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VOLUME XV, | ALBION, N. ¥.: ~ FRANK H. LATTIN, PUBLISHER. 1898. INDEX TO VOL. SY. A. O. U., Report of the Fifteenth Annual Congrees ACL RSS eee Sees 9 Association News, Odlogists...... cree Bird, to Lllustrate the Terminology of the Plumage and Limbs. Dia- IS lade toes ca. nlatar'< 5, oa.8 ciask 2p 6 MIDE DIOMGATIO. 65 oe. cnet veae ce 14 MEMIREIR a Sass 0's 190 av oh ao.0 we Gre 37 NMI OU ois x a oe hn gk os Been 8 bind 87 Birds Recently Taken in Orleans County. Some Shore PRs weaning Birds,’’ Remarks on ‘‘Return of the. .24 Birds. The Effect of Storms on..... 14 Bunting Black-throated. The Dick- MRT ST EEN eS 3 en aE ae oe 32 MSPMPURING ee ee eS cis veces c,d ewns 17 Breeding of Wilson’s Snipe in West- POM NTE oes os ace wee wrate 23 California. A Collecting Tripin.. .49 SPOMUAMEs = UTAY Sd vice Wee oe 88 MERLE oi een ana Bole, sb ccs wis yw Sis 85 Collecting Trip in California. A... .49 Collecting Trip in Old Virginia. A...16 Coloration of Eggs. The............. 41 MPECUIGEY eA ees Bir erda ores, crocora ‘se a Siete 48 Cuckoo and Other Notes....... ..... 70: Cuckoo Notes from Yates Co.,N.Y...76 Dickcissel or Black-throated Bunt- MEE tab istie a des Sa css uke ee esi 32 Dipper. Nesting of the American...64 UMNO SPR MG tg fe bg cha es ais ao eee 88 Egg Collection. Saved by an....... 33 Eggs for Packing. Wrapping....... 32 Eggs of Greater Yellow-legs......... 48 Eggs. The Coloration of............ 41 PUMENMEOMS <0. sD oti aNaa a5 50K 5 y's 19 Fiyeateher. -Tratii’s... 25.0... 000.5%. 24 Goldfinch in North-eastern Iowa. The Nesting of the American.......... 39 PES RSD 2) a amare ee 71 Herons. Great Blue........... yates 5 PLUMS UNG, PMCs ccna s <5 07's «5 cane Jllinois. Prairie Horned Lark in....27 Imitation that Imitates. An........ 63 Iowa. The Nesting of the American Goldfinch in North-eastern.... .... 39 Junco in Western New York in Sum- mer. The Slate-colored../........ 72 Laniide in Western New York. The Status of the Ramuly. sess. oss we 7 Lark in Illinois. Prairie Horned... .27 Lark in Western New York. The Horned) 3k ops ae eee ews 69 Miontana. SBMds.Ofpecase cies. s. « 14 Murre as a Western New Yorker. The Branniph: Siseteeoes eee eS oeis 35 Names. Pronunciation of Scientific.20 Nest of the Barred Owl. A...:..... 16 Nest of Phoebe. Nesting of Sturnella magna neglecta Ear] Nesting of the Am. Dipper.... ..... 64 Nests. Elevated Towhee’s.......... 21 Nests of the Wood Pewee...... ..... 45. New Jersey. Ring-necked Pheasant Notes on Road-Runner. Additional. 36 Nuthatch. Nesting Habits of the Red- breasted <<. os «os. semetetaln cca at 55: Ontario. Raptores in EJgin Co...... 46 Oologist for 1898. The.............. 40) Odlogists Association News........... 4 Orleans County. Some Shore Birds Recently ‘Taken tie. ¢ 0 nse coe ees 21 Orleans County. Breeding of Wil- Bon’s! SNIPS Is wigs doe tees. s uw Sue tea ee, 40 Ornithologists Cruel. Are.......... 13 Otocoris in Western New York...... 42 THE OOLOGIST Owl. A Nest ofthe Baried ........ 16 Owl in Western New York. Nest- ing of the Short-eared.... .........54 Parulas. A Day Withthe....... . 57 Pheasant in New Jersey. Ring- Weekeds- ns Sah ce oe ee 81 Phoebe. Two-Storied Nest of...... 63 Ehotograpnine of Birds, Their Nests and Phe 4 625 Aa eee 51 Photographing. Further Remarks on Ornithological 2. 3.50.6. soe eee 59 Plumageand Limbs. Diagram of a ~ Bird, to Iustrate the Terminology of the See ee eH Oe aD cee 6 Prize:Contestacs sé. aaceon. Soe oes 86 Prize Contest. April:. .¢....:5.0:. 4. 56 Raptores in Elgin Co. Ontario ..... 46 Redhead and Ruddy.... .........-. 25 Remarks on ‘‘Return of the Birds”... .24 Ridgeway’s “Nomenclature of @OlOuUis airs dso cei Se oie ee eee 85 Road-Runner. Additional Notes on.36 Shrike. The White-rumped....... 3.86 Snipe in Orleans County. Breeding of Wilson’s........ 11s. se seen eee eee 40 Snipe in Western New York. Breed- ing of Wilson’s......... 28 Sparrow. Bachman’s............... 65 erveeee Storms on Birds The Effectof...... 74 Sturnella magna neglectt Early Nesting 0f:......225. .<. 4.2 eee 12 Swamp. A Day in a...:23.222ee 73 Thousand Islands. Collecting Trip. in the fsa een eee Sa Paces 60 Towhee’s Nests. Elevatd........... 21 Trip, -A-February.:.< 45.5 = seer eee 20 Vireo solitarius cassintt and Other Notes. The Summer Home of..... 29 Vireo. With Remarks on Our Six Michigan Varieties. ‘lhe Telos throated 4. 055.2..05: |) See Virginia. A Gallechine Trip i in Old. a Vulture. California (Plate)..... .... 66 Warbler. Prothonotary...........- 53 Western New York. Breeding of Wilson's Snipe in:.. . 4252S 23 Western New York. Nesting of the Short-eared Owlin.........-..-... 54 Western New York. Ofocoris in....42 Western New York. The Horned lhark-in oo. co. 6 eee 69 Western New York. The Status of Othe Family Landit@ in..... ........ 7 Wood Pewee. Nests of the.......... 45 Eggs of Greater. ....48 Yellow-legs. Ul SYeeaTesaye a é eo od Pa *, ~ o VOL. XV. NO. 1. ALBION, N. Y., JANUARY, 1898. WHOLE No. 140 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 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. eee ee subscription expires with this issue ** Jan., 1898. 145 “ a’ « ae June, iy 150 “ “ a * Nov “cc Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. How dear to our hearts Is cash or supscription, When the generous subscriber Presents it to view, But the man who don’t pay. We refrain from description, For perhaps gentle reader, That man may be you.— 22. GOLD NUGGETS:—Free gold ores, every one a gem, showing free gold. Make hand- some scarf pins. Sample, 20c. Dealers write for wholesale price lists. Enclose stamp. gles pevmeey & CURIO CO., Custer City, 0. Dak. WANT bird and other skins, mounted speci- mens, buck heads, fire arms of any sort, wheth- er in« rder or not; books on ornithology, ool- ogy. Mmammology and on the horse: reloading tools for rifles and shot guns, for which I offer desirable stamps, or will purchase. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER. JK., West Orange, N. J. FOR SALE:—A fine Flamingo skin, #8; Ridgway's Ornithology of Illinois, Vol. I, $1.75; 100 species of shells, #%. H. S. HATHAWAY, Box 498, Providence, R. I. EXCHANGE:—Ringlev’s History of Birds, new. 526 pages, illustrated, cloth binding. For best offer of sets with data. G. H. BRIGGS, Box 82, Livermore, Maiue. FOR EXCHANGE:—A small magic lantern with views all complete, for the best offer in siglo eggs. J.S. ALLWOOD, Hecla Works, TYPEWRITER WANTED:—Have a good bicycle which I will exchange for good type- writer. State make :&c. Write immediately. BURT OGBURN, Phoenix, Arizona. PET !—In the a ae we will have young rac- coons, foxes, gray and fox squirrels, red birds, hawks, owls, or in fact anything suitable for pets common to this locality, for cash or ex- oo CATLIN BROTHERS, Annapolis, nd. FOREIGN birds eggs exchanged for first- —~ birds skins. W.S. JOHNSON, Boonville, FOR SALE.—A tame fox, about two years old and a beauty, very tame. The best Cash offer takes him. J. 8S. ALLWOOD, Hecla Works, N. Y. STAR FISH.—Want at once 100 first-class small (2 to3inch) common Atlantic Star Fish. —- be cheap. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, FOR SALE or Exchange.—Five pairs of pea fowls from one year old to four years old six to eight dollars per pair, prefer to sell. C.S. ae cg = St. Francisville, Clark Co., oO. CASH.—I will pay cash for THE OOLOGIST, June, 1888 and for Nidiologist, October, 1893, H. H. JOHNSON, Pittsfield, Maine. NIDOLOGIST, Vols. I, Il, III, handsomely bound in one, Full index. Make cash offer. No exchange. EUGENE S. ROLFE, Minne- waukan, N. Dak. . TO EXCHANGE.—Complete collection of 300 moths and butterflies for Jndian relics, miner- als, etc. Also good camera to exchange, E. A. LOCKE, 466 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass. WANTED.—Hawks eggs. Will pay cash for first-class sets of those l want. Anyone want- ing a high-grade ‘97 bicycle, nearly new, at a bargain write for particulars. PRESTON MULTER, 1030 Caxton Building, Chicago. ii THE OOLOGIST. FOR EXCHANGE.—The following sets for sets not in my collection: 1, 30, 32, 47, 58, 59, 70, 74, 80. 146. 160, 191, 194, 207. 212. 214, 225. 263, 273, 289, 216, 331, 337. 339, 360, 378, 387, 388, 390; 406, 412, 423, 444, 456, 474b, 477, 488, 494, 495, 498, 501, 507, 511, 560, 584, 595, 611, 613. 619 624, 631. 652, 659, 687, 704, 705, 725, 729. 755, 756, 761. ED W. REINECKE, 400 Elm St., Buffalo, N. Y. WANTED.—A hand printing press, will give good exchange in Oregon Bird Skins, mounted specimens, Shells or polished minerals. B. J. BRETHERTON, Newport, Oregon. WANTED.—Information concerning the wild ducks and other water-fowl occuring in Or- leans County, common species as wellas the rarer kind. Any little note may be useful to me. Send it along, even though trival. In exchange for same. I may have something you want. NEIL F.POSSON, Medina, N. Y. COUES’ KEY:—I will give $15 worth of rare sets, such as A. O. U. 115, 385, 311 and others. fora copy of Coues’ Key. Alsoa good Canvas Fojding Boat for $8.50 cash. Address at once, FLOYD T. COON, Milton, Wisconsin. WANTED to EXCHANGE:—Copper and sil- ver coins and Indian Relics for U. S. A. Depart- ment stamps and U. S. Revenues. Ialso have Confederate paper money for exchange, AN- DREW A. QUEVLI, Box 446, Windom, Minn. TWO PACKETS SEEDS:—Mixed Zinnia and Vine Peach, for foreign coin or arrowhead. Also curios to exchange. Please exchange lists. FRANZ TRIPP, Garden Prairie, Ill. THE OOLOGIST is worth many dollars to me every year, and [am sure it is worth the same to nearly every subscriber. BURT OG- BURN, Phoenix, Ariz. CASH!!! for Banjo. Have Great Blue Her- on, curiosities and sword from Armenia. En- -close 4c in stamps for list of books, magazines and ornithological specimens. I desire Awks. ARTHUR M. FARMER, Clinton, Mass. _DAVIE’S Taxidermy and other books, for a rifle or shotgun. Davie’s Taxidermy new. Repeating rifle preferred or. good shotgun. Will sell books, or exchange for gun or rifle. = a SMITHWICK, Merry Hill, Bertie Co., WANTED:—Egg cabinet and A. O. U. No’s 310. 328, 356, 357, 377, 359, 180, 108, 486 620 Will give sets, books on Natural History for any of these; also flintlock gun in good condition. A. H. MILLS, West Rutland, Vt. _WANTED:—Birds of Kansas by Col. Goss, Kodak with outfit; also full sets. Can offer western sets of my own collecting, nicely pre- pared and fully identified. H. L. HEATON, Oberlin, Kansas. COLLECTION of 26 mounted birds, Herons, Hawks, Ducks, etc.. #25. A Bargain. 20 fine bird skins, $5. 2 fine mounted heads, 10 point buck and yearling buck. $15 for pair. Fine 4x5 camera, uses plates or rll film, cost $35. Will exchange for fine repeating rifle of large cali- bre or will sell cheap. All letters answered. B. HARTLEY, West Haven, Conn. WANTED:—A 10 or 12 gauge shot gun and camera. Will give in exchange the following mounted specimens: Osprey (Wings spread), Barred Owl, American“Coot, Red Fox, Gray Squirrel, Hedgehog. Rattlesnake, 7ft in length, and a few sets. Send for complete list. OAKLEY WALKER, Mayfield. Ky. THE OOLIGIST is Monarch of the Oological world, especially in the advertising of speci- mens, supplies, &«. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, Augusta, Ga. PARTIES desiring sets of eggs, skins of birds or mammals, alcoholic specimens of rep- tiles or batrachians or any branch of natural science should correspond with J.M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, Refugio, Texas. Te aah WANTED:—Trustworthy and active gentle- men or.ladies to travel for responsible,. estab- lished house. Monthly $65 and expenses. Pos- ition steady. Reference. Enclose _ self-ad- dressed stamped envelope. THE DOMINION COMPANY, Dept. V., Chicago. NELSON'S Natural History establishment can supply you with showy sea shells, fine erystals and minerals. scientific books and supplies for any branch of Natural History — work. ANDREW NELSON, 1108 Palean St. Keokuk, Iowa. FOR EXCHANGE: —Rare eggs in sets. Were the best individual collection shown at the World’s Fair. Will exchange for pedigreed bloodhound or beagle pups. F. B. JONES, P. O. Box 54, Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. FINE well prepared sets to exchange: Os™ prey, Red-shouldered Hawk, Razor-billed Auk- Roseate Tern, American Oystercatcher.Screech Owl, Chestnut-collared Longspur and many others. CHARLES E. DOE, 561 South Main St., Providence. R. I. WANTED:—Several sets each of the follow- ing: Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawk, ~ well spotted, also several sets each of 6, 7, 12, 21. 63, 64, 72, 75, 106, 140, 190, 226, 230 228, 261, 263, 273, 281, 289, 315, 325, 326, 332, 352, 355, 360, 364, 368, 373, 387, 888, 390, 393, 394, 412, 416, 417, 428, 452, 461, 477, 490, 501, 549, 593, 611, 614, 619, 622a, 624, 703, 713 and rare Warblers. I will pay cash for good sets of Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Osprey, American Bittern, Swal- low-tailed Kite, Sandhill Crane, Prairie Falcon and Sawwhet Owl. In exchange for above I can offer 1000 bird skins and 5000 eggs im sets from Iceland, Lapland, Northwest Canada and Artic America, the lot includes rare Gulls, Terns, Jaegers, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Plovers, Falcons, Hawks and Owls, Send 2 cent stamp for full list. W. RAINE, Bleecker St., Toron- to, Canada. FOR SALE:—A. O. U. Nos. 204 1-2, $1; 5la 13, 24c; 58 1-3, 30c: 60 1-1, $1; 3641-3, 60; 335 1-3, 65c; 339 1-4. 60c; 3371-2, 40c; 348 1-4, 33; 356 1-1, 51; 339a 1-3, 70c; 332 1-1, 75c: 333 1.5, 70c; 201 15, 25e; 200 1-4, 35¢; 300 1-12, 65c; 300c 1-6, 70c; 128 1-1, 75c: 362 1-1, 45c: 269 1-4, 38c; 70 2-3, 15¢e: 77 1-3, 20e; 74 1-2, 10¢; 488 1-6, 20c:; 289 1-13. 60c; 263 2-4. 25c; 501 1-5, 25c; 501b 1-5, 25¢; 412 1-7, 20c; 477 1-5, 16€; 321 1-2, 50c; 706 1-4, 88c; 708 1-4, $1; 587 1-5, 24c; 622 1-7. 30c ; 755 1-4, 14¢; 497 2-4, 10¢;595 1-4, 25e; 452 1-6, 40c; 467 1-4, 25c; 766 1-6, 20c; 6741-5, 49¢; 721 2-7, 25¢ ; 725 1-6 30e; 713 1-4, 40c; 546 1-5, 4c; 510 1-4, 10¢; 550 1-1, 38¢; 563 1-4, 12c; 619 1-5, 25c; 683 1-4, 80c ; 681 1-4, 70c; 659 1-4, 38e; 652 2-4, 15ce; 637 1-6, 423 1-4, 24c; 614 1-5, 24c; 613 1-5, 12c, 616 1-4, 12c; 461 1-3, 20c; 611 1-4, 35¢; 624 1-3, 15¢c; 633 1-4, 25c; 735 1-16, 30c; 530 1-4, 20c; 687 1-4, 30e; 538 1-3, 35¢; 406 1-5. 24c; 16 1-1, 60c; 217 1-2, $1.25; 552 14. 20c; 420¢ 1-2, 50c; 420a, 40c: 92 1-1, 70c; 518 1-3, 15¢e; 511b 15, 15c; 5lla 1-4, 20c: 191 1-5. 40¢; 378 1-4, 25¢; 273 1-4, 36c; 390 1-7, 60c; 711-3, 20c; 76 1-1, 40c; 75 1-1, 85c; 79 1-1, 35c; 416 12, $1.25; 208 1-4. 30c; 212 1-7, 50c. One pair Reed’s climbers, $1. Above prices are per set. All eggs prepaid at price. MAJOR JOHNSON, Lock Box _ 550, Southington, Conn. , THE OOLOGIST. ili MY ENTIRE Collection of 150 singles. all A No. 1, none but cash offers considered. List sent on application. DR. F.C. LEWIS, John- sonburg, Pa. SETS FOR EXCHANGE:~—8 fine sets of 3 Indigo Bunting, with or without nests: also 604 1 4, 263 1-4, 390 1-3 and many singles. Want common sets. ISAAC E. HESS. Philo. Ils. FOR EXCHANGE:—$10 worth of 1st class singles for 1 set of 2 eggs of Bald Eagle with complete data. OTTO HOLSTEIN, - Paris, Kentucky. D2t AZTEC RELICS from ancient ruins in Ari- zona. Sample relics sent prepaid on receipt of 10c (stamps or.silver). Satisfaction guaran- teed. BURT OGBURN, Phoenix, Ariz. D4t FINE 4x5 photographs of a hornets nest which is 33 inches in circumference and in sit- uation, for exchange for 20 cents worth of birds eggs, insects or curios. TROY W. EARHART, Mulberry, Indiana. ORIGINAL Nests with Sets:—Oven Bird n-5, Bobolink n-5 n-5, Cedar Waxwing n5n-5, Blue Jay n-4 n-4, American Redstart n-4 (handsome) n-4, 45: ca Sparrow n-4, Field Sparrow n-4, Least Flycatcher n-4, Black-capped Chickadee 1-6, Rose-breasted Grosbeak n-4. Nests wanted with sets when practicable. CHAS. S. BUT- TERS. 69 Merrimack St., Haverhill, Mass. FOR SALE or EXCHANGE:—Finesets from Northwest Canada, all have original data in hundreds of the various collections. The lot includes sets of Little Brown Crane, American Goshawk, Rough legged Hawk, Ferruginous Roughleg, Wilson’s Snipe, Pharlarope, Belted Pipping Plover, Grebes, rare Ducks, Gulls, Northern Shrike, Sprague’s Pipit, Baird’s Sparrow and other rarieties; also rare sets from Arctic»A verica (Mackenzie Bay). The sets of Little Brown Crane are accompanied with affidavit sworn to by the collectors, who took ;he eggs in Assinobia and Alberta. W. RAINE, 181 Bleeker St., Toronto, Can. BACK NUMBERS of the OoLocist, NATUR- AL SCIENCE NEws, Museum and other scientific ora cae offered in exchange for first class irds’ skins. W.S. JOHNSON, Boonville,N.Y. MY COLLECTION of duplicates for sale to the highest bidder at once, about 1800 eggs, 336 sets, $140 worth. All complete sets with origi: nal data. Send for list. Allletters answered. D. R. WALLACE, 940 No. 27 Ave., Omaha, Neb. WANTED:—Ridgeway’s Manual, first class treatise on taxidermy, or any reliable work on ornithology, in exchange for first class eggs with complete data. WINFIELD S. CATLIN, Annapolis, Ind. D2t WANTED :—An offer in skins or sets for 3800 different copies of the Scientific American—all in good condition. Best offer gets the whole 1 _J.M. WILLARD, 2221 Elm St., Oaklaud, al. FOR SALE:—Following books new, Crow- black Bird and Their Food by Beal, 15c; Hawks and Owls, from standpoint of the Farmer by Fister, 45c; Blue Jay and its Food by Beal, 15c: ‘The English Sparrow in North America, 405 ages, by Merriam & Barrows, $1.60; Hints. on nsect Collecting,8c; Abbott's Natural History, 62U pages, 500 illustrations, 40c; OO1OGIST, vol. 9, unbound, $1.25 and Emue eggs, $1.75 each. Cash with order. W. J. WIRT, Naturalist, Box 187, Gaines, Orleans Co.,N. Y. I HAVE a number of good shells, curious and eggs to exchange for books on natural science, or fora cheap guitar in good order. Write out description and cost, and I will make you an offer. W. H. HILLER. 147 W 23d St, Los Angeles, Calif. A SOUVENIER from ‘‘Holmes Castle.’ Send ten cents fora package of Asbestos (mineral wood) which was taken from around the dnum- my safe in which H. H. Holmes suffocated many of his victims. Holmes was executsd in Philadelphia on the charge of killing Pretzel, his partnerin crime. ‘l'wenty-three murders have been charged to Holmes. CLIFTON A. FOX, 525 West tlst St., Chicago, 111. TO EXCHANGE :—I have a fine lot of Land Fresh Water and Marine Shells to exchange for Indian relics. BENTON HOLCOMB, West Granby, Hartford Co., Conn. FOR EXCHANGE;—Sets of dla 13, 70 1-3. 77 1-2, 191 1-4, 194 1-5 1-6, 262 1-4, 233 1-3, 337 1-2, 412 1-8, 456 1-5, 467 1-3 1-4. 488 1-5. 501 1-4, 1-5, 517 1.2, 552 1-4 1-1, 584 1-5, 595 1-3, 622a 1-5 1-6, 624 1-3, 735 1-6. First class with data, for common sets. A. W. PLUMB, Flint, Mich. FOR SALE;:—Copies complete of the Vidiol- ogist from the time it started till June, 1897. Make offers. Also nird skins of this locality for sale. E. ATKINS, East Las Vegas, New Mexico. I WOULD like to have the ones that an- swered the exchange notice of D. R. Clarkson, St. Clair House, Niagara Falls. communicate with me. ROBERT WARWICK,Fleming,N.Y. WANTED: Singles of Golden andBald Eagles, Duck Hawk, Stormy Petrel, Parauque, Swal- low-tailed Kite, Sandhill Crane. Roseate Spoonbill, Albatross, Penguin for cash, choice Southern sets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY. 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. D2t OOLOGISTS’, Taxidermists’ and Naturalists’ supplies for any department. Shells,minerals. crystals, (rare amber colored calcite from Jop- lin, Mo.) and scientific books and periodicals, ANDREW NELSON, 1108 Palean St , Keokuk, Towa. A NO3 Eastman Kodak, 34x44. Good as new. Books, Magazines, Old Papers and Cop- per Ore to exchange for Mounted Game Heads, Birds, ete. Also want Autographs, for which I will give good exchange or cash. Would like to hear from some collector in Washington, D. Cc. F. O. NELSON, 237 S. Main St., Butte, Mont. ; WANTED:—Eggs in sets with data, Ornith- ologists and Oologists Books and instruments in exchange for stamps. Write stating price and description. H. W. KIMBALL, 123 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn. EXCHANGE:—Eggs of this locality for more Northern specimens. Send and get my list. Will exchange sets or singles. W. H. BALD- WIN, JR., Box 102, Greenville, Texas. O2t I HAVF Opals and minerals to exchange for old silver and gold coins; also will take a few bird skins from N. W. states. also advertising space. ROBERT BURNHAM, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. f. O2t FOR SALE:—Arrowhead Scarf pins, either light or dark, mounted in rolled gold, 50c each: sterling silver, 75c each, postpaid. Also a ‘lot of very fine, flints, bird arrow points. CHAS. R. HESTON, Sidney, O. N2t . STAMPS AND BILLS cheap! 10 varieties of square cut used obselete U. S. stamped en- velopes, catalogue price 75c, only 20¢; 3 varie- ties entire official size. catalogue 52c, only 13c; set of 11 Austrian stamps, 1 to 50kr, catalogue value 26c, only 9c; 10 varieties of old paper money 25c to $100, genuine originals, only 30c; a $10 bill and catalogue of over 150 varieties 8c; 2 Indian arrows fromN C. 8c. J. E. 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Among the features of the coming months are interesting articles and photographs by well-known naturalists, relative to Cuba, Greenland, Alaska, Mexico, etc. In the Boobys of Revillegigedo Islands,’’ Mr. A. W. Anthony tells of the Red-footed, Blue- faced, and Brewster’s Boobys as he met with them on his expeditions into Mexican waters. Six wonderfully interesting photographs pic— tures to us the curious birds as they are, alive, on the far off Pacific islands. Mr. Geo. G. Cantwell has resisted the gold excitement long enough to send THE OSPREY some excellent photographs of Alaskan birds. 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We have something of interest to you. and a few Banded I OLDS Sandstone Faults, both very interesting to Geologists, and_a quantity of polished material for sale. We make a specialty of cutting and polishing cab— inet material at our Steam Lapidary Shop. John G. Buxton, Milo Centre, N. Y. We have some com- pound Folds in rock, —-- THE OOLOGIST. VOL. AV ..NO.»1. ‘The Yellow-throated Vireo, With Re- marks on Our Six Michigan Vireos. There are six species of Greenlets in ‘the Great Lake region, viz: -Red-eyed, Philadelphia, Warbling, Yel!ow-throatd, Blue-headed and White-eyed. A few remarks in a general way may notcomeamiss ‘The Yellow-throated appears first in the vernal migrations; next the Red-eyed;then the Blue-headed, and last of all the Philadelphia. The Red-eyed is the most abundant and is very generally distributed throughout ‘the State and I have found it in every one of the eighteen counties where I thave observed. It breeds inlow woods, high oak groves, heavy timbered for- ests, orchards and city yards, in pine- ries where mixed with hardwood, and in cedar and tamarack swamps. If my readers wlll carefully make observa- tions as [ have, they will find that the Red-eyed Greenlet is the best and most evenly distributed bird in the State of Michigan. No matter where you go, ‘in the forest or in sections not too well cleared, whether in the city or unset- tled districts, if your ear is trained to distinguish, you will soon hear the simple notes of the retiring yet ubiqni- tous Red-eyed. Next to the Red-eyed comes the Warb- lingin point of abundance; this bird being given to local distribution and is always found in cultivated sections, never in deep forests. ‘The Yellow- throated is next commonest; the next is Blue-headed; the Philadelphia next, and the White-eyed the rarest. Some bird students in Michigan claim that the White-eyed is not rare, but I have not been convinced that it is to be found in any numbers anywhere in this State. It is certainly only locally distributed in the Great Lake region, and in overa ALBION, N. Y., JANUARY, 1898. WHOLE No. 140 quarter of acentury of close observa- tion I have not seen it in Kalamazoo county. The Blue-headed or Solitary Greenlet is quite generally distributed during mi- grations but is found usually in low woods and timber Jands. It is found summering north of the 43d parallel but I have been unable to find its nest. The Philadelphia Vireo has been found in various quarters in Michigan and I have taken it in three counties, but it is never common, and so far as is known does not summer in our State; though it will undoubtedly be proven a nester in the Northern Peninsula by later ob- servers. Iam familiar with the songs of our four common species, and I have carefully noted the nesting habits of the Red-eyed, Warbling, and Yellow- throated in Michigan. The Yellow-throated Vireo almost in- variably arrives from the South during the Jast week in April, but in late sea- sons is not observed until after May first while in advanced springs they reach Southern Michigan by the twen- tieth of April or even earlier. Their presence is generally made known by their lJoud, defiant screaming notes which are somewhat like the rasping notes of the Crested Flycatcher. The song too, is loud and piercing, and is not agreeable when issued near at hand; but when heard coming from the forest ata distance is very pleasing, and will be remembered by a cultivated ear. After the manner ofall of our dear Michigan birds, and I believe the rule holds good throughout birddom in the whole of christendom, the Vireos are mated already on arriving. It is pleasing, to think that birds are con- stant in their attachments and that they remain mated for years, and in all 2 si THE: OOLOGIST probability until death or capture sepa- rates them. The vernal skirmishes and battles are the natural outcome of the lonesome, but itis fair, I think, to admit that the same identical pair of birds visits the same locality, and after neighborhood differences are settled be- gin nesting, often in the same tree as in the last season. I have observed the nest in low bot- tom lands and one was built within twenty yards of theriver. Others were found in orchards and the low horizon- tal branches-of apple trees are often chosen. Two nests that came under my observation were built in forks in drooping lower branches of the common Northern hickory, Carya tomentosa, and were in open fields. One nest was at the roadside and within the corporate limits of a city. It had not been dis- turbed and contained four young birds about ready to fly. They were readily identified from their colors. This nest was at seven feet elevation. The low- est hung nest was placed at about four feet up, and I do not think that the average ofall the nests I have found is - over ten feet. The nest much resembles the struc- ture of the Red eyed in its main materi- als, butisa little larger and coarser and can be identified by a practical eye at any time “during its construction. The situation chosen is similar to that selected by the other Greenlets, and al- ways in a fork, generally at the end of a branch. When ‘the nest is completed it is adorned with spider’s web to which is attached bits of lichens after the man- ner of the Hummer and Gnatcatcher; in truth these three species of birds are the only ones in Michigan, to my knowledge, who habitually ornament their nests in this manner. The Yel- low-throated is not as artistic in its dec- orations as‘are the Hummer and Gnat- catcher. 5 This Vireo, after the general habits of the Greenlets, often allows a lapse of a week or two before depositing the eggs after the nest is completed, This habit often leads to the early deposition of the Cowbird’s eggs in the otherwise empty nest of the Red-eyed, butthe Yel- low-throated is not much bothered with alien eggs, at least in my experience. The old birds do not seem much dis- turbed by the visit of the despoiler, and do not make the protest observed when a Warbling Vireo’s eggs are appro- priated. The eggs are almost invariably four in number, never more, and are hand- somest of the Greenlets in Michigan, and are readily identified by their larg- er size and the more prominent mark- ings. It is unnecessary to describe them here, for all the descriptions in the world could not portray their beauties, nor the record of a thousand measurements assist in the identifica- tion of an unknown miscellaneous col- lection. Thetruth is, that too much valuable space and time is taken in describing the color, size and markings of eggs and birds, to the exclusion of more entertaining matter. I don’t gauge my estimate of a man by the size of his collection of eggs, and I think more of those who are observant. of the habits of our feathered friends than of the pseudo scientist who talks big and reads technical descriptions and yet can’t go into a grove and tell the songs of our common birds. If a man or boy can add one good point of information concerning the habits of our Michigan birds, true lovers of the study of birds will acknowledge his worth as a Scientist much more readily than in the case of the individual who amasses a whole raft of eggs by the proverbial collecting and exchanging; yet knowing only of the bare facts of how high, date, incubation, ete., etc. There are too many of this elass of col- lectors in our land. sy After nesting duties are completed THE OOLOGIST. 3 the Yellow-throated Vireos are silent and are like most of the woodland song birds difficult to find. Later in the ' season and after moulting they tune up like the Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, but their second period of song does not last long, nor is it ever so loud or con- tinued an effort as the vernal burst. Morgis GIBBs, Kalamazoo, Mich. The White-rumped Shrike (?). It is interesting to note how great a variation in the time of breeding of cer- tain species there sometimes is be- tween two points situated even within a few miles of each other. For in- stance, to compare the facts related by Mr. Short of Chiliin the Januaay, ‘95, O6LoGIsT and those related by Mr. Reinecke of Buffalo in the March ’96 number with my own observations, I find quite a difference in breeding dates the tendency being towards eariier breeding in nearly all species mention- ed in this locality, than at either of the the points named. What Mr. Short said concerning the White-rumped Shrike is so at variance with my observations, that I am tempt- ed to relate my experience with this bird. There are few birds, I think, among all that visit us, that I am so thoroughly familiar with; and certainly there is none that I -have taken more nests of. Here in Western Orleans, [ have ney- er found a nest in June, but have found them times without number in April, the dates being, as a rule, the 27th and the full complement being never more or less than six. I did, on one occos- jon, find a nest containing six eggs as late as May 19th, but in this case I knew of this bird’s previous set being taknn April 20th and this later nest was her second attempt at house-keep- ing. Didn’t have the heart to take these. In this locality one should have his eyes open for nests in process of con- struction or possibly completed by the 15th of April, in some old apple or- chard or thorny hedge-row, not far re- moved from some dwelling. An old apple orchard is the preferred place, and the nest is very easily found, since the trees are perfectly devoid of any leaves or blossoms or anything to ob- struct the view until well along into May. One peculiar thing has happened in connection with my finditg ofthe nests of this bird. In whatever locality, in March of each year, I have chanced to first note ihe arrival of the Shrike, in that immediate vicinity, during the fol- lowing month, I have found its nest. It seems that upon its arrival, it drops rigbt down upon its future,nesting site. The eggs of this species show consid- erable variation, the series in my col- lection varying all the way from n very Sparse spotting to a spotting that al- most hides the background color of the shell. As regards the distribution of this species and its relative abundance in this locality would say that each square mile of territory is the home of about three pairs of birds in a season. The dates of my finds are as follows, each set consisting of six eggs and be- ing perfectly fresh, viz: April 25, ’86, April 26, 86, April 26, 86, April 27, '86, May 17, ’86. April 27, 87, April 28, ’87, April 29, 87. April 27, 88, April 27, 88, April 28, ’88. April 26, °89, April 29, ’8¥. April 27, 90, April 28, ’90. April 28, 90. April 29, 91. April 26, 92, April 27, ’92. From this it will be seen, that there is virtually no variation in the breed- ing time of this species, either on ac- count of a backward season, or for any other cause. There is much that might be written concerning this interesting species, bnt it is so well known and widely distrib- A THE OOLOGIST. uted that perhaps I would be unable to ‘gay anything new respecting it and so -will rest myupen. ; NEIL F. Posson, : Medina; N. Y. Oologists’ Association News. During the year just past our associa- tion has acquired ten new members {not many, but all of them of a kind that adds strength and stability to an organization such as ours), as follows: J. Parker Norris and J. Parker Norris, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; A. H. Frost and R. C. Woodhouse, New York City, N. Y.; W. A Davidson, Detroit, Mich.; J. W. Daniel, Jr., Lynchburg, Va.; J. Warren Jacobs, Waynesburg, Pa.; W. J.B. Williams, Holland Patent, INS C. F. Stone, Branchport, N. Y.; and Verdi Burtch, Penn Yan, N. Y. March 15th last, the Executive Com- mittee published Bulletin No. 1, the contents of which is known to you and which aided materially in securing the new members. The edition numbered 500 copies, and there remain only about 35 of same yet in the hands of the Sec- retary-Treasurer and myself. In my annual report of Jan. 1, 1897, Lappointed Jos. A. Dickinson, Gres- ham, Neb. to prepare and compile notes upon the order Raptores, but for some reason there was no response from the members in the way of notes. In view of this I hereby continue this work until such time as Mr. Dickinson shall have suflicient material to justify the preparation of a report such as this Association should be able to issue. Please send copy of all your notes upon the subject as soon as possible. If you have nothing to report send him copies of data of sets of Hawks and Owls in your collections; these in themselves are valuable to show breeding dates, range, ete. The proposition to amend the con- stitution of this Association as submit- ted in the November Ootoeist having received a two-third vote in the affirm- ative is adopted. Please change your copy of the constitution to conform with same. : As our organization is now establish- ed upon a sound footing, it is advisable to take up a work for which there is a very urgent need. One of the prime ob- jects of the Odlogists’ Association is to © protect odlogists against fraudulent, © unscrupulous and dishonest individuals in the exchange or purchase of speci- mens, etc., and with that end in view I hereby appoint Brothers J. Parker Nor- ris, Jr., 728 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; W.J. B. Williams, Holland Patent, N. Y. and Jno. W. Daniel, Jr., Lynch- burg, Va., asa Committee on Frauds. This committee will receive all com- plaints and reports of fraudulent or dis- honest dealings, investigate same and report a list of those found guilty to the Executive Committee of the Assoc- iation. This list will be published in a forthcoming bulletin. It behooves everyone interested 1n the welfare of our favorite study to at once send full particulars to this committee of any dealings wherein there has been dis- honesty, and all the members should help to make this very important branch of our work a success. At the recent election of officers (Dec. 1 to 20, 1897) all the present officers were re-elected. - On account of the amended constitu- tion there is a vacancy in the Executive Committee, and I hereby appoint Robt. C. Woodhouse of New York city as Ex-. ecutive Committeeman for the term commencing Jan. 1, 1898. Edward Arnold, Battle Creek, Mich. and Dr. R. L. Jessee, Philo, Ills., have been elected to membership in the As-. sociation. IsaDOR S. TROSTLER, President, Omaha, Neb. . THE OOLOGIST. 5 THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION,N. Y. 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For three weeks had we been making calculations to visit a heronry, which we were told was in a black ash swamp some ten miles from here. We had lived here for upwards of forty years and had not learned of its existence un- til last year. d As we could only go on Saturday when the boys were out of school, and it had rained for two or three succeed- ing Saturdays, we began to think that we should be disappointed until May 12th, which bidding fair for a pleasant day, we hitched up and taking an odlo- gist’s paraphernala and our dinners we started off. A very pleasant ride, but longer than necessary, as we got beyond the object of our search before enquiring and were then told that it was half a mile back and some twenty or thirty rods off the road. They said we would find lots of Cranes as they were there the other day and shot fifteen of them, but we must look out and take a stick along for they would fight if we disturbed their nests. We went as directed and sure enough there they were and as we approached their quiet retreat they left their nests in great numbers and flew round and round uttering their coarse gutteral notes of alarm. A hundred or hundred and fifty such large birds winging their way slowly around in circles overhead seemed to fill the air and was a sight that will not soon be forgotten. Occasionally would they light on a nest and then off again, or would settle down on some of the topmost branches of the tall trees on limbs that hardly seemed capable of holding up a Robin, with wings half spread and in constant motion to help balance themselves on their tall stilt-like legs on the swaying limb, they seemed much better adapted for a habitation on terra firma than in mid air. Their nests too were a sight to behold. Built away in the tops of the trees on limbs that did not seem capable of holding them up, as big as a two bushel basket, and from one to eight in a tree we thought we had got paid for our drive if we got no eggs. Our next object was to see what was in them. The empty, broken shells underneath told us that many had hatched and we might be too late. 6 Sh aa THE OOLUGIST _ Jumping from bog to bog or running the length of some prostrate log we soon reached a tree with half a dozen nests in it and prepared to go up. We had a rope ladder that we could put up forty or fifty feet, but as there were no large limbs that would hold us, had to resort to the climbing irons. One of the boys soon went up and after working an hour or so secured two good sets of eggs, which he let down in a pail with a string which we measured and found to be ninety feet long. We all had good appetites for dinner by the time he reached the ground, which we soon disposed of. The boys botanized a little to rest themselves, then started for another tree contain- ing eight nests, most of them near the body of the tree. The other boy tried his luck this time. Ninety feet above ground, in the top of a swaying tree, with a good stiff breeze blowing isnot a very delightful place to work fora landsman. A couple of hours and five more sets were secured, thirty eggs in all. We had learnea something from our forenoon’s experience, so sent the boy a long fish pole with our drinking cup securely tied to one end. With that he could scoop out the eggs from those nests out of reach; even securing a set from a neighboring tree near by. ~ The nests were built entirely of twigs, with a slight depression on top for the eggs, and were woven or packed so tight together that they could scarcely be pulled apart, and would fall to the ground without breaking to pieces. Some of the nests contained young, and all of the eggs were more or less incubated so that we only succeeded in saving two-thirds of them. ‘Two of the sets contained five eggs each, the rest four. The eggs in the sets of five were decidedly smaller than those of only four. But few of the birds kept in sight while we were around. Forty nests could be seen at once; but should think there were sixty or seventy in all, on about an acre of ground. They visit the little lakes around here during the summer and most any even- ing about sundown can be seen winging their way to the southwest, and many a morning on first rising have I seen them fly up from the lake shore but a few rods from the house. C. M. SLAYTON, Grattan, Mich. Diagram of a Bird, to Illustrate the Terminology of the Plumage and Limbs. Forehead. Crown. Nape or occiput. “ Lores (space in front of eye). Supercilium. Cheeks. Ear-coverts. Upper mandible or maxilla. Lower mandible. Culmen or upper profile of max- SODIARAR WOH 11. Commissure or line of junction of the two mandibles. 12. Rictal bristles or vibrissz. 13. Chin. 14. Throat. 15. Breast. 16. Abdomen. 17%. Back. 18. Rump. 19. Scapulars. 20. Primaries (the earlier or outer- most 9 or 10 quills of the wing). 21. Secondaries (wing-quills spring- ing from the radius and ulna.) 22. Tertiaries. 23. Lesser wing-coverts. 24. Median wing-coverts. 25. Greater wing-coverts. 26. Primary wing-coverts. 27. Winglet or bastard-wing. 28. Upper tail-coverts. THE OOLOGIS'L. a — 29. Tail-feathers or rectrices. 30. Under tail-coverts. Shy LLarsus: 82. Hind toe or first toe or hallux. 33. Inner or second toe. 84. Middle or third toe. 85. Outer or fourth toe. Flanks or sides of body are the parts approximately covered by the closed wing. Axillaries are the lengthen feathers springing from the axilla or region be- neath the base of the wing. Supplementary bristles or hairs are those springing from the side of the forehead in front of the rictal bristles. Naral bristles or hairs are those springing from the front of the forehead and covering the nostrils. Measurements should be taken in millimeteres or in English inches and decimals, thus: Length—The distance from the tip of ~ the bill to the tip of the lungest tail- feather, unless otherwise stated. Tail—The distance from the root of ihe tail, generally indicated both in the fresh and dried state by the presence of a piece of flesh on the underside, to the tip of the longest feather. Wing—The greatest distance from the bend of the wing to the tip of the longest primary, measured straight. When the wing is curved, it is flattened out for the puepose of measurement. Tarsus—The distance from the centre of articulation of the tarsus with the tibia to the base of the middle toe. Bill—The distance from the angle of the gape to the tip, measured straight. The Status of the Family Laniide in Western New York. Hitherto the status of the Shrike fam- ily in Western New York, and for that matter, throughout the northern por- 8 THE OOLOGIST tion of the Eastern United States gen- erally, has been understood to be as follows: Three species occurring,—or rather two species and a sub-species. First the Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) breeding in the boreal regions and com- ing down regularly each fall to spend the winter or a goodly portion thereof jin this latitude; second, the Logger- head Shrike (Lanius lwdovicianus), an inhabitant of the southern states which but very rarely strays as far north as New York, although the editor of THE OG6LOGIST a few years since found the bird breeding in the vicinity of his home at Gaines, N. Y., and third, the White- rumped Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides) a varied form of the pre- ceding, occurring quite commonly as a summer resident and breeding in April and June. The above is the hitherto supposed status of the family in the northern East. Now, for a recent development. During one of my trips to New York City, early in the present year, I took time to run up tothe American Muse- um of Natural History, where consider- able time was most profitably spent in the bird section. I was particularly in- terested in the collection of ‘‘Birds found within Fifty Miles of New York,” arranged by Mr. Frank M. Chapman. Much time can be spent to good profit in looking over the collection. And I found that no species of the White- rumped Shrike was present, but that the Loggerhead Shrike was represented asacommon summer resident. This was the first intimation I had had that it was the true ludovicianus instead of excubitorides that occurred as a sum- mer resident in these latitudes. Mr. Chapman being at the time in Mexico I could not confer with him in regard to the matter, but later on I wrote him a letter asking him what he considered the true status of the Shrike in this sec- tion and stating that [ had always con- sidered that it was the White-rumped Shrike that occurred here. His reply to my letter is as follows: “New York City, May 14, 1897. Mr. Nett F. Posson, Medina, N. Y. DEAR Srr:—Returning from Mexico I find yours of April 12th. Iam glad to know that you were pleased with our local collection, which has proven of much service to bird-students here. I consider all small Shrikes east of - the Mississippi to be ludovicianus and you will find that the recent A. O. U. list confirms this opinion. Birds from Western New York are not typical lud- ovicianus, but I think are nearer to this form than they are to excubitorides. I have never had the fortune to work in your part of the state and cannot therefore give you any records. Should any come to my notice, however, I shall be happy to send them to you. Yours very truly, FRANK M. CHAPMAN.” It was my intention, after learning this, to settle the Shrike question defi- nitely one way or the other, by secur- ing this season a number of specimens of our Western New York Shrires and submitting them to experts for a care- ful examination, but this I have been unable to do, inasmuch as I have been away from home, practically, through- out the entire year. Here is a good field of work for some local ornithologist the coming season, who has the time and opportunity to col- lect a few specimens of our Western New York Shrikes. Let us determine wheth- er we have been working on erroneous premises all these years. i NEIL F. Posson. How to do it. All you have to do is, enclose in an envelope, 75 cents, stamps or postal or- der. I will send to you by return mail a well labeled collection of Shells and Curios from this locality. 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The fifteenth annual Congress of the American Ornithological Union, was held in the library of the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park, New York City, on the 9th, 10th and 11th of November. The sessions, with the exception of the business meeting on the afternoon of the 8th were open to the public. Owing to various reasons the writer was unable to attend the convention Tuesday morning and Thursday, hence the report will not be exactly complete, but information has been obtained from different sources though not as much in detail as is desired. An excellent paper was read ‘Tues- day morning by Mr. Sylvester D. Judd, on the Protective Adaptations of Insects from an Ornithological point of view. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Chapman in an interesting address, told of his collecting tour in Mexico. At the first spot in which he camped, he collected but fifteen specimens during his three weeks stay, because of the intense heat which registered 96 to 98 degrees each day, whereas even on the Amazon dur- ing the collecting season it registered but 94. He exhibited numerous speci- mens which he had collected at his second stopping place near Mezxico City. Among the interesting facts which he brought to notice was the dif- ference between the same species of the table-lands and those of the lower plains. He also exhibited an interest- ing species of black oriole which had * This Report was sent in for December ee but through over sight was omited. ALBION, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1898. WHOLE No. 14! many characteristics of a woodpecker, although its bill was not of woodpecker shape. Dr. Coues examined this skin with evident interest. The Mexican thrushes were particularly interesting, many having beautiful plumage and ex- quisite song, indeed Mr. Chapman said that the out-bursts of song from the myriads of bird throats sometimes nearly overwhelmed him. The skin of an American Robin, (Western type) was shown, and to prove that it bred in south central Mexico, he produced its nest and skins of its young. Several types of wtens and some interesting vireos were displayed, among which was the connecting link of the Warbl- ing and the South American vireo. Hawks in Mexico are so numerous that a flock at a distance was compared with aswarm of gnats. A remerkable fact which he brought to light, was that many song and wild-birds lived in the cities, making the air merry with their tuneful notes. At the close of this en- tertaining talk, Daniel G. Elliot, F.R.S. E., in his pleasing manner, remarked upon his discovery of anew species. Incidentally he said that he was like a certain Colonel placed at the head of a regiment, a well meaning man, but very nervous. This officer was placed in a very exposed position, and told not to move until so ordered. Soon balls began to whistle through his ranks and men on every side fell wounded or dead. It was not long before his legs began to tremble, and then to shake, being conscious of this he bent down and surveying his tottering legs ad- dressed them thus: ‘Oh you poor mis- erable legs, if you knew. whereI am going to take you in a few minutes, you would collapse altogether. He went 10 THE OOLOGIST. -on.to say that he was like that officer, he did not know where he would take himself during his talk. He said he had published a description in the ‘‘Auk,” fondly thinking that he had dis- covered a new bird, but, in the succeed- ing number Mr. Nelson gently and tenderly said that he didn’t know what he was talking about. Mr. Nelson said, howeyer, that he had read a description which exactly tallied with that of Prof. Elliot’s. The chair then announced that if we would follow Mr. Chapman down into the ‘‘dark place,” meaning the lecture room, that he would show some stere- optican views of his Mexican trip, to- gether with aseries of others, among which were views of the dense tropical vegetation, his camp in the forest, and also a view of a very peculiar nettle plant, which if touched causes a violent stinging wound, having every appear- ance of a burn. This plant makes it very uncomfortable some times, when a rare bird is shot and falls in a thicket of them. A number of beautiful yiews of Gulls, Cormorants and the nests and eggs of the Yellow-billed Cuckvo, Yel- low-breasted Chat, Song Sparrow, Veery, and others were exhibited. The three plates showing a Puffin’s burrow, its eggs and young were especially in- teresting, and a picture of the young of the Kittiwake in their cliff nest, af- forded a s:riking example of protection by coloration. Prof. A.S. Blackmore showed an in- teresting set of plates, examples of the recent advances in visual instruction. He showed what excellent results could be obtained by placing a properly focused telescope in front of a camera lense, for taking distant pictures, and said that rare specimens might be pho- tographed in this way, the exposure re- quiring but .01 second. A series of views, belonging to the Dept. of Public Instruction were displayed and ex- plained by Mr. Chapman. A field of daises and clover was cast upon the canvass and then in another view the feathered inhabitants; and so on a stream and the Kingfisher; the deep wood and its inhabitants. Two slides showing Cormorant life on a small island, west of Hawaii, with its millons of birds and many more millions of eggs. Recently Yankee enterprise has built a railroad through their breeding ground for the purpose of collecting their eggs, which they take by the car- load. Wednesday morning was opened by the secretary’s report of the preceeding day, after which John N. Clark read an interesting paper on his ten day’s trip in the mountains of northern New Hampshire. He seemed to have a happy faculty for finding nests. Among the things which he mentioned was that he discovered a Hermit Thrush’s nest, containing four eggs, which his com- panion warned him not to touch, saying ‘that if he did so the bird would either destroy or remove them. Laughing and saying that he was not so super- stitious, he examined them, and im- agine his surprise when upon returning again, he found the nest empty. Upon the close of his paper, Mr. Oberholser coroborated the statement, that the eggs of a Hermit Thrush sometimes suddenly dissapeared. He had watched the nest and eggs at a distance to see if the parent would return, and failing to do so, he had again looked into the nest, finding it empty. Evidently a mystery. The only plausable reason which could be advanced was that a snake had eaten them, the nest being on the ground, and consequently of easy access. * The renowned, venerable Dr. Elliott Coues, in his original entertaining man- ner, gave an intensely interesting talk upon Audubon. He began by saying that “in 1826 there appeared in Eng- land an obscure man of fine form, strik- ing personality, and engaging manner. THE OOLOGIST. 11 In the short period of five years, this obscure man, was lifted from his ob- scurity into fame immortal.” When he returned to America, he brought his wonderful portfolio of paintings of British birds in natural colors. Assist- ed by the secretary, Dr. Coues lifted the massive portfolio, (measuring 2+ by 34 feet) upon the table. It had originally been very handsome, of leather and - ‘brass bound; although now it is very dilapidated, having lost three of its corners and being torn and scratched. But portfolios of Audubon’s are not ‘always brought empty even to an A. O. U. conyention in the Museum of Nat- ural History,’’ said Dr. Coues, and every one anticipated a pleasant sur- “prise, nor were they dissapointed. Pain- fully slow the eminent ornithologist opened the covers and tantalizingly he cut the string which bound the con- ‘tents, then held up one of the original drawings of John James Audubon. In his latter years Audubon had a very original way of drawing his bird pict- ures. If one had chanced to look at the drawing of oneof his sons, they would have seen a funny vacant space in the middle, and it was into this space that Audubon pasted his bird picture, having cut it out around the edges, the boys drawings forming the background. But the question arose as to the descriptive matter for his many plates, and Dr. Coues held up the origi- nal manuscript of Audubon’s Life his- tories. ‘‘Miss Audubon has a habit of giving a sheet of this manuscript some times, to her close friends and insisted upon my taking two” said the scientist. Dr. Coues then proceeded to give some interesting inside facts concern- ing Audubon’s efforts to obtain a scien- tific man who could give satisfactory ‘technical names tothe birds which he had discovered and given an English nomenclature. His first efforts were to secure William Swainson who although ‘very learned had a ‘‘w’eel in his head.” In Swainson’s reply to Audubon s letter he said that many times before he had offered to give technical names, but had met with solid refusals, and now that Audubon wished to use the knowl- edge which had taken twenty long years to acquire without giving proper credit evenon the title page, he felt obliged to refuse. Thus it was that William Macgillivray was given the task of applying scientific names. This said Dr. Coues averted a terrible crises which would have taken place if either Swainson or Audubon had undertook. Recently Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons have consented to publish Audu- bon’s European Journal of 1833 and the Missouri Journal of 1843. Dr. Coues said that he had read the proofs, and so one can see that itis well under way. Audubonian societies are springing into popular favor and through their efforts an immense amount of good is being done both in protecting bird life and popularizing ornithology. At last the people are beginning to realize the im- portance of Audubon’s work, and have erected monuments in New York and New Orleans and others will follow. As the Doctor spoke he distributed a number of Audubon’s original pict. ures of birds together with some of his son’s, John Woodhouse, through the au- dience. A photo of Audubon’s oil paint- ing asit hangsin the dining room of the family in Salem, N. Y., showed the naturalist as he appeared in his earlier life. Dr. Coues then summed up by saying that ‘“‘when Audubon was good ° he was very good in his way, and when Audubon was bad he was very bad in -his way” that is, in regard to his bird pictures. He then compared the rising young painter, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, with Audubon in this way and then criti- cized some of his pictures in a friend- ly way. After the Doctor had finished and retired Mr. Fuertes arose and walking up to Dr. Coues shook his hand, and although one could not hear 12 THE OOLOGIST. what he said, still one could see the broad smile which lit up the Doctors face, ashe gave the young painter an encouraging pat. “Ts Uniformity in Local Lists Possible?” by Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., received a_ great deal of opposition. His plan was to give technical words in the first declen- sion for the names we now use to de- scribe birds on our local lists. The technical word is to be placed after the name of the species thus, he would have Downy Woodpecker (habitants) instead of, The Downy Woodpecker is a resident through the year, and breeds. His plan had its merits, it saved time in making lists, and would saye a great amount of circumlocution, but the principal objection was the bringing so many more confusing foreign words into the study of ornithology would not be desirable, as already we have too many. Mr. Harry Oberholser. then gave a brief address on Liberian Birds. He began by giving a description of the physicial conditions of the country and gradually led up tothe subject of its feathered inhabitants. His descriptions were exceptionally good. Dr. Coues informed us that some- thing interesting was going to take place out side the Museum. This was rather vague but all followed Dr. Allen out side, where we saw two stuffed partridges, one in its natural feathers and the other with the back feathers of _ another bird fastened upon its breast, making it the exact color of the ground. Mr. Abbott H. Thayer explained that if we would stand back twenty-five feet or so, we would easily see that the ground colored bird was plainly visible, appearing black, while the other was much less conspicious. He had colored two sweet potatoes one dirt-brown and the other brown on top gradually shad- ing down to ashy underneath. They were strung on a wire soas to raise them from the ground. From a dis- tance of twenty-five feet the brown sweet potato was very plainly seen, but the other was scarcely visible. These experiments were to show that animals having lighter under parts were much less comspicious than if they were a solid color, because, light coming from above cast a shadow below, thereby _making the lower colors look darker. This experiment was entitled on the program, ‘‘Further Demonstrations on Protective Coloration.’’ On Thursday the Committee on Bird Protection made its report, which was read by the chairman, William Dutcher. He said that thousands of pamphlets had been distributed, and many news paper articles have been printed rela- tive to the cruelty by which feathers were obtained for millinery purposes, yet women pleaded ignorance and con- tinued to wear feathers. ‘‘The Terns of Penikese Islands, Mass” by Mr. G.H. Dutcher was an interesting paper which occupied a great deal of atten- tion. On Thursday afternoon at a few min- utes past four the convention adjourned. This years Congress was probably one of the most interesting held during the fifteen years of its exhistance. Early Nesting of Sturnella Magna Neglecta. While hunting in the Spring of 1893 I found a nest of the Western Meadow Lark ina tield near home. ‘The nest was made of wire grass and was placed in a clump of grass. It contained two whole eggs and three broken eggs, so that the nest must have been finished March 10th. . I am certain that it was a new nest for the birds were around. The eggs were normal in all respects. H. D. Watts, _Compton, Cal. THE OOLOGIST 13 THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the helipad of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited m all. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single subscription................50¢ per annum SSAMPIO COPIES... 66. ces ccccae scones peecce. 00 COCK. 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I do not mean to assert that or- nithologists are never cruel, but that the true avian scientists are, asa rule, just as human as many other classes of intelligent men to whom inhumanity is very seldom imputed. Of course we all Taunton, know that in nearly every walk of life certain persons are encountered who are wantonly cruel. This unfortunate characteristic appears to be- natural, and further, they do not seem to realize that they possess « tendency which in- duces others, of a more gentle and kind disposition, to judge them harshly. But let us revert to ornithologists in general. Are they cruel? Many will Say so but principally illiterate or shal- low minded persons. Why? Because they do not give the matter logical con- sideration, but speak on the impulse of the moment. Very likely the ornitholo- gist has a deeper uffection for his favor- ites of the feathered tribe, a more sin- cere admiration, and would do more for their general protection, than the very ones who call him cruel. In fact, I know he would, and I take my own inner-consciousness asa criterion, be- cause I am an ornithologist, and my thoughts and inclinations are open to my revisions, while those of my fellow lovers of the science are not. Orni- thologists kill birds and preserve their skins, because they have a thirst for knowledge; because they wish to know the birds better than can be done by meandering through their sylvan re- treats and making observation at a distance. I think that thirst for knowledge was placed in man by the Creator as an es- sential factor toward progression. And it is just as natural for man to satisfy that craving, as to drink to quench thirst, or to eat to appease hunger. We follow that pursuit, for which we have a natural tendency, and if our brain development leads us to become an or- nithologist, we must sacrifice more or less harmless birds so that we may not only educate ourselves but that we may learn that which will interest others to whom it is transmitted. Reptiles, beasts, and birds of prey, hesitate not to appropriate birds by the million annually to satisfy their hunger 14 ‘THE OOLOGIST. for flesh, which was given them by the Omnipotent. When birds are ruthlessly torn to pieces and devoured they help to keep life in the captor for a few hours only, but when they are taken by the naturalist he preserves and keeps them in his private collection, or places them ina museum, where they usually remain many decades, and during that time they give hours of pleasure and instruction to ail lovers of natural sci- ence. After making this comparison can we conscientiously say that the ornithologist is more cruel than the designer of all things, who ordained that harmless and beautiful birds, of all kinds, should be rent and demolished by merciless beaks and fangs? I think not. Itseems to me the cruelty of the naturalist is very small in comparison, and that the collector of birds, for scientific purposes, is perfectly justified by the glaring example set by his Maker. One more point. The naturalist is often called a cruel wretch by the mass- es. How far is their judgment consist- ent? With one, if you say: ‘‘That bird is a Kirtland’s Warbler and its skin is worth six dollars,’ the person will im- mediately lose sight of the wickedness, and no doubt, he will want to try col- lecting specimens himself. Further, some think any thing that is very nice to eat, it is perfectly allowable and justifiable to kill. It matters not whether it be pretty or useful. That class will judge by their palate and stomach. Oh, shallow humanity! — If God has willed that repulsive rep- tiles and brutal beasts shall have their choice of food from the most beautifui, gentle, melodious, and conesquently pleasing, of the animated species of the earth ought it to be called cruel if man in the interest of progressive knowledge destroys a few birds? Every intelligent reader, after due consideration of the subject in hand, will, I think, say em- phatically: ‘‘No!”” Birds of Montana. In writing about the birds of Mon- tana, I will not endeavor to write about all the birds but ouly such asI haye come in contact with this last summer and last winter. I will begin with the winter residents. Along in November when we have a cold wave we can see the little Snow- flakes flying about in flocks uttering their twittering chirup; sometimes mixed with them may be seen a few Rosy Finches. There are not so very many Rosy Finches that winter in this locality, but there are quite a good many when it is very cold. The Snowy Owl comes down from his summer home and visits us during the winter, as can be shown by the number of stuffed specimens which are found among the different collections. I have seen the Canada Jay and Long-crested Jay here also but think they are only winter residents. Those of the birds which stay here all the year are not many. We have both. the Golden and Bald Eagles which stay the year round. The Golden Eagle breeds here but 1 have been unable to secure any eggs. ‘Lhey build in pine trees. A boy told me last summer of finding a nest of a large black bird; he de- scribed the bird and the four eggs which the nest contained, and it must — have been that of a Golden Eagle, but what was peculiar about it was that the nest was placed upon a hill side, which was pretty steep but not so steep but that the boy could walk up to it. There is an old nesting place near here where they have reared their young for years. I climbed the tree and the nest was about five feet high. For some reason they did not build there this year, al-— though I see them around. A young man told me he shot at one of them and ' that may be the reason for their leaving the place. THE OOLOGIST. 15 On the 12th of December I went to look after a bait which I had set for Coyottes and on the way near the bait I found a Golden Eagle lying upon his back, I walked up to it and saw where the Coyotes had danced around him, but the eagle was alive and had kept the Coyotes away with his large claws. I turned it over and it wobbled off a few feet and then looked at me. I went on to my bait and then came back and by driving the eagle and carrying him part way I got him home and put him in the stable. He seemed numb and stiff and I think he got a dose of strych- nine at my bait, but not enough to kill him. I feed him Jack Rabbit and he is getting quite lively. I saw three of his fellows today. I do not know of the Bald Eagle breeding here but am told they do about fifty or sixty milesfrom here. I have seen the birds here but do not know why the Gallatin Valley is not blessed with at least one pair. Clark’s Nut- eracker stays here the whole year and breeds in the pine covered hills, ‘The Long tailed Chickadee stays here and breeds, I found a nest in an old stump. The nest was in a hole and made of fine squirrel hair; it contained 6 eggs pretty well incubated, so that I could not make a first class set of them, although I saved the set. The birds are plenti- ful but the nests are hard to find. Then we have four species of Grouse, the Columbian Sharp-tailed, Sage, Gray Ruffed and Dusky Grouse. I foand four nests of the Dusky last summer but only secured one set; the others were sucked when I found them. The American Dipper I have seen here in the winter and know that it breeds here, as I have the nest and eggs which I collected last summer. The nest is a beauty, itis made of moss, which all ‘sticks together in a ball, with a hole on -the side for entrance, on the inside it is lined with dry grass and the bottom covered with dry leaves upon which rested the four white eggs which re- semble those of the Purple Martin. The summer residents are quite nu- merous but I will not mention all, as this article is getting too long. Lewis’s Woodpecker breeds here, they make holes in live trees as well as dead ones in which to rear their young. I found a nest last summer and as both old birds were flying around and it was early for them to be laying, I was in no particular hurry to dig into their home, but a few days afterwards I went to the tree prepared with climbing irons, small saw, hammer and tacks besides a box and cotton, ete Igot tothe hole and started to measure the distance with a scoop net and found it to be about two feet, but listen, “What is that music which breaks on my ear?” It is the cries of the young birds. I come down the tree and leave them to their kappiness. I had quite an experience with Mary- land Yellow throat. [found a nest situated in the ground, well hidd- en, it contained four eggs. I could not get a very good look at the female and as the male did not put in an appear- ance I had to flush the bird repeatedly and lie close to the nest while she came back and went on. I looked into the nest again and behold there were five eggs. 1 was quite sure what it was but to be real sure I decided to bring my gun along the next and secure the bird. The next day my brother looked into the nest and there were six eggs, two days after I came along with my gun, but before shooting the bird I looked into the nest, when I was surprised to find four young birds with two eggs just beginning to addle. I did not shoot but satisfied myself with a look at her and by finding another nest of the same species, the female of which was not so shy I saw what both birds were. We have at least seven species of Hawk and four of Owl which I am sure nest here as I have seen them here in 16 THE OOLOGIST. the breeding season. I have found the Long-billed Curlew, Bratramian Sand- piper and Killdeer with young. Amos F. PYFER, Salesville, Mont. A Collecting Trip in Old Virginia. It was a beautiful Spring, with that sweet freshness about it that only a TRUE loyer of Nature can appreciate. The woods now covered with Spring flowers rang with melody from the throats of its little feathered inhabi- tants. The sweet song of the Cardinal, the Mockingbird and the Red-eyed Vireo could be distinguished from all others. In the distance tho loud raps of the Red-headed Woodpecker could be heard as he beat his morning tatoo on some lifeless tree. “Just a morning for a stroll in the woods!” I said to my companion, a true lover of Nature. ‘Right you are ‘old Sport’ and I’m with you.” He said these words as he disappeared in the house for his collecting box. So arm- ed with the collecting box we started for a collecting trip in Old Virginia. As we strolled through the woods above described our attention was at- tracted by a peculiar humming noise above our heads. We turned quickly and were much surprised to see aRuby- throated Hummingbird swinging back. ward and forward in the air. We im- mediately sat down and watched the lit- tle fellow. After swinging there a few moments he flew and perched himself on a dead twig above our heads, and then again with a nervous quitter he alighted on a bed of moss. Our expect- ations were correct, his nest was near. My companion quickly fastened on his climbers and in a few moments was re- warded with two pearly beauties, pure white about the size ofa pea. Placing these carefully away, we again started. We had gone but a few steps when a Whip-poor-will flew almost from under our feet leaving behind two beautiful eggs. The nest, if I may-call it by that name, was only a pile of dry leaves. The eggs were cream colored, thickly blotched and spotted with light brown and lilac. We placed them in the ecol- lecting box and started again. It was at least a half hour before we found another but this time we were rewarded indeed. My companion had stopped to watch a saucy squirrel as he ‘‘skampered” away, shaking his bushy tail, as if bidding defiance to all man- kind, when a noise like thunder was heard to his right and a magnificent Wild Turkey hen arose high in the air and disappeared in the thick brush in front of us. We both made for the spot from which she had flown and much to our pleasure found a neat nest containing 12 eggs. The ground had been slightly indented and lined with feathers, bark, etc. Packing these away we joyfully left for home. On our way back we found nests of Red-Eyed Vireo, Red-headed Wood- pecker, Cardinal, etc. After enjoying d good supper we went to bed and dreamt of the future when we would again take a stroll through the forests. of Virginia. JOHN W. DANIEL, JR., Lynchburg, Va. A Nest of the Barred Owl. On Mar. 24, 1894 I found a nest of the Barred Owl containimg one egg. I re- turned on the 3ist and took the set of 2 beautiful white eggs, on which Madam Owl had just begun the duties of incu- bation. The nest was in a cavity;about 10 inches deep, in a hollow linn tree; formerly occupied by a squirrel. The eggs were laid on a nice bed of leaves, evidently provided by the former oc- cupant. The cavity was only 28 feet. from the ground. ; E.S.CRAFTON, . Plattsburg, Mo. THE OOLOGIST. THE MONARCH CHAINLESS. A Bicycle Gearing Absolutely New, Novel, and Practical, In their indiscriminate haste to an- nounce the making of chainless wheels, some manufacturers have tumbled over each other in the endeavor to be in front. To be in front is a spasm, to “keep in front” is sustained energy. To uttera truism is one thing, to live up to it is another, The spirit of the aphorism of the Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Com. pany, “Ride a Muuareh and Keep in Front,” is well illustrated in its latest product, The Monarch Chainless. Alive to the times, the company will pro- duce a chainless bicycle which has been proven by repeated tests to be superior, in its class, in every particular. Two surfaces that will roll on each other will transmit motion from one to the other. If the surfaces are compar- atively smooth, the motion is transmit- ted by friction. But,when the surfaces are provided with projections, the mo- tion, although itis unchanged in nature, is transmitted by direet pressure, and it is irregular unless the acting surfaces of the projections are carefully and exactly shaped to produce an even mo- tion. It is the difficulty which is ex- perienced to produce these perfect pro- jections, when bevel gears are used, which leads the experienced mechanic away from them. Long experience in Sewing Machine manufacture has taught the Monarch Company that whatever transmission was used, bevel gears were not to be considered if easy running was to be thought of. The result has been a driving gear which is excellent in its easy rnnning qualities. The mechanismissimple. The crank axle and hub gears somewhat resemble the familiar snrocket wheels, the notice able difference being the teeth which are closer together and y shape in cross seetion instead of four sided. The shoft, eonnecting the two is provided at each end with a pinion having roller pin teeth whichrun in and out of the wide angle openings between the gear teeth. Each set of gears is enclosed but should they from any cause be ex- posed the action of the pin teeth is such that they are self-cleaning, foreins; mud and dirt out from between the teeth. One of the chief objections urged ugainst chainless wheels by mechanies is that should the rear frame become twisted or out of line, there would be a consequent binding of the mating gears. The Monareh chainless is entirely free trom this objection inasmuch that the junction of the pinions and gears form a type of the ball and socket joint, thereby permitting free running under the conditions usually met with in bicycle riding. A particular advantage which this gear has, and which gives it the highest efficiency, is the direct lift as against the end thrust which is com- mon to all bevel gearing. This end thrust is a prominent factor in friction and frame strain. Another point to be counted in favor of the Monarch gear is, that it is not of delicate construction although com- paratively light in weight. Asstated by Grant, the well known au- thority on gears,“The pin gearis particu- larly valuable when the pins are made in the form of rollers forthenthe minimum of friction is reached.” The friction between the tooth and pin, otherwise a sliding friction at a line bearing is. with a roller pin, a rolling friction. When properly made, there is no form of tooth that is superior to the roller pin tooth. While the Monarch company is war- ranted from the study of experts in placing its chainless machine on the market as the best type of that class, its faith in the chain wheel is in no way diminished. Tt will continue to keep them in the forward ranks of that type of bievele which is yet the choice of the majority of the people. In-line with the general poliey of the Monarch com- pany, the price of its chainless will be $100.00, which will give a complete line, including chain machines, ranging from this price to $40.00, vi THE OOLOGIST CLEAN YOUR EGGS! iitincascs just as good work as 35c ones, at 18¢ postpaid. CLIMBING IRONS. Best ‘‘Greeley” irons with forged steel spur and heavy straps, perfectly safe and the best irons made. By express for only $1.95, always previously sold at $2.50. THE BIRDS ARE COMING, I now offer for 30 days only, the best arsenical soap for skins, al- wavs sold at 45c, for only 35c per pint. By ex- press. EGG TRAYS. Any size or color at reduced rates. Write for prices stating what you want. NEW BULLETIN of Eggs, Skins, ete. Just out. Send for copy. Address ERNEST H. SHORT, ALBION, N. Y. How to do it. All you have to do is, enclose in an envelope, 75 cents, stamps or postal or- der. I will send to you by return mail a well labeled collection of Shells and Curios from this locality. If you do not find them satisfactory return them and I will return your money. All specimens in natural state. W.H. HILLER, 147 W. 23d Sts Los Angeles, Calif. BADIA PY RUT Her ero era een Cte G6 3 BXLDABIDABLDABLD ADL DAB ICME CO CE THEE DIETZ DRIVING LAMP Is about as near perfection as 50 years of Lamp-Making can attain to. It burns kerosene, and gives a powerful, clear, white light, and will neither blow nor jar out. When out driving with it the darkness easily keeps about two hundred feet ahead of your smartest horse. When you want the very best Driving Lamp to be had. ask your dealer for the * Dietz.”’ : We issue a special Catalogue of this Lamp, and, if you ever prowl around after night-fall, it will interest you. "Tis mailed free. R.E.DIETZ CO, 60 Laight St., New York. ; é Established in 1840. re p> > SS Ty SE aX C7 aX C7 os CALIFORNIA CURIOSITIES. Mounted Horned Toads, Taran ates. 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Oldest agency for securing patents. — Patents. taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American, A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir- culation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co,2e12roaduay, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D.C. TAXIDERMISTS’ GUNS. Resist Pistols, Gun Cases, Shooting Shot Shells; also triages tor OPEGIMEN HUNTERS, tridges for All kinds, all prices from $1.9) to 25.00. Se free. 2._Write for Taxidermist’s Free list. ve~ ysae: tes; JAMES H. JOHNSTON, feed PITTSBURG, PA- THE OOLOGIST. ; Vii | >> Ze »> Lo Te >» Le >» Le > Fo] | THE ANTIQUARIAN. The single journal in America exclu- sively devoted to the study of Prehis- toric Man, which aims to occupy the ground between the scientist and the student. Quite a feature made of late discoveries and other news in Arch- wology. Excellently illustrated. Sam- ¢ p) ple copies to Archzologists and Students. Issued monthly at Speci PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. THE LANDON PTG. AND PUB. CO. COLUMBUS, OHIO. | a» > Ts» > ® Ts > Fo > To) To > | GEORGE G. CANTWELL, JUNEAU, ALASKA. The spoils of an eight months collecting trip among the Islands of the Alaskan coast are now offered for sale, consisting of rare Sea Birds and Eggs, Puffins, Auks, Murrelets, Cor- morants, etc., and many interesting curios of the SIWASH INDIANS. Fullline of 5x8 views of the route to the Gold Fields. Juneau, Dyea, Skagaway, Chilkat Pass, Yukon river, ete., 59 cents each. $5 per assorted dozen. Send for Price List. N6t The Oregon Naturalist. The Oregon Naturalist is the only magazine on the Pacific Coast devoted to Natural Sci- ence. A sample copy free. Address, JNO. W. MARTIN, Palestine, Oregon, 1.50 per year. terms to workers. Shells, Marine Curios, &c. Iam now ready to supply first-class stock at low prices and should you wish anything from this section, let me hear from you. All inquir- ies will have a prompt reply. mtf J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. CABINETS. Send 10 cts for photo of our speciality—Self Locking. T perches —Oak sam- ples by mail 8c, 10¢c and 15c; also stands, shields, glass cases, game panels, &c. Cabinets to or- der. HANAFORD CABINET CO., 139 and 141 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 58MOtf ISOLD my Eagle through the adv. Adver- tising in the OoLOGIST pays. F.W. COLLINS, Garden City, Kans. HEADACHE cured in20 minutes by Dr. Miles' PAIN PIL3s. “One cent a dose.”’ At druggists. MINERALS SHELLS, etc. The White City Collections. 50 fine cabi- net specimens, #3. smaller size, $2. 50 ama- teur size, $1. Printed name and locality with each specimen. 50 Shells, Corals, and Marine ee ely only $3. 100 Fossils, including fine ish, Trilobite, Crinoids, Corals, Sponges, several fine Ferns, ete., only $8. A great varie- wy Unios with one valve highly ublished from c to $1, very showy. Taxidermy in allits branches at reasonable prices. Tlustrated catalogue by mail, 10c. J.M.WIERS, Natural- ists Agency. 357 W. VanBuren St.. Chicago, Ill. "Plant World. An illustrated monthly journal of opular botany. Edited by F. 25 125 11 DOOK 00 ' ve since svete. tetera ee meet ots 30 Special 8 inch style. 100 in book.......... «a. sive eile GORI ie B+" « 28 BOARD COVERS. 5 inch style. 100 in. DOOK .c 5. Skew) Cee ea.) oD 8 inch style. 100 In DOOK-. dence oes 38 Stubs are arranged both to keep duplicate data and to note the disposition you make of set. Postpaid at prices. Address plainly, ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. WANTED-BRAINS OS SSR eC > Send for our handsomo views of publio buildings, statues and.avenues of Washington City. This book cost us many dollars. It willbe sent to you for wie, | Write us to-day. Can you think ofsomething to patent? Protect your ideas: they may bring you wealth. Before applying for patent, get our liberal affers and Inventor’s Assistant. Danger in delay. COPP & CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. 6. viii ROBERT BURNHAM, DEALER IN PRECIOUS STONES, OPALS, CURIOS AND FINE MINERALS. Cutting and polishing Agates and Gem Stones, and setting the same in solid gold settings a specialty. 443 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. PRICE LIST OF GEMS. OPALS. SAIS tralian. tee eee 50c to $40.00 per kt. Pan arian 22 ee eee 50c to 50.00 “ IMexie ane) oe See ae ee 10c to 20.00 * Opal Scarf Pins set in Solid Gold in four siz- es, as follows: 7dc, $1.25, 2.50, 3.50. STUDS. Screw or Separate Back, $1.00 to $300. ters to order. WAR RINGS =< foster Sat Ue $2.00 to $5.00 RINGS, ETC., SET TO ORDER. Clus- Prices an application for special settings or extra fine stones. AMETHYST, TOPAZ, MOONSTONE, BLOODSTONE, AGATE, CROCIDOLITE, &c. In all forms and sizes for Rings, Pins, Charms, 10¢ to $5.00. Tourmaline......... .. ...... }0¢ to $15.00 per kt. PNG iebarencriaG eee =e nea ie ae 50c to 5.00 “* Part Exchange will be accepted in pay- ment during the next thirty days. Good Live Agents Wanted in all parts of the world. Liberal cash commission paid. Having a large stock on hand, I will, for a short time. sell 20 lbs. of good Minerals for 31. One to forty kinds as you want then; large or small. THE OOLOGISY. es OLDE T EEE LATE TAA A A ea = RAPID ‘TAXIDERMY. Ten persons czn learn at once as well as one and bring the cost down to nothing. All materials i1urnished. Sold on a guarantee to give perfect sat- isfaction or money refunded. Write for Circulars, Testimonials and Guarantee. Mention THE OOLOCGIST and address. MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., = Kalamazoo, Mich. BEVIN UN UUNE A AID IMNe HNN BARGAINS ~ PICEA ICAL SS fl t HULL i l TOCCOA Single Eggs and Sets. Prices cannot be beaten. Forster’s Arctic, Common and Black Terns; Lapwing, European Coot, Skylark, Meadow Pipit and 50 other species. 5 cents each. Puffin, Mew Gull, Kittiwake, Herring, Cali- fornian and Ring-billed Gulls, Cormorant, Black Guillemot, Razor-billed Auk, Anhinga, Pintail, Redhead and American Eider, Corn- crake, Snipe. Dunlin, Ruff, Oystercatcher. Kes- trel and 50 other species, at r@ cents each. Western. Heelbell’s and St. Domingo Grebes, Parasitic Jeger, Royal Tern, Fulmar, Gannet. Stormy Petrel, Lesser Scaup, Goldeneye and Northern Hider, Avocet, Curlew, Whimbrel, Nighthawk, and 50 other kinds. 15 cents each. Glaucous Gull, Mana Shearwater, Canvas- back, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Wood Ibis, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, White- necked Raven and others. 25 cents each. Black-throated Loon, Iceland Gull, Booby» Canada Goose, European Swan, Turnstone: Broad-winged Hawk, Caracara, Raven. 50 cents each. Loon, Yellow-billed Tropic Bird, Greenshank, Duck Hawk. Gray Sea Eagle, Mississippi Kite, Bohemian Waxwing, and other rare eggs at $1.00 each. Least Auklet, Ancient Murrelet, Black Oy- stercatcher Bald Eagle and others, $1.50 each. Also sets of the above with originai data. Largest stock of Birds Eggs in North America, and testimonials from many well: known Amer- ican Ornithologists speaking in the highest terms of my specimens and reliability and manner of dealing my customers. Walter Raine, Bleeker St., Toronto, Ca. IDENTIFY YOUR EGGS. For 3'' ‘lays I offer Maynard’s ‘‘Eggs of Nort!) American Birds,” last edition with co] red plates at $1.70, prepaid, cloth bound and new. Adress, ERNEST H. SHORT. _ Albion, N. Y. a BASS) (ESR) (GSR MRIRDRIRIRD AH XR = nas Ameeennene RV RAREST AD 1g : Pa £ 2) O@LOGISY, < > - G VOL. XV. NO. 3. ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1898. WHOLE No. 142 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 in payment at one-third list rates. What’s Your Number? Examine the number following your name on the tS dpa of this month’s OoLoGistT. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. No.141 your subscription expires with this issue 145‘ a “s “i June,: 150. “ a3 - oe Nov., - Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This month’s OOLOGIST was mailed subscribers March 12. FOR SALE:—Auk vols. 10, 11, 12, 13, $1.50 each; 0. and O. vols. 6 to 18 inclusive. Make Cash offer for the set. Many others. BENJA- MIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. FOR SALE:—Live Diamond Backed Rattle- snakes. Large and in fine condition. Also rattlesnake skins, stuffed alligators, saw fish saws and other Florida curios. Sawtish fine specimen sent postpaid for 25cts. Address L. S. MORRISON, Orange City, Fla. PREMIUMS:-—I will sell,in amounts of 50c or over, any of the premiums offered on last page of this month’s OOLOGIST at % price listed ‘or cash—(e i, $1 worth for 50c; $2 worth for $1, &c). FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion. N. Y. HAND EGG Blow-pipe for blowing and rinsing eggs. Sent prepaid with instructions for 75¢c, or will exchange one for #3 worth of Alsets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. M3t WILD CAT Souvenirs from the grandest Natural park in W. Ills. A view and fine min- eral or fossil for 25c. Stamps, minerals, fos- ale, ZOE BLATet HARVEY H. BROWN, Ham- ilton, Ills. TO EXCHANGE:—Finely mounted Game Heads, for first class eggs in sets with datas. Send for full lists of every thing inthe natur- alist’s line. Address by return mail. WAL- TER E. McLAIN, Taxidermist and Job Print- er, New Vineyard, Maine. REMEMBER:—Lapwing 1-4, 20c; Least Fly- catcher n-3, 15c. Birds, 1897 or 1898, $1.20: 1897 cloth, $1.85. Eggs accepted in part payment for Columbia and Hartford bicycles. BENJA- MIN HOAG, Stephentown. N. ¥ MUZZLE loading shot guns, Rifles, Revol- vers, Telescope, Birds Eggs, Books, Papers. Coins, everything way down. If you want some bargains write. Enclose stamp, please. Cc. B. VANDERKOOK, Odin, Ill. FOR SALE or EXCHANGE:—Two hundred first class sets with data. Cheap for cash. Can use a 12 gauge repeating shot gun. Phes- ants, Pigeons, ete. J. O. JOHNSON, South- ington, Conn. WANTED.—Live Goldfinches, American species, either sex; prefer Arkansas and Law- rence. Will give good exchange or reasonable cash price. WALTER C. WOOD, 196 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. F2t WANTED.—Collectors in tne United States and Canada to gather and prepare for me, sci- entifically, birds eggs, in large quantities, in sets with data at a reasonable price. State what varieties in your locality and terms. DR. Ms T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., aes a. t BOOKS WANTED:—New or 2d hand copies of Davie’s ‘Nests and Eggs’ (any editon); Bendire'’s ‘Life Histories of A. Birds;”’ Fisher's ‘‘Hawks and Owls” or any standard work or publication on Ornithology or Oology. Will give good exchange orcash. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. FOR A NEW Geographiscope brass mount- ed reversible lense for either Stereoscopic or Single Views. Chery hood dark chambers lat- est pattern. Magnifies immense, very clear, finely finished with 24 finely retouched views, Foreign and American landscapes and comic scenes, &c. All for $5 worth of first class sets not in my Collection. Must be Al sets with ori- ginal datas. Send list in A. O. U. Nos. All letters answered. AddressGEO. W. MORSE, Care Union Depot Hotel, Omaha, Neb. = THE OOLUGIST WANTED:—Pocket Rifle, Field Glass, 2) gauge Shot gun and a good watch. I have a very large list of rare sets and skins to offer. C.'H. WATROUS, Chester, Conn. BEAUTIFUL Feathered Metalic Tin. (19) to exchange for Vanadinite, (552) or anything in Quartz (210). Only showy specimens wanted. Cc. J. ASHTON, P. O. Box 306, Elkhart, Ind. THE OSPREY, RECREATION :—New sub- scribers only, can have either magazine a year for $1 worth (list rates) desirable bird’s egg. Oregon Naturalist for $2 worth. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. TO EXCHANGE:—For mounted specimens (birds, mammals or heads). Must be firstclass specimens. 1 Columbia Graphophone, and complete outfit, consisting of (36) Al musical and talking records, 1 large 26 inch concert horn, with folding stand, 1 smaller 14 inch © horn, 2 way hearing tubes, 1 carrying case for 24 records, recorder, reproducer,'ete., all com- plete. 1BbCornet. 1six candle incandescent Electric Desk Lamp, complete with 6 batteries. I will exchange any of the above articles for best offer in mounted speciments. Send for complete list to E. D. CARTER, Berkley, Iowa. 2000 Hegs of Birds of Prey "Sr Bais.or For the next 60 days, only, I shall offer some bargains in eggs of Raptores, of which I have probably the largest stock on this continent. Here are some samples of my removal sale prices. Do not miss this chance, it will not oc- cur again. Sets. California Vulture, 1 ...:... 2.222. .2..oc2.ce es Turkey Vulture, 2............. cata ee at Mississippi Kite, 1 to 2 —............ Marsh Hawk, 4............ -2.2.-.... Sharp-shinned Hawk, 4....... Cooper’s Hawk, 3 to 4............. American Goshawk, 2to3 —...... ....... Harris Hawk, 2 to 3......-. 2... 2... .-- European Buzzard, 2 to 3_._............ Red-tailed Hawk, 2 to 3...... -. -.... ... Western Redtail, 2 to3 Florida Red-shouldered Hawk, 2............. 25 White-tailed Hawk, 2 to 3.................. Cae: 40 Swainson’s Hawk, 3 to 4.002) ee eee. 20 Broad-winged Hawk, 2 ._.............. mee -G5() Rough legged Hawk, 2 tod...... ......-....... cere) American Rough-legged Hawk, 2 to 3 ...__... 125 Ferruginous Roughleg, 2 to 4 ........ 0... 1 CO Goldeu Eagles, 1 to 2__..._.. Tp AEs Bee HOU Bald Wagzles\1 to 28 seens sere ee 1 50 Gray Sea Bagle, 2 to 3...00..0.00202. cee eeece wenn 1 00 Gyfalcon, 2 to 3 : DUC Hawa eee Seen eee ea eee . 100 ety lam FAsto ron! nee so a cee ee 25 KMestril/4:toi6 2.0 S23 sen ae ee eT ato Audubon’s Caracara, 2 to 3 Also fine sets of owls cheap. Full original data with all sets. Satisfaction guaranteed. eggs taken back any time within two years at 15 per cent. discount. W. RAINE, Bleeker St., Toronto, Can. Shelis, Marine Curios, &c. Iam now ready to supply first-class stock at low prices and should you wish anything from this section, let me hear from you. All inquir- ies will have a prompt reply. mttf J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. GEORGE G. CANTWELL, JUNEAU, ALASKA. The spoils of an eight months collecting trip among the Islands of the Alaskan coast are: now offered for sale, consisting of rare Sea. Birds and Eggs, Puffins, Auks, Murrelets, Cor- morants, etc., and many interesting curios of the SIWASH INDIANS. 3° Full line of 5x8 views of the route to the: Gold Fields. Juneau, Dyea, Skagaway, Chilkat. Pass, Yukon river, etc., 5) cents each. $5 per: assorted dozen. Send for Price List. N66 Easter Bargains. Birds Eggs. Russet-backed Thrush, Wood Thrush, Mcck— ingbird, Sennett’s Thrasher, California Bush-- tit, Cardinal, House Finch, Tricolored Black- bird. Cedar Waxwing, Flicker, Black Phoebe, Cowbird, Parkman’s Wren, Summer Redbird, Arizona Hooded Oriole. From now until April 15th I offer one of each. of these eggs, first class and prepaid FOR ONLY 50c. They list at $1.66, but as Iam overstocked. I offer them at less than 44 rates. Egg of African Ostrich. Large and clean. Plain one at $1.40; decorated for Easter, $1.65. Prepaid at these prices. : Snowflake (winter snowbird) nicely mounted with glass shade, &2. Scarlet Tanager, mounted same style, $2.50. Indigo Bunting, same style, $1.75. By express. - Fine Ribbon Agate (1x1% inches), regular price 25c, now !7e. Rauee specimens of genuine Fire Opal, 10c each. 10 Arrow Points all different, 45c. 10 varieties semi-precious stones, all labelled, 40c each. . Curios. leach: Eye-stone, Lucky-tooth of Cod,Eggs. of Skate, Red Sea Bean, Acorn Barnacle, Chin-- ese Horn Nut. Shark’s Tooth, Tarpon Scale, Mexican Watchmaun's Whistle, Alligator Tooth. The ten for only de. Ten varieties small showy shel/s for only 45c. Write me for prices on all naturalists sup-- plies, books, ete. Address, ERNEST H. SHORT. — Albion, N.Y. NEW ENGLAND MINERALS, — Rhomb Spar, R. 1., Beryl, N. H.; Actinolite, R. I.; Galenite, Mass. 4% pound specimens of either postpaid for only 10 cents; or the four for only 30 cents. The above is only a sample of the bargains L am offering in New Engiand Minerals. Write your wants and send for lists. I handle only good fresh material—no rubbish. ROBERT BURNHAM, No. 143 Gallup St., PROVIDENCE, RB. L.. © ee Ave eee ee THE OOLOGIST. iif Ry WHEN APPLt_D 10 OZ DEDEATINGS REE Mee SINGLE-SHOT RIFLES. Pronounced by Experts the Standard of the Wortd. Ask your dealer for WINCHESTER make of Cun or Ammunition and take no other. FREE:--Our new Illustrated Catalogue. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., New Haven, Ct. HAVE YOU READ “Bird Nesting in Northwest Canada”? It is acknowledged to be one of the most interesting works on Oology published in recent years. It describes an egging expedition through the prairie of Northwest Canada and is just the book that young oologists delight in for it is both interesting and instructive. The book is full of illustrations of birds, their nests and eggs, as well as hunting scenes, Indian camps, animals, Rocky Mountain and prairie scenes. The colored plates figure about 70 species of birds eggs and on this account it is a useful book for reference. Init are figured the only and authentic eggs of the Knot in the world. Other eggs figured include Golden Eagle, Swallow-tail Kite, Prairie Falcon, Duck and Pigeon Hawks, Buz- zards, Phalarope, Snipe, rare Sandpipers, Plovers. Gulls, Raven, Grosbeaks, rare Sparrows, Larks, Buntings, Grackles, Shrikes, Little Brown Crane. &c. : For the next 60 days a few cloth bound Copies will be sold to the readers of THE OOLOGIsT at $2 each, The work is out of print and will become rare and valuable before long as I have no in- tention of printing a second edition. It is the first work published on the Birds of Assinibria, and describes the nests of Little Brown Crane, American Hawk Owl, Great Northern Shrike and other birds which previously were not known to breed so far south. , Send 6 cents in stamps for sample plates of Birds Eggs and note the price. 2 is for a cloth bound copy. Scores of Testimonials from noted American and European Ornithologists. For Sale by W. RAINE, Bleeker St., Toronto, Can. MINERALS SHELLS, ete. The White CABINETS. Sendi0cts for photo of our City Collections. 50 finecabi- speciality—SelfLocking. T perches—Oak sam- net specimens, #3. 50 smaller size, #2. 50ama- ples by mail 8c,10c and 15c; also stands, shields, teur size, $1. Printed name and locality with glass cases, game panels, &c. Cabinets to or- each specimen. 50 Shells, Corals, and Marine der. HANAFORD CABINET CO., 139 and 141 Specimens, only $3. 100 Fossils, including fine W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 58MOtf Fish, Trilobite, Crinoids, Corals, Sponges, several fine Ferns, etc., only $8. A great varie- ty Unios with one valve highly published from I received more answers to my ad. THE OOL- 35¢c to $1, very showy. ‘Taxidermy in all its oGIsT that I could not attend tothemall. I branches at reasonable -prices. Dlustrated exchanged over $350.00 worth of Eggs and catalogue by mail, 10c. J.M.WIERS, Natural- could haye exchanged more, had I have had ists Agency, 357 W. VanBuren St., Chicago, Ill. that. J. W. SUGDEN, Salt Lake City, Utah- ‘Vv THE (PRICES FOR BACK NUMBERS OF THE YOUNG OOLOGIST AND THE OOLOGIST -~will, daring 1898, remainjas quoted below ter which the prices of many numbers will advanced and possibly not obtainable at any price. Should you desire back numbers to complete your file Now is the time to purchase. You can never obtain them for less money and “possibly not at any price, as our stock ranges from only 2 to 25 copies of an issue. Prices for 1898 are as follows: Nos. 18, 32 and 42 can no longer be furnished,— 35 cents each when in stock. Nos. 15, 21, 23-24, 34-35, 89, 111 are 25¢e each. Nos. 1, 14, 88, 127, 15e each. “Nos. 9, 11, 18, 16. 53, 65-67, 75, 76, 77, 78, '79, 80, 87; 90, 101, 113, 114, 115, 130, 132, 137, 10c each. (@ All other numbers, 5c per copy. For 50c I will send a package of twenty (20) all different back numbers, my selection. For $1 I will send a package of fifty (50) ‘back numbers, all different, my selection. For $2 I will send a package of ninety (90) back numbers, all different, my selection. For $5 I will send by return mail a copy of -every issue published (excepting 18, 32 and 42)— Nos. 1 to 139 inclusive. My prices for back Nos. of the YOUNG OOLO- sGIST and OOLOGIST in volumes, are as: follows: Vol. I. 183445, Nos. 1101220... 2.2. 20... $ .60 “ Tf, 1885, Sigedan is Yi as let ke Pia Tas a eae -20 “ IIL. 1886, *« 15 to 2J)0acking No.18) .35 ‘“* TV. 1887, SERA TODO ce eee .45 “ V. _ 1888, ‘¢ 27 to 388(lacking No.32) .50 “VI. 1889, ‘** 39 to 50 do 42 -49 “* VII. 1890, TS DURGO: GOR 2 Sk sar ets 50 ‘© VITT.1891, 68 to 74.000... oat ple rae 00 EX. 1892; DEMO NINO) teh ae eaeater ae sate -70 “6 XX: ~18938; HB CO OR es Sele eae eas 5) “XI. 1894, BS OOMDOn Qe se: Ue ee 50 “XII. 1895, pact (Wi Lh ifo.ya beens naa eee lo 60 “< XTIT,1896, 6 123 GOR, Se en ee -29 “ XIV.1897. ‘e128 to 139 2... ee eSem 50 BOUND VOLUMES. Can be furnished,strongly bound in cloth and “poards, as follows: Vol. I and II YOUNG OoLOGIST bound in one QnHEN.OlUIMEe, / One en eee 1.00 ‘Vol. IX. THE OOLOGIST for *92, 298 pages of valuable and instructive Oological and Ornithological matter with many full page illustrations ... 2.2... eee eee eee 1.00 ‘Or, if you order the three volumes at one time, “we will send them by return mail for only $2.50. Every student of birds, their nests and eggs -should have these three volumes in their libra- ry. The valuable information they contain, is ~worth many times the price. Address plainly FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher of THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N.Y. OGOLOGIST. From Extreme Wervousness. IN au “SHAT no one remedy can contain. the elements necessary to cure all diseas- es, isa fact well known to everyone. Dr. Miles’ System of Restorative Remedies consists..of seven distinctively different - preparations, each for its own purpose. Mrs. L. C. Bramley, 37 Ilenry St., St. Cath- erines, Ontario, writes: ‘For years I suf- fered from extreme nervousness and annoy- ing constipation, developing into palpitation and weakness of the heart. I was unable to sleep, suffered much from headache, pain in my left side, palpitation and a constant feeling of weakness and prostration. I began using Dr. Miles’ Nervine, Heart Cure and Nerve and Liver Pills and the Anti-Pain Pills to relieve sudden paroxysms of pain and headache. Isoon felt much improved and the pains and aches and weariness left me. I then took Dr. Miles’ Restorative Tonic and am now restored to my former good health.” PuSy ti EN z3 : Dr. Miles’ Remedies BRAS are sold by all drug- R&S gists under a positive fe guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re- & Restore funded. Book on dis-§ : eases of the heart and Health nerves free. Address, [i eka Sa DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. WANTED-BRAINS Send for our handsome views of public buildings, statues and avenues of Washington City. This book cost us many dollars. It willbe sent to you fornothing. Write us'to-day, Can you think ofsomething to patent? Protect your ideas: they may bring you wealth, Before applying for patent, get our liberal offers and Inventor’s Assistant. Danger in delay: COPP & CO.., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C. . THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XV. NOws. Bobwhite. (Colinus Virginianus.) This species, the celebrated gamebird of the Eastern United Stites, iscommon in suitable localities. The clover, wheat and sage fields together with pastures and woods are where they will be found. The greater part of the year the Quail is found in coveys pair- ing in early spring some time in April; then each pair selects a particular lo- cality where they remain to nest dur- ing the summer. During the mating season the well known call of the male can be heard at intervals in the morning and Jate in the evening throughout the woods. By im- itating the call he will come running through the grass, stopping every few yards to listen or to Jook in all direc- tions to see if there is an enemy near, but if you have been perfectiy quiet he will keep coming nearer until he finds out that he has been deceived. When you have him near, careful study will always be rewarded by finding out something new and interesting con- cerning his habits, although a some- what common bird. It pays to watch even the commonest of our birds for we too often get the idea that ifa bird is found in abundance it has no pecul- iar or unknown habit; the trouble lies in our not observing carefully. Their flight is one of the most mark- ed characteristics concerning them. When flushed it flies or rather sails swiftly in an almost straight line, which is one reason for its being prized so much by sportsmen. Sometimes it loses its life by attempting to crossa river, their ‘strength giving out before the opposite shore is reached. Often after having been flushed sey- ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1898. eral times they will alight in trees. Remember very well the first time I ever found any perched in trees. I was out gunning and had flushed a covey, but not being experienced in. shooting, banged away in vain; the birds scaring me when they flew up al- most as much as I frightened them with my gun, but I managed to see. them as they sailed around a _ pine. thicket. Thinking that I would re- deem myself next shot, hurried on, but when I reashed the place my dog searched everywhere without any re- sult. Soon he began barking up into a thick pine and upon close investigation found the tree almost full of Bobwhites but as they had so eleverly hid them- selves left them undisturbed. This noted bird is about extinct in some localities and fast becoming so in others on account of the persecution it suffers. Some say that they pull down the heads of wheat and eat the grain. That may be true, but suppose it is, is that any comparison to the good these birds do? I say, ‘No,’ and if the stomach of one is examined ev- eryone else will say the same. Their food consists mainly of seeds of various kinds, berries, bugs and stray grain. In the winter when these are covered by the snow, they will be found hud- dled around trees, eating seeds of weeds and frequently will go into barn- yards to feed with the domestic fowls. During the severe winters in 1893 and 1894 hundreds of Bobwhites perished because the bugs were killed by the cold and the seeds were covered by WHOLE No. 142: . the snow, so that the poor birds were : left to starve and freeze to death. At this time they were very tame and and some heartless hunters took ad- vantage of their emaciated condition 18 THE OOLOGIST. by going out and searching for a covey, which of course would -be found hud- dled together, so that at one shot all were kiiled. One hunter told me of his getting over one hundred birds in this way, sometimes killing fifteen at once. With this going on, the Bobwhite will soon be compelled to seek shelter in the dense and retired woods, just like our most magnificent gamebird, the Wild Turkey, has done, having been persecuted by the so-called sportsman but whose proper title is the ‘‘Destroy- er and Persecutor of Innocent Birds.” Another cruel way of killing them is by netting, a practice which has not been very long used. When a covey is found the net is put into position and the thoughtless birds allow themselves to be driven into it by men on horse- back. In this way the whole covey is caught. Once had the opportunity to see how ‘this was carried out and I never wish to see such a scene again, ‘for it was really heart-rending to see those home- less little birds murdered. Oh! if be- fore they went into their death trap, the thought would have struck the _leader to fly, for then all would have followed and escaped the awful end which they met a few minutes later. Dogs had been sent out searching the fields and soon a beautiful pointer sud- denly stopped. Such a picture, with his left front foot slightly raised, his tail erect and every muscle quivering; for he had found a covey of fifteen Bobwhites, who thoughtless of the dan- ger which they were in, remained still. -Soon a net was placed several yards in front of where the birds were, and two men came up on horseback to drive the poor birds into the net. The worse part was later on when all had been secured. Then the work of destruction commenced. After the skulls of the innocent birds. were mashed: on the brain, they were thrown in a bag; there to die in agony. The Bobwhite is one of the best friends the farmer has and itis with a sorrowful heart that I think of the way they are treated in return for the harm- ful insects and destructive bugs, which would, if not eaten by these birds, destroy half his crop. One very sensi- ble farmer once said to me, ‘Several years ago I would kill a Partridge as readily as a Crow but once I saw a whole covey in my wheat field destroying bugs and insects which would otherwise have ruined my crop and since then have never killed one.’’ Another said, ‘Would rather have my best dog killed than a covey of birds.’’ But still the destruction of our gamebird goes on and unless some new and unforseen re- striction arises, the familiar and well known note of the male will not be heard echoing throughout the wood- land or when we go collecting will we be surprised by the whirl and rustle of the wings of a covey which have been startled from its roosting place. May the day be far off when we shall say: “Once they were here but now they’re gone The Quails have perished, we're left to mourn And weep without a comforter, These birds can ne’er return.” All the larger Hawks are enemies to them, although their food consists mostly of mice, grasshoppers, rats, frogs, etc., if a Quail is seen it is almost sure to be caught and eaten. I have seen both Cooper’s and _ Red-tailed Hawks chasing these birds. It is very likely that many of their nests are brok- en up on account of being placed upon the ground, and but for the large num- ber of eggs laid, there is no doubt but that they would be very rare by this time. The young from a nest, together with the parents, will remain together dur- ing the whole winter if not disturbed. They always roost upon the ground sometimes in the middle of an open field, often in a thicket or in the woods, and when roosting they sit near togeth- THE OOLOGIST 19 er in a bunch with their heads outward, flying in all directions when startled; then soon utter their call-note and col- lect together. Their nests with fresh eggs may be found from April to July. two and sometimes three birds are reared in one summer ‘The nest which is plac. ed in grass, sometimes under a bank, but more frequently under a large tuft of sage or clover is not very easily found unless the female is flushed; the mater- jals used for construction being only of grass put in a hollow scratched out by the birds. Both male and female assist in building but do not go very far from the nest for the material. [t is arched over having an entrance on the side. If the birds are disturbed while build- ing it, they will leave, but only to go somewhere else and start another right away. The eggs.vary in number. Nests have been found with ten eggs, the least, and twenty-five, the most, but fifteen to twenty is the usual number. The color of an égg is pure white; after remain- ing in the nest a short while it becomes stained. In shape they are pointed at one end while perfectly round at the other. They will not leave the nest until al- most trampled upon. When it does leave, if incubation has commenced, it will not rise but runs along beating the ground with its wings and feigning lameness, trying to -take the attention from her nest of eggs. The young leave the nest svon after hatched and have a peculiar peep simi- lar to a young Turkey and usually ut- ter it two or three times in succession. When disturbed they will give several loud peeps while the old birds will fly about the intruder keeping up a con- tinual fuss. Sometimes they will run around with their feathers ruffled up and wings down making somewhat of a cackling noise. H. GouLD WELBORN, Lexington, N. C. Exceptions, These exceptions are nothing more than random notes but perhaps may be of value to fellow collectors. The Spotted Sandpiper (Actilus mac- wlariz), says Oliver Davie: ‘‘The nest is simply a depression in the soil, some- times constructed of hay and moss. The eggs like all those of the waders lay in the nest with the small ends to- gether.” I found only one exception to the po- sition .f the eggs in the Spotted Sand- piper—in this case the smal! ends were all lying in the same direction. I flush- ed the bird off the nest and the depres- sion the five eggs made in the nest showed they had lain that way for some time at least. Asto the composition of the nest in this locality, the majority of nests were located beneath a weed or a willow shrub where bits of dead black Jeaves formed the lining for the nest. As authority for this I have sixty-five sets of Actitus macularia before me taken from uests none of which com- pared to that of Davie. Mourning Dove (Zainaidura macr- oura). In speaking of the position of the nest of this species Davie says, ‘‘The nest is placed in the horizontal branch- es of trees or stumps or on the top rail of old snake fences or rocks, in bushes and in treeless regions near the ground.”’ Out of personal examination of per. haps some three hundred nests of this Dove about one nest out of twenty was upon the ground and this’ is a well tim- bered country. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperi). Davie says, ‘“The number of eggs vary from four to six, rarely the latter num- ber, and they may be found in various sections between April 7 and May 20.” Out of three sets of the Accipiter coopert taken by me last year two sets were Of three and one of four. The latter set was taken about June 20th. 20 THE OOLOGISTY. One set of three was about half in- cubated so there could be little doubt but that the complement was complete. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus amer- icanus), ‘Being somewhat nocturnal in their habits, the notes of both our Cuckoos are often heard at night.”- O. D. But he fails to note the nocturnal disposition of the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) whtch sings tenfold more in noctus in this locality than does the Cuckoo. Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) Mr. Davie says the number of eggs is six but when a full complement is laid seven or eight. Five and six and some- times seven constitute a set in this lo- cality. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melenerpes erythrocephalus). Davie says, ‘The egg are five or.six innumber.’’ On the 6th day of June, 1897, I examined a nest of the Melererpes erythrocephalus and found four young birds—one at least a week younger than the rest. While Mr. Davie made notice of the uneven hatching of the Cuckoos and Belted Kingfisher he never mentioned this fact in the Weodpecker which I have frequently noticed in my collect- ing trips. Wood Pewee (Contophus virens). In concluding a description of the nest of this bird Davie says- ‘‘Externally it is covered with pieces of lichens which are held in position by webs, and the structure thus ornamented is indistin- guishable from a natural protuberance itself.” Out of a personal examination of over a hundred nests only one contain- ed any lichens at all. The remarks of my observations are confined to Park county, Ind. WINFIELD S. CATLIN. A February Trip. On Feb. 22, 1893 W. H. Osgood and 1 went to the mountains to look for Herned Owls and Eagles eggs, but we found it too early owing to heavy rains and continued cold weather, so we re- paired to a grove of cypress trees and a number of Anna’s Hummingbirds dart- ing about indicated nests. Isoon found a nest 15 feet up on a horizontal cypress limb which proved to contain two eggs about half incubated. Mr. Osgood also discovered a nest of same bird and on climbing to it found one young and the - remaining egg about to hatch. C. BARLOW, Santa Clara, Calif. Pronounciation of Scientific Names. Among the answers given in a recent O6LOGIST to the questions quoted in the September issue I find the author stating ai the end of No. 5 that it is bet- ter to adopt the English pronounciation for scientific terms. Will the author of this advice kindly tell why it is bet- ter for the nations having accepted the English language in their constitutions to adopt a method of their own, when . all the other nations are apparently well satisfied with the Roman pronoun- ciation? Why alter an old established system when it is satisfactory in every way? Just to save some the trouble of com- mitting those few rules of pronouncia- tion to memory? J hope this is not the reason, for in my estimation it would be as just to adopt English terms altogether (as in- deed some have had the nerve to advo- cate) and throw our beautiful old sys- tem into the attic. 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Nest was of the usual construct- ion—twigs, grass-stems and dead leaves and lined with fine dry grass. Eggs were typical, elongate-ovate covered with fine specks of pinkish, and three in number, Nest was placed 18 inches up in a wild rose bush and contained an egg of the Cowbird. On June 101 was passing through a large woods and, in skirting a swampy pond, I happened to pass near a dense blackberry bush when [ thought I saw a nest in it. Stooping down I sawa nest and also the head and neck of a female Towhee. She flitted off and alighted on a fallen log where she was joined by her mate and where both re- mained and scolded me during the few minutes { was inthe vicinity. The nest was placed 44 inches from the ground and of the same construction as the above mentioned nest and contained three eggs of the same shape and mark- ings as those above. Returning on June 13 I found the nest empty and could distinguish three slight depres- sions where the eggs had rested. Louis W. Brokaw, s Carmel, Ind. [Mr. Brokaw died Sept. 3, 1897. The above note was sent the, O6LOGIST a few weeks previous.—ED. ] Some Shore Birds Recently Taken in Orleans County. The Order Limicole or Shore Birds ought to be fairly well represented in Orleans County, for Lake Ontario forms our northern boundary. It seems that this order of birds that the bird- student becomes acquainted with. In nearly every instance it seems that this is the particular branch of his ornitho- logical education that is neglected. I find that this is so in my own case. Perhaps this class of birds is more diffi- 22 THE OOLOGIST. cult to study by reason of their ever- varying plumage, as well as by reason of the fact that these birds frequent the seashore and the beaches of the inland lakes at those seasons of the year when man deserts these places. (The writer merely wishes to mention a few species which have been taken along the beach of Lake Ontario in this county, the past autumn—not by him- self, however, but by Mr. Percy Smith of this place. to whom all the credit is due. Mr. Smith did the gunning, and [ with his consent, do the recording of his achievements. On September 9, 1897, along the bank of Lake Ontario, in the town of Carlton Mr. Smith secured a young male of the Semipalmated Sandpiper, a young male Semipalmated Plover, a young female Black-billed Plover, and a young male Knot (Tringa: canutus). The last mentioned bird is of rare enough occurrence in these parts to warrant more than passing notice. The Knot breeds in the Arctic Regions, and winters south from Florida, follow- ing very closely the Atlantic seaboard in the course of its migrations. Occas- ionally, although not often, in may oc- eur on the larger inland lakes during migration. Two or three specimens have been taken at different times on the Lake Erie coast in the vicinity of Buffalo. The specimen taken by Mr. Smith on September 9th is the first ono ever secured in this:county so far as I know. The Knot is the largest of the Sandpipers. This specimen measured as follows: Length, 10; extent, 20.50; wing, 6.25; tail, 2.50; bill, 1 3-16; tarsus, 1 1-16; middle toe, 1 3-16; middle claw, 38-16; head, 1 3-16. It was in company with a young fe- male Black-bellied Plover, when shot.’ The weather at the time was pleasant and had been for some time. Again on October 16, 1897, Mr. Smith spent another day at the lake, visiting the same locality. The day was not ‘head, pleasant, but presaged an approaching storm of wind and rain. Various flocks of different kinds of Sandpipers were flying from the beach out over the wat- er, and continually returning again. Four different species were secured by him. These were the Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), a young male, the Pectoral Sandpiper (Zringa maculata) male, the Red-backed Sandpiper or American Duanlin (Tringa alpina pacif- tca), two specimens shot, both female young of the year, and the White-rump- ed Sandpiper( Tringa fuscicollis),a male. The writer does not consider any of these four:Sandpipers as very common migrants here. The Sanderling is un- doubtediy more common than the oth- ers. The White-rumped Sandpiper is very rare here, even more so than the Knot, leastwise fewersof them seem to have been taken in this section, for I fail to find any published record of this bird having been taken before in West- ern New York, although Mcellwraith mentions it in his “Birds of Ontario.’ A description of this rare Sandpiper as taken by Mr. Smith, may be of interest in this connection: ; “Sex, male; length, 7%; extent, 54; 1: tail, 2; wing, 4 15-16; bill, 1; tarsus, 1; middle toe and claw, about %; hind toe short and slight, about 4; tibiz, bare, about 4. Bill, black, mod- erately slender, flattened at tip. Feet black. Toes, slender, not webbee. Top of head finely mottled with dark and reddish-brown and white. - Back, dark brown, most feathers narrowly edged with reddish-brown. Wings, brown. - Narrow, longitudinal white band formed by tips of greater coverts. Smaller feathers of wing either tipped with reddish-brown or white. — First primary, longest. Tail-coverts, white. Tail, brown, with narrow white edges. Breast and sides of neck narrowly edged wtth fine brown marks on dirty white ground. Chin, white; and belly THE OOLOGIST. 28 and crissum, white. Front of wings mottled with grey and white below.” Of the Red-backed Sandpipers two specimens were taken. There were quite a number of that species there, and very tame. They were in small flocks. I believe it is a characteristic of this species that they are not at all wary of approach. The gizzards of these birds as well as that of the Pec- toral Sandpiper contained small snails. While the account of these takings is hereby recorded by myself, I desire to to repeat that none of the credit is due to me, as I was in another state on each of the above dates. Mr. Percy Smith of this place is entitled to the credit, and if all of our bird-students were as careful, thorough-going and particular with each little detail as is he, we would all know more about our feathered friends than we do today. I have merely assisted Mr. Smith in his identilications. NEIL F. Posson, Medina, N. Y. P. S.—I have unintentionally over- looked the fact that a Mr. Breéd of Lyndonville accompanied Mr. Smith on these excursions to the lake, and he is doubtless entitled to a share of the credit. I desire to give credit where credit is due. NF. —_ Breeding of Wilson’s Snipe in West- ern New York. In Short’s ‘‘List of Birds of Western New York”’ the Wilson’s Snipe, Gallin- ago delicata, is reported as a migrant and common in some localities, there- fore it gives me pleasure to offer the following data as evidences that Wil- son’s Snipe is at least a rare but prob- ably a regular breeder. In my locality they are common migrants, are occa- sionally seen in mid-winter and a few pairs remain to breed. My suspicions that they were nesting in this locality were first aroused in 1895 when I noted the birds ten miles north of bere in Potter swamp as late as May 19, and they were verified on the 21st of May, 1896, when I found a nest in the side of a hummock containing four eggs which I have already noted in Vol. 1 No. 9 of The Osprey. lLalso had the pleasure of collecting another set of four eggs on May 12, 1897, by accidentally flushing the female which tried to lead me away from her nest by cutting up all sorts of antics. At first I thought surely her leg must be broken and when her wings began to hang helplessly at her sides as she fluttered around the hummocks, I thought that the poor bird must be in a dying condition’ but when I stopped to examine the nest and she suddenly changed her tactics by running back and forth before me, jabbing her long bill regardless of its sensitiveness into_ the wood, and excitedly pulling up blades of grass meanwhile uttering a plaintive sound. The nest was rather boldly situated within a dozen feet of a much traveled road that crosses the swamp. It was placed under a wire fence in an open grassy space where the water was about two inches deep. It was scarcely con- cealed at all except by a few dead weed stalks and the fresh green grass that was just springing up around the nest. The nest of Wilson's Snipe is generally described as being a mere depression scantily lined with grasses, but in this instance there was no depression what- ever but a shallow cupped nest built of small weed stems and grass to a height of three inches with a diameter of six inches by actual measurement. The eggs were about half incubated which would indicate that about the first week in May is the proper time to look for fresh eggs. They are ofa olive ground color slightly tinged with grayish. The spots are reddish-brown and form ‘‘en masse” onthe large end and become scarcer and smaller towards the smaller ends and over all there isa few quite 24 THE OOLOGISS. spots of blackish in place of the usual sharp scratchy lines. The eggs meas- ure 1.56x1.03, 1.50x1.06, 1.62x1.09, 1.63x 1.09. Another instance of the Wilson’s Snipe breeding here came to my notice about the first of June this year. A young lad showed me two eggs that he had taken early in May from a nest on a hummock in a Swampy pasture about one mile north of here. C. F. STONE. Branchport, N. Y. Remarks on “Return of the Birds.” In perusing the OdLoGist I cannot help but notice Mr. W.N. Clute’s ar- ticle on the ‘Return of the Birds” (see . page 80). My note book reads:--Jan. 25, ’97, * temperature 30 degrees F. A few Amer- ican Crows and English Sparrows, only birds seen. They are always around. Up to Jan. 21, 1897, Canada Geese were abundant but as the temperature went down they decreased in numbers. Let us turn to 1898. December was a cold month with no snow to amount to anything, but the absence of birds — was very marked. January came in with two ‘feet of snow; the temperature was high ex- cept the 30th and 31st, but flocks of from 20 to 100 Slate-colored Juncos are common. Bohemian Waxwings, Tree Sparrows and American Goldfinches are comparatively common. ‘I have also observed a flock of about 40 Cedar Waxwings which ‘‘the snow” ought to drive south. Last winter, however, Snowy Owls were more common than this. I have seen but two this winter and had two reported me where last winter they were not at all rare. Now if snow drives birds south and not the cold why don’t the birds go to Dunn Co. (this state) where I under- stand they have no snow? It'is warm day today, but the snow is here nevertheless. In our neighbor’s yard there is a flock of 25 Tree Spar- rows feeding on the seeds of an ‘ase tree. As I was walking along the street I saw a flock of 6 Redpolls, ‘‘but snow drives the birds south.” Canada Geese are very abundant on ~the prairie (Rock) this winter but there is two feet of snow. H. H. T. JACKSON, Milton, Wis. ~ ~- Traill’s Flycatcher. In this locality Traill’s Flyeatcher is It is generally found around hedges but is the most common of its family. quite often met with in the hazel brush. It may be seen sitting on some dead branch, every now and then darting after some insect and again resuming its post, while between times it utters its simple song and flirts its tail as if impatient for another insect to turn up. - The nest is placed in some upright fork or sodded on a horizontal branch of the hedge or hazel, and is never more than 9 or 10 feet from the ground. 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SUBSCIBERS American Robin................. 05{ Phillippian Urehin. ........ 35 $ 50 PO ULE Meee tncs 2.052 Seeee 05 | Purple Urchin, select...... pa - English Pheasant.............. 20) SICH SURES. cases. 7.2.0... 35 English Sparrow............... 05} Acorn Barnacles...... ......... 10 Ring Pheasant......... ......... 50 | Keyhole Urchim............... —AR oD [Yoyo eS 2 ee 35 | Lucky Tooth of Cod ......... 10 a Shark ......... “15 | Hermit Crab in Shell ........ 35 ed-leg Turtle - 15 Snapp ping 7 Turtle... 15 MINERALS, &c. 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See Sedge Warbler.................. 10 | Chalcedony, tinted... 0 Nightingale .. 25 - varigated ..... 10 English Sparrow Hawk... 35 artificial tree 15 Groat Tits... cee 10| Black Ribbon media Bees ste 10 English Swallow............... 10| Red Ribbon paste... lledge Accentor.... 10 | Carnelian.............-..-.--.-...-- English Partidge .. oe 15 | Assorted dozen Ostrich... 50 | Ditto, selects...... ...... 2 ae acdecait . ie cap s nodosus10, 25, 50, 1. BIRD SKINS. = Polyp Corals. 2... 10, 25, 50 Beep’ 8] | MISCELLANEOUS. Tree Sparrow.......- -.--.-----+- 35 | Arrowheads, % doz. asst’d$ 50 Slate-colored Junco.......... 35 Revolutionary Gun Fiint 15 Cedar Waxwing ....... ..... 35 | Dove Shell from British Black-and-white Warbler. 35| Guiana exhibited at Myrtle Warble 35 Geom is chest Dig. of 12. ne 35 | Chines Horn Nut... .......... Brown Creeper Beetle Nut. ane 10 g@ Liver an ea eans, 15 SHELLS. Scorpion in\Box...<.--<.-.:- . 50 Murex brandaris .............8 25} Broken Bank Bill... 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Dole send ee 1 09 enikese, a volume of 96, SEA CURIOS. pages. Giving an acc’t Precious coral, 1 0z. pkg. 29 of Agassiz’s summer Organpipe Coral ..... ..-...... 10} school at Penikese Island 50 Creamy Sea Fan......... -.-.-. 35 | Loneks, Prothonotary Yellow Set Fan............ Pee a aC ee 50 15 ' Sand Dollar............ ........... 10 'Shert, Birds of W.N. Y 25 viii THE OOLOGIST?. FRANK H. LATTIN, Pablisher, Albion, N. Y. Enclosed find 50 cents for which send THE OSLOGIsT one year, including one Exchange Coupon and $1 OO worth of Premiums \ the following address: INARI 25 osc ou Ca dizx See ee Le CE Cees SO IS ~ DEERE, cele P:.O. Boxor Strect- Address. o/c. Ssetes Bee eee ee ee County. o.5-s ccs Post-OlMGoercs. . -cosntaeioenisaee cones State. eve I select the following for my One Dollar’s worth of premiums.................... E ae ee rae ene. S Meae tees Bae eS woes wee Ba Se ee ewe ee 8 ee Hee eats Cele ee 6, Bete ee 8 0 0 wee be we = 0 6 oe 0h be @ pie © 6 ty Shes ee nee eee rr ry «SRemember.—That for only 50 cents every subscriber will receive THE UOLOGIST, as issued. for one year, and in addition will receive by return mail, one exchange coupon and $1.00 worth of premiums as offered on back of this blank. Write above the ones you prefer a::! mark on back of this blank a few extras to be used in case we should be out of \ ir first choice. This offer will hold good until April 15, 1898, oni. BE SURE and address all of your Jetters and orders plainly and in full to FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. THE OOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL XV. NO. 4. ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1898. WHOLE No. 143 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘‘“Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted In this 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 payment at one-third list rates. What’s Your Number? Examine the number following your name On the wrapper of this month’s OOLOoGIsT. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. No.143 your subscription expires with this issue tar 3‘ > “4 * June, “* 150 “ “ i ac Nov , “ee Tntermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This month’s OOLOGIST was mailed subscribers April 11.1 WANTED.--Sets of Terns, Gulls, Ducks, Rails, Grouse, Ibises, Willet, Lapwing and others common and rare. Give cash. sets, ete. ALLEN PETERSON, Woodstown, N. J. A2&t SEE HERE :—On account of moving [ want to close up my business af once. Send by re- turn mail complete list of wants for estimates on job taxidermy work, skins, sets and curios. Prices will satisfy you. B. S. BOWDISH, Phelps, N. Y. GREAT HORNED OWLS for sale Ihave one pair and one egg belonging to same birds $6.50. Also one female of the same species, $3.09. First class work and satisfaction guar- anteed. Cash only. Also the following A. O. U. Nos. to exchange for complete sets with Gata: 333 1-4, 1-1, 1-5; 4121-7; 4081-8. Parties meaning business please write. C R. MOSES, Lake Crystal, Minn. EXCHANGE:--Fine Field Glasses and car- rying case, pair peer Opera Glasses and case, Silver Watch and Rolled Gold Chain, old Pa- er Money, Stamps and Albums, hundreds of ovels, Story Papers, etc., to exchange for fine Indian Relics, such as Pipes, Arrows, etc., also old coins and eggs wanted. Enclose stamp. R. D. HAY, Winston, N. C. A2t WANTED.-A few well marked sets of Red- tailed and Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-wing- ed Hawk. Sharp-shinned Hawk, Osprey_and others, also sets of Horned and Screech Owls. I can offer rare eggs from Prybilof Islands, Behring Sea, such as Least Auklet, Ancient Murrelet. nests and eggs of Lapland Longspur, nests and eggs of Aleutian Leucosticte, Murre- letts and other rarities found in few collect- tions. W. RAINE, Toronto, Canada. SETS of 325, £90, 406, 456, 598, 617 and others, to exchange for sets not in my collection. Send list. JOHN G. SCOTT, Greenwood, Ind. FOR SALE CHEAP.—Scientifie Books, state what you are interested in. ‘“Birds,’’ Vol. land If, half leather, $1.50. Send forlistnow. H. NEUMANN, 204 Rock St., Watertown, Wis. I HAVE 890 00 worth of eggs in sets left for exchange: one pair oi Great Horned Owls, in fine shape will lay in captivity, one year old, for the best offer in finerets. All letters an- swered. First come, first served. D. R.WAL- LACE, 940 No. 27 Ave , Omaha, Neb. DAVIE'S “NESTS AND EGGS,” fifth edi- tion, extra cloth, and a new subscription to either The Osprey or Recreation for only #2.50. The book prepaid. BENJAMIN HOAG, Steph- entown, New York. CAMERAS WANTED.—Send description. I will give rare “ea Birds Eggs and Hawks Eggs or rare Bird Skins and cash. I particularly want a good 5x7 Camera with tripod and a good hand Camera. W. RAINE, 181 Blecker St., Toronto, Canada. WANTED.—Bendire’s Life Histories, Vol. IT. Will give rare Birds Eggs or rare Birds Skins from Northwest Canada and Prybilof Islands. W. RAINES, Toronto, Canada. DAsV!D WARD, the lucky gold miner, who bronght back the new; of a rich find of gold on the Amrican side of A'aska, and who says that the rush next spring will be far down the Yu- kon on the American side, spent three years in prospecting in Alaska and in that time only re- ceived seven letters fromshome. Since-his return he has had more than that many thousands of letters from would-be argonants in three months. Heis nowin Philadelphia, Pa., and tries to answer every inquiry concerning the Far North, its perils. rigors of climate and wonderful riches. His practical experience makes his advice highly valuable, and anyone interested in Alaska should avail themselves of his knowledge by writing to him. FOR EXCHANGE.—Skins of 343, 337, 360, 368, 390, 507, 608 619, 131. Also some good sets for mounted birds. Wants first-class skins of Quail, Grouse and Pheasants. Could use Bicycle. A. I. JOHNSON, Taxidermist, 620 East Grand Ave., Des Moines, Ia. a2t ii THE OOLOGIST. S. B. Crayton of Anderson, S. C. is now in Cordeal, Florida and expects to collect some nice sets of eggs and curios. WANTED.—Camera. 1 want a good 5x7 camera. with first-class lens and shutter. Give full particulars with price. J. O. SNYDER, Stanford University, Cal. SETS of Ridgeway’s Nos. with data: 67 2-5, 1151-3 161 1-4. 253 2 5, 331 1-4, 420 2-5, 431 1-4, 436%. 43914, 45814, 51614, 4252¢ to exchange for ‘-Premo B” Camera 4x5 in good condition, or photo- graph stock, or Indian relics. Write first. C. H. SLATING, Almont. Mich. SKINS of Shore Larks and Song Sparrows wanted in exchange for western birds. Corres- pondence necessary. J.O. SNYDER, Curator of Zoological Museum, Stanford University, Cal. WANTED.—Cauvas-back, Redhead, Black Duck Eggs, fresh, unblown, want correspon- dence with collectors of sets from Pennsylva- nia, Delaware, Jersey, and Southern New York. Have coins, eggs. Write. BENJ. A. CARPENTER, Salem, N. J. EGGS, Coins, Indian Relics, Paper Money, etc., to exchange for singles not in my collec- tion. Birds of Maine. Knight, new, $1.00 post paid. W. A. LEE, New Vineyard, Me. EXCHANGE.—I will give the formula of any proprietary medicine, preparation, t%ilet arti— cle, or anyting on the market, in exchange for eggs. H. D. VAIL. Norwalk, 0. ERRATA.—In March issue in W. Raine’s ad- vertisement our printer priced an egg of the Califoraia Vulture at 35 cents. It should have been $35.0),at which price an egg of this nearly extinct species is a great ‘‘snap.’’—ED. WILL exchange sets of 30, 32, 51a, 70, 74, 75,79, 202, 508, for other sets or for large calibre revol- ver. J. R. MANN, Arlington Heights, Mass. VIVE Cameras to exchange, any style, for desirable sets at one-third Lattin’s list. Also- rare typical singles. Send list of sets and sin- Ries. L. D. SUMNER, 502 State St., Madison, is. : ast LOOK! For every 25 cents worth of Bird Eggs, Arrow Heads, or Curios sent me I will send recipes for making eighteen fine inks; maple syrup without maple trees and 25 other receipes. Every fifth one answering receives. eggs worth 20cents. F. W. COLLINS, Garden City, Kansas. TO EXCHANGE.—S°veral Sets each of 1, 77, 132. 203, 221, 226, 237b, 378, 390, 476, 501c, 622b and California Crow. ALTON BIGELOW, Selma, Calif. WANT folding view camera. lens and tripod, 8x10 or 10x12. Must be good. very cheap, cash. Have fine Eagle, Owl, Hawk, Buzzar and Os- prey eggs. Address with stamp, F. THEO. MILLER, Matthews C. H., Va. SACRIFICE SALE.—A few more of those nicely prepared sets at greatly reduced prices in order to mdke room for fresh stock. Send forlist W.L. & R. D. FOXHALL, Tarboro, No. Car. 4 WANTED.—Autogragraphs of Abe Lincoln, U. S. Grant, John A. Logan, Chester A. Arthur, James G. Blaine, Thomas A. Hendricks, Allen G. Thurman, Walter O. Gresham, G. P. Banks, Thomas Nast, Kate Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Henry George, Andrew Carnegie, Eugene Field. Edward Eggleston. and any other person of note. Will pay cash or give good exchange for any good autographs. F. 0. NELSON, 2375S. Main St., Butte, Mont. REMOVAL SALE BARGAINS in second- class eggs, alot of rare eggs for little money, send for list, must clear out before May Ist. Look! Sooty Grouse, 10c; Least Auklet, 35c; Canvas-back Duck, 10c; Gray Rufied Grouse,07; Sooty Grouse, 10c; White Ibis, 07; Ferruginous Rough-legged Buzzard, 25c: Red-head Duck.05; Baldpate, 10c; Northern Hiders, 06; Fulmar Petrel, 10c and 230 other good eggs as cheap, this is as chance to get some rare eggs very cheap. Send stamp for full list of first and second-class single eggs. W. RAINE, Toronto, Canada. FIRST-CLASS Birds Skins for sale, choice Hawk Owls, 1.50. Franklin’s Gulls. $1.50; Am- erican Scaup, $1; Golden-eye Duck, $1; Wil- son’s Phalarope, 50c; Curlew Sandpiper,- $1; Black Turnstone, $1; Black Oystercatcher, $1.75; Canadian. Ruffed Grouse, $100; White- tailed Ptarmigan. $2; Swainson’s Hawk, 51.25; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 50c; Pigeon Hawk, 50c; Northern Waxwings, 75c: European Dunlin, vac; Turnstone, 5c; Sanderling, 3ic; 2) species of Warblers at 25c per skin; 12 species Of Spar- rows, 25c per skins. Send for fulllist. WAL- TER RAINE, Toronto, Canada. FOR SALE.—Live Bull Snakes, bird skins, mounted birds and mammals. Will collect fresh skins of birds found here, and also firs class eggs. O. S. BIGGS, San Jose, Ill. : A FEW mineral specimens from Klondike to exchange for curios as any kind—what have you totrade. H. STEPHEN*ON, 239 So. 25th St., Lincoln, Neb. WANTED:—To exchange Al bird skins of this locality for Al southern or western skins or sets. Send for Jist if you mean business. - A- W. PERRIOR, 315 E. Kennedy St., Syra- cuse, N. Y. STAMPS to exchange for mounted speci- mens. The Sparrow and Warbler family more particularly wanted. W. H. SINTON, 1496. Harlem Ave, Baltimore, Md. COLLECTORS.--I have fine Natural History specimens of all kinds to exchange for eggs in sets, bird and mammal skins, ete ogee 5 1 BRIGGS, Livermore, Maine. PREMIUMS:~—I will sell,in amounts of 50¢ or over, any of the premiums offered on last page of this month’s OOLOGIST at % price listed’ for cash—(e i, $1 worth for 50c; $2 worth for $1, &e). FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion. N. Y. HAND EGG Blow-pipe for blowing and rinsing eggs. Sent prepaid with instructions for 75¢ or will exchange one for §3 worth of Alsets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. M3t WANTED.—Collectors in tne United States’ and Canada to gather and prepare for me. sci— entifically, birds eggs, in large quantities, in sets with data at a reasonable price. State what varieties in your locality and terms. DR. Me T. CLECKLEY, 437 Greene St., se a. ; I received more answers to my ad. THE OOL- oGIsT that I could not attend tothemall. I exchanged over $350.00 worth of Eggs and could have exchanged more, had I have had that. J. W. SUGDEN, Salt Lake City, Utah. re _. = THE OOLOGIST. iif BOOKS WANTED:—New or 2d hand copies of Davie’s ‘“‘Nests and Eggs’’ (any editon); Bendire’s ‘Life Histories of N. A. Birds;”’ Fisher's ‘Hawks and Owls” or any standard work or publication on Ornithology or Oology. Will give good exchange or cash. PRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. WANTED.—For every good long handled egg drill sent me I will send a fine highiy pol- ished Mexican Opal, suitable for mounting. WALTON I. MITCHELL, Parvenir, San Mig- uel Co., New Mexico. EXCHANGE WXTRAORDINARY. — South- ern. Northern and Canadian birds eggs in choice sets with full original datato exchange for A 1 sets and large singles. Have employed competent collectors. Curefully selected sets for private collections for sale at a reasonable BEloe @ specialty. DR. M.'T. CLECKLEY, 457 reene St., Augusta, Ga. PARTIES sending me original A No. 1 set with data, eggs not listed under 10c each. I will send a beautiful birds-eye view lithograph 41x23 of Trans-Mississippi Exposition Grounds to be held June 1 to Nov. 1898 together with a 36 page pamphlet with cuts and description of main buildings and other general information. Address, GEO. W. MOORE, care Union Depot Hotel, Omaha, Neb. THE DR. HAS PROOF.—‘‘I am thoroughly persuaded that it pays to advertise in the COL- OGIST. I have been one of your subscribers and advertisers for years and do not hesitate to recommend the OOLOGIST as the peer of a]l oth- er naturalists’ magazines. DR. M. T. CLECK- LEY, Augusta, Ga. FOR SALE.—Printing Press and outfit, al- most new. Cost $12.00. Willsell cheap. Prints card 3x5 inches. Will also collect insects for teachers. For particulars address. G. E. TAFT, 320 Am. Bk. Bldg , Kansas City, Mo. BLACK Crystalized Slag. Just the thing for your collection. , Tiles of this fact that all druggists are wal.c:vized to refund price paid for the first *) triod, providing it does not benefit, > o5. Tlanry Bruns, wife of the well known 1 +) mithat Grand Junction, Iowa, says: [ \r23 troubled with sleeplessness, nervous- +3, :oadache and irregular menstruation: -To-'ng untold misery for years. I used ovijas advertised remedies for female com- i.'nts besides being under the care of local - all never cease to thank that lady.. Her _->lizonial induced me to use Dr. Miles’ ‘l.2vine and Nerve and Liver Pills, which. --3t0zed me tohealth. I cannot say enough 2_2z Dr.Miles’ Remedies.” § Dont 3 ( Dr, Miles’ Remedies otesold by all drug- sists under a positive cuarantee, first bottle benefits or money re- funded. Book on dis- cases of the heart and nerves free. Address, Lip Beh SENS | DR. MILES MEDICAL CO,, Dlkhart, Ind. WANT ED-BRAINS Send for our handsome views of public buildings, statues and avenues of Washington City, : This book ae ‘as many’ dollars. It willbe sent to you fornothing. Write us to-day. Can you think ofsomething to patent? Protect your ideas: they may bring you wealth. Before applying for patent, get. our liberal offers and Invertor’s Assistant. Danger in delay. COPP & GO., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. ¢. ats THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XV. NO. 4. Redhead and Ruddy. There are more facts in earth than the books have told; and it is the delight of the Ornithologist to search out these. Not every bird-lover may wade waist deep in marsh ooze asearch for delight- ful surprises, among the ranks of rush, and the mazes of last year’s tangled grass. And so the many miss the pleas- ures of a close acquaintance with these two—the Redhead and the Ruddy— among the most attractive of our fresh water ducks. Big, marshy, land-girt lakes are the haunts they love. There must be acres of dense rushes for coy- ert and nest hiding; and a plentiful choice of tiny open areas of water where parent and brood may wash and feed. But little Hrismatura has his own idiosyncrasy. Unlike the Redhead, he loves nothing better,.either for tran- sient sojourn or for a summer home, than an acre-bit of slough, rush-bor- dered and grass-girt, with all the cen- ter clear; to make smooth sailing on the summer winds. For, at least so Thom- as Miller says,—and he surely knows,— “During a gale of wind the Ruddy erects his tail at right angles with his body to catch the wind and push him along.” Thoroughly local are both these birds except in migration, or by incident, they are rarely abroad. One may live within a mile of their haunts and yet be none the wiser. For all that, the Ruddy is found, quite plentifully for him, wherever the above conditions are satisfying, and, as for the Redhead, he .swarms in such a locus. Witness words of Mr. Miller, ina re- port concerning the birds of the Heron ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1898. WHOLE No. 143 Lake region: ‘Redhead: Once our most plentiful duck, bere, has been killed in thousands on this lake, for the last fifteen years. Fancy twenty guns hunting on one lake every day, for two and a half months at astretch, each gun killing from thirty to ninety Redheads aday. Is it any wonder that they are not as plenty as they used to be?” In apathetic rafts of ten to twenty, at most, the Ruddy is found, in migration, on favorable lakes, flying only when they must, and then only for a stone’s throw, in flat, muddled masses. Mean- while the Redhead swarms everywhere among the other ducks; for, unlike the Ruddy, he is no eremite. Now, visit the Redhead and Ruddy haunts, in early May. Of the Ruddy, we find simply one or two, in mute sol- itude, here and there, upon the open water. Butas forthe Redhead, while she is seldom to be seen, the careless mate rises from every open space, and from the secluded margins of the bays, in groups of five or even more, and cir- cles about the naturalist, in all the hal- ycon fearlessness of the close season; sometimes venturing so near that we may rote the exquisite vermiculation of his back; catch a glint of the brown- ness of liis eyes, and listen to the hoarse- ness of his quack, which sounds like the voice of a suppositious Mallard, suffering from bronchitis. Of course it is the nest that we look for next. But we do not find it, search as we may. We just stumble upon it. We have floundered among the mazes of the rushes for an hour, with the wat- er often waist deep. The old wading suit grows heavier and we grow more aud more tired. Suddenly from a dense clump, the eye catches the glint of 26 THE OOLOGIST. creamy eggs, where the sunlight peers through upon them. That glance is enough to repay the fatigues of a week; for whoever saw another such a nest? It is smuggled into a rather isolated clump of rushes, in three feet of water. The nest-mater- ial, pieces of rush, exclusively, is built up to a height of twelve inches above the water line. are canopied together, scantily, some being broken over at such a height as to make one maryel at the builder's agility. And there are thirteen eggs lying in three layers in the narrow nest. There is no attempt at down-lining. Another day, we souse our way _through acres and acres of rushy wil- derness, wondering with an impatient wonder, why itis that male Redheads are so plenty and Redheads’ nests so scarce. We have found the spot where the fussy solicitude of the Ibises would seem to center; and, with beating heart, are traversing the area over whicha male Ibis is hovering. A nest in sight: it is a Coot nest, only, containing the bodies of young birds, whom the minks have victimized. A long cross-shot brings- down the Ibis; a systematic search begins, with wading up and down. But, before the dead bird and his nest have greeted our delighted eyes, we have stumbled upon an em- bryonic Ruddy nest, already admirable in its sketchy suggestion of artistic skill. It isa mere saucer of rush sections, about a foot long, barely a foot above the surface of the two-foot depth of wa- ter. Five eggs have been Jaid; and the dozen or more of standing rushes that have drawn together to conceal the nest well indicate what the carful moth- er would have done by way of protect- ing her home, had the rushes been more plenty. She must have done some tall reaching, too; for the point of bending in the canopying rushes, is at least two feet above the nest level. No Ruddy is in sight of course,—whoever The rushes overhead ~ was lynx-eyed and cat-footed enough to surprise a Ruddy duck, at, or even near her nest? But we must not dwell, delightedly, upon those Heron Lake experiences. Let us hasten to the far north of North Dakota, three miles from the Interna- tional Boundry Line; and wade into what is known as the Geroux Marsh—a long, snaky slough, whose whoJo make- up is thoroughly Heron-Lake-like— with an ornis numerically far less; yet. in character much the same. One June day outing reveals a sip- gle Redhead nest, quite jike the one at which we have just been looking, save that all the environ is beaten down by the, tread of competition; for there are about twenty-two eggs, so far as can be told, today, in and about the nest, which has become submerged by com- bined stress of weight and flood; and the eggs must have been some thirty days deserted. So far as one may judge, after the blanching of water and sun have done their work, about sixteen of the eggs were laid by a Redhead; and the rest by a Canvas-back. In the same marsh, and atasmall slough on the Minnesota side, among the rushes, are found two Ruddy Duck nests, containing seven and eight eggs; the nests being made of rushes, and raised about a foot above the water. At this same little rush-bordered slough is found our first nest of the Ruddy, built on the ground. The site must have been of deliberate choice; and it. lay about six feet in-shore from the wa- ter line. But near the end of the following © June, was found, at this same slough, the most interesting nest of our quaint little friend, Erismatura. Wading the margin, systematically, that no nest escapes the searcher’s serut- iny, one falls to eyeing, with more than usual curiosity, a highly colored ruddy duck, that is sailing before the wind, with his bristle-tail erect. It gives a THE OOLOGIST. 27 keen pleasure to note in him atraic that would seem, somehow, to have escaped the notice of the book-makers. We had supposed the Ruddy to be quite dumb; but this lonely fellow is sailing about, with his head bobbing queerly, up, and down, first in quarter-seconds of rhythm, and in succession, like the drumming of Bonasa, with more than double that rate of rapidity, and, at the end of each succession of head bob- bings, a single choking note. The whole performance, which would seem to be for the performer's sole edifica- tion, is many times repeated, and ap- pears like this: ——, », gup, —, —,gup. But the clown in chestnut sails around the corner of things, and, almost at the same instant a Ruddy’s nest sweeps into view, over the waving grass tops. This grass is the coarse, palm-like angular-stemmed sort, that grows everywhere in the west, amid the water of the sloughs. Of this grass, the nest is made, green blades and dead being woven together into the snuggest basket that ever a Ruddy wove; all be- ing fastened to the grass tops, that waved above ten inches of water. As finally taken, some days later, the nest was heavily lined aud: decorated with down; and the nest contained 12 eggs. These were piled three-deep, one having been nest-cracked, and become imbedded at the bottom, eluding all the mother’s care, in the up-bringing, and over-turning that ever goes with incubation. The eggs were all laid, without a doubt, by the same bird. To show, in closing this already too- long-spun yarn, the constant need of verification, ones mind goes back toa nest found last June, in the Geroux Marsh. It was the nest of an Aythya, no doubt of that, but the eggs were pale green. , After six days, with exercise of most scrupulous care, the female is found at her nest, and closely scrutinized, to prove that she is what she ought to be— a Canvas-back; and, sure enough, with her round head, stubby beak, and white head feathers she is—a—Redhead. P. B. PEABopy, Hallock, Minn. Prairie Horned Lark in Illinois. ‘Life is too short to learn all about even one bird’’ says Olive Thorn Miller. This quotation may with appropriate- ness be attributed to our Illinois mem- ber of the Shore Lark family—the Prai- rie Horned Lark—for the study of this interesting little body affords a never ending source of pleasure to the enthu- siastic and observing field-student. Each time we seek him in his haunts (and he is always to be found), we may contidently expect to learn something new of this attractive bird. It is not the knowledge of well-known facts and the desire to view a repetition | that imparts to us a bouyant, elastic step when we start for an hour in the field. Is it not the delight we exper- ience in making mew discoveries—those very interesting (ttle details, usually deemed of too small a significance to be given space in our Ornithological Jour- nals. Naturally, to the Odlogist, the nest- ing habits of “Practicola” must prove of of paramount interest, but I find the two ‘ dlogies’’ so closely connected, so inseparately linked that Iam unable to separate them, and what Odlogist can long pursue his favorite theme, with- out unconciously digressing—to Orni- thélogy. E The Prairie Horned Lark is a charm- ing singer and contributes to our enjoy- ment, one of the sweetest of all bird songs. Simple and child-like as the song of the Indigo, it combines the sweet mel- low tones of the Meadowlark with the hutrying time of the House Wren; not loud and distinct as with Sturnella mag- na, but so soft and low that one must needs be quite near, and all attention, 28 THE OOLOGIST. to catch the more exquisite notes. These finer tones will compare favora- bly (in point of excellence) with the liq- uid notes of our melodious Bobolink. The song proper, like all other bird melodies is difficult of description and must be heard to be fully appreciated. ‘The male sings while perched on a clod or fence post or while on the wing. His flying song however, is a finer produc- tion and of much longer duration. | On a fine April morning of last sea- son, I was treated toa mid-air rendition from Praticola that surely would rival the pest production of the far-famed English Skylark. I was first attracted by an unusually animated song which seemed directly above me. I soon discovered a Horned Lark, with rapidly vibrating wings, cir- cling round and round, over a freshly plowed field. He seemed wholly car- ried away with power of his song as he _ mounted higher and higher, until he passed beyond my vision. I could still hear him as the climax was reached, when with almost a scream of ecstacy he fluttered back to earth, ‘‘sliding down on the scale of his own music.” He dropped to the surface utterly spent by his violent exertions and the inter- esting performance was over. I wend- ed my way homeward with an increas- ed admiration for the accomplishments af this terestial songster. The Prairie Horned Lark is a con- stant resident with us and while seem- ingly not so common in the: mid-winter months, I do not believe that any por- tion of them leave us (as some writers contend) during that time. On very cold days, they leave the pasture-Jands and meadows and seek shelter in the corn-fields, where they are found with difficulty. This propably accounts for their apparent disappearance. ° Inhabitant of field and meadow, it adds a pleasing picture to our dreary winter landscape that could not well be spared. - is chosen. ~ On atypical winter Sabbath in Feb- ruary, I am coaxed out of my winter quarters in the hopes of meeting some early arrival fromthe south. Iam pre- pared to welcome an old Crow, if noth- ing more interesting appears. Suddenly I meet a shower of Horned Larks, rolling and bounding through the air in Goldfinch-like curves. They all alight but one male—he leaving his companions, mounts into the air. Higher and higher he goes with each bound, and describing an extensive cir- cle, reaches a great altitude. Whena mere speck in the sky, his ambition seems satisfied and closing his wings, he drops like a meteor to the earth. Itis a pretty and interesting performance. Even at this early date, I feel sure they are mated, for they appear to di- vide in pairs and the notes of the male have assumed a more lover-like tone than the monotonous ‘‘preet preet’’ of a month previous. They are our earliest nest-builders— so early indeed that the female if often compelled to finish her task of incuba- tion amid the ice and snow ofa late winter storm. Two or three broods are reared each season. I have evidence of only two, but as the first brood is hatched in March and the second in June, a third brood for the season is very probable. The nests are always placed on the ground, sunken in the earth or placed at the roots of corn. ‘The first nests are usually built in meadows and pastures where a natural depression or cow-track They are composed of fine dry grasses and feathers, firmly inter- woven into a strongly made nest, able to withstand the fury of heavy March winds. In marked contrast are the nests fur- nished for the second broods. These are placed at the roots of growing corn in early June and are but small masses of weeds and grasses, so carelessly THE OOLOGIST 29 thrown together that a nest as a whole could not be lifted from the ground. It view of the rapid degeneration in the art of nest building, it would be in- teresting to note the architecture and composition of the third or fourth nests of a Season. The eggs of the Prairie Horned Lark are three or four in number—usually four. The sizes vary greatly, in a ser- ies of sets, as will be seen by the follow- ing measurements of three sets of my collecting: 64x85, 65x86, 63x81, 58x84; 62x76, 62x77, 63x76, 63x78; 69x92, 68x91, 70x91. The eggs are wholly unlike those of our other birds, and once seen will nev- er be confounded with the eggs of other species. The color may be described as green- ish-gray. The markings are tiny and so thickly sprinkled over the entire sur- face, as to wholly obscure the ground color. In some sets a wreath is found encircling the larger end, which gradu- ally shades into a darker hue. hast. noteworthy characteirstic of the species, is the frequency with which an abnormally marked egg occurs, in a series of sets. This characteristic may however, be only local, as I have never seem this feature mentioned, regarding this particular bird. The most inter- esting deviation I have yet noted ap- pears in a set, now in the collection of Mr. C. H. Morrell. An abnormal egg in this set presents so entirely a different shade of colora- tion that it does not appear to belong to the set. Isaac E. HEss, Philo, Illinois. The Summer Home of Vireo Solitarius Cassini and Other Notes. On June 9th of the past year I left camp early in the morning and follow- ed a path along a ditch through the for- est in El Dorado Co., intent upon studying the varied bird life of the Sierras. The sides of the ditch were covered with rank ferns while ‘‘moun- tain misery” grew luxuriantly at the side of the path, and I vainly sought to flush some Calaveras Warbler from her nest in such a promising spot. All of a sudden | heard a tremendous ham- mering in the woods and concluded that the workman must be a Pileated Wocdpecker. Following the sound | soon located Ceophiwus on a large dead pine, perhaps 50 feet up, and again he repeated his resounding tattoo on the dead tree and expressed his approval in a harsh, resonant cry which could be heard a long distance. A female was shot later by Mr. Beck and Mr: Nutting found a nest in adead burnt pine con- taining four young on June 18. _ Alti- tude 3,700 feet. I watched the Woodpecker’s undulat- ing flight until he disappeared, when I turned to several Warblers, principally D. nigrescens, which were flitting about among the small cedar and spruce, now and then bursting forth in a weak though sweet, song. A pair of Audu- bon’s Warbler’s were nervously thread- ing their way up through a large spruce, but finally were given up for other avain attractions which seem to succeed each other so rapidly in the- forest. Suddenly there burst upon my ear a beautiful bell-like note but ten feet away and recognizing the musician as a Cassins Vireo I knew that its handsomely-woven little nest was in a certain small black oak sapling stand- ing alone in the clearing, from whence floated the song. A few steps and there, hidden only by the light-colored leaves, swung the nest with its unsus- pecting little owner rocking to and fro in the morning breeze. She flitted off to a near-by bush and poured forth her ° full, round song with no sign of alarm, and with that perfect confidence with which some birds are imbued. The nest was at the end of a drooping branch of the black oak and only seven. 30 THE OOLOGIST.” From Photo by R. H. Beck. Cassin’s Vireo on Nest. feet from the ground. The four eggs were advanced in incubation at this date, June 9th. This was the only nest I saw of this species during the morn- ing’s stroll. The nest was composed of light grasses, shredded leaves, soft plant fibres and decorated externally with “the white outer silk of a cocoon found on the trees. It was lined with fine brown rootlets and grasses of the same -color. : I was surprised at the decrease in numbers of Cassin’s Vireo in this local- ‘ity since the summer of 1896. At that time in travelling over the wooded hill- sides there was scarcely a time when -one could not hear the song of this Vir- eo close at hand in one of the numerous small black oaks, and nests containing young were very numerous. This year I missed the familiar s ng of my little friend and only now ind then did I: come upon a pair duriug my rambles. This change was due no doubt: to the: fact that in 1896 a collection of skins -was made by several: coNectors in this the bird on. locality and the Vireos came in for their share of the sacrifice, quite a series being taken. And this year the woods missed their usual joyous song. In 1896 a number of nests were found, all with young and situated, with one — exception in the low drooping limbs of. the black-oak from three to eight feet from the ground. One nest was sus- pended from the fork of an alder tree about 12 feet from the ground, along a creek. This year on June 8th I found a nest half-built five feet up in a black oak; on June 9th a nest seven feet up ‘containing eggs advanced in incubation; June 12, one just completed placed ten feet up in a drooping black oak over- hanging a path;-on June 15th a nest six feet up just completed and ready for eggs. Onthe afternoon of June 15th while walking down the stage road I heard the note of'a Cassin’s Vireo, and glancing up into a black oak beside the road espied the nest 12 feet up, with This I collected with four fresh eggs, the nest being of the same THE OOLOGIST. 31 composition as the one described. The eggs are puie white, quite thickly dot- ted with small uniform dots of reddish- brown about the large end, and meas- ure 76x60, 77x59, 77x58 and 75x58 inches. Cassin’s Vireo is the largest and handsomest representative of its genus in the west. Its food is largely of in- sects and grubs which are found plenti- ful on the leaves of the trees and amongst the vegetation. The song is usually uttered near the nest and more often by the female while she rocks back and forth in her dainty home. The song is gladsome and fall of vivac ity, and though short, rings through the woodland most beautifully. It is sounded often when one is in the vicin- ity of the nest, in a jolly, enquiring way and cannot be satisfactorily ex- pressed in words. The nests of Cas- sin’s Vireo, so faras I have examined them, always may be identified by the white cocoons with which they are out- wardly decorated. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph taken by R. H. Beck in June, 1896, showing a Vireo on its nest, which was in a small black oak bush only three feet up. With admirable courage the bird re- mained bravely on her nest while the camera was being focused and the ex- posure made. 1 found one nest in the Sierras in 1896 which contained five young but the usual complement is four. June 14th we had a delightful walk for two miles to a burnt district, a large area which had, several years before, been swept by a forest fire, leaving only the charred trunks of the pines. On the border of this district were growths of small cedar saplings and pine, while an undergrowth of deer brush had sprung up between the burnt trees. This locality was noticeable for the numerous Woodpeckers, to whom it offered no doubt a tempting feeding . ground. Here were seen the Pileated, Cabanis’s and Red-breasted Wood- _ deposited. peckers. On the way a nest of the Red-breasted Sapsucker was found in a dead bark-stripped pine, 40 feet up, which contained young which the par- ents were feeding. The bushes were full of bird life, the sweet songs of the Thick-billed Spar- rows. Warblers and others coming to us from all sides. A pair of Green-tail- ed Towhees drew attention to their nest 14 feet up in a small bush, con- taining five young which fluttered away at ourapproach. Macgillivray’s Warb- lers were numerous, all with broods of young. Western Robins were common and a nest with three fresh eggs was taken from the top of a 12-foot cedar growing on a flat. Olive-sided Fly- catchers were calling frequently from the edge of the timber but generally kept wel!-up in the tall conifers, where their nests were safe from discovery. I was somewhat surprised, while walk- ing through a growth of small cedars to -see a dainty little nest of the California Bush-Tit hanging from a cedar limb 8 feet up. It seemed rather odd to see little Psaliriparus so far up in the mountains. The nest held seven incu- bated eggs. A short distance further I noticed the nest of some Warbler which has since satisfactorily proven to be Audubon’s. It was 43 feet up in a small cedar on a horizontal limb, next the trunk and held one egg which was partly hidden in the feathery lining and proved to be addled, the nest apparently not having been used. Evidently the mother bird had been shot after the first egg was The nest is composed of small roots, weed fibres, fine grass and _a light brownish fibre resembling horse _ hair. which are several chestnut ones of the Lined with feathers, among Plumed Quail. I left this nest several days and then took it with its one egg. Late on June 15th while waiting for _ the stage to take us out of the moun- _ tains I rambled down the road and on 32 THE OOLOGIST. to a hillside, which was grown up with manzanita and various trees. A small nest was noticed, nicely concealed in the center of a manzauita bush, seven feet from the ground, the manzanita leaves affording it protection, because of their light gray color. Soon two Black-throated Gray Warblers appeared in a tree overhead, chirping vigorously at my intrusion and claiming the nest. The eggs, four in number were advanc- ed in incubation and were preserved without blowing. The nest was placed in a crotch of the bush and composed almost entirely of soft, light grayish plant stems, with a few small strips of bark intermixed. It is lined very spar- ingly with horse-hair anda few feathers. CHESTER BARLOW. The Dickcissel or Black-throated Bunting. Aithough this bird seems to be in- creasing greatly in numbers every year, it was not until 1895 that I began’ to pay particular attention to him. A short distance up the avenue I find him sitting on a telephone wire seren- ading the fields round about him with chink, chink, chee-chee-chee, repeated over and over again at short intervals at all hours of the day. The nest is not far from where he sits singing this ditty; but he shows no alarm about your finding it. In the past three years I have found four sets of this species as follows: A set of four fresh eggs on June 11, 1895; a set of four slightly incubated eggs on June 29, 1895; a set of five fresh egos on June 18, 1896 anda set of two slightly incubated eggs on July 8, 1897. The set taken July 8 was the only one taken that year, and seems to have been rather late. Of this set I have the following description: Number of eggs, 2; incubation begun, nest, in bunch of clover 4 inches from the ground; was composed of grass and ped. weed stems, and lined with finer grasses and horse hair; depth inside, 24+ inches; inside diameter, 22 inches; outside diameter, 44 inches; height, 54 inches; eggs resemble those of the Blue- bird both in color and size and measure 13-16x5-8 and 7-8 x 11-16. inches. Spiza americana arrives in the early part of May and leaves in the latter part of August or early in September, spending the winter beyond the limits of the United States. The forepart of the head is greenish olive, hind head, neck and cheeks dark ash gray; streak over eye and mandible, lower neck and middle of the breast yellow; chin white, throat black, sides gray, abdomen white, and lesser wing coverts bright chestnut; length, 64 inches. | The female resembles the male ex- cepting the black on the throat. Its food consists of caterpillars, in- sects, and immense numbers of canker- worms early in the summer; it also eats seeds of of various grasses. GLEN M. HATHORN, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Wrapping Eggs for Packing. An old subseriber makes the follow- ing request which we trust will have a tendency to abate the ‘‘thread nuis- ance:” ‘I wish you would point out to some odlogists the mistake they make in wrapping yards of thread around the cotton in which small eggs are wrap- It does not insure the safety of the eggs at all, if anything, it adds to the chance of breakages, and it takes four times as long to unpack eggs wrapped around with two feet of thread and life is too short to waste in “unpack- ing a lot of small eggs wrapped up in _this way and one requires the patience of Job to do it.”’ THE OOLOGIST. 33 THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Publicaticn Devoted to OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H.LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the Lay ge of Birds, their Nests and Ezgs, so!icited rom all. 