farmer  of  whom  we  inquired 
if  he  had  seen  any  hawk  nests.  He  re- 
plied in  the  affirmative,  and  said  that  a 
pair  of  "duck  hawk"  had  taken  up 
their  abode  in  a  nearby  woods,  point- 
ing out  about  where  he  supposed  it 
was.  He  said  that  but  a  couple  of  days 
before,  he  had  passed  the  tree,  and  that 
the  old  ones  flew  around,  saying  some 
very  inpolite  words  (in  hawk).  We 
made  directly  for  the  spot,  and  found 
the  nest  in  the  crotch  of  a  beech  tree 
33  feet  from  the  ground,  but  the  tree 
was  too  hard  to  climb.  On  April  25th, 
we  returned  with  irons,  and  climbed  to 
the  nest.  It  contained  one  egg  which 
was  cold  and  dirty,  and  as  no  birds 
were  around  I  concluded  that  it  was 
the  egg  of  a  Red-shouldered  hawk  which 
had  deserted  the  nest  on  account  of  the 
farmers  interrupting  it.  However,  I 
took  the  egg  home  and  upon  washing 
it,  found  it  was  the  egg  of  a  Cooper's 
hawk.  I  blew  it  and  found  it  fresh. 
On  April  28th,  I  again  visited  the  nest 
on  which  the  old  female  was  sitting, 
but  she  flew  in  response  to  a  tap  on  the 
trunk  of  the  tree.  There  was  one  egg 
in  the  nest,  which  I  took  and  replaced 
it  with  that  of  a  chicken.  May  5th,  I 
returned  to  the  neet  and  found  two 
more  fresh  eggs  beside  that  of  the  hen. 
I  took  these  eggs  home  leaving  one 
more  hen's  egg  in  the  nest.  On  May 
19th,  I  returned  to  find  one  more  hawk's 
egg,  it  was  highly  incubated. 

You  will  probably  be  interested  to 
know  what  became  of  the  chicken  eggs. 
What  would  the  poor  hawk  do  if  after 
setting  three  weeks,  find  that  she  had 
only  raised — her  breakfast,  but  this 
could  not  be,  as  the  eggs  were  hard 
boiled  intended  for  my  lunch,  and  upon 
my  last  visit,  I  threw  them  from  the 
nest. 

Alex.  W.  Blain,  Jr. 

*  Read  before  Chapter  176  Detriot  B.  Agassiz 
Association.    Oct.  4,  1901. 


The  Food  Supply  of  the  Brown  Thrash- 
er and  Mocking-  Bird. 
By  C.  C.   Purdum,  M.  D. 

The  Brown  Thrasher:— This  bird 
IS  found  most  plentiful  in  the  Carolin- 
ian zone  of  the  U.  S.,  but  is  found 
breeding  from  New  England  to  the 
Dakotas.  Like  the  birds  which  we  have 
last  considered,  this  bird  rears  two 
broods  in  one  season.  Being  more  re- 
tiring in  its  habits  than  the  catbird,  one 
would  naturally  look  to  find  the  thrash- 
er less  destructive  than  the  latter.  As 
a  matter  of  fact  it  is,  but  there  is  no 
great  difference  in  the  varieties  of  cul- 
tivated fruit  which  it  devours,  although 
the  quantity  is  much  less. 

Perhaps  the  variety  of  food  taken  by 
this  bird  from  the  garden  is  grea'^er 
than  any  heretofore  considered  by  us, 
consisting  as  it  does  of  a  rather  diver- 
sified list  of  fruit,  viz.,  peaches,  plums, 
apples,  pears,  strawberries,  black  and 
red  raspberries,  grapes  and  cherries; 
all  of  which  are  marketable  and  a 
great  source  of  income  to  tbe  farmer. 
Naturally  therefore  the  fruit  grower, 
observing  these  birds  feeding  in  his 
trees  and  shrubs,  looks  upon  them  with 
no  favorable  eye,  and  contemplates 
their  destruction  as  a  thing  to  be  de- 
sired. He  should,  however,  look  far- 
ther than  the  loss  of  a  few  fine  cherries 
or  grapes,  and  observe  the  bird  closely, 
when  he  would  find  that  for  each  peck 
at  a  grape  or  any  of  the  other  fruit,  the 
bird  will  eat  a  dozen  or  more  noxious 
insects,  taking  them  as  the  body  of  the 
meal  and  the  fruit  as  a  side  dish. 

