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Aigialites Wilsonir RUfiNCha, «occocwseseneereo0r 39 Albinism Hereditary; Is... sceeuscces ld And If So Why’?...... nbotincgenaodescoodnccnoessse 147 Birds, Migration of................. 00000166, 177 Birds Observed in a Single Day,.. sos etoeeen sicieeinlcisie waa Birds of Cuba, Among the.........ceccesseee--08 Birds of Death Valley, HHOErecseceiscs sete eloo Birds of Martha’s Vineyard, The Shore Spree 85 Birds, The Nesting of............103, 117, 133. 150 Birds, The Movements of.......... BOE KEIOk 67, 83 EBACE CUBNOQTECUCIIS «sais Qainmncdiccciniac sercaeinencr ase PSIACK DING) (Ex WATUSsisiclain|siceise)sannlc's'sisiuic\sle'u slele/ei4 PESIAMO SUT isic taint aisic’cie’ cise ate etbiaicie sisiaisi siete We ABE GReie uae LMG, RSODO=VK so ciccinvacisnevesicencicces un SOR econo Meco POAEINV LURE N orale alee tata iala siaiatale’alajatelncats alelale’sindsteyaaiiw eialple(n\aia Bunting, WaZuli ss cce coerce cscs a Baaieivcisisies sek OD Caracara, AUGUDON’S. cesses es cece ew eceee cane Bd CALMING os ars ennaitmncisisvienalescess 5, 9 Catbirds Nest, The........ nieces cab) Chickadee Black- -capped.. Colapies Chrysocauloneus.. Consideration, A Further.. i BOW DIG: ces ce nic ance cn eee ea aiee afiaias es 132 Cowbirds Hees-....-.:++» Malslofenteervatecisars ooops 165 Crane, Sandhill.. AS Be SOC OOOO CORO nals WM LRO NON ELON ania claiscte tiaciatelnirstcteirisin's sins ara/stay ale Led, Criticism, A Word iota Paine rea select Seeeae On Crow, Pee aes Wemahialcvisisiseeicaene acres Cuba, Among the Birds Of............00ce0-.-508 Death Valley, The Birds Of.......ccesccscceas lay Dove, Mourning «-- 200.20. cece scene creensenveced Dove, Notes on the Mourning. Paveia siatepiaeeeall Eagle, Nest of the Aldea enetee ml Od Huthiavlivaced Bryanttt .......0sceececesnee vneed9 Exposition, St. TOUS eet eats Cea 94s “100 First Takes of SeasOn,...seo.--------. sss Flicker, Yellow-shafted.......¢sces.----0» GeGnelCanadarcecccricmedemeaes gee coset By 4, Grackle, BronZeG.cccce --.c.scse ccc veces GYODP HOIDGAIU Sse peicenucasrbavcece cose tscecse 00 Gren; leds Oil Ciasiss sissies loc w cairelades <\acisieaias 4 Grosbeak tn Western Ontarioin the winter of 1901-02; The appearance of the EVeMInE. 183 Grosbeak, Pine.. ALICE. aeslupmalcels overe ae Hawk, A Large Set of ‘Red-tailed Hawk, Am. Sparrow.. sone Heron, Black- crowned. Night...... apetaN ate eta oo 145 Heron, Green....... Rin wa neuter: «0D, OF Heron, Ward’S..occccrsensnene eae eel Cuout ie aur Heronry, A ices ee oe ened Rineia Heronry, An Tlinois... sesceeesns ss cccece vane L409 Sa 97, 116, 1, ae ae aeesce If Not, Why So?........--.ee00 Illinois Heronry, Am........ Winpawiadisiccia'e Jay, Blue........ Woneaie mma ean Haleviaciealeniga siceee Kildeer, «esas cee eens nsesen nieaoea rx weiss talon bis Rae Kingbird, ....-ecscecsssce eee eaene Lark, Prairie Horned.... us A ales Loon, Nesting Of.........-..ese0ss Manitoba, Field Notes from... sees ceced, 40, Loz Marsh vAy Day inythOhiecusslescsicdes aces tice aceukls Martha’s Vineyard, The Shore Birds of...... 35 Massachusetts, Summer Genitholiey South- GAStORM wae clsie sisi etentcaiises aeoeec. MeadOwWilartcn sti 06 ccs siets onjscisinssoenemeced O59 Migration of Rirds,. Bosensse Bia slaishelalanateansice «+. 166, 177 wi I CLL res ation EO Mocking bird.. BION ne AA CPOSOS HOU OATEAD 2 N@STING; Late ccnccesccs cocvacas Fe Bb sic can seek he Nesting Materials,.......... Latins 150 Nesting of Birds, Whe hols 7108, 117, 138, ‘151 Nesting of the Brown Creeper,.....-.-.ceseeee17 Nestitig: Odd. ...c0..--.-. Mandanisiccaccinss sag Nesting Sites, Peculiar......... eos Nests, Twice Used........0. Night’ Heron, Black-crowned Pena Note Book. A Novice’s. Capea Dat CL Ontario,|The Appearance of ‘the Evening Gros~ peak in...... maces Tk8S Oriole, Baltimore. Agate Siaetetala ay Ornithology in Southeastern’Massachusetts, SUNT ace saaseaincicivevenecneaec cut ecreencee Owl sila Barred sis. eeeccnisc us a coseanee ance °-DO Owl in Orange Co. California, The Am. Barn 81 Oven-birds Nest, My First.............--.se00ee165 Seer esos ee ee we gee Pewee Wood........... ietelcia aicieinieer ae BiesececeecDD 1 Fegctoy als} a eel mo assoc Ge MRE ie oe erie Eee 39 Pigeons, Passenger... ...,......220+--.se00e 01, 178 Pitangus Candifasciatus,........ clenics wicteicioisinics oy Rails nel VAreinyaiestsaarieceaeswinnectea seumies Robin Am ........ nee -.3, 4, 182, 188 Scoter, The White- -winged. fatale lolentoste mien areeias Set, NG arge ck veccce eae aeetee Shrike, Gdecasicaal: sia\e elu sigaalsio/sieis siete soceee....4 Snipe, Wilson’s.......... ae ee eee Sparrow, The Grasshopper. enisneeieeieeh G4 Sparrow, CHIMING. vale aipia cova aisieitceiecwesneeetsieiee Sparrow Hawley Amy 0s i ls eek eas Sterna on ie obpeale Salas Strix praticola furcata, . Swift, Chimney.. seid aur Crying to Taeubate Cooked ‘Eggs, ‘Chim- ney . ae .. 149 Tanager, Scarlet. BORIS i Wine ae I Sen MOMN Aes ey cvan AS eh bh Saar Cte Thrasher,. Makati cinta sa Pamuenis he hmetta ae ane. Thrush, Brown... areiuin ellsis sis piodaln Wie were GEM eae Catan es MPwhea. haar es nce. Seay alae age Trogan, Cuban.. mahW dlaiaiietd ius 'aie « siereve'g aaisu aes Coe Usurper, Am. si tstee tt enescotegs een ce eo Warbler, /Pariiai oat acue cnt ne qeetdicane Do Waxwing, Cedar... ip es Oa SERENE Whip-poor-will . CMe re OE Seon pee (1) Woodpecker, Green.. aia cal nnlomnien owns Ged hte Woodpecker, Red-headed.....0. eco cd WORKER ain Sty OWS ceive scseiscieiies cc ena l00 Wren, House.. seweitawetneada eects Wren, Long- -billed Marsh.....-....-----.--.-133 Wren, Vigors.. Waatne wCvEmaNia neaero were Oe Yell ow-throat, ‘Maryland.. aia canadienne! sah ae ae, x ee ibe es Dial} Nish oy THE OOLOGIST. | A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 1. ALBION, N. Y., JANUARY, 1902. WHOLE No. 184 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘““Hxchanges” ‘For Sales,” inserted in this department or 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 dienotes when your subscription expired or will expire. Wo.184 your subscription expires with this issue 190 ‘ te es «June, 1902 - 195 oe of ce “cs Dec, vc Intermediate mumbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, aibinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 WANTED :—A number of sets each, 6, 27, 29, 58, 63, 64, 77, 80, 120a. 122, 137 139, 140, 144, 149, 160, - 172, 183, 190, 214, 218 228, 261, 263 264, 273, 277, 2774, "289, 294 295, 800, 309, 210, 218, 325, 326, 328, 329, 337, 387b, 339, 343. Any Hawks, Owls, Humming birds ana Warbles and nests. nearly any spar- rows, 364, 373, 387, 388, 390, 393, 394, 501, 509, 558, 601, 611, 614 619, 6224. 622b. 624, 761, 751 and nests, at once. Collectors are requested to send fuil lists of these and othsr duplicates. Good ex- change offered. D. WILBY, 27 Front St., West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 185 TO EXCHANGE:—Finely prepared speci- mens of the Marine Invertebrates. preserved in Formalin, for books, eggs or skins. ‘These preparations are every one beauties and an ad- ‘dition to any collection. Fulllist for yours. No Postals. ©C.C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Min- eral Spring Ave., Pawtucket; R. I. WANTED:—Eggs in original sets with data, Strictly first class skins, books, or anything the collector can use. Can give excellent value in finely preserved Marine invertebrates, and some eggs. Write me at once as I shall close this stock out immediately. C. C. PURDUM, a eo 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, BIRD EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.—Fine series of Tricolored Blackbirds and others. Send list and receive mine. J. S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura, Co., Cal, TO EXCHANGE.—Hundreds of skins and some sets for sets. J. CLAIRE WOOD,196 Ran- dolph Street, Detroit. Michigan. WANTED.—A large No. of ist-class skins and mounted birds Will pay cash or give good exchange. Send lists at once. GHORGE J. TILLS, Gaines, N. Y. FOR SALE.—Osprey Vol. 1, 2,3, 4; N.S.News Vol. 1, 2; Condor Vol. 2,No.3; Davie’s Nest and Eggs, 4th edition, paper. Enclose stamp. L.S. HORTON, Gretna, N. Y. WANT TO EXCHANGE —Bird eggs in sets. Send list and receive mine. JNO. J. PRICH, 1322 7th St., Des Moines, Ta. ~ FOR EXCHANGE.—Any variety finely bred fancy pigeons for Indian relics fossils, curios, ote, oe best offerin cash. JACOB BOOK, Mar- etta Pa. WANTED.—Sets of Ruffed Grouse and Fish Crow. Cash or exchange in sets of 375, 337a, 727, 497, series, etc. W. H. BINGAMAN, Box 151, Algona, Lowa. TO EXCHANGE.—A fine collection of confed- erate currency, old broken bank bills, ete. ; also minerals and bird eggs to exchange for auto- aphs, miverals or sea curios. F.,.O. NEL- ON, 516 S. 18th St.. Boise, Idaho. BEST STEEL CLIMBERS.—#2.50, prepaid, with 4 straps of best leather; without straps, $1.65. Try my “Cut the Lining” egg drills, Satisfaction or your money back after trial. Sample 25c; 4 selected sizes $1. Everything for oologists. Lists free. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. WANTED.—To buy collections of eggs for either immediate cash orexchange. Write what you have to offer. WALTER Fl’. WEBB,416 Grand Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. WANTED TO EXCHANGE.—Bird eggs in sets. Send list and receive mine. Want old pistols. Indian relics, coins, Stamps. JOHN J. PRICE, 1322 7th St., Des Moines, lowa. WANTED.—A copy of ‘“Studer’s Birds of North America.’ State conditon of book and _ lowest cash price wanted. E. A. QUANTZ, Star, Alta, Canada. 2 THE OOLOGIST I HAVE a few 1901 Rare Coin Encyclopedias, 63 pages of half-tone prints, 250 pages in all, by the Numismatist people, which I am selling for 75c or coin catalogued at same original price $1. Now’s your chance. M. HALLOCK, 175 Hast Ave., Rochester, N. Y. TO EXCHANGE.—A-1 sets Caracara, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, White-necked Raven, Black-necked Stilt, Bald Eagle, Swatnson’s Hawk, Krider’s Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Scaled Partridge for good sets. Will sell a few of the above eggs. Two Vols. Auk in fine con- dition to sell or trade. J. W. PRESTON, Bax- ter, Iowa. BIRD’S EGGS WANTED.—In strictly first- class sets. Nests of small rare species desired with sets where possible. Will pay cash or ex- change in books. magazines, tools, supplies,etec; almost any article used by collectors or sports- men can be supplied. Send lists. State your lowest cash price or what you desire in ex- change and I will make offer. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. TO EXCHANGE.—For choiee sets A-i sets and skins of water and Raptorial bird’s skins of 151, 169, 17ia, 349, 375, 405 and many others. When writing send fulllist Allanswered. C. M. WOODS, Alice, Texas County, Missouri. YOUR ATTENTION.—Collectors is called to my new data blank and field note books just out, nicely bound in immitation marble back— 100 datas in first, 200 leaves in second. Write for sample sheets and prices. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Get ready now for coming season. GEO W. MORSE, Box 230, Ashley, Ind. 185 HAVE YOU SEEN THE JOURNAL OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY? A Quarterly Journal of interesting matter. relative to Maine Birds. Now in its 4th vol. 50 cents per annum. 15 cents per copy. Sample copy free. J. MERTON SWAIN, Editor and Publisher Waterville, Maine. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- tin of bargains in Birds Skins and Eggs free upon application. TAUNTON, MASS. COLLECTOR’S TOOL. - A POGKET INSTRUMENT FOR TREE COLLECTING. ‘SAVES EGGS,DANGER,TIME, Send Stamp for Circular. (190) NOWELL BROS., Box 213, Anderson, So. Car. Bird VMagazine. . All about Birds, their te Nests and Eggs. Monthly. $1.00 year. Single copies 10 cents’ AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY Worcester, - Mass FREE 184 3t My Catalogue of Minerals, Opals and Western Indian Relics. E. W. KIMBALL, Dept. A. Boulder, Col. BIRDS’ EGGS. I have hundreds of fine sets in stock. Letme send you lists. I collect to order Berkshire Hilis specimens. If you want really fine sets iron this locality let me book your order for A few desirables: Scarlet Ibis, 1-3, $5; An- cient Murrelet, 1-1, $3; Violet-green Cormorant, 1-4, $1.50; Cal. Brown Pelican, 1-3, $1; Aiken’s- Screech Owl, 1-2, #3;Cal. Cuckoo, 1-3, $2; Raven, 1-3, $1 75; Audubon’s Warbler. 1-2, 81.50; Gol- den-cheeked Warbler. 1-2, $1.50; Lead-colored Bush Tit, 1-5, $2.50. Hundreds of common spec- ies cheap. A few fine British sets. OOLOGISTS’ TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. I have every thing you need and collecting season is close athand, Lheard Bubo sparking last svening. Best Steel Climbers, with straps, $2.50; -with- out, $1.65; Data Blanks, 10c hundred; Pish Bas- kets. Don’t failto try my ‘“‘Cut the Lining”’ Egg Drills, sample 25c; 4 sizes, $1; return and get your money if not best ever used. Blow- pipes, best, 40c; others at 20c amd 12c. Best nickle sliding Calipers 85c; Pencils 10c,best ever used for eggs; Scissors, Hooks, Cotton, Trays, Regular Egg Drills, all sizes. Get my 1902 list free. BOOKS: Subscriptions to BIRD MAGAZINES. Also all other magazines. I can quote yow wonderful bargains. Let me know your wants. I will duplicate any subscription offer of perio- dicals made by any agency or publisher. Sim- ply send their price for the combination. Lists free. Note that American Ornithology is now &1 per year, regular; add to any of my offers on it 40c. . Every thing prepaid unless otherwise stated- Benjamin Hoag, Stephentown, New York. THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XIX. NO. 1. 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 paper of Birds, their Nests and Hges, solicited rom all. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single subscription....0....-.2..0-50C per annum Sample copies...... chiccicinee es isebisien tees DCJOACEH The above rates include payment of postage. Each subscriber is given a card good for a Want, Exchange or For Sale Notice. 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Due Bills and Cards payable in advertis- 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 oz any denomination will be accepted for sums un- der one dallar. Make Money Orders and Drafts payable and address all subscriptlons and com- founications to FRANK H. LATTIN, Aibion, Orleans Co., N. Y. ENTERED AT P. 0., ALBION, N. Y. AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. A Novice’s Note-Book. * Feb. 22, 1881. Saw two Robins in town, the first of the season. They were singing in the top of a maple tree. Morning warm and bright. Feb. 23. Cold and frozen up, Elev- ALBION, N. Y., JANUARY, 1902. WHOLE No. 184 en Geese (Canada) flew over, rather high, going northward, in the morning. Feb. 24. Evening clear and warm. Three Geese fisw over, going south- ward, rather low Feb. 25. Morning warm and bright. * Accompanying ‘A Novice’s Note-book” was a personal letter from the writer, Prof. P. M. Silloway, of Lewiston, Mont., which we See sufficient Interest and value to print in full: “Tn looking over my old note-books, I find that my observations began with the spring of 1881, at which time I was not eighteen years old, Ihave thought that some of your readers may be interested in a ‘Novice’s Note-bqok;’ not that the notes are of great value now, but ~ as expressions of a boyish longiag to come in- to touch with the great avian family. As I remember now. my only work on identification was ‘Tenney’s Manual of Zoology; however, I had access to the American Cyclopedia, through the kindness of an elderly friend, and T found it extremely helpful. Ifyou think it worth while, I shall be glad to send you these notes, copying them justas they are written in my inexperienced style, mistakes in identi- fication being subject to my own comment. Readers of today should remember that the boy of twenty years ago did not have access to ‘Davie’s Nests and Hggs,’ and other valu- able helps; we older oologists just ‘growed up,’ and our notes of those primitive days show mapy signs of immaturity. But we grew, glowly though it may be, and I trust that if the publication of these notes continues, they will finally show evidences of more mature train- ing in observation and expression. “Phe field of my earliest ornithological ob- servations was centered at Virden, Ill, near the northern line of Macoupin county. About two miles north of the town, ran a little creek, well wooded along its course until the timber was destroyed by the advance of civilization. This creek is called Sugar Creek. and figures in the notes as ‘the creek’ or ‘Sngar Creek.’ Northwest of the town, distant about a mile and a half, wasa large reservoir constructed py a railroad entering the town, which is frequently mentioned in the notes as ‘the pond.’ or ‘Crane’s pond.’ Otherwise the vicin- ity of the town is gently rolling, cultivated prairie. [ ought to state that the creek and woods mentioned are in the southern end of Sangamon county “Now, friend Lattin, you will understand that my only motive in sending you these notes is the thought that they may be helpful to some reader of the OoLOGisT. I believe that our notes ought to beaired. These form the record of an oological experience which has been pleasant to the writer, and which I trust has been not altogether unhelpful to kindred minds. Caution your readers thatthe notes are not always reliable because of boyish in- experience; but the bushel of chaff may con- tain some grains of good.’ 4 THE OOLOGIST. Saw several Robins flying about chirp- ing and singing. Also heard the soft, pleasing twitter of a Bluebird, and saw several specimens during the day, the first of the year. About six o’clock in the evening, a flock of twenty Geese went over, fiying rather low, north- ward, Feb, 26. Very bright, warm, and pleasant. A flock of about fifty Geese fiew over in the morning, northward. At noon a Snipe (Killdeer) was heard, flying about overhead. In the afier- noon saw the first Meadowlark, sitting on the ground ina pasture. Also saw a Kingfisher along thecreek. Flocks of Ducks on the creek. Shot a Green- winged Teal. March 2. About one hundred Geese flew over, northward, at sunset, flying within easy gunshot, Robins, Blue- birds and Meadowlarks singing all day. March 3. Cold and snowy. A flock of Ducks flew over, going southward, about sunset, flying high. Mareh 6. Warm and _ pleasant. Large flock of Geese went over about _ noon, southward, flying high. March 7. Warm and bright. Began to snow about 4p.m. At ip. m,a very large flock of Geese went over, northward, flying low in two V’s, one following the other. March 8. Saw the first Butcher-bird (Loggerhead Shrike,) perched on tele- graph wire nearapond. Several fiocks of Geese flew over. March 10. A flock of about twenty Geese went northward at noon, flying rather high. Blackbirds (Bronzed Grackle) have been here about four days, having arrived March 6. Woods full of Red-headed Woodpeckers. Blue- birds and Robins plentiful. March 11. Past two days warm and pleasant. Todaya cold rain brought in Ducks by thousands, (not actual count. P.M.S.) They were fiying all day, and at almost any time two or three flocks were in sight. Flock after flock passed over all day long. Several Jack Snipe (not further identified P. M.S.) were seon flying abeut. Saw two Squirrels running about in the woods. March 14. Saw two Turtle (Mourn- ing) Doves, the first of the season, March 15. Red-winged Blackbirds appeared in the swamps. Cedar birds seen flying about in flocks of eight to twenty. They fly from one small tree to another, alighting very closely to- gether. They are only visitors, I think, driven south by the extremely cold weather. They are the first I ever saw. April1. Snipe (not further known, but probably Killdeer. P.M.S.) and Plover (not further identified) appeared. April 2. Founda Crow’s nest ina large maple grove north of town, con- taining three eggs, and another con- taining two eggs. (Notice the full data. P.M.S.) The birds were evi- dently not through laying, (Very evi- dent, indeed!) The egg is aboutan inch and a quarter long, color varying from light blue to dark green, spotted and blotched with dark brown, thickest at the larger end. The general color, however, is dark green, the lighter ones being the exception. The Crows made no noise whatever while I was examining the nests, but kept out of sight. April 8. First House Wren. April5. Found aCrow’s nest con- taining four eggs, which I believe is the most they ever lay. (A piece of snap judgment, based on an experience of three nests examined! Novices take warning. P.M.S,) This nest was in a tall cottonwood near a pond. (That data grows fuller!) Also saw the first Brown Thrush (Thrasher.) It was perched on a telegraph wire near the pond. April 10. Swallows first appeared. (Species not mentioned.) April 15. Pied-billed Grebe on the pond. THE OOLOGIST. 9 April 18. Four Pied-billed Grebe on the pond. April20 Robins, Blackbirds (Bronzed Grackle), and Brown Thrushes begin- ning to build their nests. _ April 24 Saw the first Catbird of the season. Also the first Baltimore Oriole. ' The woods are full of the regular sum- mer birds. April 25. Observed a Scarlet Tana- ger, the first-one I ever saw in this vi- cinity. Itis a very beautiful bird. April 27. Sawa pair of Kingbirds, or ‘‘Bee Martins,’’ the first of the sea- son. I think they travel in solitary pairs. (It is likely that this observation will hold in the majority of instances. P. M. S.)! April 28. A Robin’s nest, which was commenced on the 20th, was finished and ready for use by the 25th. To-day the first egg was laid, Also found a Brown Thrush’s nest with oneegg al- ready laid. Wishing to try an experi- ment, I put the Thrush’s egg in place of the Robin’s egg, but the Robins desert- ed the nest. i April 29. Sawa fiock of Cedar birds fiying about this morning, the last day ' Inoted them (added later.) Also saw a Ground Robin, or Towhes. Also a Green Heron along the creek. April 30. Found an egg of a Blue- bird in a nest ina hollow post along the railroad. (Another example of full data, P. M.S.) Mry 3. Took two eggs of Bluebird from anest in another hollow post along the railroad. There were five eggs inthe nest. The birds kept on in- cubating, and I had the ple-sure of knowing that the remaining eggs hatched out and the young went forth safely. May 9. Bobolinks appeared in a low pasture south of town, and remained around for about two weeks. ‘The pas- ture is low and wet, havinga ditch run- - ning across it. The Bobolink sits upon the ground or ona tuft of grass, and utters its jingling song, and when alarmed it flies up, singing a: it flies. May 18. A boy in town found a Mocking Bird’s nestin a hedge, con- taining four eggs. The eggis a dark grayish color, spotted with brown. I have seen several pairs fiying about, but I did not know that they bred around here. May 24. Camped out on Sugar creek. We found a nest of the Jayvird (Blue Jay,) containing six eggs, with embryos nearly developed. About dark the Whip-poor-wills be- gan to utter‘ their notes, which sound nearly like those of the Quail (Bob- white,) repeated rapidly half a dozen or more times. They kept it up until al- most midnight, when they ceased until about an hour before dawn; then they began again, and kept it up until day- light. Found a Wood Thrusl,s nest, con- taining two eggs of its own and one of the Cowbird’s, which is a very pale grayish blue, spotted with brown. The eggs were warm when found, and an unknown bird was sitting upon the nest. (Identification, sure! P.M.S.) Robins and Brown Thrashers have hatched and reared one brood, and some of them are preparing to rear an- other brood. — Field Notes From Manitoba. NESTING OF THE LOON. It was while zeading the notes on the Loon, in John Macoun’s catalogue of Canadian birds, Part I., that I decided to write a few notes on this species and present them to the readers of the OQoLoeisT. This bird is fairly numer- ous in my locality, and although I have not had as good opportunities to ob- serve it in its native haunts, as the species I last wrote about, [ would like to contribute a few notes regarding its habits distribution and identification, It is only during the last three seasons _-under my notice. ¢ 6 THE OOLOGIST that I haye become acquainted with these birds, except as afew specimens shot by hunters, and passing through my hands as a taxidermist, have come However, in the spring of 1898 I had a visit from a Mr. A. who was interested in oology and while speaking of the birds found in our locality, he chanced to mention the Loon and informed me that it breeds on a lake about 54 miles from his home, and that he had taken sets of their eggs. Accordingly, the first chance I had, which was in the spring of 1900, on the 19th of June, in company with a friend, I hitched up my horse, loaded. my buggy with portable boat and boxes for eggs and after a long and dusty drive over sandhills in the hot sun, ar- rived at Mr. A’s place between 10 and 11 in the evening, hungry and tired but delighted with the prospects for the next day as the country was rough and appeared to be a paradise for birds. After supper, and a look at Mr. A’s col- lection, we laid our plans for the mor- row and retired to rest to dream of loons nests like bay stacks and eggs so large we could not carry them. As the fioas are abundant in this sandy district, sleep was short, and ere the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of three, I was up and ready to take a look at the country in the better light of day. We got an early breakfast, and while the morning was yet cool, started off for the lake where for eight successive years he had known the loons to breed, and where he had taken a number of sets of their eggs. We pussel numerous small ponds onthe way where Red- winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds were abundant; Killdeers Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked, Pintail, Mallard and other Ducks were plentiful, and Mr. A showed us the place where a year ago in June he had found a nest con- taining broken shells of the Canada Goose. And about 9:30 reached Loon lake; the lake was a long shaped sheet of water of good size, sheltered on the east by willows, while on the two ends and the west alow grassy shore inter- vened the water’s edge and the timber line. We drove round to the east side where the bottom of the lake was gravelly and firm, and as we drove through the opening in the trees ‘that gives access to the lake the male bird swimming on the water caughtour eyes and we prepared to launch our boat. While putting together our boat I cast my eye over the lake and near the south end I could see the female Loon sitting on what in the distance appeared to be a musk rat house of small size, well out in the water. Mr. A and I, as soon as we had our boai up, launched it upon the lake while my companion took gun and rifie and hid himself in the rushes at the north end of the lake to see if he could secure one of the birds foraspecimen. A and I soon reached the nest, and when we were about one hundred yards away, the female slipped off into the water not to re-appear until she came to the surface at the other end of the lake in company with her mate. As we paddled up to the nest we could see the large olive green eggs at quite a distance, and I soon drew the boat along side and took the eggs. There were two, which isthe number in all the sets found by Mr. A and I, and re- corded by most collectors. They varied in color, the ground color of the one being browner than in the other; the - spots of dark brownish black were scattered all over the egg quite evenly, in fact, they were atypical set of Loon’s eggs. The nest was merely a pile of bog moss brought up from the bottom by the birds and piled up until about nine inches above water level; was about two feet three inches in diameter at the base and about 1 footat the top, and ~ the water about two feet deep. Mr. A. tells me that all the nests taken by him on this lake have been the same pile of THE OOLOGIST. 7 moss and all the eggs show the same type of color, one showing the green and one the brown shade of ground color. We spent some time on the lake looking for nests of Black Tern, Yel- low headed and Red-winged Black- birds and Bitterns with but little suc- cess, and then returned to the shore for lunch. Before starting lunch I thought I would see if my horse was safe, and walked around to the other side of the willows where we had left him, only to find him gone. I gavethe alarm, and leaving lunch for the present we started in pursuit, but failed, after over an hours search, to find him. Mr. A fol- lowed our road back to his house while S and I searched the brush in the vi- einity of the lake. When A returned he reported finding tracks of a horse over the sand hills, so we walked back to his home. I then took the pony and rode round through the brush to look for my lost steed. While A and S took another horse and went for the rig, boat, etc. I finished the day and returned to supper without success, and after sup- per started out on a 25 mile walk home under the impression that ‘‘Billy,’’ who is a great lover of his stall, might have tracked for home. I need hardly dwell on the long weary walk, making at least 40 miles that day, or the glorious exhibitiong of natural illumination I witnessed as I crossed the sand hills and watched the fire-flies performing their midnight evolutions, but the sun was streaking the eastern sky ere I ar- rived home, to find that Billy had not returned. I rested the next day, as I was pretty well used up and the follow- ing day Mr. A andS came to hand with the outfit with one of Mr. A’s horses and reported that Billy had not turned up yet. After unloading, and dinner, I ‘took a saddle and returned with Mr. A, but it was Sunday noon before old Billy having broken his hobble, returned to A’s place and was joyfully admitted through the pasture field bars and put in the stable again. His fetlocks were badly cut by the hobble and I had ‘to walk him all the way home, thus ending my collecting season of 1900. On the 25th of July, Billy having re- . covered from the effects of his last es- capade, and I having a business trip to make to Rothwell, I thought I would take the boat along and pay another friendly visit to Mr. and Mrs. Loon as I thought in all probability there would be another set of eggs by this time, therefore started off about 3:30 and ar- rived at Mr. A’s about nine; asl was tired with my long drive in the hot sun I went to bed. Before entering, Mr. A told me how he had shot three young of the Saw Whet Owl in a thick poplar bluff about two miles from his place, which conclusively proves they breed with us. On the following morning we visited Loon lake again and saw the Loons there. While we were getting the boat ready the Loons both took wing and left the jake. We searched the lake carefully, but found no sign of a nest except,the one we had taken the set from on our former visit, and as our time was limited to a day, did not waste more time there. As we were taking the boat down we saw one of the Loons, likely the female, return, and went away leaving her swimming on the placid waters of the lake. It was noon now so we ate our lunch, and while eating, decided as we still had the half day to put in, we would go to another lake about two miles east, not as large,and in some places quite reedy. Like the Aborigines we had to find our own road, and drove through some brush and scrub, which to say the least, was avery poor highway. However, everything comes to him who waits, and at last we found ourselves at lake No. 2. Thislake is very shallow in water but deep in mud, and these con- ditions were made more favorable hy ihe dry season, we therefore had great 8 THE OOLOGIST difficulty in launching the boat and had to°carry some trees to make a tempo- rary bridge to enable us to reach water deep enough to float our boat; however, like the bad boy, we got thee all the same. This lake seems to bean ideal resort for water fowl,and lots of Ducks, Grebes, Sandpipers, Killdeers, etc., but the pair of Loons with their two half grown young were what we were most interested in. As soon as we pointed the head of the boat toward them they dove, and though we carefully searched the lake shore we saw nothing more of them. Neither could we find any sign ofa nest. Ishot a pair of Sand- pipers and some Yellow Legs, and as the sun was getting pretty low, we started for home, reaching there at 12 p. m. My experience with Loons in 1900 will be the subject of my next paper. Curis. P. FORGE. Carman, Man. The Food Supply of the Meadowlark. BY C. C. PURDUM. Although belonging to the Oriole family the Meadowlark (Sturnella mag- na,) differs greatly in habits etc, from the bird of our first paper, IJcterus galbula. Perhaps the widest difference is no- ticed in the nesting habits. The Oriole building a pendulous, compact domi- cile, in the most inaccessable situation it can find, while the Meadowlark hides . it’s humble nest in or under some tuft of grass. Naturally we would expect the foods of these two birds to ditfier considerably, the Meadowlark seeking it’s food on the ground, while the Oriole takes it’s repast from the trees. Consequently there must be a marked difference in their food. For instance, while the Meadowlark eats grasshopp- ers and other ground insects, the Oriole feeds on the caterpillars and wasps which live smong the trees, shrubs and flowers. Even during the portion of winter, when the ground is covered with snow, insects constitute the great bulk of the food for the Meadowlark. The larger number of these is grasshoppers, which are the scourge of the farmer, but which the Meadowlark carefully searches out and eats. There is prob- ably no bird which is so great a grass- hopper destroyer. It may seem a little strange that even during the period of winter when the ground is covered with snow, that the Meadowlark’s food consists so largely of insects. As a. matter of fact, however, examination of the stomachs of birds killed during this period show an average of 47 per cent. of all the food eaten to be insects, among which are caterpillars, spiders, grasshoppers, crickets, beetles of many species, wasps, bugs and myriapods. In the laboratory investigation of the food of the Meadowlark, 238 were ex- - amined, collected from the District of Columbia, Canada, and 24 of the states, and thé results obtained may be stated. as follows: . Insect food, 71-1, Vegetable food, 26.5. Mineral matter, 1.8. Excluding the mineral matter, which. in no case can be considered as food,. the record stands as follows: Animal matter, 73. Vegetable matter, 27. During the month of March the Meadowlark finds enough insects to constitute 73 per cent. of it’s diet, and this during a month when insects are not to be procured with the greatest. ease. | During December and January the insects constitute but 39, and 24 per cent. respectively, but during August ‘and September the diet is almost en- tirely insect; in fact during these three months, no vegetable food to speak of is consumed. THE OOLOGIST. 9 During the greater part of the year grasshoppers, crickets and locusts con- stitute the greater part of the food. Next in importance to grasshoppers come the beetles, and they constitute nearly eighteen per cent. of the entire food for the year. The most important of these are the May beetles (Scarabaeidae,) which are probably the most injurious of any. The average of these beetles for the year is 4 per cont. The snout beetles or weevils are of constant occurrence, but not in large numbers, averaging about 3 per cent. The principal var ieties of these beetles are the extremely injurious curculios (Curculionidae,) of which the plum curculio (Contrachelus nenuphar,) is perhaps best known and the scarred snout beetle (Otiorhynchi- dae.) The carabid or predaceous ground beetles are eaten, but the quantity is small in comparison to that of the other varieties, and are probably taken only when the others can not be procured with ease. Bugs (Hemiptera) are found in the stomachs throughout the year, and average about four per cent. O The stink bugs (Pentatomidac) consti- tute the greater number, and as these bugs crawl overripe fruit and impart a very disagreeable taste to it, a great deal of good is done by their destruc- tion. The larvae of butterflies and moths, and the larvae of beetles are constantly met with. Ants are also a constant though rel- atively small element of diet. Wasps, spiders and thousand legs are also eaten quite freely, and among the oc- casional side dishes may be mentioned, flies, earwigs, cattle-ticks, snails, sow bugs, and minute crustaceans and batrachians, but these last are only rarely taken, and are not a favorite. Of the total 27 per cent. of vegetable food, grain constitutes a little more than one-half, and in some localities the bird has been accused of pulling sprouted grain, but such reports are few. Seeds of plants are relished and were found in all the stomachs which were examined. The fact that the grain diet is only temporary, and at that only composed of about one half cultivated grain, while the rest is composed of wild or cultivated seeds, surely gives Sturnella magna a Clear title to the honor of be- ing a very beneficial bird. The following table will show at a glance the economical standing in re- gard to agriculture, of each of the birds which we have considered, and we must all agree that our sprightly little friend, Troglodytes aedon carries off the palm. Table showing the number of stom- achs examined, and the per cent. of the food contents of the birds considered in this and the preceding papers: By csiss 35 933 Ppa ES F elas) Number of stomachs............ 86 238 192 121 52 Per cent. of animal food; VATU eee ie a Sie ee eet enco anaes 2 SILO, 2 Caterpillars ....................0.+. 29 8 5 8 16 BeOtleS ee ee ae 21 18 24 28 22 Grasshoppe!Fs ...............--....-- 3 29 4 1226 BU BR eee SC ee 5 AN 2a eo 2 Spiders and thousand legs... 10 Bi a eae Miscellaneous animal food... 2 5 5 le Total animal..................... (22 Ade 63a 98 Per cent. vegetable food: Cuitivated fruits.................. 2 0 18 Sues. Wild fruits and seeds ........ SO awe) SON nee Grain erences Baas seat OE 11 : Shy =e Miscellaneous vegetable f’d 1 3 Qian L Total vegetable food......... 10} OR. iin, Bal Mixed mineral matter, not f'dwhich can be eliminated 16 2 1 By al Total contents..................100 100 100 100 100 10 THE OOLOGIST. Birds Observed in a Single Day. Birds seen and heard ona trip from Grand Rapids, Kent County, to Jenni- sonville, Ottawa County, Mich. by team, anda ramble in the woods and fields. All kinds of Territory,—Hard wood, pinery, fields, orchards and low- lands. Time of trip—4:30 a. m. toSp. m., May 8, 779. Distance covered, there and return, and walks— about 32 miles. Weather perfect. Birds: observed, 88 species. Note.—This is the largest number of species of birds that I have recorded in a single day’s trip, and more than I have noted in a month of observations in many months in recent years. Species found breeding, marked * American Bittern. Great Blue Heron, * Woodcock, Field Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer Plover, * Bob White, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Marsh Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk. Red-shouldered Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Barred Owl, Kingfisher, * Hairy Woodpecker, Red-head Woodpecker, * Gold-wing Woodpecker, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Humming Bird, Kingbird, Great-crested Flycatcher, _Phebe, * Wood Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Prairie Horned Lark, Blue Jay, * Crow, * Bobolink, Cowbird, Red-wing Blackbird, * Meadow Lark, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Bronzed Grackle, * Goldfinch, Grass Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, * Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Towhee, * Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Searlet Tanager. Eave Swallow, * Barn Swallow, * Bank Swallow, Blue-back Swallow, White-rumped Shrike, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Solitary Vireo, Black and White Creeper, Golden-wing Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Blue Yellow-back Warbier, Yellow Warbler, B'ack-throatcd Blue Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Oven Bird, Large-billed Water Thrush, Mourning Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat. Hooded Warbler, Canadian Warbler. American Redstart, Catbird, * Brown Thrush, House Wren, Brown Creeper, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee. Blue-Gray Guatcatcher, Wood ‘Thrush, Wilson’s Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Robin, * Bluebird. M. Gress, Kalamazoo, Mich. THE OOLOGIST. it MID-WINTER BARGAINS. Iam closing out a large assortment of very desirable material at prices that will appeal to any intelligent buyer. Kindly look over the entire list. BULK MINERALS, No less than 100 pounds sent by freight. 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We offer any of the above four col- lections by the dozen or hundred to teachers or agents who wish to sell them again. We have some very choice butterflies in plas- ter cases, Such as the gorgeous blues and yel- lows, at $2 and $2.50 each. ‘The rare leaf butter- fly, at $3.50 and many others. Just received a fine lot of small mammals from Wisconsin. List to those who wish to buy. Also some flat mammal skins of possum, Shee and the like at 50c to 75c each to close out. Who wants any of the following fine sets? Must order quick or they will be gone: Booby Gannet, 1-2, $1: Harris Hawk, 1-4, 65c; Black-neck Stilt,1-4,50c; White-wing Dove, 1-2, 10c; Purple Gallinule, 1-6, 70c; Chestnut-bel- lied Scaled Quail, 1-8, $1.25; St.Domingo Grebe, 1-4, 50c; White Ibis, 1-3, 45¢; Audubons Shear- water, 1-1, 50c; Texan Quail, 1-10, 60c. Many other nice things in this line. Sea Ferns. We have a fine stock of these gorgeous Pur- ple Sea Plumes that wave in the ocean depths, growing on the edges of the coral rock. They run two and a half feet to five feet long, with from ten to fifty branches. Smaller sizes by the dozen spec., fine to decorate aroom,$1. A dozen of the largest sizes for $2. They will go quick at these prices. Order a dozen and sell what you do not want to some of your friends. They list in the dealers’ catalogues at one to two dol- lars each. Invertebrates. Our stock of invertebrates is very large, both wet and dry. Weare prepared to furnish the small collector a fine assortment at one to five dollars. The larger collector, who specializes certain branches, lots ranging from twenty to two hundred dollars. or the College Museum. We have a particularly large lot of specimens in formalin from the Atlantic, about thirty kinds, representing seven orders and will sell by the single specimen in vial with printed la- bel at an average price of ten cents each for an assortment, or will sell by the dozen for class study. Let us know your wants and save about 50 per cent. from what dealers usually charge for these beautiful and interesting ocean cur- ios, most of which can only be got by deep sea dredging. Scientiffe Shells we have some five thousand - species named in stock. Strictly first-class if you want such, or we have some slightly im- perfect at reduced rates. Our stockiS not ex- celled in this country. Lists cover some thirty pages closely typewritten. Let us know your wants and you will be surprised what a little money will buy. i This page contains just an inkling of our im- mense stock. Your correspondence solicited when we will be glad to tell you more about it. WALTER F. WEBB, 416 Grand Ave., Rochester.N. Y. e 12 THE OOLOGIST. Do You Know how fascinating English history really is? That England during the past thousand years, has given to our literature more heroes and hero- ines than all the rest of the world and ages? What do you know of the private and personal lives of her queens, who as well as being stately sovereigns, with passions of love and hate, were living, palpitating wo- men? Do you know of that king and queen who stood bare-footed, and ‘‘all naked from their waists upward,’”’ in the great hall of Westminster? Or what plumber’s dog licked the blood of a king? Or why Henry VII hanged his four English mastiffs as traitors? Or what king apologized for taking so long to die? Or why Marlborough and his duchess were disgraced? Do you know the story of Thomas a Becket and the Emir’s daughter? Of fair Rosamond Clifford’s bower in the labyrinth at Woodstock, and the telltale silken thread on Henry’s golden spur that led to her becom- ing anun? Of Richard II and the fatal trap-door of Vidomar? Of the dreadful warning that hung over the bed of Isabella of Angouleme? Of the queen who was discovered in London, disguised as a cook-maid? Do you know how the mere fact that the Duchess of Marlborough putting on, by mistake, the queen’s gloves, changed, as Voltaire says, the destinies of Europe? Orwhy the great Elizabeth and her prime minister had to deal secretly with Catherine de’- Medici’s tailors? Or what that which passed between ‘‘Nan” Boleyn and King Hal beneath the yew-tree in the cloistered shade of Sopewell nunnery, meant to Wolsey? Those who are interested may have specimen pages of a work that will show how English history may be had in quite a different way from that presented by Hume, or Rapin, or Macaulay, or Guizot, or Hallam, or Froude. PAMPHLET SENT ON REQUEST. GEORGE BARRIE & SON, PUBLISHERs, 1313 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AGENTS WANTED—LIBERAL COMMISSION. THE QOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 2. ALBION, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1902. WHOLE No. 185 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘‘“Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this department itor 25c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additiona. word. No notice inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted in payment at one-third list rates. What’s Your Number? Examine the number following your name ‘On the wrapper of this month’s OOLOGIST. It «denotes when your subscription expired or _ ‘will expire. : ‘No.185 your subscription expires with this issue 190 ‘* “se es « June, 1902 195 be #6 oe 6é Dec. 66 Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- ‘mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. IMPORTAN This Feb. OOLOGIST was is- ° sued Feb. ist. The March is- sue will be printed on March ist. Copy intended for that issue must be forwarded by return mail. WANTED.—Cheap for cash,Navajo blankets, Indian baskets, pottery and relics, bird points, fossil teeth, shark’s jaws, etc. JAMES O. DUNN, 592 E. 48rd St., Chicago. YOU WANT a copy of Wilson Bulletin, No. 37. It contains ‘‘A Sectional Bird Census;’’ an annotated list of 62 species and 1,388 individuals ‘summering in an area ofone square mile; price 20 cents. Address F. L. BURNS, Berwyn, Pa. EXCHANGE.—Collection coins, some rare ““hogus” coins,’92 half dollars,second hand med- ical library for eggs in sets. H. L. WOOD, Groton, Conn. AGENTS WANTED —To sell the Macy Men- thol Inhalors at 40 per cent. commission; fast seller. Send 10c for sample. M. HALLOCK, 175 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. TO EXCHANGE.—A few Porto Rican and Cuban bird skins for choice sets, with nests preferred, books, publications and possibly western skins. Lists exchanged. B.S. BOW- DISH, 50 W. 98th St. New York City. TO EXCHANGE.—A-1 sets of A O. U. num- bers 2738, 289, 316, 387. 406, 409, 444, 477, 498, 501,506, ‘511, 563, 593, 604. 610, 622, 681, 683, 703, 704, 705, 756. Can furnish sets of 477 and 703 in beautiful ser- ies showing varied color and markings. Want -complete sets with full data. CHAS.R.STOCK- ARD, Washington, Mississippi. TO EXCHANGE.—Some good U.S. and for- eign stamps. Value, Scott’s, 1900, about 83.50, for an A-1 set, No. 337b. Write. JOHN G. TYLER, Clovis, Fresno Co., Calif. 100 Choice sea shells, 35c; Indian tomahawk. 85c; 5 different Indian relics, 35c; 5 choice old Coins, 15c; 5 choice Canadian coins, 18c; price list, old coin 100 years old and 5 choice stamps for 10c. W. P ARNOLD, Peacedale. R. I. FOR SALE.—Vols. I, I, III, IV Osprey, 84 25; Vols. II. III, [V Nidologist, 82 25; No. 2, Vol. I, Vol. II, complete; Nos. 1 and2, Vol. III, Michi- gan Ornithological Club Bulletin, 60 cents; complete file Natural Sciencc News. 30 cents; nine numbers, Vol. XXX, Popular Science. 