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In the early spring of 1879 while at- tending Sunday-school, ina New Eng- land city, I placed on the library card the numbers of some books that I de- sired to read. With the usual carefulness of the average librarian, a book was given me that of course differed in number from anything appearing on the card. Upon arriving home, and for the first time noticing the error, I was highly indignant at being given that which was considered by me as a ‘‘kid’s book,” having reached at that period of my existence the somewhat mature age of fourteen years. The title of the despised volume was “Boys at Chequasset” by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, and, as I had nothing else to particularly interest me just then, condescended to glance over the first few pages. In a very few minutes I was completely fascinated, little dream- ing that this book, reaching me appar- antly by chance was to influence my future life to an extent never at- tained by any other book. From that moment an odlogist was born. I forgot everything in a mad in- satiable desire for bird’s eggs. I won- dered how it was possible that I had struggled over the by gone years with- out possessing a collection, and [ longed with an intense yearning for the days to pass that kept me from the one thing that seemed absolutely necessary tor my very existence. At length the time came that I judged would be propitious for my enterprise, and armed with hope and tin oint- ment box filled with cotton-batten, I sallied forth, firmly resolved to con- quer, or to leave my bones to bleach at the top of some gigantic pine. Fortune invariably smiles at the beginning of every venture, and my first climb was rewarded with an egg that in beauty exceeded anything my youthful eyes had ever gazed upon. At that moment I would have indig- nantly rejected an offer to exchange it for the Koh-inoor, had anyone been sufficiently rash to suggest such a tran- saction. I packed the egg very carefully in my box, and to this day I am unable to state with any degree of certainity, of THE OOLOGIST. whether I slid, fell or flew from the tree. : However I made a bee-line for home, and hid my treasure in the barn, got out a ponderous work on natural his- tory and looked up all the birds to see if I could ascertain the exact value of my newly acquired treasure. My ef- forts in this direction not being crown- ed with success, I gotmy hat and am- bled sideways out of the house in quest of an acquaintance, who had, in my es- timation attained universal knowledge. He listened patiently and reverently to my narrative and at its close inform- ed me that I had been singularly bless- ed by the Fates, and that my oological specimen was that of the ‘‘migratory thrush.” When I eventually discover- ed that the common, ordinary, every day robin was technically designated migratory thrush, I felta lump in my throat as big as a balloon. Retribution has overtaken my boy- hood friend, he is now a college prof- essor. If there was a bird’s nest within a radius often miles from the house in which I lived, that I didn’t find that year, all I can say is that it must been ten feet under ground. Years passed as they somehow have a habit of doing and with them the school days that the average boy spends generally in wishing them gone, and the remainder of his existence in wish- ing them back again. Life began gradually to assume a more serious aspect, and, like the maj- ority of my friends and companions I entered the actual arena of the world. Then, like thousands of other boys, ~ having an enormous conception of what © constituted a man, took for my exam- ple the one of all others I should have avoided, and firmly resolved to attain the enviable position that to my poor ~ deluded mind, he occupied. I attained ~ ~ guess it actually was. it! In-a few short years, filled with as-: sorted bitter and sweet, the former ‘in' big chunks and the latter in infinite- Simal grains. I found myself in the maelstrom of a large city, ‘gone home, gone friends, gone cash, everything in fact gone, but the cheerful certainty of eventual annihilation and the craving of a tiger in my vitals for one more drink So the months faded slowly into eter- nity, and one Saturday afternoon, I mechanically bent my way to the Nat- ural History Room of the great city, stupidly fumbled up the steps and aim- lessly wandered into the edifice. At last drifting into that portion of the build- ing devoted to odlogical specimens. As I gazed wearily at the collection in an instant the thought flashed through my poor muddled brain of the previous vis- its and under what different circum- stances I thought of what I was when as a free-hearted boy I roamed. through the same structure, filled with natures treasures, more «beautiful by far than anything wrought by the hand of man, and as I compared the present with the happy past, the tears trickled down my cheeks, and I resolved to kill the demon I had myself reared and regain if possible some of my bygone happi- ness. But it is far easier to resolve than to accomplish, and the days, weeks and even months that followed, recorded ~ but a succession of unequal struggles and inglorious defeats. a7) At length one evening, while nindee the influence of liquor, as usual, I was attracted by a light in the vestry of a church that I sometimes attended, so over I went and after going in, discoy- ered that it was a sociable held under the auspices of the W. C. T. U., and that the main object of the affair was the inducing of those present to sign : the p.edge. w= “Something seemed to whisper to me that this was my last chance, and 1 Still I hesitated; finally I said to myself, picking out a THE OOLOGIST 35 young lady the farthest from me, now I'll leave it tochance. If she asks me I will sign, otherwise not. No sooner had I made this agreement with myself, than the lady wheeled round, walked straight to me, held out the pledge extended a pencil and said “sign it.’”’ I did so and a minute afterwards would have given anything to have blotted out the act. Notwithstanding all the misery, agony. and disgrace caused by the demon rum. I did not understand its power then, I do not comprehend it even now, but so it was. Suffice to say’ that although quite a number of years have passed since that eventful evening, I have never tasted a drop of liquor in any form, and I now have a pleasant home of my own, filled with books, pictures and curiosities galore. Although I have some friends and a fair position I shall never be what I might have been had not King Alcohol and IJ joined forces. “Each loss has its compensation, There is healing for every pain; But the bird with the broken pinion Never soars so high again.” Boys, profit by the lesson I have so bitterly committed to memory and re- member that should you seek forbidden paths you may not be ‘‘saved by a col- lection of eggs.” God grant you may never need it! Way. The Brunnich’s Murre as a Western New Yorker. Brunnich’s Murre (Uria lomvia) is a frequenter of the coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and eastern Arctic Oceans, moving southward in winter along the Atlantic coast of America as faras New Jersey, occasionally wan- dering inland to the more easterly of the Great Lakes. It seems to be only during the last few years that this wanderer from the North Atlantic has been observed in Western New York, but within the past few years, several individuals have been taken on the larger water-ways of this section. The writer has not observed in any of the ornithological publications of the day any mention of these occurrences, and it appeared to me that a mere men. tion of the visitations of this bird to this section might be in order, so that they might become matters of record. Mr. J. L. Davison of Lockport re- ports that two specimens were taken in Niagara River, Nov. 9, 1894, and that on Dec. 19, 1896, five specimens were taken in Niagara River. I am also rel- iably informed that at least one speci- men, and I am not certain but two, were taken during the past fall or win- ter on Lake Erie in the vicinity of Buf- falo. Irecently saw in the collection of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, two mounted specimens of Uria lomvia, which had apparently been but lately placed there and it may be that these are the specimens referred to in the above information. An individual of this species was also taken during 1897 (in the fall, I believe) on Lake Ontario in the western part of Monroe county, and came into the hands of Mr. George F. Guelf of Brock- port, in whose possession I believe the specimen is now. Our little county of Orleans has its record also. During the first half of March, 1897, a specimen in winter plumage was taken on the ice of Sandy Creek near Murray, N. Y. (seven miles inJand from Lake Ontario) and brought to Mr. F. A. Macomber of Murray for mounting. The bird was in a famished, exhausted condition, permitting itself to be taken alive by hand. Its body was considerably emaciated, and upon examination its stomach was found to be entirely empty. This bird is now in 36 THE OOLOGIST. the possession of Mr. Macomber of Murray, and on the 22nd of December last, the writer paid him a visit for the purpose of seeing the bird as well as other ‘“‘rare takes” which he has, and I felt well repaid for my walk of four miles from the Holley depot through a thickening snow storm to his home. It would prove interesting and in- structive tou learn of other records of the occurrence of Uria lomvia in West- ern New York, if other records there are, in order that we may more nearly know of just how frequent occurrence it may be here. It would scem that it is cnly during the past few years that this Guillemot has extended its wanderings into this section. It is called Thick-billed Guillemot and Arr, and Mr. L. 8S. Foster of New York, upon whom I recently had the pleasure of calling, informs me that on Long Island, the bird is commonly called “Crow Guillemot,” an epithet which can be fully appreciated when we observe the head of Brunnich’s Murre, for the form and shape of its head is very much like that of the com- mon Crow. The resemblance is marked. Nei F. Posson, Feb. 9, 1898. Medina, N. Y. Additional Notes on Road-Runner. On pages 78-9 of the OdLoGIsT, Vol. XIV, No. 8, issued in August of the past year, were published a few desul- tory remarks relative to the nidification of the Road-runner and it was with gen- uine surprise that we noted the fact that our name was subscribed thereto. Retrospection, however, has convinced us that we are indeed the culprit. If our memory is good, that paper was written six or seven years ago, and why Editor Lattin finally liberated it from its cell in the file of rejected mat- ter, we are at quite a lossto know. It was by reason, no doubt, of a dearth of superior material, yet its publication has elated us to such a degree that we now make a few additional remarks, which, provided they are accorded a like deference, will be brought to light at some'period during the first quarter of the ensuing century. Since the writing of that sketch the hieroglyphics in those sections of our note books allotted to the fleet-footed G. :californicanus have been augment- ed considerably. And furthermore in consideration of the fact that the time has come when most any old thing may, with impunity, make ug]7 faces at Nancy Hanks we doubt not it wouid be wise to substilute the name of Star Pointer or Joe Patchen in lieu of Nancy's in the sixth line of our former endeavor. So far as our information goes, the Road-runner is very generally diffused over all sections of our state with prob- ably the exception of the most northern counties, but we have never known it to exist in such amazing exuberance as it does in the most southern districts. In south Texas chaparal regions, few birds are more frequently found than the Paisano, by which appellation it is locally known, and which in English signifies, a country man. However, they are not gregarious and we have seldom if eyer seen more than half a dozen in company. : The diet of the Road-runner appears to be a vexata questio, some imputing to him the crime of cannibalism—claim- ing that small chicks and the young hopefuls of small birds are to hima favorite entre. A previous writer in the OdLoGIsT asseverates that he has personally witnessed the immolation of immature Mockingbirds upon the altar of the Road-runner’s voracity and furth- er states, but does not give his author- ity for so doing, that he is also a de- spoiler of the chicken-house. Vide, Vol. XI, No. 8, p. 265. We will accept for true his first statement because he has THE OOLOGIST. 37 had scular evidence and so declares. But are not his conclusions upon the second head based upon hearsay? Now we in no way attempt to refute his Statement touching their chicken-eating propensities, and it may be that we are not so conversant with the food habits of these birds as is the gentleman, but we have never met with a single cir- cumstance to confirm his theory. When removed from the nest at an early age, they may be partially do- mesticated and the birds that we have undertaken to ‘‘civilize’’ have never evinced any cravings for a tender pro- spective spring chicken. So we must reiterate our former statement that “the principal diet of the Roadrunner consists of snails with an occasional small reptile,’’ and will state in addit- ion that grasshoppers are devoured by them in large numbers. Even a super- ficial knowledge of the nature of their customary menu would persuade one that they are of great economical yalue to agriculture and worthy of the sedu- lous protection of man. In March of last year another and a greater vagary concerning G. califor- nianus was promulgated by a writer in the Osprey Vol. I, No. 7, (A Peculiar Hybrid) a fallacy which was exploded in the following issue of that journal when one of its editors virtually de- manded evidence positive that would substantiate the remarkable assertion. That claim was, in brief, that cases of inter-breeding between Chaparral Cocks and common hens was of fre- quent occurrence, a union resulting in a hybrid having—to use the writer's words—-“‘the general appearance of the hen, although possessing many of the peculiarities of form and disposition of its wild progenitor.” ’Tis quite need- less to add that the desired proof was never submitted. The Road-runner is but a mediocre architect at best but it seems to us that those resident in this section are more careless and inartistic in nest-building than those of the west. Simply an in- terlaced platform of small twigs with slight or no depression and might eas- ily be mistaken for that of a small Heron. Placed but a few feet from the ground io thorny chaparral—again dis- similar to the western birds (West Texan we mean) who situate their nests in trees at various altitudes ranging be- tween 5 and 20 feet. We have taken many sets of these eggs but we have yet to discover a nest containing eggs exceeding seven in number. We have observed several different notes and calls of these birds but as we have never yet. seen in print, a really intelligible spelling of bird-notes we shall not attempt to so describe them. One, however, is strangely similar to the cackle of the domestic hen, but omitting the long-drawn finis. JAMES J. CARROLL, Refugio, Texas. Bird Haunts. The owners of the land thought that the new clearing was a great improve- ment, but to me the freshly sawed logs and endless heaps of burning brush were melancholy sights, for although the Vincennes University is called my alma mater my real education was ac- quired in those Fort Knox woods. I have spent many a day tbere in shady hollow or airy tree top studying the varying aspects of nature. Leaving town in the early morning I would soon get beyond the zone of English Sparrows and reach the haunts of native birds. The first of these were the Blackbirds, gathering in swarms in the scattered trees in the open pasture and chattering noisily above the brows- ing cattle. Farther on where the meadows were swampy and almost impassible the Crows called their noisy councils in an isolated clump of gnarled water oaks 38 THE OOLOGIST. and planned forays to neighboring fields to gather their mixed stores of cutworms and seed corn. Following the railroad the lowlands were soon passed and densely wooded hills rose on one side while on the other a broad sweep of the Wabash brought the river close to the track. At this point I would leave the road and climb- ing the sloping hill, over a litter of mis- shapen, glazed bricks, the remains of old Fort Knox, where, it is said, Zach- ary Taylor once commanded, would find myself in an open field, the clear- ing of which dates back to the time of the military possession. From this point Turkey Vultures could always be seen, soaring in mag- nificent curves and rarely deigning to flap a wing, but using their broad pin- ions mainly as sails to catch the fitful currents of the upper air in a manner which I could admire but not under- stand. These birds could be seen here allthe year around, except now and then a few very cold days in mid-win- ter. I bad always thought that they avoided the excessive cold by making temporary visits to the South, but a native gave me an entirely different explanation of their disappearance say- ing, “When the cold snaps comes they jist scrooch down in holler trees an’ waits till the clouds roll by!” Another constant resident of this place was the Chewink, the little “Ground Rebin” that frequented the blackberry bushes around the field, running about on the ground and when — molested dodging among brush heaps, hiding in thickets and taking Hight with extreme reluctance. The Black-capped Chickadee, the bravest of the brave, also lived here, nesting in such cavities in the stems and branches as could be found near the ground. Once when climbing the fence of this field I was startled by a Black-cap dashing herself against my hand. She was defending her nes which was in a knot hole in one of the rails. After that when passing that spot I always paid her a visit and when the half dozen little ones were fledged and had gone out in the world to begin their relentless warfare upon tent cat- erpillars I examined the nest. The fence rail was a large one and a rough knot made it extremely thick at one point. The knothole had been pecked out and made considerably larger at the bottom in a manner which seemed to hint that the owner had received the assistance of a Downy Woodpecker in preparing her residence, or at least that she had taken lessons of one. The nest cavity was neatly lined with quail feathers, rabbit hair and fine moss mat- ved together like felt. Sometime in June I was surprised to find that the nest had been renewed and that the lit- tle cavity was again the home of a fam- ily of young Chickadees. Once when leaving the railroad I found a fine Woodcock lying dead in the ditch. It had flown against the tel- egrapb wires and broken its neck. The W oodcock’s beautiful eyes are too large for bright sunshine and it often comes to grief when flying in the daytime, but itis safe enough at night, unless dazzled by electric lights, and its migrations are conducted under cover of darkness. In the low ground between the hills I would often find the muddy banks of the little creeks and pools pierced with - countless holes, as if some idle boy had ~ been amusing himself by thrusting a switch into the ground, Sometimes I would see how these mysterious holes really were made. A Woodcock would saunter along with dainty, mincing gait, avoiding the water and stepping gingerly on the mud and every few steps probing deep into tne ooze with his long beak, occasionally getting the reward of toil in the form of a fine worm. Even when he pierced deepest in the mud his fine eyes were safe and watchful, being placed so high up in THE OOLOGIST. 39 his head. These birds did not, how- ever, confine themselves exclusively to the lowlands, for I have seen them wandering over the hills, turning over leaves and sticks in search of game. Sometimes I would find a nest on the ground, a nest constructed of a few dead leaves and a little dried grass thrown together in a slatternly hap- hazard way that suggested the Whip- poor-will, but the four, smooth, clay colored eggs with their crowded spots of dark brown betrayed the Woodcock. On emerging from the shell the young Woodcocks were covered with a yel- lowish down, striped with brown or black and were the comicalist little things imaginable. MHe'pless as _ they were they bad no thought of remaining idly in the nest but began to .toddle about, seemingly overloaded with their excessively large bills, as soon as they were hatched. Woodcocks migrate in heedless, go as you please style and I have seen some stragglers so late in the fall and others so early in the spring that I could al- most believe that a few stayed with us through the winter, though this is im- probable. Deep in the woods the little creek was overhung by a jutting bank of sandstone fringed by waving ferns and dainty maidenhair and fragrant in early springtime with the witching perfume of pink hepaticas. There was no spring on the rock, but water vozed ‘fromthe crevices and gathering in a tiny stream trickled into the brook be- low. This silvery thread of dropping water furnished a convenient bath for the Hummingbirds and I have seen them dart back and forth through it in great apparent delight and then seek conven- ient twigs on which to preen their feathers. All this is past now. The woods are cleared, the springs dried up, the rocks bare and unsightly, with no nesting place for bird and no study place for boy, but a crop will soon be planted on the available portions of the new ground. ANGUs GAINES, Vincennes, Indiana. The Nesting of the American Goldfinch in North-eastern Iowa. Two miles below Decorah, skirting the bank of the upper Iowa river, is a small grove of large trees, mostly cot- tonwoods. The ground beneath these trees is covered with maple second growth and a tangle of weeds, thistles and climbing vines. In this place I have found the American Goldfinches nesting in great numbers. Surrounded as itis by thistle-patches and covered with thistles itself, no better place for a nesting site could be imagined for Goldtinches, which are sometimes called Thistle Birds. Their numbers, undul- ating flight, and peculiar plaintive lisp- ing notes immediately attract ones at- tention. It was late in July, 1895 when I first visited this place in quest of their nests and eggs. Several nests just finished were found and one set of five badly incubated eggs was taken. On August 7th I again visited this place and was rewarded by a set of six fresh eggs from a nest in an ash tree fiye feet from the ground. On the fol- lowing dates I obtained sets of eggs from the same place: August 10th, a set of six; August 17th, a set of four; August 19th, two sets of five and a set of six. In 1896 I had no opportunity of visit- ingthis almost colony of Goldfinches, but in 1897 Lagain took many sets of five and six from this same place. The nest of the American Goldfinch isa very beautiful aud compact little domicile. Many different materials are used in their construction. Those which predominate are vegetable fibers, 40 THE OOLOGIST. spider balls, cotton from cotton-wood tree, horse hair, and last but not least, thistle down. I bave found in all the nests I have examined that the inner rim was almost always encircled by wiry brown grass, while the rest of the nest was lined entirely with thistle- down, sometimes even to the depth of an inch. The position of the nest is decided upon without much reference to con- cealment. An upright crotch is the most usual place for its situation. The distance from the ground is seldom less than five feet, and although I have ney- er found any more than ten feet high some are recorded as being as high as forty feet. Most of the nests [ have taken were in large thaistles, from five to six feet from the ground. Small maples, box alders and scrub willows seem to be next in preference. The size of the nest is usually about the same, an aver- age nest measuring three and a half inches in diameter by three and one- half inches in depth outside, and two inches in diameter by one and one- fourth inches in depth inside. The number of eggs varies from four to six. Sets of six are oftener found than those of five, while sets of four are still more uncommon. The largest egg in my collection measures .74x.51 inches; the smallest .62x.49 inches. An average specimen measures .66x.51 inches. R. W. HEGNER, Decorah, Iowa. Breeding of Wilson’s Snipe in Orleans County. Having noticed in the March OdLo- GIsT the article by Mr. Stone of Branch- port in regard to the breeding of the Wilson’s Snipe in Western New York; it may not be out of place for me to state that our little county of Orleans has two or three records of the breed- ing of this bird within its limits. This Snipe would appear to be a regular breeder, although perhaps a rare one, in this section. Without question, the greater number of the birds migrate further north to breed; but that a few pairs, at least, remain here and breed with us each season, is no longer a question of any uncertainty. There has come to my notice recently the shooting of a female Wilson’s Snipe near Murray, in this county, in whose ovary was found an egg which would have had to be deposited somewhere inside of forty-eight hours. A nest with eggs has also been found near Murray, and one or more sets have, to my knowledge, been taken from out the Barre marshes. The writer, has, during the past few months, spent considerable time in looking up rare bird-records for our little county of Orleans, and; as a re- sult, has obtained authentic accounts of the occurrence within our limits of many birds no‘ hitherto supposed to be found, as well as run across breeding- records of several species not regularly attributed to our breeding-fauna. The most of these records not having been published, I shall hope a little later to write them up for mention in THE O6LoGIsT. Our county air-fauna com- prises something like 230 species, rath- er more than less. Nei F. Posson, Medina, N. Y. [In the early ’80’s a local sportsman shot a female Wilson’s Snipe in Carlton (Orleans Co ). Upon dressing, an egg, ready for deposition, was found in ovi- duct. This specimen was presented the Editor of the O6LOGIsT.—ED. | HOAG, (Benj.) of Stsphentown. N. 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Prairie Horned Lark... 16 BIRD SKINS. = ger o - American Crow.................. E = A . dy eds ciclo) | See ee ee oe $ 35 pon 34d seteeeeeeeee a Se mtedatic a ~~ 95 | Arrowheads, % doz. asst’d$ 50 Dwarf Gowbird. 19 | Tree Sparrow......... 36 | ee *Red-winged Blackbird...... 05 Sl ate-colored Junco.. 5 30 Guiana exhibited at Tricolored Blackbird ib, Soot Wa a reectene -whi 95 World's Fatr, pkg. of 12. 25 Black-and-white Warbler. Western Meadowlark... 10 | yrortie Warbl 35 | Chines Horn Nut... ........... 10 Arizona Hooded Oriole..... 35 airs Creda nosey ee ire 33 | Beetle Nut .. 10 *Orchard Oriole... ......-.. 05 | on OEE errr eertecences "| Pkg Liver and Sea Beans, 15 Bullock’s Oriole................. 10 EL “Great-tailed Graciio. 15 SHELLS. Soot ee een = =" House Finch....................... 05 | Murex brandaris .............8 25 | Confederate State Bill ..... 10 Lark Sparrow exesei) 20D * truueulus .. . 25 |Chameleon in Alcohol ...... 25 MOORELEAL, 525. a2 tate epee ono 05 “ galeanus ..........-.--- 10] Alligator Tooth ......5, 10, 15, 25 Gray-tailed Cardinal......... 29 | Bburna Japonica...... ....... 25| Young Naturalist’s Mar- Painted Bontbig seteceeee - Ff Oliva litterata, extra......... 20 velous Collection. 95 ed- sip srene- Cypraz moneta ........ ........ 50 labelled specimens...... Sharpe's Seed-eater........... 50 Oriium gibbosum .. ... 15) Chinese Coie... ....--.- 05 Scarlet Tanager......... ...... 4 * secale.. 10 | Trap Door Spider's Nest... 50 Summer Tanager ..... -...... 25 | Nerita peleronta, select. 10 | Mexican Whistle, clay...... 10 Purple Martin........... -- 10) Prochus (Livona) pica...... 25|7var.unusedCubanStamps 25 Barn Swallow........ ---- 05) Helix fideles... .. 13] Resurrection Plant,Mex. 10 adee Warn ta Hd Bulimus Bahamaensis.. Ses 16 Bird Ree Point, . ss 25 a artula gibbB oo ce namel,ArmorialStickPin 25 White-rumped Shrike ...... ' 10 Orthalicus melanochilus . 25] Set of Souverir World’s pl a eles cr “~ _ undatum Estee 2 Fair Tickets.................. . 100 eneeeer sche Liguus fasciata...... ........... 5 Least Vireo Oe OE ee ee tet 35 Achatinella perversa £5: 10 O Wi ay bled al 50 selene jovi: emmionar-- 10| Ccicamae i aeave ie Basadephe 'Weseee i spirizona ...... 1 races ee ae | orice praca 10) Tue Naan auarteny ca Semecenrs saccees - ‘ t Pa 2 JE Mocking bird :225.).. 42.5%: 05 8 etait jade 10 | Na‘ural Science News, 52 Catbird ........ ------- 035| Chama arcinella 15| back numbers....... ...... .10 Sennet’s Thrasher... 15 Cardinm isocardia.......... 15 ; Back apa ore, ne Haird’s: Wrenle sh. 20! ellina radiata... .......... 10 | lications are a ifferent an Parkman's Wren ..... ........ 15 | Pasciolaria distans . 10 | of our selection. Oregon Chickadee............. . 85 Melongena corona........... 15 | OOLOGIST,1$92,bound cloth 1 09 California Chickadee 50 5 Mar ie ee Penikese, a — of 96, Californian Busn-tit......... 15 pages. Giving an acc’t Wood Thrush _...... 05 SEA CURIOS. of Agassiz’s summer Russet-backed Thrush 15 | Precious coral, 1 oz. pkg. 25| school at Penikese Island 50 American Robin............... - 05) Organpipe Coral ..... ......... 10 | Loncks, Prothonotary BLUSpING: ......2 se wkneeswisaces 05 | Creamy Sea Fan......... ...... 35] Warbler............ 2.0... 50 English Pheasant.............. 25 | Yellow Se. Fan.............. .. 35 | Short, Birds of W.N.Y.... 25 Sand Dollar...................... 10) Lattin’s Standard EggCat 25 xii THE OOLOGIST. FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, Albion, N. Y. Enclosed find 50 cents for which send THE OOLOGIsT one year, including one Exchange Coupon and $1.00 worth of Premiums to the following address: Pa ee er a Dc at eS Pe er er ee CCC at rey Pe ee re Per ger er Se CCC aC i ts a ee CC Sr CC CC CC Cnr a Ks Remember.—That for only 50 cents every subscriber will receive THE OOLOGIST, as issued, for one year, and in addition will receive by return mail, one exchange coupon and $1.00 worth of premiums as offered on back of this blank. Write above the ones you prefer and mark on back of this blank a few extras to be used in case we should be out of your first choice. This offer will hold good until June 1, 1898. ~- BE SURE and address all of your letters and orders plainly winded in full to FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, Orieans Co., N. Y THE OOLOGIST. xiii Jlests and Eaas of Ziorth Cimerican Birds--+-- By OLIVER DAVIE. Fifth edition; Revised, augmented and profusely illustrated, 560 pages, octavo, extra cloth. Price, prepaid to any part of United States or Canada, $2.25. We have received word from the Publishers that the long promised “‘Davie’s” is at last ready for delivery. Every ‘‘Bird Man” must have a copy. It is an absolute necessity—without a copy you are, from an Oological standpoint, as much at sea as a carpenter would be without saw or hammer. The price is $2.25 net, prepaid. No reduction, no deviation. If, however, you order a copy of us on or before June 1st and enclose 45 cents additional (to cover mailing expenses) $2.70 in all, I will send you prepaid: mmeeopy Wavie 6 “Nests and Kegs. oc cecicc. ee. Se ee wee $2 25 One copy ‘‘Penikese,’’ bound. eee Ass PI5O One copy Short’s Birds of Western New York. : 25 Ten copies of shrew ae (including one > containing colored plate).. SRS AIK din OE AO One copy Lattin’s ‘Standard Ege. Catalogue. oeeer hh lo Boge Subscription to OoLocistT, one year. Feurvb vey 5O One Exchange Notice, or Coupon good for one in n Oologist . 2 pas $5 40 The regular price for above is $5.40, but until June rst I will sone entire lot prepaid for only $2.70. No change or variation in the combi- nation. Remit in most convenient manner. Address at once, plainly and in full. FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. A COMPLETE SET OF FOREST AND STREAM AT A BARGAIN. A complete set of the ‘Forest and Stream” 47 Volumes bound, with paper sides and leather backs, and the remaiving numbers unbound. The Set is imper- fect in the following particulars, which can be corrected for a small outlay. The Backs of Volumes 1 to 6 are not an exact match for the rest. Volumes 8 and 9 are bound in one and Volumes 10 and 11 are bound in one. Volume 15 lacks the index. The entire set is offered for oniy $100 cash. An exceptional Per a for some Library, Sportsman’s Club, or private individual. Address, FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. native haunts. Live Birds studied and (es Sprel| photographed in their Ps + . Each Number a Revelation to the Bird Lover. BULL OF COSTLHY ILLUSTRATIONS. Printed on fine enamel coated paper. Volume 2, (September, ’97 to June ’98) will make the best bird-book for the Ornithologist and Oologist that can be parchased for many times One Dollar. THE APRIL OSPREY —m Ready April Ist, among the contents are AUDUBON’S STORY RETOLD, By Sara A. Hubbard, iliustrated with three portraits of Audubon, and the reproduction of an original painting now in the possession of the family. ‘The article results from the recent publica- tion of Audubon and His Journals, which was written by Audubon’s grand-daugh- ter, Miss Maria R. Audubon, and is, perhaps, the only authentic work of impor- tance on Audubon. _ OQ-JAW-AW-NE (The Bluebird), by Chief Pokagon, in the April OsPREy, is the third article by this celebrated venerable Pottowattomie Chief to have ap- peared, originally, in THe Osprey. Thetwo former articles were furnished by Chief Simon Pokagon himself; this one was purchased by Mr. William Brewster and afterwards presented to THE OsPREY by him. Part One of W. E. Louck’s LIFE HISTORY OF THE PROTHONO.- TARY WARBLER also appears in the April number, and is one of the most interesting features of the present volume, as far as the text is concerned. With Part ONE is a large map showing the distribution of the Golden Swamp Warbler. in Illinois. Accompanying Parr Two will be photographs showing nesting sites, etc. These photographs will be-selected from a large series obtained by a party sent out to secure them for THE OSPREY. A YOUNG RURROWING OWL, aremarkably fine photograph from life, taken by Mr. H. W. Nash in-Colorado, will be the cover illustration for April. THE FINEST BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE OSPREY. Have YOU some of tho finest? If so, THE OSPREY will be pleased to hear from you- For one month, if this ad. is mentioned, we will send ( with each new $1.00 subscription, beginning with April, the January, February, and March Ospreys (The offer will will positively expire after 30 days.) All ‘97 numbers are advanced in-price. ’96 numbers are out of print, The Osprey Co., 141 East 25th St., New York City. be OBPEYERY. ‘“‘THE LEADING MONTHLY FOR BIRD STUDENTS IN AMERICA.”’ You will be tempted to say something as follows: (A FEW OCTOBER, ’97 SAMPLES.) “THe Osprey.—That our American eousins are to the front in enterprise is indisputable. They led the way in gen- eral literatuae with such beautifully got up magazines as Scribner's Monthly and the Century, now they are ‘shew- ing us the way,’ with a natural history magazine, which for paper and print- ing surpasses anything done in Eng- land. Not but what we can do it if the public will only supportus. But unfor- tunately natural history is not sutffi- ciently popular in England to make a really got up magazine pay its expens- es, else we would ourselves produce one quite as good as this beautifully printed and illustrated American mag- azine for ornithologists."—The Natur- alist’s Chronicle, London. “Recent numbers of THE OSPREY are remarkable for the interesting illustra- tions found in them.-/’orest and Stream. “T am much impressed by the beauty of the photographs which you repro- duced.”—Dr. Geo. Bird Grinnell, editor Forest and Strean, New York. “T can’t call to mind words to express the praise due THE OspReEY—and you in giving it to us.’’—Benjamin Hoag, Stephentown, N. Y. ‘‘THE OSPREY now has subscribers in every State in the Union and Canada; a few in England, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Australia and Costa Rica. Its list of public libraries is constantly growing; it already has some. such as the Carnegie library of Pittsburg; De- partment of Agricultural library of Washington; Sacramento Free library of Sacramento, Cal. ete. Articles by the best known popular science writers in America are being secured for the coming year. Many college professors and competent critics pronounce it the best monthly magazine published for the studeut of birds; and itis finding a place in the cultured homes all over America. where there is a love of na- Space reemuaraat, Regtalet Galesburg, “Just the other day I was looking over the file of Volnme [ and realized what you are giving the public for $1. —C. T. Barlow, Santa Clara, Cal. “Tt is the most valuable piece of or- nithological literature in my library. I am sure that I will never be without your paper as long as it lasts. It is not only a luxury but a necessity.’’—T. L. 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The illustra- tions are alone worth the amount of subscription. * * * What ornithol- ogists can agord to be without it.”— James Savage, Bugalo, N. Y. “One of the prettiest and most prac- tical ornithological journals America has yet-seen. It has deserved success.” —Bulletin Mich. Ornithological Club. “Tue Osprey is our favorite here in Detroit.’”,-—W. F. Warren, Detroit, Mich. “Tam so well satisfied with THE Os- PREY that I must remit a year’s sub- scription. It is without doubt one of the best monthlies of its kind.”—Wm. Blake, Ross, Herefordshire, England. Every Ornithologist or Oologist, not a subscriber, should not fail to send $1.00 subscription, or at least 10c for a sample. THE OSPEY CoO., 141 East 25th St., New York City. xvi Faster THE OOLOGIST. ‘Snaps.”’ During the month of April (no later) I offer the following Specimens, Publi- cations, &e.at about ONE-HALF their value and at prices which are projitless to my- self. I make this offer in order to induce the patronage of collectors not already dealing with me and in order to impress upon them that both my material and prices are R1GHT for I handle a full line of specimens and supplies in all of the various departments of the Natural Sciences and if there is anything you need write me and get my prices before purchasing elsewhere. jent manner and address plainly, Remit in most conven- ERNEST H. SHORT, ALBION, ORLEANS CO., N. Y. [At prices quoted below the articles offered are by Freight or Express at pur- éBesons expense. MOUNTED BIRDS, &c. Baltimore Oriole..... afcieicica aueraye tars AnOnORe 7) Red-faced Orange Oriole............ sosecvce a 10 Nuttall’s Woodpecker....e.... covcessvesee 1 10 Rusty Blackbird.... ..... SAC Aossnaccooses... Gh) California W-oodpecker.........scseecessee. 1 10 BROW ORAS CT: «is. «ielo/aluislwarelae stelepetsy ciate stelenalate ts 70 Screech Owl.. BBRESE COG OOCOC Oca UNae oben 1 70 Me young. BOGOD Gono aoe Siete wibiels) tntele 110 Yellow Warbler. siateeters ais aiars aera store 70 Black-throated Gri een ‘Warbler.. SaGocad te) Purple Grakle.. 1 05 Great Northern Shrike, “killing 1 “Magnolia \VEWS OGY es apamoacmaacoonno Sto ath otooncne 6 1 70 ee ZPLTBES LLIN LTE s: wis voles a cictnalaystnraiet tapateinisl< tclwin's\etenemnamce) Spotted Sandpiper. BORGO arco Gd uauce ano cin08 8 Purple Sandpiper.......s..e.. epee cuiciasveleioes 90 American Woodcock, yOUNg....+-.+.+.+ sees 1 25 w in down.. Bia eens eo American Sparrow Hawk, young.. Sains Rodeo ih i2) af RUAIOKOW a AMG nomenon ata 1 15 SSAVEVEIO OWI 5:5 « «sisjecvm eeesbiia ele eee nicentainiata ~ 2 20 Califorbia Par prides Sectripaiewiate mite tacisinetecarene iat 1 10 Marsh Hawk . yi) Old Squaw.. . 210 Plicker....... et O RESIN OWI CLV eas s sac o's n\n cra cia Phatere rane TeR ave ciatane sr sreiemteiate 1 10 Grey Squirrel eating nut................... 1 40 Alligator, SeamiioqaranccccrSsacee aavecc orm isp) AG LL. sicpyeanonee ctebeta geen tacemsre reels i a. 475 Sa@whsh VOUS, 261M Siwcecmceesc essen seeeenol MOWVCUMESIAN ZO) TM... wacalsate: dplegase ses ow etai eretaieretee a RLU EGGS. OS UTR Caos Ni gee hakenggenn. aat FOR EXCHANGE.—Telegraph outfit. Bat- tery, sounder and key, nearly new, for good camera or offers in Gray’s Manual or Davle’s “Nests and Eggs.” C. H. SLEIGHT, Union WANTED.—-Rare and odd built birds nests. Write me what you have to offer and lowest cash price. J. E. GROSJEAN, Lima. Ohio. FOR SALE.—The WNidiologist, complete, in fine condition. Volumes 1. 2and3 bound with klip file and binder, $8. MILTON C. HOWE. Monson, Mass. FOR EXCHANGE.—Vol. I Watural Science News and first six vols. OOLOGIST lacking eight numbers. Wanted: sets, skins or photograhs of birds andeggs. F. B. MCKECHANIE,66 Bird St., Dorchester, Mass. . TO EXCHANG(U.—1 old relic muzzle loading cap fire pistol. 125 years old at least, Allen pat- ent, for best offer in egg sets with data. R. WALLACE, 940 No. 27 Ave., Omaha, Neb. COINS.—I wtll send 10 foreign coins, all dif- ferent, in good condition for 25c. JOHN R. PHILLIPS, 344 E. Court St., Jacksonville, Il. EXCHANGE:--Fine Field Glasses and car- rying case, pair pearl Opera Glasses and case, Silver Watch and Rolled Gold Chain, old Pa- per Money, Stamps and Albums, hundreds of Novels, Story Papers, etc., to exchange for fine Indian Relics, such as Pipes, Arrows, etc., also old coins and eggs wanted. Enclose stamp. R. D. HAY, Winston, N. C. A2t FOR EXCHANGE.—Skins of 343, 337, 360, 368, 390, 507, 608, 619, 131. Also some good sets for mounted birds. Wants first-class skins of Quail, Grouse and Pheasants. Could use Bicycle. A. I. JOHNSON, Taxidermist, 620 East Grand Ave., Des Moines, Ia. a2t FOR SALE.—3850 1st class sets, full data, at about 44 catalogue rates. Have to dispose of them. White for list. S. B. CRAYTON, Town- ville, Anderson Co., S. C. WANTED.—Sets with nests. Will exchange singles of Osprey, Nighthawk, Stormy Petrel, or steel engraving of Audobon for each set. W. P. YOUNG, Jamaica Plain, Mass. WANTED.—Volumes 4, 5, 6 and 7 of OOLO- GIsT unbound. Will give in exchange fine sets with full data. P. D. GETTY, 301, N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. FOR EXCHANGE: —3-4 2-5581, 3-3 563. 3-4 687, 2-4 2-3 652, 1543529, 1-4 466, 1-4456, 1-4 507, 54 704, 3-3 2-4 498, 1-4 756, 3-4 761, 1-4488. Eggs all A 1 with data, for eggs of other localities, with fulldata. All letters answered. M. J. CON- WAY, 584 6th Ave., Lansingburg, Rens. Co., iN, OW: ie CHEAP STAMPS.—4 var. Argentine, 5c; 5, Cuba, 5c; 15, Holland, 10c; 17, Italy, 10c; 5. Mex- ico, 5c; 7, Salvador, 10c; 11, U. ©., 5¢. List of sets, &c. free. 17 var. western bird skins, $1, postpaid. F.T. CORLESS, Logan, Ore. M4t WANTED.—AI sets and skins from Birds of this locality for same of other locality. My specimens will be nearly all of the perching birds and of this year’s collecting. Corres: pondence desired. Send list of what you have for, and what you want in exchange and I will send my list to you. ROBERT KNETSCH, Terra Cotta, McHenry Co., Ill. WANTED.—To exchange first class Southern California eggs for egg drills, embryo hooks, scissors, forceps and data blanks. BURNELL FRANKLIN, Pasadena, California. : BARRED OWL 1-2 75ce, 1-3 $1.20; Great Horn- ed Owl 1-2 75c; Whippoorwill 1-2 $1.25; Red- tailed Hawk 1-2 35¢; Woodcock 1-3 $1.20. Many ounes bargains. C. B. VANDERCOCK, Odin, Ss. FOR SALE.—Price per egg: 75 2-1, 12c; 117 5-1, 11¢; 195 1-4, 10c; 202 1-4, 5c; 220 1-4, 6c; 269 7-4, 6c; 493 5-4, 3c. Will exchange 117, 269, 493 for desirable sets. D. WILBY, Weston, Ont. EXCHANGE.—First class foreign stamps for minerals, shells and sea curiosities. Only A 1specimens wanted. CHARLES S. CHHYV- RIER, Trenton, New Jersey. WANTED.—One set each, Am. Woodcock, Loon, Pigeon Guillemot, Am. Magpie, Gannot, Ibises, Whippoorwill, Chuckwillswidow, Wil- let. Prairie Hen and Florida Crow. Can offer sets. W. A. MEAD, Carmel, N. Y. WANTED.—Eggs and Skins of Waders and Warblers with complete data. Will give good exchange in other eggs and skins. Corres- pondence solicited. ADIN BURDICK, Lake City, Minn. BIRD SKINS from this section of Georgia, to exchange for those found north and west— west of Mississippi river preferred.’ Nothing for sale) ROBT: WINDEOR SMITH, Kirk- wood, Ga. M2t: WANTED sets of eggs in exchange or for cash. Can offer rare sets Ducks, Hawks, Owls, Warblers. Want Eagles, Poorwills, Warblers, Sparrows and commoner Kinds. E. ARNOLD, Battle Creek, Mich. WANTED,—Sets of the Zinncolae for 518 5-4, 446 1-4 1-5, 505a n-3 etc. Will sell choice sets and singles cheap for cash. HARRY DUNN, Fullerton, Orange Co., Calif. TO EXCHANGE.—First class sets of Nos. 194, 273, 873b. 375, 325, 365, 385, 443, 487, 552a, 703, 420a, 289b, with datas: “All letters answered. GEORGE W. LOWRY, Abilene, Tex. M2t FOR EXCHANGE.—What have you to ex- change for mounted Mule Deer, also Virginia Deer.” Also some nice Deer Heads, one in the velvet. One eight-legged pig with one head; a genuine freak. A.I. JOHNSON, Taxidermist, 620 Hast Grand Ave., Des Moines, Ia. m2t I HAVE Whippoorwill eggs and other eggs. Cheaper for cash than you ever did buy, or will exchange for a fine watch. Send stamp for list of many good things you will want. “Every one who answers this advertisement ana sends stamp for list I will send a present. I mean to sell cheap. G. W. ROBINETTE, Flag Pond. Va., U.S. A. (Reference Merchants Ba nk).m2 THE OOLOGIST. FOR SALE.—My entire collection of sets, all first claSs'with data, for best offer. 56 varieties including 1. 289. 337, 368, 375, 417 &c ,.or will ex- change for Coues Key, Goss’ Birds of Kansas, Ridgeway’s Manual and part cash or any good books. Listfor stamp. H. S. SOWERS, St, Francisville, Clark Co., Mo. FOR EXCHANGE or SALE at very low ‘rates the following species in fine sets with data: 40, 165, 179. 2U1. 307, 235, 248, 288, 293a, 301, 302, 811, 313. 318, 319 826, 827. 329, 335, 339a, 348, 351, 54a. 359.1, 362. 389. 383, 410, 419, 421, 482, 489, 487, 512. 554, £94, 602, 666, 706. 707, 708, 786, 754, 729a. THOMAS H. JACKSON, 343 HE. Biddle St., West Chester, Pa. LOOK.—The following for exchange or pre- paid at prices quoted. Giant Purple Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) Test 30c, a few with spines; Small Urchins, spines (excel- lent) 25c, same, Test, 1(c: Starfish ISOLD my Eagle through the adv. Adver- tising in the OoLOGIST pays. F.W. COLLINS, Garden City, Kans. » 46 THE OOLOGIST. THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the student of Birds, their Nests and Ezgs, solicited from all. 2 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: . Single subscription...........++«..50¢ per annum Sample copies....... seecvcccecovcceccessodc CACh The above rates include payment of postage. Each subscriber is given a card good for a Want, Exchange or For Sale Notice. (This card is redeemable at any time within one year from date thereon.) Subscriptions can begin with any number. Back numbers of the OoLoaisr can be furnished at reasonable rates. Send stamp for descrip- tions and prices. (==-Remember that the publisher must be noti- fied by letter when a subscriber wishes his paper Stopped, and all arrearages must be paid. ADVERTISING RATES: 5 cents per nonpareil line each insertion. 12 lines in every inch. Seven inches in a col- umn, and two columns to the page. _ Nothing inserted for less than 25 cents. No “special rates,” 5 cents per line is ‘‘net,” ‘rock bottom,” ‘‘inside,” ‘‘spot cash” rate from which there is no deviation and no commission to agents. If you wish to use 6 limes or less space it will cost you 25 cents; 100 lines, $5.00; 1000 lines, $50.00. “Trade”. (other than cash) advertise- ments Will be accepted by special arrangement only and at ratesfrom double to five times cash rates. DueBills and Cards payable in aavertis- ing will be honored only at regular rates in force at the date of issuance of said bill or card. Remittances should be made by Draft, Express or Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Postal Note. Unused U.S. Postage Stamps of any denomination will be accepted for Sums un- der one dallar. Make Money Orders and Drafts payable and address all subscriptions and com- munications to FRANK H. LATTIN, Aibion, Orleans Co., N. Y. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT ALBION, N, Y., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. EEE Raptores in Elgin Co., Ontario. In dealing with this subject I shall endeavor to give afew interesting notes on these birds, especially on their breeding habits in this locality as far as my observations have extended. Along the northern shore of Lake Erie, the Bald Eagle is perhaps one of the best known ‘‘Birds of Prey,” both on account of his great size, and the liking he has for fish, which he obtains either direct from the pond-nets or picks up along the shore where they have drifted. Between the Eagle and the Great Blue Heron, the fishermen lose quite a number of fish. It was my good fortune to hear of a nest of this bird, early in March. Ac- cordingly on Good Friday we started out, for the situation—-Port Stanley— about twenty miles away. Arriving there we found that there was a climb before us. The nest was situated in a large red oak in the corner of a field, with woods on both sides of it. About a mile west you could see the docks putting out into the Lake, at the Port, while half that distance to the south of us the water was breaking on the cliffs. The tree itself was six feet in diam- eter at the base, and tapered down 1o three and a half at the first limb which was seventy feet from the ground. The nest was situated 35 feet above that, on an upright branch out to one side of the tree. The bark was fast to the tree although it was partly dead, and as I afterward found outso hard that it was only with the greatest diffi- culty that I could drive the spurs of the climbers into it. After a laborious climb I succeeded in reaching the nest —but then! there lay two beautiful fresh eggs—my reward. The nest was three feet deep by three and a half wide on top and tapering to where it was placed in a crotch, built of large sticks and quite hollow in the centre, where a neat nest of straw had been built on which the eggs rested. Having care- fully lowered these to the ground, I commenced the descent, feeling well repaid for the climb. The eggs were almost white with slight bluish tinge and measure 2.04x2.70 and 2.06x2.74 re- spectively. We learned from Mr. Himdley, on whose farm the nest was, that a pair of Eagles had nested on his place, every year for upwards of 50 years, during which time the nest had been blo yn THE OOLOGIST. 47 down four times. The first nest was built ina chestnut, the second in a white oak, this nest was 100 feet up, Mr. H. taking a pair of young birds by felling a tree against the one contain- ing the nest. The third nest was in an- other chestnut. Fifteen years ago the Eagles first built in the present red oak on the central limb, where it remained for eleven or twelve years, when it, too, was blown down, and they built the present nest. Some years ago one of old ones was shot. The other sailed away, returning next day witha mate. While building the nest the Eagles would fly along and seize a dead limb in their claws, thus breaking it off. The male does not allow any Eagle to rest near his domain and drives him away by a series of attacks. This led to the capture of two Eagles under pe- culiar circumstances. A farmer west of Port Stanley, while walking along the shore, came upon two Eagles with their feet bound fast in the long grass. They had been fighting with the result that they were both captured alive. One of our commonest Hawks is the Red-shouldered (Buteo lineatus). This large Hawk may be seen sailing in graceful circles, high above the trees, most any fine day. It is one of the ‘“‘Hen Hawks’ of tha farmer, and often faces a victim to his vengeance on a charge of chicken stealing, a charge which he is seldom, if ever, guilty of, his food consisting almost entirely of mice and snakes among which it cro- ates great havoc. This Hawk builds its nest in beech trees almost without exception. I have taken several sets of eggs varying greatly in markings. The t set was ot three taken Apr. 28, 1896, with distinct blotches of brown on two of the eggs, the third being scarcely marked. Another set taken on the second of the next March, were also well marked and were perfectly fresh. May 24, 1897, I took a set of five high- ly incubated from a nest 60 feet up in a maple. This is the only set, so far, that I have taken from any tree, ex- cept beech. Some of the eggs are heavily marked, the small ends of two of them being almost uniform brown. Another set of four on the 28th of the Same month had two eggs without a distinct blotch, the other two are only slightly incubated. But for Red-should- ereds a set of four taken on the 12th of last April surpasses them all. They are nearly uniform in size, 1.73x2.13 and of a very light background heavily blotched with dark brown. The sur- faces of two of them seeming tobe half brown, so thickly are they marked. The last set taken April 80th contained four highly incubated eggs, four of which are heavily marked, the fifth having no distinct markings. The Red-tail (Buteo borealis) is an- other large Hawk which seems to be quite plentiful. Its favorite position is setting on a dead tree in the edge of the woods or in a field, watching for mice, which form a large part of their diet. The nest is built of sticks and bark, is of a large size and placed in any large tree, generally in an elm.or_ beech. The eggs, two or three in number, have a whitish background with markings of brown and lilac. A set of two taken April 23, 1897, measure 1.72x2 35 and 1.80x2.40 respectively. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipter cooper). This destructive Hawk is well: repre- sented in numbers, and many are the geese, chickens and small rodents that fall a victim to his dexterity. A set taken May 7, 1897, contains four blueish eggs; one of them being blotched with lilac on smaller end. I have also found Swainson’s Broad- winged and American Sparrow Hawk breeding here, while I shot a female American Rough-Jeg while collecting Hawk’s eggs in April. The American Osprey occurs aloug the Lake shore, and in fall and spring 48 THE OOLOGIST. the Pigeon and Goshawks are some- times seen, the former quite often. There are also two or three others that are here in fall and winter, which I have not as yet bal a chance to indentify. The Owls are represented by the fol- lowing: Gt. Horned (Budo virginian- us), Am. Long-eared Owl (Asio wilson- tanus), Screech Owl and Short-eared Owl. The first three I have found breeding. The Gt. Horned is quite common in all the larger blocks of woods, one nest found April 28, 1898, contained two young about one-third grown. On the edge of the nest were part of four large rats. The Owls had taken possession of an oid Red-tail’s nest which was situated in a maple 70 feet up. I was surprised to find a nest of Bubo in such an open place, as you could see right through the woods, and it did not contain a single evergreen. On May 4th while botanizing in the edge of a large swamp,'I discovered a full-grown young Bubo sitting in a sec- ond growth maple. A little search found the other young one in a hollow pine stub. At the foot of the stub were the remains of some previous feasts —the hind quarters of a ‘‘Cotton tail,” the feathers of a Crow. The old ones came quite near in their anxiety for their young. I have found three nests of Asio wilsonianus this year. The first nest April 25th contained three young and two eggs. The second nest found same day, four fresh eggs. The third nest May 9th contained five fresh eggs. In every case they had taken posses- sion of old Crow’s nests, in second _ growth pines. The Short-eared Owl is often seen jn the fall, generally in pairs _when disturbed circling around in their peculiar flight. The Snowy Owl (Wyc- tea nyctea) is often shot along the shore of Lake Erie during the winter, and I have record of one being caught in a steel trap in June, while extracting young chickens froma coop. He had been Visiting the coop night after night. R. T. ANDERSON, Aylmer West, Ontario. A Correction. Mr. W. Lindsay Foxball in the Feb- ruary issue of the OdLoGIST, page 27, states that the Chickadee, Parus at- ricaptllus, is a common resident of Edgeconibe County, N. C., which is in the eastern part of the state. 1 wantto ask if this is not a mistake, for this bird is considered a rare and irregular win- ter resident in this locality; and while I am aware that it breeds in the moun tains of North Carolina, I have never seen the breeding range given so as to include the eastern part of the state. I presume he refers to the Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis), a very similar bird. Hoping you will coriect this error if it should be one, I remain, J. HARVEY RILEY. et Eggs of Greater Yellow-legs. — On April 27th, a female Greater Yel- low-legs (locally called Tell-tale or Prai- rie Turkey), was shot-neai this village.- It was observed that she was quite plump and a slight pressure brought to. light a peifect and finely marked egg. The ground color is light grey, prof- usely marked over the entire surface with dots and heavy blotches of deep. lavender and dark brown. The egg measures 1.30x1.67 inches and is somewhat similar in shape to the egg of our Bartramian Sandpiper. The larger and heavier splashes of rich brown, add a pleasing color and serve to readily distinguish the, egg, from those of our resident San pipers. Question:—Did this bird intend to nest in this vicinity? Does the species ever nest so far south as this, the 40th parallel ? Tsaac E. HEss, Philo, Ills. . THE OOLOGIST Vv ALL ROADS ARE ALIKE TO A MONARCH. | Perfection is the result of our long experience. MONARCH AND DEFIANCE BICYCLES are the product of mechanical ingenuity. $40.00 $50.00 $60.00 Monarch Chainless $100.00 Send for {898 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. MONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO., Lake, Halsted and Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches—New York; London and Hamburg. Send ten 2-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards illustrating Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper, Lee Richardson, and Walter Jones. [ae ALL MY OFFERS, subscription, pre- mium or otherwise, as made in April OOLOGIST, will be extended or hold good until July 15,1898. “LATTIN.” vi be Achatina variegata THE OOLOGIST. ' AINE SHELLS: Acmea JOP IAE eae ees ceo opeemeee ae eee ress woueae WELSON A: f2ib ee eee Achatinella Olivacea..... SS spirazona a Perversa....