This  paper  on  the  food  supply  of  the 
Brown  Thrasher,  is  based  upon  the  re- 
port of  the  examination  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-one  stomachs,  collect- 
ed as  far  west  as  Kansas  and  covering 
a  range  from  Florida  to  Maine.  This 
investigation  was  conducted  by  the  U. 
S.  Department  of  Agriculture  during 
the  years  of  1893  and  1894,  and  the  re- 
sult may  be  roughly  estimated  as  fol- 
lows: 


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Animal  matter,  63  per  cent. 

Vejjetable  matter,  35  per  cent. 

Mineral  matter,  2  per  cent. 

()f  the  animal  food,  beetles  are  by  far 
the  most  relished,  forming  nearly  one- 
half  of  the  whole  amount.  Next  are 
the  grasshoppers  and  crickets  (Ortho- 
ptera),  forming  about  one-tifth  of  the 
animal  food  consumed.  Then  comes 
the  caterpillars,  forming  somewhat 
less  than  one-fifth,  and  then  the  spiders, 
thousand  legs  and  bugs,  forming  the  re- 
maining one  tenth. 

Only  eight  per  cent,  of  the  beetles 
consumed  are  among  the  beneficial 
predacious  ground  varieties,  and  by 
the  consumption  of  a  great  volnme  of 
crickets,  caterpillars,  weevils,  click  and 
leaf  beetles,  a  ratio  is  established,  de- 
cidedly in  favor  of  the  Thrasher. 

Before  rendering  a  complete  verdict 
on  the  Thrasher,  we  must  follow  his 
food  supply  through  the  entire  season. 
In  the  case  of  the  Wren  we 
found  this  bird  subsisting  on  an 
animal  diet  almost  entirely  through- 
out the  entire  season.  With  the 
Thrasher  it  is  different;  he  changes  his 
diet  with  the  ripening  of  the  fruit,  and 
as  he  eats  more  fruit  he  takes  a  smaller 
number  of  insects,  and  vice  versa.  For 
Instance:  Early  in  April  when  the 
Thrasher  first  arrives  from  the  South, 
animal  food  is  much  more  plentiful  and 
the  Thrasher  consumes  at  least,  three 
times  as  much  animal  food  as  vegetable, 
and  as  the  insects  are  very  plentiful 
even  before  the  vegetable  food  is  ripe, 
the  excess  of  animal  food  continues  and 
increases  until  about  the  latter  part  of 
May  it  reaches  a  maximum  of  7  to  1. 

When  the  vegetable  element  begins 
to  ripen,  the  proportion  of  animal  food 
to  fruit  begins  to  lessen,  and  about  the 
middle  of  August  to  the  first  of  Septem- 
ber, the  ratio  changes  gradually  until  it 
stands  inversely  2  to  1.  At  no  time 
however  does  the  proportion  exceed 
this  two  to  one  ratio,  leaving  quite  a 
iieavy  balance  to  the  end  of  the  season 
on  the  side  of  the  animal  food. 


Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the 
maximum  of  fruit  consumed,  is  reached 
in  July,  we  find  that  a  large  number  of 
beetles  and  ants  are  also  devoured  dur- 
ing this  month. 