30 cents; Vol. II, Museum, 25 ceuts; odd numbers Nidologist and other ornithological papers. Postpaid at prices quoted. L. B. GILMORE, Route 2, Saegertown, Pa. COLLECTORS!—For every two dollars (82) worth of specimens, books. supplies or $1 cash I will send, prepaid, one of my new auxil- liary barrels to fit any bore gun, and one dozen shells forsame. By their use any bore gu can be used for small bird collecting. Give guage ofgun, Dr. C. C. PURDUM, 128 Mineral pring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. NOTICE !—I will exchange 1,000 mixed for- eign stamps for every $1 worth of eggs in sets With data sent me. I also offer good value in 100 datas for every 50c worth of eggs in sets with data. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address CLAR- ENCE H. LUTHER, 2204 Third Ave., Birming- ham, Ala. DAVIE’S Nests and Eggs, 5th ed. and new yearly subscription to ‘‘The Condor,”’ for $2.25. Ican quote you the best bargains in subscrip- tion offers ever known. I will duplicate any offer combination made by any reliable publish- er or subscription agency. Write your wants. Lists free. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. WANTED.—To purchase relics, old firearms, antiques, fractional currency, curios, fossils, medals, collections of stamps, ete., etc., for my private collection. No postals answered. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, JR., West Orange, N. J. 14 THE OOLOGIST WANTED.—To hear from persons who can furnish game bird skins and game heads at reasonable prices. S. SILL, 307 Custer Ave., Youngstown, O. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Strictly first class southern Birds’ eggs in sets with fulland accurate data, Am. Oystercatcher, Royal Tern, Willet, Wilson’s Plover, Brown Pelican, Clap- per Rail. Laughing Gull, Black Skimmer, Green Heron, Boat-tailed Grackle, Painted Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo Bunt- ingate. Very cheap or for ATI sets and large, Tare Singles. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, Augus- ta, Ga, ee TO EXCHANGE.—120 Singles, all different, 1 pair 88 Rubber Gloves. Skins, Snowflake and Baird’s Sandpiper, Set 1:11 Am. Coot; 1-6 White- rumped Shrike; 1-4 (229);1-4 (267); 1-4 (276) ; 1-4 Wilson’s Phalarope, Mounted birds, Logger- head, Shrike, Baltimore Oriole, Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird and Am. Goldfinch. GEO. SWEZEY, 66-79 Jackson St,. Newark, Ine dk I HAVE a few 1901 Rare Coin Encyclopedias, 63 pages of half-tone prints, 250 pages in all, by the Numismatist people, which I am selling for 75c or coin catalogued at same original price $1. Now’s your chance. M. HALLOCK, 175 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. TO EXCHANGE.—A-1 sets Caracara, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture. White-necked Raven, Black-necked Stilt, Bald Eagle, Swainson’s Hawk, Krider’s Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Scaled Partridge for good sets. Will sell a few of the above eggs. Two Vols. Auk in fine con- dition to sell or trade. J. W. PRESTON, Bax- ter, Iowa. BIRD’S EGGS WANTED.—In strictly first- class sets. Nests of small rare species desired With sets where possible. Will pay cash or ex- change in books, magazines, tools, supplies, etc: almost any article used by collectors or sports- men can be supplied. Send lists. State your lowest cash price or what you desire in ex- change and I will make offer. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. TO EXCHANGE.—For choice sets A-1 sets and skins of water and Raptorial bird’s skins of 151, 169, 17la, 349, 375, 405 and many others. When writing send fulllist Allanswered. C. M. WOODS, Alice, Texas County, Missouri. YOUR ATTENTION.—Collectors is called to my new data blank and field note books just out, nicely bound in immitation marble back— 100 datas in first, 200 leaves in second. Write for sample sheets and prices. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Get ready now for coming season. GEO W. MORSE, Box 230, Ashley, Ind. 185 IHAVE Fossils, sets of hawks, owls and other birds, eggs to exchange for good Indian relics, stamps, coins or other good sets of eggs. (184.) JASPER BROWN, Norway, Iowa. MTD. BIRDS FOR SALE.—Golden Eagle $8.00; Loons 84.00; Snowy Owls $3.00 to 85. 00; Arctic Horned Owl $5.00; W. Great Horned Owl $3.00; Sawwhets $1.50; Sharp-tailed Grouse $2.00; Ruffed $1.50; Gray Ruffed Grouse $2.50; Black-billed Cuckoos 75 cents; Snow birds 60 cents; Redpolls 50 cents; Pine ;Grosbeaks 75 cents; Evening do. 75 cents; small specimens prepaid by mail at prices quoted. Wolf skins for mounting or rugs, from $3.50 to §2.00. Eagle claws and feathers. Fresh skins of Northern birds for sale during winter months. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Man. WANTED.—Sets of 53, 74, 80, 119, 125, 139, 140. Can offer in exchange sets 191 2-4 1-5, 212 1-10 1-7, 214 3-10 2-12, 402 1-5, 494 2-51-6, 501 1-5 1-6, 622a 1-6, 725 4-6. All first-class with data. A. W. PLUMB, Rankin, Mich. WANTED.—Cook’s Bird Migration. Have hundred of Government Books, Magazines and Natural History papers to exchange for others to complete sets. State wants and what you have to exchange. CHARLES CLICKENER, Tangier, Ind. WILL EXCHANGE.—Mounted Birds. Skins and Eggs wanted. Bird skins and eggs in sets, also have collection 60 fresh water shells, named. to exchange for Bird skins and eggs. Best offer. JESSE T. CRAVEN, 572 Hubbard Ave., Detroit, Mich. WANTED.—Birds inmeat or skins, Snowy Owl, any Ptarmigan, Calif. or Mountain Quail, Ring Pheasant, (males); Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, (male), Am. Avocet, Cardinal, Black Squirrel. Will give anything in stock or cash. Write mentioning your wants. Also want Eggs in Sets. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. Box 173. WANTED.—T0O correspond with all persons interested in Southern Minnesota Ornithology. Exchanges desired, especially with Minnesota Oological collectors. Enclose your lists when writing. EDW. W. SPRINGER, Owatonna, Minnesota. TO EXCHANGE.—Hundreds of skins and some sets for sets. J. CLAIRE WOOD,196 Ran- dolph Street, Detroit. Michigan. WANTED.—A largs No. of Ist-class skins and mounted birds Will pay cash or give good exchange. Send Bets at once. GEORGE J. TIILS, Gaines, N. Y FOR SALE.—Osprey Vol. 1, 2,3, 4; N.S.News Vol. 1, 2; Condor Vol. 2,No.3; Davie’s Nest and Eggs, 4th edition, paper. Enclose stamp. L.S. HORTON, Gretna, IN NG WANT TO EXCHANGE —Bird eggs in sets. Send list and receive mine. JNO. J. PRICE, 1322 7th St., Des Moines, Ia. FOR SALE.—Choice sets of eggs Collected in Manitoba in 1900 and t901. All with full data. Prices per set: Holbolls Grebe. 1-4, 50 cents; 1-5, 65¢e; 1-6, 75c; Eared Grebe, 1-5, 25c; Short- eared Owl, 1-4, 80c; 1-5, $1; 1-6, 81.20; 1-7, $1.40; Grey Ruffed Grouse, 1-9, $2.50; Am. Crow, 1-4, 8c; 1-5, 10c; Pintail. 1-5, $1; Sharp-tailed Grouse, 1-17, $3.40; 1-14, $2.80; 1-10, 82; Prairie Hen, 1-10, $1.00; 1-8,80c; Killdeer,1-3.30c; Bronzed Grackle, 1-7, 14ce; 1-6, 12c; 1-5, 10c; 1-4, 8c; Rusty Black- bird 1-6, $1.50; Mourning Dove, 1-2, 4c; Clay- colored Sparrow. 1-4.40¢; White-rumped Shrike, 1-6, 18¢c; 1-5, 15¢c; 1-4, 12c; House Wren, 1-6, 18¢c; 1-5, 10¢; Bartraman Sandpiper, 1-4, 80c; Swain- son’s Hawk, 1-3, 50c; Song Sparrow, 1-4, 4c; 1-b, 5c; Or will exchange for bird skins I can use. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Man. I have several vols. of Pacific R. R. reports, geological surveys, geology of Ohio, pamphlets and natural history papers to exchange for similar works. I want choice skins of A. O. U. 74. 395, 452, 465, 506. 521, 522, 550, 552, 553 595 604, 639, 641, 645, 658, 671, 673, 675, 676, 677, 679, 683, 684, 685, 686, 703, 718, 719, 731 and 757. Five thousand named and labeled Coleoptera to exchange at 3 cents each; also several hundred land and fresh water shells at 5cents each. During Apl., May and June [ will collect skins of our local birds and mammals. If you mean business, write; if not,save yourstamps. W.E.SNYDER, Beaver Dam, Wis. THE OOLOGIST. 15 Many rare and desirable sets of Arizona species on hand. All in excellent condition. Well preserved nests with all smaller va- rieties. Among other good things I can offer Coues Flycatcher, n-3, n-4; sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, n-3, n-4; Vermillion Flycatcher, n-3; Red-faced Warbler, n-3, n-4; Virginia Warbler, n-3, n-4; Black-throated Gray-Warb- ler, n-3, 0-4; Lucy’s Warbler, n-3 n-4; Painted Redstart. n-3, n-4; Arizona Junco, n-3, n-4; Canon Towkee, n-3, n-4; Scott’s Oriole, n-3; Pygmy Nuthatch, 1-6 1-8; Rock Wren, n-4. n-6; Elf Owl, 1-3; Arizona Jay nu-+4, n-5; Long- erested Jay, n-3, n-4; White-necked Raven, 1-4, 1-5 1-6; Bridled Chickadee, n-4,n 5; Lead- colored Bush Tit, n-4. n-5, n-6; corched Horned Lark, n-3; Cooper’s Tanager, n-4; Hepatic Tan- ager, 1-3; Baird’s Woodpecker, 1-4; California Woodpecker, 1-4, 1-5, and many common species. For full list and cash prices address W.H. HOWARD, Los Angeles, Cal., Box 484. WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 WANTED :—A number of sets each, 6, 27, 29, 58, 63, 64, 77, 80, 120a. 122 137 189. 140, 144, 149, 160, 172, 183, 190, 214, 218 228, 261, 263 264. 278, 277, 277a, 289, 294 295, 300 309, 210, 318, 325, 326, 328, 329, 337, 337b, 339,348. Any Hawks, Owls, Humming birds ana Warbles and nests. nearly any spar- rows, 364, 373, 387. 388, 390, 393, 394, 501, 509, 558, 601, 611, 614 619, 622a. 622b 624, 761, 751 and nests, at once. Collectors are requested to send full lists of these and other duplicates. Good ex- change offered. D. WILBY, 27 Front St., West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 185 BIRD EGGS FOR EXCHANGE —Fine series of Tricolored Blackbirds and others. Send list and receive mine. J. S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura, Co., Cal. FOR EXCHANGE.—Any variety finely bred fancy pigeons for Indian relics fossils, curios, etc., on best offer in cash. JACOB BOOK, Mar- ietta Pa. WANTED.—Sets of Ruffed Grouse and Fish Crow. Cash or exchange in sets of 375, 387a, 727, 497, series, etc. W. H. BINGAMAN, Box 151, Algona, Iowa. WANTED.—A copy of ‘Studer’s Birds of North America.’’ State conditon of book and lowest cash price wanted. EH. A. QUANTZ, Star, Alta, Canada. BEST STEEL CLIMBERS.—#2.50, prepaid. With 4 straps of best leather; without straps, $1.65. Try my “Cut the Lining” egg drills, Satisfaction or your money back after trial. Sample 25e; 4 selected sizes 3. Everything for oologists. Lists free BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New York. TO EXCHANGE:—Finely prepared speci- mens of the Marine Invertebrates, preserved in Formalin, for books, eggs or skins. These preparations are every one beauties and an ad- dition to any collection. Full list for yours. No Postals. C.C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Min- eral Spring Ave., Pawtucket; R. I. WANTED:—Eggs in original sets with data, strictly first class skins, books, or anything the collector can use. Can give excellent value in finely preserved Marine invertebrates. and some eggs. Write meat onceas I shall close this stock out immediately. C. C. PURDUM, ee 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, TO EXCHANGE.—A fine collection of confed- erate currency, old broken bank bills, ete. ; also minerals and bird eggs to exchange for auto- eens: miverals or sea curios. F.,0O. NEL- ON, 516 S. 18th St.. Boise, Idaho. WANTED.—To buy collections of eggs for either immediate cash orexchange. Write what you have to offer. WALTER F.W EBB,416 Grand Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. WANTED TO EXCHANGE.—Bird eggs in sets. Send list and receive mine. Want old pistols, Indian relics, coins, stamps. JOHN J. PRICE, 1322 7th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Mounted Birds. In addition to those offered in December OoLoGist I now have Snowy Owl, fine 8.98; Short-eared Owl, $1.45; Am. Barn Owl, $1.65; Kittiwake Guill, $155; Scissor-tailed Fly catcher, in roseate plumage, wings spread, erga S. Am. Rose Hummer, in fancy case, Black-tail Deer Head, 5-point Buck, good val. at $10.00, $7.00. Black-tail Doe on Shield, good val. at $8.00, $4.00. Write for Catalogue of Naturalist’s Supplies, Best Glass Eyes in the World. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. 184 3t My Catalogue of Minerals, Opals and Western Indian Relics. E. W. KIMBALL, Dept. A. Boulder, Col. Ornithological and Oological Magazines and Publications Wanted. I want the following to complete my files. State what you have and quote lowest cash price. Only accepted offers answered. Address, K. B. MATHES, 154 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y Audubon Magazine. Vol. I No. 3 (Apr.’87); Vol. II Nos. 2 and 8 (Mch. and Sept. ’88). Oregon Naturalist. Vol. III No. 10 (Oct. 96). The Oologist Advertiser. Vol..I No.1 (Aug.’90). Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club. Vol. I No. 3 (May-June ’99). Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Vol. III No. 3 (July ’99) to date. The Nidiologist. Vol. INos.1. 2 (Sept.-Oct. °93) and 6 (Feb. ’94). The Osprey. Vol. I Nos. 2 and 4 (Oct. Dec. °96;) Vol. III No.8 (April ’99). The Taxidermist. Vol. I Nos. 5 (Noy. ‘91) and 11 (May ’92). Oregon Naturalist. Vol. III No. 10 (Oct. °96). The Iowa Ornithologist. Vol. Il Nos2and 4 (96); vol. III Nos. 2 and 3 (’97), The Ornithologist and Oologist. nual. Vol. I No. I (Jan. ’89). The Journal of the Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz Association. Vol. I No. 2 (798). Random Notes on Natural History. Vol. Il Nos. 6, 7 and 11. (June, July. Novy. ’86). The Oologist. July-Aug. °86, Jan. ‘87, Aug- Sept. ’88. Dec. °97. and Semi-An- 16 THE OOLOGIST. 4 9 New Year’s Egg List. For four years I have been unable to secure any sets of White Ibis or any genuine sets of Am. Egret. Iam now able to offer a few fresh- ly collected first-class sets as follows: White Ibis, beautifully marked sets of 3, 45c; 3 sets showing different types,$1.20; Am. Egret, unfaded eggs, the real thing, 3 at 45c; Loon, 2at $1.25; Western Horued Owl, 2; Am. Oyster- catcher, 2; Turkey Vulture, 2; Black Vulture, 2; at 70c per set; White-throated Sparrow, 4; Hooded Warbler, 3; at 50c per set; Olive-backed Thrush, 3; Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 4; Western Flycatcher, 4, Parkman’s Wren, 7; Calif. Bush-tit, 7; Am. EKared Grebe, 7; at 40c per set; Nighthawk, 2; Black-billed Magpie, 6; at 30c per set; Alder Flycatcher, 4; Wilson’s Thrush, 4; at 25c per set; Wilson’s Thrush, 3; White-eyed Vireo, 3; Brewer’s Blackbird, 7; Green Heron, 4; at 20c per set; Painted Bunt- ing, 3and Dwarf Cowbird, at 15c; Bank Swal- low, 5; Wood Thrush, 4 and Cowbird, 10c per set; Small sets at reduced prices: Scott’s Oriole, 2at75c; Rusty Grackle, 2 at 50c; White-breast- ed Nuthatch. 2 at 30c; Canon Towhee, 2; Gt. Blue Heron, 2; at 25c per set; Am. Eared Grebe, 4at20c; Calif. Thrasher, 2 at 15c; Chimney Swift, 2; Black-crown Night Heron, 2; Least Flycatcher, 2; Long-billed Marsh Wren, 3; at 10¢ per set. More bargains in second-class single eggs; none with patches on: Ferruginous Rough-leg Hawk, data, heavily marked, at 25c; Barred Owl, data, only slight crack, at 20c; Horned Lark, Lawrence’s Fly- catcher, Siberian Yellow Wagtail, Band-tailed Pigeon, Hammond’s Flycatcher, at 15c each; ‘Calif. Murre, data, Violet green Swallow,Night- hawk, Wheatear, Clay-colored Sparrow, at 8c each; Am. Herring Gull, Palmer's Thrasher, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Pine Warbler, Verdin, at 6c each; Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink, Summer Tanager, Texas Sparrow, Cassin’s Kingbird, at 5c each; Seaside Sparrow, Warb- ling Vireo, Western Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Parula Warbler, Bewick’s Wren, Lark Bunt- ‘ing, at 4c each; Bob-white, Alder Flycatcher, Maryland Yellow-throat, Chestnut-sided War- bler, Carolina Wren, White-eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Wood Pewee, Oven-bird, at 3c each; No.’s 458, 687, 447, 756. 542a, 461, 622a, 767, at 2c each; 50c orders and over sent post-paid; under that 5c extra. Address, ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 173, Rochester, N. Y. HAVE YOU SEEN THE JOURNAL OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY? A Quarterly Journal of interesting matter relative to Maine Birds. Now in its 4th vol. 50 cents per annum. 15 cents per copy. Sample copy free. J.MERTON SWAIN, Editor and Publisher Waterville, Maine. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- tin of bargains in Birds Skins and Eggsfree upon application. TAUNTON, MASS. BIRDS’ EGGS. I have hundreds of fine sets in stock. Let me send you lists. I collect to order Berkshire Hills specimens. If you want reilly fine sets on this locality let me book your order for 1902. A few desirables: Scarlet Ibis, 1-3, 85; An- cient Murrelet, 1-1, $3; Violet-green Cormorant, 1-4, $1.50; Cal. Brown Pelican, 1-3, $1; Aiken’s Screech Owl, 1-2, #3;Cal. Cuckoo, 1-3, $2; Raven, 1-3, $1.75; Audubon’s Warbler, 1-2, $).50; Gol- den-cheeked Warbler. 1-2, $1.50; Lead-colored Bush Tit, 1-5, 82.50. Hundreds of common spec- ies cheap. A few fine British sets. OOLOGISTS’ TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. I have every thing you need and collecting season is close athand. Iheard Bubo sparking last evening. Best Steel Climbers, with straps, 82.50; with- out, $1.65; Data Blanks, 10c hundred; Fish Bas- kets. Don’t failto try my ‘‘Cut the Lining”’ Egg Drills, sample 25c; 4 sizes, 81; return and get your money if not best ever used. Blow- pipes, best, 40c; others at 20c and 12c. Best nickle sliding Calipers 85c; Pencils 10c,best ever used for eggs; Scissors, Hooks, Cotton, Trays, Regular Egg Drills, all sizes. Get my 1902 list free. BOOKS: Subscriptions to BIRD MAGAZINES. Also all other magazines. I can quote you wonderful bargains. Let me know your wants. I will duplicate any subscription offer of perio- dicals made by any agency or publisher. Sim- ply send their price for the combination. Lists ree. : Note that American Ornithology is now $1 per year, regular; add to any of my offers on it 40c. Every thing prepaid unless otherwise stated. Benjamin Hoag, Stephentown, New York. COLLECTOR’S TOOL. A POCKET INSTRUMENT FOR TREE COLLECTING. SAVES EGGS,DANGER,TIME. Send Stamp for Circular. (190) NOWELL BROS., Anderson, So. Car. Bird Magazine. _ All about fBirds, their “ Nests and Eggs. Monthly. $1.00 year. Single copies 10 cents « AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY Worcester, - Mass Box 218, THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XIX. NO. 2. ALBION, N. Y.. FEBRUARY, 1902. WHOLE No. 185 THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OGLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H.LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the sbagent of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited from all. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single subscription............6...50C per annum Sample copies....... ses ecciecie)-icweresi_>—< Sterna on Weepeckets. By C. C. Purpum, M. D. The ‘Islands of the Weepeckets,” three in number, lie in the waters of Buzzards Bay, and form a short chain, extending in a general northeasterly and southwesterly direction, being sep- arated only by a narrow body of water from the large island Naushawn, which is the easterly extremity of the chain of islands dividing the waters of Buzzards Bay from those of Vinyard Sound. The inner or most southerly of these islands is the largest of the group, and contains about six acres of ground which rises by a broad sandy beach out of the sea. The top is covered by a variety of rank grass, wild strawberry and milkweed, but no trees, or bushes larger than those of the wild huckleberry are to be notic- ed. The eastern side of this island is made up of the broad sandy beach be- fore spoken of, and upon it the Terns which breed upon this and the other two islands, may be seen in great num- bers, standing in perfectly quiet ranks, taking a sun bath with evident erjoy- ment. The western side of the island is of a more diversified nature; the sandy stretch of beach being here brok- en up by rocky intervals and huge boulders, while in places the rank vege- tation runs almost to the water’s edge, being separated from it in some places 36 THE OOLOGIST by only a dense wall of dry, moist aud decayed seaweed, which lines the high- water mark along the entire western shore. ‘The middle or smallest island rises as an abrupt plateau from the sea, the base being composed of the ordinary boulders of the shore, while from the highwater mark the small elevation of about one-quarter of an acre rises to a height of about twenty feet. The soil of these islands (the middle and outer) is of the ordinary clay-sand mixture of the coast, covered with a foot of the finest black loam, caused by the con- stant development of guano from the excrement, etc., of the ‘Yerns. The outer island differs only in point of size from the middle one, being about twice as large and sitting far out in ‘“‘the bay” as it does, if forms the most popular breeding place for the Terns. My last visit to these islands was paid at the very end of the breeding season, during the summer of 1901, and .I con- sequently had the best of opportunities to observe the young and methods of feeding, and I think I can put the in- formation I desire to impart in no bet- ter form than to quote ‘‘ver batim”’ from my field notes of the trip. July 27, 1901.—After breakfast we started for the Weepecket Islands and after a hard pull of nearly two hours against wind and tide, we arrived and beached our “skiff”? on the gravelly beach of the outer island or ‘‘North Pecket” as the fishermen call it. Upon our approach the Terns arose in a great flock and flew about us in large numbers, giving note of their harsh grating cry. Immediately upon landing, we took several pictures of the flocks of Terns and also of several young birds in the water. There was a large number of young of the year, either a few yards off shore or just at the water’s edge, and the old birds would bring food to them there. ‘There seemed to be the greatest impartislity about this method of feeding. For instarce, we saw several different Terns feeding one young bird, and following the motions of one bird carefully, we observed her catch several small mackerel, and in each ease the fish was deposited in the voracious maw of a different bird. Heavens! Would those young birds never get filled up? We saw at least a dozen fish deposited in the gaping jaws of one young bird as he floated lazily upon the waves, a few yards from shore, and there is no means of knowing how — long this had been going on or how many more this lusty youngster could get away with before the day ended. _ Some of the young attempt to swim too early, or are washed off a rock by an incoming wave, for we saw several of the birds in an apparently helpless. condition in the water, and upon taking them out found them too exhausted to move. After taking what pictures we wished from our landing place, we started to explore the island and although the sea- son was far advanced, found several sets of fresh eggs. This is the latest I have ever recorded unincubated sets from this locality, al- though Mr. George Gray of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, tells me he has taken fresh sets as late as September. This must have been at. other localities on the coast, for I have never before found fresh eggs of either hirundo, dougali or paradisea later than July 27th. Most of the nests were on the northern end of the island and were of the common variety (S. hirundo). They were situated in the ridge of sea- weed just above highwater mark. The nest is a very hollow excavation in the seaweed, and the process of nest. making is certainly not a very lengthy or laborious proceeding as I have noti- ced it in the past. The female merely nestles into the seaweed or sand as the case may be, and with a few well di- THE OOLOGIST. 30 rected flaps of the wings and tail, and a few kicks with the feet, she shapes the nest much in the same manner as the domestic fowl hollows a nesting place in the dust. In these shallow excava- tions the birds deposit two, three or four eggs, which to describe thoroughly would take much more space than the length of the present paper will permit. Suffice it to say that they are of a pale greenish-brown ground color, with spots, splashes, scratches and dots of various colored markings, ranging from a nearly jet black toa pale green. But not always is the female so choice of a location. Frequently a depression in a piece of driftwood or even the rough flat surface of a rock serves for a ‘‘nest.”’ There seems to be no difference in this particular between the three varit- ies (in this locality at least), and I have found nests of each in the most out-of- the-ordinary situations (that is to say, to my mere human intellect, but prob- ably Mrs. Sterna has ideas of her own, and knows more about the economics of her household than I. We found many dead young birds as we walked about the island, and upon looking more closely than at first, we easily found the reason for finding so many corpses, for stowed away under boulders, in the crevices of rocks, and under pieces of driftwood, all below the highwater mark, we discovered many of the dead young birds, who probably crept under these sheltering roofs to get out of the excessive heat, and be- came imprisoned by the rising tide and were either drowned or perished from starvation. Also on the top of the is- land among the tall rank grass and weeds, we found many young birds, both alive and dead. I should judge that the larger number of dead birds on the top of the island must have perished from starvation, as it was very difficult to find them in the thick vegetation. I have visited the island many times, but never saw sO many dead birds before. = As we left the outer island and were rowing to the middle one we were a little: surprised to hear the peculiar note of the Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla), and looking up saw two of these birds close- ly pursued by a great number of Terns, who seemed intent upon driving the Gulls from the locality. They were fi- nally successful in this, and after float- ing lazily about at a height to which the Terns did not seem to care to venture, the Galls departed to the westward. On the middle island I expected to find the Arctics, (S. paradisea) breeding, but none were to be seen, and as noth- ing but the common variety (S.hirwndo) were breeding on the outer island, the absence of the Arctics was all the more noticeable. Landing on the middle island, we found much the same condition of affairs as on the outer one, except that here the Roseates (S. dougali) were breeding with the common variety, but on neither of the three islands did we find the Arctics. No satisfactory rea- son has been offered for the sudden dis- appearance of the Arctics from the lo- cality, and in years past they have been observed breeding here in large num- bers. On this island we were confronted by a sight which made us pause in as great consternation as that of our friend Rob- inson Crusoe, upon discovering the footprints of a human being upon this desolate island. Turning the corner of a large boulder, we came upon a pile of broken eggs, probably numbering sey- eral hundred. We turned the heap over carefully and as near as could be told exch egg contained a chick nearly ready to break the shell. Ordinarily we are not particularly profane, but at the sight of this wholesale ‘‘murder by contract” we (as Eugene Field says) “‘ut- tered things my pious pen would leifer not repeat.”’ This sad destruction was wrought by the Portugese lobster fish- ermen, who make their headquarters in 38 Buzzards Bay, and use the Terns’ eggs for eating, cracking each egg to see if it is ‘‘good.”’ Vowing to make such wholesale slaughter public, and to call the atten- tion of the proper authorities to it, we turned away, sick at heart to think that by the unrestrained rapacity of these degraded law breakers, more harm had been done to the Tern colony on these islands, than could have been done by a hundred legitimate collectors in a dozen years. Before the next breeding season, the writer will make strenuous efforts to have those in charge of the ‘‘Thayer fund for the protection of Gulls and Terns’’ look into the matter thoroughly ‘and prosecute to the full extent of the law, such degraded wretches and un- feeling brutes as these same men who look at nature through their pockets and stomachs. The wardens of the A. O. U. protec- tive committee are doing a noble work and the League of American Sportsmen is ‘on deck”’ to restrain the breakers of the law regarding birds, but there re- mains an opportunity right here to pro- tect these beautiful birds, which other- wise will soon be reduced so in numbers that our waters will loose one of their chief beauties and these lonely isles, which have hitherto given refuge and safety to thousands of pairs of birds, will become a ‘‘desolate waste” indeed, and “Sterna on Weepeckets’’ will be a thing of the past. Let every earnest and conscientious bird lover and student unitein one solid front for the prosecution of these law breakers, and without tiring give these beautiful birds the protection and secur- ity they deserve. THE OOLOGIS1 Among the Birds of Cuba. Guama is a mining camp of the Cuban Steel Ore Company, about 40 miles south-west from Santiago. The country was practically virgin forest before the mings were discovered and save for the small clearings for the camp, mine workings and railroad remains in its primeval wildness. After the forest denuded and scenic rifled Porto Rico, one draws a long breath of relief and joy as he stands in the solemn depths of the woods here beneath the giant trees. The camp is built in the valley of the Guama River, a mere creek during dry season, but in heavy rains rising with astonishing rapidity to a mad rushing torrent. About this valley hills rise above hills abruptly, and the highest Mine is at an altitude of some twenty- five thousand feet above sea level. As one lands at the wharf, some two miles from the camp, the first birds to greet him will almost invariably be the omnipresent Vultures, Cathartes aura. In Santiago these birds roost on the roofs of buildings and many a time I have passed them so close that a ‘‘38 extra long’’ shellof No. 10 in my col- lecting tube would have brought them down, 3 Strolling out on any of the trails one hears from every side a wierd cry vary- ing somewhat, reminding one now of the Hyla’s note, again of a Woodpecker’s cry. Again standing quietiy for some time he may suddenly discover another per- fectly motionless being, whose brilliant coloring might have led one to suppose he would be exceedingly conspicuous. This is the bird whose tribe are authors of the wierd cries. It is the Cuban Tro- gan. Heisaboutten and twelve inches long, brilliant metalic blue on head like our Crow Blackbirds, becoming more greenish on back, wings barred with white, outer three pairs of tail feathers tipped with same, inner three pairs like \ THE OOLOGIST. 3g back, breast soft grey like the breast of Shrikes, belly and under tail coverts scarlet. His feet are small, legs short and he has two toes in front and two behind. He is a fruit eater. ¥ Another common bird on tkése trails is Mimocichla schistacea,” a Thrushs whose appearance suggests the Robin in form, size; red bill and legs, but his general coloring is a greyish blue. He is not at all demonstrative, but rather retiring and charry of exhibiting his person. As you walk along the trail a rustle of leaves in the bushes at the side betray his presence and you catch a glimpse of his trim form darting into thick cover. If you are quiet, however, his curios- ity gets the better of him and he soon hops out to have a better view of you. On thess trails, too, you are liable to see or hear any one of several Dove and Pigeons— Columbia leucocephala Sad Cc. inornata, Geotrygon montana ‘and Stariaenas cyanecephala. At this time the trees are alive with migrant Warblers from the States. Their incesant chippings and lispings put to shame the strange quiet of many of the native birds. Here are the Water Thrushes and the Ovenbirds, the Black- throated Blue, the Redstart, the Black and White and others less conspicuous than those mentioned. There are also a number of the Vireos. A rather quiet little bird you may see perched on a twig attending strictly to the business of getting his breakfast is the littte Fiy- catcher, Blacicus caricaeus. —~ As you pass the weed-grown fence Tows of the camp too conspicuous and delightful little bits of feathers are t Sparrows, Lufhiaolivacea bryanti-and E.canora- In Santiago the boys trap these birds and many others and sell them for cage birds at five or ten cents “apiece. Down on the cleared pasture ground by the river in the scattering trees one or two of the Pitangus caudifasciatus, which look very much like our King- bird are desporting themselves with a good deal of clatter and incidentally picking up their living. The bill of fare of one who gave up his life that his remains might enrich the halls of fame and the temples of science consisted of a large caterpillar, the legs of a big grasshopper and some small green beet- les. In the edge of the timber by the river you may chance to see an Audubon’s Caracara like, a smaller edition of the Bald Eagle, sitting quite dignified. Then your thoughts go back to the dear old days of spring, both as to sea- son of the year and as to life’s season, anc childhood’s home in old New York State, as you hear the carol of the Flicker; that sound one cannot separ- ate from its association with May days. This is Colaptes chrysocauloueus, but his “song” sounds the same and he looks much like the bird ofthe States. Inthe woods you may meet him in company with the Cuban Green Woodpecker, a pretty fellow, yellowish-green and striped, about the size of our Hairy, with a large round cockade of red and green and a red necktie, and a short sharp bill. One morning I shot five Woodpeckers one after another from one tree, including three species. The last bird of which I will speak at this time, though this far from finishes the list, is a bird of the night that the Cubans call ‘“‘Lechuya;” Sirtz pratleola furcata. I have not yet seen them, but am told they are common here and this evening one of the ‘“‘rural guard” has gone after one for me. Yesterday the same man brought me a Plover, Mgialitis wilsonia rujincha, alive, which he said a boy found, in- jured, by fiying against a telephone wire. B. S. Bownisu, Guama, Cuba. Dec. 4, 1901. 40 THE OOLOGIST. The Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus vociferus. By CHARLES LINCOLN PHILIPS, TAUN- ToN, Mass., AUTHOR OF “FRED- ERICK YOUNG.” “W hip-poor-will, whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will!” What sweet and touching rememberances are revived within me, when I write the notes that represent the nocturnal utterances of this beautiful New England bird! Kind reader, it at once seems to carry me back to the happy days of child- hood; to that time when [ lived on the old c-untry homestead, and had every opportunity, for which a boy ornitholo- gically inclined could wish, to become familiar not only with the Whip-poor- will, but with nearly all the birds con- tained in the fauna of eastern Massa- chusetts. This rather sad but inspiring song— if such it may be called—seems to pic- ture in my mind a still, clear evening in June, with a full moon shedding its mellow radiance over the iandscape; where every object is clearly visible and sharply contrasted by dark shad- ows; where all roughness and conflict- ing shades seem to be blended into charming harmony as if by a potential, magic hand. This calm repose of beau- tiful nature is focd for the sou); in me it intensifies my admiration for the creative power of the Maker, anditalso has a tendency to inspire my inner-be- ing with noble and lofty purpose. And, too, on such a night as this, as I stand under the azure vault of-the heavens a dark body, on noiseless wings, grace- fully wheels above me, and a moment later, from his perch on the pump, the door-stoop, the fence, a rock, or the wall, come the thrilling notes of the Whip-poor-will, with a distinct cluck between each well known utterance. How loud and clear the notes sound, and how still it seems when he finally ceases. Then, a minute or two later, you may wonder if he is simply resting or if he has changed position wher your thoughts are answered, for the same clear notes reach your ear from perhaps a quarter of a mileaway. Then the sound will finally end from that di- rection, but shortly you will hear it again, but still farther away, and after a while the song will be lost in the dis- tance. Possibly, along toward midnight you are awakened from your slumber, by one, two, or perhaps three, of these ec- centric birds, not any of them over eight rods from the house. trying to outdo each other in vociferous rivalry. They fairly make the welkin ring for a few minutes, then all is silent for a brief space, when the Whip-poor-wills are again heard from a neighboring farm. In this way they may be heard until morning dawns, when they retire to their selected thicket to spend their hours of rest. It has been my privilege to discover two nests of the Whip-poor-will. Both were mere depressions in the dead leaves in oak woods. Neither was near a log, stump or rock, where this bird is often said to lay her eggs, but in each instance the nesting placa was among a. scattering undergrowth. The female is usually flushed from her two creamy-white eggs, which are elliptical in form and very richly mark- ed with shades of brown, lavender and lilac. I know of no prettier egg to be fcund in this section. Upon starting the Whip-poor-will from her nest she will fly but a short distance, resting lengthwise on a low branch, which is the custom of the Goat- sucker family in alighting, or on the ground, apparently to take her bear- ings, when she will shortly resume her flight and disappear among the seclud- ed recesses of the forest. ; Early in September the females and the young of the year depart for the gulf states. The old males remain a. week or twoilater than the others. At this time their notes are uttered in a de- sultory manner, and but a few times. during the evening. The birds, how- ever, setm very active, pursuing noc- turnal insects and frolicking with each other. The remaining few move south in obedience to that occult edict which almost all our feathered friends ob- serve. THE OOLOGIST. 41 A Statement, I have received so many inquiries about, und orders for my auxilary bar- rels or collecting tubes, which I adver- tised in last issue, that the stock is ex- hausted and Iam awaiting a further supply from the factory. This will de- lay my shipments till about the ist of March, in some cases, but they will come. Many have asked for descrip- tion of the tube. The tube is different from the o1dinary tubes in these par- ticulars. 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Do you know of that king and queen who stood bare-footed, and ‘‘all naked from their waists upward,” in the. great hall of Westminster? Or what plumber’s dog licked the blood of a king? Or why Henry VII hanged his four English mastiffs as traitors? Or what king apologized for taking so long to die? Or why Marlborough and his duchess were disgraced? Do you know the story of Thomas a Becket and the Emir’s daughter? Of fair Rosamond Clifford’s bower in the labyrinth at Woodstock, and the telltale silken thread on Henry’s golden spur that led to her becom- ing anun? Of Richard II and the fatal trap-door of Vidomar? Of the dreadful warning that hung over the bed of Isabella of Angouleme? Of the queen who was discovered in London, disguised as a cook-maid? Do you know how the mere fact that the Duchess of Marlborough putting on, by mistake, the queen’s gloves, changed, as Voltaire says, the destinies of Europe? Or why the great Elizabeth and her prime minister had to deal secretly with Catherine de’ Medici’s tailors? Or what that which passed between ‘‘Nan” Boleyn and King Hal beneath the yew-tree in the cloistered shade of Sopewell nunnery, meant to Wolsey? Those who are interested may have specimen pages of a work that will show how English history may be had in quite a different way from that presented by Hume, or Rapin, or Macaulay, or Guizot, or Hallam, or Froude. PAMPHLET SENT ON REQUEST. GEORGE BARRIE & SON, PupBLISHERs, 1313 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AGENTS WANTED—LIBERAL COMMISSION. 44 THE OOLOGIST. LIST OF BIRDS EGGS. FOR SALE BY WALTER F. WEBB, 416 GRAND AVE., ROCHESTER, N. Y. The following eggs are offered at greatly reduced prices. Each specimen is blown through one hole in the side, and all will be:correctly numbered to correspond with my ‘‘Manual.’”’ All speci- mens will be carefully packed in cotton and sent prepaid by mail or express. Orders under one dollar at list prices. For orders over one dollar I offer the following discounts: For $1. ee you may select to the amount of $1.75. 2.0 4.00. 3 ane 6e (73 (73 oc 66 Cay 2 00. ee 400 (73 oe 73 73 73 a3 10.00 6 5.00 oe ce “ce 6 73 6c 13.50 Orders of ten dollars and over at one-third of prices in this list. We cordially invite your pa- tronage and assure you of satisfaction. All are first-class in every respect. Name afew as second choice when ordering as frequently we get out of some. We never Substitute unless absolutely necessary. Am. Eared Grebe Acadian .Flycatcher......... -- 15 Summer Tanager............ - Cal. Murre............... een 0 Sharp-tail Sparrow.......... 35 Cliff Swallow..........2.... -.... 05 Herring Gull...-...............-- Bachman’s Sparrow ......... 150 Loggerhead Shrike......... 10 Common Tern ................. . 10 Field Sparrow.................... 05 Bells Vireo...................----. =* 15 Noddy Tern...............-..--- . 50 Murre eae Chest-sid. Warbler............ 25 Booby Gannet.................-. 1% Western Gull Mourning Warbler... ....... 3 50 ‘Cinnamon Teal .............. . 85 Cabots Tern..................-..- Md. Yellow Throat............ 15 White Ibis.....................--- - 385 Sooty Tern...... ... Amer. Redstart.......-..-....-- 15 Soraphall eee 10 Dovekie................- Brown Thrasher............... 05 Purple Gallinule............... 30 Least Tern..........-. ..0.....--.- St. Lucas Thrasher........ . 3 50 Black-neck Stilt-............... 50 Pintail Duck..................... Me Cactus Wren...........-.....-.-. 25 Texan Quail..................--- - 10 Clapper Rail............... wih Lomita Wren.............. -....- vi) White-front Dove............. 20 Florida Gallinule... Mahe House Wren................----- rita) Mex. Ground Dove............ 50 American Avocet..... Chickadee .........-.....---------— 15 Black Vulture..................- 75 American Quail...... Long-billed Msh. Wren.... 05 Swainson’s Hawk... .- 50 Mourning Dove E American Robin 05 Tex. Screech Owl. - 50 Ground Dove..... Bluebird .........-.......- 05 Road-runner............ 30 Turkey Vulture... Rusty Song Sparrow. . 40 Belted Kingfisher.............. 25 White-tail Hawk.... Abert,s Towhee ............... Le lickers eee ... 05 Red-tail Hawk.........202...0.... Texan Cardinal..............-... 10) West. Nighthawk............. 50 Groove-bill Ani...... Blue Grosbeak............---...- 40 Crested Flycatcher............ 12 Black-bill Cuckoo Painted Bunting............... 12 Amer. Magpie...... ...........- 15 Golden-front Woodp’k’r... 50 Scarlet Tanager............... ee Wood Pewee................-.--- 15 Nighthawk ...............2..--...- 40 Barn Swallow.................. . 05 Cowbird-Lazybira ......... - 05 Scis-tail Flycatcher.......... 10 Red-eye Vireo.............-.... Lesa dO Red-wg Blackbird............ 05 U-Phoebe- ee oe eee 06 Hutton’s Vireo.................. 1 50 Meadowlark......... 2....2----- 10 American Crow 10 Parula Warbler................ 25 Baltimore Oriole............... 08 Northwest Crow................. 25 Ovenbird...............- ence ese . 25 Florida Grackle............... - 10 Bronzed Cowbirda............... 40 Yel. breast Chat... 10 Boat-tail Grackle.............. 15 Tricol. Blackbird............... 15 Mockingbird ..................... 05 St. Lucas House Finch...... 50 Orchard Oriole.................. 06 Sennett’s Thrashevr......... ee Lark, Sparrow...........-. -. - 05 Purple Grackle.................. 05 Calif. Thrasher.................. 20 Traills Flycatcher ............ 15 Great-tail Grackle.............. 15 St. Luc. Cac. Wren............ 1 00 West. Lark Sparrow...... . 05 Vesper Sparrow.........--..... 05° Bewick’s Wren.............--.-- 25 Chipping Sparrow............ 05 Chest-col. Longsnur......... 35 Parkman’s Wren.. Lee anal. St. Domingo Grebe........... 50 Little Flycatcher............... 25 Brown hd. Nuthatch......... 20 Amer. Herr Gull......... -.... 30 Seaside Sparrow........ ...... 2 Wood Thrush................... 06 AT CtIC Dern eee 10 Gambel'’s Sparrow............ 20 Western Robin.................- 10 Roseate Tern............-....---- 15 Song Sparrow.........-...---... 50 White eggs Bluebird........ 25 Audubon’s Shearwater ...150 Des. Song Sparrow... 35 20 Tawny Owl.... 8 50 Brown Pelican.......... -. 40 Heer. Song Sparrow. - 10 59 Blackbird ....... =e eiL0 Shoveler Duck... ROO wy CATGin ail caeeeoenes ements .. 05 70 Black Redstart.. Sts Wood Ibis.. .... 100 Rose-breast Grosbeak...... 15 79 Marsh Warbler............ 25 JEGUOWG IS) Re eee coe - 20 Sharpes Seedeater............ 100 87 Whitethroat _............... 10 American Coot................... 10; Dickcissela ees 10 92 Willow Warbler......... & 310 Scaled Partridge............... 7 Purple Martin...... ..... ae 100 Gt. Titmouse............... 25 Chachalaca ....-.....---.------..- 7% Bank Swallow.................. 115 h Pree ePipit ee so White-wing Dove............. 20 White-eye Vireo........ 5 1388 Spot. Flycatcher......... 10 ANCA DWOVO 2S.) fences een 7 Yellow Warbler................ 139 Tree Sparrow............. 20 arris) Pia wikecs 20s serene 60 Cerulean Warbler............. 143 Greenfinch................... 08 Long-eared Owl............... - 50 La. Water Thrush..... wa 163) Jackdaws ses aes 15 Great Horned Owl............ 100 Long tail Chat........ 173 Wanye kane =\ 15 Yellow-bill Cuckoo............ Lo iCathird. a ee 182 Martin ............ 10 Red-head Woodpecker...... 08 Curve-bill Thrasher 198 Sapercaillie 75 Red-shaft Flicker............. 10 Lecontes Thrasher............ 204 Barbary Partridge...... 40 Texan Night Hawk......... - 50 Carolina Wren.................. Redshank............-..-..-.. 25 Mex. Crest. Flycatcher...... 40 Bairds Wren ..................... SH Willa Duck oO Green Jay 150 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.... 05 302 Gold wing Oriole......... 35 Pr. Horned Lark 25 West. House Wren 15 305 Mex. Cardinal............. 25 Dwarf Cowbira.... 10 Wilson’s Thrush........ .-- 12 309 Snapping Turtle......... 10 Bicolored Blackbird......... . 10 Russet-back Thrush......... - 15 55 Song Thrush.............. 10 West. Meadowlark. .......... 12 Mt. Song Sparrow............ 25) (65) Robin eee 10 Bullock’s Oriole............... = 10) Callin LOwheey eee 10 74 Blk. Tht. Wheatear..... 35 Bronzed Grackle............... 05 St. Lucas Cardinal............ 150 80 Sedge Warbler............ 10 Cass. Purple Finch...........100 Black head Grosbeak...... . 15 89 Orphean Warbler 25 Ark Goldfinch................ _ 10 Indigo Bunting................ 10 96 Common Wren........ R10 THE QOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 4 ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1902. WHOLE No. 187 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief specia] announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘““Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmer t for 25c per 25 wor... word. Nonotice inserted for less than 25c. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each addition: | 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 OoLoeistT. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. No.187 your subscription expires with this issue 190)" ap ee “June, 1902 195 be of ce ce Dec. ee Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This April OOLOGIST was is- IMP ORTAN lic sued April 10th. Received 32 requests for sets of No. 375 from my lastadv. W.H. Bingaman, Algona, Iowa. COLLECTORS.