-..-..- ie unidentata 3 a UNI plies tai 2 eee 05 ie TA Sais be ees wee ee 10 Ampullaria Hopetonensis.__............ ... 05 Astratium longispina............ 30 Astarte sulcata......... 10 Aspergillum radix 75 IAT. 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Bes Ra eee Eburna areola Wngina mMendecaria.....---.. 22.2 2snbep tne tee Fasciolaria distans ye tulipa.... ........ ud trapezium Fissurella cancellata.. Fulgur perversa.......... Haliotis lammellosa... “ rufescens..... Bee Sea me Harpa ventricosa.....-......-..--- HEL V1 Se TVG VV OT DLS eee ee eae eee ES laictear-. <2 iy terrestris._...... = pyramidata fs thyroides... Hemicardium unedo. Hiponyx conica Hippopus maculatus... Hyalea tridentata....... is See es Ianthina communis........-........2... -.-1. be Io spinosa. iis. 3.12 ee eee Latirus craticulatus........-... -.-...- s Leptothyra rubrilineata Lignus fasciatus Lima squamosa...... --- Littorina ZOD B..c.251 ee eS ee COMPreSsa..........--.2..-.---. ah Fi eas Lottia gigantia......... ines Macoma secta Marginella apicina... Melo diadema....-......... --.----.. -- Melongena cCorona...........---. ---.---- Mitra episcopalis Murex martinianus * endiva i axes Y trunculus 5 rufus BH salleanus Mya arenaria........ -.......- Nanina citrina MN Humphrey siana...........-.. Nassa reticulata "5 eoronata. ... Bi areularia........... Natica maculata eS guillimini pe mama, fe ee ee Nautilus pompilius......... 2 Nerita peleronta....... Ee tessellata........ Neritina communis.. oP virginea THE OOLOGIST. Vii Oliva reticulata... 2e2....0-- ece--. |. £.-. 05 40.20 PeDOL DN VT CRs ne Me an ase eter accdas-e) .--.> “UD Ge evry VHT OSGOMMEE occ c-cckes wakes closure a. .* 2 Pie CDISCOPALI SIMs pt =p ccennct Geecoseeerancapsus sets =. 20 Orthalicus undata...... .... 2 EA eee at fasciatus 20 ROME EATEANO VULIN..ea hace oe nesccke erdere acre sacte 2D Pachydesma crassateloides............ .2.2...2.... 40 PAVE DUNCUY ALAR cc rare. stock benac coe cock saccee ats 10 Fe COMUILCR ret ceed act wo tare las Soot a = EUG CAT. 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Bae esac. = PeeTeatdON 12-265. cateh fish to supply the craft and as it was we had to run back for more supplies in four days although we thought we had enough to last a week when we started. Eat! Did you say? There was never anything like it, and I defy anyone to cite a parallel instance. When we pulled into port we made extra provis- ion also for the care of specimens, as the confined quarters made it rather close swork to cook meals and skin birds, ete., in one little cabin and there was not room to house the specimens, especially the skins. Then one of the boys was a conchologist and collected hundreds of shells. So we added a lot of dry goods boxes which we placed on deck. But things were just as clut- tered up inside of two days as ever. It was not a fashionable quarter you may be sure, but we kept the nigs sernbbing and things in fair shape and as long as the arsenic did not get in the pancake batter it was O. K., no matter if some little alligators and a lot of hermit crabs were crawling about the floor and we were a dirty crowd. We were in perfect health and spirits and en- joyed life and the outing amazingly. When at last, after eleven days of vagabondizing we returned to partial civilization we had secured over 200 skins and nearly 3,000 eggs. We had noted 86 spectes of birds and found 32 species nesting. I took very few of the eggs as my share as they were mostly unaccompanied with proper data. In conclusion I wish to say a word in regard to this form of collecting. It is’ to be deplored that more attention is not given to careful notes and less at- tention to the greedy gathering of spec: imens. Many coltectors look to the amassing of a collection rather than to the true-blue worth of the studious and thoughtful ornithologist. THE OOLOGIST. 63 Am sorry there is not space to de- scribe the trip and specimens more elaborately, but it is not compatible, so I have given this form of description to our little trip feeling that many will be interested in a yacht trip for specimens in Florida. PICUs. An Imitation that Imitates. THE REDSTART READILY STARTLED. {Patent applied for. All rights reserved, ] One of the things which an ornithol- ogist often desires to do and which proves as difficult as anything he may attempt, is to reproduce, with any de- gree of similarity at all to the original sounds, the songs of our feathered friends. Nothing puzzles ornithologi- eal writers more than to coin such wordings and phrasings and arrange such intonations and accentations as shall serve to represent and describe somewhere nearly, the songs of the birds they may be treating. It is difficult business as all wiil agree but the writer desires to state that in so far as the song of the American Red- start (Setophoga ruticilla) is concerned, he has secured a corner on the market and is prepared to furnish on short no- tice, Redstart songs of his own manu- facture at so much per song. Said manufactured Redstart songs are guar- anteed to be as good as the-original and in no wise distinguishable from the real thing; in fact I may add that so perfect is:my reproduction that I have actually deceived, many times, the Redstarts themselves. While, as I say, this invention of mine is patented and all rights to it are vested in myself only, the editor of the OémoaGisT has finally, after much nego- tiating, prevailed upon me to lease to him (at an exorbitant price) the right to tell ‘‘the boys” about it through his paper. So listen! Take two of the small roofing tins commonly used by roofers in attaching felt or paper roofing. Place them with their concave surfaces together and putting them thus in your mouth between-your teeth and lips, tin- whistle fashion, blow through the cen- tral hole alternately with an inhaling andjexhaling breath, beginning with an inhaling whistle and ending with an ex- halation,—four of each. Blow gently, not loud-ly. This I have found to be a remarkably exact imitation of the Redstart’s song, so much so that on a recent occasion, by repeating it at intervals, Iled a fe- male Redstart clear through a sizable piece of woodland, she answering all the time; and then returning, I made her follow me all the way back through the woods again. Tryit. If you are not convinced and if you do not find it an entirely correct representation of the song, your money will be refunded. NEIL F. Posson, Medina, N. Y. Two-Storied Nest of Phebe. May 6, 1888, I found a nest of Phebe under the overhanging bank of acreek, which contained three eggs of the Pheebe and two of Cowbird. 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I first came out here in February the Dipper could be seen at every open place along the streams, but as soon as the ice had all broken up, by the first of March, the birds began to pair off and commence looking out for suitable nesting sites. On April 18th I found my first nest, only a few pieces of mud and moss on a. ledge of rock, three feet over a regular torrent rushing around the corner The old nest was about twenty feet to the left of the new one much higherup. On the 14th the foundation was completed and the walls and roof were entirely finished on the night ot the 17th. The 18th the lining was begun and not finished until the 23rd, when nothing was done to the nest until the first egg was laid on the © 29th. When at work on the nest the male always kept watch, the female flving about a hundred feet for ma- terial. I never saw the male assist in any way whatever. On the morning of May 38rd I collected the set of five eggs and nest, the birds being nowhere in sight. The nest was composed of mud and moss, lined with dry pine needles, grass, and the eggs resting on a bed of. dry oak leaves. The nest measures 18 inches long, 9 high and six and a half in width, the roof being over an inch in thickness, In the afternoon of the 3rd while walking further up the canon I found another nest almost inaccessible, being 9 feet over the water on a ledge. The stream was about 12 feet wide and six deep and a huge rock rose seven feet out of the water right opposite the nest, and about nine feet fromit. I felled apine tree near by and rested one end on the boulder and the other on the ledge, a few inches from the nest, and by careful balancing secured the set of five all right. Both sets were perfectly fresh, and measured as_ fol- lows. Set I, 97x.68. .97x.69, .98x.70, .96x.68, .96x.68. Set II, 1.00x.74, 1.00x- "71, 1.02x.76, 1.00x.75, .98x 70. WALTON |. MrrcHELL, Porvenir, New Mexico. THE OOLOGIST Vv Zlests and Egas of Zorth American Birds+-++ By OLIVER DAVIE. 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SH eae 35 *Can furnish, in sets. grt So ea ee Ay Pens een select See = men Gall A Ete: er Russet-backed Thrushb...... 15} Acorn Barnacles...... ...-.---. 10 *Least Tern........... f 19 | American Robin............... . 05| Keyhole Urchin......../.:... - 2% OS ee 35 | Bluebird...... -...-. ------++----++ 05 | Lucky Tooth of-Cod ......... 10 Paar es ee ie > | English Pheasant............... 25] Hermit Crab in Shell-.:...... © 35 Green Heron...... .. ----------» 12 | Bystish S 05| “Eye S pe 0 Florida Gallinule............... 10 | Oe Ph cle Neha cai oo}. aes CONES”? ..2202¥--eeen---2-+: 05% European Co0t......... --------- 20 Garter easant......... Seeeeeeee 35 MINERALS, &c. American 0000 ........ --.-.---- 10| Hammerhead Shark ........ 15 | Chiastolite Crystals........... B 15 LapPWing ---.-.------0- ener eeoeo is | *Red-leg Turtle.........-.------ 15 | Coquina......-.-..: » =, Calif. Partridge Poctnes Saat - .]d «Snapping Turtle. ges iB “Blectric” stone.......-....--. aries Gray Ruffed Grouse... -..... GL aaOkdaWwtes 2. ~ 49 | Chaleedony Geodes select. 50 Col: Sharp-tailed Grouse... og Rey eR RS DSS seh 10| GEM STONES, small cut and - attra DOW <2 ---ori-% By | Masigle ssiee. ei 2sacge elt 10 | Polished semi-precious stones, be cane oy gt a ~~ 50) issel Thrush .0-. 0. 19 | Many suitable for mounting: Swainson’s Haw: Hawk. P 35 Song Thrush............ i Caan 10 Sard: Trilby heart -intag- gnerican Sparrow, awk. 35 | English Blackbird... 10 | 2 OCS. scinsrssn Pea Micaie 233 8 15 Screech OWL...» BO] TEE er Wwhite-th't Warbler 10 | Opals. Mexican.......15, 25, 35, 09 Burrowing OWL... +--+ j Garden Warbler 10 Wed On yaersteesenno- ceattevecees- 15 Yellow-billed Cuckoo........ 10) Poed Bunting... Lat... 10 [Black Omg ees celia. 15 Hairy Woodpecker............ 3 | Green Sr at 19 | Crocidolite, Tiger-eye,..10, 15, 25 Gardiner’s Woodpecker ... 35 | Willow Warble 10| Lapis Lazuli. .....n.-- 35 Pileated oe on gerne ws-0e - 100) Gommon Bunting 10 | Chalcedony, 3 var. each... 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker... =| ceage Warbler i0| Black Ribbon Agates ....... 10 oe Woodpecker... 19 | Nightingale ..... uz | Red Ribbon Agate............ 10 Scissor-tailed Fiycatcher 10 | English Sparrow Hawk. 7 ee agro 6s 1. sAreansas Kingbird weeosene $6 | English Swaliow........... 19 | Fossil Shark Teeth ........ ...5, 10 i a andy eter a is | ledge Aeceniter. 10 | Scaphites nodosus10, 25, 50, 1.00 | at hence ~ (3 | English Partridge. 16 | OLN ee: it es Dae Black Phoebe..........-.------.-- 15 BIRD SKINS. MISCELLANEOUS. Western Wood Pewee ...... 20 _| Arrowheads, % doz. asst’d$ 50 ES cad Sas Ou ae 15 | ReQpol..-..------.es-c4-r--e---oe $ 35] Revolutionary Gun Flint 15 Prairie Horned Lark ........ 15 Snowflake caeecee coemeenes eeecee .- 3)9/ Dove Shell from British. American CroW........------.-- 05 | Tree Sparrow.......:.-..-..------ 35) Guiana exhibit at Miah COP OW 2s, asks au. = 35 Slate-colored JUNGO:...-.... - 8d World's Fatr, pkg. of 12. 25 SEaele 2 ap 5.7 os alata 10 | Cedar Waxwing..........-.... 35] Chines Horn Nut... .....-.... 10: *Red-wingedBlackbird...... 05 | Black-and-white Warbler. 35] Beetle Nut ............-.-.-...---- 10: Bicolored Blackbiré ......... 10 | Myrtle Warbler......... ---.-.-- 35 | Broken Bank Bill............ Latd0 Tricolored Blackbird......... 15 ; Brown Creeper...........------- 35 | Confederate State Bill...... 10 Meadowlark......... -.....------- 10 SHELLS Chameleon in Alcohol ...... 25 Western Meadowlark........ 10 doa Alligator Tooth ........5, 10, 15, 25 Arizona Hooded Oriole... 35 | Murex brandaris..............8 25) Young Naturalist’s Mar- *Orchard Oriole ..... .......-. . 0) + trunculus........--. 25 Yelous Collection, *Bullock’s Oriole............... 10 “ galeanus .::..--.-------- 10| 50 labelled specizmens...... 1 00 Boat-tailed Grackle......... 15| Eburna Japonica..... ...... ” 95] Chinese Coim..2..2.22.. -:.------ 05 House Finch..........-.-------+-- 05 | Oliva litterata, extra......... 20| Mexican Whistle, clay...... 10 Western Lark Sparrow... 05| Gypraw moneta.............. 10] 7var.unusedCubanStamps 35 (oft até ho 2): | ieee ie Sera ere 05! Ovulum gibbosum tae 15| Resurrection Plant, Mex. 10 *Western Goldfinch.......... 10 secale........ "7" 19] Bird Arrow Point............- 2 *Arkansas Goldfinch......... 10| Nerita peleronta, select... 10] Set of Souverir World’s I eae AS TS aaa ae "> ee Fi Gray-tailed Cardinal........ 5 (Sas. seer Black-headed Grosbeak 15 | Partula gibba 10 | QOLOGIsT, 20 numbers......- 50 Lazuli Buntin oie 20| Orthalicus melanochilus.. 25 Nidiologist, 8 numbers ..... 1 Painted Bunting.... 10 undatum ~ 95] The Wilson Quarterly and Sharpe's Seed-eater 50 | Liguus tasciata sv 1 Semi Annual 4 numbers 1 00 Scarlet Tanager. 25 | Achatinella perversa 19 | Natural Science News, 52 Summer Tanager 25 “ uniplicata “491 back numbeYrs....... ..----- ._100 Purple Martin... 10 “ spirizona ...... 10 Above publications are all Tree Swallow....... 15 “ olivacea ........ 10 | different and of our selection. Cedar Waxwing........... . 10! pythea pyramidata ........- 15 | QOLOGIST, 1892,bound cloth 1 00 White-rumped Shrike. 10] yigsurella barbadensis..... 10 | Pemikese, a volume of *California Shrike ..... : 08 | Ghama arcinella...... ......... 15 ages. Giving an acc’t White-eyed Vireo...... ........ 15 | Gardium isocardia............ 15 of Agassiz’s summer Bell's Vireo... .... ..... 16| ellina radiata...... .......... 10 school at Penikese Island 50 Yellow Warbler..........- .. 05 | Pasciolaria @istans ........ 10 Loucks, Prothonotary White Wagtaii papdaughs pshasngue 10 Melongena corona............. 15 WY SILON ooo cnc conteran charm 35 ria Saat he nee be sae s 10 ee? : or athin Poe es as a te . Ockingvird | oxo. 05 attin'’s Standard Egg Ca’ G1 3 Cao Me Pee EE 05 SEA CURIOS. Directions for Collecting Sennet’s Thrasher...... ...... 15| Precious coral, 1 oz. pkg, 25] Minerals, 16 pp.......-......- 05 Caiifornian Thrasher ...... - 20| Organpipe Coral...... ......... 10} Exchafige Notice (or Cou- __ *Cactus WYeD....... ....-2.c02000 20 | Creamy Sea Fan......... ...... 35} pon) in OOLOGIST ......... -_ 2% Baird's Wed. 1. 2-....-<- ccs 20) Yellow Seu Fan............. . 35 | ‘Advertising in OOLOGIST .50-81 ‘Parkman's Wren...... .....--. fou Sand Dolate.:..cmeo-..-. 10a viii THE OOLOGIST. FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, Albion, N. Y. 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Birds through an Opera’ GISSS sore eee eee eens eee nO 68 Raine, Walter. Bird Nesting in North- west Canada. ...... aeecemeneeeies loneieeccaliec cc. 1 80 Barrow’s, The English Sparrow in North America, 400, pp eyes ce eee) 2 65 Ridgway, Catalogue of Old World Birds in National Museum.......2.200....cc.e. ec. 10 *Warren, Birds of Pennsylvania, 100 col- ored plates. .-c-i dime ot) SS oe 3 24 Short, Birds of Western New York, ’96 ed. 10 The Wilson Quarterly and Semi-Annual, the official organ of the Wilson Or- nithological Chapter. Six issues,viz: Vol. I, No. 2; Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2;Vol. III, No. 1; Vol, IV, No. 1 and 2. Nearly ‘300 pages of valuable contributions to Ornithology {rye hoki ae ee 3 5 viii THE OOLOGIST Cook, A. J., Birds of Michigan. This copy is the 1893 report of the Michigan Board of Agriculture which contains 526 pages and is bound incloth, 165 of these pages, illustrated with 115 en- gravings, are devoted to the Birds of Michigan in addition to which and the annual report the following Bul- letins are'alsopublished in the volume: “Vegetable Tests” 27 pages; ‘“‘Spurry, Spergula arvensis,” 6 pages; “Plat Pea, Lathyrus silvestris, 5 pages; Fruit Notes and Spraying 17 pages; Potato Experiment, 59 pages; Honey Analy- sis, 13 pages; Inspection of Fertilizers, 12 pages; Locust and Horn Fly, 6pages: Soils of Michigan, 13 pages; Highty New Strawberries, 13 pages; Report of exhibit at Columbian Exposition, (Entomological, Botanical, Chemical, &c), 37 pages; Forestry, 21 pages......... 97 Shufeldt, M. D., R. W., ‘‘Scientific Taxid- ermy for Museums. » 71 full page plates, 67 pages, text, unbound............ Young Oologist, Vol. I and II, cloth bound 65 Oologist, Vol. III and IV, cloth bound...... 68 Vol. IX, ’92, 300 pages, cloth bound......... 67 Thirty back numbers, issued from 1890 to 1896, inclusive, my selection............ 63 Oologist and Young Oologist. Eighty back numbers. - All different. (4.00) ay LEC DPEPATA ONY Yee aa ee eae: een Twenty back.numbers issued prior to 1890, my selection, prepaid Almost any back issue can be furnished. Send stamp for list and prices. Natural Science News. Vol. I complete, 52 numbers, only six complete vols. left. Will send you one for only......... Vol. Il complete, 14 numbers, only......... 30 Ornithological and Natural History Publi- cations can furnish back No’s of al- most anything published in America during the past 25years. Write wants, Fill your gaps while you can. I can now furnish odd numbers, complete yolumes and in some cases complete ay of the following and dozens of others: Auk, Nidiologist, Osprey, Ornithologist and Oologist, Science, Popular Science Monthly. Nature, Canadian Entomologist, Insect Life, American Ni aturalist. Archaeologist, Nautilus, Microscopical Bulletin, Microscope, Microscopical Journal, Hoosier Naturalist, Ore- gon Naturalist, Iowa Ornithologist. Sunny ‘South Oologist, Tanxidermist, Mineral Collector, Hawk- eye Ornithologist and Oologist, Wisconsin Nat- uralist, Old. Curiosity Shop, Ornithologist and Botanist, Bay State Oologist, Collector’s Monthly, Random Notes, &e., &e. Taxidermy, Guides, &c. Ballard, H. H., Three Kingdoms, Hand- book of Agassiz Association (75)......... si 65 Goodale’s, Few Common Plants (20)......... 14 Hyatt’s Spongesi(29) cre. ee eee 16 Bowditch’s Physiology (20)............-.--..----.- 13 Hornaday, W.T., Taxidermy and Zoolog- ical.@oqllebting: (2.80) <. 228 ena 2 10 Lattin, Frank H., The Oologists’ Hand- book, [1886 (20). 25/020 2s hee ees 18 The Standard Catalogue of North Amer- ican Birds Eggs, 1896 (25)... hs 05 Hyatt’s About Pebbles... he shes ae tegine ose 10 Tassin, How to Collect Minerals... a on 03 Dy Bert, Primer and Scientific Knowledge...... 42 Standard American Stamp Catalogue, '94 22 * Davie, Naturalists’ Manual Naturalists’ Directory of the U. S. and Canada. Nearly, 6000 classified. names and address. ‘Edition of ’90 (2.00)...... dition of 795)(2.00) eae International Directory. Zoology and Natural History. Hornaday, Directions for Removing and Preserving Skins of Mammals. Extermination of the anereay Bison, 180pp, 22 plates.. aay thot Kumlien, ef al, Natura | History o of Arctic America, 180pp.. a sa ier Lucas, Preparation of Hones Skeletons.. Scudder, Nomenclator Zoologicus (An Alphabetical list of all Generic names employed by Naturalists for Recent and Fossil Animals from oartees times to 1880), 716pp.. ane, Stejneger, Directions for Collecting Rep- tiles and Batrachians.. Buffon’s Natural History For Children, Cloth and Gilt, 32 Colored Plates......... Colton, Practical Zoology (90)............-..... Heilprin, Angelo, Animal Life of Our Sea Shore (1.35) Pree ermine enn eh a he Jordan, D.S., Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States (2:50) 0022 oii ee ee Manton, W. P., Primary Methods in Zool- Mivart, St. G., The Cat, A Study of Back- boned Animals (3:50) ies = een A Orton, Comparative Zoology. Structural and Systematic, 350 engravings......... 2 *Packard, A. S., Brief Course in Zoology... Stearns, W. A., Notes on the Natural His- tory of Labrador (1:00) 328 aera hae esse a G., Illustrated Natural History White’s Natural History of Selbourne Vol. II, Letters Ballard, World of Matter Allen, OHDETADS of North American Pin- Microscopy. Manton, W. P., Beginnings with the Mic- roscope (50) 80 90 1 35 2 384 158 = *Wythe, The-Microscopist; A Compen- =x dium of Microscopic Science (8.00). Miscellaneous. *Agassiz, A Journey in Brazil...... ....... Livingstone’s Explorations, Africa, and the Herald Stanley Expedition (1.75) 2. Ghute'’s Physics (1.25)! 2.5 t..< ae Soe ee et seat Address, Frank H. Albion, N. Y. Lattin, THE QOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XV. NO. 11. ALBION, N. Y., NOV., 1898. WHOLE No. 148 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. Nonotice 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. gee your subscription expires with this issue 15 “ ‘ - «Jan. ,’99" 155 “ a e ay June ee ee 160 “ee ee * Nov. sees Tntermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. WANTED— Outfit for making rubber stamps. ee OTe AME rea 142 Gallup St., Provi- ence, R. I. : TO EXCHANGE.—The following singles for sets, 289, 337, 378, 423, 456, 461, 467, 475, 488, 494, 495, 501, 529, 540, 560, 581, 587, 624, 652, 674, 681, 705, 721, 724. L. S. HORTON, Gretna, N. Y. TAXIDERMIST and ornithological collector. Lessons given personally or by mail. Work exchanged for skins, Persons wishing to make A ae Address, C. K. MASON, Kansas, . WILL EXCHANGE.—Black Hills specimens, Minerals, Fossils, Limestone Crystals, Gyp- sum, Chalcedony for curios and specimens from elsewhere. books, Merchandise, etc. CHAS. HAAS, Whitewood, S. D. WANTED.—Good pair of climbing irons with straps complete, also Coues’ Key, or Ridge- way’s Manual of North American Birds; will give in exchange A No. I sets at one-half list price. BURNELL FRANKLIN, Pasadena, California. FOR exchange or sale, 300 Arrowheads, Axes etc. Collection of cold stamps, also eggs. Ad- dress, FRED JOHNSON, Box 53, Bolivar, Mo NEW Marlin repeater 25-20 for $40 of desira- ble sets or $10 cash. Will buy sets of 196, 197, aa se if cheap. W.E.SAUNDERS, London, ntario. NOTICE.—Wish old pennies, half-pennies and correspondence with parties wanting to exchange fine sets next season. I collect Os- prey, Vultures, Hawks, Herons, Fish Crow, Owls, Swallows, ete. BENJ. A. CARPENTER, Salem, N. J. OOLOGISTS, Taxidermists attention. Fin- est grade supplies, tools, Specimens, artificial eyes. Lowest prices, carriage paid to States. Write for catalogue free. H. BOOTH, 8 Cran- bury Boad, Fulham, England. TO EXCHANGE.—Autographs, Bird Eggs, Old Books and papers. Coins, etc. for Auto- ‘ graphs and old manuscript will also pay cash for desirable autographs. F. O. NELSON, 237 S. Main Street, Butte, Mont. WANTED.—Old guns and pistols, cap and ball pepper box style preferred. Will pay cash or trade. First-class eggs in sets or singles. CLAUD FULLER, 1208 W. 24th St., Kansas City, Mo. 7 WANTED to exchange eggs of New York State and many others for eggs of other states. Send list and receive mine, ED. T. SCHENCK, 69 Smith Ave., Gloversville,.N. Y. WANTED.—A 10 or 12 gauge shot gun ora Winchester rifie; also tent. Will give in ex- change a No. 1 mounted specimen, first-class skins eggs in sets with data and part cash. Send for list. OAKLEY WALKER, Box 186, Mayfield, Ky. FOR SALE:—A. O. U. Nos. 18a 1-1. 40c; 86 1-1, 20e; 40 1-3, 40c; 77 1-3, 20e: 79 1-1, 24c; 211 1-10, 60c; 214 1-11, 50c; 263 1-4, 24c; 117 2-1, 30c; 273 1-4, 30c: 406 1-4, 20c ; 420a 1-2, 39c; 467 1-4. 24c; 587 1-5, 25c; 614 1-5, 30c; 622a 1 5, 20c; 624 1-4. 24c; 659 1-4, 35c; 674 1-4, 34c; 683 1-3 35¢c; 713 1-4, £57; 721 1-7, 28c: 743 1-8, 70c; 65 1-4. 6)e; Snapping ‘'urtle 1-8, 30c: Jacobins in red #) 1 black, $8 to $5 per pair: one pair Yellow-c ‘ested Fantails, 4. J. O. JOHNSON, Lock Lox 550, Southington, Conn. SEND ME anything really curious, to value of 30c or more, such as Indian relics, alligator teeth or eggs, shark or skate eggs, sea horses. echinoderms, etc. with locality, etc. and I will send in return a 4x5 photo of Tule Wren’s nest in Tules, from Nature. W. H. HILLER, 147 W, 23d St.. Los Angeles, Calif. WILLSIE CAMERA—Nevwy, leather covered, time and instantaneous, holds twelve cut films 2x24 costing 3c each, does first class work, carry in large pocket, in focus three feet and over, just the thing for birds nests, cost #5, .to exchange for equal value back numbers bird magazines or books. E.B. WEBSTER, Cresco, Iowa. . ii THE OOLOGIST. TO EXCHANGE:—Sbells, Corals and Echin- oderms from California, Central America and West Indies for Guitar, Washburn Mandolin, Books, Typewriter or offers. No specimens wanted. E.C. STARKS, 414 Elm St, Wash- ington, D. C. “ SALE OR EXCHANGE:—A 1 singles, Gold- © en Eagle, Royal Tern, Noddy Pintail, Willet, A. O. U. No’s 51a, 54, 120, 123, 132, 184. 221, 264, 430 nest, 196 and many others. Also Old Coins, Nests, other curios and an American bull dog, double action revolver. Will sell or exchange for gun or camera. Send for list. FORDYCE HAMMOND, Cuba, N. Y. : COLLECTION 500 varieties stamps, and In- ternational stamp album (latest edition) 400 page illustrated stamp catalogue and a 22 inch diamond frame bicycle. Wanted cash Offers. CLIFTON A. FOX. Englewood, Ills. FOR SALE:—Valuable collection 2000 var- ieties U. S. and foreign stamps. Specimens generally in good condition and collected pre- vious to 1888. W. H. SINTON, 713, Lennox,St., Baltimore, Md. IF other parties, advertisements turn out like mine they cant complain. I expect I could have exchanged 20 times the number of specimens I had, but I shall try and be better prepared the coming season to meet the de- mand. B. A: CARPENTER. Salem, N. J. CONCERT Roller Organ-in first-class con- dition with seventeen pieces of music valued at fifteen dollars to exchange for phonograph peor or offers.. N. R. CHRISTIE, Larkspur, Colo. ; TO EXCHANGE for sets, mounted birds or books on ornithology, 50 first. class - singles. GLEN M. HATHORN, 1600 E, Avenue, Cedar Rapids, fa. . FIRST CLASS Natural -History specimens “for” standard Books on Ornithology, Conch- olory, Zoology, Bendire’s work. copies of the Auk. Address JOHN B. WHEELER, East Templeton, Mass. : TO EXCHANGE.—Fine sets of California Birds eggs, including several species of Hum- mingbirds, for others not in my collection. Send lists and receive mine. J. J. SCHNEID- ER, Box 1509, Anaheim, Cal. FOR SALE.—Three sets out of six taken: Le Conte’s Sparrow, with nests, parent, and pho- tographs, in‘situ. -Wanted.—Sets of 84, 105, 114, 1234, ;129, 134, 148, 152, 162, 193, 185, 227, 287, 295, 300b, 301, 307, 310b, 339a. 373d, 384. and many others, cash or trade. P.B. PEABODY, Hal- lock, Minn. SEEDS—Packet of assorted Haytian seeds. Some very rare and singular. 25 cents. Stamps taken. T.G. PRIDDLEY, 371 Carlton Street, Toronto. : s2t SHELLS:—50 land and fresh water shells from Haiti, assorted. 50 cents, Post. free. T. G. PRIDDEY., 371 Carlton street, Toronto. s2t OVERSTOCKED: — Choice sets with full original data for sale at reasonable prices, or exchange for desirable sets, or large singles. List for 2c stamp. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene street, Augusta, Ga. S20 CABINETS: —Store boxes for insects or eggs also cabinets or single drawers. cases, etc. Apply to T. G’ PRIDDFY, 371 Carlton street, Toronto. $2t HOW TO MAKE MONEY! If you are out of employment and want a position, paying you from $50 to $100 monthly clear above ex-~ penses by working regularly, or, if you want. to increase your present income from $200 to $590 yearly, by working at odd times, write the: GLOBE CO., 723 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa., stat-~ ing age, whether married or single, last.or pres- ent employment, and you can secure a position. with them by which you can make more money easier and faster than you ever made before in your life. i dlyr VIVE Cameras to exchange, any style, for desirable sets at one-third Lattin’s list. Also” rare typical singles. Send list of sets and sin- — a L. D. SUMNER, 502 State St., Madsen is. ; aot FOR SALE:—Fine specimens of American Turquois. Will cut good settings at 25¢e to $1. This is a good chance to get a fine stone cheap. ROBERT BURNHAM, 143 Gallup St., Provi- dence, R. I. TO EXCHANGE:—I have a fine lot of Land, Fresh Water and Marine Shells to exchange for Indian relics. BENTON HOLCOMB, West Granby, Hartford Co., Conn. s3t WANTED:—Auks single copies or volumes - previous to and including 1896. ~ Will give cash or Davies’ new Nest and Egg book. Write what you have. JAMES H. HILL, New Lon- don, Conn., P. O. Box 485. iy a4t -- PUBLICATIONS, EGGS, BOOKS WANTED. | I will allow 50c each for any back number of the ‘‘Auk’’ ‘you may have, if in good condition ~ and sent prepaid. You to take your full pay in Eggs, Shells: (Showy or scientific), Corals, Echinoderms, Fossils, Minerals, Curios, Novel- ties, &c. as listed inthe Premium List I can also use on same terms the following numbers of the OOLOGIST at prices quoted: June, 1888. 25c; July-Aug., 1886, 20c; Jan.-Feb , 1887 or Dec., 1886 with same attached, 10c; June-Sept., 1887, 15c; Apr.. 1889, 15c; Jan-Feb., 1886, 10c; Jan., 1895, 5¢; March, 1897, 5c; May, 1897, 5c... All must. be complete, clean, and in good condition. I will also accept back No’s of Ornithologist and Oolo- gist, Recreation, Insect Life, any issue and in any quantity at 5c per copy on same terms. (I Willallow 25c for. Oct., 93 and Feb., ’94 ‘‘Nzds,”’ also for October and December ’96 Osprey.) If you have other publications along my line. Write and state what is wanted. I can_also use books on subjects pertaining to - Natural History if in good condition and cheap, . also A No. 1 sets of eggs with data at 4%‘‘Stand- ard’ rates. Lists of books and eggs must be submitted for my selection or approval before sending. Address at once FRANK H. LAT- TIN, Albion, WN. Y. MEXICAN COINS. 1c, 2c and 5c nickel uncirculated, and 1c copper. Setof 4 prepaid for only 12c. The nickel coins were in circula- tion only a few months in ’82-’83 may become exceedingly rare in a few years. _ ROBERT BURNHAM, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. Marine Curios and Shells, I make'a specialty in collecting, pre- paring and selling anything in the line: of Marine Specimens obtainable on the Gulf Coast. I sell to the Collector as well as to the Retail, Wholesale and Jobbing trade. J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. CHE OOLOGIST. iit were required to perfect our new ““Uesta’’ Cubular Lantern which we now offer as some- thing extraordt- nary in the Lantern line. It has the ( Railroad Lantern’s rugged constituy ) tion joined to the tubular system, and ¥ the result is a splendid light-giving, wear and abuse resister. We will, ) if desired, mail our special Circular of the “‘ Vesta” Lantern ; or, upon receipt of $1.00, we will send you D (freight prepaid ) the very best Lan- tern for gencral service you ever saw. Why not “see tt” on those terms ? Our Illustrated Catalogue is Mailed Free. R. E. DIETZ CO., 0 60 Laight St., New York. ESTABLISHED IN 1840. Only good Lanterns are stamped ‘‘ DIETZ.” How? HORTHAND ¥w? E LF-TAUCG HT study of the Manual of Phonography, by Benn Pitman and Jerome B. Howard. A perfect self-in- structor. Over 355,000 sold. Thousands have mastered it; socan you. Sold by all booksellers, or we will send with Phovz0- graphic Reader and Phonographic Copy Book, post-paid, for $1.25. Catalog and full infor- mation free to those who wish to investi- gate first. Send name on postal card. THE BENN PITMAN SYSTEM has for 44 years been the standard. Called by U. S. Bureau of Education “* The Amer- ican System.”’ First prize, World’s Fair. THE PHONOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE Co., Cor. 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The White Ape Collections. 50 fine cabi- net specimens, $3 smaller size, $2. 50 ama- teur size, $1. Printed name and locality with each specimen. 50 Shells, Corals, and Marine ear erp only $3. 100 Fossils, including fine , h, Trilobite, Crinoids, Corals, Sponges, * several fine Ferns, ete., only =. A great varie- ty Unios with one valve me uy blished from 35c to $1, very showy. Aer in allits branches at reasonable Illustrated catalogue by mail, 10c. J. LWIERS. Natural- ists Agency, 357 W. VanBuren St., Chicago, Ill. NEW ENGLAND MINERALS. Rhomb Spar, R. 1., Beryl, N.. H.; Actinolite, R. I.; Galenite, Mass. 44 pound specimens. of either postpaid for only 10 cents; or the four for only 30 cents. The above is only a sample of the bargains I am offering in New Engiand Minerals. Write your wants and send for lists. I handle only good fresh material—no rubbish. ROBERT BURNHAM, No. 143 Gallup St., PROVIDENCE, R. I. H. H. & C.S. BRIMLEY, COLLECTORS, RALEIGH, N. C. First-class Skins of Birds and Mammals, Bird’s Eggs, Reptiles and Batrachia both Alive and in Alcohol. Histological Ma- terial. Full data. Send stamp for lists. iv THE OOLOGIST. ROBERT BURNHAM, DEALER IN PRECIOUS STONES, OPALS, CURIOS AND FINE MINERALS. Cutting and polishing Agates and Gem Stones, and setting the same in solid gold settings a specialty. 143 Gallup St., : Providence, R. 1. ey PRICE LIST OF GEMS. OPALS. Australian......: ah Shar ape '... b0e to $40.00 per kt. PUTS ALIA ois sce eens 50c to 50.00 “ GxiGanin Nees weseeseeee--L0@ to 20.00“) _ Opal Scarf Pins set in Solid Gold in four siz- es, as follows: 7dc, $1.25, 2.50, 3.50. ; STUDS. Screw or Separate Back, $1.00 to $3.00, Clus- ters to order. vert SAVAUR FRING ce ate eats $2.00 to $5.00 RINGS, ETC., SET TO ORDER. Prices an application for special settings or extra fine stones. AMETHYST, TOPAZ, MOONSTONE, BLOODSTONE, AGATE, CROCIDOLITE, &c. In all forms and sizes for Rings, Pins, Charms, 10c to $5.00. TOUnmMaline ...:.i.. Snes 50c to 515.00 per kt. Aquamanrine..o.:. 2c 2 0G to. S00 Mies Part Exchange will be accepted in pay- ment during the next thirty days. Good Live Agents Wanted in all parts of the world. Liberal cash commission paid. short time, sell 201s, of good Minerals for 8i One to forty kinds as you want then, large or small. From Extreme Nervousness, SE ae hi 3 EYEE HAT no one remed elements necessary to cure all diseas- es, isa fact well known to everyone. Dr. Miles’ System of Restorative Remedies consists of seven distinctively different preparations, each for its own purpose. Mrs. L. C. Bramley, 37 Henry St., St. Cath- erines, Ontario, writes: ‘‘For years I suf- fered from extreme nervousness and annoy- ing constipation, developing into palpitation and weakness of the heart. I was unable to sleep, suffered much from headache, pain in my left side, palpitation and a constant feeling of weakness and prostration. 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NO. 11. A Day in a Swamp. Not twenty miles from the State House at Boston, is a long belt of rich swamp land. A narrow river winds its crooked bed throughout the entire length and combined with the numer- ous tributary streams, probably forms the basis of the swamp. The growth is varied. Along the banks clusters of dark green pickerel weeds flourish with perhaps a bright cow lily blooming near. Tall grass and bull rushes fringe the edge of the river, the rushes grow- ing in well defined tracts. The short quill grass is found in another place and serrated triangular grass in others. These growths are strangely pro- nounced, although the general con- ditions appear to be similar. For ex- ample, at one part of the marsh I may find the triangular grass with the pur- ple swamp Geum blooming profusély among it. In another an entirely dif- ferent form takes the place of both grass and geum. This is characteristic of the entire swamp. Dividing the marsh into two portions is an active railway. the river taking its course on the left. Bordering the dry land are woods of oak, maple ahd cedar, alder and willow growths, fields ‘and cow pastures. A few island like groves of cedar are present on the Tight side of the place. During the time in- tervening from August till April the marshes are quite frequently visited by gunners after rail, snipe, muskrats, etc., but happily the breeding period of the birds finds them seldom intruded upon, unless by collectors after speci- mens in various branches oF. natural science. On the 11th of June 1898, I visited the above locality in company with a very ALBION, N. Y., NOV., 1898. WHOLE No. 148 desirable friend, after a few eggs of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, and orni- thological recreation in general. We procured a smal) gunning skiff and started off. The day was cloudy and at times decidedly threatening but no drops of rain disturbed the surface of the stream throughout the day. This, however, mattered little to us— we were wet as possible when our landing was’ reached toward dusk. The air was full of the delightful sounds of nature and our spirits were at their best. What new unexpected glimpses of life might*not gladden our eyes before the day was past! It is _ perhaps these fine surprises which con- stitute much of the charm of a trip like ours. Birds were all about’ us. Red- wings rose from the dark green grass, Bitterns boomed atregular intervals»... throughout the day. Swamp Sparrows trilled gaily from ‘the dry grass patches ‘and ‘the twitterings of @duntless Tree Swallows circliug about’ tended to pro- ‘duce’a beautiful medley. Even the air ~- Was more than ordinarily fresh and ‘the shrill’ pipivgs of the little ‘ie were the loudest of ail. ” We found the vivacious Marsh: Weens ‘ very abundant along'the river 'sidée'and.: — succeeded in finding’ plenty of’ nests, only one of which* ‘held ‘eggs... The 6 Wrens were chuckling and chatterittg © even while we securéd thi#’4nd were at - it when we left. BS 1 OR wt At every bend in the river we landed and splashed about’ through the dense grass, and at oné point while thus en- gaged I ran right upon a Virginia Rail which was carefully ‘guarding six eggs. 1 Ads The bird left and splashed“out of sight ~ as I bent down toward her and re- mained so until I had left, once making a loud croaking ‘sound. Three eggs “ © 74 THE OOLOGIST. were sterile, the others badly incubated. The nest was a small irregular plat- form of broad grass blades, placed close to the water in a large coarse bunch of grass. The river was a few rods dis- tant. ; Just above here the river makes a wide curve and passes for a half mile along the railroad bank. As we round- ed the curve a Least Bittern rose silent- - ly from a patch of rushes and a female followed. Investigation showed a nest about ready for eggs, constructed of fresh blades of the rushes woven to- gether. The nest was subsequently deserted as was proved a week later. I wished to secure a few pitcher plants which bloomed on the opposite side so we landed and were soon waist deep in the delightful warm mud and water of the right swamp. Here tufts of swamp azalia in bloom were making the air still sweeter. Bees were humming in abundance about the crimson petals of the pitcher blossoms. I was crossing a ditch when a Sora took flight from the sparse grass not ten feet away. Nest- ling down in a scant bunch of pale green grass was a well shaped nest literally full of eggs. ‘There were four- teen, the eggs being piled one upon the other.’ Their condition varied from fresh to quite badly incubated, and mixed in at the very bottom were some -of the most recent laid eggs with well incubated ones beside them. After the first splashing as the bird left I saw her no more. I was returning to the boat with my arms full of plants. My friend was just behind. In front asmall circle of six cedar trees not three feet tall grew. Just as I was passing this a great splash was heard and a mallard duck (Anas doschas) darted off like a rocket. Now in this vicinity the mallard is rare even in imagination, so { lost no time in ex- amining those cedars. The sight was well worth any amount of trouble in getting there. Nine eggs were grouped in a nest sunk between the stems of the cedars. The nest was a well shaped ~ mass of damp and decaying weeds, marsh grass and a very little green cedar. A few breast feathers flecked the rim. The eggs were very badly in- cubated, almost on the verge of hatch- ing and were preserved only by using repeated injections of 20 per cent. solu- tion of caustic potash. The tough membranes prevented serious injury to the shell. The eggs were discolored to dark dirty green which was well worked into the shell and the nest smelt rankly. The bowl of tho nest was four inches above water and an equal number of inches in depth. The outside diameter measured 20} inches and the inside 10. Before taking the set we retired for at least halfan hour. By that time the eggs had cooled and the bird was still away. When visited a week later the empty nest was as we Jeft it. Owing to its loose composition and disagree- able odor I could not collect it. The average egg of this set measures 2.26x 1.70 inches, and when cleaned is of a clear brownish color. I have but twice before recorded a mallardin my dis- trict, the last time being in March 1898, when a. pair male and female, were seen in a marsh four miles from this one. : FRANK J. BIRTWELL, Dorchester, Mass. The Effect of Storms on Birds. ee, by . I will give some incidents that have come under my notice in the last few years, along the line of which I am try- ing to describe. In the very cold win- ters of 93 and '94 many birds perished of hunger and cold. It was no more than usual to find dead birds lying around on the ground. Among those who suffered most were the Bluebird and the Mourning Dove. hh This change was noticed by all, ii6t THE OOLOGIS1. 75 only by ornithologists but by all; every man had something to say about the scarcity of Bluebirds in particular. It was mentioned in newspaj ers as well as in scientific ones. The absence of the Doves was not so marked as that of the Bluebirds, on oc- count of their not being so numerous when the cold began, but the student of nature was not long to discover that they were almost entirely wanting in some sections where they once were numerous. Their gentle cooing was not heard by the roadside as it had been in former years ‘The cold had entirely swépt them from the places where they were once plentiful, not numerous, but could be heard by the roadside and on the edges of the fields. They have become frequent in some places since the time I am talking of. Another of our birds that suffered greatly was the Bobwhite. Covies of . those innoceut little birds would all huddle together to get warm, and some- times be found all frozen to death in a bunch; how cold they must have gotten to huddle up ina bunch and froze to death. It looks as if they had taken to their wings for a spell they might have gotten warm, but the weather was so cold from day to day, and the ground frozen so hard, that they could get but very little to eat, so it would seem as if they died ofj;hunger as much as of cold. One day while walking along a road through a piece of woods, I suw a Caro- lina Wren ina slight hollow ina pine stump standing by the side of the road; on investigation it proved to be dead, and appeared to have been there for sometime. I left it in its silent and elevated grave to sleep the sleep of natures rest. One day after a thunder storm I was walking across a field in which were small pine bushes growing here and there, asit happened, I stumbled on an overturned nest a Chipping Sparrow with its contents, four eggs, laying on the ground below unbroken, and buried in the mud about half. The parent birds were nowhere to be seen. In the latter part of April 1898 there came a rain storm with some snow, and the wind blew hard and steady all the while. ‘The nests of birds were blown out and the eggs destroyed. Walking through the woods you might see over- turned nests of various kinds, and once in awhile a young bird was seen, wet and coldif not dead. One nest par- ticularly noticed by me was one of the Pine Warbler, placed on a pine limb at the height of twenty-five feet from the ground. I found it lying on the ground, with egg shells in and around it. I had calculating to get a set of eggs from it as soon as I could catch the bird on the nest—to know for certain it was ready to take—and not have to climb up and run the risk of causing the birds to leave the nest before a full complement was to be obtained. ‘ep I found nests of Pine Warblers, Chip- ping Sparrows and the White-breasted Nuthatch destroyed. One touching scene came to my eyes, it was the dead body of a young Caro- lina Wren, wet and cold he yielded to the grim hand of death. How many more followed? Surely many of the young of all the earlier species perished in the rain and snow; draggled and wet and cold, I saw some that looked as if they would die in a few more hours. R. P. SmirHwick. | Merry Hill, N. C._ ee THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H.LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the eeudent of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited rom all. 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I referto the incubation of their eggs. My method of ascertaining the state of incubation. in eggs that I leave for complete sets is: to hold the egg between my eye and the sun, for if the weather is dry it has No° typical egg of the Yellow-bill, THE OOLOGIST. been my experience that eggs are not stained to any great extent so incuba- tion might be three or four days along and the eggs look fresh especially in a dark tangle of foliage. On May 30,1898, I found a nest—in a thorn bush—of the Black billed Cuckoo containing three eggs aud as they usually lay four and knowing that the first egg laid was liable to hatch before the fourth egg would be laid I was very careful to ex- amine each egg, the result being that two eggs proved to be fresh, while one egg gave evidence of containing a tiny embryo, so J decided to leave them. I visited the nest every day and the fourth egg was laid on June Ist, yet I left them fora possible set of five, but. as there were no more eggs laid’ on June 3d.I took the four eggs. Upon . blowing them I found that incubation in three eggs ranged from a little bloody to. small embryos, while the other egg contained ..a fully developed embryo that probably ‘would have, hatched ina few hours, so I could not save the egg. Now,’ as there ‘was an interval of two days between the laying of the third and fourth eggs, and as- re a suming that there was the same inter- _ a val between each. egg, it would indicate — that the first ege was laid on ‘May 26th, » $O my conclusions are. that the Black- | billed Cuckoos incubate their eggs in. nine days. Regarding above set I noted the follow‘ng in my data; bgok. . iThe | + ht eggs were fresh on Decoration, Day, ‘ins. cubation of Cuckoos eggs must be Té= markably short.” notice on June 5th of this year, , when f.. found a Black-bills nest with the moth- er bird sitting upon three young ones. and a slightly incubated egg and a also on sane day I found a deserted Robins nest containing an unmistakable egg of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. » In January 93 or ’94 J shot a speci- mep of the Horned Lark from a flock of -: Another Cuckoo incident came. to my i riba THE OOLOGIST about 50 that were feeding in a bare wheat field. ‘The skin is in my collec- tion but as my notes are rather scant regarding the larks [ sball try to find out the status of Olocoris alpestris in my locality the coming winter. C. F. STONE, Branchport, N. Y. The. Humming Bird. Most of the hummers sip honey {rom the flowers. Poised on wings that move so rapidly that they appear like a semi- circle of flim around their swaying bodies, the birds insert their long beaks into the tubes of flowers and extract nectar with relish. It is true that some _of the warblers and kinglets will some- of th warblr shrdluntaoin -shrdluncf times poise in this: way before a-leaf and peck an insect from its surtace, but this occurs rarely, and it is not a regular habit of these birds. The susurrus of the hummer’s wings as he balances in the air or darts from flower to flower has given the birdling his name. One of the most wonderful features of hummer flight is the bird’s ability to move back- . ‘ward while on the wing—probably the only instance in which a bird is able to |: accomplish this feat.. Mr... Ridgway says that this movement is greatly as- sisted by a forward flirt of the bird’s expanded tail. There are, however, a few exceptions to this rapid manner of flight, even in the hummer family. One of the most striking is that of the giant humming bird, which flaps its wings in a slow, leisurely way as it hovers over a flower. much like the desultory vibrations of a large butterfly’s wings. During flight its tail is constantly expanded and closed like a fan, and its body is kept, . in an almost vertical position, and seems to be nupeaered from a central point. It is not to be wondered at that thie humming birds are sought for decora- tive purposes. bright ornaments make them a tempt- {ng prize to the lovers of gaudy fash- jons. Vast numbers are slaughtered in Their rich colors and . 77 Mexico and South America, being killed with fine shot or caught with nets and. line. On account of this ruthless de- struction some species are said to be on the verge of extinction, and of course it will be the most beautiful kinds that will be exterminated first. ‘At a sale held in London on March 21, 1888, more than 12,000 hummer skins were disposed of and in one week 100,000 hummers and other American birds were sold in London at auction. A brilliant hummer, flitting airily amid the foliage and flowers, is ‘a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” On, a woman’s bonnet such a decoration is little short of garish. All the colors of the spectrum, with many inter- mingled tints, are combined in their plumage, so that some of them seem to be truly kalefdogcopic. One of the most. striking ornaments of many of the hummers is the “gorget,” as it i called—that is, a gleaming throat patch of imbricated feathers. In the common ruby throat it is ruby, as the name im-~ plies; in several speciesi, like Costa’s humming,bird, the tips of the feathers are purple and the basal portions snow white. In others they gleam in the most. metallic red or violet. Sometimes the feathers of these gorgets are elongated into a beautiful ruff on each side of the neck, or into a bearded tuft reaching " down from the chin. : ' Still more wonderful are the crests worn by a number of the species. There. ‘for instance, is Guerin’s helmet. crest, whose head is surmounted by a. tall, slender top-knot that looks like a mini- ature pyramid, while a pointed beard of almost the same length depends. from "its chin. Princess Helena’s coquette has a double crest, both parts running to a sharp point, making them look like two tiny horns, while its gorget is decor- ated at its base with a semi-circle of elongated feathers that stream out like yeniants.. The spangled coquette has a crest of the finest spray spread out in the form of a.round fan, dappled with metallic black spots. -’ No less varied and wonderful are the tails of the hummers. Robert Ridgway says: ‘The shape and development of 73 THE OOLOGIST. the tail feathers of the humming birds vary to a degree that has no parallel among other birds, many of the forms assumed being also entirely unique. There are deeply forked and _ scissor- shaped tails, wedge-shaped tails, double rounded and double emarginated tails, tails and streamers of curious forms, tails with raquette-shaped feathers and tails whose quaint and elaborate struc- ture defies description by any specific term. Several spec.es have long feathers that sweep around in graceful festoons, either runing parallel or else crossing each other. These pennants are often free of vanes, save at the end, where there is a broad, fanlike expan- sion. 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Mounted Birds, Shells, Minerals, Opals, Curios, Gems &c The following articles will be sold at auction, December 5; 1898. All bids must be received by mail by 4 p. m. on that day. The highest bidder in each case will be noti- fied of his geass and can remit or have goods sent C. O. D. I have placed a reserve price on each lot and no lower bid will be considered. Parties not wishing the whole of any lot can bid on any part of it. Address all bids to ROBERT BURNHAM, 143 Gallup St., PROVIDENCE, R. I: aie 1specimen Areadiolite, N. S. perp fine $ ap 3 i0 Ibs. Agatized Wood, avi a so 22 00 4 100 lbs. Actinolite, Mass., good....... . 600 5 1001bs. Alabaster, Italy, fine......... .- 10 00 7 100-1bs. Albite, N. H.; nile Us hat Padi -. 5-00 8 1 specimen Allanite, N. H., 2x3, fine 10 91 Analcite, N. H., 2x3, fine.. 10 i0 1 2 Amber Baltic Seasie.c ct. - 10 Hol Y Ankerite, Penn.,-2x3...... -10 4 1 cs Andalusite, Mass., port oe 1 “ec a J 14 1 rs Antumony, J apan, om fine. 15 SNe ea a 3x4, ‘fine 25 46 1 x Asbestus, Mass.....-- Hous 10 pee ver BKA scree ie 5 18 1 af Azurite, Col. ey at hietnaae 05 19 1 ae * 2x3, pease 15 oD. Urata Barite, Eng., 2x3, good. 10 21°11 \i 3x4, fine .. 35 22 100 ibs. Beryl, N. H., oon LS ee 5 6 00 23 1 een Biotite’ (15 1bs,). Mass., 106 24 1 ‘specimen Biotite, Mass., i>. 8 Ay | Soe 05 25 1 3x4.. 1% 10 26-1 aS Black Spinel, N.Y. vmat.. 25 27 1 oe o“ “ e . 10 28 1 ““ Bowenite, R. I....... +... 10 29 1 oA Bornite, Col.... i b.6. 00.85 10 80 1 “ Brookite, Ark....... «4... 10 31 ys lbs. Brown Spar, R.1...3:. 2.2.2... 2 40 32 cimen Brucite, Pa...... ...6..4- Me 10 33 40 bs. Bubrstone, France....... ...... 3 00 34 1 specimen Calamine, N.Y... ....+.++ 15 35 40 lbs. Calcareous Tufa,'N. Y........- 86 401bs. Canrinite, Me................ .e. 400 37 : specimen Catlinite, Minn.,3x5 .... 30 38 AN Cerargyrite, Nev., 1 OZ... “35 39 x Chabazite, N.S ........... 10 40 i Chalcedony on Coral, Fla........... 20 41 10lbs. Chalcopyrite, Col ..... ........ 15 42 1specimen Chlorite, R.I...... ....... 10 43 1 iY Chrysocolla, Col...... .... 10 44 101bs. Cinnalar, Col., fine...... ...... ~ 400 45 1 specimen Columbite, Pe ee SE 10- 46 400 lbs. Coquina ... ---e-+ 16 00 4 1 specimen Copalite, ‘Africa. . Abo 10 48 1 Cyanite, ‘Conn.. tet 05 49 101bs. Cyanite, Conn spsca. pice 100. 50 1 specimen Diamond, Africa . 2 00 51 15l1bs. Diaspore, MARS... 9c cosets 3 7 52 15 lbs. Elaeolite, Ark...... SRAben Th: anes 90 53 401bs, Emery, Mass.. a Sa sigungs babes kG 54 40 lbs. Epidote, Mass... ... Rope Ay Te - 360. 55 1 specimen Be Eng.. vai) Sea ORES 56 1 anklinite, Neg uae Pe PoR es 57 100 lbs. Galenite Col . eeeeees eee 10 00 58 10 lbs. Galenite; Mass., "PANG fess ces 1 00 59 200 lbs. Granite in Matrix, meee .... 18:00 60, 4001bs. Quartz, R. I... seeeeee» 20 00 61 200 lbs. Ke Geodes, Ill............ 16 00 62 100 lbs: Chalcedony Geodes, Ill....... 10 06 63 1specimen Graphite, Burope...- mae G2 64 1 cH Bloodstone, Europe ...... 25 65 1 ef Heulandite,N. S........ 10 66 100 lbs. Hornblende, ee Re Bela 8 00 67 200 lbs. Hematite, R. I.. Rees Seas 16 00 C68 40 lbs. Pyrite, Col. Sab eis aia seit ae Mane 69 : specimen Lava, Ves. pals s)astet aie Mane 70 oh Leopardite, N. C.. ee 25 UW ‘« Malachite, Chili........... 15 42 10 lbs. Mé@rgarite, Mase. 0... see . 1580 43 : specimen Masonite, R.I............ 10 74 se Pearl spar, N. Y.......... > ped > tb 10 lbs. Petrified Wood, ei aN’ 80 ‘% 101bs. Phylite, R. I.......... Ripa Ss ‘70 77 1specimen Pyrolusite; Col...” «1 78 10 uartz Christals, N. ¥. and Ark. i, Meee 79 10 ae 30 80 10 ae oe ont “ on 81 10 a ot oe yt 1 00 THE OOLOGIS!. : 79 100:1lbs.RhombiSpar, KR. Ton. is gees 5 00 10 lbs. Scapolite, Mass..............6. 60 1 specimen Selenite Crystal, Ark.. 10 10 1bs. Seyberite, Me...........0+eewes 1 00 4 specimens Silver Ore................ 1 00 l spec. Smoky Quartz Crystal, Col... 05 er’ “* os COlse den aeariate xis 15 errs OS Odalite, Meise ve veic vaveee de 10 Vai Specular Tron, 2x2.Ala,../....: 10 10 lbs. Sphalerite, Mo................. 70 1 specimen Splene, N. Y........5..... 50 10 lbs. Stilbite, N. A ie a 50 5 lbs. Spodumme, NEASS Sie « srerstot eas 40 1 specimen Sulphur, 4xX4....5. 2.0.2... 30 1 zs Crystal..... f 15 1 rt Wourmaline, Mass.. 25 1 a yO -) 0000) bh: 25 1 re Troosite Matrix Xtal. 25 1 MJ Obsidian (10 lbs.)Mex. 2 25 1 Ee Wollastonite.......... 10 1 st Zincite; NaI. eskt 10 10 Zircon Crystals..................05. 35 10 lbs. Zoicite, Mass............... 2... 80 1 specimen Nuttalite,4x5, 2 lbs.,Mass. ib 1 Pink Wernerite, 4x5, 2 lbs. Mass < Boltonite, 3x3, 11b.Mass.. 12 1 Epidote inActinolite, 4x5.81bs. ,Mass. 25 1 Grey Epidote, 4x4, 1%, Mass........ 25 1 Grey Epidote, USx1¥ SVR ANs te ctcns WreuRe 25 1 specimen Kyanite, Conn., 4x5, 3 lbs. 25 1 ee Selenite, Mich., "4x6 A%lbs. 25 1 i Magnesite, Greece... .. 25 1 ss Porphyretic Granite, N. PEL Dm B) Daeiectd'eis overs atop saris cele ¢ sie'es 20 Maya vdtareidtstevereiaieas Swarts oldie irm’s eves ja7e)< ib) 1s or ea Pearl Spar, base, 4x5, 2 alenite 12? heer 2x24, 1144x1% cut by large Calcite Crystals, beauty. 