After  the  20th  of  June  the  caterpil- 
lars which  have  been  very  largely  con- 
sumed up  to  this  time,  begin  to  fall  off 
in  numbers,  and  their  place  to  be  taken 
by  mulberries,  buckthorn,  etc.,  and 
while  a  few  are  found  in  the  stomach 
constantly,  still  after  the  above  date 
they  fail  to  increase  to  any  marked  de- 
gree during  the  remainder  of  the  sea- 
son. 

The  above  looks  somewhat  dark  to 
the  value  of  the  Thrasher  economically, 
but  after  all,  out  of  the  general  propor- 
tions of  25  per  cent,  of  vegetable  food, 
we  find  that  only  11  per  cent,  of  it  is 
cultivated,  and  of  tnis,  eight  per  cent. 
is  fruit  and  the  rest  grain. 

Mr.  Sylvester  D.  Judd  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  says  of  this  bird, 
"The  economic  relation  of  the  Brown 
Thrasher  to  agriculture  may  be  summed 
up  as  follows:  Two  thirds  of  the  birds 
food  is  animal,  the  most  of  the 
vegetable  food  is  fruit,  but  the 
quantity  taken  from  cultivated  crops  is 
offset  by  three  times  that  quantity  of  in- 
secc  pests.  In  destroying  insects,  the 
Thrasher  is  helping  to  keep  in  check 
organisms,  the  undue  increase  of  which 
disturbs  the  balance  of  nature  and 
threatens  our  welfare.  A  good  example 
of  the  result  of  such  irregular  increase 
is  to  be  had  in  the  fluctuations  of  the 
Rocky  Mountain  locust. 

The  Brown  Thrasher  in  its  present 
numbers  is  a  useful  bird,  and  should  be 
strenuously  protected  from  gunners 
and  nest  plundering  boys." 

The  Mocking  Bird  (Mimus  polyglot- 
tos): — The  amount  of  data  regarding 
the  food  supply  of  this  bird  is  small, 
and  although  its  range  is  large,  and  in 
many  localities,  especially  in  Texas,  the 
bird  occurs  in  great  numbers,  the  in- 
vestigations— what  few  have  been  made 


188 


THE  OOLOGIST. 


— have  not  been  carried  out  systemati- 
cally. What  has  been  determined  can 
be  stated  concisely  as  follows: 

The  animal  food  is  much  less  in 
quantity  than  the  vegelable,  and  con- 
sists entirely  of  insects  and  spiders. 
The  insects  include  grasshoppers,  cat- 
erpillars, beetles  and  ants,  while  the 
vegetable  food  is  composed  of  the  pulp 
of  the  larger  fruits,  as  pears,  plums, 
apples,  etc.,  together  with  large  quanti- 
ties of  the  seeds  of  berries  of  the  smilax, 
sumac,  mulberry,  bayborry,  pokeberry, 
black  alder,  red  cedar  Virginia  creeper 
and  poison  ivy. 

The  writer  will  be  pleased  to  receive 
either  authentic  notes  on  the  contents 
of  the  stomachs  of  birds  shot,  or  es- 
tablished facts  in  regard  to  the  food 
supply  of  this  bird,  and  will  later  em- 
body them  in  a  report,  if  sufficient  data 
can  be  procured  to  prepare  an  article 
of  value.  The  concluding  paper  will 
deal  with  the  Meadow  Lark  [Sturnella 
viagna.) 


An  Example  of  Maternal  Solicitude 

Many  are  the  stories  told  in  prose 
and  sung  in  rhyme  of  maternal  devo- 
tion among  animals  and  birds.  So 
strongly  is  the  maternal  instinct  devel- 
oped that  it  leads  to  acts  of  sublime 
heroism  that  challenge  the  admiration 
of  the  world.  Then  it  has  its  amusing 
side,  as  when  a  brooding  hen  will  pa- 
tiently incubate  a  china  door  knob 
without  one  ray  of  suspicion  of  the 
hoax  being  played  upon  her. 