—Send me your exchange list and get mine. Nothing but first class sets with full data handled by me. L. P. CHERRY, Giddings, Texas. CLIMBING IRONS that generally sell for $2 to $2.50. Tointroduce my irons I will sell them for 75c per pair. JOHN H. McGEE, Leavenwortao, Kans. SEND 15 Star or any Continental Tobacco Co. tags and receive 1 doz. best pipe cleaners made. FRANK JANKH, 17 N. Penn. St., Indianapolis. Ind. NOTICE.—Let me book your order for fine sets of Krider’s Hawk to be collected in April at 25c per egg. Many others ascheap. W. H. BINGAMAN, Algona, lowa. EXCHANGE.-—Embryoes of small mammals in formal, for sets of western eggs from ori- ginal collector. Many common ones wanted. FI. SEYMOUR HERSEY, Lakeville, Mass. WANTED.—American sets, with data. Will collect British and Icelandic sets. for sale or exchange if wants are stated. T. GORDON, poresialzie, Whauphill, Wigtownshire, Scot- and. STAMPS:—1851-1901 postage and revenue, 100, $1.00. Revenues 2c to 50c, 12 for 10c; reven- ues lc to $1.00, 25 for 35 cts; revenues Ic to $3 00, 40 for $1.00. Address, W. R. SOUTHWORTH, Cooperstown, N. Y. L. box 45a. 187. FOR SALE.—Private collection, 300 mounted birds at one-half list price. Blue Goose, 5; Snow Goose, $4; Albino Crow, $10.50. Write your wants. All answered. GLEN RINKER, Unionville, Mo. LADIES or GENTLEMEN can earn from $5 to $10 per day by working for us. Expenses guaranted for those furnishing us with satis- factory reference. W. B. ELLIS, 1059 Third Third Ave., New York. FOR EXCHANGE —S8 by 10 portrait outfit, magazines, relics, fossils, curios, minerals ete.. for 5 by 7 or larger camera. Also hand camera, lenses, burnisher, etc. R. M. DALRY- MPLE, Baker. Ohio. 188 STAMPS for Eggs. I will send 75 var. of U. S. stamps (catalogue about $1.50) for every $1 worth of sets sent to me at catalogue rates. Eggs may be of any species. but must be first class. J. B. NEWTON, Unionville, Ct. FOR EXCHANGE OR SALE.—Dana’s Manu- al of Geology; Elements of Botany, Bastin, Gray’s New Lessons and Manual of Botany; Davies’ Nests and Eggs, fourth edition, 52 copies Natural Science News, Eastman Pocket Kodak. Will sell cheap for cash or will ex- change for A No 1 sets or mounted birds with data. W.A. AMON, 707 N. Main Street, Wash- ington, Pa. WANTED —Any of the following skins: Swallow-tailed Kite, Man-o-war Bird, Sodty Tern, Noddy, Greater Shearwater Sooty Shearwater, Leach’s Petrel. Wilson’s Petrel, Passenger Pigeon, any of the large Hawks, Golden or Bald Eagles. All skins must be first class. Can give in exchange any of the follow- ing: Golden Eagle, mounted; Snowy Owls, mounted or skins; Loons. mounted; Game Birds, pair, mounted; Mallard, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Pinated Grouse. Dusky Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan. These arein pairs and suitable for convex glasses. Want also, eggs in sets of Osprey, Hooded Mergan- ser, Bonaparte’s Gull Can give in exchange sets of eggs listed in January and February OoLoGistT. Orders taken for fresh skins and A 1 sets for spring collecting. CHRIS P. FORGE, Taxidermist and Collector, Carman, Manitoba. 46 THE OOLOGIST FOR EXCHANGE :—A 1sets with full data. Chickadee, Black Vulture, Am. Crow, Chuck willswidow, Night Hawks and others, for re- volver, 32 cal. Must bein goodcondition. S. C. RAGAN, J. M.C., Washington, Miss. 187. WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 TO EXCHANGE.—Finely prepared speci- mens of the Marine Invertebrates, preserved in Formalin, for books, eggs or skins. These preparations are every one beauties and an ad- dition to any collection. Full list for yours. No postals. C.C. PURDUM M.D., 128 Min- eral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Oak egg cabi- net, containing 7 drawers, 18 by 20 inches, rang- ing from 1% to 3% inches deep. 5 cash or $15 worth of strictly A No.1sets L. H. PAUL, 105 Palmyra St., Newark, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE — Mounted specimens Snowy Owl; pair Wood Ducks; many smaller birds; fine sets of 4 each White Ibis and White- faced Glossy Ibis. I want eggs in sets; send list of what you can spare. Want all but com- monest. Will pay cash for sets Humming birds, Osprey, Eagles; name your figure. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. “THE COW PEA” is the title of the latest publication issued by the Experiment Farm of the North Carolina State Horticultural Society at Southern Pines, N. C. This book neatly bound and illustrated in plain and concise manner discusses the value and uses of this important crop, the Cow Pea. Every reader can get a:copy free by writing to the Superin- ponders of Experiment Farm, Southern Pines, FOR SALE CHEAP:—Choice southern sets With full and accurate data. American Oyster- catcher, Chuckwills Widow, Night Hawk, Wil- let, Wilson’s Plover, Koyal Tern, Clapper Rail Brown Pelican, Laughing Gull, Boat-tailed Grackle, Purple Martin, Green Heron. Painted Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo Bunt- ing, Black Skimmer, etc. Southern Sea shore sets for colleciions, a specialty. List for stamp. DR. M. F. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene street, Augusta, Ga. 188. COLLECTORS:—For every $1.00 cash or 83,00 worth of specimens, supplies, books, or any- thing the collector or sportsman can use, I will send you one of my new Auxiliary barrels for small bird Collecting. They will fitany gun. Saves the price in powder and shot in a month, if yor do any shooting. Give gauge of gun. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. EVERYONE interested in natural science, and all who enjoy a good narrative, should read ‘Frederick Young.’’ People have re- mained up until one, two and even three o'clock in the morning to finishit. Gold top; tinted illustrations; 401 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel letter- ing, and a beautiful black and light green coy- er design by Frohn. Superlative as a gift. Publishers’ price, $1.50. Sent by mail prepaid fox $1.25. CHARLES L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, ass. ti Rare Arctic Birds Eggs FOR SALE. I have just received the finest collection of Arctic Birds eggs that has come down south since McFarlane returned from the Anderson River re-ion 35 years ago. These sets were col- lected at Herschel Island and Mackenzie Bay, Arctic America. Here is a partial list of sets: Greater Snow Goose and skins, Lesser Snow Goose, White-fronted Goose, *‘ White-cheeked Goose, Brant, Surf Scoter, King Eider, Snowy Owl, Great Grey Owl, Hawk Owl, Northern Raven, rare sets of Ducks, Baird’s Sandpiper, Buff-headed Sandpiper, Northern Phalarope, Willow Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan, Snow- flake, nest and skins, Lapland Longspur and skins, Smith’s Longspur and skins, rare Gulls, Hoary Redpoll, nests and skins, Tree} Sparrow, nests and skins, Fox Sparrow, nest and skins, Intermediate Sparrow and nest, Orange-crown- ed Warbler and nest, Whistling Swan. Send ie prices to W. RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, anada. A Handsome Polished ABALONE (BLACK HALIOTIS.) ONLY 25 CENTS POST-PAID. Send for one at once, and receive list of a few * other good things I have. W. H. MILLER, 127 West 23d Street, 187 LOS ANGELES, CAL. AROUND THE PAN! Uncle Hank, his trip through the Exposition. With 450 [ilustrations. o‘‘The author shows that he is a good artist in the science of delightfully graceful marginal drawings.’’—WMail and Express. For sale by all booksellers, or by mail on receipt of price, $2.00. Nut Shell Pub. Co.,1059 Third Ave.N.Y. P. S.—If requested within 10 days a copy of this unique work will be sent, express prepaid, on approval, to responsible professional or business men. FRE 184 3t My Catalogue of Minerals, Opals and Western Indian Relics. E. W. KIMBALL, Dept. A. Boulder, Col. THE OOLOGIST. 47 LIST OF BIRDS EGGS. FOR SALE BY WALTER F. WEBB, 416 GRAND AVE., ROCHESTER, N. Y. The following eggs are offered at greatly reduced prices. Hach specimen is blown through one thole in the side, and all will be-correctly numbered to correspond with my ““Manual.’’ All speci- mens will be carefully packed in cotton and sent prepaid by mail or express. Orders under one dollar at list prices. For orders over one dollar i offer the following discounts: For $1.00 you may select to the amount of $1.7 sc 2.00 1.00. 6c 3.00 “cc 66 cc oc “6 “7 00 bb 4 6 9 6 OG oe 66 10.00 G. 5.00 (73 “c oe 13 73 6“ 13. 50 Ordersof ten dollars and over at one-third of prices in this list. We cordially invite your pa- -tronage and assure you of satisfaction. All are first-class in every respect. Name afew as second choice when ordering as frequently we get out of some. We never substitute unless absolutely necessary. Am. Hared Grebe............... Acadian Flycatcher......... . 15 Summer Tanager.............. 25 Cally Murre-2 ae Pete Sharp-tail Sparrow.......... 35 Cliff Swallow.................... 05 RELS TTI oss Gil ee eee Bachman’s Sparrow ........ 150 Loggerhead Shrike.......... 10 Common Tern ..............-. - Field Sparrow..............------ Ob Bellsavireorm see ee 15 INOG Givat er rs sees ees IN DR ets eee eee ee A 30 Chest sid. Warbler............ 25 Booby Gannet Western Gull ........-..-..-...-- 40 Mourning Warbler... ....... 3 50 Cinnamon Teal .............. VoD CaApOLS Denn occa ee 40 Md. Yellow Throat............ 15 White Ibis A BOD OOLYene Mesa ps teveees uae 25 Amer. Redstart.......-.-........ 15 PS OL AeA erence ck enemas LORD OV ELC eee ee ._200 Brown Thrasher............... 05 Purple Gallinule 30 Least Tern.........-.- -..--.-.2.- 12 St. Lucas Thrasher....... .. 3 50 Black-neck Stilt_ 50 Pintail Duck ..................... . 50 Cactus Wren..................... 25 Texan Quail -. «....... 10 Clapper Rail 25 Lomita Wren.............. --.-.. 1 ‘White-front Dovow. som 20 Florida Gallinule... eel ELOMSC® Witenes eee eee 05 Mex. Ground Dove. .. 50 American Avocet 5Or Chickadee sae ee 15 Black Vulture:-..... 75 American Quail... 10 Long-billed Msh. Wren..-. 05 Swainson’s Hawk... 50 Mourning Dove... 05 American Robin................. 05 Tex. Screech Owl............... 50 Ground Dove........ 30 Bluebird ...... ........ 05 Road-runner...............------ . 380 Turkey Vulture............... . % Rusty Song Sparrow. 40 Belted Kingfisher............. 25 White-tail Hawk............... Abert,s Towhee ......... BRN ID MI cher ses eee ee 05 Red-tail Hawk.......... Texan Cardinal .................. (6) West. Nighthawk.............. 50 Groove-bill Ani....... rote Blue Grosbeak ...........-...-.. 40 Crested Flycatcher 12 Black-bill Cuckoo Painted Bunting............... 12 Amer. Magpie...... ........... 15 Golden-front Woodp’k’r... 50 Scarlet Tanager................. 25 Wood Pewee..................... 15 Nighthawk .................-...-.- 40 Barn Swallow......... en . 05 Cowbird-Lazybird ......... . 05 Scis-tail Flycatcher.......... 10 Red-eye Vireo .................- 10 Red-wg Blackbird............ 05 Phoebe ..............--..-2-:000--000+ 06 Hutton’s Vireo.................. 1 50 Meadowlark. ...... .......---.. 10 American Crow.............-... 10 Parula Warbler ................ 25 Baltimore Oriole............... 08 Northwest Crow........... 25 Ovenbird ...............2-2..---..-- 25 Florida Grackle............... . 10 Bronzed Cowbird 40 Yel. breast Chat................ 10 Boat-tail Grackle.._............ #15 Tricol. Blackbird 15 Mockingbird ............-........ 05 St. Lucas House Finch...... 50 Orchard Oriole..... ...... 08 Sennett’s Thrasher........... 15 Lark, Sparrow... ... 05 Purple Grackle.................. 05 Calif. Thrasher.................. 20 Traills Flycatcher... puter ioe 15 Great-tail Grackle............. 15 St. Luc. Cac. Wren............ 1 00 West. Lark Sparrow....... 05 Vesper Sparrow................ 05 Bewick’s, Wren.................. 25 Chipping Sparrow............ 05 Chest-col. Longsnvur......... 35 Parkman’s Wren. tap peas 285 5) St. Domingo Grebe........... 50 Little Flycatcher............... 25 Brown hd. Nuthatch......... 20 Amer, Herr Gull......... -.... 30 Seaside Sparrow........ -..... 25 Wood Thrush...................- 06 PATCLIC OEM see secces se eee 10 Gambel’s Sparrow.........-.. 20 Western Robin.................. 10 Roseate Tern... Bd) SODS SPALLOWe- ee 50 White eggs Bluebird.. ...... 25 Audubon’s Shearwater ... 1 50 Des. Song Sparrow... eso) ee ea Willy OWilessscasescee anne $ 50 Brown Pelican 40 Heer. Song Sparrow. e059) Black binds Ste eens 10 ‘Shoveler Duck............ enon HOM @ARG alee 2. sauuaees Le 05 70 Black Redstart ... fe) WiOOGMIbDISEy eS eee 100 Rose-breast Grosbeak...... 15 79 Marsh Warbler. 25 GUTS STs ee eee ee a ee . 20 Sharpes Seedeater............ 100 8% Whitethroat............... 10 American Coot................... LOMSD IC CISS ely ss) ceeees leas 10 92 Willow Warbler........ 10 Scaled Partridge............... %% Purple Martin...... ..... ... 15 100 Gt. Titmouse............... 25 Chachalaca -2) 22). %5 Bank Swallow.................- a Hb Wee we Tp ites eee uyhe galt) White-wing Dove............. 20 White-eye Vireo........ 1388 Spot. Flycatcher......... 10 EN CayDOVE MN sone See 75 Yellow Warbler................. 139 Tree Sparrow............-. 20 i 60 Cerulean Warbler..... 148 Greenfinch................... 08 Long-eared Owl............... SSO ua satel Lor iusiiee leet SO 63 dia CK Ga wWereeecee ececs ere 15 Great Horned Owl............ 100 » ong tall Chat... 2....2228 WBS \Walreaya ace) eae ak ee 15 Yellow-bill Cuckoo............ 15 yI@atolrdiee sec ee! Se S20 Man tine eee ea 10 Red-head Woodpeckev...... 08 Curve-bill Thrashev........... 15 198 Sapercaillie................. 75 Red-shaft Flicker.............. 10 ‘econtes Thrasher............ 200 204 Barbary Partridge...... 40 ‘Texan Night Hawk........... 50 Carolina Wret..............-.. 10 Redshank..........-.-.......- 25 Mex. ( rest. Biycatcher eyes 40) Baird's Wren! 2.22. :-20----2----- 25 271 Wild Duck.. Le oO Green Jay... ........ 150 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher... 05 302 Gold wing Oriole... 35 Pr. Horned Lark.. 25 West. House Wren......-..... 15 305 Mex. Cardinal.............. 25 Dwarf Cowbira.................. 10 Wilson’s Thrush............... 12 309 Snapping Turtle ....... 10 Bicolored Blackbird ....... +. 10 Russet-back Thrush......... 15 55 Song Thrusb............... 10 West. Meadowlark. .......... 12 Mt. Song Sparrow............ C5) (aha) USO OM al wee en ena 10 BullockisvOrioleres! == 10) :CalifPowhee —e.../.22 10 74 Blk. Tht. Wheatear.... 35 Bronzed Grackle............... 05 St. Lucas Cardinal............ 150 80 Sedge Warbler............ 10 Cass. Purple Finch........... 1 00 Black head Grosbeak....... 15 89 Orphean Warbler....... 25 Ark Goldfinch. ...... ... 1 10’ Indigo Bunting. --<.... ae 10 96 Common Wren............ 10 48 THE OOLOGIST ‘‘-You might as well be out of the Bird World al- together as go without THE OSPREY.”’ THR OSPREY, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Ornithology. Edited by Theodore Gill, in Co-op- eration with Robert Ridgway, L. Stejneger, C. W. Richmondand Other Eminent Ornithologists. THE OspREY does not keep a poet, but it has an office cat who can catch more birds than all the posts put to- gether. 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 pro- fusely illustrated magazine, all about Birds you MUST HAVE THE OSPREY. TERMS—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Published by: THE OSPREY COMPANY, 321-323 414 St., Washington, D. C. Ornithological and Oological Magazines and Publications Wanted. I want the following to complete my files. State what you have and quote lowest cash price. Only accepted offers answered. Address, =—— K.B.MATHES, Batavia, N. Y. Audubon Magazine. Vol. I No. 3 (Apr.’87); Vol. II Nos. 2 and 8 (Mch. and Sept. ’88). Oregon Naturalist. Vol. III No. 10 (Oct. ’96). The Oologist Advertiser. 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In my last paper in the OdLocist I promised its readers my 1901 experience with the Loons, soI sit down today to put into readable form the notes made last June. On the 19th, I loaded up my boat and left home at 2:30 p. m. to try my luck at the Loon’s rendezous. At 9 p- m. I drew rein before Mr. A’s house, and we talked tiJl 1:30 a. m. making our plans for the morrow. In 1900 we only visited two lakes, this time I was determined to visit all the lakes I knew of, so we made our plans and then Te- tired. June 20th, up bright and early. The warblers, Robins, etc. were filling the woods with their melody. At 7:30 a.m. started for what is known to me and other readers of the OdLogist as Loon Lake, where we got the set taken last year. Here we found nothing, but examined the nest, from which Mr. A had taken a set of two Loon eggs on the 9th inst. almost hatched, and had bad- ly chipped the holes in blowing, or more correctly speaking extracting the downy young. He gave me this set, but I had the misfortune to let one drop and of course it came to grief. This nest was like all nests found on this lake, simply a pile of bay moss brought up from the bottom of the lake and formed into a cone like pile. The nest was much the same size as the one of last year, and quite near the same place in about 2 feet of water. We searched the lake here carefully, but found no sign of the second nest and the Loons seemed to have left the pond for this season. We found nothing here and and only saw a brood of young Mallard Duck and a few Blackbirds and Black Tern. So we left this lake and drove on to the other lake about two miles east, known as Bosey’s Lake, which we had visited last July, here we saw a e 50 THE OOLOGIST. pair of Loons, as we approached they laughed derisively at us, and by the time we had launched the boat, they had hidden themselves in the reeds and rushes at the south end of the lake, and we saw them no more. We thoroughly explored the lake and the island in the middle, but found no Loon’s nest. We found three nests of Holbcell’s Grebe One empty, one with three, and one with four eggsin. One nest was a mass of small water weeds, reed stalks and mud and the other was of water- lily roots, leaves and mud. The first nest was in open water, about midway between the lake’s east shore and the island. The other was close to the edge in tall reeds and the water was only afew inches deep. Yellow-head- ed and Red winged B ackbirds were plentiful, and I gota set of four Red- winged on the island, the nest being woven to the tall reeds of last year’s growth, about three feet up and very neatly made of coarse grass, woven strongly together and lined with fine grass. I also found a few nests of the Yellow-head, but all were empty. The nest of this species is much deeper than Red-wing and generally placed higher up. We also saw several pairs of Kill- deer and young and many Ducks, most of them with broods, but these we did not disturb. I was struck by the ab- sence of waders, which last July were represented by Coot and Semi-pal- mated Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope and Lesser Yellow legs. It was now past noon, so we ate our lunch, then packing our boat started for a large chain of lakes, covering several acres of land, quite a long way to the north- west of this one. Afier a long and tedious trip, traveling most of the time through scrub timber and hay marsh without a road, we reached our desti- nation about 5 p. m. Then there was so little of the day left we decided to reconnoitre, and find out the best way to get to the water on the lakes on ® the following day when we would have time to thoroughly explore these large and likely looking sheets of water. We left our horse and rig at some distance from the lakes, in the woods where the bulldog flies were least plentiful, ard I taking my gun we started over the shaky marsh sod toward the smallest lake of the three. As we neared the reed bound edge of the lake the weil known laugh of the Loons as_ they answered each other sounded in our ears. Though the sod was very treacherous, we, by picking our way carefully managed to reach the edge of the water I struck the south end while I made a point about half way down the east side. As I parted the reeds I beheld a fine pair of Loons quite close to me, but 1s soon as they saw me they dove to reappear at the other side of the lake far out of gun shot. However, unlike any loons I had previously seen they positively refused to leave the lake, even though we did our best to frighten them off. We both searched the margin of the lake care- fully, and the reeds as far back as there was any water, but we failed to find any sign of nest or young, although I firmly believe that they had either one or the other- there, finally when we could find no nest I decided I would try for one of the birds and secreting myself at the north end of the lake in the tall thick growth of rushes I hid, while A. took his pole and went to the other end of the lake to try and drive the Loons down. As soon as they saw the man with the pole trave- ling their way they dove and came to the surface within about 100 yards of me Ata move ofthe stick they dove again and rose nearer me, but it took a great deal of patience to hold to my hide, pestered as I was with innumer- able mosquitoes till at last they ven- tured within gun range, I fired, and succeeded in wounding one, but it dove again, only to reappear closer than THE OOLOGIST 51 before, I was ready and gave it the other charge, striking it in the head and it slowly drifted toward my side, where within reach of the bank I pulled out the finest Loon I ever saw. The re- ports of my gun had scared up many water fowl, and amongst the rest we counted nine Loons, but the one left on the lake whose mate I had shot still clung to his aquan retreat like ‘‘grim death to a dead tiger.” It was now almost dark and we were 8 or 10 miles frem home and did not know the way very well, we left the lakes, hitched Billy and started for home, which we reavhed between 11 and 12 p.m. and promptly tumbled into bed. June 21st. Weslept sound after the _ hard work of yesterday and it was 7. and the sun well up before we awoke, but with all possible haste, we swallow- ed our breakfast aud was off for the field again. A substantial lunch and jug of good home brewed ale, not being the least acceptable part of our outfit, for we booked to make the best of the day. The sun was hot, the sky cloudless and the weather dry. We took the old Indian trail, so as to make the best of the time, and many a fence we had to pull down and replace again before we reached the large hay marsh in which the lakes we sought were situated. Old Billy did his part well and by 9 a. m. we were beside the large lake where we intended to spend our forenoon. We set up our boat and carried it from the buggy to the water’s edge about one-half a mile distant and on the other side of the tract, and as we pushed it into the water [ flushed from her nest of 12 eggs, the first Sora Rail I had disturbed this season. I transfered the set to one of my boxes, jumped into the boat and we pushed off. The water was as smooth as a gigantic sheet of glass and at a distance we could see Coot’s,Grebes, Ducks and two pair of Loons swimming on the surface. We found Holbcell’s Grebe plentiful,and found several nests, containing sets and partial sets of from 1 to 6 eggs. One of these nests, the only one I need men- tion especially was made of nothing but roots, stalks and Jeaves of water lilies, It was a large floating structure in the middle of a lily patch, and was three and a half feet in outside diameter, while the six eggs which it contained . were almost one-half sunken in water. The bird must have left the nest as we approached, although we did not see her, for the eggs were warm and un- covered which sets of grebes usually are not. When blown they proved to be pretty well incubated. While we coasted along the shore, we found a number of nests of Red-winged Black- birds, but most of these had young, I got afew choice sets however, but as we boated a long narrow spur of the lake, the familiar cry of the Sandhill Crane sounded in our ears and we put for the shore, near where the sound came from. I took my gun and start- ed to hunt the heavy end patches in the viciaity, while A. paddled along the shore. After considerable search If flushed the female crane, but could find no nest. She flew off and joined her mate, some 100 yards distance on the prairie. [ watched them for some time, and then went back to the shore of the lake. As I broke through the belt of reeds A. informed me he had seen a young crane and showed me where it had disappeared in the reeds. I quick- ly followed but saw nothing of it till I got through the reeds, I glanced arovnd but could see no young crane. But I noticed u female Red-winged Blackbird making dashes every now and then at a place in the long, marsh grass, | ran forward to investigate and found the cause of the commotion wa the young crane, who was squated down on top of an old hay coil that had not been drawn away last year. I quickly captured him, and took him to the boat where Admy awaited me. He 52 THE OOLOGIST. had, while I was away after the Crane’s, fiund a Loon’s nest with two eggs in it. The nest appeared deserted, and the eggs cold. This nest was in a different location from the others we had found, being placed on the shore of the lake, in a little channel cut by musk rats. The nest was simply a place flattened jn the grass, and a few pieces of reed brush cut by musk rats while feeding, were laid round the two eggs to keep them fromrolling. They show- ed the same general appearance as others I had taken. I might here men- tion that about two week’s previous to this I had brought to me a Loon to mount, which upon dissection proved to be a female. She was shot on this same sheet of water, and from the de- serted appearance of the nest the fact that the embryo in the incubated egg was decomposed somewhat, the other being addled. I concluded that these two eggs belonged to the shot bird. We thoroughly searched the lake, but found no more Loon’s eggs and after dinner carried our boat to the largest lake of the three and proceeded to search it. There wasa pair of Loons on this lake, and two young as we afterwards found. On the south side of the lake, ina place exactly like the last one we had found, we located the nest, but we were too late. There was nothing but broken shells; the birds had escaped. We followed the old birds and got close enough to see the little ones, whizh were about two weeks old to judge by their size. This lake seem- ed very bare of life, for with the ex- ception of a few Black Tern in their everlasting hunt after flies, a Coot and a few Blackirds, it appeared to be de- void of specimens. We drew the boat alongside the shore and returned to the buggy. The only other find worth re- cording was that of a Virginia Rail’s nest. Built in the thick reeds on the side of the small lake, where I shot the Loon the day previous, it was woven to the reed jstalks, was just above water level and in about nine inches of water. The old birds made a great fuss as I approached it, and I was surprised to find it empty. Further search however revealed a small lump of fine glossy black down, with a pair of small spark- ling eyes and a little pinkish white bill, and I knew then what had caused all the commotion. Mr. and Mrs. Rallus resented my intrusion into their pri- vate domain. I did not look for more after taking a good look at my wee captive. 1 placed him tenderly back in his cradle and left him there. We found old Billy quite ready for us. The sun had set and we must make all haste home, so we loaded our outfit, and- finished our ale and in 15 minutes were leaving behind for this season, the habi- tation of the Loon. Next year I hope to give the readers of the OoLOoGIsT some more notes on this interesting bird. I gave the young crane to Mr. A as his share of the plunder, and today he is a fine, almost full grown fellow and bosses the ranch. At somo future date I hope to give my readers a history of Sandie’s doings in captivity. Curis P. Fores, Carman, Manitoba. A Novice’s Note-book. No. 2. June 3, 1881. Got several eggs of the Barn Swallow, generally four in each nest, but not more than that number. Several nests contained young. The eggs are whitish, thickly spotted with reddish brown. Also eggs of thu Red-headed Wood- pecker, nest in an old decayed apple tree; four eggs in the nest, pure white, somewhat smaller than Dove's eggs. (1 had never heard of measusing eggs in those days. P. M.S.) Also eggs of the Catbird, nest in hedge, and contained two eggs, bright green. (Observe the primitive simplic- THE OOLOGIST. 1&2 {4 ? 53 ity of the data in those good old days. And yet those eggs were good traders. How very exacting are some of the modern fellows who want ‘‘full and complete data, written in ink-”) Also nest of the Kingbird, in apple tree. two eggs, which are white, spotted with brown. June5. Saw several Gray Plovers (Bartramian Sandpiper) sitting around in cornfields. Quail (Bob-white) are common along the roads, as well as young rabbits. June 7-11. Went ona fishing excur- sion to Clear Lake and Illinois River (in an adjoining county.) Juneil. Virden Ill. Found a nest of the Mockingbird, containing four young. (This was the genuine Mimus polyglottus, which is still found spar- ingly as a summer resident of the local- ity. P.M.S.) I brought the young home. When I was taking them from the nest, both old ones flew at me, making a great noise. The nest was in a low, thorny bush, about three and a half feet from the ground, and set in the thorns. It was composed of sticks and lined with fibers, like the nest of a Brown Thrush. This is the first nest of the Mockingbird I ever saw. (The young turned out to be a female and three males. I put them in the care of a barber, who affected the rearing of such creatures. One male survived, which was sold for five dollars when it reached majority. The songster was sold on credit, and we still have five dollars a-coming. However, that was not the only time I have been buncoed in my collecting experience, so let it pass. P.M.S.) June 13. Found a’ Garden Oriole’s nest in an apple tree in an orchard. It contained young, about a week old. This is one of the prettiest and most curious nests I ever saw. It is com- posed of long dried grasses, woven to- gether in a wonderful manner into a basket, and fastened to the small twigs so as not to swing loosely, like the Balt- imore Oriole’s. Also found a nest of the Red-winged Blackbird, containing four eggs. The nest was in an apple tree. (My ac- quaintance with arise from the water with its catch. The fortunate, or as we may say, unfortunate bird, perceiving its pursuer, mounts into the air and en- deavors to escape. Up, up they go, and often appear like mere specks in the sky before the pursuit is finished. It always seems strange to me that the Fish hawk does not attempt escape by a straight away flight, asin that case the weight of the fish would not retard the fugitive as much as in an upward sweep. However, in all instances that I have witnessed, the invariable efforts at escape by the burdened Fish hawk is in upward flight;and too, the end is about always thesame. The Eagle be- low moves in majestic circles, rapidly gaining on the struggling, handicapped Hawk which -vainly tries to save its prey by alternately furiously flapping its wings and soaring. At last, when the Eagle is on a level with the bur- dened bird, tke circles are curtailed and just as the pursuer is sboutto close in on the fatigued hawk the fish is dropped The Eagle then ceases its persecution for the time and flies away. I have read that the Hagle would drop like an arrow and catch the released fish §before it struck the water, but I have never seen anything of this kind. in sheer desperation. To be continued. THE OOLOGIST. 71 A Novice’s Note-Book, No. 3. Virden, Il], September 29, 1881. Nighthawks still continue to appear toward evening. Wild pigeons began to appear yester- day morning, which was cloudy and foggy. Thecloudy weather continues today. Today the pigeons began to fly over the timber about daylight, in flocks of 20 to 100, and the flight did not cease until between eight and nine a. m., when the sun came out very bright. Very few of the birds settled in the timber, and all flew toward the “west. Two Thrushes, taken for Wood Thrushes, were seen yesterday south of town. One of them was in a small maple grove, and the other was in a hedge, on the ground. This reminds me that I found several of these ‘Thrushes nesting this season in a hazel patch, but supposed they were Brown ‘Torashers and thought no more about them. I did not snppose that the Wood Thrush was found around here. Hawks sre very common in the tim- ber now. I suppose they are following the Pigeons. They are more common than I ever saw them before. Also saw a Kingfisher along the creek. Oct. 5. Pigeons were flying south all day yesterday in large flocks, some having between two and three hun- dred. Hawks still very abundant about the timber. Oct.14. A chilly, rainy day. flocks of ducks flying southward. Large Oct. 15. Shot a Green Heron on Sugar Creek. Oct. 17. Ducks and Geese are pass- ing over, going southward. Remark: My records for 1881 end with the foregoing note. Like many present-day observers, my _ boyish records opened with the spring migra- tion, continued intermittently through ithe nesting season, and ended abruptly with the end of the fall migration. However, we learn by experience, and in due time my winter notes began tc show evidence of all-the-year observa- tions. P,M.S. Jan. 16, 1882. Cold and snowy. Saw a Downy Woodpecker flying about in the garden. Also noted the Black Snowbird (Junco Hyemalis.) Jan. 27. Cedar Birds have appeared in small flocks of eight to ten. Also an occasional Redbird or Cardinal noted. Saw two Doves, which were sitting in the corner of a rail fence in a corn-field. Thoy were evidently trying to winter here. Saw a Rain-Crow yesterday in a tree in town. (After a maturer judg- ment based upon twenty years addi- tional observation, I cannot vouch for the note regarding the Rain Crow, or Yellow-billed Cuckoo, at Virden, IIl., in mid-winter, yet at that time I was most certainly familiar with this Cuck- oo. At this period I have no idea what observation prompted the note. P.M. S.) Jan.27. Went out to a slaughter- house intending to get a Crow to stuff, (to practice on rather.) As I was re- turning home several Crows flew over me, and I shot at one, bringing it down. The others began to “‘caw’’ and fly around, one or two flying at me as if to attack me. Their outcry brought about twenty Crows to the scene, all making a great outery. I walked away to a distance, leaving the wouded Crow, and then turned to watch them. Presently they all alighted near the fallen Crow, and appeared to be hold- ing an inquest. What the verdict was Ido not know, but in a few minutes the Crows arose, and in a short time not one was to be seen. Feb: 4. Saw a Yellow Hammer (Fliv/:- er) in the timber. Feb.5. Warm and bright. Heard two Redbirds singing. Cedar Birds are flying about; their only note, so far as I have heard, isa sort of lisping chirp. 72 THE OOLOGIST. They appear to be regular winter resi- dents here, going north in the spring. Feb. 6. Warm and bright like the past week. A Redbird sings merrily at a distance. Saw the first Larks (Prairie Horned Lark) They are around in flocks of ten to twenty. Heard individuals sing- ing from the ground and also on the wing. One was singing in the air, about 60 yards up, rising and falling and uttering its notes. Presently it descended to the earth like a fiash, falling straight down to within 10 feet of the ground with closed wings, when it suddsnly checked itself, alighted on the ground and continued to sing. Ducks and geese going north by the hundreds. I saw six flocks go over in less than a half-hour. They were fly- ing all day. Feb. 9. Heard the twitter of a Blue- bird this morning, and saw it sitting in the top of atall maple io town. This is somewhat earlier than it appeared last year, which was Feb. 25. Warm and bright. Feb. 10. Bright and pleasant. Blue- birds twittering from the tops of maple trees. Ducks have been flying north- ward today and yesterday. Feb. 11. Heard the chirping of a Robin this morning, and saw several during the day, intown. Saw five at one time, sitting in the top of a maple. They are eleven days earlier than last year. Saw a flock of about twenty Black- birds: (Bronzed Grackle,) in the morn- ing, and saw several stragglers during the day. Warm, but cloudy, threaten- ing rain all day and sprinkling at times. Ducks flyiog all day, one flock after another, steadily pursuing their way northward. One or two flocks were in sight at any time of the day. Wild Pigeons are also flying very thickly. They are very numerous in the timber, and 1 counted as many as thirty and forty in each of several large oak trees. They have never been ffs- ing all day. Saw several Red-headed Woodpeck- ers in the woods. Also a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Feb. 12. The first Ground Robin, or Chewink, appeared in town. It was in an evergreen tree when I observed it. Warm and pleasant, but windy. Feb. 14. Warm and bright. Robins and Bluebirds here in numbers. The Bluebirds can be heard warbling on all sides, as well as Robins singing. Feb. 15. I have noticed all winter that the Redbird associates with the Cedarbirds. When any Cedarbirds are around, a Redbird is not far away. (If this were not a record of mistakes as of authentic observations, I should omit the foregoing note. It became evident to me a little later that I was mistaking the female Cardinal for a Cedarbird. The real fact was that it was the mat- ing season of the Cardinal, and the male was loitering in the vicinity of the female P.M.S.) Ducks and Geese continue to pass over on their way north. Feb. 17. Chilly and cloudy, after a good rain last night. Ducks passing over all day in numbers, several flocks being in sight at almost any time dur- ing the day. Saw asmall flock of Blackbirds go- ing north toward evening. Feb. 18. Ducks continue to pass over in great numbers. Today they are all flying from northwest to south- east. More were seen than on any other day this spring. One large flock of Geese, out of a number of flocks seen, flew over very low, going north. Noticed the first Red-winged Black. bird today. 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Send 2c stamp for each list no postal Collections and specimens with price quoted will be sent on receipt of amount. Strictly honest dealing. Allthese collections must be soldon account of removal. Now is your chance! PROF. CARL. BRAUN, Naturalist. Bangor, Me. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- tin of bargains in Birds Skins and Eggs free upon application. TAUNTON, MASS. 74 THE OOLOGIST. Do You Know how fascinating English history really is? That England during the past thousand years, has given to our literature more heroes and hero- ines than all the rest of the world and ages? What do you know of the private and personal lives of her queens, who as well as being stately sovereigns, wlth passions of love and hate, were living, palpitating wo- men? 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No notice inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted in payment at one-third list rates. What's Your Number? Examine the number following your name On the wrapper of this month’s OoLoGist. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. No.188 your subscription expires with this issue TO Ores “ # ‘June, 1902 195 te sé oe “ce Dee. se Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined.. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This June OOLOGIST was is- IMPORTANT. sued June 30th. WANTED.—To purchase relics, old firearms, antiques, fractional currency, curios, fossils, medals, collections of stamps, etc., etc,, for my private collection. No postals answered. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, JR., West Orange, N. J. FOR SALE—Bran new Smith Carbine for $2.50 cash. Order quick if wanted. W. F. WEBB, 416, Grand Ave., Rochester, N. Y. FOR SALE—Two wild pigeons, male and female. The birds are very rare as well as valuable. CHAS. PAHLKOETTER, Taxi- dermist, Two Rivers, Wis. FOR EXCHANGE—Singles of 709, 593b, 714, 504, for other eggs. ING. K. TRUESDELL, Cold Spring, N. Y., Box 202. Ihave fine sets of hawks and owls also fossils cut and polished, specimens of birds eye and fish egg corals to exchange for birds eggs. Good U. S. stamps, ancient, Indian velies, coins, etc. JASPER BROWN, Norway, owa. WANTED—All collectors who wish to buy fine beaded Indian relics, to send me for list. W. F. WEBB, 416 Grand Ave., Rochester, N. Y, STAR FISH. “JELLY FISH’’—I can furnish Atlantic Stars (Asterias vulgaris) either pre- served in formalin for class work or dried, and “Jelly Fish’, (Dactylometra) informalin. First class Material guaranteed. Send for cash prices. No exchange considered. All orders ‘must be in by the first of August. F. P. DROWNE, 20 Benefit St., Providence, R. ah FOR EXCHANGE—8 by 10 portrait outfit, magazines, relics, fossils, curios, minerals. ete., for 5 by 7 or larger camera. Also hand camera, lenses, burnisher, etc. R. M. DALRY- MPLE, Baker, Ohio. 188 WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J: WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 TO EXCHANGHEH.—Finely prepared speci- mens of the Marine Invertebrates, preserved in Formalin, for books, eggs or skins. These preparations are every one beauties and an ad- dition to any Collection. Full list for yours. No postals. C.C. PURDUM M.D., 128 Min- eral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. FOR SALE CHEAP:—Choice southern sets With full and accurate data. American Oyster- catcher, Chuckwills Widow, Night Hawk, Wil- let, Wilson’s Plover, Koyal Tern, Clapper Rail Brown Pelican, Laughing Gull, Boat-tailed Grackle, Purple Martin, Green Heron. Painted Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo Bunt- ing, Black Skimmer, ete. Southern Sea shore sets for colleciions, aspecialty. List for stamp. DR. M. F. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene street, Augusta, Ga. 188. COLLECTORS:—For every $1.00 cash or $3,00 worth of specimens, supplies, books, or any- thing the collector or sportsman can use, I will send you one of my new Auxiliary barrels for small bird collecting. They will fitany gun. Saves the price in powder and shot in a month, if yor do any shooting. Give gauge of gun. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. EVERYONE interested in natural science, and all who enjoy a good narrative, should read “Frederick Young.’ People have re- mained up until one, two and even three o’clock in the morning to finishit. Gold top; tinted illustrations; 401 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel letter- ing, and a beautiful black and light green cov- er design by Frohn. Superlative as a gift. Publishers’ price, $1.50. Sent by mail prepaid for $1.25. CHARLES L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, Mass. tf 78 -THE OOLOGIST FOR EXCHANGE—Choice sets of 302, 325, 326, 333, 335, 337a, 339a, 341, 343, 359, 362, 365, 367, 380, 419, 428, 434 and many others. All answered. A. E. PRICE, Grant Park, Ill. MOUNTED BIRDS FOR SALE—Marbled 'Murrelet $200; Ancient Murrelet $2.00; Snowy Owl $3.75; Horned Owl $2.00; Heerman’s Gull $2.00; Wood Duck $2.35; Amer Bittern $1.50 and many others. O.S. BIGGS, San Jose, Ill. BEAUTIFUL Shells and curios from the Gulf of Mexico. Collections, 30 named varie- ties, postpaid. $1.00. WM. STANLEY HAN- SON, Box 53, Ft. Myers, Fla. I WILL GIVE $8.00 worth of sets for vol. 1:of the Condor and will exchange sets for U.S. and foreign stamps. B. M. FRANKLIN (B) Pasa- dena, Cal. FOR EXCHANGE—The Julius Wendler col- lection of sets. Want good sets of Hawks. Would like to hear from old correspondents. C. B. JOHNSON, Red Wing, Minn. OWING to change of location, we offer for sale at your own price, entire museum of Ash- land Library. Address J. W. MYKRANTZ, Ashland, Ohio. WILL EXCHANGE—Mounted birds and butterflies (photo for 6c in stamps.) Also sets of 4 White Ibis and White-faced Glossy Ibis. Can use almost any sets and many singles. E. H. SHORT, Box 173, Rochester, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE—Mounted birds: Golden Hagle, Ducks, Geese and Owls. INSECTS. Lhave a largenumber of strictly first-class. skins of Western Oregon birds to dispose of at. reasonable rates. Sample specimens will be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid at follow- ing rates: Junco hyemalis oregonus...........-2...2..-2------: $ .23: Helminthophila celata lutescens ... oS ee Dendroica audoboni........ ....... -.... ae Dryobates pubescens gairdner .25 Selasphorus rufus_.._........... SRE BGS Sereno as. 8 DO" Carpodacus purpureus californicus............ ae: Melospiza fasciata guttata........--.........--.. _ _ .30 Dendroica nigrescens ...-.....2--.......ee.eeeee ceeee 30 Passerina amoena...-........-.....---- ease eho l, Parus atricapillus occidentalis.._..........2.... 2D" Sample collections of Oregon insects, (all Coleoptera) 100 specimens, representing 40 species, accurately identified and labeled, $2.00 Send me alist of your wants. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. R. WOODCOCK, M. S., CORVALLIS, OREGON. THE OOLOGIST 7 GIBBS’ CELEBRATED PROCESS OF RAPID TAXIDERMY. In Practical Use for Over Twenty-five years. Used Everywhere in America. Hundreds of Testimonials. Try and be Convinced. Start a class. Money in It.. Be Your Own Taxidermist. Naturalists, Collectors, Gunners, Anglers, Outers, Boys, Girls, and all others interested in nature and anxious to preserve the specimens taken in wood and field, have all felt the need of a simple method of preservation, which is free from intricacies and inexpensive. There is a method of rapid taxidermy now in extensive use, which meets the requirements of all amateurs who wish a practical and inexpensive method of preserving the trophies of the out- ing and collecting trip. This is not the old system of so-called stuffing, So expensive, laborious and disappointing. but is a rapid system, which any one can learn at once and which is guaran- teed to give satisfaction. By this process you may preserve the beautiful plumage of the grouse and woodcock, or the pike’s or buck’s head, or the showy feathers of the tanager. Boys, girls and all others can do good work and may make money, as mounted heads and birds find a ready sale, and besides yeu may teach your friends and decorate the school-room, office and dining room with native birds and other attractions. If you are in doubt, then get your friends to go in with you and start a class, for when Several work together there is an advantage, and the expense is next to nothing. On the receipt of $1.00, cash or stamps, I will send full printed instructions for mounting birds, heads, mammals, etc., and all materials for mounting and preserving specimens—inc lud- ing prepared compound, together with full directions for dressing skins with the hoir on for rugs and robes, so that you will not be to the expense of one cent and will send full directions how to start a class. Romember I Guarantee Satisfaction or Money Refunded. Mention OOLOGIST and address, MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. COSTS YOU ONLY ONE CENT. NEW LISTS just outthis month Senton receipt of Postal Card. Some new specialties in MOUNTED BIRDS and BUTERFLIES. Address ERNEST H. SHORT, ROCHESTER, N. Y. KIPANS For twenty-five years I had been a sufferer from bronchial troubles accompanied witha hacking cough. I at times suffered from extreme nervous prostration. About four years ago I began taking Ripans Tabules, and since then I have used them pretty constantly. I rarely retire at night without taking my Tabule, and I find they keep my digestive organs (which naturally are weak) in good order, and they also allay my tendency to nervous- ness and make me sleep. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. Bird Magazine. .. All about Birds, their Cc - Nests and Eggs. Monthly. $1.00 year. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY Worcester, - Mass FINE SETS FOR SALE CHEAP, Per Egg Parasitic Jaeger, set Of 2............ 222.2. -22..e ee $ .18 Long tailed Jaeger. set of 2_ 3a Maths Kittiwake, set of 2....... 15 Mew: Gill; sebtiof 3/2 ee ea 10 Franklin’s Gull, set of 3........-..22...22.22--22222-. 