1 00 1 specimen smoky Quartz, R.I....... 15 4 ef Stilbite, 4x4, N.S........ 1 50 1 sab, pina Smoky Quartz Crystal, ua Peer verse eveeiosicces vee soos és 1H Arrowheads, different States : : a 10 us Obsidian, Mexico . BO 10 ie Mexico . 00 a we .ad t 50 o “ ae ls 00 “Obsidian Knife, eee = i * pa pene cocsitite vee 40 1 a 3 Se adie ee Rice's 50 1 hy A MEM alarergimtarlins, 15 1 He A . sal ; 1 00 Mounted Birds on Stands. Cooper’s Hawk pouncing on Quail... 5 00 American Golden-eye ee Duck) .... 300 Murre,Common Gu cape iow ole giavelere’st MLO Rocky Mountain Screech Owl .. . .. 5 00 Rose-breasted. Grosbeak.... ..... ... 1.00 Black and White Warbler. é Crossbill (Am.) Chewink, Towhee. Red and Yellow-shouldered Blackbird. Red-shafted Flicker. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Wilson’s Tern. Blue Jay. Least Sandpiper. Meadow Lark. Sparrow Hawk. eadow Lark. ; Great Blue Heron. Fresh Water Shells, papees: 1 pair Unio Solidus, rare.... ......... 45 1 Unio Alatus, Wis..............- 1 50 1 “ Uniorectus ee hold.t Blekiadie = atuh's % 1 ‘** Unio gibbosus “..... Sanaicles 75 1 ‘. Unio Ligamultines, Wis . eyelet 85 1 ‘* Unio Plicatus, Wis. Syocher araatd 4 1 *“ Unio Metanever, * ............ 195 «Unio Metanever, * 157 1 ‘“ Unio Trigonus ‘ 1 00 These shells are polished and shine like a mirror. 158 1 dozen Scalloped shells, plercgh ¢ and polished.. at 25 159 1 Hermit Crab and Shell ........ .... 10 160 han soi Shoe Crab, small.. TOY ae 10 161 Y 39 SIMO ee races: « 20 162 Sea Urchin (sand dollar)............ 0d 163 1 dozen Skates eggs ............... : 10 164 - dozen Sturgeon plates.. 20 165 Sea Clam, 4x6 for Ee 25 166 % gallon mixed VTE a aaa a 30 167, % ane White Murex.... i... 6.5. y.eees 58 LOSI Sg: 55 TPE I Coe eevan eta starsiars's\s's ole: se:0 68 169 % ‘* Conch’ Shells’ coi oc... sens 50 170 % ‘ Helmet or Queen Shells...... 1 00 171 1doz. large Alligator Teeth.......... 35 172 Large Turtle Shell, (gopher) Fla.. 7 173. 1 Saw-fish- “Saw, 11 inches, Fila: SORT Ae 15 174 1 Trunk Fish, 7 pee uke, We ee 30 175 1 Porcupine Fish, 5 +! ES oA ea 25 176 Pistol used 50 years ago........ .:... 50 177 1 piece Mexican Onyx, 8 square in. 25 178 1 16 “fine. 1 00 179 10 ‘* Fossil Coral, 50 sqaurein., fine. 2 00 180 11 ‘* black and white Agate, 45''good 1 60 181 10 ‘* red and white Agate, 40‘ ‘* 1 50 Vee fea De Moss Agate, Brazil, 4 inch + 25 183. 1 * 3 hits 10 184 1 Epidote, Mass., 5 inch, good... ..... 25 185 1doz. Opals (fine) Mexico SAB sie tf Sex 50 1BG TO ze eG RR aia ed faced t2 es BAs00 187 % doz * 2 Le Ce ane 1 00 189 % ‘ precious Opals, Australia.. 1 00 190! Sef a Lt 1 50 191 yy “ ‘i “6 150 192 2 St Ou 2 00 193 1 % os 2 00 194 1 ‘h (e sates 3 00 195 1 us s Mex. or ‘Aus... 5 00 196 1 a sf . 10 CO 187 17 ourmaline, Ss. Paris, Me. A fine wKt 8 00° 198 1 Kt. 12 €O 199 1 46 “ rs 46 1-16** 6 co 200 1 ee ‘ te oe goody “cc 2 00 201 1 Aquamarine, Le * fine 53gKt 6 00 202 1 fi “ “oH 83a 4 (00 203 1 “ce se eT) 316 oe 3 50 204 1 Red Carbuncle, 10mmxl4mm fine .. 1 50 205 1 Amethyst Carbuncle 8x12, fine..... 1 50 206 1 Faceted, 8x12fine 1 00 207 1 American Turquoise, 34.in. x9-16, fine 200 208 1 3 1-16 in. xk * +S E00 209 1Topaz. faceted, 3-8 infine............ 100 210 1pr.Sardon yn = for sleeve buttons, fine 75 git 1. pr. OnyX;.d0... c.0.0%0eeenee 5) 12 40z. Rough Opals. specimens’ ‘differ- ent colors to show all kinds and CONAITIONS 600). 6. cetnvaidiceeledss acest 25 213 40z, better quality... ............... 50 oF . ne still Desens: os 1 00 opag specimen lees. stad. 20 1G) A Ruaby!, (0. Se pea legal cuiea ts 2 217 1° Me RAE BOU So to aise rset 218 1 Emerald * COU CHS DRAM OCEEEG 40 219 1Sapphire ‘“ 2 AE, aE PC et 15 220 1 Diamond............. a hie Welds sclahtieeteta 2 00 221 1Skookum Stone.......... 25 222 1 Maple Desk 150 years old. Can send drawing. Perfect proof of age and ' history will be sent on request.... 40 00 223 2 Chairs, solid mahogany, very old. _ In good repair, each............0... 5 00 224 1 Table cloth 6 yards long, 6 napkins. These were the property of Maxmillian and used by him in Mexico. ave the coat of arms of Austria. Are very heavy linen.... .... 75 00 225 1 doz. fine hand-painted a PR 1899, each.... . 026 1 doz. photo views ‘of Providence. ore 15 227 1 doz. books flowers of New England, ’ hand-painted, each.:........ 0.00... 50 228 1 Arctic Fox skin, white..........!... 5 60 80 ; THE OOLOGIST. Annual Holiday Sale. Birds Eggs in sets with data. For $1.00 you-can select $2.50 worth. For $2.00 you can select $6.00 worth. All orders of over $2.00 can select three times the amount sent. No discount on orders of less than $1.00. i Everything sent prepaid. With all orders of $5 or over will be shipped free a ‘uitable tray for every set purchased. Figures following the name give the number of eggs in each set. Western Grebe, 4 Canvas-back Dnck, 7......... -...-.--2---2----+-220---- 8 75 “6 ff 5 Lesser-scaup Duck, 5.....:.-..--....-22--2--s202esee 375 Holboell’s Grebe, 3.....--..---2--22.c---0eereeeeee ene ee American Golden-eye, 8......... --..--- ----22-2..2.- 6 00 St Domingo Grebe, 4.......-.---....--:5 --2--2----+ _140 Harlequin Duck, 5 5 00 Prete cy watel mn, 1s ee ae ee eee eee ee 75 Northorn Eider, 5 pad 6 Tee Pee aE eee 8 20 American Hider, 6 Large-billed Puffin, :1....... 1 00 Whitewinged Scoter, 7 eae ee Horned Puffin, 1.-...... -..... 2 00 Ruddy: Duels; 10.2...2:5,<-22502 sa eee ee Cassin’s Auklet, 1....2-... 22.-22220...2c.e--etee es 150 Camada Goose, B..2... 22.002. cce-ceceeeseeeceeeeeseeeees 7 50 Black Guillemot, 2...-...2....2-.22-.-2-----00e eens ee 50 American Flamingo, 1.. 1 00 Pigeon Guilemot, 2.. .......-.-.222+---20------e-) noe 100 Wood Ibis, 2............... 2 00 UTI G oad ee =e ee er Nee eo Se eae ake 20 ##American Bittern, 4... _.. 3 00 California Murre, 1....:.-.-:-.------- 20 Least Bittern, 4.................. 12 [580 Pallas’s Murre, 1.........-.---.-- wey eke PRS fa ot Bich rh Ue By coulaubel hy Nie ae .. 100 Razor-billed Auk, 1 Great Blue Heron, 5......-.----.-------. e-- a a> Sloan 2b ee ees European Blue Heron, 4....... Parasitic Jaeger, 2...-..-- American Egret, 3.........-..-- Kittiwake, 3..........------- Reddish Egret, 3 ............ Iceland Gull, 2.........----.- : ae: eS ag ge es Verein Gul) Se ee nee eee ee Louisania Heron, 4.................. -.2.0--0 American Herring Gull, 3......... ..---.-. ----..-. iep0 © ‘Green: Heron) 3.2) ia eae eee Mew Gull, 2 (1 dam)/.0)00.22-25 50 beeate ene pee Helene ysaccdn §. Ais) @ull-billed Term, 32..-2-22 1.2.2.2) 2 eee (ib) Black-crowned Night Heron, 4.................... 48 (Bp TSy opepual AM sy ols 2s ie Pee ee eee eee cere 70 Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 4 ....... ........ £0 Royale, (2.1 ke se Bi einehe kes Soe OO if 3 nb Oss 1 20 Cabot’s Tern. 3 1 20 Common Tern, 3 BOSS aaa BAT Ct Gi ee cos eae eee eee aor eee 30 Roseate, Tern, 3 45 LOLS STU DTS) Oia eu Ai ees ile N S Ae e ere 16 Ooty ens 1 ewe eee eee 2> wWSpotted Crake, 4°74. 2 es Bric lediMern ; ih: ee ree ke ere as eee 1 00 Sora, Rail 6s ee aan ne ee Black Tern, 3....-.......-2.24.----+-- 30 Bei peal (AMR foe ee 2 abe eee 1 20 White-winged Black Tern, 3... 1 50 Corn Crake, 8......... 6 te BE ALR ae 160 . Noddy Tern, 1....:..-....... tattle AA aed a _ 85 Purple Gallinule, 8..... ........... -......... 2 00 Black Skimmer, 3.......-...---. -s-seeec--- ee * 86. Florida Gallinule, 7................. 70 ~ Es ee Ae 130) a Fc Paly ges OR a re 48 © European Coot, 6... 90 Milman. css Sees 15 American Coot. 5.... 40 Manx Shearwater, 1 vi) av eh Degas 96 Audubon’s Shearwater, 1....-......-....--.-----.-- Northern: Phalarope, 4..................-..-..----.---- 3 00 Stormy, Petrelli: 2222). es a ee Wilson’s Phalarope, 4....:. -. . -222.. cece 3 00 Leach’s Petrel, 1..........--.---------2. <---« 2 . American Avocet, 2.....-... -....2.--2.---- 1 00 Yellow-billed Tropic Bird, 1 : Black-necked Stilt, 3...........22.. 2..-20c eee 1 50 TE YOYO) 077 Renee eee RATT Ts a Pare: Uae eaperanery teres 2 00 Gannet, 1..........- + Buropean Snipe, 4...2...2..2. ceessece cettecsteeep neon! 1 00 Cormorant, 4 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 ecke- TRAD Double-crested Cormorant, 4.... ........ 1 00 Lapwing, '4.....-.2.-.-.--..----- tS) Farallone Cormorant, 4.......:-... --------- 2.00 Golden Plover, 4..........c.cccc00 cecceeedenee cadeederesee 1.60 Pelagic Cormorant, 3.......-...'-2-+1-0. ---- 3.00 Killeen aie fers. be ee Lee: ; iy, American White Pelican, 3..........-.- 1 05 Ring Plover, 4:........2s. nl eee ee Brown Pelican, 3.. 21.21 ia cee eteenece ce 60 Little Ring Plover, 4 ‘ us 66 Pay Me ee Sree Ne coere coe 80 Snowy. PlOVEY 3 .....-02.p 4000+ scnss shoes dank ea eeye eee California Brown Pelican, 3.......1.......--------. 2 25 Wilson’s Plover, 3............. Man-o-war. Birds dcp oie. ease eee 1 00 Oyster-catcher, 3............ Red-breasted Merganser, 6..........--...----.------- . 4 50 Bob-white, 12............/.....-.- MAU AIG. (8.2020. s-c2s sce teeea eee eee 160 ‘Texan Bob-white, 9......... vs Ae Gadwall, 5.. aerate £o, 3°75 California Partridge, 7............-...-........: fxn Wideeons’8.:./4.. ates Ree ee ees 200 Valley Partridge, 17...........-02. 22.20. settee | Baldpate, 5....... 3°75 Sooty Grouse, 5..........c2-5- cee-eeceeesncenenncmacce ees ee ‘4° European Teal, 140 Ruffed Groused, 7............... .... Blue-winged Teal, 8....-..... 160 Oregon Ruffed Grouse, 9...........2.2..-2.2-.00-- Ginnamon Teal, 9... 0.2: eee 815 . Rock Ptarmigan, 6.............. ....2.--..00-- bi. bebe Shoveller, 10 .................. Ra ae 8 50 Prairia Sharp-tailed Grouse. 10........:..... ae 2 00 TA Bis! cbc5 1 SOS, sese Pech aetna 2 40 ie at if Bpags Scots pti OO Red-head Duck, 7......... pp. Lavina teh (es [oe tat phere gies 2 45 English Pheasant, 13.............. ~ 8125 y. Ae QE A ee a ees 1D er 7 LOG Pes. Se ake ee . 250 THE OOLOGIST v VOLE (WE TY cf aS RR VO 1 20 Band-tailed Pigeon, 2 .. eee nen tampa NL Red-billed Pigeon, 1........................--2 Sic, 1B White-crowned Pigeon, 2 ane © Mourning Dove, 2...... ......-.....-- Rete Any Leas - 06 White-fronted Dove, 2...... 22... ..:00..2..ceseeeee sree f wanbed, Doves2 h..cwer st aeceeheios 30 Mexican Ground Dove, Bes a OR IOV Os) ccc. 0s ete caes Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, 2 te Marsh Hawk, 4 M sus leogapbas caanga's sete ieee ionase et tetas Harris’ s Hawk, 3 European Buzzard, Diesecuk erteceee ote ed -padlied Hawk .2. i022. ..02 sete pcbeoceicecws : Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 - A isch Gri g Pe tsd SS Nt eke Florida Red-shouldered Hawks 2 iucertevat. ~ 1,20 BNW ASIBOTI: By FLAW IK, ep ccans eke ssscdade ouedeeseas bt da 1 00 Rough-legged Hawk, BR cen aku ot ae i aS yh oes 1 20 mee aati: riper Hawk, 3.. + arte ‘a Sree Desert Sparrow Hawk, 3........ Audubon’s Caracara, 3 American Osprey. . BES See Rae es ee American Barn On: y eatery x 1 60 American Long- eared Owl, 4 Pabtaltme RTO COWL Bi. i. 2.> ae vee cc for deencssakeus Tei tel Og is Seen ee eB OR ae ee ae Florida-barred Owl, 2 Screech Owl, 3 SE ES PEP OP TAT) Ce aak BA LSS 2: be “ Florida Screech. Owl, “4. 2 00 Texan Screech Owl, 3 1 20 California Screech Owl, 4 .... 1 80 Mexican Screech Owl, 2 ..........0....22.............. 2 00 reat, FOrned: OW! iaicsc-.-- cc.-00--25c0 Bacseses ek 2 50 Western Horned Owl, 2..................22:ecceeeee . 2 00 Burrowing Owl, 8............. 1 60 Ar “ ‘9 napa 1 80 Groove-billed Ani, 6 4 50 Road-runner. 4 -..... 00.2 eae heesae) shee 1 00 Mangrove Cuckoo, 4 .........6. ...ccestdeceseevecsenene 4 00 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, .2.............2...2.ce.s.2052-- oh OO Black-billed Cuckoo, 5 pee = o Belted Kingfisher, 5... .. 100 Hairy Woodpecker, 4..................-......-- = SUD Downy Woodpecker, Sesbapsrsser eee as a Red-naped Sa: pa on Sn oad, aoe 222) 08 Red-headed Woodpecker, 5......... ...... -...-.- 40 California Woodpecker, 5...... .... -..---....4--- 2 00 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 4...... .............2.... . 100 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 5.................... 1 Gila pe necker, bE eer see ese a 4 Flicker, 7 Perea tec dence Ses ict anes Caeser eases ee Red-shatted ACK OPA G12. olasiadare Northwestern Flicker, 6.............. Chuck-wills-widow, 2 Whip-poor-will, 2... Merrill's Paraque, 2. NRO a Wile 2s sccc ten sh ee Western Nighthawk, 2.. Lauds AGIA INS URAWE Osc tt ee "Mexan Nighthawixe 2 oe he Black-chinned Hummingbird, n-2 ..... ......... 1 20 Costa’s Hummingbird, n-2............02.02. .....-. 1 20 Anna’s Hummingbird, n-2. - 120 Rufous Hummingbird, n-2.....00. 2. eee... 1 20 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 4 cei = aa Ra, Sa 40 Kingbird, 3.. ERE Oh Scop saaee onde te .cs Su? OD) Gray Kingbird, Vis 3 seaear = 2 00 Sl al Kingbird, 4.. Deeaptent..--20-sce 400 Arkansas Bk i Lapa aga ee, 18 Reve ecto ramen een atabihe ens ot 30 Cassin’s Kingbird, 4 (1 dam)...... ...... eee a Crested:Flycatcher, |e a ee ee bom OD Mexican Crested Flycatcher, 5 1 15 Lawrence’s Flycatcher, 3.. «=, 2) 20 Pheebe, 4... 16 5 20 Say's Phoebe) Sreiemaar pense. sy cactvneeet cape 7d Wood Pewee, 22258 ee. 24 st th 3 saeee necks 2.2 Jase danas metas As cet Western Wood Pewee, 8 ................---.-..----.. 60 Acadian Flycatcher, 3.............2. 22) les aeeesee 45 ea - yee 2 aS ere 60 Praill’s Fly cat@h ero ese weetens sp Hensos ye ance 45 Alder I iycateher 4 eee ep ces eae 60 Least Flycatcher, 4......... Reese t? “east frepaack oss 27,76) Vermilion Flycatcher, 3............ ......-.......--.. 38 00 Skylark.:S, ..:...:. 40 tee eete eee ee apek eek eo Prairie Horned Lark, 4 Desert Horned Dark, Bii2is5 -scceees--2-2e -cenecee.- Texan Horned: LAr, Sie eet areste tees, American Magpie, 6.............--.......-- 4 Yellow-billed Magpie, 5....... . ... Pinon JAY peers spe eres ee BUG JAY, 2.2.2 nsscce ade eee cee Bee oe Lad 4 Florida Blue Jay, 4 American Crow, 4... oe “ RlOrida: Crow, Bic ticccsswats ee sete Pec Sob ee apes ish) Crow, 5) ::c:2. cece eee Starling, , : Mis ceaaecaeee Bobolinis)) 4 | 0200 oe ee tee sey ah ies eae Oe oe Red-eyed Cowbird, 1 .........--... -..- ar Yellow-headed Blackbird, 4 Red-winged paar (Wis ee eens Sonoran Redwing, 4 Bahaman Redwing, 4 .. Bicolored Blackbird, PC Ce" aba ate Meadowlark; 'B\c.c.25..:-0.4.-008- Sraasestiaues.teewestogss Ss 4 Seip id he eseE aby Mexican Meadowlark, 5 2 Western Meadowlark, 6 ..... ..... -222c.2.2-2222-- Hooded Oriole, 4 Orchard Oriole, 5..... ..... Baltimore Oriole, 4..... ae te 5 Bullock's Oriole, 4. a Purple Gracile, rate tie Bronzed Grackle, ay Boat-tailed Grackle, 3 4... PUrple PN Ch ae cee senotsecsctee ves pe California Purple Finch, 4......... ............... House Finch, 5.. ee retg Re ha Rats St. Lucas House ‘Finch, 4 Redpoll, 3 . American Goldfinch, Bie prastara Goldfinch, 6 Sere? Arkansas Goldfinch, 3, SeekS Tahteevs2 <2 seek Mexican Goldfinch, 525 Sitesi: Ske Lawrence’s Goldfinch, 6.2...0.2.2.:) .c-..0-...-----0-- European Goldfinch, 5....... ne Tree > Sparrow, ES? Bh he tee Snowflake, + ae i Chestnut-collared Longspur, 3 McCown’s Longspur, 3 Mesper Sparrows Sycccccatees soe nce oi n20 Savannah Sparrow, 4......-00...¢...-i2-08 elt 40 MU ATIC SPALYO Wai aeen cee. oes iantcuteatacezsosts 20 Western Lark Sparrow, 4 .......22.. .---2e---0-- 20 White-crowned Sparrow, 5......... -.2..0l2-20002... 2 50 Gambel’s Sparrow, 4 pee e+ BD Chipping Sparrow, 4 - eS eae oe ies rtr. 08 Slate-colored Junco, eines cee Ate 1 75 Oregon Junco, 4.. eet Me 200 Black-throated Sparrow. Bink Sbleeee Pak ® A 05 vi THE OOLOGIS1. Song Sparrow. ais CEE RE ile eee ne eae oe ie Desert Song Spar row, 1 75 Mountain Song Spanto TOW. eae Ek Ve 1 00 Heerman’s Song Sparrow, "4 Athy Auk! alegre 3? Samuel’s Song Sparrow, 5 .......-.-.-----------+-+ 40 Rusty Song Sparrow, 5...:. -......--..:---se-2+--+- . 200 Sooty Song SALT ow, \olessee see eee meee aes 2° 50 Swamp Sparrow, 4.22.25025:-cte cece eats s ene 48 MON yila\e(S iS eeeeRe REE ere oer ncoceh oon nrcenbreecascesact-) 30 White- ~eyed Towne (1 Gam) 4040 eA ee 1 75 AVCtIC TOWDRB; 4.222 5500 ck eet onto eeee adeno eeae 3 00 Green-tailed Towhee, 3.. Canon Towhee, 3 St. Lucas Towhee, 3......- California Towhee, 3.......-....--------- Abert’s Towhee, 3. PTC Sais oll as Gardinal:3:<: <2) 2 ee ee eee Gray-tailed Cardinal, 3...........-...----..-----..-5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 4 Black-headed Grosbeak, 8... Blne:Grosbeak, 4... 2 Be eee Indigo Bunting, 4 Sete eae secret Spey crbencohecoacoaccics DBs es eC ise IEE Lazuli Bunting, 4 Painted Bunting, 3 eet ce at Ne Dickeisspely4::.2.: 2. ke se ea ee Scarlet Tanager, Be Oe SON Sa ae MAr4s ooh ce Ah gS Summer TEE QS ater Ni is ge a ced 1 00 Purple Martin, 5.202 eA 60 Cliff Swallow, 6 SHIN. 3 AT EEO Barn Swallow, 4 20 Tree Swallow, 6 =3 90 Violet-green Swallow, 6... -.......0.... ---2-.222 2 40 Bank:-Swallow, 5.2.5... en ee 15 Rough-winged Si haeret f PSR COL Ia Wee 1 25 Cedar SY sie i PS Cg BEER” LUA heey 50 Phai la,.2 : 2 ainopepla,.2...- vi ee 5 A Re aa Ok US boda Fe es 105 — Loggerhead Shrike, 6...2..... 22.0.2... 2222-0000 ---ee 48 White-rumped Shrike, 6....... .... ...-..... -..--. 48 California Shrike, -5:.....5) 2.28! SA 40 Red- -eyed Vireo, ro le TORS TORE Tae 40. < ; 36 Yellow-throated Vireo, 3..............2.022. -++--- 95 Cassin’s Vireo, 3.......2.......4- ja eae A LAR 3 00 White-eyed St Pia eared BC De Ok SANE . 60 Bell’s Vireo, 4........... sdibasde. feu A ee 60 Least Vireo, 38.......-... essences. RRR eee . 105 Black and White Warbler, ie pet eet B'* 1 50 Prothonotory Warbler, 4............ .2222... -2-...- 1 00 Blue-winged Warbler, 4 oe aay ith RUE Are eee Parla: Warbler; ds) cccicct. cose ine acta se rate Yellow Warbler, 4 5.. n-4 Sonora Yellow Warbler, 5 Chestnut- -sided Warbler, 4 3 Yellow-throated Warbler, 3......... ......-.....-.. 4 50 PineiWarbler, 4...62.8 see nee Gvenbirdy4...:-..2..knee : Louisiana Water Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, 4.... Hooded Warbler, 3............2...!- rt ‘er OR fa fA Me me seo Pileolated Warbler;. 3:....:2.).0 4 .00..).id0eckeceeln American Redstart, 4 White Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 5.. fly, Raia Eat aero, Sage Thrasher,’ 2..4..1....4sd oe Mockingbird, 4 Catbird, 4 ts ts 4 California Thrasher, 38......./..).) cietctees.eeteee | OO Crissal Thresher, 2 GAGEUBOW LOD, 4..........2c.c. 20.502 balou eee Carolina Wren, 5 Floriida Wren, 4... =......0...-.-- RO £, ee ay Lomita Wren. 5. Bie gh ee he, House Wren, 2 hamabaaeed ina “ee in oe Western House Wren, 5........°...-..--. 2-22 40 Long-billed Marsh Wren, 4 20 White-breasted Nuthatch, 6 cleanse deere 210 Slender-billed Nuthatch, 3..-.........2. ---.2.-.---. 2 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 j Tufted Titmouse, 6 Plain Titmouse, QS ea, a ee . 3 00 Chickadee, Viacisisle's ciec.ee\o:aivc's «nia/g\eaGlelaceets=inetammhneEy aeereer ares eaee Seeseseereeesevesers 1 20 Oregon Chickadee, 7...00. .... +--+ cevssaeees 14D Carolina Chickadee, 4.....+.-....- see nes ecieiOO California Bush Tit, SABA DAR. Cig 505 sacereg@ Verdin Setaccougscceesnee 1 05 Blue-gray Gnatcather, 4 ~~ 1780 Western Gnatcatcher, 5. oe 250 Wood Thrush, 4....... 24 Wilson’s. Thrush, 4.... 48 Willow Thrush, 3....csceseceeses «es Bie Russet-backed Thrush, 4........ .--++-----. 60 Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 4. ..cecccsccecscses-- American RODIN, 4.....ccccee sovceeceseveese » 12 Western Robin, 4........ 20. cseecsecccevee-. 40 Red-spotted Blue-throat, 5.....essee.-s+---- Wheater, 5...ccescceeessssanecee ceccecns ceenn | 50 BIWCDITG 4 soos «tence ce wocnciccageniscnce nee liinectaiaeD English Pheasant, 1B. cwccccgdcecjasence sisbene ee JO. oiccccdics cee bvelcismis swan mminntiane Nest of Black-chinned Hummer. Svccnicetiepelt ene ee eens SEATING «sy sasinisneetine meee 1 50 SPECIAL, The followihg desirable and authentic sets. I offer at one-half of prices quoted, postpaid. LIST RATE. Olive-backed Thrush, 4........ siceaee wevesle spl au Winter Wren, 4....0..---0--- ; LOOD, 2. cccecccccerere Green-winged Teal, 10 American Woodcock, 3. BAe Red-shouldered Hawk, 3.. Great Horned Owl, aa idee White-throated Sparrow, 4. 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The highest bidder in each case will be noti- fied of his purchase and can remit or have goods sent C. O: D. I have placed a reserve price on each lot and no lower bid will be considered. Parties not wishing the whole of any lot can bid on any part of it. Address all bids to Robert Burnhani, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. 1 specimen Arcadiolite, N. S.,2x3,fine$ 10 1 ‘4x4 | OB 3 10]bs. Agatized Wood, ariee fine...... 4 1001bs. Actinolite, Mass., good 5 1001bs. Alabaster, Italy, fine... .... Pe ’ 8 9 wore 100 lbs. Albite, N. H., i specimen Allanite, N. H., 2x3, fine... 10 Analcite, N. H., 2x3, ‘fine... 10 10 1 rs Amber Baltic Sea .......... - 10 itera i Ankerite, Penn., 2x8 .......- 10 12 1 o Andalusite, Mass., good... 05 13 1 re fine... 15 14 1 st Antumony, Japan, 2x2, fine 15 Tel ‘ 3x: 4 fine 25 16 1 “ Asbestus, Mass 10 Ti ry OA ewe 25 18 1 is Azurite, Col... pate. Ras 05 19 1 oe “2x3, iframe 15 20 1 a Barite, Eng. ; 2x3. good... 10 21 1 i 3x4, fine ...... 3a 22 1001bs. Beryl, N. H.. good ................-. 6 00 23 1 specimen Biotite (15 lbs.), Mass., IY TET rs i. peerage (RT aan a eae Eee Sa 1 10 24 : specimen Biotite, Mass., ase oe ee 05 25 Sx Ae eee 10 26 i ES Black Spinel, N. M655 mat... 25 277-1 £¢ " 19 28.1 fs Bowenite. R. 1.22. 222...22---- 10 29 1 ay Bornite, Col........-........... Y 10 30 1 tf Brookite. Ark..................- 10 31 401bs. Brown Spar, R. I ...-........22.-. -.. 2 40 32 1 specimen Brucite, Pa...................... 10 33 401bs. Buhrstone, France............- t= 8 00 34 1specimen Calamine, N. Y ....... 15 35 401bs. Calcareous Tufa, N. Y ............. 2 40 36 40 lbs. Canrinite, Me _.................) Nena 4 00 37 1 specimen Catlinite, Minn., 3x5......... 30 38 1 Cerargyrite. Nev., 1 0Z...... 35. 39 1 fe Chabazite, N.S............:.---- 10 40 1Chalcedony on Coral, Fla................. 41 101bs. Chalcopyrite, Col ...............--..-- 42 : specimen Chiorite, i Aaa Eis ae SN 43 Chrysocolla, Col .......--.-..-- 44 10 lbs. Cinnabar, Cal., fine................-. 45 1specimen Columbite, Conn .........- 46 - 400 lbs: Coquind 2 .'3.-82) 22 ee ee 47 1specimen Copalite, Africa ...... ........ 48 1 < Cyanite, Conn...................- 49 10lbs. Cyanite, Conn...................--...-.. 50 1specimen Diamond, Africa 51° 15 lbs. Diaspore, Mass.... 52 15 lbs. Elaeolite. Ark 53 40lbs. Emery, Mass... 54 40 1bs. Epidote, Mass... 55 1 specimen Flint, Eng 56 1 Franklinite, N. J) ............. 10 57 100 lbs. Galenite, Col... Dee eee 58 10 ibs. Galenite, Mass., rare . 60 400 Ibs. Quartz; KR. Tepe Ae Gees ._ 20 00 61 200 lbs, fF Geodes, Ill.................. 62 100 lbs. Chalcedony Geodes, Ill...... ..... 63 oe Graphite, Europe ............ 64 Bloodstone, Europe 65 1 Oe Heulandite, N. 6. 66 100 lbs. Hornblende. Mass. 67 200 lbs. Hematite, R. I ......_....... 68 401bs Pyrite, Col............ -.-2.....- 69 1 specimen Lava, Ves........ 70 1 ee Leopardite, N. C...... md 25 m1 «21 ot Malachite, Chili. -............. 15 72 101bs. Margaite, Mass......... .... 1150 73 =«1 specimen Masonite, R. I..._...... san 10 74 1 Pearl spar, N. Y .. e 10 75 101bs. Petrified Wood, Ariz ... 80 76 101bs. Phylite, R. I... BS si3 70 77 1specimen Pyrolusite, Gol .. Hep ese ie 15 78 10 Quartz Chrystals, N. Y. - and Ark... 20. 79 10 = 37-780 80 10 ee “ee ee “ce ee 50 81 10 “ce es “ec oe 1 00 82 1001bs. Rhomb Spar, R. I -... ........... 5 00. 83 101bs. Scapolite. Mass..... _..... .---.:-. -.- 60 84 1specimen Selenite Crystal, Ark..... 10 85 10 lbs. Seyberite, Me _..................-1- 1 00 86 4specimens Silver Ore........... .... -.... 1 00 rs 1 spec. Smoky Quartz aeial Col... he 89 i. ‘\- Sodalite,-Me::2-..2..- Ss ees 10 90 1 * Specular Iron, 2x2 Ala. 10 91 101]bs. Sphalerite, Mo....... Mae oe 92 1specimen Splene, N. Y .. : 50: 93 101bs, Stilbite, N. S................ ~~ 5O 94 5lbs. Spodumme, Mass................. 40 9 1 specimen Sulphur, AsA 9 oan eae 30- 96 1 Crystal...... -..... 15 97 1 es Tourmaline, Mass ............ 25 98 1 ie Tremolite......... 1.2.22... 25 99 1 i Troosite Matrix Xtal... 25 100 1 ve Obsidian (10 lbs. gy Mex........ 2 25 101 1 a Wollastonite .- Ron A 10 102 1 “¢ Aincite,: N.-Jiv ce eee 10 103 10 Zircon Crystals...............-.-.-----.----+ 35 104 101bs. Zoicite, Mass.. 80 105 1 specimen Nuttalite, 4x5,2lbs., Mass 15 106 1 Pink Wernerite, 4x5, 21bs. Mass 2.22. 2.4. oe eee 15 107 4 specimens Boltonite. 3x3, 1 lb., Mass 12 108 1 Epidotein Actinolite, 4x5, 3lbs. ,Mass 109 1Grey Epidote, 4x4, 1%, Mass............ 110 1 Grey Epidote, 1 Yex13Z ola ey ee 25 111 1 specimen Kyanite, Conn., 4x5, 3 lbs. 25 112 1 “ Selenite, Mich. Ax6,: 434 lbs. 25 113 1 es Magnesite, Greece... ..... 25 114 1 ss Porphyretic Granite, N. H- 115 1 syominen Apatite Crystals, N. xX L 116 1 specimen Pearl Spar, base, 4x5, 2 Galenite Crystals, 2x2%, 14xl¥ cut by large Calcite Crystals, beauty...... 117 ‘i specimen smoky Quartz, R. I......... as 15 113 is Stilbite, 4x4, N. S_............ 150 119 i af Smoky Quartz Crystal, ie ‘ 90 121. SLOb A. es AT a ESR Pee ataat esas uh) 122 10 ey Obsidian, Mieait’s pape 2 50 123 10 c OXICO:2c-s-eu 5 00 124 a as sf Sot aoe ae 7 50 125 na Vee LS Neate 10 00 126 1 Opsibian Knife, Mexico Par ee we | 25 baa WV a Dt an i a ie lM ie ie i eS 2% 128 1 ee oA ‘ Be kore et 40 129 1 Re bs SS oe rats a ead wae ts 130 1 es Bt oS ak eae eee 75 131 1 ‘ He Madhatr saith eh ery Beye bi Mounted Birds on Stands. 132 Cooper’s Hawk pouncing on Quail..... 5 00 133 American Golden-eye (see Duck)....... 3 00 THE OOLOGIST Vii 134 Murre, Common Guilemot.................. 184 1 Epidote, Mass., 5 inch, good ............ 25 1385 Rocky Mountain Screech Owl 185 1doz. Opals (fine) Mexico 50 136 Rose-breasted Grosbeak..........-.......... 186 1doz ‘“ eS a 1 00 137 Black and White Warbler. 187 %doz. ‘ * es 1 00 138 Crossbill (Am.) 189 % ‘ precious Opals, Australia......... 1 00 1389 Chewlnk, Towhee. 199 % “ se o acta cickee ¥ 2. 50 140 Red and Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, 191 % “ be ts 1 50 141 Red-shafted Flicker. 192 2 a 2 00 142 Yellow-headed Blackbird. 193 1 i ~ 2 00 143. Wilson’s Tern. 194 1 re ns 3 00 144 Blue Jay. 195 1 2 ; Mex. 5 00 145 Least Sandpiper. 196 1 fs oF See ay SRSLY TS 2 of 10 00 146 Meadow Lark. E 197 1 Tourmaline, S. Paris, Me.,fine'4Kt 8 00 147 Sparrow Hawk. 198 1 oe ss oS 5 Kt 12-00 148 Meadow Lark. 199 1 oe G st “1-16Kt 6 00: 149 Great Blue Heron, oar : a x8 aS - good 4 my 2 S ‘ 1 uamarine of “fine 53 Kt 6 Fresh Water Shells, polished. - 1 hig “ wears 334 Kt 400 . a 3 1 ‘“ “ 6. &e 3% Kt 350 Il 12 Unio Alatus, Wis 1) 204 1 Red Carbuncle, 1mmxidmm fine..... 150 152 1 ** Unio rectus, OO fet Sk > SS vis} 205 1 Amethyst Carbuncle, 8x12, Pines 15h 50 153 1 “ Unio ibbosus Coe Oth iy SAE Fs S21. "5 206 1 ee ss Faceted 8xil2fine 1 00 154 1 *“* Unio igamultines, Wis PP us deat ‘i 85 207 1 American Turquois, %gin,x9-10, fine. 2 00 155 1 “ Unio Plicatus, Wis ........000.....- 95) ee otis 4” Ane 160 156 1 ‘ Unio Metanever,‘' ........... 25 209 1 Topaz, faceted, 3g in. fime......... -...... 1 00 157 1 ‘ UnioTrigonus “ ............. 100 210 1pr.Sardonyx forsleeve buttons,fine 75 These shells are polished and shine like a 2/1 1 pr. Onyx, do... sees =D mirror. 212 4 0z. Rough Opals, specimens differ- 158 1 dozen Scalloped shells. pierced and ent colors to show all. kinds and | RANG NE ise. sc. ooo a Foaneratd:: 25 es conditions ...... fl asnpedede age tectee:s+-2counn=-° 25 159 1 Hermite Crab and Shell. ................ 10 213 402., better QUAND Gye. es es 59 160 1 Horse Shoe Crab, small........ -........ 10 214 4 oz., still better... eens 1 00 161 1 * a “ 8 inch .. Pa 215 1 Topaz specimen CPSU eee shee stace, cam 20 162 1Sea Urchin (sand dollar) . 06. 26 1 Rupy gee srt eee» 20 163 1 dozen S.»trs eggs......... Ba? ys aa ie large... 50! 164 3 dozen Stuiyeon plates..................-.- 20 a VEmerald (2h eiieectele et 40 165 % =“ SeaClam,4x6for painting... 25 19 1 Sapphire Peercee eS GSE Sian aa 15 fod) 3¢ gallon mized’ Shells, ......0.-cs0iacte. 20, See 1 Diamond i. nm- a 167 % doz. White Murex... 0... eee 58-221 «1 Skookum Stone ..... ..---- 2-2 eee eeeee Pie cose Piniiceirtex so see 8 coe pe 6g 222 1 Maple Desk 150 years old. Can send nee Gxt Gonch, Shells’. s 2. ccsssniahtt 50 drawing. Perfect proofof age and 170 3s ‘ Helmet or Queen Shells............ 1 00 > cuistory will be sent on request...... 40. 00 171 1 doz. large Alligator Teeth ............... 35 228 2Chairs, solid mahogany, very ald, 172 Large Turtle Shell, (gopher) Fla........ Jo in good repair, GACH... ----2--0.-- hd 173 1 Saw-fish-saw, 11 inches, Fla ............ 15 224 1 Table Cloth 6 yards long, 6 napkins. fe teank Wish oY SO eR 30 These were the, property of Max- 175 1 Porcupine Fish.5 ob v7 95 millian and used by himin Mexico. 176 Pistol used 50 years ago............... 50 Have the coat of arms of Austria. _ 177 1 piece Mexican Onyx, 8 square in...... 25 \,,. , xre very heavy linen......... -........... 00 178 10% rf os 16* “fine 100 °22 1 doz fine hand-painted calendars, 179 10 “ Wossil Coral, 50 square in., fine 2 00 1899, COCK jie spacer es “oer croatia “pe 180 1t “ blackandwhite Agate.45“good 16y 226 1 doz. photo views of Providence... 15 181 10 ‘* red and white Agate. 40“ “ 150 227 1 doz. books flowers of New England, 182 1 ‘ Moss Agate, Brazil,4inch “ 25 hand-painted, CaCh...-...........-...-....-- « 00 188 1 * “ “ Pr 3 “ 10 228 1Arctic Fox skin, white...................... 5 50 dvertise in The OOLOGIST. The ‘‘Country Gentlemen” is the leading Agricultural newspaper in Am- erica, and in soliciting advertising for its columns it makes its strongest hit in the following statement: “AS TO QUANTITY OF CIRCULATION it publishes mary more ‘Want Ads’ than all other papers combined. You doubtless know what a ‘Want Ad’ circulation must be and always is?” From this same stand point the OdLoGist’s ranks among publications devoted not only to Ornithology but Natural History as well, is identical to that of the County GENTLEMEN among agricultural publications. _ Mr. W. Raine, of Toronto, who purchased $20 worth of space in the OoOLOGIST: for ’98 and who has patronized its columns to a greater or less extent for the past. ten years, under date of March 2d, writes: “T do not wish to jolly you but I must say that the OdLoaisT is the best adver- tising journal of its kind in this continent. You should see the pile of letters I have received the past two weeks. Many from my old correspondents of years. standing. For 12 years I have advertised in every Ornithological journal pub- lished in the United States, but none bring as good results as the O6LOGIST.”’ Vili “Methods in the Art of Taxidermy,” By OLIVER DAVIE, Author of ‘‘Nests and Eggs of North American Birds,”’ ete. Containing Ninety Full Page Engravings,over Five Hundred Figures minutely illustrating the most practical methods practiced in the art. Itteachesin detail, step by step, the Skin- ning and Stuffing of Birds, Mammals, Crusta- ceans, Fishes and Reptiles, together with illus- trations of forms and Attitudes of the Animal Kingdom. The textis by OLIVER DAVIE, who has made Taxidermy his life study and profes- sion. The originals of the illustrations were made in India ink from time to time as the actual subjects could be obtained from which to make the various procedures. They were drawn by the eminent Bird and Mammal artist, Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. 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Fine lot of the long South American Por- | cupine Quills, postpaid............... -..... Shark Teeth. clean and bright, postpaid. Eye-stones from Fla., genuine, perfect ONES, POStPAIG oi ocd caf seen ek eee ree Lucky Tooth of Cod, fine lot of these strange shaped teeth at.................. = One of each above 5 curios, postpaid...... Blue Starfish CAND geist ack coe eee 1 Giant Starfish [14 in.]} Postpaid at prices. : Address, ERNEST H.SHORT, Sent by mail - 5 CO 2 00 1 00 Albion, N. Y. THE OOLOCIST. VOL. XV. NO. 12. Ring-necked Pheasant in New Jersey. This year’s report of the New Jersey Fish and Game Commission contains an exhaustive and interesting review of the work undertaken to stock the State with the Ring-necked Pheasant. Owing to our limited space we are able to give only a few of the more interesting par- agraphs and reports: In many of the States of the Union the Ring-necked Pheasant has been in- troduced with success, although in nearly every case its introduction was due primarily at least to private enter- prise. There is perhaps no State better adapted to this bird than New Jersey, especially in the southern part, where . the sparsely settled yet cultivated coun- try seems to offer them a home where they may propagate their species with- out assistance from human kind. for it must be remembered that in most places where the Ring-necked Pheasant has been introduced it was propagated by the eggs being placed nnder the common hen, the parent bird declining to sit long enough to hatch out the young or to take care of them after they had left the shell. Experiments tried in this country show that the female bird makes a better mother in this country than it does in England, and many instances are recorded of the bird rearing its ownyoung. Scientists attribute this to the more prolific insect life in this country; they argue that in Europe and in England especially, in- sects are less numerous than they are here, and that consequently there the Pheasant has enough to do to provide for its own subsistence without troub- ling itself with a numerous progeny. Be the facts what they may, it is well - established that the Ring Pheasants in ALBION, N. Y., DEC., 1898. WHOLE No. 149 this country take care of their own young. All these facts having been taken into consideration your commission con- cluded to try the experiment of intro- . ducing the Ring-necked Pheasant into New Jersey. For this purpose a num- ber of birds were sent out two years ago, care being taken to provide homes for them where there was a_ probability of their being looked after for some time. Everywhere they were received with pleasure, especially so in farming communities. The inhabitants had ob- served with regret the diminution in the numbers of the indigenous Ruffed Grouse and they welcomed the beauti- ful stranger. No argument could be ad- duced against the bird, for it destroys no growing crops, pilfers little of the fallen grain and far more than compen- sates for the loss of the grain by the destruction of insects. ‘The result of the experiment was closely watched, and it was so encouraging that your commission was induced to continue its efforts toward the better introduction of the bird. Last year the number put out was increased over that of the pre- ceeding year, and although failures are reported in a few instances, a perusal of the subjoined letters will probably bring the careful reader to the conclu- sion arrived at by your commission, that the bird may be introduced into New Jersey, and that with a close seas- on for a few years, and proper care, it will soon become more numerous here than the Ruffed Grouse. Your com- mission has no desire whatever to per- sistin the experiment of introducing the bird unless there is at least a prob- able chance of its ultimate success and in order that yourself and the public generally may know just what degree 82 THE OOLOGIS1. of success or failure has attended the experiment, letters were written to those who had received birds, inquiring as to what had been the outcome. Some answers to these letters are here- with reproduced, both for information as to the experiment itself and for the purpose of guiding such persons as may in the future feel inclined to assist in ‘the introduction of the bird. Ring-necked Pheasants have been dis- tributed to counties as follows: Atlan- tic 6, Bergen 37, Burlington 63, Cam- den 6, Cape May 12, Cumberland 98, Essex 0, Gloucester 24, Hudson 0, Hun- terdon 12, Mercer 18, Middlesex 18, Monmouth 24, Morris 42, Ocean 24, Pas- saic 18, Salem 54, Somerset 0, Sussex 6, Union 6, Warren 6; total 464. _ From George W. Dunham, fish and game warden, Flemington, Aug. \25, 1898: In April, 1897, you sent me twelve Pheasants—three cocks aud nine hens. They were turned out in differ- ent localities, between Flemington and the Delaware River, a distance of about ten miles. Wherever they were placed the farmers promised to protect them and prohibit gunning that year. This was done, and so far as I can learn but four birds were shot. Three of the hens, however, were killed by mowing machines, leaving but six to hatch. _Last December, after careful investiga- tion, I found that there were at least sixty birds in the vicinity where they were released. I have visited these farms recently and find the result most satisfactory, the farmers having taken pride in pro- tecting the birds and feeding them dur- ing the winter. Many of them fed with their fowls all winter. Sev+ral have been killed by mowing mavhines this summer, as they nest in the tall grass near the underbrush, and cannot be seen. I attach hereto the names of some of the farmers upon whose lands they have hatched, and do not hesitate to say there are at least 300 birds in the immediate vicinity where they were first released. There is exceptionally fine cover for them in that locality. This, together with the protection afforded them, ac- counts for the increase. A few of the young birds scattered, but I do not learn of any nesting far away, and the old ones are stillon the ground where uhey were turned out. Other broods are reported, but I am unable at this writing to say positively that the in- formation is true; these farms are situ- ated in three adjoining townships. The old pheasants on them number at least 100, and quail are abundant throughout that section. The report is made upon personal examination, and the numbers are not exaggerated. : From Mr. M. L. Hoagland, secretary of the White Meadow Club, Rockaway, Aug. 27, 1898. In addition to the three cocks and six hens received from you, we purchased six hens, making twelve hens and three cocks in all; these were put in coops separately, with one cock and four hens to a coop; they began lay- © ing on April 16, and averaged nine eggs _ per day till they had laid in all 308 eggs up to about the latter part of July, and then they stopped. The eggs we . hatched under hens and found that bantam hens are far superior to any other kind; in fact nearly all we lost were with large hens, so there is no question but that bantam hens are the best to mother the chicks. We also found the first eggs were by far the best, producing stronger chicks and a larger percentage than those laid later in the summer. Out of the 300 and odd eggs received we hatched about 280 chicks; these we kept in runs made of 1 inch mess wire, 4 feet wide and 8 feet long, with a tight coop in one end for the mother hen. All the birds we hatched out at first died from different causes, but I think the most fatal of all was the lice, which seem sure death to little pheasants; it was not till we had lost by THE OOLOGIST 83 far the greater number of those hatched that we found out how to care for them, so we could raise them with any degree of success, and by that time our old hens had stopped laying. Of the 230 chicks hatched out we have only suc- ceeded in raising to maturity thirty-six, which we have recently liberated. This seems a very poor return for all our trouble and expense, but I am cer- tain that next year we can raise seven- ty-five per cent. of those hatched; when _ we began last spring no one knew any- thing about raising them, and we went by such instruction as we could gather, with the result that we lost nearly all our birds, and it was not till we began to follow the dictates of common sense that we succeeded in raising any. I would advise any one trying to raise Pheasants to burn up all printed matter he may have. on the subject and go at it to reproduce, as near as possible, the natural conditions as the bird would find them in the woods, giving them all kinds of insects and plenty of fresh water. There is no reason why they cannot be raised if they are properly cared for; the last hen we had come off hatched eleven birds from thirteen eggs, and we raised nine of the birds, and let them go, so you see if we had been able to do anything like that at first we would have had a fine lot, but experience is absolutely necessary, and when we began we had none; however, we propose to keep our old birds over till next year, and fully expect to raise a good lot of birds. I hope that those who like us have tried to raise them and failed, because of inexperience, will not get discouraged and quit, but will keep at it tili our State is well stocked with them, We hope for some good results from*the thirty-six young birds we turned out this summer, and if they breed at alland we raise some. more next year we will soon get the country stocked with them. From Colonel J. Howard Willets, Fort Elizabeth, Aug. 29, 1898: The pheasants sent last year did splendidly, and if they had not been killed by law in the fall we should have had hundreds of them for breeding this spring. The last consignment this spring also did well. I placed two hens and a cock from last year’s birds in a pen; one hen laid twenty-seven eggs and the other thirty-two, but neither hen would set. I took the eggs and placed them under a bantam chicken, and they hatched out two broods. These lived and did well, and this spring I turned them loose, so we had them to begin with. This spring’s consignment of one dozen I turned out at once. I located four nests, and they all hatched out well, one of thirty-one, one of twenty-six and one oftwenty-two. The last nest had only nine eggs; as they were very late I judged that something destroyed the first nest, and that the hen laid only nine on second laying. A farmer mow- ed over her nest, and as they were all ‘‘piped’’ and the workmen kept the hen from returning to the nest, he no- tified me, and at noon I went over and got the eggs, placed them under a _ hen, and the next morning they were all hatched. I took them back, found the old bird (with my dog) and I let the voung go. Their ‘‘peep” soon brought the mother, and she has the whole nine, Save one, now. I saw them yesterday, they are the size of quail. A farmer told me last week that he had found a nest of thirty-one eggs a few weeks ago, and watched them until they hatched every egg. The only reason I can see that will prevent the plan of introduc- ing them here is that they will go to the open fields of grass and especially meadows to breed, and as the the law permits shooting and they in the open they will all be killed as fast as they breed, and before they become numer- ous enough to be compelled to take to the woods. The three farms upon: which we have seven broods that we 84 tHE OOLOGIS?. know of we shall be compelled to ‘‘nost’’ this year, and keep everybody off in order to save the birds. Our loc- al sportsmen we can control, and they will not kill them, but the reed and rail bird shooting here brings so many strangers that they follow it up when the quail season comes in, and we can protect the pheasants in no other way. The ‘‘out” birds in the woods will no doubt, many of them, be killed. I know of at least a dozen broods in the woods within two or three miles, which shows that they will soon spread t.ver a large area of territory. and I think enough of them will escape this fali to insure the success of their introduction. They breed such large broods, take good care of their young, stand the winters welland will no doubt multiply. If we had only had last year and this year, while they were gaining a foothold, a close season, we would have made a complete success of their introduction, and would probably after that never had need of anything. From Mr. Julius Munch, Preakness, Sept. 15, 1898: The half-dozen Ring- necked Pheasants sent me gave me a desire to attempt the raising of these birds on a more extensive scale, and I accordingly secured two dozen more, and I am glad to say that I am more than gratified with the result. I was wholly inexperienced, and to this I at- tribute the loss of many young birds. I first attempted to induce the hen pheasant to sit, but did not succeed. I watched the bird very closely and thought she showed a determination to sit, as she was most of the time crouch- ed on the ground in a nest she had made inthe sand. I permitted her to keep her own eggs, and added others to it, but the bird never sat more than five or ten minutes at a time, when she would get up and ruv away for several minutes, after which she returned to her eggs. 1 saw she would not hatch, aod so I took all but two of the eggs away from her, and she spoiled these two. Siune eae a: I found that I had the best success with game and bantam hens, the only objection to the latter being that they cannot cover more than eight eggs. I hatched out nearly every egg in this way. At first I started near my house in small boxes, with a little runway for the chicks, keeping the hen shut up if the box. Rainstorms killed from thirty to fifty chicks a day, and sol abandon- ed this method and placed the hens and. chicks in the woods, where I gave the little ones more runway. I think this. obviated the difficulty, for after that I did not lose more than one or two chicks a day, and some days not at all. It is my opinion that most of the losses were due to the fact that the chicks did nothave enough exercise to keep the body heat while I had them near the house. I think the birds have locality very well developed, and do not believe that they will wander far from any place where there is food and shelter. Even the chicks showed this toa remarkable extent, and it was amusing to watch them at feeding time. At one time I had as many as two dozen broods in the woods, each brood with its own en- closure and feeding box. The chicks wandered at will in the woods, but when feeding time came ‘they each re- paired to its own box and never have I seen a chick from one brood eat out of a box placed foranother brood. It was very amusing to see them scurrying about looking for their own particular feed box and paying no attention to the boxes used by the others. I had the woods fenced in with wire netting, but occasionally some little fellow develop- ed suflicient strength of wing to get over the fence without having sagacity sufficient to find its way back. When we opened the fence sufficiently to per- mit it to come back, it made a direct THE OOLOGIS?Y. 85 line for its own feeding box, passing others by on the way. Of course a number escaped, and others I liberated purposely. I should suppose that over 100 thus got away from my enclosures. and these are in the woods or fields adjoining, excepting of course, such as were destroyed by hawks. I have over 200 of the birds, either old or half grown, now in my en- closures. Cedar Lake. Cedar Lake, better known as the Slough, is a small body of water a mile across ‘:as the crow flies.’’ It israpidly becoming dry land as it has but one in- let, a small stream known as McClod’s Run, which furnishes the only supply of water. Company’s tracks divides the Lake into two parts. One part, the larger of the two, is ealled the Big Slough, and of this I am going to write. Into the north end of the Big Slough the small stream, before mentioned, empties. Nearthe mouth of this stream is a cape extending out into the Lake for half or three-quarters of a mile. It is covered with shrubbery and dwarf trees and makes an excellent place for building sites for birds. To the south of this miniature peninsula is an island covered with rank grass, flag and wil- lows. Just off this island is where the Coot breeds. This bird is very common in Fall and Spring, but very few of them remain to breed. ; Duck and Sora Rail are also numerous. _ In the Fall of 97 I and a friend of mine took a boat and went out into the Lake after Rails. Wehad a revolver, some shot cartridges andan air gun. Rowing out among the reeds, rushes and wild rice, we succeeded in bagging half a dozen in about as many minutes. They are very easily killed with a shot gun, but are so small that it takes several of them to makeameal. Not many Ducks The Illinois Central Railroad * are killed as they are ‘‘few and far be- tween,’’ but a large number of Coots are taken by those who consider them fit to eat. All shooting on the Lake must cease sooner or later as a fine of fifty dollars is the consequence of anyone’s being caught with a gun in his posses- sion in that vicinity, even though he has not fired a shot. 1 have seen but nine Ducks so far this year—four on the 29th of July and five on Oct. 11th, so you see that we have very little hunting here. Perhaps after the Ducks read in the pa- pers that a fifty dollar fine will be in- flicted upon any person hunting them, they may be induced to come here in Jarge numbers. If this Lake were a few miles out of town and was as large as it was fifty years ago, we sportsmen night enjoy a good hunt once in a while. But I see no way of moving it, and I suppose we shall have to be contented to jet it re- main where it is and ‘“‘make no mourn- ful sounds in objection thereof."’ GLEN M. HATHORN, Cedar Rapids, Ohio. “Ridgway‘s Nomenclature of Colours’’ The following from the Publishers is not very encouraging, to say the least, to the many ornithologists desiring to obtain a copy of this invaluable work: ‘In reply to yours of November 28th we would say that Ridgway’s Nomencla- ture of Colours is entirely out of print, and we have had no copies on hand for along time. We have no new edition in preparation. Regretting that we cannot ‘help you, we remain, Yours very respectfully, LITTLE, Brown & Co.,” 86 : THE OOLOGcIST. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the pa of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited Tom all. 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You are toselect the three bes from all the issues not each issue, ¢. ¢: send the titles of three articles only, sel- ected from the various issues and not those of eighteen (3 from each issue). The White-rumped Shriko. This species is the only one of the family Lanide, which has been found breeding here, as faras my knowledge extends, is rather common in our fields during the summer months. It prefers an open field to wooded land, a fayorite resort being a thick hedge skirting a field. Here, perched on some tree a little elevated from its neighbors, the male bird will sit uttering its notes every few minutes, at the same time keeping a sharp lookout for some _ helpless Sparrow that might chance to pass its way. But where isthe female? MHav- ing found. the male, you may be sure that its mate is not far away. Look a little closer into that dense hawthorne near by, there is only a last year Catbird’s nest, but no! what does that gleam of fresh, white feathers mean? A more careful exam- ination reveals Mrs. Shrike squatting closely in her feathery abode. Softly but swiftly she glides from the nest, through that mass of thorns with- out a scratch, although you will pro- THE OOLOGIST. 87 bably receive several in reaching the nest. You will notice how large and bulky the nest is in comparison with the bird,. and how thick the lining is, the better to withstand the inclemency of the weather at so early a nesting date. The bird’s home is also well protected against enemies, placed as it is, in the centre of a thorn bush and being built externally of thorns and other material. But what a commotion you have creat- ed through your investigations. The female on leaving the nest is immed- iately joined by her partner, and to- gether they give vent to their feelings by snapping their bills, at the same time emitting a hissing sound similiar to that of the Cuckoo and Thrasher. If the nest contains incubated eggs or young the parents become greatly dis- turbed flying about the intruder in a very menacing manner. The Shrike has earned the well de- served appelation of butcher-bird from the manner in which it obtains its food. Although resembling birds cf prey in its choice of food, it differs from them in its manner of eating it. Birds of the Raptores order devour their food as soon as procured, whilst the Shrike impales it on some thorn. or other sharp projection, and in epicur- ean style, after devouring some dainty morsels about the head. presumably the brain, leaves it to become tender and gamey. No doubt this habit of spitting its prey also enables the bird to devour it at ease and leisure and secures it from animals. I have often come across the larder of a Shrike in some thick haw- thorn or again on a barbed wire fence. Sometimes the provisions consist of a mere beetle or two, but more often it is a small bird ora field mouse and once I found four young Goldfinches with the mother bird, hung up side by side close to their late home. The White-rumped Shrike usually arrive here sometime during the first week of April. They begin building about the middle of April and the nests contain full sets of eggs about the last of the month or first week in ‘May, my earliest record being the 24th of April, 1898 when I took a set of six fresh eggs from a nest in a Hawthorn bush. They lay a second time about the be- ginning of June. On June 6, 1896 I found a nest placed on a horizontal sloping branch of an oak, in an open field, containing six fresh eggs. The number of eggs laid at a time is almost invariably six, though rarely and chiefly in second sets, five. Out of a number of nests personally examined, the eggs were of a yellowish white color, thickly spotted over the entire surface with several shades of grayish brown varying to yellowish. In a few instances, however, the eggs were of a pure white ground color sparingly dotted with light yellowish brown, being very distinct from the first variety. Lewis M. TERRILL, Montreal, Que. Pet Bird Show. On Thanksgiving Day the first pet bird show of this country opened, under the auspices of the New York Ornithological Society, at New York City. It is claimed there were over 3,500 birds on exhibition, comprising nearly every kind of pet bird known to this land and foreign countries. There were larks, linnets, goldfinches, thrush- es, nightingales, many varieties of can- aries, including Belgian canaries, and one bird which sings Yankee Doodle, and a parrot which speaks several different languages. Mules, hybrids, which are offspring of canaries and goldfinches, and which fanciers declare excel their parents in singing-butdo , not breed, were exhibited. Enthusias- tic bird breeders tell some curious stor- ies to account for the physical peculiar 88 THE OOLOGIST. ities of the various kinds of canaries which one saw in the cages. For in- stance, they declare that the Chinese white canaries, which Mr. Ferond shows, owe their color to a long system of treatment by the Chinamen, which gradually bleached them out after many generations and left them al- binos. Their forefathers were yellow, or perhaps green, as are the canaries in their native islands, but by keeping them in a white room, feeding them on white fuod, and even having their at- tendants clothed in white garments, so that the birds never saw any color ex- cept white, they were gradually made to produce white offspring which now perpetuate that color. The long Bel- gian birds, with down-pointed craning necks, are said to have been produced by keeping their progenitors confined in narrow cages, which forced them al- ways to stand bolt upright and to crane their necks downward to get food and water, and the crescent-shaped birds, the fanciers say, were produced by similar means. One does not have to believe these stories, but one can cer- tainly see some very fine specimens of the various sorts of birds at the show. No dealer is allowed to belong to the association, and its purposes are tec spread a knowledge of the breeding and care of cage birds among New Yorkers.—American Field. —— A Discovery. While passing through a wet ash swamp on June 14th, 1895, I observed a Chickadee leave a hole in a small stub about eight feet from the ground. Reaching the opening, | gently removed the bark and wood until I could see into the cavity. There on a bed of rabbit- fur and moss lay a single fresh egg of the Chickadee. On removing the nest I was surprised at the thickness of the material, but on dividing the nest I found another fresh egg. This led to further experiment the result of which was that I discovered a set of six eggs, all fresh, each one being separated from the next by a layer of nest material (fur and moss). What was the bird’s object? R. T. ANDERSON, Aylmer, Ont. Stray Cardiuals. - On December 4th saw a male and fe- male Cardinal Grosbeak in the brush bordering the Bronx River in Wakefield, N. Y. City. Never saw any of these birds here before at any time of the year. THOMAS CORRIGAN. Xmas Bargains in Books. Until Jan. 1st I offer the following books and publications prepaid at prices quoted : Davies ‘‘Egg Check List,” 2d ’86 edi- tion ($1.00) 85c, Davies ‘‘Naturalists Manual” (75c) 35c. Cook’s ‘‘Birds of Michigan,” (75c) 50c. Louck’s Life History of Distribution of the Prothonotary Warbler in Illinois,” (50e) 20c. 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Vol. ti 100pp, 50 plates.. Grasses of the South, 64pp, 16 plates.. Grasses of U. S. and British Amer. 100pp. Ward, Flora of ia is Be Gs and Vicinity, 266pp: napa Burgess, J. T., English Wwila Flowers... *Wood, A., Object Lessons in Botany (1. 