An  example  of  sublime,  though  re- 
diculous  devotion  came  under  my  ken 
last  summer  which  may  be  worth  re- 
counting. I  made  a  professional  visit 
to  one  of  our  distant  mining  camps, 
high  up  in  the  mountains.  After  my 
patient's  wants  were  ministered  to.  the 
Superintendent,  who  knew  of  my  pro- 
pensity for  robbing  birds  nests,  called 
one  of  the  men  and  requested  him  to 


lead  me  to  the  nest  of  a  Humming  B'rd 
that  had  been  discovered  a  few  days 
previously.  The  path  led  us  up  the 
steep  mountainside  about  one-half 
mile,  through  the  dense  white  fir  and 
alder  thicket.  The  nest  was  saddled 
upon  the  body  of  a  small  fir,  about  four 
feet  from  the  ground.  I  was  delighted 
to  find  the  bird  at  home  and  ready  for 
callers.  She  was  a  Calliope  (Trochilus 
Calliope)  one  of  the  rarer  species  with 
us,  and  as  my  guide  remarked  that  she 
had  been  upon  the  nest  three  days  pre- 
viously, I  felt  sure  that  a  fine  set  of 
egg^  would  shortly  be  added  to  my  cab- 
inet. I  gently  shook  the  bush  with  the 
intention  of  causing  her  to  vacate  Not 
any  vacate  there.  On  the  contrary,  she 
settled  down  into  the  nest  with  a  sort 
of  fight-it-out-on-this-line-if  it-takesall- 
summer  air  that  was  highly  amusing, 
I  then  gently  lifted  her  up  by  the  beak 
despite  her  scoldings.  She  dug  her  feet 
into  lhe  lining  of  the  nest  in  such  a 
manner  that  I  feared  to  break  tbe  eggs 
which  I  could  not  see,  so  was  obliged  to 
desist..  Reversing  the  plan  of  battle,  I 
lifted  her  by  the  very  brief  condal  ap- 
pendage projecting  above  the  rim  of 
the  nest.  This  was  too  much  of  an  in- 
dignity for  even  an  outraged  hummer, 
so  with  an  angry  buzz  she  took  wing 
and  perched  upon  a  tree  not  many 
yards  away.  I  looked  down  at  my 
treasures  and  no  treasures  were  there. 
Not  an  egg.  A  pretty  little  nest  of 
black  moss  and  tree  down  but  nothing 
that  would  in  the  future  add  to  the 
bird  populaiion  of  Idaho.  Maybe  some 
of  your  readers  can  tell  me  what  that 
bird  had  in  her  mind.  If  so,  I  will 
gladly  furnish  stamps  for  I  very  much 
desire  to  know.  Yours  ooloaically, 
Chas.  S.  Moody. 
Orofino,  Idaho. 


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48p,  6pl,  G.  S.  3 35 

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20 

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4to,  24p 15 

Tassin,  Directions  for  Collecting  Minerals, 
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PALAEONTOLOGY. 

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pl,85flgs 75 


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Co.,  N.  Y.,  86p,  3pl 40 

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15 

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Dall,  Calif.  Tertiary  Fossils,  5p ,.    10 

Fontaine,  Fossil  Plants  from  Montana,  lOp. 

3pl 15 

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Fontaine  &  Knowlton,  Triassic  Plants,  6p,  5 

pi 15 

Greene,  Indiana  Palaeontology,  part  I,  8p,  3 

pi .    20 

Hall,  Palaeontology  of  New  York,  vol.  I,  Or- 
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tem, (Lower  Silurian)  4to  361p,  100pl,536flg_7  50 

,  do  do.  I  vol.   II,  Organic  Remains   of 

Lower  Middle  Division,  (Middle  Silurian)  4to, 

370p,  104pl,  510flg 7  50 

,  do  do.  vol.  HI,  Fossils  of  Lower  Hel- 

derberg  Group  and  Oriskany  Sandstone,  4to, 

531p,  Ills 3  00 

Holmes,  Fossil  Forests  of  the  Yellowstone 
Park,  8p 15 

Leidy,  Fresh  Water  Rhlzopods  of  North 
America,  4to,  335p,:48Ills,  1190  col.  figs 3  00 