8 15 ATCtICR TEEN SOtiOl ere osc eeet eae eens a OD Wulmary Seton eee sts See ee. 18 Stormy Petrel, set of 1 -20 GannetySetror ie ees a ee aa ai 15 COrmorantySOuiOl tes: on eee ee ener 10 Northern Hider, set of 5........................--.... Beat ra 5) Cornerakeysser.ofl0l een Northern Phalarope, set of 4............ Boop ke: European Snipe, set of 4.......................------- 12 TTT SS bi OL. se aa Ue 15 Curlewsisetionese ey. Bek ee Se Be ie hae 18 Lapwing, set of 4........ See RE ns AO | .05 Rin ero ver seb on, ati eau Ae .08 Golden Plover, set of 4._........2..2. 22.22.22. 18 Oystercatcher; set of 8: ee 12 GO Sais Oth Oh tae coos ea nie eeer Lee ha .10 KestrilvHawix, Seto 4.2) oe eS 12 Gray Sea Hagle,; Set Of 22........2..2..--ccecee esas 1.25 Duck Hawk, set of 4......... -.....0222222.- ee 100 Snowflake, set of 5... Seat wits SANA aoe PS WL a 2d Skylarkisetor 4i.. 2c acs Oh Ue ee 04 European Coot, set of 6-..........22..2.22....22---- .08 English Pheasant, set of 10.......0..2.2.. 02.2... .08 Send for full list to WALTER RAINE. Waverly Villa, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada, 80 THE OOLOGIST. CLOSING OUT BARGAINS. Read Them All Over Carefully, and Make up Your Order Quick if They Interest You. I offer a few wholesale bargains this month that cannot fail to interest any live collector who has an opportunity to sell to other collectors or friends. PURPLE SHEA FERNS. These gorgeous Purple Sea Ferns always attract attention ina ‘dealers stock. Wehave a fine lot on hand, which we offer at one tenth regular value. Three foot specimens at $1.00 per dozen or four foot specimens at $1.80 per dozen. RED EARS. These big red ears from Cali- fornia, are big value at my price. When polished they bring from $1.50 to $3.00 each. I offer six to seven inch specimens at $1.00 dozen or immense big ones at $1.80 dozen. COWRIES, Money and Ring Top. These cowries are much sought for as curios and are manufactured into jewelry. The Money is still used in barter with many African tribes. Hither species, per quart, 40 cents, or $1.25 per gallon. They are fine perfect live shells, all of them, fit for cabinet. FLORIDA SHELLS, natural state. I offer tulips, two sized, strombus, fulgars Cardiums, and a few other kinds, assorted at the low rate of $2.50 per hundred or five hundred at $10.00. As you well know they retail everywhere at five cents each. for the small and 25 cents for the larger kinds. MICA SNOW, who can use a hundred pounds in swap or for cash cheap? Speak quick and let me know what you have to offer for it. MINERAL COLLECTIONS. Whocan use a fine lot of these at low prices. Ihave three Styles which I will sell cheap by the dozen or hundred. They require an enormous amount of labor to prepare and my price will pay little or nothing for time expended, with stock thrown in. BULK MINERALS BY THE POUND. I offer the following varieties at very low prices by the pound. Any quantity sold at this price, but of course not less than two pounds of each kind. Onyx, sawed in slices .08, Onyx, massive chunks at .05, Pink Feldspar, fine .04, Alunite .05, Rose Quartz .05, Biotite .05, Sphalerite in Dolomite .03, Smoky Quartz .03, Geodes .05, Enstatite 04, Fuller’s Marth .03, Gypsum .04, Calcite crystals in pockets, from Colorado .05, Limonite .04, Curved Mica .04, Milky Quartz .03. These minerals will p ease you. I will sell one hundred pounds, my selection for $3 00. y SEA URCHINS, STARFISH, SAND DOL- LARS, ETC. Iam closing out my entire stock -of these Withoutireserve. 10specimens’of Star- fish, Urchins, and Sea Curios, all different for $1.00. 25 speeclmens for $2.25; 50 specimens, many kinds, $4.00 or 100 specimens, many kinds, regular dealers stock for resort trade where teachers will see them, $6.50. This latter collection, will retail easily at three to five times my figure. SEA CURIOS, such as starfish, urchins, squids, sea anemones, sponges, crayfish, shrimps, sea worms, Jelly fish and the like. I have five thousand specimens of these which I offer in the following quantities only. 100 specimens assorted, named, all in separate vials, corked and covered with paraffin for only $3.00. 500 Specimens for $12.00. 500 specimens in formolin, each species ina jar by itself, for $7.50. Larger lots in like proportion. No such opportunity as this has ever been offered the public to get scientific prepared material at these figures. Come quick, and get the cream of the assortment. : MISCELLANEOUS OFFERS. 12 nice small mammal skins, scientific made, for only $3.00. 20 magazines on Stamps, $1.00; 40 on Mineral- ogy, $1.00; 300n Coins, $1.00; 40 on Natural History, $1.00; 40 on Ornithology, $1.00; 25 on Archaeology, $1.00; 25 on Botany, $1.00; 25 For- eign magazines, $1.00; 25 on Conchology, $1.00. We have over 1,000 copies of Natural History Magazines to close outatless thancost. 15 showy Florida shells, polished, for $2.00. 4 handsome Butterflies in plaster cases for $1.00; 10 for $5.00; 15 for $10.00. Will cost just double this figure anywhere else. 40 polished gem stones for $1.00; 100 for $2.09. 6 extra large and fine Herkimer doubie terminated crystals, transparent, or 25 medinm sized ones for $1.00. 100 Florida shelis in natural state for $2.50, or 500 for $10.00. Gallon of assorted fine mixed shells for $1.00. Many kinds by the quart. 100 assorted tin boxes for mailing specimens, $1.25; 500 for $6.00. 50 turned wooden boxes, $1.00. 100 assorted glass vials, $1.00. 100 unnamed fossils for $1.00; 300 for 85.00. 50 pounds of un- named minerals for $1.50; 200 pounds for $4.00. Great bargains these for a live student. Assorted bulk lot of nice Unios, 500 specimens, not named but in good shape in pairs, $5.00. We offer several hundred electrotypes cheap. This gives but a slight idea of the bargains on hand and offered way down. One to ten dol- lars invested with us NOW will get twice the material and finer quality than can be had any- where else. I cordially solicit your orders. WALTER F. WEBB, 416 Grand Ave., FRE 184 3t My Catalogue of Minerals, Opals and Western Indian Relics. E. W. KIMBALL, Dept. A. Boulder, Col. B HIS PAPER is printed at the Book and Magazine Publishing House of A. M. EDDY, Albion, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y. 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The event occurred about eight years ago, I think and I still have two of the six eggs which made up the full set. Their taking came about in this way. Tothe south and east of Fullerton, the Santa Ana river broadens out into an extensive dry wash covered with sage, elder, scrub willow and cactus. This wash has at sundry times been an object of charity to certain persons who had a little money to sink in ‘California real estate’ and who thought—or were told by their agents— that this sandy loam (?) was just the soil for walnuts, olives, apricots, any- thing in fact except citrus fruits. A year or two of residence in the wash usually convinced these adventurous spirits that there was no foundation for an immense fortune to be found there and they decamped—often in the inter- val between two days. They left their little cabins behind them, and one, in particular, left a young well of about twenty feet depth just back of his shanty. Happening to pass this place one day in April I peered down into the old hole and saw there two Barn owls. My best previous ‘‘take” of my collect- ing career had been a set of crow’s eggs, but bere was happiness and oolog- ical richness beyond my boyish dreams, I being then about fourteen years of age. So great was my trust that there were eggs under one or both of those 82 _ THE OOLOGIST. owls that I never stopped to frighten them up, but hunted around until I found a wabbly old ladder which had evidently been used in excavating the -well, and, with much labor and several “‘rests,’’ got it over the edge and down to the bottom of the hole. I never realized before that any bird could fly “straight up,” but both of these owls did and they were not at all slow about it either. By some accident neither ‘the ends of the ladder legs nor the numerous pebbles which I knocked down in setting up the ladder, fell on ‘the eggs which one of the birds un- covered by her flight. These were six and fresh, every one of them, and, though I have found some very rare eggs since, I have never felt quite so elated as I did with that find. I man- aged to get home with five whole eggs, the sixth having fallen out of my hat, which, in those halcyon days, was my only collecting basket, and blew all of ‘them by the convenient method of a ‘pin hole in both ends. While I have found the eggs of seven out of eight species of owls which are known to nest in Orange county, still I doubt if I have found a dozen sets of this species in the past six years. They are plentiful here, too, being by far the most common owl of the foothi!l region and almost equalling in numbers the porsistent little Burrowing Owls of the lowlands. Here in the hills they occupy holes in cliffs almost entirely, passing suitable nesting sites in hollow trees for seemingly less suitable holes in dirt and rock cliffs. I seldom find more than one nest of the Pacific Horned Owl in one canyon, but will frequently find the Barn Owl nesting within a few feet of the home of the big Bubs, while in the dirt banks of the Santa Ana river (as Oliver Davie has already said) and in similar banks of lesser ‘‘wet weather” streams, any number of pairs of Barn Owls breed occupying holes which are seldom more than a few inches apart. In the farming section of this county, they nest in empty barns, pigeon lofts, tank houses, the gableends of old dwellings, and in fact, almost “any old place’’ which will afford protection to them and their young from the elemenis. I know of one pair which laid a set of eggs on the top bale of a pile of hay in a warehouse located in the heart of the busy little town of Fullerton, where I was then living. They are early layers, these Barn Owls, rivaling the big ‘‘hoots’’ in that respect. I remember flushing one from a hole in a seventy foot cliff one cold February morning. Iwas going over the cliff on an inch manila laid line, after the eggsof a pair of Pacific Horned Owls which I knew were breeding in a hole in the same 3liff. The morning was raw and foggy and the rope feit about like a knife to my cold fingers. The blue gray walls of the fog shut me out from everything save the face of the cliff and I nearly lost my hold on the rope when a ghostly Barn Owl came hurling out of a, hole some two feet from my face. Investigation revealed five eggs which is the average number laid by this bird throughout Orange county. During the past year I have noted one hundred and two sets owned by various collectors within a radius of fifteen miles of my home and of these, sixty-two were of five eggs, three sets of nine, ten sets of eight, fifteen sets of seven and the remainder about equally divided between four and sixeggs. I have found nests of this bird which con- tained only three eggs, incubation far advanced, so there are probably cer- tain females whose clutches are limited, though I think, from my notes on the Western Red-tail and other raptorial birds that females are nct always regu- lar in the size of their settings. ‘I'o re- turn to my owl-cliff story, the day was the first Sunday in February and the eggs held smallembryoes. Inthe home of Pacifie Horned Owl were four per- THE OOLOGIST 83 fectly fresh eggs. I say ‘‘perfectly fresh,” but—as is common with this owl —one egg, probably the first laid, was slightly bloody. On the other hand, I have seen sets of the Barn Owl] taken late in May which were comparatively fresh, and at this writing, April 11th, I have just thrown away two sets, of four and three eggs respectively, of the Western Red-tail, which were too far advanced to save. They were brought me by the same lad who has just given me the set of Barn “Owl's mentioned above. Harry A. Donn, Fullerton, Cal. The Movements of Birds. (THIRD PAPER.) The flight of the Owls of my acquaint- ance is not rapid, and is not even as great as that of the Buzzard Hawks. Their movements on the wing are noiseless. All Owls are more or less diurnal, and the Great-Horned Owl is able to capture its prey in the day time, which it does during its brooding. The flight of Owls is in a direct line, but they can change the course or drop on ‘the perch or prey in a most unexpected manner. Owls fly with the wings fully extended, and to one acquainted with the birds of a locality it is very easy to identify the species at a considerable ‘distance. The Cuckoos are not strong flyers, but are exceedingly graceful in their movements, and may be likened to the Pigeons in flight for the want of a bet- ter comparison. With their long tails, and their sinuous course in flight they cause much speculation amorg the amateur observers. ' The Belted Kingfisher has a gait of its own—a combination of the Flicker and Butcherbird. This well known species has a habit of poising in the air when about to drop on afish. I have seen one hover in one spot for over a half minute before diving. This habit is al- so observed in the Osprey and Brown Pelican, both of which plunge for their prey but in a very different manner. The custom of hovering above possible victims is noticeable in many species, and is common with the Sparrow Hawk when it makes adive fora bird orin merely dropping for a grasshopper. Many species appear to follow this habit as a vaciation in the methods of courtship, and- I have repeatedly seen Bluebirds offering song in this position. The Fycatchers, especially the Wood Pewee and Kingbird are given to hov- ering in this manner. The Red-headed Woodpecker is also an example. Everyone is familiar with the undu- lating flight of the Woodpecker. A spasmodic, noisy style of locomotion which cannot be confounded with the flight of any other birds. With all which I have studied, the flight may be described as a few rapid strokes of the wings and an upward shoot, followed by a descending sweep. This is pro- nounced in all the members of the fam- ily, and the big Pileated Wocdpecker has the same undulations that is ob- served in the Little Downy, but ina greater degree. Have my readers care- fully watched a Woodpecker leave its perch on the trunk or limb? ‘The bird throws itself backward from its vertical position by a leg spring, to- gether with a tail movement, turns in the air in the fraction of a second and is sweeping away to the next perch. Arriving at the next resting pluce it makes a single counteracting. stroke of the wings against the air, and perches lightly on the bark of the limb or trunk. The duck spends five to ten seconds in getting ready and alighting, and the Grouse makes a pitch and runs to keep its balance, the Herons settle and flop their wings as the legs paw the air for a perch. But the Woodpeckers fly straight for a perch, and just when you think that they are to bring up against the tree, and as any other bird would 84 THE OOLOGIST do, they stop in the fraction of a sec- ond and alight as airily as a cat in mak- ing a spring. The movements of the Whip-poor- will on the wing are slow, and it is safe to say that this bird cannot catch the swift flying insects that form the food of the Flycatchers. Its food consists largely of night flying moths, but it is not averse to hard-shelled insects, as the beetles. Though this species oc- casionally sings, and clucks on the wing, its wing movements are perfectly silent, and it rises or drops a3 quietly as any bird of my acquaintance, and never utters a protest when itis scared from itseggs. It sometimes sails after the manner of its near relative, the Night- hawk, but its usual style is in spas- modic fiops, and its movements on leaving the eggs much resemble the actions of the Woodcock. The Night- hawk differs from the Whip-poor-will in flying in the open, and also in fre- quently appearing during the daylight hours, which is certainly not the custom of the Whip-poor-will, so far asl can learn. In movements this high flier somewhat resembles the erratic flight of the Killdeer, occasionally sweeping down as with the Plovers, but ending this plunge with a peculiar sound like the rushing of wind in a hollow. Chimney Swifts always fly in circles, so farasI am able to learn, and even in migration move in the customary curves. I have seen Swifts moving with the wind north or south on their journeys; and they still swept about in great curves. Each time they came up facing the wind they would apparently just hold their own for a few seconds; then sweeping around another curve, they would be carried on toward their destination. Though called a Swift, this bird is not a very rapid flier, and many birds can pass itina race, It is a tireless flier, and though not possess- ing dash and a variety of sudden move- ments, it is persistent in its search for food. The Swift is undoubtedly the most thoroughly aerial of all our birds, for excepting the time that it spends in. clinging to the sides of its nest or on it, or to the grimy walls of its retreat, it is wholly occupied in flight. It performs its courtship in the air, and feeds its young on the wing after the nestlings have learned to: navigate the heavenly blue. The Ruby-throated Hummer is a marvel on the wing and outranks all other birds in the world in proportion of swiftness to weight, to an extent of from three to one to five hundred to one. For instance, admitting that the Hummer flies at the rate of sixty miles to the hour, and weighs one third of an ounce; if an Eagle weighing ten pounds were to fly as rapidly in proportion to its weight, it would fly four hundred and eighty times as fast; by which it will be seen that it would take the big bird but a short time to circumnavigate. the globe. The Flycatchers are professionals in the line of short, sudden dashes. Their activity is marvellous, and no class of birds possesses superior qualifications as masters of the injurious insect pests. The ordinary fi'ght of the Flycatcher is. a fluttering series of undulations, but when prey is sighted, a dash follows, which is nearly always successful, if we are to judge by the snap of the bill which is usually heard. Among the Oscines, that arbitrary division of so-called song birds, that ex-- cludes several good singers, and em- braces many that cannot sing a note, we find many forms of flight, and peculiarities which would not be toler- ated by systematists. if they could regu- late all things in accordance with rules of classification. ‘The Titlark and Horned Lark fly at great heights at times and apparently for the entertain- ment, as they are ground feeders. No other perchers excel these birds as amusement seekers in the heavens, and. THE OOLOGIST. 85 they are only outstripped in altitude by the Swifts among the small birds, and the Swifts are after prey. The Bobo- link towers in its song flight, and the Ovenbird and Vesper Sparrow also pour forth their refrain at times when making a special effort on the wing. The flight of these birds at the time when giving this effort is in the form of a flutter. Other birds have a fluttering form of flight, generally more noticeable in nesting time, as with the Bluebird, Song Sparrow: and a few other Spar- rows, while this form of wing move- ment is a general habit with the Wrens. The long-taiJled perchers fly with a flirt of the tail, asthe Brown Thrush and Towhee; the same is seen in the Chickadee and Gnatcatcher, as well as with others of the short-winged birds which are often provided with long tails, as if to make amends for the de- ficient wing power. Other species, as the Meadowlark beat the wings rapidly after the manner of the Bob-white, Few birds with long wings and ample tailare given to this form of flight. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cross- bills, Goldfinch, Siskin, Nuthatches, Horned and Titlarks, and many others including the diminutive Brown Creeper adopt an undulating flight. This form of flight is also followed by the Mary- land Yellow-throat and some others of the warblers. This up and down course, common to the Woodpeckers as well, is never seen in swift flying species, as the hawks or waterfowl and shore birds. Crows, Ravens and Jays are straight away fliers, rarely deviating from a selected course and seldom in- dulging in fancy flying. Kingbirds se- lect Crows and Buzzard Hawks from their known habits of flight, to perse- cute, but the falcons and rapid flying ducks are not often chased by the tyrant. Some birds vary their style of flying at different seasons, as the Bobo- link, which is never known to fly high in the summer after the nesting duties are finished. Others differ when flying singly or ina flock. The Snowflake is a simple flier when single, but when a flock sweeps over the fields in winter the variations are marked, all the sweeping dashes of a bunch of Sand- pipers being indulged in, the flock pre- senting a fine spectacle as it swirls above the snow covered plain. The Swallow family is composed of graceful fliers, and all forms of aerial movements are followed by these in- sect feeders in their search for food. The Barn Swallow is perhaps the most | graceful, but is followed closely by the White-breasted, while the Martin isa powerful bird on the wing. M. Gipses, Kalamazoo, Mich. The Shore Birds of Martha’s Vineyard. By CHARLES LINCOLN PBILLIPs, ‘‘AUTH- OR OF FREDERICK YOUNG.” While at Cottage City, Martha’s Vine- yard, last September, I much enjoyed making observations, and a, few collec- tions, among the beach birds of this or- nithologically favored coast. The few days I spent here were of a recreative nature, but I made a point to spend many hours with the migrating shore: birds on the ocean beach and at Sange- kontacket pond. Large flocks of Ring- recked Plovers, Least and Semi-palm- ated Sandpipers, Yellow Legs, Laugh- ing Gulls and Wilson’s Terns, inter- Spersed with small flocks of Piping Plovers, Turnstones, Least Terns, Pec-: toral Sandpipers and Willets, frequent- ed the sandy shores. I wish the inter- ior ornithologists and oologists, who do not find it convenient to visit the sea- board, might have the pleasure of ex- periencing a few hours among these in- teresting species. My friend and I especially enjoyed the beaches along the road leading from Cottage City to Edgartown, where long stretches of yellow sand were relieved by the azuresky and the cerulean ocean, 86 THE OOLOGIST. which at various points was beautifully colored by various shades of green, violet and blue. Skimming over the inrolling waves by hundreds, the previ- ously mentioned birds enlivened the maritime views. The Terns with their graceful forms and exquisitly contrasted markings were especially beautiful. One day at ebb tide we were sitting in a secluded spot on the ocean beach, when a large number of Plovers and Sandpipers gathered near us. We had a powerful achromatic telescope, which enabled us to study their habits min- utely. We could see them pruning their feathers, caressing each other, go- ing through playful antics, and chasing the waves out on the strand, after small crustaceons and algzx, only having to retreat precipitately a few seconds later to escape being overtaken by the re- turning foamy billows. The Plovers, with their large eyes and grecoafully rounded forms, were very interesting to observe. A pair of Turnstones and several small Sandpipers approached within ten feet of where we were sitting. The Turnstones realized that we ap- peared strange, and with a Jow startled twitter, turned and ran away from us. The Sandpipers seemed to be less timid and unconcernedly gleaned their saline food. While here we often sat on the yel- lowish-white sand for hours reading and conversing. It wasa great pleas- ure to me for I could see and hear much of the class aves in which I take a great interest. Hundreds of shore birds and many swallows were constantly in view, and at low water thousands of_ the former collected on the sand-bars and fed or rested. At this time I cbserved that the families had a habit of separat- ing. Thatis, the Gulls, Terns, Plovers and Sandpipers would each occupy a different part of their chosen bar. While reading, the rather discordant notes of the Terns, the peeping of the smaller shore birds, and the loud ha, ha! of the Laughing Gulls, commingled with the swash of the waves of the beach. Earlier in the season a number of these birds breed extensively on Muske- get, Huttyhunk and other sandy islands in this vicinity. At that time the birds and eggs are protected by wardens from the too greedy collectors. This circum- stance is to be commended for the birds are too beautiful and interesting to be thinned out without sufficient cause. If space but allowed I might write papers about these birds and the charming en- vironments. I willnow close, however, trusting the kind editor may allow more space to this subject at some future time. ~< A Further Consideration. I note with regret that the subject that I suggested for the consideration and discussion of ornithological stu- dents under the title of ‘‘A Considera- tion,” Oologist XVIII 88, June 1901, has not, up to the present, called forth a single expression of opinion. I had hoped that the seriousness of the sub- ject would have induced such advanced students as the Rev. P. B. Peabody, and — Prof. P. M. Silloway to furnish the suc- ceeding chapters, thereby insuring to the Oologist’s readers, and the ornithol- ogical students of the country, the ad- vantage of the opinions of more mature student than the present writer. A critical review of the history of American Ornithology, in detail, and of the methods of workers contributing thereto will reveal certain things that to the student who holds the study of birds as living individuals, far above that treatment which tacitly recognizes them merely as units of organic matter, and exemplifications of the various phenomena attaching to organic mat- ters are by no means pleasing. When one tries to account for the very evident fact that the rapidly developing bird students to day (particularly con- THE OOLOGIST. 87 spicuous in certain sections of the country,) greatly prefer to devote their energies to the amassing of large col- lections, in extensive series, with ques- tions of classification a3 the main orsole object, rather than to a patient research into the knowledge of birds as living creatures, avery pertinent reason is not far to seek. It has ever been a failing of earnest students along particular lines, in their enthusiasm over methods. to forget the object originally sought, to confound (unconsciously) means with end. To those of us today, humble students as some of us may be, who have little sympathy with the hair- Splitting methods of many advanced ornithologists, it appears quite evident that in every accessible country, with ever increasing persistency and enthu- siasm immense collections are being made, and alarmingly large series of certain forms from restricted localities, with apparentlv no other object in view than the discovering of some insignifi- gant character, whose variation from the corresponding character in the rec- ognized form, may prove constant enough to permit the describing of ‘new form.” and the adding of an- other nameto a rather misleadingly large list, incidentally perpetuating the glory of the finder’s name, or that of some friend, in the language of scierce. Probably no bird student will assume that in its time, this method of research has not proved productive of some re- sults to actual knowledge but it will be rather difficult to convince lovers of birds rather than methods, that the results of such practice, as carried on today, justify the means. Ifit can be made to appear that we pursue the study of ornithology for the purpose of coptributing to the refinement and ex- actitude of classification, that this is the end sought, then can no dissent be offered to the methods above referred to, but if classification is an instrument only, intended to aid in the study of living birds, then to at least some of the humble students, there appears to bea danger that the practice of the above mentioned methods has a ten- dency to perfect the instrument by the impairment if not the total sacrifice of the object originally aimed at. Although it would appear that the views of Mr. Reginald C. Robbins, are those of an extremist of a pronounced type, yet there is strong suggestion of truth (perhaps in somewhat exaggerat- ed terms,) in his claim that to the classificatory quibbler no series is com- plete as long as one bird of the species remains alive, an example of individual variation.* If then, a young student just entering the ranks of active workers, anxious to advance himself to the highest place possible in these ranks, casts about for a worthy example, what more natural than that he should note that bird kill- ing occupies a front place, and that the describing of a bone, a muscle and particularly a feather, has so monopo- lized honor and attention, that as wit- ness today we have an ever growing army of bird killers, and quite recently an ornithologist, acknowledged to be one of the foremost, classifies as out- side scientific ornithology, all of the questions of bird study save those deal- ings with “‘structure and classification of birds, their synonymies and scien- tific description.” Many bird ‘students are so situated that museums and large scientific in- stitutions are inaccessable. All will agree that no such ecollectien is likely to be quite so accessable to the private student, as would a small pri- vate collection MItis a necessity and primarily essential, that the student should know the birds he is to observe, and most ornithologists will agree that nothing is so helpful to that end, as the * Bird-Killing a3 a Method In Ornithology. By Reginald C. Robbins. A pamphlet mailed by author to members of the A. O. U. with the Jan. 1902 ‘‘Auk.”’ 88 THE OOLOGIST. possession of one or two specimens of each species. In my own experience [ have found the collecting and prepar- ing of a single specimen to impress the identification of the species more firmly on my mind than would the casual ex- amination of many. Had there ap- peared less necessity for the making of limitless series, many students would have felt justified in forming such nar- rowly limited collections. Some there would ever be whose convictions in the matter would never have permitted their doing this much even (and most fortunate it is that there are such,) but the knowledge obtained by those who availed themselves of this privilege, enabling them to observe intelligently along the many avenues of study of the living bird, would produce results whose value has, I think, never been equalied by the deciding of the question of whether a slight shade of color or a trifling extra length of billiin a local form, entitled it to sub-specific recog- nition, and the proud honor of bearing in its tri-nominal appelation the dis- tinguished name of a ‘‘scientific’’ orni- thologist. ‘‘Of all] sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are it might have been.’’ But to those bird-lovers who are out- side the tidal wave of classificatory en- thusiasm, I think there is a gleam of light through the gloom, a promise of better times. I base this idea chiefly on two suppositions: Upto the present time the ranks of American ornitholo- gists have been very largely filled by the young men who as boys were rob- bers of birds nests. Looking back over our earliest efforts we cannot otherwise class them. The teachings in the schools and the influence of the Audu- bon Societies will, I believe supply to the coming generations a different sort of raw material for the ornithological ranks. Moreover the fiercer a fire burns the sooner it burns itself out from exhaustion of fuel on which to feed. There is a limit to the extent to - which hair-splitting classification can be carried; there is a limit to the mag- nifying power of lenses. And it cer- tainly looks as though that limit was. not only in sight but right at hand, that even the powerful lenses in the orbs of the most pronounced hair-splitter would soon fail to detect material for his methods. When this time shall be reached, and the field of classificatory American ornithology is acknowledged. to be practically exhausted, when the last shadow of a chance for a new sub. specific recognition has passed and there is no longer a gleam of hope for the perpetuation of a name in the ‘halls of fame ‘scien- tific” ornithology. then perhaps we may hope that these zealous workers in an over-tilled field may join with the younger and rising generation of stud- ents in giving attention to the long slighted and neglected fields of study of living birds, and it may be that their attention once so directed, they will find with surprise that in this, to them new field, there is room for the special- ist to devote special effort, and that al- most boundless vistas of possibilities open up in this field of ‘‘unscientific” ornithology, for the increase of exact knowledge. : Habits are iron bands, and.:| suppose it is too much to expect that many will renounce these wasteful and dangerous methods, or speak a word of encour- agement in behalf of the gentler, more promising ones, un'il the dawning of the ornithological millenium, but with or withour their approbation, I firmly believe this is sure to come. The great pity is that when it comes some of the species which today furnish us with a boundless mine of knowledge and pleasure, may have passed on to join the ranks of the Great Auk and the Labrador Duck, forever beyond the power of rejoicing with their lovers over the happy change in the methods of ornithological study. B.S. BowpisH. 50 W. 98th St., New York. Nore:—Since writicg the above two articles in the April Auk on ‘‘Geog- raphical Abrasion,’’ and “The Seasonal Change of Plumage of the American Goldtinches,” gives additirnal indica- tions of the coming of the new era. THE OOLOGIST. 89 '<*You might as well be out of the Bird World al- together as go without THE OSPREY.”’ THR OSPREY: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Ornithology. Edited by Theodore Gill, in Co-op- eration with Robert Ridgway, L. Stejneger, C. W. Richmondand Other Eminent Ornithologists. THE OsprREY does not keep a poet, but it has an office cat who can catch more birds than all the poets put to- gether. 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Insect Cases containing 200 specimens of beetles, bees, wasps, ants, dragonflies, grasshoppers, etc., case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom, all properly named and labelled; a fine collection for schools, and students in ento- mology. $5 00 set. z No. 6 Principal Silk Specimens of the World. 25 varieties, Showing life history,with ova,larvae, cocoons, chrysalides, male and female moths. 100 specimens illustrating Modern silk culture in case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom. A beautiful collection. $10 00 No. 7. Living Silk Worm Eggs and Co- coons for culture; 10 varieties with instruc- tions how to raise them successfully; send stamp for list. No. 8. 5000 different Butterflies and Ato enss American and Exotic. Send stamp for ists. No.9 Wanted.—Cocoons and crysalides of all kinds, by the 100. We solicit your correspondence; write us dis tinctly in what number you are interested, and we will send you a special list for each num- ber. Send 2c stamp for each list no postal. Collections and specimens with price quoted will be sent on receipt of amount. Strictly honest dealing. All these collections must be soldon account of removal. Now is your chance! PROF. CARL. BRAUN, Naturalist. Bangor, Me. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- tin of bargainsin Birds Skins and Eggs free upon application. TAUNTON, MASS. 90 THE OOLOGIST. Do You Know how fascinating English history really is? That England during the past thousand years, has given to our literature more heroes and hero- ines than all the rest of the world and ages? What do you know of the private and personal lives of her queens, who as well as being stately sovereigns, wlth passions of love and hate, were living, palpitating wo- men? 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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.190 your subscription expires with this issue iy. ue oe “ June, 1902 195 be sé “ “cr Dec. se Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This July OOLOGIST was is- IMPORTANT. sued Oct. 7. WANTED—A copy of Davies Key, 5th edi- tion in good condition; sets of Hawks and Owls eggs, and minerals. Can offer fine sets. Send lists. A. W. COMFORT, Adrian, Mich. ONE Guitar Zither, never used, 4 draw tele- scope, cost 48; 1 Remington Typewriter, Modeli1; watch; large number of books and papers, to exchaage for printing press or curios. Sendlist. E.G. BIDLAKH#, 16 Court St., Auburn, N. Y. pata Dei SSID MARE EBA Bia Le Nh dele ui ge VRE a NE THREE dollars will buy 145 kinds of woods, or will exchange for woods not in my collec- tion. LOUIS W. HAHN, Lake Avenue, Silver Creek, Chau. County, N. Y. I WILL give good exchange in sets for skins or anything [canuse. All answered. HAR- LAND KNOX, Taxidermist, S- Ryegate, Ct. Lock Box, 6. WANTED—Books and magazines on Iowa birds, for cash. Send names, number with lowest cash price to J. L. SLOANAKER. 411 Spring St., Newton, Iowa. A collection of 150 singles and 50 A 1 sets to exchange for A 1sets. Send list. Allanswered. A. D. DOERGE, Navasota, Texas INCOMPLETE sets Cerulean Warbler and nest and Western Goshawk. Want 329, 348, 364 and the rarer warblers. W. E. SAUN- DERS, London, Ont. ae ERE A ES I P= PEC FOR EXCHANGE—Ridgway’s Manual, and ecash for Coues’ ‘Key,’ ‘“‘Auks,” ‘‘Condors’’ and other magazines or books. Want especial- ly, Ridgway’s ‘‘Nomenclature of Colors.” FRED MALTBY, Deer Park, Wash. FOR EXCHANGE—A 1 Californian sets with full data. Many common sets wanted, but must be first class. AllansSwered. NELSON CARPENTER, Escondido, Cal. FOR SALE—Three hundred different kinds of shells with many duplicates. R Z FAHS, Kirkland, Washington. FOR EXCHANGE—My entire collection of eggs for an 8x10 camera, with or without lens, On TOE cash. JESSE EARLLE, Greencastle, nd. TO ANY ONE sending me one subscription to ‘‘Recreation” at one dollar a year, I will send 50c worth of bird skins or eggs, post paid. Cash or money order. No stamps. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., Pawtucket, R. I. ATTENTION OOLOGISTS!—Ink and pencil marks and nest Stains removed from egg* shells byjusing my solution. 25 cents a bottle. Hand Egg Blow-pipe, 50 cents, for small and large eggs. Invaluable with Water Blower. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 45 7 Greene St., Au- gusta Ga. FOR SALE—71, 1-3, 16. 148, 1-6, 74. 151, 1-10, $2.60. 337a, 1-2 75. 420, 2-2. 36. 421, 1-2, 38. 508, 1-4, 20. 631, 2,4, 20. 713, 2-4, 25. Snapping Turtle 1-32, $1.10. Prices are per set prepaid. Sets of 151, 2-10, 1-12 for exchange. JAS. O. JOHNSON Southington, Conn. WANTED—To exchange a series of sets of Cooper Hawk, 3, 4,and 5, for common eggs in sets. Cooper Hawks first class. fresh and per- sonally collected. J. D. CURRIE, 2006, Laurel Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. SETS Mississippi Kite, Peregrine Falcon; 200 Indian relics, fine stone and flint; 200 spe- cies fossils, Douglas Co., complete data, 22 re- peating Winchester rifle; other curios. Want scientific, sociological, llterary or reference works, bound magazines, desirable curios or cash. Enclose stamp. ARTHUR BRIDWELL, Baldwin, Kan. TO EXCHANGE—F ine Kodaks and Came- ras; color photographs, mounted birds, mine- rals, old violin. 250 natural history magazines, 200 cigarette pictures, a few war relics, foot- power scroll saw, Marlin 32-20 repeater with reloading tools, pair of imported field glasses. I want old U. S. coins or Indian relics. L. V. CASH, Naples, N. Y. 94 THE OOLOGIST. STAR FISH. “JELLY FISH’’—I can furnish Atlantic Stars (Astertas vulgaris) either pre- served in formalin for class work or dried, and “Jelly Fish’, (Dactylometra) informalin. First - class Material guaranteed. Send for cash prices. No exchange considered. All orders must be in by the first of August. F. P. DROWNE, 20 Benefit St., Providence, R. us WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 FOR SALE—A1 sets, full data. A. O.U. Prices per egg. 2 sets of 452b 15c, 4, 4 & 5, 4c, 744, $1.00, 77, 2and 5, 5c, 1382, 8 with nest. 8c, 142-10 wlth nest, 20c, 143, 6 15c, 167 1-6, 20c, 190, 1-4 40c, 191, % 10c, 206 2, $2.50, 21s, 6 to 14, 4c, 212 1-6 10c, 221, 10 to 11, 2, 224. 2-4 50c. 242, 1-4 $1.50, 2b1 5-4, 15, 278, 2-4, 10, 305. 8 to 16 8c, 308 two handsome sets 1-10 1-12, 50c, 308a, 6 to 14, 15c, 216, 2-2 2c, 331, 1-6, 2-4, 15c, 337, 2 and 3 15c, 242, 2-3, 20c, 348, 1-3 $1.00, 3bb, 2-4 15c, 367, 1-4 1-7, 25c, 378, 1-9, 5c. 388, 2-2, 4c, 467, 1-3n, 7c, 488, 4 to 6, 2c, 494, 1-5 10c, 497, 2-4 2c, 498, 3-4n 1c, 509, 4 so 7n 25c, 511b, 1-5, 2, 529, 1- 4n, 3c, 542a, 1-5n 5c, 561, 425n, 8c. 581, 435, Ic, 681, 1-5n 5c, 704, 5 to 6, 1¢, 705, 2-8, 1c, 719; 1-6 10c, 721’ 1-6, 1-5, 2c, 725n, 2, 736, 2-8n, 4c. All first class and prepaid at prices quoted. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. : COLLECTORS:—For every $1.00 cash or §3,00 worth of specimens, supplies, books, or any- thing the collector or sportsman can use, I will send you one of my new Auxiliary barrels for small bird Collecting. They will fitany gun. Saves the price in powder and shot in a month, if yor do any shooting. Give gauge of gun. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. EVERYONE interested in natural science, . and all who enjoy a good narrative, should read ‘‘Frederick Young.’ People have re- mained up until one, two and even three o’clock in the morning to finishit. Gold top; tinted illustrations; 401 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel letter- ing, and a beautiful black and light green cov- er design by Frohn. Superlative as a gift. Publishers’ price, $1.50. Sent by mail prepaid tr $1.25. CHARLES L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, ass. ; tf WANTED—Two or three full sets of Hooded Merganser, but must be with good nests of down. Exchange perfect sets of Steller’s Western Duck with down, or King Eider; fullest particulars, and perfectly authentic, H. NOBLE, Temple Combe, Henley-on-Thames, England. 190. PEACOCK.—I offer a freshly prepared skin of an adult male Peacock. A magnificent specimen and strictly XXX in every respect. MRS. GEO. SNOW, Knowlesville, Orleans county, N. Y. WANTED—Tobacco Tags. Star, Horse Shoe, Standard Navy, Spearhead, Master Workman, Drummond, Natural Leaf, Good Luck, Piper Heidsieck, Boot Jack, Nobby Spun Roll, J. T., Old Honesty, Jolly Tar, Sickle Brandywine, Cross Bow, Old Peach and Honey, Razor, E. Rice Greeville, Tennessee Crosstie, Planet Neptune, Ole Varginy. Will give fifty cents per 100, or eggs from this locality at 1 list. ERNEST L. HALEY, Rangeley, Maine, 190 PARTIES—Having sets of Maine collected eggs, first class with full data, for caSh or ex- change. Piease write. Desirable sets offered. Address GUY BRIGGS, Livermore, Maine. FOR EXCHANGE—Maynard’s “Eggs of N A. Birds’’ (colored plates) and Coues’ ‘Field Ornithology,’’ both good as new; also sets of this locality for firstclasssets. Many common ones wanted. C. S. SHARP, Escondido, Cal. FOR SALE—One of the finest single egg col- lections in New England Some eggs extreme- ly rare. For further information, write G. HE. GILMAN, West Newbury, Mass. FOR SALE—294a 3-11, 1-15, 1-12, 1-16, 1-6 and 1-4 at 6 cents per egg prepaid. Also other eggs: to exchange. Alleggs O. K. with good datas. J. S, and J. B. DIXON, Escondido, Cal. WANTED-—Singles with data. have to ex- change; same and a few sets. Send list and receive mine. Write quick. R. V. HASKIN, Durand, Mich. {2x14 wall tent, 8 oz., only used once, for best cash offer, or will take partin eggs. Eggs in sets toexchange. F. A. BLACK, Box 148, Kal- amazoo, Mich. WANTED—Good cash offer for egg of Cali- fornia Condor. For exchange, sets and skins of many varieties. Many common varieties wanted in series. All answered. DONALD A. COHEN, Alameda, Cal. = RARE Southern Unios, some land and ma- rine shells and a few good sets, for eggs in Rete or skins. VERDI BURTCH, Branchport,. EXCHANGE—For Indian curios, relics, or sea curios, 5 Grouse skins, 1 Magpie, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 2 Varied Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Water-Merganser. G. A. DECKER, Luding- ton, Mich. INDIAN Tomohawk. 35c; Indian Relics, 30c; 5 old coins 15c; 10 curios 17¢; 25 Sea shells 10c;. price list and an old Liberty cent for a dime. W. P. ARNOLD, Peacedale, R. I. TO EXCHANGE—Twelve numbers Brehm’s: “Life of Animals,’’ 252 pages, four colored plates, for stamps or eggsin sets. GLEN M. HATHORN, 1335, 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. FOXHOUND dog for sale or exchange. What have you to offer in anything a sports- man canuse. Speak quick; the best offer takes him. Allanswered. -.H. RICKER, Lisbon, Maine. Box 38. “FOR SALE—Vol. 1, 2,3 and 4 of ‘Osprey (ex- cept Vol. 2, No. 2) for cash. GLEN M. HAT- HORN, 1335 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. WANTED—Large singles. Will give sets— 331 1-4, 393 1-3‘ 508 1-3, 387 1-3-1-2 501 1-4, 652 1-4, 755 1-4; singles 321. 505. 393, 608, 385, 126, 413, 508. H. D. VAIL, 190 Helen St., Cleveland, O. WILD BIRDS FOR SALE CHEAP—AIl A 1 birds to size of Ruffed Grouse sent by mail prepaid. Larger by express charges paid on orders of $5.00 or over. 2, $2.50, 4, $1.50 6, $1.25, 7, 4.00, 59, $2.00, 77, $1.25, 125, $6.00, 181 female, $1.50, 132 male, $1.50, 140, male and female $1.75, $1.25, 149, male and female, $2.00, $1.50, 206, male skin $3.00, 212, male, $1.25. 224, male and female $1.75, $1.25, 4 downy young, 50c each, 242, male, $1.00, 249, male and female, $1.50 each, 255, $1.25, 2bi $1,25, 278, 75c, 297, male, 82.50, $1.50, 300a, $1.50 300b, male, $2.50, 304 male and female, $3.00, winter 348 skin 75c, 349, male $1000, 667, male with prey $1.50, 371, male $2.50. 376, nr, white male $5.00. male and female spotted, $3.00, 378. $1.50, 412 75c, 515, male 75c, 528, male 75c, 534, 75c. CHRIS P. FORGE, Taxidermist. Carman. Manitoba. THE OOLOGIST. 95, YOOR paper is the best to advertise in. Re- ceived a large number of answers from all over the country, from the ad I had in your paper last winter. C. M. WOODS, Kansas City, Mo. ST. BERNARD DOG FOR SALE:—Stands 29% inches high. Kind and gentle, good watch dog. beautiful color, etc. $8.00 cash or $24.00 worth of skins, list price. R. A. LEH, Sanilac Center, Mich. ~° : Exchange—Green’s Pathology, Bruce’s Ma- teria Media, Jewett’s Essentials of Obstetrics, Lancet (184-184), Bell’s Surgery, Vol. 1, (180,) Tyson's Diagnosis, pair gold (link) cuff but- tons,\gold plated pencil and pen holder (gold pen included) sterling silver cut glass inkstand, dress suit case, etc., for choice Indian relics, Mexican or Pacific Island Curios. THOS. F. JUDGH, 2737 Sixth Ave., Troy, N. Y. RARE BIRDS AND EGGS—Write for my list of about 60 duplicates in beautiful mount- ed birds (perfect specimens) and 50 fine sets of eggs. Any or all of which I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, or exchange for fine sets or nests. Among mounted birds are Little Brown Crane, Roseate Spoonbill, Gray Ruffed Grouse, Heath Hen, etc., and in eggs, 1-2 Gold- en Hagle, 1-2 Everglade Kite, 1-5 Limpkin, 1-1 Wandering Albatross, 1-1 Passenger Pigeon, ete. J. L. CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. WANTED—To exchange fine new field glasses, Goss’ Birds of Kansas, Raines’ Bird Nesting in Northwest Canada, Coues’ Citizen Bird, Keyster’s, In Birdland, Cones’ Key to N. A. Birds, Ind. ed., Thorean’s Spring and Au- tumin, Clark’s Birds of Wayside and Prairie, C. C. Abbotts In Nature’s Realm, Recent Ram- bles, Merriam’s A Birding on a Bronco, ete., for fine bird skins, Auk any Vol. except 93-94-95, O. and O. ’86.and’92. B AH. SWALKS, 135 War- ren Ave. E., Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—The largest and most valuable Oological collection in the South, in sets and singles with data, very cheap for cash or for exchange for large rare Singles or sets. List for2c stamp. Southern sea-shore birds’ eggs, standard data a special- ty. Dr. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St. Au- gusta, Ga. WESTERN EGGS for salein full and care- fully prepared sets. My last ad in the Oologist sold nearly all my rarer sets but I still have a few good things left. I have now a list of over 500 different sets, mostly western, which I wish to dispose of. Among the lot are Bald and Golden Eagles, White-tailed Kites, Mis- sissippi Kites, Revoli Hummer, and all the commoner hummers, all the common Western Hawks in fine series, Sulphur-bellied Flycatch- er, Virginia and Grace’s Warbler, Hepatic Tanager, Dusky Poor-will, Stephens Poor Will, Beldings, Arizona, Long crested, Cal. Blue fronted, and Woodhouse Jay, Bryant's Cactus Wren, Desert Cactus Wren, Dotted Can- yon Wren, Rock Wren, and one set of Varied Thrush, Besides the above mentioned I have all the common Western and Arizona sets. W. LEE CHAMBERS, Santa Monica, Cal. FOR EXCHANGE—Hawaii, Chinese, Japa- nese and California curios, birds eggs in sets, Indian baskets and relics, 50 sets of 122, Wath- am watch, stamp album, 1500 stamps. I want sets birds eggs, bird skins, Indian relics, spear and arrow heads, Coues’ Key, Ridgeway’s Manual, and Bendire’s Life Histories, 2 vols. Send offers and list andget mine. H. F. DU- PREY, 323 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, Cal. WANTED-—A 1 skins of any large hawks or eagles, Great Horned Owl, Osprey, Sooty Tern, Noddy, Greater and Sooty Shearwater, Man-o- war bird, Leaches and Wilson Petrel, Hooded Merganser and Passenger Pigeon, and sets of Osprey. Will give in exchange any of the goods listed in ‘this issue of the Oologist, or cash if cheap. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. et ATG eR IAMS AS EAE ES FOR SALE—1 mounted Jack Rabbit, white, $4.00, 1 Mink $2.50, 5 or 6 good Moose scalps from $4.00 to $7.00 each. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. FOR SALE—2 live young Coyotes, $3.00 each or $5.00 for the pair. Also 1 live Arctic Horned Owl for $5 00. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Taxider- mist.and collector, Carman, Manitoba. EGGS WANTED—Following A. O. U. No’s. (either sets or singles), 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 30a, 53, 58, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72. 74, 75, 77, 90, 106, 120, 125, 126, 128, 197, 199, 200, 183, 214. 228, 294, 300, 305, 325, 326, 332, 349, 352, 360, 362, 364, 366, 375, 379, 381, 303, 394, 406, 416, 417, 423, 428, 429, 480, 452, 47¢, 497, 490, 501, 506, 507, 517, 519, 529, 580, 5381, 587, 591b, 601, 608, 610, 611, 612, 622, 624, 636, to 685, 702, 718, 731, 727, 729, 735, 751, 758. If you have others rarer, send list. Imay be able to use them. I offer sets of White Ibis, Fulmar, White-faced Glossy Ibis and White necked Raven, Rough-wing Swal- low, Long-bill Curlew and a few others. Also Hall typewriter in walnut case, good running order; cost $20.00. Spectroscope in case cost $3 00. Double action 32 cal. long cylinder, col- lecting pistol with shot shells, 13in, 10 ga. in- sertion collecting tube for 32 cal. shells; velvet lined walnut case for Oologist’s instruments; Oologists water blower complete; egg trays, new, or slightly soiled. Write me, stating what you haveand what you want. We may be able to dicker. Canalso offer mounted birds good shells and minerals. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. Box 173. A FEW SETS of Mountain Plover: 3 eggs 50c per egg or exchange. Wantsets of 49, 43, 54 58, 58, 63, 67, 69, 80, 126, 182, 140, 146, 160, 167, 184, 190, 199,200, 201, 203, 207, 211, 258, 280, 289, 294a, 295 300, 300c, 305, 311, 381, 337, 339, 343, 362, 364, 365, 368, 375, 385, 387. 388, 402, 448, 452, 458, 461, 477, 488a, 511, 512, 517, 549, 550, 554b, 560, 567, 593, 597, 598, 601, 608, 611, 614, 619, 727, 751, 759b. Do not use numbers in writing. FRED M. -DILLE, Longmont, Col. HAVING recently acquired a large collec- tion of American eggs we find some very fine duplicate sets which we will sell cheap for cash or will exchange for sets. mounted birds or mammals, skins, or anything in the line of museum material provided accurate data can be furnished. A full list will be sent on appli- cation. Among others we have sets.of the fol- lowing species: A O. U. Nos. 2,3. 4,5, 18, 13a, 14, 16. 80, 30a, 310, 32, 43, 47, 49, 51, 64, 74, 75, 79, 79a, 108, 115, 117, 129, 130. 140, 141, 163. 167, 192, 187, 194, 198, 199 201, 211b, 225, 226 230 285. 311, 314, 316, 320a, 321, 326, 333, 335, 3389a, 339b, 342, 310b, 347a, 357, 378a, 387, 400, 401, 406, 408. 409, 412, 413, 417a, 420, 423, 448, 444. 449, 450, 453, 456, 458, 466a, 474d, 476, 477, 477a, 488, 489 499, 500, 501, 501a, 505, 508, 510, 51la, 511b. 512, 552a, 555, 581, 581b, 58le, 593d, 596, 604, 616, 620, 622, 622b, 629. 633, 652, 656, 677, 687, 703, 705, 708, 748a, 756, 757, 751, 766. Also many foreign and American singles. JAMES J. CARROLL, Curator, Waco. Texas. SETS of Bewick’s Wren Abert’s Towhee, Cassin’s Auklett, Scarlet Ibis, Black-vented Shearwater and a few other species to ex- change for common kinds—such as Meadow- lark, Warblers, Hawks, ete. send full list of duplicates to receive mine. J. P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. 96 THE OOLOGIST. FOR EXCHANGE—A few A 1 sets among which the Raptores are well represented. Al- soa number of mounted birds including an adult male Golden Eagle, Great Horned Owls, male and female and some choice Ducks and Geese, anda few skins. Will exchange any of the above for choice sets. Send your list. Will buy choice sets if prices are reasonable. C. M. WOODS, 912 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. NOTICE—I have a fine lot of Arizona eggs in sets with nests all in finest scientific order, many of the nests are on pieces of the limb in exact Situation; all were taken this season by myself in various parts of Arizona. Can offer about forty varieties, all desirable and some very rare. Prices are reasonvble for the ma- terial I offer. No exchange desired. O. W. HOWARD, Los Angeles, Cal. Box 484. OREGON BIRDS 4" INSECTS. Ihave a large number of strictly? first-class skins of Western Oregon birds to dispose of at reasonable rates. Sample specimens will be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid at follow- ing rates: Junco hyemalis oregonuS..........--.-2---.--2------ 8 .23 Helminthophila celata lutescens ........ Dendroica audoboni....... ..-.... -..2----.---- eat nes Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii................ 20 Selasphorus rufus). eee .50 Carpodacus purpureus californicus............ 22 Melospiza fasciata guttata..................----..- .30 Dendroica nigrescens 30 Passerina amoena............-.-.22---..0-+- . .380 Parus atricapillus occidentalis.................. = 2d Sample collections of Oregon insects, (all Coleoptera) 100 specimens, representing 40 species, accurately identified and labeled, $2.00 Send me alistof your wants. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. R. WOODCOCK, M. S., CORVALLIS, OREGON. s6You might as well be out of the Bird World al- together as go without THE OSPREY.”’ THR OSPRBAY;, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Ornithology. Edited by Theodore Gill, in Co-op-= eration with Robert Ridgway, L. Stejneger, C. W. Richmondand Other Eminent Ornithologists. O THE Osprey does not keep a poet, but it has an office cat who can catch more birds than all the poets put to- gether. If you don’t believe this, read 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. Ifyou 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 pro- fusely illustrated magazine, all about Birds you MUST HAVE THE OSPREY. TERMS—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Published by 5 THE OSPREY COMPANY, 821-323 44% St., Washington, D. C. 22 We offer the Following Scien- tific Collections for Col- eges, Schools and Collectors. No. 1._ A fine collection of mounted American birds) Hawks, owls, ducks, loons, grouse, etc., etc., All in first classcondition. 350 specimens in 300 species. Cat. prices $875 00 and a large, fine cabinet of cherry, glass fron", goes witl this collection; must be sold on account of removal, here.is your chance. Send stamp for lists and particulars. No 2. A large collection of eggs, sets and sin- gle. 750 specimens, 300 varieties. catalogue price $275.00; many with nests; Cheap to the right party. No3 Biological Collection of Butterflies and Moths. 25 varieties with ova, blown larvae, cocoons and crysalides, and male and female imagoes, showing the life history of every specie, scientifically arranged in a large case, 18x24x3 glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, correctly named‘ and labeled; $7.00 per case, containing 100 specimens, all perfect. Nc4. Butterfly Picturesto hang upin your den or study. Case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, contains 100 large and brilliantly colored butterflies and moths (real, not pictures) from every clime, all correctly named and labelled and properly mounted. $7.00 per case. No 5. Insect Cases containing 200 specimens of beetles, bees, wasps, ants, dragonflies, grasshoppers, etc., case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom, all properly named and labelled; a fine collection for schools, and students in ento- mology. $5.00 set. No. 6 Principal Silk Specimens of the World. 25 varieties, showing life history,with ova,larvae, cocoons, chrysalides, male and female moths. 100 specimens illustrating Modern silk culture in case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom. i ~~ —eo I accept your special offer of The New Nature Library, and.“ Country Life in America” f Z for $18.00. ‘Enclosed find $1.00 for first payment.’ ve a f Tes NAMB ...--5-- 202-22 eeacwe es ce eens Oologist 204 Apprgss...........-2-...5.: 5 THE OOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 8. ALBION, N. Y., AUGUST, 1902. WHOLE No. 191 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘““Kxchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmen Yor 25c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additiona 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 OoLoeist. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. f No.191 your subscription expires with this issue 195 be sé “e sé Dec. ce _ Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This Aug. OOLOGIST was is- IMPORTANT. sued Oct. 7. INDIAN Tomohawk. 35¢; Indian Relics, 30c; 5 old coins 15c; 10 curios 17¢c; 25 Sea shells 10c; price list and an old Liberty cent for a dime. “W. P. ARNOLD, Peacedale, R. I. TO EXCHANGE—Twelve bumbers Brehm’s “Viife of Animals,’’ 252 pages, four colored plates, for stamps or eggsin sets. GLEN M. HATHORN, 1335, 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. FOXHOUND dog for sale or exchange. What have you to offer in anything a sports- man canuse. Speak quick; the best offer takes him. Allanswered. F.H. RICKER, Lisbon, Maine. Box 38. “FOR SALE—Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of “Osprey (ex- eae Vol. 2, No. 2) for cash. GLEN M. HAT- HORN, 1335 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. - WANTED—Large singles. Will give sets— 331 1-4, 393 1-3‘ 508 1-3, 387 1-3-1-2 501 1-4, 652 1-4, 755 1-4; singles 321, 505. 393, 608, 385, 126, 413, 508. H. D. VAIL, 190 Helen St., Cleveland, O. FOR EXCHANGE—Maynard’s “Eggs of N A. Birds” (colored plates) and Coues’ ‘‘Field Ornithology,’ both good as new; also sets of this locality for first classsets. Many common ones wanted. C. S. SHARP, Escondido, Cal. . WANTED—Good cash offer for egg of Cali- fornia Condor. For exchange, sets and skins of many varieties. Many common varieties Wanted in series. All answered. DONALD A. COHEN, Alameda, Cal. EXCHANGE—For Indian curios, relics, or sea curios, 5 Grouse skins, 1 Magpie, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 2 Varied Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Water-Merganser. G. A. DECKER, Luding- ton, Mich. FOR EXCHANGE—A 1 Californian sets with full data. Many common sets wanted, but must be first class. All anSwered. NELSON CARPENTER, Escondido, Cal. FOR SALE—Three hundred different kinds of shells with many duplicates. R Z FAHS, Kirkland, Washington. FOR EXCHANGE—My entire collection of eggs for an 8x10 camera, with or without lens, or for cash. JESSE HARLLE, Greencastle, Ind. TO ANY ONE sending me one subscription to ‘‘Recreation’”’ at one dollar a year, I will send 50c worth of bird skins or eggs, post paid. Cash or money order. No stamps. C. PURDUM, M. D., Pawtucket, R. I. ATTENTION OOLOGISTS!—Ink and pencil marks and nest stains removed from egg- shells by;using my solution. 25 cents a bottle. Hand Egg Blow-pipe, 50 cents, for small and large eggs. Invaluable with Water Blower. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 45 7 Greene St., Au- gusta Ga. FOR SALE—71, 1-3, 16. 143, 1-6, 74. 151, 1-10, $2.60. 337a, 1-2 75. 420, 2-2. 36. 421, 1-2, 38. 508, 1-4, 20. 631, 2,4, 20. 713, 2-4, 25. Snapping Turtle 1-32, $1.10. Prices are per set prepaid. Sets of 151, 2-10, 1-12 for exchange. JAS. O. JOHNSON Southington, Conn. WANTED—To exchange a serieS of sets of Cooper Hawk, 3, 4,and 5, for common eggs in sets. Cooper Hawks first class. fresh and per- sonally collected. J. D. CURRIE, 2006, Laurel Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. SETS Mississippi Kite, Peregrine Falcon; 200 Indian relics, fine stone and flint; 200 spe- cies fossils, Douglas Co., complete data, 22 re- peating Winchester rifle; othe” curios. Want Scientific, sociological, llterary or reference works, bound magazines, desirable curios or cash. Enclose stamp. ARTHUR BRIDWELL, Baldwin, Kan. TO EXCHANGE—Fine Kodaks and Came- ras; color photographs, mounted birds, mine- rals, old violin, 250 natural history magazines, 200 cigarette pictures, a few war relics, foot- power scroll saw, Marlin 32-20 repeater with reloading tools, pair of imported field glasses. I want old U.S. coins or Indian relics. L. V. CASE, Naples, N. Y. 110 WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 FOR SALE—A1 sets, full data. A. O.U. Prices peregg. 2sets of 452b 15c, 4, 4 & 5, 4c, 7%, $1.00, 77, 2 and 5, 5c, 132, 8 with nest. 8c, 142-10 wlth nest, 20c, 143, 6 15c, 167 1-6, 20c, 190, 1-4 40c,191, % 10c, 206 2, $2.50, 21s, 6 to 14, 4c, 212 1-6 10c, 221, 10 to 11, 2, 224. 2-4 50c. 242. 1-4 $1.50, 2b1 5-4, 15, 273, 2-4, 10. 305, 8 to 16 8c, 308 two handsome sets 1-10 1-12, 50c, 308a, 6 to 14, 15c, 216, 2-2 2c, 331, 1-6, 2-4, 15c, 337, 2 and 3 15c, 242, 2-3, 20c, 343, 1-3 $1.00, 3bb, 2-4 15c, 367, 1-4 1-7, 25c, 378, 1-9, 5c 388, 2-2, 4c, 467, 1-3n, 7c, 488, 4 to 6, 2c, 494, 1-5 10c, 497, 2-4 2c, 498, 3-4n 1c, 509, 4 so 7n 25c, 511b, 1-5, 2, 529, 1- 4n, 3c, 542a, 1-5n 5c, 561, 425n. 8c. 581. 435, Ice, 681, 1-5n 5c, 704, 5 to 6, 1c, 705, 2-8, 1c, 719; 1-6 10c, 721’ 1-6, 1-5, 2c, 725n, 2, 736, 2-3n, 4c. All first class and prepaid at prices quoted. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. COLLECTORS:—For every $1.00 cash or 83,00 Worth of specimens, supplies, books, or any- thing the collector or sportsman can use, I will send you one of my new Auxiliary barrels for small bird collecting. They will fitany gun. Saves the price in powder and shot in a month, if yor do any shooting. Give gauge of gun. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. EVERYONE interested in natural science, and all who enjoy a good narrative, should read ‘‘Frederick Young.’’ People have re- mained up until one, two and even three o’clock in the morning to finishit. Gold top; tinted illustrations; 401 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel letter- ing, and a beautiful black and light green coy- er design by Frohn. Superlative as a gift. Publishers’ price, $1.50. Sent by mail prepaid tor $1.25. CHARLES L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, ass. tf WANTED—Two or three full sets of Hooded Merganser, but must be with good nests of down. Exchange perfect sets of Steller’s Western Duck with down, or King Eider; fullest particulars, and perfectly authentic, H. NOBLE, Temple Combe, Henley-on-Thames, England. 190. PEACOCK.—I offer a freshly prepared skin of an adult male Peacock. A magnificent specimen and strictly XXX in every respect. MRS. GEO. SNOW, Knowlesville, Orleans county, N. Y. WANTED—Tobacco Tags. Star, Horse Shoe, Standard Navy, Spearhead, Master Workman, Drummond, Natural Leaf, Good Luck, Piper - Heidsieck, Boot Jack, Nobby Spun Roll, J. T., Old Honesty, Jolly Tar, Sickle Brandywine, Cross Bow, Old Peach and Honey, Razor, E. Rice Greeville, Tennessee Crosstie, Planet Neptune, Ole Varginy. Will give fifty cents per 100, or eggs from this locality at 1 list. ERNEST L. HALEY, Rangeley. Maine, 190 FOR EXCHANGE—Ridgway’s Manual, and cash for Coues’ “Key,” ‘‘Auks,” ‘‘Condors” and other magazines or books. Want especial- ly, Ridgway’s ‘‘Nomenclature of Colors.” FRED MALTBY, Deer Park, Wash. SETS of Bewick’s Wren Abert’s Towhee, Cassin’s Auklett, Scarlet Ibis, Black-vented Shearwater and a few other species to ex- change for common kinds—such as Meadow- lark, Warblers, Hawks, ete. Send full list of duplicates to receive mine. J. P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. THE OOLOGIST. 12x14 wall tent, 8 oz., only used once, for best. cash offer, or will take part in eggs. Eggs in sets toexchange. F. A. BLACK, Box 148, Kal- amazoo, Mich. WANTED—A copy of Davies Key, 5th edi- tion in good condition; sets of Hawks and Owls eggs, and minerals. Can offer fine sets. Send lists. A. W. COMFORT, Adrian, Mich. ONE Guitar Zither, never used, 4 draw. tele- scope, cost $48; 1 Remington Typewriter, Model 1; watch; large number of books and papers, to exchaage for printing press or curios. Send list. E.G. BIDLAK#, 16 Court St., Auburn, N. Y. LES EArt A er i gM GINS OSE POVNET es GAR THREE dollars will buy 145 kinds of woods, or will exchange for woods not in my collec- tion. LOUIS W. HAHN, Lake Avenue, Silver Creek, Chau. County, N. Y. I WILL give good exchange in setsfor skins: or anything ITcanuse. All answered. HAR-. LAND KNOX, Taxidermist, S- Ryegate, Ct. Lock Box. 6. WANTED—Books and magazines on Iowa. birds, for cash. Send names, number with lowest cash price to J. L. SLOANAKER,. 4it Spring St., Newton, Iowa. A collection of 150 singles and 50 A 1 sets to- exchange for A 1sets. Send list. Allanswered. A. D. DOERGH, Navasota, Texas INCOMPLETE sets Cerulean Warbler and nest and Western Goshawk. Want 329, 348,. 364 and the rarer warblers. W. E. SAUN- DERS, London, Ont. WILD BIRDS FOR SALE CHEAP—AIll A i birds to size of Ruffed Grouse sent by mail prepaid. Larger by express charges paid on orders of $5.00 or over. 2, $2.50, 4, $1.50 6, $1.25, 7, 4.00, 59, $2.00, 77, $1.25, 125, $6.00, 131 female,. $1.50, 132 male, $1.50, 140, male and female $1.75,. $1.25, 149. male and female, $2.00, $1.50, 206, male skin $3.00, 212, male, $1.25, 224, male and female $1.75, $1.25, 4downy young, 50c each, 242, male, $1.00, 249, male and female, $1.50 each, 255, $1.25, 2bi $1,25, 273, ‘75c, 297, male, $2.50, $1.50, 300a, $1.50 300b, male, $2.50, 304 male and female, $3.00,. winter 343 skin 75c, 349, male $10.00, 667, male with prey $1.50, 371, male $2.50. 376, nr, white male $5.00. male and female spotted, $3.00, 378, $1.50, 412 75c, 515, male 75c, 528, male 75c, 534, 75c. CHRIS P. FORGE, Taxidermist. Carman, Manitoba. PARTIES—Having sets of Maine collected’ eggs, first class with fulldata, for caSh or ex- change. Please write. Desirable sets offered. Address GUY BRIGGS, Livermore, Maine. HAVING recently acquired a large collec- tion of American eggs we find some very fine duplicate sets which we will sell cheap for cash or will exchange for sets, mounted birds or- mammals, skins, or anything in the line of museum material provided accurate data can be furnished. A full list will be sent on appli- cation. Among others we have sets of the fol- lowing species: A. O. U. Nos. 2, 3. 4,5, 13, 13a, 14, 16, 30, 30a, 310, 32, 48, 47, 49, 51, 64, 74, 75, 79, 79a, 108, 115, 117, 129, 130. 140, 141, 163, 167, 192, 187, 194, 198, 199. 201, 211b, 225, 226. 230 285, 311, 314, 316, 320a, 321, 326, 333, 335, 339a. 339b, 342, 310b, 347a, 357, 378a, 387, 400, 401, 406, 408, 409, 412, 413, 417a, 420, 423, 443, 444. 449, 450. 453, 456, 458, 466a, 474d, 476, 477, 477a, 488, 489 499, 500, 501, 501a, 505, 508, 510, 511a, 511b. 512, 552a, 555, 581, 581b, 58le, 598d, 596, 604, 616, 620, 622, 622b, 629. 633. 652, 656,. 677, 687, 708, 705, 708, 748a, 756, 757, 751, 766. Also many foreign and American singles. JAMES. J. CARROLL, Curator, Waco. Texas. THE OOLOGIST. YOOR paper is the best to advertise in. Re- ceived a large number of answers from all over the country, from the ad I had in your paper last winter. C. M. WOODS, Kansas City, Mo. ST. BERNARD DOG FOR SALE:—Stands 29% inches high. Kind and gentle, good watch dog. beautiful color, etc. $8.00 cash or $24.00 worth of skins, list price. R. A. LEE, Sanilac Center, Mich. Exchange—Green’s Pathology, Bruce’s Ma- teria Media, Jewett’s Essentials of Obstetrics, Lancet (184-184), Bell’s Surgery, Vol. 1, (180,) Tyson’s Diagnosis, pair gold (link) cuff but- tons, gold plated pencil and pen holder (gold pen included) sterling silver cut glass inkstand, dress suit case, etc., for choice Indian relics, Mexican or Pacific Island Curios. THOS. F. JUDGE, 2737 Sixth Ave., Troy, N. Y. RARE BIRDS AND EGGS—Write for my list of about 60 duplicates in beautiful mount- ed birds (perfect specimens) and 50 fine sets of eggs. Any or all of which I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, or exchange for fine sets or nests. Among mounted birds are Little Brown Crane, Roseate Spoonbill, Gray Ruffed Grouse, Heath Hen, etc., andin eggs, J-2 Gold- en Eagle, 1-2 Everglade Kite, 1-5 Limpkin, 1-1 Wandering Albatross, 1-1 Passenger Pigeon, etc. J. L. CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. WANTED—To exchange fine new field glasses, Goss’ Birds of Kansas, Raines* Bird Nesting in Northwest Canada, Coues’ Citizen Bird, Keyster’s, In Birdland, Cones’ Key to N. A. Birds, Ind. ed., Thorean’s Spring and Au- tumn, Clark’s Birds of Wayside and Prairie, C. C. Abbotts In Nature’s Realm, Recent Ram- ples, Merriam’s A Birding on a Bronco, etc., for fine bird skins, Auk any Vol. except 93-94-95, O. and O.’86and’92. B H. SWALKS, 135 War- ren Aye. E., Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—The largest and most valuable Oological collection in the South, in’ sets and singles with data, very cheap for cash or for exchange for large rare singles or sets. Listfor2c stamp. Southern sea-shore birds’ eggs, standard data a special- ty. Dr. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St. Au- gusta, Ga. WESTERN EGGS for sale in full and care- fully prepared sets. My last ad in the Oologist sold nearly all my rarer sets but I still have a few good things left. I have now a list of over 500 different sets, mostly western, which I wish to dispose of. Among the lot are Bald and Golden Eagles, White-tailed Kites, Mis- Ssissippi Kites, Revoli Hummer, and all the cominoner hummers, all the common Western Hawks in fine series, Sulphur-bellied Flycatch- er, Virginia and Grace’s Warbler, Hepatic Tanager, Dusky Poor-will, Stephens Poor Will, Beldings, Arizona, Long crested, Cal. Blue fronted, and Woodhouse Jay, Bryant's Cactus Wren, Desert Cactus Wren, Dotted Can- yon Wren, Rock Wren, and one set of Varied Thrush, Besides the above mentioned I have all the common Western and Arizona sets. W. LEE CHAMBERS, Santa Monica, Cal. FOR EXCHANGE—Hawaii, Chinese, Japa- nese and California curios, birds eggs in sets, Indian baskets and relics, 50 sets of 122, Wath- am watch, stamp album, 1500 stamps. I want sets birds eggs, bird skins, Indian relics, spear and arrow heads, Coues’ Key, Ridgeway’s Manual, and Bendire’s Life Histories, 2 vols. Send offers and list andget mine. H. F. DU- PREY, 323 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, Cal. 111 FOR SALE—1 mounted Jack Rabbit, white, $4.00, 1 Mink $2.50, 5 or 6 good Moose scalps from $4.00 to $7.00 each. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. FOR SALE—2 live young Coyotes, $3.00 each or $5.00 for the pair. Also 1 live Arctic Horned Owl for $5 00. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Taxider- mist and collector, Carman, Manitoba. EGGS WANTED—Following A. O. U. No’s. (either sets or singles), 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 30a, 58, 58, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72. 74, 75, 77, 90, 106, 120, 125, 126, 128, 197, 199, 200, 183, 214. 228, 294, 300, 305, 325, 326, 332, 349, 352, 360, 362, 364, 366, 375, 379, 381, 303, 394, 406, 416, 417, 428, 428, 429, 480, 452, 47¢, 497, 490, 501, 506, 507, 517, 519, 529, 530, 581, 587, 591b, 601, 608, 610, 611, 612, 622, 624, 636, to 685, 702, 718, 731, 727, 729, 735, 751, 748. If you have others rarer, send list. Imay be able to use them. I offer sets of White Ibis, Fulmar, White-faced Glossy Ibis and White necked Raven, Rough-wing Swal- low, Long-bill Curlew and a few others. Also Hall typewriter in walnut case, good running order; cost $20.00. Spectroscope in case cost $3 00. Double action 32 cal. long cylinder, col- lecting pistol with shot shells, 13 in. 10 ga. in- sertion collecting tube for 32 cal. shells; velvet lined walnut case for Oologist’s instruments; Oologists water blower complete; egg trays, new, or slightly soiled. Write me, stating what you haveand what you want. We may be able to dicker. Canalso.offer mounted birds good shells and minerals. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. Box 173. COSTS YOU ONLY ONE CENT. NEW LISTS just outthis month Sent on receipt of Postal Card. Some new specialties in MOUNTED BIRDS and BUTERFLIES. Address ERNEST H. SHORT, ROCHESTER, N. Y. FINE SETS FOR SALE CHEAP. Parasitic Jaeger, set Of 2........-... ------ --------- § .18 Long tailed Jaeger, set of 2-...... po eNS Seen AVG) Kittiwake, set of 2......-..-..------.----- ath Paes eis) Mew: Gull set) Oled ss ee eee eoseeeeacean 10 Franklin’s Gull, set of 3 cl 5 Arctic Tern, set of 3....... --... .05 Bulmay; set of 10-2. ...-2------- -. LS StormiysRerrely set Of Weems essees ene toes .20 Gannett setiofel2:..: ee eee eee 15 Cormorant, set of 4 10. Northern Hider, set of 5.................--.---------- eal Corncrake, set of 10 Northern Phalarope, set of 4...............-..-.. i. European Snipe, set of 4 ID}obabbbal t=(e}1) Oy 2) ee eae Curlew Seto aes. oo eee eean ce Lapwing, set of 4.._............ .....- Seabee etorecccoanes Ring Plover; Set.of 4) --sr ce ce -2-- = aon Golden Plover, set of 4.... Oystercatcher, set of 3.... Redshank, set of 4..-.......- Kestril Hawk, set of 4.... Gray Sea Eagle, Set of 2._.......-.---.-----------n--e Duck Hawkeset of 4. aaa _ 1.00 Snowflake: setiol 5.2 eee re en neces cs 20 Skylarkisetiot 4... eee mee tO European Coot, set of 6.......... .08 English Pheasant, set of 10.................------. Able! Send for full list to WALTER RAINE. Waverly Villa, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada, 112 OREGON BIRDS 4» INSECTS. Ihave a large number of strictly? first-class skins of Western Oregon birds to dispose of at reasonable rates. Sample specimens will be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid at follow- ing rates: Junco hyemalis Oregonus...........2-2..22.0--0--20 $ .23 Helminthophila celata lutescens ... Eee 22 Dendroica audoboni....... ..-2... ..--..--.<.----2-0-- 24 Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii................ 20 Selasphorus rufwus............... -2..22...-..--. uate on 50 Carpodacus purpureus californicus............ oe Melospiza fasciata guttata.............2...2----.. Soe) Dendroica Nigrescens ..........2..2.....ee.ecees cone . 80 iPasserinavamMOen as. ee cee = 330 Parus atricapillus occidentalis.................. 25 Sample collections of Oregon insects, (all Coleoptera) 100 specimens, representing 40 species, accurately identified and labeled, $2.00 Send me alist of your wants. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. R. WOODCOCK, M. S., CORVALLIS, OREGON. **You might as well be out of the Bird World al- together as go without THE OSPREY.”’ THK OSPRBY:, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Ornithology. Edited by Theodore Gill, in Co-op- eration with Robert Ridgway, L. Stejneger, C. W. Richmondand Other Eminent Ornithologists. ~ THE OspREY does not keep a poet, but it has an office cat who can catch more birds than all the poets put to- gether. If you don’t believe this, read 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 pro- fusely illustrated .magazine, all about Birds you MUST HAVE THE OSPREY. TERMS—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Published by: THE OSPREY COMPANY, 321-323 41%4 St., Washington, D. C. HAVE YOU SEEN THE JOURNAL OF THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL © SOCIETY? A Quarterly Journal of interesting matter relative to Maine Birds. Now in its 4th vol. 50 cents per annum. 15 cents per copy Sample copy free. J. MERTON SWAIN, Editor and Publisher. Waterville, Maine. HIS PAPER is printed at the Book and Magazine Publishing House of A. M. EDDY, Albion, N. Y. THE OOLOGIST. We offer the Following Scien- tific Collections for Col- eges, Schools and Collectors. No. 1._ A fine collection of mounted American birds) Aawks, owls, ducks, loons, grouse, etc., ete., All in first classcondition. 350 specimens in 300 species. Cat. prices $875 00 and a large, fine cabinet of cherry, glass fron’, goes wit this collection; must be sold on account of removal, here is your chance. Send stamp for lists and particulars. No 2. A large collection of eggs, sets and sin- gle. 750 specimens, 300 varieties. catalogue price $275.00; many with nests}; Cheap to the right party. No3 Biological Collection of Butterflies and Moths. 25 varieties with ova, blown larvae, cocoons and crysalides, and male and female imagoes, showing the life history of every specie, scientifically arranged in a large case, 18x24x3 glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, correctly named and labeled; $7.00 per case, containing 100 specimens, all perfect. é Nc4. 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Any one who has not had the oppor- tunity of searching in a marsh can not imagine how slowly progress is in the unbottomed mire smong the tangled mess of bushes and different kinds of swamp grass, etc. My first day was that of June 11, 1898. My cousin (Mr. Doolittle) and I had planned to go to a large marsh known as Mentor Marsh, which is a place supposed to have been the old bed of Grand river; it began a short distance from Lake Erie, ran along side of the river alittle ways, then turned and ran almost parallel with the lake and finally emptying into Lake. Some parts of this marsh-is covered with woods and comparatively dry, other portions contained bottomless and black bayous, and other parts are coy- ered with a dense growth of bushes. Where marsh emptied in, lake was covered with different kinds of swamp grasses, and there is a deep, black creek running through the center of this portioa. After packing our eatabies, cigar boxes with plenty of cotton, pencils, note books, etc., I put in an extra pair of pants for wading around in marsh and then we were ready to start. The place we were going to was the last portion named, and was a distance of about seven miJes. We were carried in a buggy about half the disiance, leaving us to walk the rest of the way. By running a little way, we reached there just in time to avoid getting a good soaking. We went into an old barn and began at once to gather up bits of straw to make up our nest. It stopped raining in a little while and we began a short search for Long- billed Marsh Wrens, which were very common, and we found it had rained so much that the water was about a foot deep all over the marsh, besides the channel was filled up with sand, 114 leaving no outlet. However I found several nests of the Wrens, but none of them contained eggs. We searched out a Least Bittern. and saw a Virginia Rail skulking around among the grasses on edge of marsh, but found no nest of either; by this time it was getting dusk, so we determined to eat our supper and prepare for the night. In going back, we ran across a boy who lived near by, and we asked him if any one would have any ob- jections if we stayed in the old barn that night, and he told us of an old house, which had formerly been used for a club house and that nobody cared who stayed init. Wefound when we reached this house we had struck a snap, there were bunks with plenty of straw, and the boy let us take a couple of blankets, and if it had not been for mosquitoes we could not have slept more comfortable that night. After eating our supper, we listened to the birds a little whi'e, and if we had not been true lovers of natnre we would have thought we were in a haunted place. The boom ofthe Bitterns, the different noises of the Rails, squawk of the Green Heron, the croak of the Great Blue Heron, saucy note of Marsh Wrens, and Blackbirds, croak of frogs, and worst of them allthe hum of mo- squitoes, all joined in the concert to- gether. Just as soon as day break we ate a hearty breakfast, and were soon ready for the marsh; I put on thesold pair of pants I had brought, picked up an egg box and started, and as there was an- other short marsh that connected this in another direction, and as we wished to get on the lake side of the marsh, we had to goaround this. In going around I took aset of four Song Sparrow eggs in among some briars, and a set of three Red-eyed Vireo in a small woods. When we reached the beach we found several sets of Spotted Sandpiper; we took two sets apiece, leaving the rest to THE OOLOGIST. hatch. Wefound in a bank, over a thousand nests of Bank Swallows and dug out several nests which either con- tained badly incubated eggs, young or incompleted nests, and we never took a good set of them. After searching in the marsh a little while, and finding nothing, decided to go back to camp; as we said we would never go back the way we came, we thought we could cross a little above, it looked like a comparatively dry woods and we rot knowing at that time it connected all the way. My cousin went along on top of the bank of marsh in the woods and 1 kept along the edge, going into it wherever I thought a likely place. In taking dif- ferent courses we got separated from each other. My cousin being at top of the bank of marsh, could view the whole thing and thought it easier to go back the way he came, and I, not know- ing where he was, commenced to cross. Where I started in I found it too wet, and kept on going up expecting to find a better place, and in looking around I found a set ofisix Yellow billed Cuckoo, one egg of which was undoubiedly that of the Black-billed, being a little dark- er and smaller. After packing up the eggs and writ- ing the notes, I continued on searching for dry land; after walking in the tangled mess of briars, bushes and wil- low saplings for about half an hour I begaa to wonder if there Was any end. I climbed some of the highest saplings and could see nothing on either side but a desolate mass of tangled saplings. | After walking in this place for about ap hour and a half (it seemed like five) and climbing trees, I at last found an edge, but was uncertain which edge it was, I was so completely lost, but found out afterwards it was the side I wanted- Oh, what a sight I was, one pant leg gone clear up to knee, and other leg torn to shreds, and not a square inch on my legs but had at least a dozen THE OOLOGIST 115 scratches on, and shoes went swash, every step I took. In going across afield I ran across some men picking strawberries, and asked them how far I was from the old club house, and they said about a mile anda half. I got back to the house be fore my cousin did, and leaving the box that contained the Cuckoo’s eggs, I went out to lookfor him. Not seeing anything of him I went back to the old house, and to my surprise I found him there. Hesaid he saw the boy that showed us the old house, and he said that no one ever crossed the swamp. My cousin felt sure that I would try and cross, and when he saw my box and wanted to be sure that it was the box I took with me, he looked in and found an egg of the Cuckoo and thought it was an ege of the Least Bittern. He had taken a set of three Yellow-billed Cuckoo and had calculated to fool me, making me believe they were Least Bittern, but got the joke on himself in- stead. When we had eaten our dinner and rested a little while we blowed our eggs, packed them up and started for home, saying we had enough marsh col- lecting for awhile. RAY DENSMORE, Perry, O. If Not, Why So? (concluded. ) When a person sees another shoot out and ascend high above him in the realms of knowledge, his generous, self- sacrificing temperment prompts him into expressions of admiration, happy congratulation, encouragement, etc. The opera glass advocate never killed, _ trapped, or kept wild birds in captivity; hence he is in a position to criticise the Ornithologist’s motives with a depth and breadth of comprehension that is apalling. He also never robbed nests and so does not know that most birds waste little time in mourning the loss of their eggs, often having a new nest constructed inside a week, or that it often happens if an egg is touched or even if they know their home is dis- covered they will desert it. This does not argue well for the affection and heart-rending grief of the bereaved parents as he depicts it, often compar- ing to the woe of a mother deprived of her child—a human being endowed with reason and memory and who usu- ally mourns such a misfortune during life. It would seem as if his exagger- | ations were knowingly committed in order to strike the harder, for no one is entirely lacking in common sense. That the Ornithologist understands, does not in the least disturb him for he succeeds in impressing the remainder of the world with his wisdom. His is the popular bird study, reaching out into classes of people who but vaguely know what an Ornithologist is; hence he possesses their regard and confi- dence and it is here he does his criticis- ing. His importance is very like that of a Congressman—a great man among his constituents at home but when he gets to Washington—well, he is not quite so great. We must now drop the opera glass advocate * but as the Orni- thologist is the hero of this thrilling tale we will let him remain awhile. Truly scientific men in all branches of science will stand by the Ornitholo- gist because they can gage true value, but aside from these his popularity is * Itshould be understood that under head of opera glass advocate we included all those who study birds without recourse to the Ornitholo- gist’s villianous methods, and also that we accuse this class of neither indolence nor lack of intelligence. It is true, they have chosen a field almost free from anything like labor, but the fact is the majority work hard at various occupations and indulge this pastime as a means of rest and_ recreation. Bradford Torrey spent his holidays in idle wanderings about the country long before he became in- terested in birds, and apparently nomadic in- clination is still the ruling influence. Who could ,conceive John {Burroughs returning from a long, weary tramp, peeling off his coat and working far into the night on bird skins; but one could easily picture Robert Ridgway thus employed. A person with a highly in- tellectual brain usually regards such a posses- sion as an excuse from manual labor. Coues had the brain, yet was not afraid to prepare birds nor at all backward in advising the be- 116 THE OOLOGIST. not to be envied. To the average mind he is not only engaged in something they do not comprehend but something very few follow—hence he is a crank. Did he devote equal time and energy to reading they would pronounce him wise, aud even if his intellect was of wooden Indian brilliancy he could yet retain Shis reputation by ;keeping his mouth shut. The opera glass adherant also gets his share. ‘They credit him with insanity. He wanders about just to look at birds, a thing no sane man would do. The Ornithologist escapes this honor because he carries a shot gun and ‘‘stuffs’ birds—they can un- derstand that; but to returu. Some of the Ornithologist’s friends, who believe him to possess talent and brains, deep- ly regret the step he has taken for they regard it as a total waste and point out what he might have done. Yo others he is gleaning‘knowledge along certain chosen lines of no benefit to anyone ex- cept himself, thus working out his own selfish ends at a sacrifice of innocent life. They {have forgotten that they were sent to:school and later continued their studies for the sole purpose of improving number one and no one else. It is true that a great deal of his knowl- edge will never be imparted to the world for a person may know a certain section of country well but can not make another equally familiar by mere description—that other must go over NT EE ginner to shoot all he needed. A well known and popular bird writer has told us all about the captivating ways of the dear little Horned Lark, but either did not know, or deemed it unnecessary to state that the bird belonged to the Desert variety. Probably she would ex- claim, ‘‘A Horned Lark isa Horned Lark and that is all we bird people care to know."’ Sois a Man aman, but in reading his biography it is interesting to know whether he belongs to the red, white or black variety—of course this is only the Ornithologist’s point of view. An article in the Outlook, written for the amuse- ment and instruction of children, takes the glad young reader by the hand and leads him to where he can peep down the chimney and gaze upon the chimney swift’s cozy nest lined with feathers and straws upon which is the lovely, glossy backed, fluffy breasted mother, covering her ‘‘freckly speckly eggs.”’ Evident- ly a little more knowledge would not hurt this writer. His next step will be to criticise the Ornithologist, the actual ground. He also has an un- kind way of treating all criticism and advice with absolute indifference thus counting general disapproval on the ground of prevalent but by no means acknowledged opinion that a man has no business to mind his own business; now to leave him for a moment.— Of all classes interested in birds, the sportsman stands nearest to the people, in fact, isofthem. Fire arms are fa- miliar to all and have a numerous fol- lowing, hence their use seems very natural and proper. Of the number of birds annually killed, the sportsman can claim an ascendency over the Or- nithologist reaching far into the thous- ands. In some places he has been obliged to restock the country or fore- go the pleasure of shooting. He is a power, and game laws are adjusted to suit him but being of the people there is little difference of general opinion. Self interest is the ruling power with us all. Some birds serve man best killed and dressed, others by their song and beauty; hence the former may be killed at certain seasons and the latter are protected the year round, while a third class possessing the merits of neither, are not protected at all. Only a brother sportsman has a right to kill birds. Ifa hawk presumes it must be shot and he who robs a game bird’s nest should be hung. When a boy, the writer was threatened with the law be- cause arumor got afloat that he took four Woodcock’s eggs, and only proof was wanting to execute the threat. ‘Just think!’ exclaimed the indignant sportsman, ‘“‘that young imp has de- stroyed four Woodcocks I might have shot this fall.” Those eggs are still in existence. We find discord among lovers of the chase as elsewhere. First comes the game hog. The sportsman who lives where six bird is a lucky day calls the one who boasts of getting twenty-five a game hog, Jealousy and resentment tend to promote and THE OOLOGIST strengthen the beautiful ties of brother- ly love. Now should this first sports- man move into the twenty-five district he immediately brings the limit up to that number. So you see the game hog is not well defined. However, one thing is certain—he is always the other fellow. Then allhunters are not sports- men, The hunter’s instinct is so strong among a certain humble class as to ren- der them fit to gain a living by hunting only. They are looked down upon as beings mean and lowly and called mar- ket hunters. When the sportsman re- turns from a successful hunt he adver- tises his generosity and skill by dis tributing the game among friends, but the other can not afford to do this and sells, thus proclaiming himself no sportsman. Then there is this market hunter’s point of view but we dare not further encroach upon the readers time and patience. So realizing the chaos of varying opinions that surround him it is no wonder the Ornithologist is indifferent and relies wholly upon his own judg- ment. Were he to take a hundred people at random and decide to do ex- actly right according to the advice of each he would discover the existence of a hundred different ways of doing ex- actly right in no other way. He has somehow conceived the idea of freedom in the land, and shoots what birds he wants and takes what eggs he wants and conducts personal affairs to suit himself. People think nothing of rear- ing trusting little chickens to be slaughtered, yet many of them con- demn the Ornithologist’s bloody work. Inconsistant as this may seem he is not offended because he knows them to be voicing what they sincerely believe. He simply understands and makes due allowance for the weakness of human nature. As all ofus are more or less smitten with superstition and suscept- ible to flattery—although we seldom admit it—so are we influenced by popu- 117 lar opinions and customs. Sinful as it may be a woman can put birds on her hat and add a few artificial flowers and look likean angel. Let man put birds and flowers on his hat and he looks like an ass. We will now close in rhyme. Jones bought a baby eagle, and to pass the time away, He kicked and cuffed the helpless bird some twenty times a day. He nearly cracked its infant skull and broke its neck in half And to its screams of fear and pain he would merely grin and laugh. He assaulted it with an Indian club and beat it black and blue, And searcely noticed that each day the bird a little grew. One morning he took a raw-hide whip and hit it hard and slick; The bird answered not a ery but did something mighty quick. A tearing, ripping sound was heard; Which was Jones? which was bird? Someones enjoyed a heap of fun, Someone round like a pinwheel spun. Someone was on vengeance bent, Someone’s hide by claws was rent, Someone’s heels went in the air, Someone landed everywhere. Someone’s head the earth did smite, Someone lay in inky night, Someone awoke and slowly upsat; “Great Caesar!’’ cried someone where am I at. Someone’s doctor found him dead by half, “ Someone recovered but had ceased to laugh. Moral—The ornithologist is a healthy infant and growing every day. J. CLAIRE Woop, Detroit, Mich. The Nesting of Birds, In a large number of the nests of the Brown Pelican, which I examined on an island in Florida, all gave evidence 118 THE OOLOGIST _ that the old birds sat in one position, usually with the front to the water. In the case of the Ruffed Grouse and Bob- White, the position occupied while on the nest is invariably that which gives the best view of the surroundings from the more or less concealed retreat. Who ever learned of a Grouse’s nest where the setting bird faced into a brush pile, or toward the stump or log? The arboreal sparrows, vireos, and many other small birds usually sit on horizontal limbs with the head from the trunk, and when the nest is much elevated the position is usually chosen so that the sitter will face the prevail- ing wind. Birds will nearly always, whether on or off the nest, face the wind; and if observations are taken it will be found that nearly all setting pirds face in one direction, that is, against the wind. Some birds are very particular in re- gard to the privacy of their homes, and this feature of retirement is often com- mon to all the birds of a species. Again, there are many species which will receive visits and most any kind of abuse and stil! remain constant to their nest and eggs. I have caught a Blue- bird in my hand as she sat on the eggs, and then the eggs were regularly hatched. Repeated instances are known where the Golden-wing Wood- pecker has been removed from the eggs by hand, after which she would return and lay again in the same nest. Noth- ing seems to daunt this bird in her ef- forts to occupy a cavity, and there are many instances where aS many as twelve eggs have been laid, each egg being taken on the day it was deposit- ed. I have removed a Black-capped Chickadee from her eggs in a hole, and when she was released she at once flew back in the cavity while I was within two feet of the stump. These little tit- mice are the most familiar, and per- haps all-around social creatures that 1 have met with in my trips among the birds. Birds are not nearly as liable to de- sert their nests as it is claimed, and with a few exceptions the birds that I have studied are very constant, not only to their nests and eggs, but to a locality, returning year after year. Strangely enough, many species of the wildest birds as the hawk and owl, will submit to repeated visits and partial abolitian and still continue to occupy the nest. I have known instances where a Red-tailed Hawk’s nest has been climbed to at least three or four times during construction and the deposition of the eggs, and yet the pair remained and finally hatched their eggs. I have changed eggs of the Spotted Sandpiper and Killdeer in their nests; that is the position, and the birds would rearrange the clutch. One of our commonest birds, the Chipping Sparrow, is much given 40 resenting interference, and will often leave its nest on the slightest provocation, a habit I have often ob- served. But again this little bird will permit of the closest inspection, and it is so often found nesting on the piazza vines and plants that it has been called the ‘‘porch sparrow” an excellent name for this familiar little creature. The vireos are very resentful of interfer- ence, and some of the warblers are much iuclined to leave the nest if it is touched or sometimes even looked at. On the contrary, the swallows and the familiar barn Phoebe are very persist- ent in their allegiance, and will accept most any impositions apparently with- out complaint. That little yellow me- teor, the Yellow Warbler, is much in- clined to retirement, and will leave its nest on the slightest molestation by man. This is the more remarkable when we find that the active fellow is the most persistent of all the birds against the encroachments of the cow- | bird, that insistent advocate of found- ling’s homes. It is a fact all birds are THE OOLOGIST. less liable to leave their eggs if they are advanced in incubation, and many species that will resent any interference by leaving the nest in the earlier days of incubation, will often submit to im- position without desertion when the eggs are about ready to hatch. In one instance a Ruffed Grouse was annoyed to a great extent by the visits of the neighboring boys, and the result was that the eggs were addled, yet the old bird was so devoted that she continued to set for some time after the allotted time, and after she finally gave over in her efforts ata thankless undertaking, the eggs were found intact in the nest but without signs of development. Truly this was a lost labor of love. Many species of birds, will, when forced by stress of circumstances, drop their eggs in the nests of other birds; and I have found this to occur in the case of seven species, as follows: A Redwing’s egg in the nest of a Hooded Warbler; a Mourning Dove’s egg in the nest of a Robin; a Cedar-birds’ egg in the nest of a Kingbird; a Phoebe’s in an Kavo Swallow’s;, Carolina Rail’s in a Virginia Rail’s, and vice versa, and a Cuckoo’s, the Black-billed, in a nest of the Yellow-billed. ‘This list is aside from the Cowbird, which never makes a nest of its own or cares for its own eggs or young, to my knowledge; neither does it include the so-called English sparrow, which lays its eggs on all occasions,and in all locations, and it would not be surprising to find an egg in a contribution box at a close com- munion church. When birds lose their own nests, they will not rarely make a deposit in the nest of most any conven- ient neighbor, and this freak as we may call it, thongh it were better to call ita wise bit of reasoning, has led to the ‘finding of at least thirty kinds of birds depositing their eggs in the nests of other birds. Others, as the ducks of several species, deposit whole sets of -eggs in common in a nest with an- 119 other duck’s eggs, generally of the same species, but not rarely of a differ- ent kind, as has been repeatedly ver. ified. This has been repeatedly ob- served in nests of the Canvas-back and Red-head ducks, the females of which not rarely lay in a common nest, cov- ering the eggs with down as is usual. Sometimes it is the Red-head that is flushed from the nest, and again, the Cagwas-back, but it has not been settled that both females are known to incu- bate the same set of mixed eggs: but I should not think it surprising if this were found to be so. Besides the birds which are forced to the shift of occasionally depositing in other’s nests, and the ones which have the partial habit of baby-farming, so to speak, as the cuckoos and ducks, there are many others which are strictly in favor of home rule and the care of their young, yet who are willing to occupy the houses of others. Among these we find, first, the birds which are willing to take up with old deserted quarters; second, those renting property, as it were, on a time lease; and third, those masters of the situatiou who dispossess the rightful owners and occupy the premises for their own family. In the first list, which is the largest, we find all the many species which are incapa- le of drilling holes with their bills, as the Bluebird, White-bellied Swallow, Great-crested Flycatcher, House Wrens and others which select among other places for their nests, the deserted cayv- ities of Woodpeckers and Nuthatches. The imported sparrow is also in this; in truth he is in every list and is ubiquit- ous, In the second list—the renters, we find numerous instances where the Great-Horned Owl takes possession of a Red-tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk’s nest before the rightful proprietor has returned from :the South and rears a family, and then perhaps gives it up the next season. It is even said that both species have occupied the nest 120 successively in thefsame season, but I do not credit this story as the owl does not leave the nest with its young until _after May 1, and that would not suit _ the hawk’s views, as it usually begins nesting in March or early April; st ll it is possible. In the third division we find the En- glish Sparrow in full force, and if ghee is one factor in the driving cf our city birds from our parks and yards it is the pugnacity of this despised interloper. Yet in the face of all this we cannot but admire the imported nuisance, for the aggressiveness with which he holds sway over the carefully protected birds of our land. In addition to driving the Martins from their boxes and the Blue- birds from their cavities, and ths many other birds from the dooryard, we find him in the country as well where he takes possession of the nests of the Phoebe, Eave and Barn Swallows. It is intesting to observe a pair of Spar- rows, occupying a mud house in a row of Eave Swallows nests ‘The irascible fellow appears contented wherever he is located and always makes himself at home, I do not xecall an instance where one of our rative small birds building in the open has been dispcs- sessed of its homestead rights, but cavities are often in dispute. Years ~sago when the Bronzed Grackle wes in the habit of laying its eggs in the hol- lows of dead trees, I have seen this big shiny bird drive a pair cf blueblack swallows from their possessions in a dead stub. The Short-eared Owl has a penchant for building in the nest cf the common crow, and after nicely lining it with feathers, defends it against the sable owners. A Sparrow Hawk has been seen to drive a pair of Flickers from a cavity that they had occupied for years. Some birds will puild their nests over other nests; even those containing eggs THE OOLOGIST. of the same species, and again over eggs of different species. The imported sparrow is much given to both of these oddities, but of our native birds the only ones in which I have observed the peculiarity are the Blue-backed Swal- low and common Bluebird, in addition to the second-storied nests of the Yel- low Warbler, which often builds a sec-- ond nest over the unwelcome addi- tions of the Cowbird. I once found three more or less complete sets cf eggs of the Bluebird ina single cavity. Such an occurrence can only be ac- counted for in one way; the cavity was first occupied by « pair of birds that was driven ont efter the eggs were de_ posited, or perhaps the birds were frightened or destroyed. A fresh set of eggs was then laid by pair number two in a nest built over the first one, and for a second time the cavity was de- serted. Let us hope that the first pair rallied and again took possession of the cavity. The cavity in question contained three nests, occupying a space from the bottom upward or over eight inches. The lower set of four had lain cold and deserted for a month; the nest set above was at least two weeks old, while the upper set was in process of incubation when discov- ered. The locality was a field which had recently been cleared of most of its many stubs, and which had former- ly been much frequented by the Blue birds. Ontheir return in the spring the birds had found the accommoda-. tions much curtailed, snd in their de- sire to remain and nest in the neigh-- borhood entered into a xeighborhood struggle with disasterous results. In one hollow of a itamarack stub in the ~marsh, we found a finely feathered nest of the Blue-backed Swallow con- taining six eggs, and beneath this an- - other nest held five addled eggs. © (To be Continued.) MorRIs GiIzBBs,. THE OOLOGIST. 121 === yy ps Hf THE NEW NATURE LIBRARY. 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THE OOLOGIST. 123 Do You Know how fascinating English history really is? That England during the past thousand years, has given to our literature more heroes and hero- ines than all the rest of the world and ages? What do you know of the private and personal lives of her queens, who as well as being stately sovereigns, wlth passions of love and hate, were living, palpitating wo- men? Do you know of that king and queen who stood bare-footed, and ‘all naked from their waists upward,” in the great hall of Westminster? Or what plumber’s dog licked the blood of a king? Or why Henry VII hanged his four English mastiffs as traitors? Or what king apologized for taking so long to die? Or why Marlborough and his duchess were disgraced? Do you know the story of Thomas a Becket and the Emir’s daughter? Of fair Rosamond Clifford’s bower in the labyrinth at Woodstock, and the telltale silken thread on Henry’s golden spur that led to her becom- ing anun? Of Richard II and the fatal trap-door of Vidomar? Of the dreadful warning that hung over the bed of Isabella of Angouleme? Of the queen who was discovered in London, disguised as a cook-maid? Do you know how the mere fact that the Duchess of Marlborough putting on, by mistake, the queen’s gloves, changed, as Voltaire says, the destinies of Europe? Or why the great Elizabeth and her prime minister had to deal secretly with Catherine de’ Medici’s tailors? Or what that which passed between ‘‘Nan’’ Boleyn and King Hal beneath the yew-tree in the cloistered shade of Sopewell nunnery, meant to Wolsey? Those who are interested may have specimen pages of a work that will show how English history may be had in quite a different way from that presented by Hume, or Rapin, or Macaulay, or Guizot, or Hallam, or Froude. PAMPHLET SENT ON REQUEST. GEORGE BARRIE & SON, PupstisHErs, 1313 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AGENTS WANTED—LIBERAL COMMISSION. 124 THE OOLOGIST. CLOSING OUT BARGAINS. Read Them All Over Carefully, and Make up Your Order Quick if They Interest You- I offer a few wholesale bargains this month that cannot fail to interest any live collector who has an opportunity to sell to other collectors or friends. PURPLE SEA FERNS. These gorgeous Purple Sea Ferns always attract attention in a dealers stock. Wehave a fine lot on hand, which we offer at one tenth regular value. Three foot specimens at $1.00 per dozen or four foot specimens at $1.80 per dozen. RED EARS. These big red ears from Cali- fornia, are big value at my price. When polished they bring from $1.50 to $3.00 each. I offer six to seven inch specimens at $1.00 dozen or immense big ones at $1.80 dozen. COWRIES, Money and Ring Top. These cowries are much sought for as curios and are manufactured into jewelry. The Money is still used in barter with many African tribes. Hither species, per quart, 40 cents, or $1.25 per gallon. They are fine perfect live shells, all of them, fit for cabinet. : FLORIDA SHELLS, natural state. I offer tulips, two sized, strombus, fulgars Cardiums, and a few other kinds, assorted at the low rate of $2.50 per hundred or five hundred at $10.00. As you well know they retail everywhere at five cents each for the small and 25 cents for the larger kinds. MICA SNOW, who can use a hundred pounds in swap or for cash cheap? Speak quick and let me know what you have to offer for it. MINERAL COLLECTIONS. Whocan use a fine lot of these at low prices. Ihave three styles which I will sell cheap by the dozen or hundred. They require an enormous amount of labor to prepare and my price will pay little or nothing for tlme expended, with stock thrown in. BULK MINERALS BY THE POUND... I offer the following varieties at very low prices by the pound. Any quantity sold at this price, but of course not less than two pounds of each kind. Onyx, sawed in slices, .08, Onyx, massive chunks at .05, Pink Feldspar, fine .04, Alunite -05, Rose Quartz .05, Biotite .05, Sphalerite in Dolomite .08, Smoky Quartz .03, Geodes .05, Enstatite .04, Fuller’s Harth .08, Gypsum .04, Calcite crystals in pockets, from Colorado .05, Limonite .04, Curved Mica .04, Milky Quartz .03. These minerals will please you. I will sell one hundred pounds, my selection for $3.00. SEA URCHINS, STARFISH, SAND DOL- LARS, ETC. Iam closing out my entire stock of these without reserve. l0Specimens of Star- fish, Urchins, and Sea Curios, all different for $1.00. 25 specimens for $2.25; 50 Specimens many kinds, $4.00 or 100 specimens, many kinds, regular dealers stock for resort trade where teachers will see them, $6.50. This latter collection will retail easily at three to five times my figure. SEA CURIOS, such as starfish, urchins, squids, sea anemones, sponges, crayfish, shrimps, sea worms, Jelly fishand the like. I have five thousand specimens of these which I offer in the following quantities only. 100 specimens assorted, named, all in separate vials, corked and covered with paraffin for only $3.00. 500 Specimens for $12. 500 specimens in formolin, each speces ina jar by itself, for $7.50. Larger lots in like proportion. No such opportunity as this has ever been offered the public to get scientific prepared material at these figures. Come quick, and get the cream of the assortment. MISCELLANEOUS OFFERS. 12 nice small mammal skins, scientific made, for only $3.00. 20 magazines on Stamps, $1.00; 40 on Mineral- ogy, $1.00; 300n Coins, $1.00; 40 on Natural History, $1.00; 40 on Ornithology, $1.00; 25 on Archaeology, $1.00; 25 on Botany, $1.00; 25 For- eign magazines, $1.00; 25 on Conchology, $1.00. We have over 1,000 copies of Natural History magazines to close outatless thancost. 15 showy Florida shells, polished, for $2.00. 4 handsome Butterflies in plaster cases for $1.00; 10 for $5.00; 15 for $10.00. Will cost just double this figure anywhere else. 40 polished gem stones for $1.00; 100 for $2.00. 6 extra large and fine Herkimer double terminated crystals, transparent, or 25 medinm sized ones for $1.00. 100 Florida shells in natural state for $2.50, or 500 for $10.00. Gallon of assorted fine mixed shells for $1.00. Many kinds by the quart. 100 assorted tin boxes for mailing specimens, $1.25; 500 for $6.00. 50 turned wooden boxes, $1.00. 100 assorted glass vials, $1.00. 100 unnamed fossils for $1.00; 300 for $5.00. 50 pounds of un- named minerals for $1.50; 200 pounds for $4.00. Great bargains these for a live student. - Assorted bulk lot of nice Unios, 500 specimens, not named but in good shape in pairs, $5.00. We offer several hundred electrotypes cheap. This gives but a slight idea of the bargains on hand aud offered way down. One to ten dol- lars invested with us NOW will get twice the material and finer quality than can be had any- where else. I Cordially solicit vour orders. FOR SALE BY WALTER F. WEBB, 416 GRAND AVE., ROCHESTER, N. Y. My Catalogue of Minerals, Opals and Western Indian Relics. E. W. KIMBALL, Dept. A. Boulder, Col. Bird Magazine. _, All about Birds, their oS Nests and Eggs. Monthly. $1.00 year. Single copies 10 cents AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY Worcester, - Mass FRE 184 3t ee 5 HOW TO COLLECT —AND— MOUNT INSECTS. A new book for Librarians and Nature Stu- dents. 48 pages, illustrated. Mailed postpaid for 50 cents (Silver). yf 4188 Cc. ABBOTT DAVIS, 1131 Elmwood Ave. PROVIDENCE R.I. THE OOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 9. ALBION, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1902. WHOLE No. 192 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘‘“Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmen for 25c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additiona 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 OoLocistT. It denotes when your subscription expired or will expire. No.192 your subscription expires with this issue 195 be sé es se Dec. oe Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This Sep. OOLOGIST was is- IMPORTANT. sued Oct. 7. FOR EXCHANGE—Manv fine varieties of Sea Shells, Corals and Sea Curios to exchange for ‘‘Coues’ Key” or first class sets. E. L. WARNER, 910 Parker St , Jacksonville, Fla. WANTED—Large singles. Will give sets— 331 1-4, 393 1-3‘ 508 1-3, 387 1-3-1-2 501 1-4, 652 1-4, 750. 1-4; Singles 321. 505. 393, 608, 385, 126, 413, 508. H. D. VAIL, 190 Helen St., Cleveland, O. FOR EXCHANGE—Maynard’s “Eggs of N A. Birds” (colored plates) and Coues’ ‘Field ‘Ornithology,’’ both good as new; also sets of ‘this locality for first classsets. Many common ones wanted. C.S. SHARP, Escondido, Cal. WANTED—Good cash offer for egg of Cali- fornia Condor. For exchange, sets and skins of many varieties. Many common varieties wanted in series. All answered. DONALD A. COHEN, Alameda, Cal. EXCHANGE—For Indian curios, relics, or ‘sea curios, 5 Grouse skins, 1 Magpie, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 2 Varied Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Water-Merganser. G@. A. DECKER, Luding- ‘ton, Mich. TO EXCHANGE—Twelve bumbers Brehm’s *“Hhife of Animals,’’ 252 pages, four colored plates, for stamps or eggsin sets. GLEN M. HATHORN, 1335, 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. FOXHOUND dog for sale or exchange. What have you to offer in anything a sports- man can use. Speak quick; the best offer takes him. Allanswered. F.H. RICKER, Lisbon, Maine. Box 38. FOR SALE—Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of “Osprey (ex- oe Vol. 2, No. 2) for cash. GLEN M. HAT- HORN, 1335 2d Ave., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. WANTED—To exchange a series of sets of Cooper Hawk, 3, 4, and 5, for common eggs in sets. Cooper Hawks first class, fresh and per- sonally collected. J. D. CURRIE, 2006, Laurel Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. SETS Mississippi Kite, Peregrine Falcon; 200 Indian relics, fine stone and flint; 200 spe- cies fossils, Douglas Co., complete data, 22 re- peating Winchester rifle; other curios. Want Scientific, sociological, llterary or reference works, bound magazines, desirable curios or cash. Enclose stamp. ARTHUR BRIDWELL, Baldwin, Kan. TO EXCHANGE—Ffine Kodaks and Came- ras; color photographs, mounted birds, mine- rals, old violin, 250 natural history magazines, 200 cigarette pictures, a few war relics. foot- power scroll saw, Marlin 32-20 repeater with reloading tools, pair of imported field glasses. I want old U. S. coins or Indian relics. L. V. CASE, Naples, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE—A 1 Californian sets with full data. Many common sets wanted, but must be first class. AllanSwered. NELSON CARPENTER, Escondido, Cal. FOR SALE—Three hundred different kinds of shells with many duplicates. R. Z FAHS, Kirkland, Washington. FOR EXCHANGE—My entire collection of eggs for an 8x10 camera, With or without lens, Of ioe cash. JESSE EARLLE, Greencastle, nd. TO ANY ONE sending me one subscription to ‘‘Recreation’’ at one dollar a year, I will send 50c worth of bird skins ‘or eggs, post paid. Cash or money order. No stamps. PURDUM, M. D., Pawtucket, R. I. ATTENTION OOLOGISTS!—Ink and pencil marks and nest Stains removed from egg- shells by;using my solution. 25 cents a bottle. Hand Egg Blow-pipe, 50 cents, for small and large eggs. Invaluable with Water Blower. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 45 7 Greene St., Au- gusta Ga. FOR SALE—71, 1-3, 16. 143, 1-6, 74. 151, 1-10, $2.60. 337a, 1-2 75. 420, 2-2. 36. 421, 1-2, 38. 508, 1-4, 20. 631, 2,4, 20. 713, 2-4, 25. Snapping Turtle 1-32, $1.10. Prices are per set prepaid. Sets of 151, 2-10, 1-12 for exchange. JAS. O. JOHNSON Southington, Conn. 126 THE OOLOGIST. COLLECTORS:—For every $1.00 cash or 83,00 worth of specimens, supplies, books, or any- thing the collector or sportsman can use, I will send you one of my new Auxiliary barrels for small bird collecting. They will fitany gun. Saves the price in powder and shot in a month, if yor do any shooting. Give gauge of gun. C. C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. EVERYONE interested in natural science, and all who enjoy a good narrative, should read ‘Frederick Young.’ People have re- mained up until one, two and even three o’clock in the morning to finish it. Gold top; tinted illustrations; 401 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel letter- ing, and a beautiful black and light green cov- er design by Frohn. Superlative as a gift. Publishers’ price, $1.50. Sent by mail prepaid tor $1.25. CHARLES L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, ass. tf WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- strocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 FOR SALE—AI sets, full data. A. O.U. Prices per egg. 2 sets of 452b 15c, 4. 4 & 5, 4c, 7%, -$1.00, 77,2 and 5, 5c, 1382, 8 with nest. 8c, 14210 wlth nest, 20c, 143, 6 15c, 167 1-6, 20c, 190, 1-4 40c, 191, % 10c, 206 2, $2.50, 21s, 6 to 14, 4c, 212 1-6 10c, 221, 10 to 11, 2, 224, 2-4 50c. 242, 1-4 $1.50, 2b1 5-4, 15, 273, 2-4, 10, 305, 8 to 16 8c, 308 two handsome sets 1-10 1-12, 50c, 308a, 6 to 14, 15c, 216, 2-2 2c, 331, 1-6, 2-4, 15¢, 337, 2 and 3 15c, 242, 2-3, 20c, 348, 1-3 $1.00, 3bb, 2-4 15¢, 367, 1-4 1-7, 25c, 378, 1-9, 5c 388, 2-2, 4c, 467, 1-3n, 7c, 488, 4 to 6, 2c, 494, 1-5 10c, 497, 2-4 2c, 498, 3-4n 1c, 509, 4 so 7n 25c, 511b, 1-5, 2, 529, 1- 4n, 3c, 542a, 1-5n 5c, 561, 425n. 8c. 581. 435, 1c, 681, 1-5n 5c, 704, 5 to 6, 1c, 705, 2-3, 1c, 719; 1-6 10c, 721’ 1-6, 1-5, 2c, 725n, 2, 736, 2-3n, 4c. All first class and prepaid at prices quoted. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. WANTED—Two or three full sets of Hooded Merganser, but must be with good nests of down. Exchange perfect sets of Steller’s Western Duck with down, or King Eider; fullest particulars, and perfectly authentic. H. NOBLE, Temple Combe, Henley-on-Thames, England. 190. Ft ak Aas EES cee DU AO PEACOCK.—I offer a freshly prepared skin of an adult male Peacock. A magnificent specimen and strictly XXX in every respect. MRS. GEO. SNOW, Knowlesville, Orleans county, N. Y. WANTED—Tobacco Tags Star, Horse Shoe, Standard Navy, Spearhead, Master Workman, Drummond, Natural Leaf, Good Luck, Piper Heidsieck, Boot Jack, Nobby Spun Roll, J. T, Old Honesty, Jolly Tar, Sickle Brandywine, Cross Bow, Old Peach and Honey, Razor, EH. Rice Greeville, Tennessee Crosstie, Planet Neptune, Ole Varginy. Will give fifty cents per 100, or eggs from this locality at 44 list. ERNEST L. HALEY, Rangeley. Maine, 190 FOR EXCHANGE—Ridgway’s Manual, and cash for Coues’ ‘‘Key,” ‘‘Auks.” ‘‘Condors” and other magazines or books. Want especial- ly, Ridgway’s ‘‘Nomenclature of Colors.” ERED MALTBY, Deer Park, Wash. SETS of Bewick’s Wren Abert’s Towhee, Cassin’s Auklett, Scarlet Ibis, Black-vented Shearwater and a few other species to ex- change for common kinds—such as Meadow- lark, Warblers, Hawks, ete. Send full list of duplicates to receive mine. J. P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. WANTED—Books and magazines on Iowa birds, for cash. Send names, number with lowest cash price to J. L. SLOANAKER. 411 Spring St., Newton, Iowa. A collection of 150 singles and 50 A 1 sets to exchange for A 1sets. Send list. Allanswered. A. D. DOERGE, Navasota, Texas INCOMPLETE sets Cerulean Warbler and nest and Western Goshawk. Want 329, 348, 364 and the rarer warblers. W. E. SAUN- DERS, London, Ont. 12x14 wall tent, 8 oz., only used once, for best: cash offer, or will take part in eggs. Eggs in sets toexchange. F. A. BLACK, Box 148, Kal- amazoo, Mich. W ANTED—A copy of Davies Key, 5th edi- . tion in good condition; sets of Hawks and Owls eggs, and minerals. Can offer fine sets. Send lists. A. W. COMFORT, Adrian, Mich. ONE Guitar Zither, never used, 4 draw tele- scope, cost 48; 1 Remington Typewriter, Model1; watch; large number of books and papers, to exchaage for printing press or curios. Send list. E.G. BIDLAKH, 16 Court. St., Auburn, N. Y. THREE dollars will buy 145 kinds of woods, or will exchange for woods not in my coliec- tion. LOUIS W. HAHN, Lake Avenue, Silver Creek, Chau. County, N. Y. I WILL give good exchange in sets for skins or anything Tcanuse. All answered. HAR- LAND KNOX, Taxidermist, S- Ryegate, Ct. Lock Box, 6. WILD BIRDS FOR SALE CHEAP—AIl A 1 birds to size of Ruffed Grouse sent by mail prepaid. Larger by express charges paid on. orders of $5.00 or over. 2, $2.50, 4, $1.50 6, $1.25, 7, 4.00, 59, $2.00, 77, $1.25, 125, $6.00, 181 female,,. $1.50, 182 male, $1.50, 140, male and female $1.75, $1.25, 149. male and female, 82.00, $1.50, 206, male skin $3.00, 212, male, $1.25. 224, male and female: $1.75, $1.25, 4 downy young, 50c each, 242, male, $1.00, 249, male and female, $1.50 each, 255, $1.25, 2bi $1,25, 273, 75c, 297, male, $2.50, $1.50, 300a, $1.50 300b, male, $2.50, 304 male and female, $3.00, winter 343 skin -75c, 349, male $1000, 667, male with prey $1.50, 371, male $2.50. 376, nr, white male $5.00. male and female spotted, $3.00, 378,. $1.50, 412 75e, 515, male 75c, 528, male 75c, 534, 75c. CHRIS P. FORGE, Taxidermist. Carman, Manitoba. PARTIES—Having sets of Maine collected eggs, first class with full data, for caSh or ex- change. Please write. Desirable sets offered. Address GUY BRIGGS, Livermore, Maine. HAVING recently acquired a large collec- tion of American eggs we find some very fine duplicate sets which we will sell cheap for cash or will exchange for sets. mounted birds or mammals, skins, or anything in the line of museum material provided accurate data can be furnished. A full list will be sent on appli- cation. Among others we have sets of the fol- lowing species: A O. U. Nos. 2, 3. 4,5, 18, 13a, 14, 16. 30, 30a, 310, 32, 48, 47, 49, 51, 64, 74, 75, 79, 79a, 108, 115, 117, 129, 180. 140, 141, 163, 167, 192, 187, 194, 198, 199. 201, 211b, 225, 226.280 285, 311, 314, 316, 320a, 321, 326, 333, 335, 339a. 339b, 342. 310b, 347a, 357, 378a, 387, 400, 401, 406, 408, 409, 412, 413, 417a, 420, 423, 443, 444. 449, 450. 453, 456, 478, 466a, 474d, 476, 477, 477a, 488, 489 499, 500, 501, 501a, 505,. 508, 510, 51la, 511b. 512, 552a, 555, 581, 581b, d58le, 598d, 596, 604, 616, 620, 622, 622b, 629. 633. 652, 656,. 677, 687, 708, 705, 708, 743a, 756, 757, ‘751, 766. Also: many foreign and American singles. JAMES J. CARROLL, Curator, Waco. Texas. THE OOLOGIST. : Exchange—Green’s Pathology, Bruce’s Ma- teria Media, Jewett’s Essentials of Obstetrics, Lancet (184-184), Bell’s Surgery, Vol. 1, (180,) Tyson’s Diagnosis, pair gold (link) cuff but- tons, gold plated pencil and pen holder (gold pen included) sterling silver cus glass inkstand, dress Suit case, ete., for choice Indian relics, Mexican or Pacific Island Curios. THOS. F. JUDGH, 2737 Sixth Ave., Troy, N. Y. YOOR paper is the best to advertise in. Re- ceived a large number of answers from all over the country, from the ad I had in your paper last winter. C. M. WOODS, Kansas City, Mo. ST. BERNARD DOG FOR SALE:—Stands 29% inches high. Kind and gentle, good watch dog. beautiful color, etc. 68.00 cash or $24.00 worth of skins, list price. R. A. LEE, Sanilac Center, Mich. RARE BIRDS AND EGGS—Write for my list of about 60 duplicates in beautiful mount- ed birds (perfect specimens) and 50 fine sets of eggs. Any or all of which I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, or exchange for fine sets or nests. Among mounted birds are Little Brown Crane, Koseate Spoonbill, Gray Ruffed Grouse, Heath Hen, etc., and in eggs, 1-2 Gold- en Eagle, 1-2 Everglade Kite, 1-5 Limpkin, 1-1 Wandering Albatross, 1-1 Passenger Pigeon, ete. J. L. CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. WANTED—To exchange fine new field glasses, Goss’ Birds of Kansas, Raines’ Bird Nesting in Northwest Canada, Coues’ Citizen Bird, Keyster’s. In Birdland, Cones’ Key to N. A. Birds, Ind ed., Thorean’s Spring and Au- tumn, Clark’s Birds of Wayside and Prairie, C. C. Abbotts In Nature’s Realm, Recent Ram- ples, Merriam’s A Birding on a Bronco, etc., for fine bird skins, Auk any Vol. except 93-94 95, O. and O. ’86and’92. B A. SWALKS, 135 War- ren Ave. E., Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-—The largest and most valuable Oological collection in the South, in sets and singles with data, very cheap for cash or for exchange for large rare singles or sets. Listfor2c stamp. Southern sea-shore birds’ eggs, standard data a special- ty. Dr. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St. Au- gusta, Ga. WESTERN EGGS for salein full and care- fully prepared sets. My last ad in the Oologist sold nearly all my rarer sets but I still have a few good things left. I have now a list of over 500 different sets, mostly western, which I wish to dispose of. Among the lot are Bald and Golden Eagles, White-tailed Kites, Mis- sissippi Kites, Revoli Hummer, and all the commoner hummers, all the common Western Hawks in fine series, Sulphur-bellied Flycatch- er, Virginia and Grace’s Warbler, Hepatic Tanager, Dusky Poor-will, Stephens Poor Will, Beldings, Arizona, Long crested, Cal. Blue fronted, and Woodhouse Jay, Bryant's Cactus Wren, Desert Cactus Wren, Dotted Can- yon Wren, Rock Wren, and one set of Varied Thrush Besides the above mentioned I have all the common Western and Arizona sets. W. LEE CHAMBERS, Santa Monica, Cal. FOR EXCHANGE—Hawaii, Chinese, Japa- nese and California curios, birds eggs in sets, Indian baskets and relics, 50 sets of 122, Wath- am watch, stamp album, 1500 stamps. I want sets birds eggs, bird skins, Indian relics, spear and arrow heads, Coues’ Key, Ridgeway’s Manual, and Bendire’s Life Histories, 2 vols. Send offers and list andget mine. H. F. DU- PREY, 323 Fourth St., Santa Rosa. Cal. 127 FOR SALE-2 live young Coyotes, $3.00 each or $5.00 for the pair. Also 1 live Arctic Horned Owl for $500. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Taxider- mist and collector, Carman, Manitoba, FOR SALE—1 mounted Jack Rabbit, white, $4 00, 1 Mink $2.50, 5 or 6 good Moose scalps from $4.00 to $7.00 each. CHRIS. P. FORGE, Carman, Manitoba. ie eat te a oe pas SE TR a ENS SSE REET EGGS WANTED—Following A. O. U. No’s. (either sets or singles), 3, 4, 7, 12. 13, 30a, 53, 58, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72. 74, 75, 77, 90, 106, 120, 125, 126, 128, 197, 199, 200, 183, 214 228, 294, 300, 305, 325, 326, 332, 349, 352, 360, 362, 364, 366, 375, 379, 381, 303, 394, 406, 416, 417, 423, 428, 429, 480, 452, 47¢, 497, 490, 501, 506, 507, 517, 519, 529, 530, 531, 587, 591b, 601, 608, 610, 611, 612, 622, 624, 636, to 685, 702, 718, 7381, 727, 729, 735, 751,788. If you have others rarer, send list. Imay be able to use them. I offer sets of White Ibis, Fulmar, White-faced Glossy Ibis and White necked Raven, Rough-wing Swal- low, Long-bill Curlew and a few others. Also Hall typewriter in walnut case, good running order; cost $20.00. Spectroscope in case cost $3 00. Double action 32 cal. long cylinder, col- lecting pistol with shot shells, 13in. 10 ga. in- sertion collecting tube for 32 cal. shells; velvet lined walnut case for Oologist’s instruments; Oologists water blower complete; egg trays, new, or slightly soiled. Write me, stating. what you have and what you want. We may be able to dicker. Canalso offer mounted birds good shells and minerals. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. Box 173. COSTS YOU ONLY ONE CENT. NEW LISTS just outthis month Senton receipt of Postal Card. Some new specialties in MOUNTED BIRDS and BUTERFLIES. Address , ERNEST H. SHORT, ROCHESTER, N. Y. FINE SETS FOR SALE CHEAP, Parasitic Jaeger, set Of 2........... ---... ----.---. $8 .18 Long tailed Jaeger. set Of 2_..........--......-----. AVG) Kittiwake, set of 2................-- 15 Me wiGilliiSetroiis) ae mare eee en ee -10 Pranklin’s Gull, set of 3...--.....----.---------------- 15 IAT CHIC AMEE MNSCUlOf: 3 eee sects de sseeeeee pam Obe (RUIN AAS CU Otel a 52 ered nena AS Stormy Petrel, set of 1..... pate & GanMnetySe tio ty lite |... aes eee oe eee Cormorant, set of 4.... Ri Oa Northern Hider, set of 5.. 23 Cornerakex set ote) 0) eee Northern Phalarope, set of 4 European Snipe, set of 4................---..--------- DUN SStiO Ls 28... eee Curlew, set of 4..........---2 ..2..--- Lapwing, set of 4............... ..... as IRIN GRETOVer SOU Ol (4 tenesssetenc ee snerieteeneecnareas Golden Plover, set of 4 Oystercatcher, set of 3 Redshank, set of 4........... Kestril Hawk, set of 4 eee Gray Sea Eagle, Set Of 2.........222.2.22--ecene enone Duck Hawk, set of 4:....... is Snowflake, set of 5... to _ Skylank seu Oak. ciesenae redeem ennnencateeennvaes : MuropeanCootsset OfsGmeseee ee ee .08 English Pheasant, set of 10..................-----. = 108 Send for full list to WALTER RAINE. Waverly Villa, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada, 128 OREGON BIRDS 4» INSECTS. I have a large number of strictly" first-class skins of Western Oregon birds to dispose of at reasonable rates. Sample specimens will be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid at follow- ing rates: Junco hyemalis Oregonus.............2-.2-2.22--2---- 8B .23 Helminthophila celata lutescens 22 Dendroica audoboni........ PAAR cell se te saree 24 Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii................ 20 Selasphorus rufus............... -.--....--- -50 Carpodacus purpureus californicus.. eee. Melospiza fasciata guttata............... SAS ERD) Dendroica nigrescens ..........2..2.....e..eee08 ceeee 30 Passerina amoema..:2...22 0-2. .-- se cecaecncecentecse . 30 Parus atricapillus occidentalis .... 25 Sample collections of Oregon insects, (all Coleoptera) 100 specimens, representing 40 species, accurately identified and labeled, 32 00 Send me alist of your wants. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. R. WOODCOCK, M. S., CORVALLIS, OREGON. PENIKESE. A reminiscent sketch of Agassiz famous Summer School. A 96-page book of much interest to students of Nature. Price only 35c., Prepaid. Read what others say: “T have read the book [PENIKESE] with great interest and think it an admirable remini- scence of one of the greatest naturalists of the nineteenth century. The name of Agassiz is assuredly treaured by all true lovers .of na- ture and his methods of study have left a strik- ing impress on present-day workers.’’—(Rev. ROBERT BLIGHT, Green Lane, Pa. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N.Y. -Itis a Curious Fact # that a large number ofour noted 7 botanists were students of birds 7% earlier in life. Many of them continue to be bird-lovers and U; no doubt many ornithologists ,4 would like to know more about ZF the plant world. If you areone 7% of the latter send a 2-cent stamp for a sample copy of 7.The American Botanist, Z Z BINGHAMTON, N. Y. y Z The Only Untechnical Botanical Journal. Z THE OOLOGIST. We offer the Following Scien- tific Collections for Col- eges, Schools and Collectors. No. 1._ A fine collection of mounted American birds) Aawks, owls, ducks, loons, grouse, etc., etc., All in first classcondition. 350 specimens in 300 species. Cat. prices $875 00 and a large, fine cabinet of cherry, glass fron’, goes witr this collection; must be sold on account of removal, here is your chance Send stamp for lists and particulars. No 2. A large collection of eggs, sets and sin- gle. 750 specimens. 300 varieties. catalogue price $275.00; many with nests; Cheap to the right party. No3 Biological Collection of Butterflies and Moths. 25 varieties with ova, blown larvae, cocoons and crysalides, and male and female imagoes, showing the life history of every specie, scientifically arranged in,a large case, 18x24x3 glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, correctly named and labeled; $7.00 per case, containing 100 specimens, all perfect. z Nc4. Butterfly Pictures to hang upin your den or study. Case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, contains 100 large and brilliantly colored butterflies and moths (real, not pictures) from every clime, all correctly named and labelled and properly mounted. $7.00 per case. No 5. Insect Cases containing 200 specimens of beetles, bees, wasps, ants, dragonflies, grasshoppers, etc., case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom. all properly named and labelled; a fine collection for schools, and students in ento- mology. $500 set. No. 6 Principal Silk Specimens of the World. 25 varieties, showing life history, with ova,larvae, cocoons, chrysalides, male and female moths. 100 specimens illustrating Modern silk culture in case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom. A beautiful collection. $10 00 i No. 7. Living Silk Worm Eggs and Co- coons for culture; 10 varieties with instruc- tions how to raise them successfully; send stamp for list. No. 8. 5000 different Butterflies and Moths, American and Exotic. Send stamp for lists. - No. 9 Wanted --Cocoons and crysalides of all kinds, by the 100. We solicit your correspondence; write us dis tinctly in what number you are interested, and we will send you a special list for each num- ber. Send 2c stamp for each list no postal. Collections and specimens with price quoted will be sent on receipt of amount. Strictly honest dealing. All these collections must be sold on account of removal. Now is your chance! PROF. CARL. BRAUN, Naturalist. Bangor, Me. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. . Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- tin of bargains in Birds Skins and Eggs free upon application. TAUNTON, MASS. THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XIX. NO. 9. ALBION, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1902. WHOLE No. 192 THE OOLOGIST. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OGLOGY, 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 Eggs, solicited from all. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single subscription................50¢ per annum Sample copies........0. cece. cvcceessceeedG CACD The above rates include payment of postage. 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On the sixth day of last November, I left Los Angeles for Johannesburg, a -apidly diminishing miding camp some 250 miles out on the Mojave Desert. My ultimate destination was that weird, much-lied about country known as Death Valley, but the railroad pene- trates this arid region no farther than “Joburg,” and there I was to join the rest of the party for a two months trip. Now right here I am going to drop the thread of my tale and locate Death Val- ley fairly in the minds’ of my readers. The Great Basin of the United States has four distinct sinks or drainage ba- sins. One of these has its deepest point at the Great Salt Lake, another at Mono Lake, and still another at Sal- ton sea. Now the fourth is Death Vai- ley, which you can easily find plainly marked on almost any map. This val- ley is about 75 miles long, by from seven to twenty-five wide. It is the sink of the Amargosa River, butis so heavily encrusted with saline deposit (salt, borax, alum, soda and nitre) that the water, save for certain isolated springs, is unfit for drinking. The valley was so named on account of the fact that in 1850, a Mormon emigrant train, cross- ing from Salt Lake to Los Angeles, came near perishing toa man, in fact only a few escaped over the mountains into San Bernardino. The principal vegetation of this country consists of mesquite brush of two kinds, the twisted or ‘‘screw’’ mesquite, and the “‘tree” mesquite. Theformer of these two is very dense and equally thorny, forming an excellent cover for wild rats, with which this country abounds. The valley, being some 400 feet below sea level], is surrounded by lofty and precipitious mountains whose varied mineral hues belie the rainbow. We loafed around Johannesburg 130 awaiting our teams and supplies until November 11th, when we bade a ling- ering adieu to civilization as represent- ed by the hybred saloon-hotel at whch we had been stopping. About the first birds [ saw after leaving town were Linnets. They seemed to be every- where, filling the quiet desert air with noisy chirpings and even some attempts atsong. Asingle Mocking bird, the only one I saw on the western side of Death Valley, made his home in the little town we were leaving, and his daily oratorio followed us as we left. Bird life—other than the Linnets and a solitary pair of Ravens—was very lim- ited until we reached Blackwater wells, where a few White-crowned Sparrows were scratching about among the brush. Here, too, we saw a solitary Jack- rabbit, which went off on a tangent as if the whole world were after him. These we!ls—though there is water in but one of them now—were dug by General Wingate nearly half a century ago when he passed through this region in pursuit of renegade Indians. Be- fore they watered our horses at this place, the men took forty-six dead rats out of the well, in which brackish, slime-covered water stood about five feet deep. How the birds get water here I could not see, but from the num- ber of small birds gathered around, I judge that it forms a watering place for whole couuties full of them. At Granite Springs, our next stop, where we spent the night of this first day, we put up a bunch of quail. Someway these little blue coated fel- lows always seem like old friends to me, especially when I meet them in a far-away corner. I suppose these were our common Valley Quail—though they may have been Arizona Quail, of which species I will speak later. Here too, I found feathers of the Big Horned Owls, and heard their sonorous ‘‘whoo-whoo- who, whoo,” with the third syllable shortest and the last two uttered very THE OOLOGIST. close together. ‘Back east’ I have heard my elders call them ‘‘hoot’’ owls, but since I have grown to years of ornithological discretion, they are known to me as Bubo orginianus pa- cvficus—but, gentle reader, I’ll promise not to throw any more chunks of: Latin about promiscuously. Little Rock Wrens were not uncommon among the huge boulders of Pilot Butte, and I saw a Roadrunner dodging about in the scrub below camp. The Ravens ssemed to have made up their minds to stay with us ‘for better or for worse.’’ They perched on the rocks a few hun- dred yards away but seldom came with- in shotgun range. They stayed with. us all the way through to the Nevada line and back again, leaving us, on our return trip, at this place. Every time we pulled out of a camp—even if only after our midday meal—this pair of sable satellites settled down for a feast on the refuse which we left. About half an hour after we had left camp, here they would come, flapping slowly along in our wake. At last they became so friendly that Colonel Bailey forbade any one shooting at them. At Leaches Point—two days march farther on—l saw twoor three of our common Mourning Doves, while down among the willows about the spring were four or five Goldfinches, though of what species I did not ascertain. The water was the best of any we haa on the trip, evidently coming throngh a fissure in the solid rock for a long distance. At this place, the lofty and precipitious mountain walled in our camp on three rides; onthe fourth, the rolling table land sinks away to the creek bed. From the very center of the mountain side mentioned above, a huge rock some sixty feet in height, projects. This rock isa very accurate likeness of an elephants head, the trunk, tusks, eyes and ears appearing with re- markable fidelity to nature. That this was carved by the elements seems prob- THE OOLOGIST 131 able—yet man, and man who knew something of such huge monsters, may have had a hand in the work. If any aboriginal Phidias cut this master-piece from the living rock, then, whence did he come? What was his mission? Whither did he go? Like the little boy’s question of: ‘‘Who is God, mama?”’ These queries will probably go forever unanswered. I remember seeing a huge Turkey Buzzard settle down upon this petrified leviathan’s head one even- ing and compose himself for sleep. What a train of thoughts the arrival of this somber-plumed bird brought up— thoughts going back, back over the years until they lose themselves in the abysmal mists of the world’s nativity. Early next morning, as we were pre- paring to leave camp, I heard the shrill scream of a Sparrow Hawk as he wheeled in dizzy circles about the upper crags. That day we pushed on to Owl Springs, a lonesome little water hole on the very rim of Death Valley proper. From here we could see the white borax marsh which covers the bottom of this sink, and thirty miles across this bot- tom, the myriad hues of the rich Fan- eral mountains stretched like some multicolored ribbon along the horizon. Few or no new birds were noticed here, but on the next day when we reached Ssratoga Springs, ‘‘the Sargeant’ (so nicknamed on account of the suit of Khaki which he wore) brought in a brace of ducks as proudly as any Ken- tucky boy ever did his first wild turkey, They were Baldpates or American Widgeon, but a further and more ex- tended exploration of the pond adja- cent to the springs resulted in the dis- covery of a diversified avian popula- tion. Shortly after the wagons pulled into camp, I unpacked one of the shot- guns and taking a few shells started out to make a circuit of the lake. t “Foiled.” On one of my rambles along Santa Rosa Creek last collecting season, or more accurate, May 18, 1902, I noticed a newly completed nest of Lazuli Bunt- ing. It was a fine piece of architecture made of coarsely woven blades of dry grasses, lined with horse hair, and on finding it without eggs thought that by next week I would be able to gather a fine set with the nest. As per schedule I made the place my promised visit but on examination found only two eggs, so left them to get a complete set. What was my surprise on going again the following week to find one egg hatched and the other nearly so, and the female Gazuli singing ‘Foiled again.’ H. F. Dupwey, Santa Rosa, Cal. 166 THE OOLOGIST. :Migration of Birds. Since the earliest times the subject of migration and seasonal movements of birds has occupied the attention of naturalists, and men wrote upin this subject over a thousand years aga, And yet after all this time there are many points which are still to.be touch- ed upon and several others still in dis- pute. Naturally there were strange stories regarding the misunderstood disappearance of the birds in earlier times and some of these superstitions are still in vogue among the ignorant. There are writers who still claim that Swallows burrow in the mud in the winter months. Many observers of worth have evaded this subject in the past while some naturalists over a century ago scouted the idea that our beautiful Swallows could hibernate in the ooze and slime of the pond and bog. In the main, observers are now agreed that food requirements are the princi- pal causes of the seasonal movments of our birds, and not as is asserted by some writers, the results of heat and cold. Gilbart White of Selborne speaks of the seasonal movements of the birds at his point of observation in the lower part of England as not so much depen- dent upon heat and cold as upon con- ditions of food supply. This worthy man and close observer wrote nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, yet his good sense and charming style in writing have secured him the enviable reputation of a classical writer in the branches which he wrote upon. This truth regarding the food supply having greater influence upon a species of bird than the cold, was nicely illus- trated ia the case of an escaped Cardi- nal Grosbeak, which lived far to the north of its usual winter quarters and farther north than it is usually taken in summer. This escaped bird though reared in confinement, and we might say ignorant of migrating habit, proved that it was able to thrive throughout the colder months in the rigorous weather in Michigan. This ability to withstand the severity of the season because it lived near to the houses of its friends where it was provided with a libera! supply of food. Many other Michigan birds that seasonally leave us for the south, could withstand the severity of the season if provided with the proper food in their winter quarters. The Robin, Meadow- lark, Mourning Dove and more than a score of other weil known species are occasionally or quite one-third of the seasons found with us throughout the winter month or a portion of these months; but this variation is not con- stant at the north .and indicates that the requirements for food were met for that season. These variable birds may be classed as half hardy in making out the list of our winter birds. There are thirty-four species of these half-hardy birds that our found with us an occasional entire winter, or por- tions of the winter almost every season. The well known Robin which is also called the Migratory Thrush, is said to frequently visit Central America in its southern wanderings, and I have seen them in the southern part of Florida in February. But it is reasonable to think that these extreme southern Jimits ure not taken by the most northern repre- sentatives of summer in this land. I[ believe that as a rule these extreme southern wanderers are the summer birds of Kentucky and Tennessee, and birds of those latitudes; the general run of Michigan birds. probably not going further south than the thirty-sixth par- allel, while the Robins, which, dwell with us in the southern part of the Great Lake Region are representatives or summer residents of sections three or four hundred miles to the north. Therefore, we may reason that the Robins, Meadowlarks and others,—as the little Song Sparrows are not really ) THE OOLOGIST.: — 167 residents but rather winter visitors from the north. Reasoning in this way we may claim, not without cause, that Robins, Meadowlarks and others that are but occasionally found: with us in winter are not really ever residents in any section at the north. This uncertainty as to whether we are to call a species a resident or win- ter resident applies to a great many of our birds, as for instance, the Black- capped Chickadee, Nuthatches ‘and Winter Woodpeckers and others. I[ am fairly satisfied that we have’ no actual residents among the: birds in any one county, with the ‘exception of two or three Owls and a very few other birds; ten at most, probably less, al- though there are embraced sixteen species of permanent residents in Mich- igan. If I were to make ‘out a list of the actual permanent residents of Kal- amazoo county, there would be em- braced the following few bir ds—Rufted Grouse, Quail, Turkey (if still found), Great-horned Owl and Blue Jay and no more, and I am not at all sure that these few do not occasionally migrate outside of the bounds of the county that they generally inhabit. Change is a ccnstant factor in the whole universe, and it is only because of our comprehension of changes made by the creatures about us that we are continually reminded of the deviation— gradual or otherwise which is taking place. The principles of evolution need not be considered, but it remains a fact that any deviation from a stand- ard, either as concerns food or the movements of a species must result in chango, greater or lesser, and we may appreciate this in many ways. Migration is generally a seasonal feature with most of our birds and it is also a well known occassional move with the mammals; and even reptiles and insects are subject to it; not per- haps as a seasonal impulse but as a re- sult of food requirements. No matter how short a distance is traveled by an animal, whether it is a sédsonal move for the purpose of hiberfation or to ' change location on actount of the scarcity of food, it is a migration. Many turtles of our lakes and streams migrate spring and fall, though it is not generally known. I had an’ ex- cellent’ opportunity to observe this movement one season. ‘Two ponds connected bya small stream were in- habited by turtles of three kinds and at times there was an exodus from one to the other of these lily pad pools. In ' following the course of the connecting stream the turtles fell into a large vat which was used to wash sheep in. [ have seen this vat filled with a seething mass of turtles which could not escape until the water rose by autumn rains in the upper pond. There was a great number of snapping turtles, some of which weighed as much as twenty pounds, as well as a number of little water terrapins, all of which had come to grief from their love of migrating. Twice it has been my privilege to observe a wholesale delivery from small ponds which were being drained and in which the little water terrapins could no longer find an agreeable lodgement. The little painted terra- pins immediately took to the road, so- to-speak, and piked for the nearest water hole. Once a migrating box tortoise came walking through our yard in the center of the city and I do not think that a greater surprise was ever offered me in the way of unex- pected city invasion. Many unexpect- ed wanderers have been observed and sometimes entertained, but none, not excepting the striped snake, porcupine and raccoon, all of which reached the center of our city, have caused so pro- found a sensation as this lone chelo- nian. The box tortoise, commonly called turtle, was entertained and we kept him three years and watched the seasonal hibernation. 168 Snakes migrate; but this is always from necessity and is rarely if ever a seasonal feature with them as with the frogs and toads. This is the case in my neighborhood, though we might say that the vernal love making and song chorus by the tree frogs as well as the common garden toads which visit the pools each spring is a migration. Insects are well known migrants; often apparently without aim as in the move- ments of a flock of the big brown monarch butterfly which always moves with the breeze. But again we have the destructive visitations of the dread- ed army worm and other destructive caterpillars which enter and destroy whole orchards and groves. Among mammals there are many well known instances of migratory move- ments and these when studied are in- variably found to be the direct results of the food re quirements of the animals. Many instances of the movements of immense numbers of:quirrels are re- corded. Over seventy years ago in New York state my father saw an in- stance of this nature. The squirrels were s0 numerous that they were all over the section and were captured by the simplest devices. Then they passed on and were not seen again in numbers for years. Theie is an iateresting point in the fact that bats do not migrate to xny ex- tent, su far us my be learned from our preseir t knowledge. The only mammal gifted—now with flight, Yet strangely ever living in one place. This is the more remarkable when we koow thut they could fly to warmer quarters in Ube autumn wand thus avoid the period of hibernation. Though so well provided with the means of trans- portation they are the most thoroughly devoted to one neighborhood of all our Mammals and it is fair to say that the reptiles of the north have a wider range in the warmer months than do the bats of a neighborhood. The little brown THE OOLOGIST bat rarely flies over a course greater than two hundred yards in extent in the capture ofits prey in an evening’s flight. Yetis safe to say that b ts do migrate at times and under certain con- ditions. It is considered remarkable that the delicate Warblers, Vireos, Kinglets, Swallows and others should arrive in the spring so nearly on their appoint- ments, but this does notappear nearly as surprising to me as does the appear- ance of the delicate Chickadee, Pine Siskin, Creeper and other small species in winter; mites of flesh which gambel about the evergreens in the villages and the bare trunks of the trees in the most seyere cold weather, and evident- ly in perfect enjoyment. It is reasonab.e to conclude that mi- gration occurs each year among the more northern species that visit us occasionally in the winter, as the Bohe- mian Waxwing, Pine and Evening Gros- beaks, Crossbills and others, and the fact that we do not always meet with them is not proof that they are not to be found somewhere within our lati- tudes; they are probably straggling in some other quarter. It is a fact that there is no point in Michigan where we may expect to find these northern birds each year and some of them are only to be seen at very rare intervals. TO BE CONTINUED. A Large Set. On May 2, 1902 I found a Flicker’s nest in an old apple tree on my lawn. Tbe hole was a deep one and at the time thers were five eggs init. I took Out three and left the others for nest eggs. Infour days I ca! ed around and again there were five eggs. This time I only tooktwo eggs. I kept on taking eggs inthis way until I had twenty- three. Then I let the poor Flicker have a rest and a chance to hatch out some. T. B. PARKER, Newtonville, Mass. THE OOLOGIST 169 GIBBS’ CELEBRATED PROCESS OF RAPID TAXIDERMY. In Practical Use for Over Twenty-five years. Hundreds of Testimonials. Money in It. Used Everywhere in America. Start a class. Try and be Convinced. Be Your Own Taxidermist. Naturalists, Collectors, Gunners, Anglers, Outers. 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General Report, etc., of various routes, explored, ete., etc. 00p Abe Teas -$ 1 00 Vol, II. Reports by Beckwith, Lander, Pope, Parke, Emory, etc., on routes near 38th, 39th, 41st, 32d, ete. parallels. Geology by Schiel & Blake. Botany by Torrey & Gray. 36 plates, 600 p............ 1 25 Vol. Ill. Report of Whipple of Survey near 35th parallel from Mississippi River to the Pacific. Itinerary. 1386p, Topography. 78p, Indian Tribes. 128p, Geology, 168p, In all 560p, 40pl, and TVA TIGA SA Peery ea Sen eae Eee eo 2 00 Vol. IV. Botany of the expedition by Torrey. Bigelow, Engleman, Sullivant, etc. Also Zoology. Astronomy, Meteor- ology, ete. 500p, 36 plates.............202.... . 1 50 Vol. V. Explorations in California De- voted almost wholly to Geology and Botany. 65 plates, 500p...........0.020.0 22.2... 1 25 Nol VII. Explorations from San Fran- cisco to Los Angeles west of Coast Range; and the Pimas Villages on the Gila to Rio Grande, and San Diego to Ft. Yuma. (Geology, Botany, etc.) 50 Paes A OO Po eee SERS ee aR eae vale Ree wea cee Ae - 150 Vol. VIII. Baird. Monograph of North American Mammals. Mammals of en- tire survey. 4to, 805p, 44pl.__......00.02222... 1 25 Vol. IX. Baird, Cassin and Lawrence, The Birds of North America. Ornithol- ogy of the entire Survey. Vol. XI. Maps of Entire Territory ex- plored, giving brief account of each ex- ploring expedition since 1800, with methods adopted in computing general map. 116p, many pl, large folded Se Vol. XII. Book 1. Explorations from St. Paul to Puget Sound. General Report and Narrative. 400p, 7Opl....................... 1 50 Vol. XII, Book 2. Explorations from St. Paul to Puget Sound. Natural His- tory:—Botany 6pl, 76p. Zoology, In- csects, Mammals, Birds, by Cooper & Suckley, 150p, text and 9 ‘colored plates ; Reptiles, Mollusca and Crustacea, 50pl., BOOp PES SRO aE Os ee ORT EY 2 50 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ETHN- OLOGY. Vol. I. Dall, Tribes of Extreme North- THE OOLOGIS1 west, and Gibb’s Tribes of W. Washing- ton and N. W. Oregon. 4to, 370p, mp, Op], “4 0fl ee: ee ec aadeneecct oe eceme eer 2 0 Vol. III. Powers, Tribes of California, 4to, 6386p, mp, 44pl, 90fig..... ............---..-- 3 00 Vol. IV. Morgan, Houses and House- Lite of American Aborigines, 4to, 295p, 27pl, (some col.) 56 figs... ......---.....-------- 2 00' Vol. V. Rau, Cup-shaped and other Lap- idarinn Sculptures in the Old World and America; Fletcher, Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets; Thomas, Study of the Manuscript- TTOanO: 4to, 396p, 53pl (Some col.) 110 ore T1812 Ler Ci A eins Seen See 2 09 Pennsylvania State 2d Geological Survey, 20 vols. cloth, many plates, TADE, fiigs, etc., thousands of pages (25.) -.. eee 2c 50: U.S: Geolosical Survey, amare “Reports of 1880-1896, 28, 4to, vols, thousands of DPALOS):ObC 2.222: 2k sere ee one eee 15 00 “Smithsonian Reports,” 32 of the 41 vols. from 1854 to 1895, inclusive........-....-..----- 12 00 SPECIAL BARGAINS IN REPORTS: U. S. Geological Survey, annual reports (regular price about 82 each,) 4to large heavy cloth vols. with many maps, plates; 10 vols. All different, my selec- TION £6 eT es ber TA) TE pn te ea eee 5 00 Pacific R. R. Survey Wheeler Survey, Astronomical and Exploring Expedi- tion Reports, &c., &c. And ‘‘odds and ends’’ lot of these old 4to valuable re- ports, worth $1 to $3 each. Alot of 10 vols., all different, my Selection............- 5 00 Fish Commission, Hayden Survey. Ento- ~ mologicpl Commission Reports, &c. Valuable 8vo cloth bound reports, worth 81 to $2 each. 10vols.,alldifferent 3 50: Smithsonian Reports, valuable cloth bound vols., worth 50c to $1.50 each. 2a vols, all different, my selection, only $5.00 orHOivols onl yan se eee ee Address all orders to FRANK H. LATIN, ALBION, N, Y. MATRIX OPALS Send 25c for a fine spec- imen and my catalogue. BE. W. KIMBALL, Dept. O., Boulder, Colo. and Magazine Publishing House of T= PAPER is printed at the Book A. M. EDDY, Albion, N. Y. THE O “xt ay OGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO- OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XIX. NO. 12. ALBION; N. Y., DECEMBER, 1902. WHOLE No. 195 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘‘Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmen flor 25c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additiona 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 menotes when your subscription expired or ‘Will expire. INo. ye your subscription expires with this issue 905 “cs ee 66 ec Oa 1903 907 ce 46 66 6s Dec. “e Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- ‘mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. IMPORTANT. FANCY Pigeons and pet stock for sale or ex- change for A 1 sets or Indian relics in good cond iniay: ALMON E. KIBBE, Mtaxeuiile, This DEC. OOLOGIST was is- sued Dec. 9. WANTED. Chapman's Handbook,. Ridge- -way’s Manual and Howe’s Birds of Rhode Island. Exchange or cash. C.C. Purdum, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave., Pautucket, R. I. BOOKS, Pamphlets, Magazines. We have a new list which shall be glad to send to those interested. Shows just what we have and a snap price attached. W.F. WEBB, 416 Grand Ave., Rochester, N. Y. : BARGAININ EGGS. We offer 1000 assort- -ed common eggs, one hole in side for only $5.00 -or 2,000 for $10.00. We shall close all out at once to some one. Send order quick to W. F. Webb, -416 Grand Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE. A good Monarch bicycle, perfect running order, a solid silver open face watch, cost $20. Perfect order; also ladies -wheel, and little girls wheel, for any good nat- ural history specimens, Make offers at once to W. F.WEBB, 416 Grand Ave, Rochester, N.Y. BITTER SWEET, by J. G. Holland, has just been issued by the well-known cheap book pub- lishers, Hurst & Co,, New York. This fascinat- ing poem, illustrating the author’s gifted tal- ent, is.truly a marvel.in point of literary mer- it. 16mo. style, 216 pages, printed from new plates-on good paper, at these prices, ‘post- aid: Cloth binding, c; padded leather, oxed, $1. Send for a copy at oticé’? A com- plete catalogue,of Holiday books: wilkbe mailed mpan request. HURST & CO., Publishers, 395- 399 Broadway, New York, ~ PER y WANTED—Cope’s Batrachians of North America. Will pay cash. FRED S. CARR, Cobourg, Ontario. FOR SALE—Strictly first-class sets Glaucus- winged Gull—5-2, 4-3. $1 per egg. J. A. CUN- NINGHAM, Victoria, B. C. TO EXCHANGE. Skins, eggs and other Specimens. Taixdermy work for raw speci- mens. Correspondence solicited. MEIXSELL & FULLER, box 166, Peoria, Ill. I WANT choice sets and 1st class skins of the following A. O. U. Nos. for which I will give ist class skins from this locality and some cash. 497-498a-498 b-499-500-501 a-501 b-[502]-503 504-505-506-508-510-511a-512-518. CHARLES C. PURDUM, M. D., 128 Mineral Spring Ave,, Pawtucket, R. I. A SETS of the following desired: Hermit Thrush, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Purple Finch, Savanna Sparrow, Am. Wood- cock, Piping Plover, Willet, Gull-billed, Tern and Sandhill Crane. Will pay cash or give good exchange. GEO. SWEZEY, 66-79, Jack- son St., Newark, N. J. EXCHANGE. Birds oft indiana, (Butler) 672 pages. Mollusca of Indiana, (Call) 200 pages text, 78 plates. 200 numbers Oologist, Nidiolo- gist, etc..etc , for Indian relics and archaeo- logical literature. ALLEN JESSE REYN- OLDS, 2015 Grand Ave , Connersville, Ind. EXCHANGE. Indian photos personally taken on Navajo and Ute Reservations, for . sets, curios, magazines, or cash. No trash wanted. Parties meaning business send for list, Will also pay cash for full sets of Rap- tores. E.R. FORREST, Washington, Pa. _ IL HAVE TO SELL OR EXCHANGE-~Indian money and curios, sinkers,- etc., old American and Foreign silver and copper coins, birds eggs, and shells, Indian Mortars and Pestles. J. B. LEWIS, 908 Washington St.,;,Petaluma “Se- noma Co., Cal. ee att 4 19Boe WANTED. The following sets with dates in ° full'and made out with: ink: :-6 51-80-120b-126- 289-406 423-457-481-584-611-622-681-718-721a-725a 746, and many. others.in. exchange for A; t«sets. Seud list and receive-mine. All answered. M.: oe CONWAY, 584, 6th Ave., North End, Troy, 174 WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- Mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- atrocities, abnormally colored or 2h re eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 101 FOR SALE, U.S. fact. currency 3c., good 35 fine 45; 15c good 45; Columb. % dols. uncirc; 1892-90c, 1893-65c; Columb. ¥ dol. uncire, 95,U:S. war tokens, size cent, 05: 6 var. 25c; Ancient Roman coin, 10c; 100 different foreign copper coins 83.25; Chinese paper money 20, 6 var. 81.00 5 medals, etc., 40c. Confed. bonds $100. 50; 8500, and $1000, 75c each. Queen Eliz. Eng. 3 pence, 1558-1602, 65c; shilling, $1.25; Kentucky cent. fine, $1.40; U. S. Col. notes, 10c each; 5 foreign silver coins, size U. S. dol., 85.00; ditto, size U. S. 26 dol. $2.25; ditto size U. S. 4 dol. $1.15; dit- to size U. S. dime, 70c; U. S. 3 cent 15c; 6 diff. coloniai coins 1778-88, $1.50, 5 U.S.cents prior to 1815, 55¢; Confed. currency set 50c, $1.00, $2, $3, $5. $10, $20, 850, $100 and $500, $1.30. $500 alone 60c. Only a few of each on hand. Postage and registration extra and cash with order. K. B. TURNER, 140 Huestis St., Ithaca, N. Y. st. RNA GABA ww Dh£KkKK[C cv Yi It is a Curious Fact that a large number of our noted botanists were students of birds earlier in life. Many of them continue to be bird-lovers and no doubt* many ornithologists would like to know more about the plant world. If you are one of the latter send a 2-cent stamp for a sample copy of The American Botanist, Sj WS WS S Sy AS“ SS XJ WS NS YS AS cS SXSS NS WS NS WN SN INS ASS ES Sy NS Sy > oS Y Y 4 . BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Z Z The Only Untechnical Botanical Journal. Z MY DEC. 1902 LIST Is now out. If you have not received a copy send for-one at once as offers expire Jan 1, 1903. Look at these bargains. Chinese Silk work Cocoons from which silk is made. The three Natural colors: Devil Fish (large ones.) 13 to 15 inches 16 to 18 inches Jars free with each one, , A few specimens of the rare and beautiful Columbian Moth (Attacus Columbia). Per- fect ones 3% to 3% inches, such as dealers ask $2.50 for; only 40c. Eggs of Mex, Ground Dove................. Pig pay 9c Eggs of White-wing Dove.................. -2......0-+. 4c Eggs of St. Lucas Cardinal.................2...-----. 35¢ Eggs of St. Lucas Thrasher......... .. 85C Eggs of St Lucas Towhee......... ..........-.. 2 28C Eggs of St. Lucas House Finch......... ........... -9¢ ese are genutne with original data guar- Address, Rochester, N.Y. : * aye Gr Seton we has Slept po os $ -tinof bargains in: Birds Skins and-Eggefree upom . — 7 --- ERNEST H.“SHORT. ~ ee "apes: Ween ae 6 eee THE OOLOGIST. We offer the Following Scien tific Collections for Col- eges, Schools and Collectors. No- 1. A fine collection of mounted American birds). Aawks, owls, ducks, loons, grouse, etc.,. etc., All in first classcondition. 350 specimen&® in 300 species. Cat. prices $875 00 and a large, fine cabinet of cherry, glass front, goes witr . this collection; must be sold on account of” removal, here is your chance. Send stamp for’ lists and particulars. No 2. A large collection of eggs, Sets and sin- gle. 750 specimens, 300 varieties. catalogue- price $275.00; many with nests; Cheap to the right party. No8 Biological Collection of Butterflies and Moths. 25 varieties with ova, blown larvae, cocoons and crysalides, and male and female» imagoes, showing the life history of every specie, scientifically arranged in a large case, 18x24x3 glass top, cork bottom, moth proof, correctly named and labeled; $7.00 per case, containing 100 specimens, all perfect. Nc4. Butterfly Picturesto hang upin your- den or study. Case 18x24x3, glass top, cork: bottom, moth proof, contains 100 large and. brilliantly colored butterflies and moths (real, not pictures) from every clime, all correctly~ named and labelled and properly mounted. $7.00 per case. No 5: Insect Cases containing 200 specimens- of beetles, bees, wasps, ants, dragonflies, grasshoppers, etc., case 18x24x3, glass top, cork bottom. all properly named and labelled; a fine. collection for schools, and students in ento- mology. $5 00 set. No. 6 Principal Silk Specimens of the World. 25» varieties, showing life history,with ova,larvae, cocoons, chrysalides, male and female moths. 100 specimens illustrating Modern silk culture ' incase 18x24x8, glass top, cork bottom. A- peautiful collection. $10.00 No. 7. Living Silk Worm Eggs and Co- coons for culture; 10 varieties with instruc-- tions how to raise them successfully; send: stamp for list. No. 8. 5000- different Butterflies and. Totnes American and Exotic. Send stamp for- ists. Andes No. 9 Wanted.—-Cocoons and crysalides of all kinds, by the 100. 3 We solicit your correspondence; write us dis- tinctly in what number you are interested, and- we will send you a special list foreach num- ber. Send 2c stamp for each list no postal. Collections and specimens with price quoted will be sent on receipt of amount. Strictly” honest dealing. All these collections must be- sold on account of removal. Now is your chance! mie PROF. CARL. BRAUN, Naturalist. Bangor, Me. JAMES P. BABBITT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in | Taxidermists’ Supplies, Bird Skins, Eggs & Publications. — Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Specialty. Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- application. TAUNTON; MASS. | THE OOLOGIST 175 Fall Bargain Offers. We offer some exceptionally fine bargain offers this month for quick buyers. Kindly examine list carefully and send order at once for what is desired, assured. of entire satisfaction. Indian Relics. Fine painted bows at $2.00 Steel pointed arrows for same at 25c or 3 for 50c; ancy Painted Papoose Wrap, 83.00; Quilled Armlets, fine work, 61.00; Fancy Por- cupine Quilled Body Belt, with row of fancy tassels $4.00; An Ancient Warrior’s Belt, cov- esed with large brass head tacks, $2.00;. Beaded Knife Scabbards at 30c and 40c; Rare old deer toe necklace, one of our finest relics, and shows good usage, $7.50; Fancy Wall Bag with deer tail attached, beaded and ornamented, fine, $2.50; Partial Beaded Moccasins, $1.00; Beaded and Quilled Moccasins at $1.50; Finest full beaded Moccasins, very showy and fine, $3.00; Small full beaded War Clubs, $2.00; Fine bone bead Necklace beads over four inches long, nicely finished, about three feet, $200; Peace Pipe, $2.00; Pair beaded Squaw Leggins, 84 00; Papoose Moccasins, beaded, $1.00; Full beaded Awl case, 70c; Full beaded needle case, 60c; Turtle Scalp Lock Ornament, 75c; Small bead- ed hag. 50c, larger and finer ones at 75c and , 81.00; Tobacco poucher, small, 50c, Hair part- er,50c; Beaded ball, 40c; Rare old necklace, made entirely of human finger bones, over 3 feet fone. must have belonged to some old war- rior, $3. Orders for above received during, next. month, we will allow discounts as fol- lows: $5.00 and over, 10 per cent. $10.00 and over, 15 percent $20.00 and over, 20 per cent. 66 39 he Museum.” Who wants a fine com- plete file of the 65 numbers. They are getting scarce. (We can send you a complete index of the set to examine first if desired.) Prepaid for 82.25. Contain over a thousand pages of the best Natural History information ever puBlieped. Hundreds of illustrations through- ou Curios, at prices which will surprise you. Six varieties of sponges for 40c; small JellyFish in vial, 10c; 3 kinds of sponges in vials, just as come from ocean, 30c, for lot; Sea Anemone, one of finest curios from the ocean, 15; Sea worm 10c; Seaslug 10c; 5 kinds of Shrimps from ocean, all in vials, only 40c; Barnacle, ex- panded as in real life, 10¢c; Serpent Star, in vial or dry as desired, 15c; 4 kinds of Tunicata, curious forms of animal life from ocean, lot for only 35c; voues Naturalist’s Marvelous Collection. 44 curios In package all named, 60c; Showy Mineral Collection of 24 showy miner- als in box, named, 50c; Large Special Student’s Mineral Collection, of 52 specimens, aeaepos ec- pieces, 6c; 10 curio nuts, / mostly different unnamed, 50c; African Por- cupine Quills, 6 inches and over, 10c; Big red sea beans 10c; Gun Flints from Revolutionary War 10c; Spines from Australian Stony Ur- chin, over 4 inches 10c; Liver Beans 5c; Banded Sea Beans 3c; Sea beans with gold hook, for charm 10c; Miamosa seeds 5c; Acorn. barnacle 5c to 10c; Sea bean pod 5c; Shell door of Giant Strombus 5c; Operculum of large: Turbo 10c; Lucky tooth of Cod 5c; Alligator teeth, dozen assorted 15c; Sea worm tube 5c; Tarpon scales 3c; Small Urchins 5c: Fine specimens of rock with free gold on it, cheap. at 50c to $1.00 each; )Cannot be bought at mine for this price ) Hermit Crab in shell 15c; Big tree Bark 10c; Fine Smiths Carbine, bran new, made in 1857, never fired, very cheap at 82.50 net; Gem stones assorted 4Uc dozen or per gross at $2.50; Quartz Diamonds per via', very fine 25c; Bulimus oblongus, a fine large land shell from Brazil. also one of its eggs, latter size of turtle egg. the two for $1.00. How many ever knew that the large Tropical Land Shells laid eggs. anything like this? A rare curio that will excite admiration everywhere. Polished Sea Shells. A few fine polish- ed sea shells on hand at this moment are, Violet Scorpion 40c; Callista 15e: Silvermouth 10c; Sycotypus 10c; Striped Sycotypus 10; Natica 10c; Fasciolaria gigantea 25c; Egg Shell, very fine, 40c; Strombus 10c; Banded Green Turbo 35c; Tulip Shell 15c; Panther Cowry 20c; Kid Conch 10c; Marlinspike 20c; Green Turbo 20c; Green Snail 35c; Pearl Snail 30c; Magpie 35c; Lord’s Prayer engraved on Tiger Cowry 40c; Unio. one valve beautifully poueue 50c; Lettered Cone 25c; Mitre 20c; lack Murex 25c; White Murex 25c; Harp 15c; Cassideria 10c; Eburna 10c; Turk’s cap 25c; Ear Shell 20c; Red Spider 25c; Crown Shell 25c; English Scallop 10c; Arabian Cowry_ 15c; Tiger Cowry 10c; Venus 25c; Fusus 25c; Gran- ulated Stromb 10c; Heart Shell 25c; East In- dia Clam 25c; Cameo 25c; Spider 25c;- Cham- bered Nautilus 81.00. We willl send $11.50 of above shells for $10.00, to show you.we have the finest specimens on the market today. NEW LISTS: We have issued a new Wholesale Bargain List, containing a list of some fine Natural History Material at less than cost. If you want to buy anything of this character to exchange, sell again or add to your cabinet, send for this list at once. Our new lists of Scientific Shells are now ready to send out. As this list covers over 25 pages, we wish to place it in the hands of only shell col- lectors who wish to purchase. Give us an idea of your shell collection when writing for this list. We still haye quite a lot of eggs which we are closing out at any reasonable figure offered, both in sets and singles. Soliciting Nihon orders which will receive prompt atten- on, Walter F. Webb, 416 Grand Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 176 GIBBS’ CELEBRATED PROCESS OF RAPID TAXIDERMY, ae, 1 f° In.Practical Use for Over Twenty-five years. Used Everywhere in America. Hundreds of Testimonials. Try and be Convinced. AB .: Start aclass. :.Money in It.’'; Be Your Own Taxidermist. “wh Naturalists, Collectors, Gunners, Anglers, Outers, Boys, Girls, and all others interested in mature’and‘anxious to preserve the specimens taken in wood and field, have all felt the need of a simple method of preservation, which is free from intricacies and inexpensive. There is a method of rapid taxidermy now in extensive use, which meets the requirements of all amateurs who wish a practical and inexpensive method of preserving the trophies of the out- ing and collecting trip. ..This is not the old system of so-called stuffing, so expensive, laborious and disappointing, but is a:\rapid system, which any one can,learn at once and which is guaran- teed to give satisfaction. By this process you may preserve the beautiful plumage of the grouse and woodcock, or the pike’s or buck’s head, or the showy feathers of the tanager. Boys, girls and all others can do good work and may make money, as mounted heads and birds find a ready sale, and besides you may teach your friends and decorate the school-room, office and dining room with native birds and other attractions. If you are in doubt, then get your friends to go in with you and start a class, for when Several work together there is an advantage, and the expense is next to nothing. On the receipt of $1.00, cash or stamps, I will send full printed instructions for mounting birds, heads, mammals, etc., and all materials for mounting and preserving specimens—includ- ing prepared compound, together with full directions for dressing skins with the hoir on for rugs and zobes, so that you will not be to the expense of one cent and willsend full directions how to Start a class. ; Romember I Guarantee Satisfaction or Money Refunded. Mention OOLOGIST and address, MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. Ornithological and Oological Magazines and Publications Fda ea ieoe ataaperh ue ENIKESE A reminiscent sketch of Agassiz famous Summer School. Bird Magazine. All about Birds, their Nests and Eggs. Monthly. $1.00 year. i Single copies 10 cents’ ~ SNE I want the following to complete my files. State what you have and quote lowest cash price. Only accepted offers answered. Address, ’ K. B. MATHES, Batavia, N. Y. Audubon Magazine. Vol. I No. 3 (Apr.’87;) Vol. Il'Nos. 2 and 8 (Mch. and Sept. ’88). Oregon Naturalist. Vol. III No. 10 (Oct. 796, The Oologist Advertiser. Vol. I No.1 (Aug, ’90) Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club, Vol. I No. 3 (May-June ’99). Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club, Vol. III No. 3 (July ’99) to date. ‘ ‘The Nidiologist.. Vol. I Nos.1. 2 (Sept.-Oct, 798)-and 6 (Feb.'’94). The Osprey. Vol. I Nos. 2 and 4 (Oct. and Dec.'’96:) Vol. IIE No.8 (April’99). i ‘The Taxidermist. Vol.°I Nos. 5 (Nov. ’91) and 11:(May 92). * tsserts : Oregon Naturalist. Vol. III No. 10 (Oct. 96). - The Lowa Ornitholdgist. Vol. II Nos 2. and 4 (96%; vol: IIT Nos. 2°and 3°(’97), NY @torey, - The Ornitholopist#atid Oologist. - Semi-An- nual: Volei=No T(Jam.'’89). > * Aa ee The Journdlor the'Wilson “Ornithological Chapter ot thé'Agassiz' Association: . Vol. 1 NGPBICOR MGUY, GFGSS? AI TORI SARS SHOE Random Notes on Natural History. Nos. 6, 7 and 11. (June, July. Nov. 86). The Oologist. July-Aug. °86, Jan. ’87, Aug- 188. 3 PORES? 3 EM, 6 Ft ae ae ad ': A.-M..: Seng (8h Dec. Mpepntn@ > chil Rae ye ees Vol. Ili’ A 96-page book of much interest to students of Nature. Price only 35c., Prepaid. Read what others say: “T have read the book [PENIKESE] with great interest and think it an admirable remini- scénce of one of the greatest naturalists of the nineteenth century. The name of Agassiz is assuredly treaured. by all .true lovers of na- ture and his methodsef study have left a strik- ing impress on present-day workers.’”’—(Rev. ROBERT BLIGHT, Green:Lane, Pavgiwei <3 FRANK H, LATTIN,Albion,N.Y, PIAHIS PAPER is printed at the Book and Magazine Publishing House of «Albion, Ny 53) ee 7 THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XIX. NO. 12. ALBION, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1902. WHOLE No. 195 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 peng ene of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited rom all. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION: Single subscription................50¢ per annum Sample copies..... a aseeicidcecletineeaeieioomesocCreack The above rates include payment of postage. Each subscriber is given a card good for a Want, Exchange or For Sale Notice. (This card {3 redeemable at any time within one year from date thereon.) Subscriptions can begin with any number. Back numbers of the OoLoaist can be furnished at reasonable rates. 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It may yet be proven that the Pine Grosbeck is an annual visitant, but this has not as yet been shown though they have been recorded successive seasons Let us look at the records of appear- ance of this bird of the extreme north. In 1869 it appeared in Kent County; in 1870 in Cass and Calhoun Counties; 1871 found the birds in Vanburen County. The winters of 1872and 1873 gave no win'er records that I canfind. In Jan- uary 1874 the species appeared in Kal- amazoo County, in small flocks, and in December, 1874, they again visited us. and in large flocks, remaining until February, 1875. Flocks were also ob- served in other parts of the state in the winters of 1874..and 1875. They were _ seen in 1878 and 1879 in Kent County. Now if cold weather was the cause of the appearance of these birds I wish to learn why they have not appeared in the state in other seasons, and in equally cold or colder seasons? The winter of 1892 and 1893 was very severe with deep snows, but no Pine Grosbeaks came to the Great Lake Region, though they were abundant that season in Mass- achusetts, as recorded by reliable observers It isfair tosay that with the northern species that visit us there is a cause fcr these migrations which has not yet been understood and which is 178 not only aside from the severity of the weather, but also aside from the gener- ally accepted one of the scarcity of food. And this leads us to ask if there may not be other existing causes for these irregular migratory movements, wheth- er in birds, mammals or insects? It seems to me that there are probable reasons for these irregularities in mi- gration and we are incapable of under- standing them as we are unable to com- prehend the thousand and one features of the great economy; and yet we al- ways speculate upon these problems in @ Manner to correspond to our ideas of the requirements of the birds and other creatures of the neighborhood; forget- ting that there are life secrets among our feathered friends which we are as yet not able to penetrate. If unmolested birds will return toa locality and if they donot it is from the direct influence of civilization, a subject intimately connected with mi- gration as to its extension and limita- tion. The appearance of new species of birds in almost any quarters at the present time may be considered as a re- sult of the effscts of civilization, at least I have found that thisis generally so in my neighborhood. A great many species have extended their range, or as we know many have been curtailed in tkeir selective haunts while some have been nearly or quite extermiaated; birds and mammals too, which were once abundant. The subject of the effects of civilization upon our b rds will be considered in another chapter. It is only in localities where we find the so-called advanced improvements of the day where we have it proven to us that the birds are markedly less ia numbers. In cities and highly devel- oped agricultural sections the birds are sadly lessened, while in settlements and new lands it is found that for a certain time the number of birds increases, and species previously unknown to those quarters are found to become abundant. : THE OOLOGIS1 In migratory movements nearly all species of birds are very deliberate, and there is not any evidence of rush in either vernal or autumnal journeys. Though the ducks and many species of shore birds fly so rapidly, still they do not perform any long continued trips, and they loiteron the way, spending much time upon selected feeding grounds, This same deliberation is observable in all families of birds that pass through sections that 1 have visit- ed. There is more haste displayed in the latter spring migrants which we might say were late in getting to their nesting grounds, but I have seen no evidence that any of the species are in a hurry in making their southern trip. Neither are birds, as a rule, ina hurry to make the vernal trip. I have seen thousands of ducks, more particularly the Lesser Bluebil!, in Southern Florida, in early Apri), and as all observers know these birds are usually abuodant in Michigan by March twentieth. This accounts for the continued presence of some species during migration, many passing through while many others have not even left their winter quarters. This slow method of migrating makes it agreeable for the hunters among ducks, for if the birds came with a rush then the shooting would be over ina - short season. Of all the birds to appear in a grand rush in migration, the Wild or Passenger Pigeons were the most pronounced. A pair or two would at first be seen coming from the south, and then within a day or two at farther- est asmall flock, quickly followed by larger tlocks and then the mighty hoard- es poured in for two or three days. The wc ods were full of them and for a limit- ed time it fairly rained pigeons as the hunters fired right and left. Then the flocks disappeared and soon there were no more pigeons, excepting a few scattered nesters until the return of the autumnal flocks which remained longer than in the spring and were replaced THE OOLOGIST. by other pigeons for a month or more. “This annual rush generally occurred from February 25thto April 3rd in “my experience; but while there was generally one grand incoming wave, there were seasons when there were pigeons at an early date, perhaps in -early March or even late February ~which lasted for afew days or evena fortnignt; then all disappeared and suddenly there appeared another flight -after an interval of from one to three ‘weeks. This variation was observed several times and conclusively shows that the vast flocks came from widely “removed quarters. Among the birds that I have carefully -observed as to arrival for a great many years, is the Chimney Swift. It is oft- -en ssid that one swallow does not make ? Jast season. I can find no incident or authority where more than four were previously recorded. I have taken the -eggs of this same pair of birds for the ‘past three seasons and never took over three. — The set of five were far advanced in ‘incubation, but with the help and patience of our old Oological friend, Mr. H.C. Higgins, of Cincinnatus, N. Y., managed to save them with rather large holes. They are marked very lightly but are as large as any eggs of ‘this species that 1 have ever seen. W.K. HAT LER, Cortland, N. Y, Chimney Swifts. In the OoLoGisT, March, 1900, page 44, appeared a short note on the un- usual nesting of the Chimney Swift. For the past five summers this pair of Swifts have built their nests and reared their young in this same building, a new nest being built each year, but only a short distance from the one of the preceding year. The nests being built on the perpendicular wall inside -a carriage house. The birds going to -and from the nest through a small ven- tilator in the side of the building; that it was the same pair of birds 1 am of course not positive, but I think. there can be but little doubt. Guy H. Briees, Livermore, Me. Twice Used Nests. I have never cbserved any notes in regard to the American Robin using their nests more than one season, but this past season I found two nests con- taining eggs that were built in 1901. Each nest contained a full set of eggs and the parent bird was setting on them. The nests were not relined and contained no lining of any kind; the eggs were laid on the bare mud bottom, and the nests were much the worse for “wear, having withstood the storms of a a 183 Maine winter. One was built in a small pine in woods, the other in a maple tree beside a traveled road. Guy H. Brices. Livermore, Me. The Appearance of the Evening Gros- beak in Western Ontario in the Winter of 1901-1902. There is plenty of interest in the woods even in winter when bird life is at its minimum, and there is ever that delightful uncertainty as to what the next turn may reveal. Thus it was, when One day in January, (the 28th) as I was nearing home, a flock of Kinglets attracted my attention to a little clump of balsams, where they were enjoying themselves in their usual careless and merry fashion. I was thinking merely of the Kinglets, for they were the only bird subjects on hand at the time, though good ones withal, when a move- ment in the bushes, caused by a larger, heavier bird, made me forget the Gold- en-crowns. ‘‘A Pine Grosbeak” was my first thought; but no—a moment later up hopped a splendid bird in black and gold and I was introduced to the Evening Grosbeak, an entirely new and entirely welcome visitor from the land of the broad plains and setting sun. Scarcely six feet away, he gazed curi- ously at’me, his big, yellow bill almost hiding his head, then, satisfied with his inspection, he nipped off a bud, and in true Grosbeak fashion, paid no more attention tome. Soon a dull colored one, probably a female, appeared and the two went quietly on with their sup- per, entirely uamindful of my presence. It was late in the afternoon and these two rare and beautiful strangers among the Canadian evergreens looked to me like two intercepted rays of level light from the decliningsun. Everand anon they seemed to speak to each other in low whispering voices, indescribably 184 sweet, and these were the only sounds I heard. I watched them till they went away and then I wrote a name in my note book that had never been there before. I have said thus much about my first meeting with this western wanderer, for itis the first meeting with a rare bird that the ornithologist loves best. However this meeting was not destined to be my last. The next day, on going to the college, Prof. Doherty reported having seen a flock of about fifty feed- ing on a weed patch ina pasture. He described their manner of feeding to me but I shall come to that later on On the 12th of February two more were noted and the next day three were seen. I shot one of these and watched another, a fine, bright male who, all by himself, was making a meal off the fruits of a Manitoba map’e. I did not see them agaia till the 27:h of February when my attention was attracted by hearing the low flow of Grosbeak language from the top of a little bal- sam and there were two birds, both dull-colored this time. Yet again I saw this bird in black aod gold. On March 10th I startled a Screech Owl from his perch over our front door and a moment later, while I was yet watching the fast retreating owi, I heard the clear whistle, the Gros- benk’s call, in a maple grove to the left. The desire for specimens came on me and when | went to look for the auth- ors of the notes I had my gun in my hands. I got them both in line but only one fall; the other flew to a near- by tree and dropped at the report of the second barrel. There are three Gros- beak skins in my collection but they look different from those splendid birds that whis‘led in the morning air from the top of the maple in the grove. Still I am glad they are there. In this paper I have tried merely to give an account of my experience with ‘ THE OOLOGIST. this bird, and not to give a regular ac- count of its habits, but before I close I must put down a few little points which I observed in regard to its notes and its feeding habits. For its habits when in flocks I have to rely on Prof. Doher- ty’s description as I did not notice a single flock. The flock which he observed consist- ed of about fifty birds and they were feeding among thist'es, ragweed, pig- weed and varions cther weeds whick frequent waste Jand. ‘They continual- ly moved onwards with a sort of leap- frog motion, those behind flying on ahead of those in front and then alight- ing to feed. This motion was repeated again and again as the seeds were ex- hausted. All this time, (and I noticed this myself in connection with the birds. I saw feeding,) there was a « ouatinuous flow of conversation, each bird talking softly to itself in a low, sweet voice as though its mind were far away. They have another note however, a loud, clear whistle like the Pine Grosbeaks. This is one of their call notes and is usually uttered when the bird is perched high upon a tree. In regard to food the stomschs of the three birds I shot contained cnly a green: mass of vegetable material, probably buds or the fruits of the maple, in fact one bird was feeding on the lat- ter when shot and another was watched feeding on the fruits of the Manitoba. maple. In quietness and trust of people these birds almost outdo the Pine Grosbeak for they never showed the slightest sign of fear, in fact I stood so close to one that I could have touched it easily with my hand. However, the Evening Grosbeaks are gone now and I suppose it will be some time before I see them again, but they helped to brighten one winter for me and for that ’m thankful. F. NORMAN BEATTIE, Well’s Grove, Guelph, Ont. THE OOLOGIST. dn my 185 4) tes ya “Clearance Sale” “List No. 3,.May, 1902, “ot Selected Shells, Birds Eggs, Mounted Birds, Bird Skins, Fossils, Corals, Gem Stones,..Barrel of Shells, Nature Study Collection and Mistelaneons Lot of Specimens and Curios. 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BIRD LORE’S BIRD CHART WILL TELL YOU. It figures 62 representative fspecies of our 18 families of Perching Birds, gives their range, numbers and family characters. With its aid one so readily grasps the structural differences distinguishing one fam- ily of birds from another, that it soon becomes an easy matter to refer a bird to its proper family. \ We Will Give a Copy of This Chart With a free copy of our December number, containing Ernest Thomp- son Seton’s article on ‘‘Journal Keeping,” to every one now subscribing to BIRD-LORE for 1903. If you are a genuine student of birds you cannot afford to lose the help BIRD-LORE will give you. In a series of papers to run through the year, Frank M. Chapman will tell how to make the best use of your eyes and opportunities in studying the nest- ing habits of birds. You may also want to call on one or more of BIRD- LORE’S 50 Apvisory Counci.ors for advice or information. 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Giga 2 ok hen east 22.6 Duck {Scamp cite ieee severe 24 Ducks Woode:.« 5c see re 11 Duck Womeg-taile woes we es toca ce 24 Crarciwall ieee see ran ON 24 Golden-eye, Barrows.............--- 24 Goose (Grey-le ga 40 ete es Sere 24 Grebe, Western): 297.22. 0. ee 9 Grebe: ‘Sclayonie:s:).. ocean eee 24 Iceland, A Day Among the Duck on Miyatr coke oa siery cotati creel mtd 23 Idaho. A Nesting Day in........ .... 8 TE Not; Why SOs a. 2 ae aes ee 7, 21 PEO OTN ne eae Ree ene ake Ok chee pie nee as he 24 a WDE eo ASR RECON ik ANC A iran ae dace 10 Merganser, Red-breasted............ 24 Phalarope, Northern... 