17) *Class Book of Botany (2.92)............------ Gray Asa, School and Field 0Book of Bot- BREE G? CUS ree esos Se SS a asceves cnt cee Manual of Botany, rev. (1.62)... Apgar, Pocket Key to Trees...................... Geology and Mineralogy. *Dana, Manual of ee ae brabe 800 a ; over 1000 figs. ($5).. BED CLG: DEN CEN. Sto 0 oad on vanced ee eas ermea see ane 4th (last) ed. nearly at 1575 Be we meee eet eee eet wwete Peer. ee eee eee ee ere ed Dewey, Economic Geology and oe ares ZY, 256 p., 34 plates... cceeee cecceccceees Egelston, Catalogue of Minerals and ere onyms, Alphabetically arranged for Museum use, 198 p..........05 wees sccvece Gurney, Crystallography, 128 p, 46 fig...... Hayden, Geological Survey of Idaho and Wyoming by Endlich. 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Museum, 50D. ccecccuscs quevecases 35 Geology: Materials of ‘the Earths Crust, 90 p., 12 pl The Onyx Marbles, 48 p., 18 Pl.ssseoereeee » 50 St. John, Geology of Wind River ee District, 100 p., 49 pl..... adalteitnt sine eite 1 00 White, Cretaceus Fossils of Western Sts. and Teri, 84-p., 1BPlesvercvcrevessceeceee 1 00 Fossils of lhe Laramie Group, 66p.11pl. 75 Relation of Biology to Geological Inves- tigation, 124.p.cescowsisesseees soecesess. V5 —& Nicholson, BiGvoEeeey of N. A. Paleontology, 132 p.. Wis sieneridadae 1 00 Cope, Vertebrata of Tertiary Formations, 4to, 1043 pp, 134 plates.. Lesquereaux, Cretaceous ard Tertiary Floras, 4to. 295pp, 60 plates... Leidy, Fresh Water Rhizopods ot. North America, 4to, 335pp, 48 ill., 1190 col.figs Scudder, Tertiary Insects of North Amer- ica, 4to, 734pp, 28 plates .. ‘ U.S. Geological Survey, eer: eporkk: Can furnish complete sets or odd vol- umes at from $1 to $3 each. Write wants. . Pacific Railroad Survey. Report of Ex- plorations west of Mississippi River, 13 vol., cost $200, 4to, over 7000 pages, 640 plates, &e., &e. Birds, Mammals, Fishes, Reptiles, Botany, Geology, Palaeontology, &c. eoent at pur- chasers expense. Only 15 00 Odd volumes $2 to $5 euch. “Write wants. Hayden, U. S. Geological and Geographi- cal Survey of Territories. Annual Reports. Bulletins, &c. Write wants. Wheeler, Geological Survey west of 100th Meridian. Reports. Write wants. *Dana, Geological Story (1.15)..........0......... 81 Dana, Minerals and How to Study Them.. *Hitchcock’s Elementary Geology............ 50 Jordan’s Elementary Crystallography, with series of nets, for the construc- tion of Crystals (1. 50) be Pave tod tote da stedted 52 4 25 4 25 3 25 NEW ENGLAND MINERALS. eon Spar, R. 1., Beryl, N. H.; Actinolite, ; Galenite, Mass. 144 pound specimens of mines postpaid for only 10 cents; or the four for only 30 cents. The above is only a sample of the bargains I am offering in New Engiand Minerals. Write your wants and send for lists. I handle only good fresh material—no rubbish. ROBERT BURNHAM, No. 143 Gallup St., PROVIDENCE, &. I. H. H. &C. S. BRIMLEY, COLLECTORS, RALEIGH, N. C. First-class Skins of Birds and Mammals, Bird’s Eggs, Reptiles and Batrachia both Alive and in Alcohol. Histological Ma- terial. Full data. Send stamp for lists. xvi ‘THE OOLOGIST. FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, Albion, N. Y. Enclosed find 50 cents for which send THE OOLOGIsT one year, including one Exchange Coupon and $1.00 worth of Premiums to the following address INAIMO .'. 2. sss o's eicelaselgeir se NW eee SEE COR. ccc es Ge eee tae eee ee P.O. Box or'StreetAddress iy) o oe ac te ea eee ce County... eae eee Post-Office........ : Sieur s lateral pvdalaenee nes State. ..2.000... I select the following for my One Dollar’s worth of premiums.................... 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LATTIN, Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. THE OOLOGIST, FOR THE STUDENT OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. VOLUME XVI. ALBION, N. Y.: FRANK H. LATTIN, M. D., PUBLISHER. 1899 INDEX TO VOL. XVI. Albino Birds from Maryland and Hawk, Nest Building of Cooper's: . 67 on Others Inclined to -Albinism. Hawk, Red-shouldered......... 149, 156 INOGES ON SAMO 26 Heiss weed ess 129 Hawk, Red-tailed. ..16, 47, 114. 115, 118 oe et. The 1900 Horizon for naby SpeOe shinned Bastia... Betas 184 “Tho Odlogists.........+...s.008 197 aw TGR EB MME ras eais)s 4, as aidye's 0'as0 47 Hawk in Hamilt Bird, The Peculiar Prison.......... 136 i cu ttria of the siphet ee 2 ea haps 15 Birds Eggs, Hints on the Scientific Heron, Black-crowned Night....... 132 PPOMAPAUOM Olsen's sc. ced side eae es 61 Heron, Little Blue................. 114 1 a ao gee and are Hunted”. .17 Hummingbird, CSTE sik 50 5 2.8,0 510 ps 117 irds, Wi Bee arcs oe a aes 77 WHummingbird’s N 7 Bittern, American.... ......... 52, 132 ae his i n ‘ tari ee 83 Blackbird, Red-winged............. 130 ; es Bineupird, Rusty. 2052) 2.60.00 640, 645 130 Illinois Haunts, Dickcissel in His ....7 ° reece vy Index Ornithologicus.......... 100, 157 Books of ve Gaede to Ornithol- Index to, Violv eVers Anoead tenia 11 fe) t i gay, tnd the Natural Seleneeh 4, Aingisher, Belted... 07, 19 eet. Pee IRR, 2 ite, Mississippi... .-....+++.+0+: 4 3 i oma ae Kite, Swallow-tailed................ Al Cardinal (220000 IIe Marsh, & Day om the. ..seeeee. 154 Chickadee, Carolina........ ....... mg Martin, Purple......... .....+...0. 104 C : Minnesota—My First Trip in 99.118, 181 oot, American...............0000- 120 : ABE i , MENG ccc Re eau de ee LS ee hae es 115 Mockingbird in Central Iowa, The. .198 Creeper, Brown..... ..........0e0:- go Mount a Bird Properly, How to. ...50 Crosebills, Feernek si Saab sae he Nesting Habits of Two California Crow, American............... 116, 129 Resting Mae eidane tat ia, as : ; i ’ g Sites, Queer............. 68, 78 Cuckoo, California ee 79, 117 ieameee ite ae oe Habits Dickcissel in his Mlinois Haunts...... snd Other Stee seen ons Bedi. Dipper American. oe ink Bevin A ed and White-breasted......... 64, 78 uc Uddy...............eeeee .133 i Duck Hawk in Hamilton Co., New Bee A Rae 2b Ur be York, Nesting of the.............. 15 soe eee Nee : Oriole, Baltimore............... 52, 130 Duck Hawk in Lower California ) ; The ’ Oriole, BulloGm eerie. oo) ooh. ae 117 aI ie Sl hat igo helenae ee Ornithological Mixture, An...... ... 79 steer eee e eee cee eeeeeeees Ornithology in the Rural Districts, ae, RM ies pa Ra's eS Fe 48 ccRLy Ee Will Never Cease “Rb yMiGy leave sictsltere PUNE se. 160 tas ia ae at Nov. beet Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. . CASH for all kinds of Indian Relics. Large spears espeCially Wanted. Send prices and drawings. Address, H. B. MAPEL, Columbus Grove, Ohio. FINE SETS of 201 1-5, 294 1-7, 452 1-5, 501 1-4, 608 n-4, 619 n-4, 333 1-2, etc. for A. |. sets. C. F. STONE, Branchport, N. Y’ BARGAIN:—One Marlin Repeating Rifle, 22 eal.. model 92, in good condition, price $7 Smith & Wesson, 22 cal. revolver, price $4.80. JAS. O, JOHNSON, Southington, Conn. TO EXCHANGE:—Mounted Birds, Birds’ skins and Sse ay for eggs, skins and stamps. F. T. CORLESS, Logan, Ore, Mch6t FOR EXCHANGE:—A pair of live sereech owls for best offer of eggsinsets. H. D. VAIL, Norwalk. O. MY Noticein last issue has brought me a surprising amount of business. DELBERT MELXSELL, Pekin, Ill. TO EXCHANGE for Postage Stamps. of good books and an assortment of postage stamps. EGBERT ;BAGG, 424 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. NOW is the time to write to Delbert Meixsell, Pekin, Ill. for fine Mounted Birds at “hard time prices”’ A sample Cardinal Grosbeak, postpaid, 50c. I WILL GIVE a 82 cal. F. W. Revolver, also 25,000 U. S. and foreign stamps for high value Omaha’s or 12 gauge double gun. F. H. RICK- ER, Box 38, Lisbon, Maine. COYOTE FOR SALE-—Is perfectly tame and may be handled in any manner. Write for particulars. GUY SMITH, Kipley, N. Y. One . A lot aa an ,. FOR SALE:—Complete file of OoLoGisT $5; ‘1st 24 Nos text, some plates. Birds, Birds and all Nature, $1.50; Ist 8 Nos. Osprey. $2.40; 4th ed. ‘cloth Davie’s ‘Nest and Eggs,’ $1.25 prepaid; 40 Nos. V. S. News, $1.20; Artillery Bayonet, Ex. pd. $1. Lot, $10 cash. GEO. W. VOS- ‘BURGH, P. O. Box 307, Columbus, Wie. FOR EXCHANGE:—Davie’s Taxidermy; 38 cal. XL shotgun, and new Winchester rifle, 22 cal. Wanted, rifie of large calibre. or shotgun. Enclose stamp to R. P. SMITHWICK, La Grange, Lenoir Co., N. C, : EXCHANGE: Beautiful specimens of As- bestos from our mine here for minerals. fossils, shells, eggs in sets, curios, &c. Will prepay with %c stamps. J. C. STOCKWELL, Dan- ville, P. Q., Canada. FORTY-TWO Oologis/s, from 94 to date. in good condition, to exchange for early numbers of Nidiologist. Osprey. books on ornithology or desirable sets. Address, EDWARD SIM- MONS, Box 175, Pasadena, Cal. THREE Natural History papers for every ten J. T. or Horseshoe tags sent me Have Nidologists, OoLOGISTS, Mineral Collectors and others. Thisis a standing offer. E. A. DOO- LITTLE, Painesville, Ohio. BICYCLE:—Ames model. will sell for $15 or exchange for #25. worth of Eggs with datas in sets. Address, DAVID PRATT, Oologist, Box 524, Freeport, Maine. WHO wants to exchange minerals in 25 to 50 lb. lots, One or more kinds. By freight. Col- lectors preferred. Undesirable ones returned. rer sa C. M. SLAYTON, Grattan, Kent Co., ch. I HAVE over 2009 specimens of rare Indian Relics for sale cheap, or will exchange for de- sirable sets or Shot Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Watches, Beal in Field Glasses and most anything. C. H. WATROUS, Chester, Conn. HISTORY and Political Science books want- ed, and certain standard works; state condi- tion, edition, date of publication, el pecotapt | price and your lowest cash price. f ‘apers and messages of our Presidents especially wanted. } I offer cash or new books and guns. I offer higher priced books at considerably reduced rices. WALTER A. JOHNSON, 137 West 03d St., New York City. 42 THE OOLOGIST. I PAY CASH for October, November, Dec- ember, 1896 issues of Zhe Osprey. State con- dition. WALTER A. JOHNSON, Associate Editor of the Osprey, 137 West 108rd St., New York City. I STILL have a number of new copies of Bendire’s Life Histories, vols. 1 and 2, paper covers, to offer for sets of Raptores, clean spec- imens and perfect in preparation. MISS JEAN BELL Ridley Park, Pa. SETS of 30, 79, 106, 201, 202, 273, 360a, 418, 462, 481, 379, 508, 510, 519, 591b, 622b. 710, 721a, 743a, for sets not in collection. CHAS. S. THOMP- SON. Paso Robles, Cal. EGGS in sets with data of this locality, for first class sets, or publications on oology and ornithology. Goss’ Birds of Kansas preferred. H, A. TILDEN, Oberlin, Kans. THE LITTLE advertising we have placed with you during the past few years has afford- ed us most pleasing results. We have succeed- ed in placing some of our specimens with par- ties in almost every state in Union and Dom- inion of Canada, us well, which speaks well of the OOLOGIstas an advertising medium. W. L. & R. D. FOXHALL, Tarboro, N. C. MOUNTED BIRDS for sale following A. O: U. Nos., postpaid at following prices. All are fine Male birds in full plumage: 501, 85c; 727, 45; 558, 45c; 554, 45c; 507, 89c; 655, 45c; 687, 45c; 759b, 60c; 581, 45c; 652, 45c; 659, 45c; 412, 85c; 636. 45¢ ; 662, 75 ; 394, 45c; 621, 85c; 515, 85c; 406, 80c; 761, 85c; 619, 50c. 495, 50c, 528, 40c; 758a, 80c; 3, $2.25. Ifstands are wanted add 5c extra per stand. Also fine sets 1-2 Whippoorwill eggs for sale at $1.30 per set. New copy of Davie’s Methods in Taxidermy, #350 cash with order. W. J. WIRT, Naturalist, Box 137, Gaines, Or- leans Co., N. Y. FOR SALE:—Rare Indian Arrows and Spears from % to 4 inches long. at 10c earch, large list of eggs for sale or exchurge. C. H. WATROUS, Chester, Conn FOR SAL1:—The Widologist complete, each volume bound separately with klip file and binder, price #6 postpaid. Also a Boss Dandy camera, takes 4x5 pictures. 3 double plate holders, good as new. Will sell for °3.40 cash; or exchange for $6 worth of U. S. revenue stamps. M. C. HOWE, Box 121, Monson, Mags. 250 SPECIES (500 specimens) of heetles for #5. This collection consists of first-class spveci- mens of our native beetles, neatly mounted and labelled with correct names and localities. All the principal families are represented. Also Single specimens or lots of all orders of insects for sale. Collections fo museums a specialty. Correspondence solicit- ca FREDERIC KNAB, Box 249, Chicopee, ass. JOHNSON’S Hand-loaded shot gun cart- ridges. For trap or expert field shooting. There is a “something” about a shell loaded by an intelligent sportsman, thitis not found tn shells loaded by a machine. That ‘“some- thing’ is found in Johnson’s hand loaded. Send stamp for prices. I can please you both in quality and price. Address. JAS. 0. JOHN- SON, Box 550, Southington, Conn, WANTED-:—Collectors in the United States and Canada to collect and prepare for me birds eggs in large or small quantities. Instruments and data blanks aed Liberal terms of- fered. DOCTOR M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. M3t schools or CALL Dealers in minerals and curios kindly send catalogue to JOSEPH B. HILL, 408 Col- umbus Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. WANTED:—Horsesooe Tobacco Tags in large and small quantities. W4ll give ist class sets in exchange. Write atonce. M.A. CAR- RIKER, JR.. Nebraska City, Neb. I WILL make an extended collecting trip in the Saskatchewan (Canada) country this seas- on. Send for list August ist. M.A. CARRIK- BR, JR., Nebraska City, Neb. : EXCHANGE:—An egg of Musk Turtle for every two eggs sent me listing at 10¢c each. A new copy of Stearn’s Natural History of Lab- rador for every $2.75 worth of eggs listing at 10c each or more. E. H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. WAR RELICS:—Sabre Bayonets and Scab- bard price 85c; Angular Bayonets, 75c each; U. 5S. Springfield Musket, model 64, $3.75; French muskets, $3 60; French Carbines, $3.60; Enfield Carbines. $3.75; Colt’s Army powder and ball revolvers, 44cal. $4.75; U. S. Military bridles complete with bits, $1.25; Remington powder and ball revolvers. 44 cal. $4.75; U. S. Army Colt’s bullet moulds, 44 cal., 50¢; Warner Car- bine rifles, breech loading, 50 cal., $3.90 each; Whitney powder and ball revolver. 36 cal., $4; Colt’s Navy powder and ball revolver, 31 cal., $4.50. Full description for stamp. Remit by money or express order, or postage stamps for amounts up to $1. Address, JAS. O. JOHN- SON, Lock Box 550, Southington, Conn. ~ ACTIVE Solicitors wanted everywhere for “The Story of the Philippines,” by Murat Hal- stead, commissioned by the Government as Official Historian to the War Department. The book was written in army camps at San Francisco. on the Pacific with General Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, in the insur- gent camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and in the roar of battle atthe fall of Manilla. Bonanza for agents. Brimful of original pictures taken by govern- ment photographers on the spot. Large book. Low prices. Big profits Freight paid. Cred- it given. Drop all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit tree, Address, H. L. BARBER, Gen. Mner., 356 Dearborn Street, Chicago. Mtf WANTED:—A good 4x5 Camera. Can give good western sets. Write at once if you have acamera. Write for list of 1899 takes. WM. A. BOW MAN, Devils Lake, N. Dak. TO EXCHANGE:—A set of German-silver drawing tnstruments, board and ruler; black congo silver-mounted cane; silver-plated cup; set of dissecting snstruments; seal pocket- book; Steele’s Zoology; Steele’s Chemistry ; Avery’s Chemistry; Avery’s Physics: Gray’s Botany; Robert’s Anatomy and Kiddle’s As- tronomy for Capen’s Oology (new) and Dayie’s Nest and Eggs, 5th ed. (new) or other works on birds and eggs. THOS. F. JUDGE, 2737, Sixth Ave., Troy, N. Y. FOR SALE:—One dozen eggs of the African Ostrich at 50c per egg. A. O. U. No. 79 1-1, 10c; 86 1-1, 19¢; 117 1-1, 19¢; 211 1-10, 45e; 214 1-11. 39¢; 467 1-4, 18c; 624 1-3, 19c; 713 1-4, 30c; 7431-8, 49c. I Will sell the entire lot for 46.75. hy express at purchasers expense. JAS. O. JOHNSON, Lock Box 550, Southington, Conn. TO EXCHANGE:—Compound Microscope, power 2500 times, cost $2.25. Will exchange for irds vol. 1, 2, cloth bound, or books on birds. C. N. DAVIS, Branchport, Yates Make offer. Co., N. Y. THE OOLOGIST. 43 CAMERA, Kombi, first class condition with full instructions for eggs in sets to list #8. Wl be sent postpaid. Send me list of what you can furnish. E. H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. MRS. MOGRIDGE, modéler of foliage, grass: es, flowers and other accessories for the new artistic bird and mammal mounting at South Kensington Museum, London; Natural His- tory Museum, New York; Field Columbian Museum, Chicago; Carnegie Museum, Pitts- burg; Springfield Museum, Springfield, Mass. ; and for the Government exhibij at the World’s Fair. Supplies all materials and gives instruc- tion. 161 West 98th Street. New York. i EGGS FOR COINS:—Have 500 first class eggs in sets with data. Hawks, Owls, Gulls, etc. to exchange for U. S. Coins. Send list and receive mine. Will exchange the lot or in sets. Come early for first choice. FRED N. SIN- CLAIR, Skeneateles, N. Y. EXCHANGE WANTED:—Minerals, Shells, Birds Eggs in sets and singles with data, Cu- rios, Bird Skins, Mounted Birds, and Animals, Indian Curios, Fossils, Sea Curios, Coins, Stamps. &c. Ican give in exchange beautiful specimens of Asbestos from our mine here Which is the largest in the world. J. C. STOCKWELL, Danville, P. Q., Canada. SMALL fruit and berry plants or nursery stock toexchange for field or opera glasses, printing press, desirable eggs, natural history specimens or books. H. S. DAY, Fremont, O. WANTED :—Back numbers of Auk and Amer- ican Naturalist and Jordan’s Manual of Verte- brates. Loffer eggs, climbers. ornltbological books and magazines in exchange. CARSTEN C. SMITH, Decorah, Iowa. GOLDEN EAGLE 1-3, Sharp-shined Hawk 1-4, White-tailed Kite, 1-4, etc., etc., for high grade camera or kodak, 4x5, or good double barrel shot gun, 12 guage. ERNEST ADAMS, 364 S. 9th St., San Jose, Calif. FOR SALE:—A few incomplete sets of rare birds. Sulphur-bellied f. c., Buff-breasted f. c., Aroz. W. p., Coues’ f. c., Lucy’s Warbler. R.D. LUSK, Collector, Rosemont, A. T. Mar4t TO EXCHANGE:—Strictly 1st class mounted birds and nests of this locality, for southern and western skins and sets. Correspondence solicited. S. WALKER, Guelph, Ontario. FROM Southern Texas! Fine series of Great-tailed Grackle’s eggs, 25 first class eggs in sets for #250 in other sets, our selection. Many common wanted. J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, Refugio, Texas TO EXCHANGE:—Fine collection stamps, value over #25.00 for best offer in sets or bird books. Also back numbers Birds, Osprey, Mus- eum and OOLOGIST and negatives of birds. C. BURNS, 1705 Capital Ave., Houston, Texas, CE ee TO EXCHANGE:—140 different sets of Amer- ican eggs to exchange for old U. S. Coins. Dats for listandterms. J. L. PLATT, Cres- co, Ia. OSPREY for Oct. 96 wanted. Will give eee cash or “swap” price. FRANK H. LAT- IN, Albion. N. Y. WANTED:—Great Divides for 1894, especial- ly June. The Archeologist. List of good “Dept. Bulletins” (on Natural History) to get. Cl . W. VOSBURGH, Box 307, Columbia, 3. . WINCHESTER repeating rifie. 32 calibre, model 1873, built to order at cost of $45. Want- ed, camera, field glasses, printing press. C. C. MAXFIELD, Danbury, Conn. I WISH to turn the value of 860 worth of very fine sets into the value of a good, high- grade second class wheel. Full particulars, please, 1am wauting fleld glass, fine 4x5 lens, cash or choice exchange. P. B. PEABODY, Hallock, Minn. CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS:— kt, 10c; 4kt, 20c; 3kt, 25c; 1kt, 35c. Only an expert can tell them from the real stone. ROBERT BURN- HAM, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. TELESCOPE:—Will pay cash for second hand telescope. mounted on tripods of power that brings objects distinctly near from dis- tance of four or five miles. Address, TELE- SCOPE, Care THE OOLOGIST. F2t EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—Fine sets of fol- lowing or will sell cheap for cash: 165, 167, 184, 207, 257, 286, 298a, 311, 313, 318, 319, 329, 335, 417, 419, 421, 478a, 487, 508, 512, 518, 591, 593c, 630, 666, 697, 706, 707. THOMAS H. JACKSON. 343 E. Biddle St., West Chester, Pa. D4t WANTED !—Reliable man for Manager ofa Branch Office I wish to open in your vicinity. If your record is O. K. here isa good opening. Kindly mention THE OOLOGIST when writing. Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. postage, A. MORRIS, Cincinnati, O. FOR SALE:—Fine specimens of American Turquois. Will cut good settings at 25c to $1. This is a good chance to get a fine stone cheap. ROB ae HAM, 143 Gallup St., Provi- ence, R. I. KEYSTONE MINERAL COLLECTION. Containing 20 specimens. size 1x1% inches, labeled with name and locality, put upina Partitioned box and sent by mail prepaid for 50 cents. ISAACS. KIRK, Fremont, Pa, J3t WANTED.—A few finely marked sets, clean and perfectly prepared of 331. 323. 337, 339b. 343, 355. Will give good exchange in rare species. THOMAS H. JACKSON, 343 E. Biddle St., West Chester. Pa. D4t IMPORTANT NOTICE.—We desire to an- nounce that owing to the many improvements made in the current volume of the fern Bulle- tin the price of sample copies will now be fif- teen cents. Purchasers of sample copies may deduct that sum from the regular subscription price when subscribing. The January number contains fourteen articles on ferns. Many shorter notes and eight pages devoted to the mosses. Send for it. Address THE FERN BULLETIN, Binghamton, N. Y. “LATTIN” has been having some new photos taken (the first of cabinet size since ’82). He would gladly seud each «f his patrons and old friends a co}. but the expense. and condi- tion of his purse, will not permit. If, however, you wish one sufficiently bad to cover the cost (24 cents) of sane. «ne will gladly be mailed you. CABINETS. Send lucts for photo of our speciality—SelfLockiny. T perches—Oak sam- ples by mail 8c,10c and 15c; also stands, shields, glass cases, game panels, &c. Cabinets to or- der. HANAFORD CABINET CO., 139 and 141 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 58MOtt t+ THE OOLOGIST. NOTICE. Thave just published a pamphlet on ‘‘The Scientific Preparation of Bird Eggs” treating fully on the subject from the nest to your cab- inet drawer and giving packing directions for mail purposes in selling or exchanging. Itis not for sale on any terms but will be Liven away, postpaid, to everyone sending me the money for any instrument, outfit or book for oologists or ornithologists, priced in my July, 1895 Bulletin or in this number of OOLOGIST at $1 or over. The Special Outfit offered elsewhere in this magazine at $2.95 is the best bargain ever Offered for thé money and with this new pamphlet mentioned above is a REGULAR BON- ANZA, especially designed for beginners. ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. H. H. & C.S. BRIMLEY, COLLECTORS, RALEIGH, N. C. 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McGregor describes two new birds from California in the Mare number. The January number contained the first definite data on the nesting of the Fulvous Tree Dack and the Santa Cruz Jay Also a biographical sketch of Dr. Jas. G. Cooper with portrait. You will be cut off from the West unless you read the BULLETIN. $1.00 per year. Sample copy 20 cents. the Editor, C BARLOW, Santa Clara, Cal. ness Manager, Alameda, Cal. Address orders for sample copy to Subscriptions to D. A. COHEN, Bus- THE OOLOGIST. VOL XVI. NO. 2. Nesting of the American Woodcock in Southern Wisconsin, Long and diligently did I search, often creeping on my hands and knees, by the hour stooped low, very, very carefully examining every leaf and bit of grass or weeds, over acres of clear- ing, which [ later found to be the ideal nesting sites and haunts of Philohela minor, longing to find a nest, if only an old Jast year’s one, but not until May 11, 1890, was I rewarded, when, while out hunting, with a friend of mine, he caught a young one, and wesoon found, what we supposee to be, the deserted nest. My companion persisted in tak- ing the young one home with him and it of course died. Again in April 15, 91, I found, after a long, tedious search, a set of four eggs, that had been frozen, bleached and broken opeu, lying ina hollow by the side of an old stump. But not until April 6, 1894, did I find, the long covet- ed, ‘‘perfect set,” and perfect set they are too, four as handsome eggs, of any kind, as I have seen. I had been putting in a half day of hard searching in a piece of Hazel brush, thistles, grass, weeds, brush heaps, etc., which I later termed my Woodcock ranch, without finding any thing, when I thought I would cross the road and look through a strip of small saplings alongside of the road and where I thought I might find ‘‘some- thing.” I saw a team coming, so I hur- ried across, jumped over the fence and hurried into the woods, when suddenly, whirr-r-r, just ahead, after watching the bird until it was out of sight, I glanced down, and, could I believe my eyes? oh, no mistake, there they lay, four!!!one—one—o—two—twooo—three ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1899. WHOLE No. 151 - ee—eee—four—four—FOUR Yessir ree. four of ’em, no mistake, ’cos I only got four fingers. I dropped to my knees and feasted my eyes on them long and earnestly, studied carefully their position in the nest, the formation and material of the nest, etc., finally I took two in each hand and came home, hap- py as a kid with a pair of new boots, or perhaps I ought to say in these days of modern improvements (?) a new bike; however happy I was then, I am sorry now to think I left the nest; the nest was simyly a few leaves piled up and the pile somewhat depressed at the top in which the eggs laid; it was placed at the foot of some small saplings, would measure probably 6 inches across the depression, which was a half inch or so deep. The eggs are beauties; three have a rich buff, ground cclor, one a shade darker than the others; the fourth has a ground color of light cream; the three darkest ones are quite heavily marked with specks, spots of varying shades of dark brown and lilac, thicker on the larger third of the egg; the other is marked the same, but not so heavy; the marking is peculiar. They look as if they had been stood on end and given a rotary movement about one-third of the way around, and the colors applied with a downward stroke of the brush, as the eggs turned. Shape, pyriform; measure, 1.50 x 1.21, 1.56 x 1.21, 1.56 x 1.14, 1.48 x 1.14 inches. This beautiful set to-day reposes on an artificial nest of leaves in my cabi- net, and whenever I show my collection to an interested person I always point out this particular set, which I value highly on account of their rarety, beauty and perfection. Again on April 26, 1896, I collected a 46 CHE OOLOGIST set of four beautiful eggs of this species. I had went out as usual to my Woodcock ranch early in the morning, to see if I could find a set. It looked as ifit might rain, but I well knew that would be a help to me, as the birds would probably be off the nests feeding; if the bird is on the nest itis almost impossible to see them unless they fly. I went diligently at it aud looked the whole patch of bushes, thistles, dead grass, brush heaps, ete., over very closely. It began to rain, but I pulled down my hat, button- ed up my coat, put my hands into my pockets up to my elbows, and began to whistle and kept on looking. I just happened to glance down in a likely looking place, when my sight happened to rest on two pretty eggs of the Amer- ican Woodcock resting in a snug little nest of dead and dried leaves on the ground among the dead grass and brush near the foot of a small shag bark hick- ory. I knew it was only an incomplete set, so I only looked at them at long range and finally came home, with it settled in my mind to return about two or three days later and get the com- pletement. This I think was on Thurs- day and I visited the nest again on Sat- urday. It contained four beautiful eggs, laying points in—a beautiful sight; but I left them as I wanted to get a camera and take a photograph of the bird on the nest, so I came home and next morning I borrowed a camera and with a chum of mine, went out to the nest. I tried first to get one of the hirds up close (8 inches from the nest), but I got too close and she flew. Then I set my infernal machine and we Jay for hours waiting for the bird to return, but she did not come, so [ packed up the nest and eggs and we came home through a shower. We got a little damp, but I was proud of my sccess, for I expected a visit from a friend, a naturalist, and now I would have two sets to show him of these rare beauties. This set has a ground color of rich dark cream; two have a reddish or brownish tint; three are marked very much alike, having the markings distri- buted all over the eggs, but mostly on the larger half, becoming quite thick on the larger end; the fourth has fewer markings on the smaller half, and about the same as the others on the larger half, but it is formed into a heavy wreath; the markings are fine specks and small dots and large spots and daubs. They are of dark and light umber brown and strong lilac, and a few specks of purple black. The pur- ple seems to be under the other mark- ings. The three that look nearest alike have the peculiar Woodcock egg look about them, the markings being the same as those mentioned in the preced- ing set. ‘They measure 1.60 x 1.18, 1.60 x 1.16, 1.58 x 1.19, 1.64 x 1.16 inches; form, two eliptical, two oval. The Woodcock is one of the most in- teresting birds, I think, that we have, so odd looking, that is when you can see them, for to a casual observer, they are absolutely invisable, even if they move, which they seldom do when watched, until they take flight. They love to frequent low damp places, or a side hill, covered with bushes and trees near some low marshy place, where they can bore for worms, which if you are lucky enough to see them do, you will find very interesting, indeed. Gro. W. VosBuRG. Brief Observations on the Raptorial Birds of Refugio Co., Texas. The following is a condensed synop- sis of notes taken in Refugio Co., Tex- as, during three successive seasons. It is not claimed that the list is complete, and some additions will, in all proba- bility, be made at some subsequent time. 329. Catharles aura. TURKEY VUL- TURE. The ‘“Buzzard’’ is a common and constant resident, though excelled THE OOLOGIST. 47 at all seasons in point of numbers by C. urubu. Beneficial in its habits it re- ceives protection from men, as well as by law. I cannot agree, however, that it is ‘‘semi-’ or ‘‘partially domesticat- ed,” as so many writers express it. Lays two cream-colored eggs more or less blotched with brown. Nesting sites; under clumps of chaparal; in caves in arroya banks; and rarely in hollow trees. Breeding dates April and May. 326. Catharista urubu. BLACK VUL- TURE ‘The ‘Carrion Crow” is the most common member of the Order of Rap. tores in the county; and like the pre- ceding species receives loyal protection in recognition of its good offices. Nest complement consists of two eggs of bluish-white background wiih large blotches of deep brown. Readily dis- tinguished from eggs of C. aura by larger blotches, bluish-white back- ground, greater size and more elongat- ed form. Nests in hollow trees and on ground under chaparal brush. Breeds from February to May. Immaculate eggs are not rare. 327. Hlanoides forficatus. SWALLOW- TAILED Kite. Veryrare. I saw two individuals of this species in May, 1898, sailing leisurely .toward the south. These two are the only ones I have ever seen in the county. 4 329. Ictinia mississippiensis. MIss- IssipPI KiTE. Occurs only as a mi- grant. Am very sure it does not breed here. Were very plentiful during spring migrations of ’98. 331. Circus hudsonius. MARSH Hawk. Abundant during the winter months and remains until quite late in spring, though I do not think they breed. 332. Accipiter velox. SHARP-SHINNEd Hawk. Not at all common. Have never found it breeding here. 333. appear- ance of the bird, situation and compo- sition of nest, ete. In doubtful cases where nest is small collect the nest with eggs. Iam not going to discuss the advisa- bility of carrying agun. I know many of the best oologists advise it. In only a few very doubtful cases have I been obliged to use one. There are several good works on both birds and eggs, and one treating fully of the nests also, so that with careful observations and fuli notes the shot-gun will seldom be necessary. Unless eggs are fresh and you have plenty of time you will not care to blow them on the spot. Remember that un- blown eggs. on account of their greater weight, require even better packing than blown ones They deut easily if small and it is a good plan to keep your finger nails well pared down when handling them. . Be sure to wrap them so that they can not Slip and strike each other. If the eggs, when held up to the sun, appear uniformly dark except a small spot at one end which will be quite transpar- ent, they are nearly hatehed and should never be takeu, unless of good size and very desirable CHAPTER I.—TREATMENT OF FRESH OR NEARLY FRESH EGGS. Always have a gvod assortment of drills as to size. Be sure not to start drilling on small eggs with anything larger than an 8-100 drill. A larger drill is liable to either smash «a ragged hole and perhaps crack the egg beyond repair or make a saw-toothhole. Ifthe egg is especially smooth like those of the Bobolink or has been incubated un- 62 THE OOLOGIST til very smooth and thin, you must use great caution in starting the drill. Sometimes the egg will not even bear the weight of the drill. In such cases hold the egg so that you can drill hori- zontally. resting the end of the drill over one finger. A hole the size of a pin-head will do for all fresh eggs less than one inchin diameter. Larger eggs in same proportion. Hold the tip of the blowpipe just be- low the hole and blow gently. As soon as a little of the white of the egg is re- moved take about a half teaspoon of water in your mouth and force this through the pipe when you blow. This will hasten the matter a great deal and. will also help to prevent staining small eggs if the yolk breaks. Now rinse your egg with clear water. This is done nicely by using the blowpipe if your egg is small. The use of a syringe saves time and work on large eggs. After thoroughly rinsing lay on blotting paper or other good absorbent to drain. Never drain on common paper as it may stick and break a chip out of your egg when you attempt to pick it up. When thoroughly dry mark with your set mark if you are collecting in sets, as nearly every one does now. Then ona blank, prepared for the purpose, (you can get them of any dealer in this line,) write out the most complete data you can, especially complete as to details of nest and nesting site. Open glass top cases are not desirable for eggs, as many delicate shades of blue fade badly in the light. A tight cabinet is best. Be sure the drawers are amply deep for the size of the eggs you design them for as they will some- times roll up on end and a close fit may result in an oological heart-ache. Also be sure your cabinet is absolutely mouse proof and as near moth proof as possi- ble. Mice spoil every egg they touch and moths weaken the shell by eating out the lining membrane. Eggs are most handily kept in the pasteboard trays supplied by dealers, (both made up and in the flat,) for this purpose. These can be removed separ- ately and any desired set emptied out at anytime. A light lining of the fine cotton sold for this purpose saves any breakage from the jar in opening and closing the drawer. Fixed partitions are bad as you are sure to crack some small eggs when trying to remove them. CHAPTER II.— TREATMENT OF BADLY IN- CUBATED EGGS. If not too bad a liberal use of water and plenty of gentle shaking will often suffice. If too bad for this you have two alternatives. First, the embryo hook. Besure the hole is large enough for the size of hook you use or you will catch the egg in withdrawing the hook and ruin it, After removing all you can with the blowpipe, carefully insert the hook, -at- tach it to any part of the young bird and draw gently downward. In the softer stages-of the embryo this will soon tear it in pieces which can be readily removed with the blowpipe and water. If too bad to separate easily the scis- sors will be necessary. These are only practicable on large eggs as the hole must be larger and the egg capable of withstanding some strain. By drawing down and snipping off a small piece at a time you can often remove nearly full grown embryos from eggs over one inch in diameter. Be very careful when you come to the head. The fine pointed curved scissors are useful here as they will work well into the egg. In all cases be sure to shake loose by use of water and remove the tough bloody membrane which envelopes the embryo and often remains in theshell. This will often show through if allowed to dry to the shell and also attracts moths. Second, the use of caustic potash. This is impracticable with thin shelled eggs as it usually makes them too brit- THE OOLOGIST. 63 tle to stand anything. You can often save large heavy shelled eggs when in the most advanced stages of incubation by squirting a strong solution of this solvent into the egg and shaking it up occasionally. In extreme cases it may be necessary to remove one dose and re- peat the performance. In conclusion, never forget the im- portance of correct identification and complete data and don’t ever drill two holes in one egg. Now a word about packing eggs for mail. If you have only a few small eggs a round tin box will do, but it is best to wrap a strip of pasteboard or the corrugated paper made for this purpose around the box inside the wrapping paper. For large lots cigar boxes are best, but be sure to see that all corners are tight and headline the ends if the cover shuts inside. In very large cigar boxes a partition through the center is desirable, but be sure to nail it well or it is worse than none. Wrap each egg separately in cotton, the looser in texture the better. Don’t use sheet wadding, it is too liable to al- low eggs to slip. In any case be sure to wrap in such a way that the egg will not slip out endways Never lay eggs in loose layers. Pack as snug as is safe. Too loose packing is even worse than too tight. Never wind thread around your eggs. It’s all right from your point of view but is a_ great nuisance to the party who unpacks them, and often results in a few broken eggs in spite of the greatest care. ONE OF THE CRANKS. American Crossbills. I send the OdLoGIsT afew notes on American Crossbills which have been quite common in this village since my arrival. During the latter part of Feb- ruary I noticed several Crossbills feed- ing in the barnyard where I am staying. In order to pick up the grain on which the birds were feeding it was necessary for them to twist their heads sideways and lay their bills lengthwise on the ground. _» They were common about the village until about the 5th of March after which date I occasionally saw a pair. Thinking that they might possibly breed near here, in some of the conifer- ous forests, I purposely visited a wood- ed hill surrounded by marshy woods thickly studded with low spruce, cedar and hemlock. Half way up the slope I came across a flock composed cl iefly of males. They were quite noisy being actively engaged feeding on the cones of a group of spruce trees. I suppose there were 75 of them. I searched in vain for their nests, the only habitation of any note that I came across being two nests in the thick spruce trees. These nests were evidently recently complet- ed and were arched over, the entrance being a hole in the side. They were composed of moss, lichens, grasses and bireh bark, bits of these materials hang- ing from the limb. They may have been squirrels’ nests but I was not aware that squirrels built their nests in spring time. I have never seen a publication con- taining a description of a Crossbill’s nest but I should think that a bird nest- ing at this date would roof its nest in order to keep out the snow. I hope to be able to send you some interesting notes on the breeding of the Crossbills, as they evidently do breed here. Hoping that these notes may be of use and that they will draw forth others on the habits of this little known bird, I remain, Yours truly, Lewis M. TERRILL, Bury, Ont. [The few nests of the Crossbill that have been recorded were not covered though very warmly built. Notice the early nests of the Prairie Horned Larks also.— ED.] 64 THE OOLOGISL. The Brown-headed and White-breast- ed Nuthatches—Their Nesting Habits and Other Notes. The Brown-headed Nuthateh is a com- mon resident in eastern North Carolina, where it builds its nest in stumps that may be situated, either ina field or in the woods. They begin to dig a cavity for the nest sometimes as early as the 20th day of March, but generally it is about the first of April before the work begins. The nesting cavity is always dug in a dead tree or stump, ranging from six inches to thirty feet in height. Never have I found a nest of this bird in a nat- ural cavity. A favorite nesting place of this bird is in a tract of forest that was burned over by a forest fire several years ago. This piece of wood is situated near my home, near Merry hill, in Bertie county. On many a spring morning have I wan- dered thither in search of nests. Hard- ly had I entered the forest before the greetings of the little Brown-headed Nuthatch reached my ears and setting out in search of their nests I hear them until I leave the wood. The nest is made: of fine bark, fine reed leaves and wool, placed in a cavity from four to ten inches deep and con- tains from four to six eggs. Two or more broods may be reared in a season, for often have I seen young birds in June, yet 1 cannot be positive as to the number of nests that are built, for I have known a pair of birds to build as many as four nests in a season The first three having been destroyed, they resorted to the top of a dead pine to huild the fourth and there reared a brood of young. The nest above men- tioned was placed at a greater distance from the ground than any that* have come under my observation. It was about sixty feet high. In no other case have I found a nest placed over 30 feet high. [o(4) After the nesting seasou is over they may be seen two or three together in the top of pines prying at the pine- cones after the pine seeds that seem to form a large part of their food. The White-breasted Nuthatch is not hardly as common as the above species, but is generallv distributed throughout eastern North Carolina, so far as my observation extends. Unlike the Brown-headed, its nest is always placed in a hollow tree, as in a Woodpecker excavity. I will give a description of the nests from which eggs were taken in 1897, ’y8. Nol. April 10, 1897. Nest placed in a hollow sawerwood six feet high, made of bark, wool and hair, containing five slightly inenbated eggs. : No.2. April 29, 1897. Nest placed in a cavity, dug by a Woodpecker, at the height of 20 feet, nest made of fine bark and hair and contained six eggs with incubation advauced. No. 8. March 28, 1898. Nest placed in a knot hole ina gum tree about 60 feet high. Nest made of bark, leayes and pieces of string, containing six fresh eggs. No.4. Nest containing five incubated eggs taken on April 2, 1898. Nest made of fine bark, wool, feathers and hair, placed in a hollow oak about 30 feet high. No. 5. Set of seven eggs with incu- bation begun, taken from a nest of fine bark, wool and hair, placed in an old Woodpecker cavity, about 15 feet high. Taken on April 2, 798. No.6. April 4, 1898 Five fresh eggs taken from a nest made of fine bark and hair, placed iu the hollow of a gum tree, about 50 feet high No. 7. April 7, 1898, took a set of five eggs, incubation begun, from anest — of moss, fine bark and seraps of cloth, placed in a hollow limb 26 feet high. No. 8. Nest made of moss, contain: ing six fresh eggs, takeu on April 11th, from a hollow beech 20 feet high, nest THE OOLOGISYT. 'v{A 65 made of moss, bark, wool and cotton. The White-breasted Nuthatch isa res- ident remaining with us all through the dreary winter months. R. P. SMITHWICK, La Grange, N. C. The Cliff Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons (SAY). Although this is one of our common- est birds, I will take the trouble to write about it as I have noticed that it has been neglected together with many others of our common birds. Ever since I came here, which was in 83, there has been a large colony of these interesting birds breeding in this neighborhood. They used to build their nests under shelves and in little cavities in a cliff on the river about three-quarteis of a mile from our house. Although being quite young I used to enjoy watching tbe virds as they cir- eled around their homes and filled the air with their twittering. In ’88 a large high shed was built on the place and in the following spring the birds forsook their primitive abode and took up quarters among more Cciv- ilized surroundings in the shed. Undoubtedly they had many enemies in the way of snakes and varmints that ate their eggs and young and _ they wabted to be near man’s habitation for protection. They built their nests along the rafters, ove against another, and some were stuck to the sheeting and some made on top of the plate. The lining to the nests was a little hay or straw. I was unable to study their habits until 93 as I was away to school. ‘That year they arrived March 2l and began to carry mud April 25. It took about five days to build enough of a nest to hold eggs and then the female began laying and the ‘“‘neck’’ was made at the pair’s leisure. I took fresh eggs on May 9. In °94 they arrived March 20. On April 15 I observed some of the birds fixing up old nests. On the 23d they began building in earnest. In °95 I was not here but last year I spent considerable time studying these birds in a more thorough manner than I had the years before. .The flock seems to be diminishing as over 300 nests were built the first year and last year only 1838. The young birds evidently go off by themselves to breed and do not keep together with their parents. If this is the case these birds are the same ones that built in the cliff 14 years ago and one might venture to estimate how long the birds live I will copy from my notebook my observations of ’96, hoping that they will not prove tiresome to your readers. On March 25 about 8 o’clock in the morning 10 or 12 birds appeared at the shed, flying in large circles around over the field, and then returning and dashing by the shed taking note, per- haps, of. the condition of things. This was kept up for 15 ov 20 minutes and after that Lsaw them no more that day. The next morning about double the number of birds appeared and they re- mained a somewhat longer time. In about 10 days the whole flock got to coming avd remaining till about 10:30 o'clock. Then they would go off tou feed and return late in the afternoon, going off to roost atsun set. When they com- menced coming in Jarge numbers they would fly into the shed and light on the rafters and keep up an incessant twit- teriug April 22d, they began to carry mud from a water hole 300 yards off, but on- ly a few worked, and they did very lit- tle. A bird on arriving at the water hole would hover a foot or so over a soft spet for a moment and then drop and pick up a moutnful, while it would keep its wings fluttering in an erect position. 66 THE OOLOGIST. 23d. A good many of the birds began work at 9:30 a. m., and continued till 10:45. Some of the birds did very Jit- tle, bringing only four or five mouth- fuls and some did a great deal. 24th. No work was done for some reason. All the birds left between 10 and 11 to feed, returning at 5 and stay- ing till sun set. 25th. The birds began work at 10:30, and for three quarters of an hour, there was a perfect stream of them between the shed and the water hole. After that very little was done till about 4 o’clock, during which time most of the birds were off feeding. Work was suspended for the day at 6:30, and they left at sun- set. 26th. Work was resumed a few min- utes past 9 o’clock. After about an hour, they laid off a little, but through- out the day the work was LT GL op quite diligently. 27th. .Work began at 7:45, and was kept up quite steadily. 28th. They began work at 7:15. Af- ter about two hours, a shower came up. Thereupon they suspended ,operations and flew around high in the air. In the afternoon, after the heat of the day was over, their work continued. 29th. They began work ahout the same time they did the day before, and were quite diligent all day. S3ome of the nests were big enough to hold eggs, in fact, all done, except the ‘‘neck,”’ but they had not lined any. They did not build the whole structure of the black mud from the water hole, but mixed in streaks of sandy mud, which was brought from the river over a quar- ter of a mile, 30th. The work was carried on as usual. During the afternoon a Sharp- a Hawk passed by over-head, which caused a great commotion among the birds. They gathered themselves into two flocks of about the same size and one soared to a considerable height in the direction of the Hawk, while the other flock eireled around near the shed. Perhaps tne first flock was com- posed of the males and the otber of the females. Some of the birds had hard luck. After working steadily for two or three . days and getting quite a shelf built.some- thing would give way and down would come the nest. But the plucky little fellows never got discouraged, but would start over new. The average days’ work, for a bird was about two hours. The birds did not line their nests un- til they were dry, and egg laying then began immediately. The birds lay each day until the complement is complete, which is four or five eggs, generally the former number. The period of incubation is twelve days aud at the age of about eighteen days, the young birds are able to fly. A good many die by falling out of the nests; this last year the loss was at least a fourth. After the young are ableto fly, the birds cease their twittering and re- main silent. By June, 20th, the last family spread wing and the shed was deserted. They all left for the south abbule Sep- tember 15th. The birds are fond of the cypress trees along the river for roosts and perching places. I have seen the boughs loaded with them in the heat of the day pluming themselves after a splash in the water. The eggs vary considerably in shape, size and coloration. The ground color varies from buff to w hite, generally the latter color, spot- ted with several shades of brown. One set in our collection is decidedly pyriform in shape. A series of 61 eggs average 0.82 x 0.56, the extremes being 0.92 to 0.76 and 0. 60 to 0.50. Irvinc H. WENTWORTH, Waring, Texas. THE OOLOGIST. 67 A Ramble In May. Cn the 16th day of May in 1897 at four o’clock in the morning I started on a long ramble to Verduy in Albany county or about 15milesfrom my home. Arriving at Verdoy at about half past six, I started in a ravine toward the Mohawk about two miles away. Start- ing downthe ravine I spied in a large sand bank to the left a Kingfisher’s nest, from which I obtained a set of six eggs after much hard digging. The eggs were very much nest-colored, as they were badly incubated. From the ravine I started off to a small woods to the right, and soon found a Red-shouldered Hawk’s nest with two eggs in it. The eggs were verv heavily spotted, and incubation had commenced. [also found in this woods a nest of American Crow which I did not climb up to, as I had already dublicate sets of this species . Gning over toa few willows I next obtained a set of seven heavily marked eggs of Chickacee, which were almost fresh. After this find I started for a swamp, and on the way found a set of five eggs of Wilson’s Thrush, and an incomplete set of Wood Thrush, which I left. d Just before reaching the swamp met a farmer’s boy whom I knew, and he wanted to go with me, which I decided to let him do. We had not gone far be- fore I obtained a set of Mourning Dove, which was the first that I had ever col- lected. Going a little further the lad stepped on a Woodcock sitting on her nest and four eggs. He broke all the eggs, but did not hurt the bird much as she flew to few berry bushes near by. The eggs were fresh, and I brought the broken shells home with me, and man- aged to patch up one pretty good spec- imen. I felt almost sorry that I had visited this swamp at all, as then these birds would have reared their young, and there would have been that many more of these rare birds in this locality. I spent the rest of the afternoon watch- ing these birds and managed to get quite close to them several times before they flew. In the fall I again visited the swamp and was glad to find my friends still there. I thought them quite safe, as hunters seldom visit this out of the way place. WILLIAM QUACKENBUSH, Lansingburg, N. Y. Nest Building of Cooper’s Hawk. One day early in April, 1898, while I was prospecting for nests of Roptores, I came upon a pair of Cooper’s Hawks at work building their nest in an oak tree about thirty feet above the ground. l was crawling under a_ barbed-wire fence that ran through the woods when I heard their ‘‘ka, ka, ka,” which caused me to look up so suddenly that a twig caught my cap and sent it flying and a barb jabbed, me in the back, reminding me to lay low. The nest was about fifty feet away and fearing to disturb the hawks, I remained upon all fours and was an interested observer of their man- ner of approaching the nest. I spied the half completed nest just as one of the hawks left it and thought I had been discovered, but an instant later the mate lit upon the nest and ar- ranged a stick. Their manner of approaching the nest was a very interesting and curious sight. They came through the low woods fly- ing just above the ground three or four feet, with the speed of an arrow, and when within fifteen or twenty feet of the nest-tree they closed their wings with a quick flip and ‘‘slid up’’ to the nest in a graceful curve. They did not yisit the nest together and apparently the one that was away from the nest could see its mate, for no sooner would one of them drop a few feet below and fly away, than the:other was on the upward curve. As if to 68 THE OOLOGIST (6/4 avoid a collision they left the nest from the north side and approached from the west, in which direction—and only a few rods away—all the material seemed to be obtained. While at the nest their actions were quick, nervous; and they placed the sticks in several places before satisfied, but they did not remain at the nest more than half a minute. C. F. STONE, Branchport, N Y. More About Wood Pewee’s Nest. I read with interest in the March number of the OoLogist Mr. C. H. Johnson’s notes from Oneida county, Is Ys The notes on the Wood Pewee espec- ially attracted my attention. As there is considerable difference in the con- struction of the nest of the Wood Pewee in Oneida county, N. Y., and Parke county, Ind., I will state it as briefly as possible: Here the Wood Pewee builds a very thin nest, so thin that the eggs can in- variably be seen through the nest which is suspended between the small forks of a drooping beech limb, from four to nine feet from the ground, generally about five or six feet. I judge about nine tenths of the nests are overhanging some lonesome stream Only one nest out of the many I have examined ever contained avy lichens whatever. WINFIELD 8. CATLIN. Annapolis, Ind. Queer Nesting Sites. There have been at different times articles published in the OoLoGist about queer nesting sites. 1 do not think any of these compare with a nest of the Phoebe fuund by me on June 15, 1889. at Lake Elmo, Minn. A friend and I were walking along 1’) the road close to the shore of the lake when we came to a vacant house. - Thinking we might find a Phoebe’s nest we walked around it, but found noth- ing. As we were about to depart I saw a Phoebe fly under the eaves of a well house which was back of the building, and there on the guard of the pulley through which the rope ran, to which the small buckets are tied, was a nest. It was made of the material ordinarily used and directly over the middle of the well. Ifit had not been strongly fastened to the iron guard it would have fallen in. It contained three eggs of the Phoebe and two of the Cowbird. Incubation was well advanced in the Phoebe’s, but the Cowbird’s were fresh. : On May 30, 1890, I again visited the place and in the same well found a Phoebe’s nest fastened to the side of a board two feet below the surface of the ground. It contained four eggs. J. M. ARMSTRONG, St. Paul, Minn. The Spotted Sandpiper. In looking over the OéLoGisT for March, page 52, Mr. C. H. John- ston mentions collecting a set of 5 eggs of the Above mentioned species. Is not this an unusual occurrence? I have never found or heard of more tuan four in a set of this species before. This is our most common Sandpiper here in Ontario, arriving about the mid- dle of April and fresh eggs may be found after the first week in May until the middle of June. The nest is usually placed in a slight depressiou in the ground and is composed of a few dry gra-ses and is often at the bottom of some bunch of weeds or tall grasses. The eggs are Jaid points together and vary greatly in markings. In this locality the birds become quite numerous in the fall, especially along the lake shore whe e they remain for a few days and they disappear about the 15th of September. At this season they become exceedingly fat. N. Harry MEEKING. Port Hope, Ontario. THE OOLOGIST AN “EASTER” BOOK OFFER. 