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,  Fossil  Marine  Plants.  Sp.  pi 15 

,  Miocene  Flora  of  Alaska.  6p,  5pl..._    15 

Marcou.  Bitiliography  of  Publications  relat- 
ing to  Fossil  Invertebrates,  including  complete 
lists  of  the  writinsrs  of  Meek,   White  and   Wal- 

COtt,  334p,  M.  B.  30 90 

Meek,  Palaeontological  Report :  Hodge.  Tert- 
iary Coals;  Xewberry,  Ancient  Lakes:  Leidy. 
Vertebrate  Fossils  :Lesquereaux.Fossil  Plants ; 

all  of  West.,lCOp.  H.  S.  70 50 

,  Fossils  from  Vancouver  and  N.  W. 

Boundary,  34p.  6pl 35 

,  New  Genus  Ulntacrinus,  4p,  2fig  .„    10 

Mudge,  Tertiary  and  Cretaceous  of  Kansas. 
13p 10 

Newberry.  Fossil  Fishes  and  Fossil  Plants  of 
Triassic  Rocks,  New  Jersey  and  the  Connecti- 
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Peale.  Laramie  Group  and  Jura-Trias  of 
Wyoming,  etc.,  12p  _    lO 

Scudder,  Palaeontology  of  Florissant,  Colo., 

22p,  map 15 

.  Fossil  Insects,  30p 15 

Walcott.  Cambrian  Faunas  of  North  Ameri- 
ca, No.  1,  74p,  lOpl 50 

.  do  do.  No.  2,  359p,  33pl. 1  15 

New  Upper  Cambrian  Fossils,  14p,  2pl 

_ 15 

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Ward,  Types  of  the  Laramie  Flora.  354p,  57pl 

1  15 

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,  Preservation  of  Invertebrate  Fossils, 

lOp 25 

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.Carboniferous  and  Cretaceous  Fossils  of 

Western  Territories,  14p 15 

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,  Mesozoic  and  Cenozoic  Paleaontoloey 

of  California.  33pp _.  "is 

.  Fresh  water  Invertebrates  of  the  N.  A. 

Jurassic.  No.  2,  41p,  4pl 25 

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102p.  14pl 55 

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nia, 25p,  5pl 20 

White  .&  Nicholson,  Bibliographv  of  North 
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White  et  Nicholson.  Supplement  to  Biblio- 
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P 10 

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of  Vancouver  and  Adjacent  Islands,  lOOp,  lOpl 
55 

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36p 20 

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Wyoming's  Vertebrate  FossUs,  34p,  20  photo- 
eng 20 

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ca, 48p,  12ag 25 

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Boehmer,  Norsk  Naval  Architecture,  18p,  5pl 
0 

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16pl,  127flg 50 

BoUes.  Catalogue  of  Eskimo  Collection  in 
National  Museum,  32p 10 

Bourke.  The  Medicine  Men  of  the  Apache,  20 
figs.  8pl.  162p,  (9) 75 

Burns.  The  Crump  Burial  Cave,  4p,  pl 10 

Culin.  Chinese  Games  with  Dice  and  Domi- 
noes, oOp,  12pl,  33flg 25 

.  Chess  and  Playing  Cards,  378p.  50pl.226 

fig : -1 00 

,  The  National  Game  of  Africa,  14p,  5pl, 

laflg 15 

Gushing,  Outline  of  Ztml  Creation  Mythology, 
128p,  (13)  60 

De  Kay.  The  Bronze  Buddha,  12p.  pl 10 

Donaldson.  The  George  Catlin  Indian  Gallery 
with  Memoir  and  Statistics.  940p,  144pl  and 
maps,  unb 1  00 