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I am now ina position to furnish in quantity all of the best species collected on the Gulf Coast and will be pleased to furnish prices on applica- tion. Best of reference given and satisfaction guaranteed. Collections sent on approval to par- ties giving satisfactory reference. Any not ap- proved can be returned at my expense. Address all orders to A. J. BARNES, Dunedin, Fla. H. H. & C. SS. BRIMLEY, COLLECTORS, RALEIGH, N. C. First-class Skins of Birds and Mammals, Bird’s Eggs, Reptiles and Batrachia both Alive and in Alcohol. Histological Ma- terial. Full data. Send stamp for lists. 2 THE OOLOGIST. Capturing a Live Baby Condor. READ ABOUT IT IN THE Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club. This live Club now prints its own proceedings and all the interesting events in Ornithology from California and the Pacific Coast appear in its eolumus. The Mareh number. consisting of 20 pages of breezy articles is our In it you should read about ‘‘Audubon’s Hermit Thrush in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,” by Lyman Belding; “*Summer Warblers of Arizona;” “The Rhiaoceros Auklet at Catalina Island; ‘**The Water Ouzel on Pescadero Creek;” besides a long list of other valuabie and eutertaining papers, Mr. R. C McGregor describes two new birds from California iu the March number. The January number contained the first definite data on the nesting of the Fulvous Tree Dack and the Santa Cruz Jay. Also a bingraphical sketch of Dr. Jas. G. Cooper with portrait. You will be cut off from the West unless you read the BULLETIN. $1.00 per year Sample copy. 20 cents. Adress orders for sample copy to the Editor, C. BARLOW, Santa Clara, Cal. Subsvriptioas to 1). A. COHEN, Bus- ness Manager, Alameda, Cal. “You might as well be out of the Bird World altogether as go without THE OspREy.” COELES Og PRY AN ILLUSTRATED MonTHLY MAGAZINE OF POPULAR ORNITHOLOGY. ELLIOTT COUES and THEODORE GILL, Editors. WALTER ADAMS JOHNSON, Associate Bide LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES, Art Editor. Tue Osprey does not keep a poet, but it has an office cat who can catch more birds than all the poets put together. If you don’t believe this, read THE Osprey. If you want to buy, sell or exchange specimens, advertise in THe Osprey. If you want to keep in with other Bird Men, subscribe for THE Osprey. If you want to write about Birds, you can do it in THe Osprey, provided you know how to write. If you like a beautifully printed and profusely illustrated magazine, all about Birds you MUST HAVE THE OsprREy. TERMS: ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. PupLisHED By THE OSPREY COMPANY, 321-323 4% St., Washington, D. C. - THE OOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XVI. NO. 5. ALBION, N. Y., MAY, 1899. WHOLE No. 154 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, “wants,’ “Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this department tor 25¢c 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 OoLocist. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. ‘ ‘ No.154 your subscription expires with this issue 155 “ of ri be June sees 160 oe ae Nov. bh wt Jntermediate numbers can easily be deter- ‘mined. If we have you credited wrong we -~wish to rectify. “i at Smee Kreme NSS ee IMPORTANT:—The Prem ium ‘Offer as made in January Oologist _in which we offer $1.00 worth of specimens, &c., your selection from the hundreds listed, and The Oolougist, with exchange cou- pon,-the entire lot for only 50 cents, will hold goodtill June 1st. Soy ric EL eh og ee EE Had good results from last exchange notice. J. GC. STOCKWELL, Danville P. Q. Denepeetie. (eae Se ee COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE.-—I want one at once, with records and horn. Must be in good condition. Can offer finely mounted birds, telegraph relays, sets of White-tailed Kite, or will pay cash for a bargain. Address at once, Cc. BARLOW, Box 135, Santa Clara, Cal. i Siti WANTED.—‘‘Coues’ Key” in exchange for U. S. army pistol, 1844; Canadian stamps, old issues, jubilee x-mas, used and unused; eggs in sets, ete.; write. J. H. DOAK, P. O. Box 285, Coaticooke, Canada. in Gav FOR EXCHANGE.—A beautiful rolled-gold searf pin or a fine specimen of asbestos for each complete set of birds’ eggs, with data, sentme. JOHN C. STOCKWELL, Danville, P. Q, Canada. 0 Ee WANTED.—To exchange Gray’s anatomy, calf binding, colored plates, revised edition, for ““Coues’ Key to North American Birds,” latest edition. R. M. COX, Bartow. Fla. c WILL EXCHANGE sets 371}4, 348%s for other sets. I can use such a8 263, 184, 294, 261, 364, 360, 339, etc. E. H. SHORT, Albion. N. Y. COLLECTION 1,000 U. S. and foreign stamps, catalogued at over $30, 0 dup. ‘‘Mekeel’s large stamp album,”’ international and stand- ard catalogues, vol. I ‘Am Journal Philately,’ all for best cash offer. GEORGE C. EMBODY, Hamilton, N. Y. aa WANTED a-1 skins of Sparrows, Vireos, Warblers and Thrushes; fonts of lead type; offer genuine Tuscorora Indian Bead Work and Curios, Ostrich eggs, Minerals. Niagara Souv- enier for sale or exchange. F.A. W. DEANS’ Nat. Sci. Est., 37 Falls St. Niagara Falls, N. Y. phonies cs eek ig er Se Sn eee ee EXCHANGE.—For 81 ineggs at list, anything listing over 5c each, either sets or singles, I will send. postpaid. one each of the following odd fossils: Spirifer medialis, Athyris lam- ellosa, Athyris spiferoides, Heliophyllum Hal- li, Crinoid Stem and one of the curious Sand- stone-pyrites concretions, giving label and lo- ee with each. ERNEST H.SHORT, Albion, A FINE 10-gauge. breech-loading, double- barrel shot-gun. with fine leather carrying case. to exchange for eggs in sets or other good museum specimens that we might need. Make offers. Cost $35. It you want any of those Great-tailed Grackle series you had better no- tify us atonce. J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, Refugio, Texas. FOR SALE.—Studer’s Birds of North Ameri- ca, good as new, $11 cash, sent prepaid, also fol- lowing mounted birds: Pine Grosbeak, 50c; Meadowlark, 50c; Shrikes, 50c; Killdeer, 50c: Robin, 50c; Spotted Sandpiper, 40c; Downy Woodpecker, 3c; White Crowned Sparrows, 35¢c: Baltimore Uri--le. 50c; Horned Larks, 35¢; Hermit Thrush, 40 and others; send for list; all birds sent prepaid. W. J. WIRT, 295 Connecti- cut street, Buffalo, N. Y. ee a A SERIES of twenty-five of those large, handsome Great Tail Grackles’ eggs will be the most attractive addition you could make to your cabinet, Ittakes but $2.50in sets to secure the series. Don’t send in your order, too late, but book it now. Send lists from which to se- get to J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, Refugio, exas. ON other pages we offer (REE ™ Books and Publications, Oology and Natural History, of the century. tigate and be convinced. the biggest Bargains in relating to Ornithology, Inves- 74 THE OOLOGIST LATTIN'S ‘Standard Catalogue of N. A. Birds Eggs’”—used by ornithologists the world over, 72 pages, 10 cts per copy, 3 for 2% cts. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. OOLOGISTS FRIEND—‘Nowell’s tor’s Tool.” i nnn EEE WHO wants to exchange back numbers of popular magazines for Fish Scale Jewelry? Heehaned lists with E. A. CATHCART, Upper Alton, Ill. THE NIDIOLOGIST:— ‘Lattin’ can furnish back Nos. and volumes as offered in January OoLoGIstT. Collec- WANTED:—Full sets in any quantity up to 100 eggs the following: 6, 7, 58, 60, 64, 75,79, 80, 125, 137, 139, 140, 149, 150, 153, 172, 190, 212, 218, 226, 230, 231, 261, 263, 273, 280, 289, 294, 300, 309, 310, 325, 326, 332, 334, 387, 339, 347a, 352, 362, 364. 373, 387, 388, 390, 398, 394, 412, 498, 501, 558, 601, 611, 619, 624, 697, 761 ete. Can offer good exchange as 16, 40, 86, 151. 155, 416, 417, etc. or cash if cheap. Collectors send lists of what you can get this coming season, with prices and probable num- ber Of Sets you can get. D. WILBY, 27 Front St., E,, Toronto, Ont. A3t NOTICE :—Will pay cash for eggs in Ist class sets if cheap. ARTHUR E. PRICE,Grant Park, M11. A3t THE SEASON for collecting now commen- ces—are you prepared? Not unless you have Nowell’s Collectors Tool! FISH SCALE JEWELRY for sale or ex- change. Write for price list and send list of what you have to exchange. HE. A. CATH- CART, Upper Alton, Ill, 1 PUT one ad. in June number and received 50 letters in answer to the same for egg ex- change. Yours. M. J. CONWAY, 584 Sixth Lansingburgh, N. Y. LATEST INVENTION! Collector’s tool with detachable bags, for tree collecting. What you have been looking for. Indispens - able! Price $2.50. Write for description. J. ROWLAND NOWELL, Member of A.O.U., Anderson, S. C. TO EXCHANGE:—Mounted Birds, Birds’ skins and stamps for eggs, skins and stamps. F. T. CORLESS, Logan, Ore, Mchét THE LITTLE advertising we have placed with you during the past few years has afford- ed us most pleasing results. We have succeed- ed in placing some of our specimens with par- ties in almost every state in Union and Dom- inion of Canada, as well, which speaks well of the OOLOGIsT as an advertising medium W. L. & R. D. FOXHALL, Tarboro, N.C. WANTED;—Collectors in the United States and Canada to collect and prepare for me birds eggs in large or small quantities. Instruments and data blanks supplied Liberal terms of- fered. DOCTOR M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. M3t FOR SALE:—A few incomplete sets of rare birds. Sulphur-bellied f. c., Buff-breasted f. c., Aroz. oe Coues’ f. c., Lucy’s Warbler. R.D. LUSK, Collector, Rosemont, A. T. Mar4t FOR SALE:—Fine specimens of American Turquois. Will cut good settings at 25c to $1. This is a good chance to get a fine stone cheap. ROBERT BURNHAM, 143 Gallup St., Provi- dence, R.'I. CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS:—‘kt, 10c; 4kt, 20c; Wkt, 25c; 1kt, 35c. Only an expert can tell them from the real stone. ROBERT BURN- HAM, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. WANTED !—Reliable man for Manager ofa Branch Office I wish to open in your Vicinity. If your record is O. K. here is a good opening. Kindly mention THE OOLOGIST when writing, Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. postage, . Se SPN aes Beret 18,50 Or TOO! ne he 4) Se biVsbiy vies a 22,50 or 10:00) Fs ERR N s v.a'e blue mE NG SOD He 85.00 Perches and stands shipped with all birds. All go by Freight or Express at purchasers’ expense, SUPER EAMRELES Nid vis Js dgeostadvesnesnonsees suvctviessovcnves 4.50 Cedar WiGr Write iesseccanvervacncphevadite ccncacoussderiee, Lame MIL no cidss sf sehsiuavaknsous iat rene Eee ORT Weasel visite vesven S SUE TAL AP TERETE ee covbcadaanaace 2.50 White. WIDMER SCOUEL...........:c0066 weeecenerseees . 450 Skunk (uv. Visasvctieantenas AE corr A ia 0, MRT COLLIN (OBAL so cececcs cnaxsey wesvveoe tvcneveas 7.00 RROCOOM:s.0.bensneeudev atin stuuarmeaeseneevs paca ees ve» 14,00 POV OUOE ie. seusese. ccescee Se ETT a aa RE » ODO Prairie Dog bs ubeiasiainwtiey Gan tie Tekken wiy'vAp =nds hee OO American Merganser................; ccc ees inocu, . Varied Drum ec a ascent avn creates 2,2 Hooded Merganser (pair)........ ..........5 eeeees 7.00 Alligator Skins (2-8 ft.).. Re A American Golden-eye................. Ze rucaxhhaskhes 8.00 The following I offer in ahie as ‘diated below. Oia TS Ss cc cacpanaopacn ca 8.50 BARGAIN NO. 1:—One each unless otherwise MOTRIN AION sf idsiceces ss psenucty cnnpocenstnceosenc 6.00 stated: EMRE IONNE Caco c S04, uy ak A ounet dies svtareschaencrevcred 4.00 k. Barrow's Golden-eye..... sc. sees 4.00 Golden-crowned Sparrow, Slate-colored Jun- Red-breastea Merganser (pair) aaa te 6.00 co, Chipping Sparrow, House Finch, Black PORTIRTI AMEE ath ty a a ge 00 Phoebe, Chickadee, Pygmy Nuthatch, Long- MOAMINETIATACRDG. 6... oocccs occles ccccmoecrcc, cca BOO tailed Chat, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Gambel's Ruffled Grouse... sawn anata $00 Sparrow, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Red- 00 winged Blackbird, Least Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow, Barn Swallow,Jackdaw,Green Heron, Bob White, (pr.) Screech Owl, Woodcock, Wil- son's Snipe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer, gratis ted Sandpiper Rusty Blackbird, Virginia Rail Sora Rail, Purple reenge H5 Slender-billed Nuthatch, Olitt allow, eadow Lark, Soli- tary Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow, Hutton's Vireo, Vesper Sparrow. THIS ENTIRE LOT, LISTING AT $63.40, WILL BE SHIPPED TO ANY ADDRBSS, FOR ONLY $16, MOUMALUMATICOMSU: Val estivs seuxsanyeansssescsavarep sansa’ ERCDERSUESEUE ONS ES AULD cr scu sue ns ecensbentoor enndsusnanvegs Sage Grouse Sen auuihniessdhossast amen Montezuma Yellow-tail ...... 2.0.0.0... . AMPA EEN OY Ms a0os oa.” Srenvahs-rvdectndscovaceds) Setvebuende S3ss3 UEPMINE ENG x sc UsiGescdb ete cbs eshsacs docovse ce! wobusneanta RMMMREMTALLIOIUOU,sccuhabedesoncc./cseoucuce siauncvraanbes URTSTIEPELED ES ICCGYT j..tecsce-seccses. the cost of 32-calibre cartridges fora Marlin, Model 1892, cost only $5.00 a thousand. 32-calibre cartridges for any other re- peater made, cost %12.00 a thousand. You can saye the entire cost of your Marlin on the first two thousand cartridges. Why this is so_is fully explained in the Marlin Hand Book for shooters. It also tells how to care for firearms and how to use them. How to load cartridges with the different kinds of black and smokeless powders. It gives trajectories, ve- locities, penetrations and 1000 other points of interest to sportsmen. 198 pages. Free, if you will send stamps for postage to THE MARLIN FIREARMS CO., New Haven, Conn. OLPPPB DPD DPI FIL PT DSF * CLIMBERS With heavy straps, $2 00 prepaid. Without straps $1.25 prepaid. Davies’ Nests and Eggs, 5th ed., extra cloth, $1.70 prepaid. Drills, Blowers, Hooks, Calipers. Datas. Trays, etc. I can save you money on your wants. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N.Y. 107 IMPORTANT NOTICE.—We desire to an- nounce that owing to the many improvements made in the current volume of the Fern Bulle- tin the price of sample copies will now be fif- teen cents. Purchasers of sample copies may deduct that sum from the regular subscription price when subscribing. The January number contains fourteen articles on ferns. many shorter notes and eight pages devoted to the mosses. Send for it. Address THE FERN BULLETIN, Binghamton, N. Y. PHOTOGRAPHIC.—The celebrated Cyclone Cumeras are being used by amateurs and pro- fessionals all over the civilized world. ‘The most compact and least complicated of any in the market. Achild can operate them. llain und complete instructions go with each cam- era. Size of pictures 2%x2% up to 5x7. Price $3.50 up. Nothing on earth will giveyou ora friend to whom presented more pleasure than one of these Cameras. Write for illustrated Catalogue with full descriptions, prices, ete. MARSH M’'F’G CO., 542 W. Lake St., Chicago. HOW TO MAKE MONEY! If you are out of employment and want a position. paying you from $50 to $100 monthly clear above ex- penses by working regularly, or, if you want to increase your present income from #200 to ®% ‘U yearly, by working at odd times, write the GLOBE CO., 723 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa., stut- ing age, whether married or single, last or pres- ent employment, and you can secure a position with them by which youcan make more money evsier and faster than you ever made before in your life. Jlyr CABINETS, Send 10cts for photo of our speciality—SelfLocking. T perches —Oak sam- ples by mail 8c.10c and 15c; also stands, shields, glass cases, game panels, &c. Cabinets to or- der. HANAFORD CABINET CO., 139 and 141 W. Fulton St.. Grand Rapids, Mich. ss8MOtf H. H. & C. S. BRIMLEY, COLLECTORS, RALEIGH, N.C. First-class Skins of Birds and Mammals, Bird’s Eggs, Reptiles and Batrachia both Alive and in Alcohol. Histological Ma- terial. Full data. Send stamp for lists. | LARGESTaNoMosTCoMPLETEBUGGYIACTORY on EARTH WRITE FOR PRICES anp Our Coops ARE THE Best“ OUR PRICE THE LOWEST Par RY M FC @: Indianapolis ‘oe CATALOGUE 108 rHE OOLOGIST. Important | The following 16 pages were printed as dated and at that time it was intended that they should be placed immediately in the hands of the Ootocist’s subscribers. Owing to this delay ALL OFFERS will be extended until AUGUST roth. The ‘‘Giant Clam” and ‘Darts from New Guinea” have been sold as also have the young Birds zz down offered under ‘‘Mounted Birds.” “BARGAINS No. 1 and 2” offered under ‘‘Mounted Birds,” at $18.50 and $16.45 respectively have been broken up, and we will now sell individual specimens from these collections at about one-third regu- lar value. Write wants and receive quotations. Mr. V. H. Chase of Wady Petra, Il]. had a valuble book which he wished to ‘swap’ us for the $12.55 collection of ‘‘Srrs.” We wrote him that this collection was for Cash on/y, but that we had a similar col- lection containing about one-half of the same things listed in the $12.55 collection but that the other half, and the collection as a whole, was not quite as good as the original—we made the exchange. Under date of July roth he writes: ‘‘The box of eggs received this p. m. in perfect condi- tion. It’s the same old story—you always do Jée/¢er than you agree to do. I thank you for your kindness.”’ Any of the Publications, Specimens, etc., offered on the three pag- es of our ‘‘$2.75 for $1.00’’ ‘‘Premium List” we will exchange for articles mentioned in last paragraph of the following page, or for A No. 1 Sets— for the latter we will allow from one-fourth to full rates—depending of course upon the desirability of sets offered and what you can use in re- turn for the same. Send list of what you have and state explicitly your wants, and we will advise you at once our best exchange rate. You can then accept or reject as you may see fit. Faithfully, FRANK H. LATTIN. The ‘‘July lists” will not be issued until later, doubtless in November. THE OOLOGIST, FRANK H. LATTIN, M. D., Editor and Pubr., ALBION, N. Y. June 15, 1899. On the following pages I offer many items of special interest to the Ornithologist and Oologist and equally s) to the LIVE Naturalist, Teacher and Collector, and at prices which I am sure cannot be duplicated for a long time, Inthe future Iintend to devote the bulk of my time and energy to my profession and as sort of a side issue or hobby I shall undoubtedly: continue to publish the OOLOGIST and perhaps handle such books relating to the Natural Sciences as may come my way. I have fully $5000 locked up in my old business and during the next few months MUST unload regardless of cost or value. We shall continue our business at Chautauqua this season and undoubtedly our exhibit at the Pittsburg Exposition during September and October—personally, I do not expect to be at either for more than a few days. We are now packing up for Chautauqua and on or about July rst shall issue a list offering what material we have remaining here at a ridiculously low rate. From Chautauqua (between Aug. 2oth and Sept. 1st) we shall have a big stock of Fair and Resort Goods to close out on same basis, and again if at Pittsburg we shall sacrifice the remainder of our stock, about Oct. 15th to 25th (ample time for the Holiday trade.) The OOLOGIST as you may note by inspecting either June or July issues will be greatly improved and will rank as one of the indispensi- bles to the up-to-date Ornithologist, Oologist, Taxider- mist and Naturalist. If YOU are not interested will you please call the at- tention of some interested friend to my plans. While I need CASH above all other known commodities, I am still open to ‘“‘swap”’ propositions if of sufficient size and advantage to warrant my attention. I especially desire “snaps” in any line; Natural History Books (ones relat- ing to Ornithology and Oology in particular); Standard Medical Books published since 1890; and anything of use or value to an up-to-date Physician and Surgeon. Faithfully, FRANK H. LATTIN. In my July lists I shall offer hundreds of dollars worth of specimens in all departments and in Conchology shall make some VERY SPECIAL offers in‘‘families’’ and‘‘job lots’'of ‘odds and ends.’ THE OOLOGIS1. BOOKS FOR THE NATURALIST. Starred (*) titles are second-hand copies, but as arule the inside pages are * Many are practically new, but previous Owners’ name has been written pithin. 2 800k aan The unstarred titles are for new books, ina few instances ths covers are slightly shelf-worn. Many volumes and sets cannot be duplicated—hence the necessity of sending your order ear- ly. When ordering always State whether you have a second choice, or whether you wish money refunded, in case books ordered have been sold. Many of the volumes offered in this list aré taken from my private library and I ofter them for sale: purchase these ‘‘other books.” IMPORTANT! wants. Lack of time and space have hundreds of other publications in stock an First, because I need the room for other books. and Second. because I need the cash to See additional books in future issues of the Oologist. revents my listing more books this month. I can procure anything obtainable. Write your A SPECIAL THIRTY DAY BOOK OFFER: Owing to the fact that I am making a most radical change in my business affairs and do must have the $$, I will for thenext Thirty Days offer the following very desirable toda ae publications at prices never heretofore equalled and at prices which will postively be withdrawn on July 15th on all books remaining unsold. Under this offer all books will be sent by mail, ex- press or freight at purchaser's expense, (will ship in cheapest manner). all orders. Cash must aCcompany Tf books wanted are sold money will be returned. The earlier you order the more certain you will be of securing exactly what you want. The following extraordinary inducements or offers w. ders. These offers will hold good until July 15th only—no later: ill be made in order to secure large or- On all orders of under per cent discount in addition to the low prices quoted will be given and books will be sent brenden: For $5.00 you may select books to the amount of $8.00, For $10.00 you may select books to the amount of $17.00. For $25.00 you may select books to the amount of M6 00. For $50.00 you may select books to the amount of $100.00. Satisfaction always guaranteed or Money refunded. Remit in most convenient manner, but do not send sums of $1.0) or over loos All books are PREPAID at prices quoted. Address all orders plainly and in Potts ron ee FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Ornithology and Oology. White-headed or Bald Eagle. A life size colored plate from Nature—size 39x26 inches—a separate plate from Audu- bon’s famous and magnificient ‘Birds Of Ammeriea:’” (S85) jc..-2-..cceeeepecceseccnceancn= es 9 50 Coues, Birds of the Northwest, 791pp,cloth 4 00 JARDINE'S LIBRARY: Birds of Prey of Great Britain and Ire- land, 36 col. pl., Pom and Mem. of Sir Te\odofza cures) ay ope) Vo UEP ae ee oR oe ee icbacreeerretc 1 50. Maynard, Birds of Eastern North Amer- ica, rev. ed. of °81, 316 of original 512 pores. pound in card board covers,8pl. ub. price for this lot $12...... ..... 00 Contributions to Science, Vol. I, 204p,16P1, (hand-colored), 63 Pigs ($5.00) .............- Cory, How to Know the Ducks, Geese and OVEUEIS TC BLLO0) "a: poe toe eonawmecdodane ver-orenerss 90 How to Know the Shore Birds, (75) ........ 75 Knight, Birds of Maine, 184p.............-. ...- 1 00 Blanchan. Birds that Hunt and areHunted, BHOP, 48 CO. Pl. ..... cece. enene ceceececeteneus ssensenee Bird Neighbors, 250p, 52 col. pl.......-...-.--» 2 00 Davie, Reveries of a Naturalist ................. Birds, Vols. I, If and III,240p and many col. pl. in each, price per VOl......... .-...------++- 1 25 Parkhurst, Song Birds and Water Fowl, 18pl, by Fuertes ............. xe Stickney. Bird World, (A bird book for children), 214p, 50figs, 18pl,8 col. pl..... 75 Bruner, Birds of Nebraska, 1380p, 51figs...... 1 00 Shriner, Birds of New Jersey, 212p, 32p1...... 2 00 Stearns and Coues. New England Bird BO) Part I, Singing Birds, 324p, 56 fig, Burrowghs, Riverdy ........... --cceeceeceeeeeseeneeee Wale Robin yc. ocioiicyence aseisons os ee Campbell. Nests & Eggs of the Honey Eat- ore or Maliphagous Birds of Australia, Barrows, The Common Crow, 98p .............. 35 Beal. Meadow Lark and Baltimore Oriole, 120 ...c RAR 8 cS 0a eee 20 Crow Blackbirds and Their Food, 16p ..... 20 Blue Jay and Its Food, 12p..........-......... 20 Some Common Birds, 49p, 22fig ........ ...... 50 Food of Woodpeckers with Tongues of Woodpeckers by Lucas, 4)p, 8pl_......... 50: Fisher, Hawks and Owls from the Stand- point of the Farmer, 20p. 3pl, 4 figs _.. 35 Marsh Hawk and Screech Owl, 2col, pl... 35 — Judd. Four Common Birds of Farm and Garden, 14p, 48g... 2... cceee cece eeeeeee 35. Palmer, Bird Day in the Schools ........ ...... 10 Richmond, New Birds from Madagascar, QO Po cases Levees sdedetwestasest psnystneel fecth cues Sea aes 35. Birds from Alta Mira, Mex, 6p........ ae 25 Birds from Central Asia, 24) ....... 2... 50 Birds from Kashmir, 54D. ...........-..... +++ . 100 Ridgway, Birds from Islands N. W. of Madagascar, 38p.... ........- «DO Birds of Galpagos Archipelago, 212p, 2pl.. 1 50 Robinson, Rirds from Margarita Island, Venezuela, 36), 1pl......--.-..-:e:ee:ceeteeeeeee sent Our Studer’s Birds of North America,” aR 119 col. pl., imp. 4to; full Morrocco, ( 22 00 Nehrling, ‘Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty,” Vol. I, 872pp; 36 col. pl., ful DM OYOGGO sic soncts occas ee S0 ope Holmes, Textile Fabrics of Ancient Peru, ae do do by Foreign eta Pes oT) 0S 2 a Peres: ee eee 15 Dinnmomepencientaiiales meaisieleine sire aets mercies Use of Gold ls A Bean, Collection of U. S. Fishes at Gt. Int. Ba chinique of ye ae a am Among IST p eRe Eas) 1))n cea Gin tensle nusvelsevses cise OO STC ers ett kn 25 Directions for recipes) and Preserv- McCauley, A Manual for the Use of Stud- PAH Gianeesenicevclteteninethaccseetceme ua, 10 ents in Egyptology, 90pp...................- 100 Catalogue of F ishes of eee andAdja- Rau, Articles on Anthropological subjects Cont Waters, 34 P......seseeeeeseereeeeee 50 in Smithsonian Reports, by Chas. Rau, ‘Clark, Fishery Producta vale Apparatus from 1863 to 1877, 170 pp, 52 tig.........-...... 1 00 si Used in Preparation, 124 p....00........ 75 Thomas, Workin MoundExploration,16épp 20 ‘Collins, Fishing Vessels and Boats and Problem of the Ohio Mounds,‘54pp, 18fig. 35 Their Equipmeut; Economic Condi- Circular, Square and Octagonal Earth- tion ma Fisherman; Angler’s Outfits, works of Ohio, 36pp, 11 plates......... ...... 50 etc., abe cs sciwie des Sectooatos Basse Pilling, Bibl f Dall, Index to Names Applied to Sub-divi- EA ety ame ie be omanignaieesn: © et sions of Brachiopoda, 88 p....00.....00. Bibliography of the Athapascan Lan- Marine Mollusks of the S. E. Coast of Tuseos Wl eopy sss eee ee ee 45 U. S., 222 p., 74 nl. con., 700 fig.......... 3 50 Bibliography of the Chinookan Lan- aan Chee Be poeene Fw ica SURES SOD caer eh eae 30 an er Usefu nts for the Con- Chologist, 56 p., illS.......seesecseeeccees pars pate of the Eskimo Language, a Lin petst@anurenivons or Alaskamvand © 89 Bie se ey one y se) oe Arctic Regions, 64 D........... aceecentan (BO See too the Iroquoian Lan- o Florida Land and FreshWater Shells.35p 35 BRE RR a) a RR Mollusca and Brachiodopa of Alba- eee he of the Muskhogean Lan- 40 tross Exploration, 144 p., 10 pl., 105 fig. 1 50 cats Vid ine Rech nape ce A> “Saige ell mee THE OOLOGIST HP ogtaDhy of the Siouan Languages, IBDN a sae Sats as os ace akc ase cate ne SRD sae eet Stevenson, Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo In- dians, 82 colored plates, 60 pages, (8) Murdock, Ethnologicali!Results of the Pt. Bar- row (Alaska) expedition, 428 figs, 442pp (9)3 25 Bourke, The Medicine Men of the Apacte, 20 figs, 8 pl., 162 pages (9). sc ... 81 00 Mallery, Picture woe of the American In- dians, 54pl, 1290 figs, 822 pages (10)... ..83 50 Thomas Mound, Explorations, 42 pl., TA2pp, (12). Stevenson, The Sia, 35pl.. 20 fig, 158pp (11). 81 Hs Turner, Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Ter.,8pl., 185fig., 152pp(11)....81 25 Holmes, Ancent Art of the Providence of Chir- equi, Columbia, 358 figs., 252pp, (6).......... 82 00 Thomas, Aids to the Study of the Maya Codics, 30 figs., 120 pages (6). $ 75 Dorsey, Osage Traditions, 26 pages, (6).......8 35 Boas, The Central Eskimo, 9 pl., 156 figs., 280 POARROR CO) oreo adware ET eens $2 00 Powell, Indian Linguistic Families North of Mexico, 142 pages, (7). ..........ccceeeceeeeeee eee eeee 8 75 Hoffman, The Midewiwin or AS ow See 342 figs, $3 5 tess The Sacred Formulae of the Saaee kees, 110 pages, ills., (7).......... cece 8 50 Mindeleff, A Study of Pueblo Architecture; Tusyan & Cibola, 91 pl., 114 figs, 228pp (8).g2 25 Dorsey, A, Study of Siouan Cults, 6 pl., 45 ae MOAMAROR (CLIPS. cakes cece serkee karte staakc eee $1 Holmes, Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern v. S., 9 pl., 28 figs, 46pp, (18)... PRT Fowke Stone Age, 250 figs., 132 pages, (18). 82 ie Mindeleff. Aboriginal Remains in Verde vee Arizona, 41 pl., 2? figs., 84 pages, (13)....... Dorsey, Omaha Dwellings. Furniture and Im- Sea 22 fig., 26 pages, ot Rae haaeennt $ 85 Read Outline of Zuni Creation Niytnology, W28pp. (18)....... ....-. 8% Geology ‘and ‘Mineralogy. ‘*Dana, Manual of Geclonss! cS ae ee is ; Y over 1000 figs. (85).. . 200 DDO; GOW BON: nose. sate ectevec, hoger ca aemankgn cart 2 50 *Do. do, 4th (last) ed. nearly 1100pp, 1575 1 eet Re i ROE ion ICIS RSP Sauer eam 4 00 Dewar, Economic Geology and Metallur- gy, 256 p., 34 plates.. Egelston, Catalogue of Minerals and Syn- onyms, Alphabetically arranged for Museum use, 198 p..........- weccvccues 1 00 Gurney, Crystallography, 128 p, 46 fig...... 650 Hayden, Geological Survey of Idaho and Wyoming by Endlich, ont Peale, St. John, et al., 680 p., 76 pl.......0. sees Hayden Survey Case containing 7 large Geological Maps of Wyoming, oh Utah, Yellowstone Park,etc............ 1 00 Hayden Survey of Wyoming, Prelimi- nary Report, Geology Paleontology. OLC DISD deceiesavienccsnes cccccccccvenssee & OO Hayden Survey, Yellowstoue National Park. Geology by Holmes; Thermal Springs, Peale; Topography, Gannet, 528 p., 96 plates, 32 g., 10 maps.......... 3 00 Marcon, Bibliography of Publications re- lating to Fossil Invertebrates, 334 p.... 1 50 seccvcce vecsecevevee 1 50 Catalogue of Mesozoic and Cena Fosslls,, 54: )s veccelciccceaccctiggeanet eeaeeas Merrill, Hand-book and Catilonis of Building and Ornamental Stones in U. S. Nat. Museum, 872 p...see.seeeeeee 1 50 Hand-Book of Dept. Geology of U.S. Nat. Museum, 50 p.......e sees secneeceee 85 Geology; Materials of the Earths Crust, 90 p., 12 pl. The Onyx Marbles, 48 p., 18 Pleesseceeseee 50 St. John, Geology of Wind River (Wyo.) District, 100 p., 49 pl. .... 2... ...eaceeeeee 1 00 White, Cretaceus Fossils of Western Sts. and Ter , 84 p, 18 pl.ccecrcccccesseeseee 1 OO Fossils of lhe Laramie Group, 66p. 11pl. 7% Relation of Biology to Geological Inves- tigation, 124 p.......... ——& Nicholson, Bibliography of N. A. Paleeontology, 182 p.... cee reeseeceeeeee 1:00 Sia Indiana Peleon en Part I, Bhs eeccensccnsescces 00 U.S Geological Survey: ‘Annual “Ret sorts. Can furnish complete sets or odd vol- umes at from $1 to $8 each. Write wants. Pacific Railroad Survey. Report of Ex- plorations west of Mississij i River, 13 Vol., cost $200, 4to, over 7 pages, 640 plates. &c., &c, ‘Birds, Mammals, Fishes, Reptiles, Botany, Geology, Palaeontology, &c. Odd volumes 88 to ® each. Write wants. Hayden, U. S. Geological and Geographi- cal Survey of Territories. nnual Reports. Bulletins, &c. Write wants. Wheeler, Geological Survey west of 100th Meridian. Reports. Write wants, *Hitchcock’s Elementary Geology............ 50 Jordan's Elementary Crystallography, with series of nets, for the construc- _ tion of Crystals (1.50)... eee ee 4 “Annual Reports U.S.Geological Survey,” 1880-1808, 27 VOIS..... ....ecscccseseseeesencesensannns . 18 00 Pennsylvania State 2d Geological aU 119 vols. cloth, many plates, maps, figs., &c. thousands of pages, $100... $20 00: eOlogte of the Black Hills, by Newton, Jen- ney, Whitfield, Cassin, Gray and Tuttle. 4to., 586 pp., 19 pl. With large atlas......... ...... 85 00: Owen. Report on Geological Survey of Wis- consin. Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, ag 4to., 688 pp.) 75 MUS c ccc. euccceseeeaeeeeneenas 82 00 *Lyell. A Manual of Elementary Geology, 4th ed. ,-500'figs:, 519 op. ceca ces eeeeeccnee epee 81 50 Cope, ‘‘Vertebrata of TertiaryFormations,”’ 4to, 1043 pp, 184 plates.......0.... ee Lesquereaux. ‘Cretaceous and Tertiary Floras, 4to, 295 pp, 60 plates................... Leidy, Fresh Water Rhizopods of North America, 4to, 385pp,"48 ill., 1190 col. figs. *Winchell, World—Life or Comparative Geology (2:50) cnc. on wcsususkccnnseucaeleeeeernaneee . 140 Newberry. Fossil Fishes and Fossil Plants of Triassic Rocks, New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, 19)pp, 26pl, 4to...... Williams, Fossil Fauna, Upner Devonian, from Tompkins Co., N. Y, to Bradford 4 00 3 00 00.0 PR SODD i. ess cuve codons ancedivace ackeeh suaNanee 20 Walcott.Cambrian Faunas of North inane ica, No.1, 74pp, 10p1... Sane 50 Call. Quaternary and Recent “Mollusca of the Great Basin; 66pp. 6pl........ eee. 45. Dama. Crystallographic aay ‘ of the Thin- olite of Lake Lahoutan, 34pp, 31pl ....... 25 THE OOLOGIST. White, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontol- ogy of California 33pp............ .. 2.2... .... 20 Clarke, Higher Devonian Fauna of Ontario RIG. 5) Ng ci REO DIM AD een ae necvs oc cc -cnseechahitns 50 White, Marine Eocene, Fresh-water Mio- cene, and other Fossil Mollusca of W. 1 EE Prag 0) 07 br| 6 ee, ee ey Pane nae i i 20 Becker, Stratigraphy of California, 28pp... 20 White, New Cretaceous Fossils from Cali- fornia, 25pp, 5pl.. ait apaaa’ 25 Williams, Gabbros and. ‘Associated Horn- blende Rocks near Baltimore, Md,78pp, PATEL es acc tees Wena A ceeds cabscdotiousceeh a! vedaser seus 45 White, Fresh-water Invertebrates of the N. A. Jurassic, No. 2, 41pp, 4 pl............ Si!) Walcott, Cambrian Faunas of North Amer- ica, No. 2, 369pp, 33pl................-.c0c.eceencee 1 50 mpnee ee of the Laramie Flora, 354pp, ek Fay cee ee Metet te. cocas piaeendkesnobp p-otuyases 1 haste Formulas and Tables to faci- litate the Construction and Use of Maps, 124pp... 3 15 White, Invertebrate Fossils. from. Pacific CossSt, J0ZD py TADIS. -.tisAdies.cedset.ccleencns 75 Shaler, The Geology of Nantucket, by Nathaniel Southgate, b5pp, 10pl... 50 cael” Paleozoic Fossils of papeae, 144pp, mapy figs... cate 90 Whiteaves, Fossils ‘of the ‘Cretaceous Races of ae ook and pesacent Is- lands, 100pp, 1 Botany. Coulter, Manual of Plants of aber” Texas. The Pol ppsiel>. 156p Do dodo. The Gamiopetales Peon... Dodo do. The Apetale, Monocotyle- dons, Pteridophyta, 250pp.... ........ 1 Revision of North arhereras Cactuses, ae seen wwee SOOO OEE e weet weet sees weer 44p Plants of Rio Grande, 40pp........0....- 35 Revision of Mbeinooaeiae: Cereus and Opuntia, TODOS iicasedacsscus Rey hoe 75 Carleton, Plants of Oklahoma and ae MOYTICOTY,, SOPs exec sees) sesscccese: ave 50 Coville, Botany of the Death Valley Yix- pedition, 320pp, 22 plates........ Eggers, Flora of St. Croix as Virgin NSIS) LOAM act ocasivecsscceis dddeiciemete 7% Flint, Catalogue of U.S. Matorte Medica Collection, ASD vice ciecsacce F 25 Gray & Hooker, Rocky Mt. Flora, 78pp.... 50 35 50 eaeeee ween ween wees Havard, Flora of Western and Southern Texas, B4PDinicccce ccvcesccccess Holzinger, Plants of Northern Idaho, 96pp Hitchcock & Rose, Flora of Southwest Kansas and Big Horn ae es S0pp 8 plates........ ese eb bineel asic ite 50 sigh kc gra he for collecting Plants, Leiberg, pce of Coeur D’alene Moun- tains, Idaho, 84pp.........2.+ eecscecees 50 Merriam, Desert Trees and Shrubs of Death Valley, G0pp.... ..cscececcerccere 35 Rose, Plants of Sonora and Colima, Mex- - ico, 150pp, 13 plates, 10 fig.............. 1b) Rydberg, Flora of Sand Hillsof Neb.,72pp 40 Flora of Black Hills, Dakota, 80pp...... 40 Vasey, Grasses of the Southwest (Desert region of Western Texas,New Mexico, Arizona, South California). Vol. I. 100pp, 50 plates.. Sa takoy: Vol. II, 100pp, 50 plates-..... Difissiuniac: estate —e Grasses of Pacific Slope (California, Or- egon, Washington, New Mexico Coast and Alaska). Vol. I, 100pp, 50 plates.. Saivesciews VOU Vol. II, 10Upp, 50 plates. . 1 00 Grasses of the South, 64 D. 16 plates.. 75 Grasses of U.S. and British Amer. 100pp. 5 Ward, Flora of Were tc eg DiC. Ka Vicinity, 266pp: ae 1 50 Burgess, J. T., English wila Flowers. ee 36 *Wood, A., Object Lessons in Botany (1.17) 75 *Class Book Of. Botany (ile). Bessie: ct... 1 13 Gray Asa, School and Field Book of Bot- ANY (1 GO)i 2555 on ee eapeeteemetien, veda ion tacts 1 12 Manual of Botany, rev. (1.62) 1 45 Apgar, Trees of the Northern Unitea States, 400:fe. i eene eee een Ss Richardson’s Model Herbarium and Plant Re- cord. A bound volume for mounting and de- scribing 50 botanical specimens, with a 28 p book of instructions, etc..........0.000...0220..2.. 81 00 batt he hapa os oe 214 ad 534 pp.. \ ...$1 50 Vase , Agricultural ‘Grasses ‘and Forage Plants of the United States, 148pp, 114 Plates tes. 2: peepee oetae. sess 2 00 Hall, Botany: Lessons in we and An- alysis o Plants, Cafdelt) apes Wil Cee RS Se 80 Entomology. *Forest Insects, 956p, 38P1] (12 col), 308Fig... 3 50 PACKARD, A.S. Monograph of the Bomby- cine Moths of America and of Mexico includ- ing their Transformations and Origin of the Larvae Markings and Armature. 50 plates, mostly colored, 10 maps, &c,. 550 pages, 4to, 1895 $5 00 Hampson, Moths of British India, 1392, 333 og. SREDPn-porasedeacdalenatveseven mueet eee eu. aha $3 00 Forbush & Fernald, The Gypsey Moth, 65pl., 506 DAZOSY aay Sere curt = Nie ts a) “Insect Life,’”’ Vols. I to VII, complete...... Scudder, ‘Tertiary Insects of North Am- ica, 4to, 734pp, 28 plates.......00..200. eee eee Packard, Cave Fauna of North America, &e., &e., ZIOPP, Vp], 40.22.0006 cseececes encore 3 00 Ashmead, Monograph of N. A. STOO, Pidee, "472 Ty 18 DIACER ci pantgsh's vcc\cences Descriptions of Ichneumomide, 66 Diasec pe Ballman, The Myriapoda of N. A., 210 p.... 1 2 Chambers, Index to Tineina of U. 8. and CAannOaraa Th idbasieapabilcncer waccea ds dtse Dodge, Life and Entomological Work ida De GHOVEE ACSID cashisaes cadisebns sieers ls ae 50 Edwards, Bibliographical Catalogue ot Transformations of N. A. Lepidop- TOURER vs ce lsiperw ante cteWaipdeainin Cp a'e 6 sielataas 75 Forel, Ants’ Mente, 28'p., Spl seveaeonrccdacs 25 Grote, N. A. Pyralids, 88 p., 14 fig.......... 35 Le Conte, Rocky Mt. Coleoptera, 56 p.... .. 35 Marx, Arad] of N. A., 98 Pp... csce cece seers 50 Packard, The Phyllopod Crustacea of N.A. 298 p., DOs kes LIS wre Wensisaeies ae sedestane - 200 Rocky Mt. Locust and Other Insects In- eo eoe to Garden and Field Crops of States and Tex., 22 p., 9 pl., 67 fig.. Directions for Collecting and miyetee ing, Insects, 54 p., 56 figscececsievceccccee » 40 Riley, Directions for Collecting and Pre- serving Insects, 148 p., 140 fig.. ven 40 Destructive Locusts, 62p, 12 Pl, Wh Fig, LANA eee A ances: gurdio hati 50 © | THE OOLOGIST Packard and Thomas 3d Report U. S. ‘Microscopical Bulletin,” Vol. I to IX, Ent. Com., 450 p., 64 plates.............. 2 50 , completet: 25 Se ee eee 3 00 -——et al, Insect of Death Valley Ex. 34 p.. 35 “The American Monthly Microscopical Catalogue of Published Synopsis, Cata- Journal,” Vol. IX to XIII, complete...... 3 00 logues and Lists of N. A. Insects with other Information to assist the stu- 50 Miscellaneous. (olssol Ti '7toln JB RICO BEE CEG onsen locate atcane ont ‘Smith, Lepidopterous Family, Noctuide Tuttle, (of the Hudson’s Bay Expedition) of Temperate N. A., 234p., 5pl......... 1 25 Our North Land: Full account of the Lepidopterous Super-family, Noctuide, Canadian North-west and Hudson’s in Boreal America, 424 p................ 175 Bey eure of fae augeors ae ee : pedition o , between the 50t ‘ar- Vey SN iShoven ewe teleiee) easel Bi okeiae, 35 allel and Arctic Circle Two folding % sia. d a dg che Se ee Bie ar Okada arenes maps, four portraits, and nearly sixty Revision of the Mamestra, 80p.,4pl..... 50 illustrations, large 8vo. cloth, bevelled “Williston, Synopsis of the N.A. Syrphide, boards, 589 pages, ($400). -.......... phcdeke 2 50 SSG 12 YO] 4: «rsisisinease Saenger ace hoe, 5 A A Journey in Brazil...... ....._ 1 56 “Hyatt’s Insect (1.25).....ccssccscesess vssessseeessseee 81 : if af PR 2 : . 8 ivingstone’s Explorations, rica, an MRE a eo Dae Oe ee ee the Herald Stanley Expédition (i.75).. 86 Mi - Chute’s Physics (1.25) .........--..2 wnseeeee 81 T ; : oa a usaer F “Scientific American,’ over 700 back num- 4 Manton, W. Jes Beginnings with the Mic- bers of past 40 years [’55 to 97] , Few. if TOSCOPO (50) ....--2-2-2-2-2-2--eeserseeees settee coe 40 any duplicates. Many unobtainable at *Wythe, The Microscopist; A Compen- any price. Publisher’s original price dium of Microscopic Science (8.00) ..... 3 20 about $50. Lot, only.._..............-...-....--. 10 00 CAYTALUGUES or rather itemized lists of the specimens contained in the SHELE, Eae, Fossit, Corn and CURRENCY COLLECTIONS offered on another page will be forwarded upon receipt of 10c per collection; this amount can be deducted from purchase price of collection or will be refunded upon return of list. TORTOISE SHELL or Polished Turtle Back from the Bahamas. A magnifi- cent specimen measuring about 12x16 in., Jined and ribboned up in brown silk for. a wall pocket or slipper case, worth at least $12 00 or $15 00, but will sell for $5.75 prepaid. NEPTUNE’S CUP or Vase Sponge, Paterion, from Tasmania An odd and curious specimen worth from $15 to $20, and we have never offered this specimen for less than $10 prepaid. It measures 24 in. high and the vase portion is 12 in. in diam. It goes prepaid for only $7.60. SPANISH CROSS inlaid with straw from an ancient church in Jemez, New Mex. Curio dealers would ask $5.00 for it, but it’s yours prepaid for $1.65. — ORIENTAL PIPE. A double holder (two bowls) for smoking two kinds of to- bacco, inlaid with gold, amber mouth piece damaged. I paid $6 00 cash for it and have been trying to sell it for $10 for the last six years. It now goes at $4.30 prepaid. AN EGYPTIAN IDOL, carved from stone or lava 1000 or more years ago, rep- resents an elephant or some other animal, measures about 4x24 in. Secured by « missionary acquaintance from a mummy pit in Egypt and guaranteed genuine. Prepaid only $3.15. ; UNIQUE MINERALS.—Ordinary ones such as retail under $1.00 find ready sale from our Chautauqua stores, but we have a few which we have more for show and offer three of them as follows: No.1. Native Copper, a beauty from Lake Superior region, prepaid at $2.70, size 2x3in. No. 2 is a specimen of Quartz from Australia about 14x3 in., showing 5 deposits of pure Gold, one of ~ which measures }x} in., prepaid at $4.80. No 3is a beautiful specimen of Fire Opal from Australia 14x2 in , attached to original rock, prepaid $4.60. LARGE CORALS. 1 specimen of the Plate Brain Coral, Meandrina clivosa, from Bahamas measuring 22 in. in long diameter (16 in. short) worth $10; one of true Brain Coral, Meandrina cerebriformis, 11 in. diam. worth $5 00; one specimen of Pineapple Coral, Perites astr@oides, 10 in. diam. worth $3.00, will send the three specimens prepaid for onlv $8.60. ; GIANT CLAM, Tridacua gigas, from the Philippines. I have only a single valve of this largest of bivalves and it measures about *16x28 in. and weighs 100 lbs. Poorer ones have sold at $10 to $15, but this is yours prepaid for only $6.35. (Puoto 25c,) THE OOLOGIST. oO Mounted Birds, Etc. The following specimens have been placed in my hands for sale. All are A No. 1 specimens but the owner wishing to dispose of them at once offers them at an extraordinary low rate I will pack with care in light boxes and send by mail, express or freight (cheapest wav) at your expense, upon receipt of prices quoted. In first column I give regular price for the spe:imen offered This is a rare op- portunity for a Museum, School, Teacher or Collector to obtain a few choice mounted specimens at a less than nominal rate On an order of $10 or over a discount of 5 per cent. will be allowed an{ 10 per cent. on an order of $25.00 or over. Huted Grousev 5.25.2. Oe tee Boat American Coot............... Bonaparte’s Gull.. July 15th. My Worth Price California Woodpecker .................... $2.00 $ 1.00 Rereech Owl young, _.- 25.6.2. --<-.2:------- 2.50 1.50 California Partridge...... .................. 2.25 1 00 Spotted Sandpiper ........................-. . 1.25 a) Black-throated Green Warbler ..... _ 1.50 1) Poe FRG eed enc enna owce, 242-05 2.00 85 English Sparrow, Albino ............... © 1.00 Sparrow Hawk, young in down. ..... 2.00 1.00 American Woodcock,young indown 3.00 —1.50 Spotted Sandpiper, young in down. 1.25 oD Razorbill Auk from the collection of PST EPUB ONE ie eats too LA cw dacsi cape decenes 10.00 PURO CHE DI TLO Wk eee tree. select nc Sone tsmen ce ew aea ck 2.00 OUEST LE eS 0 (ee an le aaa Uy) White-winged Scoter 200 Lesser “caup (pair)......... ...... 3: 00 MH OVO MON 222 oecs ie eckk eccee 1.75 American Merganser ...................- ae 1.50 Hooded Merganser (pair)........ ...... = 3.00 American Golden-eye .................... ‘3 1.50 SOLES of eae es ae ea ge tee aes 1.75 AIMOrICEN SUGERI. 3.6. o05.. ececepcckeenc--5- 3.50 RASELPIORNUL cis SAR ROe iL Jcbeaites cesiescencbsat 2.00 Barrow’s Golden-eye...... -.............. 2.00 Red-breasted Merganser (pair)...... a 2.75 Jevoyrto er Eh OV 02) ee 2) eae Cae eee S. 1.50 Mexican Jacana .......... ...22..........00. ue poo 50 75 75 50 Sage Grouse ..... ... Montezuma Yellow-tail . Marsh Hawk * Red-shouldered Hawk Short-eared Owl. Barred Owl ...... . Black Guillemot. American Bittern Gt. Blue Heron.. PP ORCOGK: <.... ccosc-setee Texan! Nighthawik..........:.-2...0c...60.2.. Yellow-billed Tropic Bird_. ............. MBCA OMOIOe tose co Ao ose cscscs Rocky Mt. Screech Owl. .................. EPATEIB NS DAL DO Wececies) Geeec ls ccceccksccws Pied-bille 17k WalO yl) gee s ) a American Herring Gull...... ............ be 5 ii j BR DOTS S29 09 i a 0 TO 09 69 00 EN C9 HB OO 99 ~T.00 G9 ATA OO BS SSSlSssszssessouyssucssooosousbouommn OOH 2929 re) o SA ® ta t oo R ~ vu RERSSSuyssusess Fr PNR EEN OWEN wWHeNNPNNE WME ee o o sa These ‘special discounts will hold until Indigo Bunting. 2202 ees 195 65 Californiajia ye o-ia.205. tes ee 1.75 85 Blue IrontedWiayss i... eee 1.75 -90 Lazulisbinting 2 5 ae oe 1.75 85 Cedar Waxwing s:.2.0, 260 eer eat 1.25 65 W easelse rt a ee ee eee . 2.50 1.25 Skunks Gtive) cates ep ete Le SO En RACCORIM es cr een ee ae 14.00 5 25 Prainlgpbomye. 2.022. eee 7.00 3.00 Varied JDRrash: 0.2 0.2.2.5 ee 2.25 1.10 Alligator Skins (2-3 ft.)— 0... 3.00 1.50 P@AGOGHS (SEAM ses ec 2. ee. 12.00 4.50 Snow y-Owl(SEIM) .. 22: Ac:s¢ctttecdensceca 5.00 2.95 AMIN ALOT DRUe sss. snc cnc tees 25.00 9.00 Rattlesnake Skin with rattles __..... 1,00 The following I offer in lots as listed below. ae No. 1:—One each unless otherwise stated: Golden-crowned Sparrow, Slate-colored Jun- co, Chipping Sparrow, House Finch, Black Phoebe, Chickadee, Py my Nuthatch, Long- tailed Chat, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Gambel’s Sparrow, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Red- winged Blackbird, Least Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow, Barn Swallow,Jackdaw,Green Heron, Bob White, (pr.) Screech Owl, Woodcock, Wil. son’s Snipe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer, Spot- ted Sandpiper. Rusty Blackbird, Virginia Rail, Sora Rail, Purple Sandpiper, Slender-billed Nuthatch, Cliff Swallow, Meadow Lark. Soli- tary Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow, Hutton’s Vireo, Vesper Sparrow. THIs ENTIRE LOT, LISTING AT $63.40, WILL BE SHIPPED TO ANY ADDRESS, FOR ONLY $18.50. BARGAIN NO. 2, contains one each of the fol- lowing unless otherwise stated: r Buffie Head, Green-winged Teal, American Sparrow Hawk, (pair) Kingfisher, Varied Thrush, Mourning Dove, Black-headed Gros- beak, Mocking Bird, Cassin’s Kingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Thrasher, (pr.) Yellow- bellied Sapsucker, Bronzed Grackle, California Towhee, American Robin, California Jay,Curve- billed Thrasher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Cali- fornia Shrike, Phoebe, Summer Tanager. Cow- bird, (pr.) Least Bittern, Killdeer, (in down) ie is pes Grosbeak, Rusty Blackbird, Bob- olink. THIS ENTIRE LOT, LISTING AT $56.50, WILL BE SHIPPED FOR ONLY $816.45. Address, Frank H. Lattin, Albion, N. Y. Lattin’s Standard Catalogue of North American Birds Begs Enlarged (contains 72 pages) revised, corrected and brought up to date of going to March, 1896. Giving all of the new A. O. into orders, sub-orders, families and sub-families. U. changes and additions. ress— Also divided and subdivid Single copy 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. od THE OOLOGIST. BIRD PICTURES. Suitable for framing or to decorate your study, ‘‘den,”’ office, library, school room, etc., etc. Beautiful and correct reproductions in colors. Well worth many times ourprice. Size of each picture 6x8 in. with 4+ in. margin for framing. Order a few sample pictures and if not more than pleased will gladly refund your money. Order by number. Numeral following name designates when there is more than a single bird in picture. N=—Nest. E—Eggs. Our prices—your selection—mailed fiat on board prepaid: Single pictures 7c; 2 for 12c; 5 for 25c. 12 for 50c; 30 for $1.00. In quantities exceeding 30 add Entire set of 180 pictures for $3 00. If selection is left entirely with ws we will send double the numbers offered above for 10c, 153, 25c, and 50c lots. SpEcraL:—For only $1.00 we will send OdLOGIST 1 year, one exchange no- tice and 20 pictures your selection or 40 pictures our selection. Address FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, Albion, N. Y. List of the Bird Pictures we can furnish: 8c for each additional picture. 57. Great Horned Owl. 1, Anhinga. 58. Screech Owl. 129. Blue-gray Gnatcatchern. 2. American Avocet. 59. Snowy Owl. 130. Canada Goose. 3. Red-winged Blackbird. 60. Gambel’s Partridge 3. 131. Dusky Grouse 2. 4. Bluebird, 61. Wilson’s Phalarope 2 132. American Sparrow Hawk 5. Mountain Bluebird. 62. Golden Pheasant. 133. Great Blue Heron. 6. Bobolink 3. 63. Ring Pheasant. 134. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 7 Indigo Bunting. 64. Phoebe NE. 135. Arkansas Kingbird. 8. Lazuli Bunting. 65. Wood Pewee NE. 136. Brunnich’'s Murre. 9. Painted Bunting. 66. Belted Piping Plover 3. 137. Old-squaw. 10. Cardinal. 67. Ring Plover. 138. Oven bird. ll. Catbird NE. 68. American Robin. 139. Saw-whet Owl. 12. American Crossbill 2. 69. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 140. Short eared Owl. 18. Chickadee. 70. White-winged Scoter. 141. Mountain Partridge. 14. Canvas-back. 71. Loggerhead Shrike N, 142. Scaled Partridge 2. 15. Yellow-breasted Chat 72. Skylark. 143. Wilson’s Petrel. 16. American Crow. 73. Snowflake. 144. Silver Pheasant. 17. Yellow-billed CuckooNE. | 74. Sora. } 145. Passenger Pigeon. 18. Mourning Dove. 75. English Sparrow. 146. Pintail 2. 19. Wood Duck. 76. Song Sparrow NE. 147. Snowy Plover. 20. Bald Eagle. 77. Barn Swallow NE. 148. Lesser Prairie Hen 2. 21. American Flamingo. 18. Chimney Swift NE, 149. Bartramian Sandpiper. 22. Flicker. 79. Scarlet Tanager. 150. Fox Sparrow. 23. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. | 80. Summer Tanager. 151. Roseate Spoonbill. 24. Vermillion Flycatcher, 81. Green-winged Teal. 152. Black necked Stilt. 25. Purple Gallinule. 82. Black Vern 2 E. 153. Red-eyed Vireo.. 26. American Goldfinch. 88. Brown Thrasher. 154. _Bay-breasted Warbler. 27. White-fronted Goose. 84. Hermit Thrush. 155. Magnolia Warbler. 28. Bronzed Grackle. 85. Wood Thrush. 156. Arctic Three-toed Wood- 29. Pied-billed Grebe 2, 86. Yellow-billedTropicBird3 pecker. 30. Evening Grosbeak. 87. Wild Turkey. 157. Downy Woodpecker. 31. Rose-breasted * 2 NE. | 8&8 Turnstone. 158. Ivory billed Woodpecker. 32. Ruffed Grouse. 89. Verdin N. 159. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 33. Ring-billed Gull. 90. Warbling Vireo. 84. Marsh Hawk. 91. Yellow-throated Vireo. FOREIGN. -35. Black-crow’dNightHeron. |! 92 Turkey Vulture 2. 106. Red Bird of Paradise. 36. Snowy Heron. 93. Yellow-legs. ,0?7. Cock-of-the-Rock. 37. Allen’s Hummingbird 2 WN] 94. Black and White Warbler | 108. Mandarin Duck. 38. Ruby-throated * = 95. Blackburnian Warbler. 109. Black Grouse. 39. Arizona Jay. 96. Cerulean Warbler. 110. European Kingfisher. 40. Blue Jay. 97. Kentucky Warbler. 111. Blue Mointain Lory. 41. Canada Jay. 98. Prothonotary ‘ 2 NE. /} 112. Mexican Mot Mot. 42. Slate-colored Junco. 99. Yellow Warbler NE. 113. Golden Oriole. 43, Kingbird2N. . 100. Bohemian Waxwing. 114. Australian GrassParaket 44. Belted Kingfisher. 101. American Woodcock, 115. King Parrot. 45. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 102. California Woodpecker. 116. Japan Pheasant. 46. Horned Lark. 103. Red-headed :Woodpecker. | 117. Swallow-tailed Ind. Roller 47. Smith's Longspur. 104. House Wren N. 118. Red-rumped Tanager. 48. Mallard 3. 105. Long-billed MarshWren 2| 119. Resplendent Trogon 2. 49. Meadowlark NE. 121. Baldpate. 120, Yellow-throated Toucan 50. Red-breasted Merganser. | 122. Least Bittern. 160. Rose Cockatoo. 51. Mockingbird. 123 Bob white. 161. Nightingale. 52. Nighthawk E. 124. A nerican Coot. |; 162. Double Yellow-head Par- 53. White-breasted Nuthatch. | 125. Brown Creeper. rot. 54. Baltimore Oriole N. 126. Dickcissel 2 N E. 163. Crowned Pigeon. 58. Orchard Oriole N. 127, Black Duck. 164. South American Rhea. 56. American Osprey. 128. Purple Finch. 165. Black Swan. THE OOLOGIST. 2.75 for $1. bination with a friend—you take the premiums, he "THE OOLOGIST or vice versa. During the balance of 99 I will mail every person sending me $%j.00 for a year’s subscription to THE OOLOGIST, their selection from publications, spec- imens, &c. mentioned on this and the two following pages to the amount of $2.00 and THE OOLO- GIST one year, including a card good for one Want, Erchanae or For Sale Notice. Make a com- Subscribers desir- ing to purchase additional premiums can do soin lots netting 50c or over at one-half prices quoted. Publications can be ordered by number, Remit in most convenient manner, but do not send sums of $1.00 or over loose in ‘your letter. All premiums are sent PREPAID. Address all orders plainly and in full. FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, ALBION, N. 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We now have a limited supply at ouly $1. 20 each prepaid (and according to our premium offer. will include a year’s subscription.to the OOLOGIST with exchange card, gratis, if you wish). This offer ought to close out our Emeu eggs within the next ten days. MOUND BUILDER’s RELICS. We have hundreds of ordinary arrow and spear heads and a few of the more common pieces such as sinkers, drills, scrap- ers, &c, but have very few of the rare and desirable ones. ‘Che following we offer at about one-half regular prices: Pipe from Brant Co., Unt., a very choice speci- men, $4.90, prepaid; another from same locality of a more common and unat- tractive form, $1, 60, prepaid; Slate Pendant from Waterloo Co., Ont.. prepaid, 55cts; Hematite Celt trom Van Buren Co, Ark., prepaid, only $1.20. Ordin- ary Stone Axe from Cumberland Co., N. ee prepaid, $1.30. aiso have the contents of a cache from Rowan Co., N. C., consisting of nett 400 unnotched arrow or spearheads of uniform size and form, about 24 long, will sell as a whole very reasonable. DARTS FROM NEW GUINEA. Used by the natives. We have two left, cost » $1 each by the dozen. (Retail at $2.00-each). One has an imperfect tip, 54 inches long. Will send them doth prepaid for only $1.60. THE OOLOGIST. “$2.75 for $1” OOLOGIST PREMIUM LIST, Continued. BIRDS EGGS. Farallone Cormorant........ MOG. LOIG ooo. oe keess <2: Bae Red-leg Turtle 1-8............... Wood [bis 1-3 75 2 00 Florida Burrowing Owl 1 2 3 00 de pila? ee Cts oh *k-crowne g eron 1 Green Heron...... .. ....- ------ 12 BIRD SKINS. King Rail.......... 20 Sora ahs 10 | Varied Thrush ........ ........ $ 75 Purple Gallinule. PDO OU Meta test -2uece cusps 25 Florida Gallinule 10 | Snowflake 25 American Coot ...... 08) Tree Sparrow ....... .-...-.<.-.. 25 AWAD Gn .c. | Beans Se-e 20| Cedar Waxwing ............. 35 Ring Pheasant ..... 35 | Blue-fronted Jay . 1 00 Mourning Dove...........,..-- 03 | Blue Jay 50 Red-shouldered Hawk........ 50 raped iy 1G Says 05 bico URapeae 0 Ps a REE 03 | Oregon Towhee ...............--- 50 Wood Pewee . ee ety 5) ion Fiyeateher-. paar 75 hite-necke VOW o a 7d fee an COT OW 4. o. sh ratie se 8 SHELLS. AB HMOTOW. 31! ihe, 2o.c.rsReere Yellow-billed Magpie .. 50 Murex BEANGATIS ..... 22. $ 15 Cowbira . 72 Bt a; ; CEUNCULUS ...-