Dorsey.  Omaha  Dwellings.Furniture  and  Im" 

plemen;s.  23flg,  26p.  (13) 30 

,  Omaha  and  Ponka  Letters,  128p 45 

,  A  Study  of  Siouan  Cults  6pl,  45fig,  194 

p,  (11) _    75 

Ewbank, Indian  Antiquities  of  Chile  and  Peru, 
4to,  44p.  3  col.  pl,  ills 50 

Fletcher.  Prehistoric  Trephining  and  Cranial 
Amulets.  4to,  33p,  9pl 50 

Fowke.  Stone  Art.  250fig,  lS2p,  (13) .1  50 

Gatschet.  Mythical  Tale  of  the  Isleta  Indians 
of  New  Mexico,  12p _    15 

Hewitt.  Legend  of  the  Fotmding  of  the  Iro- 
quois League,  Ittp 20 

Hlppisley.  Ceramic  Art  in  China.  106p 35 

Hitchcock.  The  Ainos  of  Yezo,  Japan,  74p,  65 
pl,   21  fig 40 

,  The  Ancient  Pit-Dwellers   of    Yezo, 

Japan,  I2p,  8pl,  4fig 15 

Hoffman,  The  Midewiwinor  "Grand  Medicine 
Society"  ot  the  Ojibwa,  22pl,  40fig,  158p,  (7)._    95 

Holmes,  Textile  Fabrics  of  Ancient  Peru,18p, 
llflg 15 

.  Use  of  Gold  and  Other  Metals  Among 

the  Chirique  of  Isthmus  of  Darien,  28p,22fig    20 

,  Ancient  Ruins  of  S,  W  Colo.,  22p,   14pl 

35 

Hough,  Primitive  American  Armor,  28p,  22pl 
35 

,  Fire-making  Apparatus,  58p,  8pl,  60fig 

;....   35 


ills. 


-,  The  Methods  of  Fire  Making,  16p,  pl,l3 
..     20 


,  Lamps  of  the  Eskimo,  34p,  24pl,  4flg 

40 

,  Korean  Collections  in  National  Muse- 
um. 60p,  30pl 40 

Jackson,  Ancient  Ariz,  and  Utah  Ruins,  22p. 
8pl 25 

Jouv,  Korean  Mortuary  Pottery,  8p,  7pl,  map 
■ 10 

McCauley,  A  Manual  for  the  Use  of  Students 
in  Egyptology.  90p 7S 

McGulre.  Primitive  Methods  of  Drilling,  132p, 
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gentine, 4to,  82p,  ills,  mp -    50 

Mallery,  Picture  Writing  of  the  American  In- 
dians, 54pl,  1290figs.  822p,  (10) 2  f)o 

Mason,  Aboriginal  Skin  Dressing,  38p,  33pl 
40 

,  Primitive  Travel  and  Transportation. 

358p,  25pl,  260fig 1  50 

,  N.  A.  Bows,  Arrows  and  Quivers,  50p, 

58pl : -.    75 

,  The  Human  Beast  of  Burden,  60p,  54flg 

25 

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45flg -    25 

-.  The  Ulu  or  Woman's  Knife  of  the  Eski- 


mo, 6p,  21pl 20 

.  Aboriginal  Basket-work,  16p,  64pl..    60 

— — ,  Throwing- sticks,  12p,  17pl 30 

MindeleflfcA  Study  of  Pueblo  Architecture, 

Tusyan  &  Cibola,  9lpl,  114figs,  228p,  (8) 1  70 

,  Casa  Grande  Euin,  lOpl,  9fig,32p  (13)    30 

Mooney,  The  Sacred  Formulae  of  the  Chero- 

kees.  nop,  ills,  (T) 40 

Murdock.  Ethnological  Results  of  the  Pt.  Bar- 
row (Alaska)  expedition,  428figs.  442p,  (9). ..2  45 
Niblack.  Indians  of  the  Northwest  Coast,  162p, 

70pl,  300flg.  2  maps 1  00 

Pilling,  Bibliography  of  the  Algonquian  Lan- 
guages, 614p .1  50 

,  do  do,  Athapascan  Languages,  126p    S5 

,  do  do,  Chinookan  Languages,  82p..    25 

,  do  do,  Eskimo  Language.  Il6p _    30 

,  do  do,  Iroquoian  Languages,  2C3p..    40 

,  do  do,  Muskhogean  Languages,  114p 

30 

,  do  do,  Salishan  Language,  86p 25 

,  do  do,  Siouan  Languages,  80p 25 

Porter.  Artificial  Deformation  of  Children, 

24p 10 

Powell.  Indian  Linguistic  Families  North  of 

Mexico,  142p,  (7) 55 

,  Reports  of  Bureau  of  Ethnology,  4to, 

with  maps  and  plates  (many  colored).     Can 
furnish  odd  volumes.    Write  wants. 

Rau,  Aboriginal  Inhabitants  of  the  Calif. 
Peninsula.  Agricultural  Implements  of  the  N. 
A,  Stone  Period,  N.  J.  Artificial  Shell  Deposits, 

48p 35 

,  Drilling  in  Stone  Without  Metal,  lOn, 

12flg 15 

,  Observations  on  Cui)-shaped  and  other 

Lapidary  Sculptures  in  the  Old  World  and  Am- 
erica, 4to,  112p,  34pl.  61fig 1  20 

Shufeldt,  et  al.  5  Excerpts  Navajo  Belt 
Weaver  Havesii-Pai  Indians,  Bead  Ornaments, 
Nez  Perces  Language,  Indians  of  SOOyeai's  ago, 

44p,  3pl 35 

Stevenson,  The  Sia,  35pl,  20fig,  158p,  (11)...    95 

,  Ceremonial  of  Hasjelti    Dailjis    and 

Mythical  Sand  Painting  of  the  Navajo  Indians, 
32  col.  pi,  60p,  (8) 1  40 

Thomas,  Work  in  Mound  Exploration,  16p 
20 

,  Problem  of  the  Ohio  Mounds,  54p,  18fig 

35 

.  Catalogue  of  Prehistoric  Works  East 

of  Rocky  Mts.,  17pl.  246p 1  50 

Moimd  Explorations,  42pl,  342flgs,  742p. 

(12) .„ „. 2  65 

— ,  Study  of  the  Manuscript  Troano,  4to, 

274p,  9pl,  lOOfig. 1  40 


Thompson,  Ethnology  of  Easter  Island.  106p, 
49pl,  20flg 60 

Turner,  Ethnology  of  the  Ungava  District, 
Hudson  Bay  Ter.,  8pl,  135fig.  152p,  (11) 95 

Wilson,  The  Swastika,  Migration  of  Indus- 
tries in  Prehistoric  Times,  2.y3p,  25pl,  374flg.l  00 

,  Criminal  Anthropology,  70p 30 

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Hand  Book  for  Beginners,  76p.  20pl,  287flg    1  00 

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in  1899,  4Jp,  7pl 15 

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7p,  2pl 10 

— .  The  Golden  Patera  of  Rennes,  lOp,  pi, 

fig 10 

.  Primitive  Indu-stry,  14p 15 

.  The  Paleolithic  Period  of  the  Stone 

Age,  26p,  28flg 35 

MICROSCOPY. 

Hitchcock.  Preparation  of  Microscopical 
Mounts  of  Vegetable  Textile  Fibres 10 

Manton,  W.  P.,  Beginnings  with  the  Micro- 
scope, 73p,  ills,  (50) 40 

"Microscopical  Bulletin,"  Vol.  I  to  IX,  com- 
plete  8  25 

"The  American  Monthly  Microscopical  Jour- 
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"The  Observer,"  Out  Door  World.  Vol.  VI, 
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