2052 0.02~- 23 Phalarope, Wilson’s.............--- 11 Rintaile tine ach ase 6 Gin oan oe Redshiamikes: Se Sophos ascnee erste: 24 Scoter, Commons ys. 245s ire 24 Mewmi yATCtic ini seen eet lege: siaaeiens 23 Towhee, Anthonys). )25. 45 ee 3 Wroaetarl, Wihite2cceges oct eee 24 NYOMI ee eas TC AMS athe 24 Woodpecker, Red-headed............ 6 THE QOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO, OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XX. NO. 1. ALBION, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1903. WHOLE No. 196 Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘““Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmont 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. Noe. your subscription expires with this issue ‘cc 6 3 6 MMB Ie ee ae 66 6c 3 ae: 13 KO eats oe Ge oS Jan, 1905 300“ a a a Jan, 1909 Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. This Nov. OOLOGIST was is- IMP ORTAN ° sued Dee. 1. “Bound Volumes of the Horticulturalist and other books to exchange for Postage Stamps. E. & W. C. BAGG, 424Genesee St UticaN Y. FANCY Pigeons and pet stock for sale or ex- change for A 1 sets or Indi:n relics in good condition: ALMON E. KIBBE, Mayville; jg 97. WANTED.—Sets of eggs containing abnor- mal specimens, such as runts, albinos, mon- atrocities, abnormally colored or shaped eggs. Will give cash or good exchange. J. WARREN JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa. 1U1 ———— WANTED.—Bulletin of the Michigan Orni- thological Club, Vols. I, Ifand III. Will give cash or good exchange, The Bulletin. 13] Elm- wood Ave., Detroit, Mich. MARINE SHELLS AND CURTOS.—For only 10c I will mail my hansomely illustrated cata-- logue and any one of the following Sea Shells: Crown, Tulip, Lightning, Fig. Sun or Angel Wing. J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. FOR SALE.—Minerals, Fossils, Shells Curi- oSities, one Vol. Auk. Vol. American Ornitho- logy, and many desirable Books and papers ed for stamp. GUY BRIGGS, Livermore, aine. BIRDS EGGS:—Singles, Sparrow Hawk 1-1 Ye Pu m Jay 1-140c Columbian Shot1t-tail:Groue 1-1 10c. Pigeon Guillemot 1-1 14¢ Cassins Auk- let 1-1 30c. Blue-faited Jay 1-1 30c, Iceland Gull 1-1 40c, Violet-green Cormeraur 1-1 20c. Send for listofsets. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephen- town, New York. TO EXCHANGE.—50 numbers 50 ‘“Oologist” 75 ‘‘Recreation,” 50 ‘Wide World,” 15 ‘Osprey,’’ and many others, for Birds or mammals, in flesh or skins. GEO. (FP. GUELF, Brockport, N. Y. WANTED.—A few sets of Water-thrush, Prothonotary, Pamla, Prairie and Cne-tnut sided Warblers. Those having same send for my list. E. A. DOOLITTLE Pamesville, Ohio. Box 34, - ““Museum.,’’ WANTED,—Position as keeper of menagerie or curator of natural history museum, by the rough naturalist and animal man, Past sea- son with Robinson’s show. W. H. SPEAK, Pern, Ind. EGGS, SHELLS, BUTTERFLIES, BOOKS AND PERIODICALS TO EXHCHANGE.— Send your lists of what you have and desire in return, and receivemy lists. JEROME TROM- BLEY, Box 54 Petersburg Mich. I DESIRE to buy or exchange indian relics, birds and mammals skins, curios, colonial antiques, old firearms etc. No postals answ- ered. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER Jr. West Orange, N. J. EXCHANGE NOTICE.—491-3 651-2 771-5 190 1-2, 191 1-4 333 1-4, 339 1 3, 3371-2, 342 1-2, 373 1-3, 461 1-3, 467 1-38, 627 1-3, 6241-4. 619 1-4, 622a 1-5, oe? 12forother. W.E.SAUNDERS, London nt. oOFOR SALE.—Chapman’s Hand-book, Davies’ Nests and Eggs, Knight’s, Birds of Maine, and hundreds of books and papers. Nidolog- ists, Ospreys, etc. GUY H. BRIGGS, Liver- more, Maine. FLORIDA FERNS —Will send beautiful native Florida Ferns to any address postpaid. Smallsize 15¢ two kinds 25¢c Large size 25¢ two kinas 40c. D. B. OALINGER, Haines City Polk Co., Fla. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Some fine sets collected by myself at Lake Winnipegosis in Northern Manitoba during last June such as American Red breasted Merjansers, Ring bill- ed gulls, Double Cushed Cormorants, Loon, Holbells, Horned Grebes, Fox Sparrow, Phila- dephia Vireo, Red breasted Nuthatch, North- ern Hairy Woodpecker, and others, with Photo- graph of most of these nests. Send for full list to W. RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. 2 THE OOLOGIST. . FOR EXCHANGE.—A Splendid lot of Shells, Corals, Star Fish, and other Marine Curios. Want Minerals, Fossils. ete. Send me your exchange list. W. J. ENGLAND, Caro, Mich- igan. “Proceeding of the American Association for Advancement of Sc ence and other books to exchange for Postage stamps. E & W. C. BAGG. 424 Genesee St Utica N. Y. EXCHANGE.—Sets of 1, 4, 7. 60 and 64 and man, others, also Florida marine shells, for marine, land or fresh water shells. CHARLES L. Cass, Ann Arbor, 523 Packard St. Michigan. Will exchange a copy of Davies’ Nests and Eggs latest edition for six dollars worth of common eggs listing ten cents or under if sent prepaid. CHAS. K. REtD. Worcester, Mass. FOR SALE:.OR EXCHANGE.—Skins, Mount- ed birds eggs, sets and singies. Wanted birds, skins, and eggs in sets, send lists All letters answered. JHSSIE T. CRAVEN, 572 Hubbard Ave- Detroit, Mich. BIRDS EGGS, sets only, will take in pay- ment for books, subscription, tools, supplies ete. Send lists, state wants, can supply any want for field or study. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephenton, New York: Guide to Taxidermy 35 cents postpaid. Tell you how to mount birds, animals, and fish. Will exchange this book for $1 worth of eggs that are listed for ten cents or less if sent post- paid. CHAS. K. REE », Worchester, Mass. eS a a YOUNG COLLECTORS.—Send me $1 for a lot of : ggs that will make you happy, have a lot that are not strictly first class, but will in- clude first class eggs to fall out of $1 and a lot ee BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, New ork. DOG COLLOR PLATES.—Lettered with name, address, number, and dog’s name if de- sired. State width of collar. Heavy Brass, With rivets. 25 cts. Nickel silver, 50 cts. Post- paid to any address, SWAINE’S STAMP WORKS, Rochester, N. H. Have Ledger and Journal 128 pages. 6 and 7 books of Heredotus Translation Les Miserables, Luise de Vallire, The Man with an Iron Mask. Want for trade or Cash. Journal of Patric, Gass, Pikes, explorations ect. E.B. SHEED- LER, Hopkinton Iowa. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Some rare sets single eggs from the Arctic Coast of North America including such Species as Snowy Owl, Snowflake, Smith’s Longspur, Brent Goose, Whistling Swan, Sabinies Gull, Point Barrow Gull, White Rumpea Sandpiper, Pacific Kittiwake, Red and Northern Phala- roper Pacific Eider, Long Tailed Jager, Snow Goose and other varieties. W. RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. ee WANTED IN EXCHANGE OR CASH IF CHEAP many sets of the following. C-dar Waxwing, Lener Scaup, Boldpathe Bart- rams Sandpiper, Osprey,—6, 7, 12, 29, 58, 60, 63, 64, 65, 72, 74 to 80 92, 1U6, 112 118. 131, 137, 139. 140, 144. 149 150, 160, 172. 182 to 191 197 to 201, 204 to 208, 214, 226 to 242, 244 to 266, 272 to 2:9b, 292 to 30Uc, 309 to 310c, 325 to 384 387, 388, 390 to 443, 448 to 455, 474a to 494, 501 to 509. 517 to 593, 595 to 612, Cedar Waxwing 619 to 697, 701 to 703, 713 to 768- Send full exchange list or your best cash prices- Canalso use bird skins in exchange foreggs. D WILBY 27 Front St. West, Tor- onto, Ont. Canada- WANTED—44 Cal. Shot gun, second hand. T. I. PLACE, Milton, Wis WANTED_Ridgway’s Birds of Illinois. Volumes one and two will pay cash. S. S. S. Stansell, Philo, Illinois. YOU shou'd have the Summer Birds of Cen tral Texas, only 650 A. E. SCHUTZE, 1611 Sabine Street, Austin, Texas. LIVE BIRDS. Pair Artic Horned Owls, fine healthy birds $10. Pair Western Horned Owls at $5. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman Manitoba. WANTED—To Exchange first class Birds eggs in sets for same. Many common kinds wanted. C. B. JOHNSON, Box 192, Red Wing, Minn. WANTED — Pre-historic copper relics, also extra large ancient stone spears and knives. REV. E. C. MITCHELL, 534 Summit Ave. St. Paul, Minn. JAPANESE IVORY and wood carvings wanted. State lowest prices Must come on approval. Ref. F. H. Lattin. R. G. PAINE, National Museum. Washington, D. C. EXECUTORS SALE,—Time specimens of stone and flint relics and a collection of birds eggs all with data at 1-4th list rates. Ad- dress J. W. MYKRANTZ, Ashland, Ohio. DON’T MISS THIS—American Ornithology and Recreation. new subscriptions for only $125. Conder and Recreation, both new sub- scriptions $1.35. BENJAMIN HOAG, Gar- field, N. Y. : WANTED —Every reader of this to send ten cents for a copy of our Bird Magazine and large illustrated catalogue with prices of all Birds Eggs. CHAS. K. REED, Worcester, Mass. ONE DOE (fine) Elk, Moose and Deer heads for sale unmounted. Write with stamps for Photos. Also some extra scalps. CHRIS P. FORGE, Navuralist and Taxidermist. Car- man, Manitoba, Canada. WANTED-—Two sets with data new to my collectivn. Offered A,1 British and Icelandic sets, full data. Will collect this season if wants are stated. T. GORDON. Coesemalyie Whamphill, Digtownshire, Scotland- 100 -EA SHELLS 30c. Indian tomahawk, 30 c., 5 Indian Relics 25c., 10 Curiosities 15 c. 5 old Coins 16 c. price list. 1 old Liberty Cent. 5 curiosities, 10 choice Stamps all for one dime. W. P. ARNOLD PEACEDALE, R. T. WANTED.—Woodpecker eggs in original sets All kinds Will give any thing inline of tools, supplies, books or any thing I adver- tise in exchange. Send list of what you have and your wants. JAMES P. BABBITT, Taun- ton, Mass THE OSPREY.—Complete sets Vol. 2 pre- paid for $16number of Vol. 1 repaid for 50c. write your wants in odd numbers. Will send 4 pounds of Magazines of interest to all lovers of out door Sports and Nature for-25c. BEN- JAMIN HOAG. Stephentown, New York. WANTED —BEvery dealer and coliector to send me his address that I may send out Sample Sheets of my Standard Field Note and Data Blank Books, Endorsed by Advanced Collectors and dealers Recomended by Ornotho- logical Clubs ‘‘All Answered”’ address GEO. W. MORSE, Ashley Ind. Box 230. THE OOLOGIST. 3 WANTED-—Indian arrowpoints, spearheads and other Indian relics. STEPHEN ROZY- CKI, 3051 Q St. N. W., Washington, D. C. I WANT to buy for cash or a good trade two or three sets Sharp Shinned Hawks eggs. R. P. SHARPLES, West Chester, Pa. 197 WANTED—Oologist vol. 5 for cash. Must be in good cordition, also Merriam’s Birds of Conn., printed in 1877. C. M. CASE, 100 Ash- ley St., Hartford, Conn. BICYCLES a few new and second hand wheels both Ladies’ and Men’s. Will give a bargain in exchange for eggs or books. BEN- JAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE -—Indian Snow Shoes and Mocassins. Spaulding 42 inch, hardly used. Take revolver, Medical books or dictionary. E. P. CARLTON M. D. Keyeser, Wisconsin. WANTED—Second hand books and maga- zines on Birds. State what you have. Quote lowest spot cash price prepaid. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. WANTED—to exchange $12 worth wester- eggsin sets for tobacco tags, coupons and ci. gar bands’ All letters auswered, no cards. C M. CASE, 100 Ashley St., Hartford, Conn, WANTED—For cash, some of Audubon’s original folio plates, suitable for framing. State subject, condition and price. J. O. DUNN 3930 Prairie Ave , Chicago. : EXCHANGE— Recreations, Outings. Amer- Boy, Stamp and Poultry Papers, Natural History books, specimens, ete. for % c-nts. U. S. stamps, Showy shells, minera s, Indian Re- lics or Poultry Fixtures. RALPH L, WHEEL- ER. Lowell, Mass. COLLECTORS! Heres your chance to fill out the vacants in your collection. Am going to sell about 300 sets from my own private col- lection. State wants, and I will send lists. RAY DENSMORE, Painsville, Ohio. MAMMALS! BIRDS! Parties desiring fine Mammals or birds from this locality let me know your wants and I will collect to order in the meat or scientific skins. Address at once;- HARTLEY H. T. JACKSON, Milton, Wis. NORTHERN and western bird and Manu- nal Skins wanted for cash or will exchange skins of Wayn.-’s Clapper Rail, Worthington’s Marsh Wren Boat-tailed Grackle, Chuck Wills Widow, Wilson’s Plover, Royal and Fasters Ternetec. A H.HELMH, Miller Place, N. Y. The Summer Birs of Central Texas is a re- cent publication briefly describing the birds, of that locality, their and nests and eggs. It contains a vast amount of interesting reading matter and many beautiful half-tone illustra- tions of nests in the situtation. A. E., SCHGTZE, 1611 Sabine Street. Austin, Texas’ RARE EGGS—I have just unpacked a case of rare eggs from the far North and find many single eggs which I will sell at very low prices such as Emperor Goose, Flaty back Gull, Black Brant. Speculated Hider, Am. Golden Plover, Snowy and Hawk Owl, etc. Alsohave choice sets of many rare kinds, such as Yellow bill Loon, Pacitic Loon, Red legged Kittiwake, Pacific Kittiwake, Pe toral Sandpiper, Black- bellied Plover and many others. Altogether this is the finest lot of eggs ever brought down from the far North If you want to fill up a few gaps in your collection, send for list of eggs from Alaska and Anderson River Region. JAMES P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. FIRSTCLASS sets of 687 2-5, 628 3-4, 191 1-5, 194 4-5, 641 1-5, 366 1-4, 753 3-4 and others for first class sets, Also fresh water shells for sets. VERDI BURTCH Branchport, N. Y. TO EXCHANGE—Eggs in sets with full data for volumes of Ornithological magizines, skins, eggs or arrow heads. GLEN M HATH- ORN. 512S. 10th St. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. HAVE A LOOK—6 sets of woods for sale cheap or exchange for other woods. Foreign and native, 141 Kinds in a set. 3 dollars will buy 175 kinds of foreign and native woods, or will exch-nge for woods not in my col- lection LOUIS W. HAHN. Lake avenue, Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, N. Y. WANTED—Sets of Osprey, Red Shouldered and Red Tailed Hawks, Screech Owl, Red-eyed Vireo, Cedar Bird, Yellow and Black tailed Cuckoos, Californian Quail, Killdeer, Field Plover, Wilson’s Plover, Bob white and others. I can offer in exchinge Sea Birds’ Eggs, Ducks, Plovers, etc. from the Arctic region. W. RAINE, Key Beach, Toronto, Canada. MOUNTED BIRDS FOR SALE CHEAP. Gray ruffled Grouse $1.50, Lesser Scuap Duck $1. Pied billed Grobe $1. bBufflehead Drake $1.50 Marbled God wit $1. Horned Merganser $1. Mallard $1. Dusky Grouse $1. 2 White- tailed Ptarmigan $2 each. Horned Grebe $1. White fronted Goose $350 Richardson Owl $2. 2 Barred Owls $1.50 each Lesser Yellowlegs $.50. 2 Bartram Sandpiper §.75 Fine large winter Jack Rabbitt 3. SKINS FOR SALE CHEAP. Sandhill Crane $2. 2 Prairie Hens $50 each. 3 Gray Ruffled Grouse $.75 each. 3 Can Ruffled Grouse $.50 3 Red Shouldered Hawks $.50 each. 2 Swain- sons Hawks $50 each. 3 Redtails 6.50 each. Roughleg hawk $i Richardson owl $150 Spotted Sandpiper $.20 Bartrams Sandpiper $.25 Lesser Yellow legs $25 MHarlan’s hawk 6.50 Willow Ptarmigan $1 Allens Ptarmigan $1.25. CHRIS P. FORGE, Carman, Manituba. FOR EXCHANGE — Choice sets of 7 1|2, 111|2, 3010'1 401 | 3,47 1|38, 51 1] 3, 56 1] 8, 861] 1 1041—1, 1171] 1, 121 1— , 1] 5, 155 11] 8, and down 1781 |9, 2U8 1|11, 222 1|4, 223 11/4, 229 1 | 4. 2671 | 4. 269 1/4, 271 1/4, 285 113, 293 1 | 12, 302 1 | 10, 325 1 | 2, 3261 | 2, 329 1| 1, 3321 | 3, 835 1 | 4’ 837b 1 | 2, =411|2 343 1|2, 349 1|1, 359 1|31)4,35911|4, 362 1/2 1/3, 375d 1|2, 417 1|2 4191 |2, 428 n | 2, 484n |2, 478b 1 | 3, 641 115 1| 4, 7301 |5, 748 n |8 and others. 676 1| 5, 685a All ansvwered E. PRICE. Grant Park, 111. Dr. LATTIN says ‘Frederick Young is all right.* * * I found it both interesting and in- structive, doubly so to the traveler and natu- ralist ‘Gold top; tinted illustrations; 40 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel lettering, and a beautiful black and light green cover design by Frohn. A scientific novel liked by all, Superlative as a gift Publishers price $150 Sent postpaid, cloth $1.10; paper 40 cts. CHARLES L. PHIL- LIPS Taunton. Mass WAN CED—Nos. 2, 4,5 and 6 of Nidiologist; any and all yolumes of Auk; volume V and No 8vol. IV of Osprey. Can give in return, books relating to Entemology, Oology and Natural History Ihave a few copies of Nehr- ling’s Birds of N, A. colored plates at 8.75 a copy. (Nos 1, 2 and 6) Also bulletins of the natural history of New York printed in 1840, relating to the plants, fish, fossils ete. Very valuable, to exchange for any of the above wants, or first class bird skins. A. E. SCHUTZE, 2306 Guadalope, Aus- tin, Texas. 4. THE OOLOGIST. WANTED—Vol. II, Ridgway’s Birds of Illi- nois. Will give $3.00 cash, ISAAC E. HESS. Philo, Ills. WANTED—Eastern skins, offer eastern and western. Will pay cash Auks 1884 1890. B H. Neem 46 Larned St West, Detroit, Mich. WANTED FOR CASH—Keyes and Williams Annotated Catalogue of Iowa birds. also odd numbers of the Iowa Ornithologist. J. L. SLOANAKER, Newton. Iowa. 197 FOR EXCHANGHE—Flint and stone Indian Relics. Want any thing that will instruct or entertain. Suitable fora museum. ARTHUR HARVICK. Vienna, Ill. 197 MANY rare Sets to exchange for perfect sets,can use many Common Species. Have fine list of Arcticeg s. Willsellafew. J. W. PRESTON. Baxter, Iowa. 197 RARE cermonial objects, p pes, spears and other prehistoric archaeological specimens for sale at low prices Enrlose stamp for out- lines, &c. A. D. Grutzmacher, Mukwonago, Wis. GOODS from Government Sales. Shelter tents, haversacks, ponchos, carbines, Want all kinds antlers, scalps of horned or fur animals. A. B. FARNHAM. Taxidermist, Tuxedo, Md. CHOICE sets to exchange for first class stamps from U. S: and possessions. also pre- cancelled Stamps now in my collection. Will sell 100 var. pre-cancelled for $150. Box 57 Unionville Ct. 197 OFOR EX' HANGE—Young American dou- ble action 22 cal. revolver new. Want A 1 sets or $120 cash. one dozen No. 1 BLAKE & LAMB traps $1.40. JAMES O. JOHNSON Southington Conn. EXCHANGE —I have U. S. and Foreign “ Coins’? U. S. and Co federate fractional currency, Confederate bonds, Colonial notes ete. for sale or exchange. What have you? KENNETH B. TURNER, 140 Huestis Street, Ithaca, N. Y. FANCIER’S SUPPLIES—Leg Bands. Chick Punches, Fountains, Grit Boxes, Feed Cups, Po ltry and Pigeon Books, etc. Big Bundle Poultry Papers 10 c. Name in Poultry Di- rectory 10 ¢. WHEELER, 43 E. Varney St., Lowell;Mass. VARIOUS FOSSILS, beautiful geodes, sea shells and curios. 200 various minerals, pol- ished onyx, Indian relics, (stone and beaded) geological reports. Spinning wheel for sale, closing out. $10 worth for $. CURIO CO., Crawfordsville, Indiana RADIUM—I have a limited quantity of this wonderful substance imported from Paris It is Of sufficient power to take photographs through solids, and perform numerous experi- ments in radio-activity For every fifty cents wor'h of Indian relics or old U. S. copper cents Iwill send one milligram in a hermitically sealed glass tube. I reserve the privilege of returning at my own expense any specimens that I cannot use. Also photographs made by means of this metal at ten cents each ex change. Also the following to exchange:- Marlin repeater, 4x5 Anastigmat lens, old vio- lin. Columbian ’92 half dollars, pocket tele- scope, day and night signal glass ete. If you Want questions answered enclose stamp. L. V. CASH, Tarrytown, N. Y. _ dram bottle, 25 cents Catalogues for stamp. R. L.. WILL pay cash or exchange first class bird skins for a few Black Squirrels in meat. O.S. BIGGS. San Jose, Ill. WANTED —Bird lore Vol. II-Vol.IV. Have for exchange VolII and Vol.III Condor, also No. 1 2-4-5-6 of Vol.I. ISAAC E. HESS, Philo, Til. FEW FINE sets 194, 289. 335, 375, 461, 467, 474b 481, 501. 5916, 608, 624, 627, 628, 633, 657, 658 674, 676 719b to exchange. C. F. STONE. Branchport N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE. A large number of South Dakota sets and skins for mounted specimens or books. Complete data furnished. H. E. LEE. Bryant, So. Dakota FOR SALE—Pure Bred Poultry. Barred plymouth Rocks Stock $1.00 up. Fggs $100 per 15. $5.00 per 100. Prelific Layers. AR- THUR HARVICK, Vienna, Ill. 197 I DESIRE sets of Whooping Crane, Purple Gallinule, Purple Finch, Worm-eating War- bler, Pine Warbler and Tufted Tit-mouse. GEORGE SWEZEY. 61 Polk St., Newark, N. J. WANTED —F ull sets in series 64.76, 261, 263, 273, 337, 339, 390, 373, 393, 394, 501, 190, 624, 364, 230, and others. Also want ducks with full nests of down. Good exchange. A. EH. PRICE, Grant Park. Ill WANTED—For Cash, from original collect- _ors, Al. sets of Amer, Woodcock, Willet, pip- ing Plover, Snowy Plover, Audubonis Caracara 5 Red-breasted Merganser and Cinnamon Teal. - W.H.BINGAMAN. Box 151 Algona, Iowa. FOR EXCHANGE—Choice sets with full data, Chuckvill’s- Widow, Am Oyster catcher, Swainson’s Warbler, Wilson’s Plover. Wil- let Royal Term, Clapper Rail, Black Skimmer, Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager. Dr, M.T. Cleckley. 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. OOLOGISTS ATTENTION !—Hand Egg Blow-pipe. Very useful for all fresh eggs, in- valuable with ‘‘water blower’ sent post paid with directions for 50 cents. Nest stains, ink and pencil marks instantly and permanently removed from eggs by using my solutioa, two Dr. M. T. Cleckley 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. - FOR SALE OR EXCHANG&— 91 sets of Mississippi Kite 1-2 2-2 Am. Bittern 1-4, Grass- hopper 1-5, Oven bird 15, Western Grebe 1-4 Black-billed Cuckoo 1-3, 1-4 Mounted Birds. Golden Eagle, Ring-necked Pheasant, Wood Duck, Pintail, Snowy Owl, Great Horned Owl, Loon, for office desk. First class hunting dog or offers. GHORGE J. TILLS Albion N. Y. FOR SALE CHEAP—Choice Southern Sets with full and accurate data. Chuckvill’s-wi- dow 1.00, Am. Oyster catcher, 40 cents, Wil- son’s Piover 15 cents, Night hawk 20 cents Wil- let 15 cents, Royal Term 15 cents, Brown Peli- can 10 c. Laughing Gull 5c , Bachman’s Spar- row 1.60, SWainson’s Warbler 100 Blue Gros- beak 20c , Clapper Rail 5c., Black Skimmer 5c. Boat-tailed Grackle 5c, Indigo Bunting 5 c, Green Heron 10c,, Yellow-breasted Chat 5 «c., Summer Tanager 20 c., Mockingbird 5c., Bob- white 10 c., Long-billed Marsh Wren 5 c., Red- eyed Vireo 10 c., Field Sparrow 3 c., Cardinal 3 ¢c., Blu -gray Gnatecatcher 20 ¢c., Wood- Thrush 10 c., Maryland Yellow-throat 15 ¢., Hooded Warbler 25 c., White-rumpled Shrike 10c Kingbird 5c., Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10 c., California Murre 15 c., African Ostrich 1,00. Satisfaction guaranteed. Many Singles very cheap. Nests with Sets. Dr. M. T. Cleckley, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. . THE OOLOGIST. VOL. XX. NO. 1. ALBION, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1903. WHOLE No. 196 THE OOLociIsT. A Monthly Publication Devoted to OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, ALBION, N. Y. 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I admit that it is a far cry from Death Valley to the snn blessed slopes of the Orange county hills, and possibly not less from the noble hawks and owls of which I have been lately writing, to the lowly towhees, but I am one of those, who believe that in the all-em- bracing plan of an oniniscient Creator, there is no bird, no animal, no plant, too infinitesinial to have a place, aye, more, to be necessary to the welfare of the universe. To me, the least is as interesting as the greatest. just as the poorest of my fellow men is of as much interest as the weakest. For this reason Iam bothering ye editor with what little I know of the home life of 80 common a fellow as Pipilo. First all, the towhee is a worker; from morning till night, year in, year out, with a nestful cf young, or with no one to feed but himself, he is on the scratch. Dull of coat and rather incon- Spicuous save during the breeding season. Anthony’s Towhee does not appear so plentiful as it really is. In fact, I doubt if even the pestiferous linnets are any more abundant in the hills near my home than the towhees. In the winter—if we may call the inter- val from November to April winter— many of these birds migrate from the brush covered hills to the orchards and sheltered farms of the mesas and low- lands. Here they come fearlessly about the houses, not begging, as do many of the birds, but industriously helping themselves to whatever of edi- bles lies nearest their beaks. This fall movement begins some time in the latter part of September and is quite general, though it does not by any means embrace all the brown towhees 6 THE OOLOGIST. which have reared young or been hatched on the hillsides during the previous spring and summer. It seems rather a sort of universal spreading out, probably caused by the falling off of their food supply with which the ripening seeds of the summer and autumn kept the gray earth of the higher slopes well covered. But in early spring, they return again to their nesting grounds. A few remain along the sandy ‘‘washes’’ of the valley, there to rear their young in cozy homes well buiJt among the many forked branches of some huge sage bush. By far the greater part drift back and upward, however, to an alti- tude of from four hundred to four thousand feet. The breeding season ranges from the 15th of March to a like date in August, and two broods are often reared. I know of one pair which built successively five nests, the female laying five sets of eggs in one season, each set having been taken from her as soon as laid. These five sets were 1-4, 1-4, 1-8, 1-4, 1-3. She was permitted to hatch the last set, which she did, rear- ing three husky brown fellows there- from. The nest of this bird is one of the most peculiarly beautiful of all the Finch tribe, and even the last nest of the female mentioned above was a model of bird architecture. The outer nest is almost always made of rather coarse sage twigs closely interwoven among the branches of the shrub in which the home is to be placed. This is usually a sage or other low bush: the nest seldom being more than two or three feet from the ground. Next comes a rather thick cup of grass blades and very fine flexible twigs which is the real protection of the eggs and young birds. Inside this is a lining usually of hair of some kind and is soft and even as a loving pair of parent birds can make it. This background seems to be made with the special object of best displaying the pale blue-green eggs, which are—as another writer has said—much like those of the different Red-winged Blackbirds, though it is comparatively easy for the observant collector to distinguish many small dif- ferences between the two. In both the fall and spring move- ments of the Towhees noted above very few of the birds are seen. And yetIdo not think that they migrate at night, but rather attribute their invisibility to the skulking habits of the birds and the prevalence of brush heaps and weed patches throughout Orange county. The birds do not make extended flights but merely move from one orchard or overgrown field to another, distances of seldom more than two or three hun- dred yards, thus progressing by slow stages to the mountains or upper mesas. G ing back, the operation is repeated until their winter home in the lowlands s reached. The Brown Towhees have always been of more interest to me than the Spurrea species, probably because I have had more and better opportuni- ties for the study of the former. Ihave found as high as five eggs in one set of Anthony’s Towhee, but the usual run is four, while most of the first sets and all of the last are of only three eggs. Harry H. Dunn. Los Angeles, Cal. November 14, 1902. Bird Acrobats. July 15, 1902. When out for a ram- ble I noticed a Bluebird practicing some athletic tricks, so I stopped to watch him. The Bluebird would fly high into the air, poise for a moment on the wing, then quickly descend to a branch. It practiced this several times when all of a sudden a Red-headed Woodpecker flew from a stump and tried the same thing. Although the Woodpecker was a great deal clumsier than the little Biuebird, his attempts were far from failures. M. B.DENNy, Waubeek, Iowa. THE OULOGIST. 7 If Not, Why So ? And it was demonstrated that on either side of the fence there stood the two extremes, of somewhat conflicting views perhaps but reciprocating the profound respect that accompunies the comprehension of kindred endeavor to do waiat vou undertake thoroughly and well, while upon the fence there posed the intermediate a self evident illustra- tion of a well known saying a some- thing about a Jack of all trades with a mention of master of none. No Ir Just So Doubtless the reader of this valuable little paper are aware of the appearance in the July and August numbers, of an article entitled ‘‘If Not, Why So? ”»— anyhow, the author is. If the resulting criticism has afforded the readers an interest and pleasure equal to the au- thor’s they should club together and make hima present. The originality of individual opinion is always interest- ing and while one clas3 has been heard from it is to be regretted that the opera glass adherent has remained silent as it was hoped from him would originate some criticism of true value. In the ’ author’s mind the existing criticism is somewhat peculiar not attacking the facts laid down but developing a sub- ject of extremists and assuming a ‘“‘posi- tion of greatest advantage, the middle one, from which both sides of the mat- ter can be viewed ” with a superiority the socalled extremist can never hope to attain as he possesses only the pro- found knowledge. In the December number the only direct bearing upon the articles is in reference to the extremist, but where this is appliable to the author he fails to see. He is informed of falling into the ever present error of the extremist ‘‘ there is no other side” while almost his first words are ‘‘ Adherants of the Opera glass are the warmest friends our birds have, not only awarding them the interest that is their due, but ac- complishing it in a wholly harmless manner.’’ Indication intimates a mis- understanding by some of the author’s aim. If Not, Why So ? was merely an endeavor to show that from a s‘and- point of knowledge the opera glass adherant is in no position to criticise the ornithologist. A critie’s first duty is to carefully read the matter under consideration. Mr. Bowdish was apparently displeas- ed with the author’s arbitrary tone and hurried to the end impatient to com- mence his criticism rather with a view to say something thanform any real desire for further enlightenment. However,the author will take him at his word and comply with his request. An Ornithologist isa person versed in the science of birds. A man may calculate the mean velocity of a stream or run atwo degree curve by the de- flection angles at the transit, and if his knowledge extends no further, bears tha game ralative position to a Civil En- gineer that the opera glass adherant does to the Ornithologist Nothing debars the opera glass ad- herant from entering the mystic zone of advanced knowledge, but with the first step he commences to realize the value of material and in a broad sense has ceased to be an opera glass adher- ant. As the author muses inthe past he recrlls much that could not have been obtained by him from some less de- structive source. He recollects ‘‘ a greater.cr less number of bird’s skins made and of the eggs collected.’’ Of the latter only a small percentage were broken and of the former nota single one has been destroyed to his know- ledge. Commencing in 1886 he has kept a careful record of every nest found containing eggs or young and of every, bird taken. Glancing through the pages he finds a great many inter- esting facts and notes the taking of some birds considered very rare in his state, and not before or since secured in his locality, and he contemplates with considerable satisfaction the showing 8 THE OOLOGIST. that fully 90 per cent of the birds shot were preserved and used. In view of the fact that the critic de- clares himself “far from defending”’ what he is pleased to term the ‘‘extrem- ist shot gun student ” his next illustra- tion is a puzzel. Refering to a vireo shot by himself he mentions it as ‘‘ one of a lot collected for the National Mus- eum.” No mention is made of the number comprising this lot but of course it is. within the bounds from which the extermist is excluded. It makes the author scratch his ear and wonder. As the author continues to muse in the past he recalls reading the writings - of Mrs. Miller with pleasure and pro- fit, and does not hesitate to pronounce her work exceptionally well done be- tween the narrow lines she persues. As he continues to muse he remembers her attending a little gathering of bird students here s me two or three years back, and of absolutely refusing to step into an adjacent room and look overa collection ofeggs because she did not believe in thetaking of them and she claimed to know nothing of eggs be- yond those inhabiting the nests she had inspected in the field. That she could have absorbed a little more knowledge without serious injury wa: the opinion of a few present. The next step is to accuse the author of gathering into his protecting fold pot and plume hunters, sportsmen and wo- men with birds on their hats, while his intention was merely touse them on the ground of varying opinion and he attri- butes the misunderstanding to careless perusal. Then, after plainly illustrating that the sportsman is practically the people and a power adjusting the law that he may shoot those birds he wishes and protect those he does not care to shoot, if they please him with beauty or song, regardless of the ornithologist orjany other class, the author is inform- ed of having overlooked the point ‘* that when the pleasure seeking of one comes in clash with that of several, the minority must give way tothe major- ity.” As ‘‘ to what extent the end will jus- tify the means in matter of ornitholog- ical collecting’’ per the dictation of ‘* an honest conscience ” Mr. Bowdish is in a better position to judge than the author, as the latter has never collected for a public institution and never as- pired beyond the few necessary for study. And now if the critic will take the slight tendency to ‘‘ rub it in’’ with as much good will and amusement as the author took his, there certainly will exist no feeling of resentment. In conclusion the author would like to sayafew words regarding the wo- man whose ‘ head-gear proclaims her tender heart’ and this can not be done to better advantage than by taking up the opera glass adherants point of view. J..CLAIRE Woop. A Nesting Day in Idaho. A zephyr soft as bloom on maiden’s cheek sweeps up:-from the south-land and with gentle finger unlocks the icy grip of old King Winter from lake and wood and fell. The ice turns grey under the softening spell, then breaks up, and Jike some ocean derelict drifts away in immense flotillas down the river. All day andall night is heard the cry of north-bound water fowl and in the early morning the cheerful stac- catto of our friend the robin on the fir tree near the door step drifts into our dreams and the querulous challenge of the jay serves to inform us; that spring, with all its manifold possibilities for the oologist, is here. There is no place more déar to the Nature lover within my ken than North Idaho and especially that part of it bor- dering upon beautiful Lake Pend’d Oreille. The glimmering waters stretch away sixty miles to the north likea THE OOLOGIST 9 jeweled ear pendent that resemblance which gave it the name. Thousands of little bays, rush-bordered and still, afford sanctuary for the myriad water, and other fowl] that nest here, A gasoline launch, a row boat, hip boots aud industry are absolute nec- essities to the nest hunting enthusiast in these waters. _ But given these and a fair knowledge of the nesting habits of the various feathered citizens, you may collect un- til visions of despoiled birds rise up and haunt you in your dreams. I willsuppose you with me ona trip that fell to my good fortune last spring. Just as the sun rose over the eastern mountain tops and made the lake one sheen of burnished silver, we got the ‘Lady of the Lake’’ under weigh and sped out across thelake to yon distant point which mark the entrance to a beautifui little cove that rej ices in the rather unpoetical name ‘Bottle Bay”. Across the mouth hangs a heavy fog as if to guard the feathered inmates be- yond from the vandat hand of man. Just as we near the promontory that is the nearer sentinel the fog is rolled up and swept away as though some Titanic scene shifter had pulled it up with invisible ropes, disclosing to our view a scene of great beauty and grandeur. The bay is about two miles in length, cut into the eternal hills that rise fir crowned and vast a thousand feet on either side Perfectly calm it reflscts the hills and rocks as a mighty mirror, forming a scene of indescribablo grandeur and beauty, a picture for an artist to limn upon canvass, but none but a master hand should desecrate a scene so beauti ful. But this is not birds. _ As we round the point we make out just ahead two birds swimming, that reminc_one strangely of iron-clad moni- tors so low do they sit in the water. Your glass is brought to bear and the birds both disappear to emerge from the water several hundred yards further inshore. This time you have plenty of time to inspect them and the pointed bill and feather markings say ‘‘Western Grebe”. Werun inas close as possible and moor the ‘Lady getting out the row boat for a pusb among the rushes that skirt the shore. We startle thousands of Red-wing Blackbirds and Long-billed Marsh Wrens that circle above us with their startled cries. Hold? Back water. There is some- thing right under our bow that looks like a mass of dried grass and tules but to the trained eye looks suspiciously like a nest, though if so, it is cunningly covered up. Pushing alongside it and lifting off the top layer we find concealed three eggs, that were they not stained with the rotting vegetation would be blueish green but the staining renders them a dirty yellow. So we have made a good beginning. In fact, we have begun at the start. This is the nest of No., 1. of the A. O. U. check list, the Western Grebe that we saw back yondersat the entrance of Bay and no doubt the nest of that identical pair of birds. The nest is floating upon the surface of the water moored tothe growing tules and com- posed of such masses of the rotting weeds as the birds could collect ‘around the immediate spot. It looks very much ags.if it had?merely drifted together but there is a certain form and com- pactness about it that shows to the trained eye that it is not altogether the work of the elements. Securing the eggs we push on toward the shore. The water is now only a few feet deep and is overgrown with the pads of the pond lily. What bird is that who with outstretched wings and neck is running with the speed of a horse over the very waterit seems? A charge of shot from the collecting gun brings him down and we are at leisure to examine him more closely. The upturned bill, 10 THE OOLOGIST. the half webbed feet, the white upon back and wings tell us the story. This is the American Avocet, a rather rare bird with us, but quite com- mon in Montana, Wyoming and Utah. As we land his mate flies up and an- other charge of fine shot lays her be- side her mate, mute witnesses to man’s rapacity. The nest cannot be far from the place where she rose. Itis nothard to locate, being a mere depression in the sand lined with afew wisps of dried grass and leaves, containing four olive- buff eggs plentifully spotted with choco. late brown uniform with all the waders, and lik3 them, pointing inwards. In size about 1.80 x 1.85- They too, go into the capacious maw of the col- lecting case. A whistle of wings over- head causes us to look up in time to see a pair of Mallards alight on the water and swim gracefully away. For of all our water birds the Mallard is the most graceful. In this country the Mallard nests among the rocks some distance from the shore of the lake or pond and we must look for this one in yonder cliff of rocks in the direction from whence they came. An hour of search fails to reveal the coveted nesting place of Mrs. Anas and we give up the quest and recline under the shade of a great pine to rest. We are hidden froma view of the lake by the body of the tree. In a short time the: duck alights not sixty feet from our resting place and with a preliminary look around wad- dles serenely upon her nest. In vain have we walked around that very spot, but the nest is cunningly secreted among the rocks and the tall grass that grows between them. Cautiously we approach. Even then so nearly does her soft brown back blend with the surroundings that we all most tread upon her before she gives a startled quack and takes wing. There are 9 olive green eggs ‘within a mere depression among the rocks lined with grass and down from the mother’s breast. Allis fish that comes to our net, and while they are not very valuable let us look up the nests of the Red-wings that are continually circling above us making the air vocal with their ‘‘kong quer ree’ and flashing their scarlet epaulets as theywhirl above us. In this country they build upon the rushes above the water and in the thorn and alder thickets that skirt the edge of the lake. So with wading boots pul- led up high we wade out some feet from shore and are in a veritable city of blackbirds. Nests and nests every- where; some completed, some nearly ready to hatch and afew con- taining only one or more eggs. The nests are compactly made of dried grass and small sticks lined with moss and hair, fastened securely to the tule. We select a few complete sets of the eggs which are the most typically marked, light blue or slate colored with clouded markings of dark purple or black. Well, herve is another nest round asa ball and of about the same size, fastened to a single tule stalk, where it sways with every passing breeze, an air-swung cradle for the babies within. What bird is this, say- est thou? Insooth no bird at all. A pair of bright eyes and a funny little whiskefed nose are pushed out of the diminutive hole in the side of the nest, they are peering and snifling with evident alarm. Upon our near approach the little occupant tumbles into the water and swims away as rapidly as four tiny feet can carry her. — This is the home of the kangaroo mouse of the Northwest and we will investigate her domicile. Gently enlarging the doorway we find the cavity neatly aud warmly lined with hair and feathers and reposing on this downy couch five little creatures that seem all eyes and head, except a mite of pink body that is entirely guiltless cf any covering. Innocent little creatures and as they cannot be THE OOLOGIST. fit blown and added to our egg cabinet we replace the stalk and leave them to the tender care of the tiny mother. While busy with the mouse aud her progency my eyes have been upon yon tall cottonwood by the shore and just now I saw a bird alight upon one of the higher branches and disappear. It is a good thing that we threw those climbing irops in the boat for here is something that requires their use. Forty feet to the lowest limb then twenty more to a small hole in the body of the tree. When almost up there a head peers out of the hole and is turned down to reconnoitre. Satisfied wiih the investigation the occupant pitches out and is awav. ‘‘Wood Duck,’ you say, and you are right. The only wonder is that so large a bird can enter so small a hole. But she did for you saw her come out, and to my mind you saw the handsomest of our water fowls. Tne iridsscease of the wood duck’s plumage is more beautiful than that of any other bird that visits these latitudes. A few blows of the hand ax and the Opening is large enough for you to see the bottom. It is about four feet deep and lined with grass and down. There are eight buff colored eggs. It is with very faw qualms of con science that we appropriate her treasur- es for we are sure that she wili come back and immediately proceed to re- plenish them. Let us hope that no other vandal collector will discover her and that we may have the pleasure some day of seeing her transfer her progency to their natural element, one at atime in her bill. Hunger waits forno man. Likewise time is not much of a procrastinator avd both have been busy while we were, and now the sun that was lately just gilding the mountain tops is far beyond the zenith and hunger is gnawing at the citidel of man’s existence, admon- ishing us that at that big hotel off ycn- der across the lake is the wherewith to quit this craving. Loading in our treasures of the day we are soon landed in town and appeasing the appetite that effort and outdoor life gives. 6 Cuas. S. Moopy, M. D. Wilson’s Phalarope. With a plumage and a character all its own, and a domain fairly exclusive, among the marsh denizens, the Wil- son’s Phalarope fills a delightful place, in the heart of the bird student, among our western prairie marshes. Strictly speaking, the dainty bird we are study- ing is neither fish, flesh, nor fowl. He is too small for a duck; too bright- colored for a mere sand-peep; and too odd in his domestic habits to be classed with any other bird of our North American ornis. He arrives about the second week in May, as a rule, in the rorthern states; thronging, at times, the marshes and the wet timothy fields. Heis quite as much of a swimmer as of a wader; and no more exquisite sight could kindle the enthusiasm of the student, afield, than the sght of a wisp ofthese trim waders floating, with absolute buoyancy in and amid the foam and flotsam of the margin of some marshy lake; picking up, with consumate grace, the particles of food cast up by the waves. For some three weeks after their arrival, these birds gladden landscape and water-scape, in care-free abandon. They are ever onthe move, afoot or a-wing; and during these three weeks of junketing, the unique courtship is carried on. Thereis no more laugh- able sight, to one endowed with a modicum of the sense of humor, than that of a couple, or even three, of the brightly-colored females, ardently chas- ing a single somber-plumaged male, who turns and darts, here and there, in arrowy flights, apparently much bored by the whole performance. Meanwhile, the sometimes-dangling feet and the ever tremulous wings of eget THE OOLOGIST. the amorous females bespeaks an ardor that would be ridiculous, under the circumstances; were it not so desporate- ly in earnest. By June first, the nests are ready to receive the eggs; the sets, in many cases, being complete by the fifth of the month, along the northern horder of the States,* Sometimes a nest will be found built up over a half-inch of water; but, asa rule, the base of the nest will be fairly dry. The site is usually amid the standing green grass, not quite knee- high. Some attempt is generally made at canopying; the green blades. in all their stubborn straightness, being drawn together at the top with marvellous skill and patience. Inthe main, the nest, itself, is quite as fragile as the ground nests of such birds are wont to be; just a handful of dead grass. But the arrangemont, and the general effect of nest and site is quite in keeping with the bird’s daintiness. And the eggs furnish the finishing touch. Their grevs and drabs, in varying tints, and the rich, variant markings of umber or of purplish sepia form, with tke nest and the site, a really marvellous example of harmony and of color pro- tection. After the eggs have been laid, the birds, both male and female, show much solicitude; should any _ intruder venture within half- a-mile or tie nest, with evident concern, they welcome the coming, and speed the going guest. Ashe meanders, hawk like, over the meadows, all legs aad eves, the Phala- ropes flit and soar, above his head, with the airiest of undulating flight-move- ments. repeating, incessantly, a soft, tender, entreating, ventriloquial little “quack”; an exact miniature of the female mallard’s soliloqguy.; _Where- ever the collector goes, the Phaiaropes * Toware ords are considerably earlier. * The head tips upward with each repetition of the note. The sites vary little. go with him, circling, fearlessly, but a few feet above his head. Artless little deceivers, these; for the collecter who has never been initiated into this sort. of espionage is ever expecting to find something of interest when Phalaropes dance attendance; but he is mainly disappointed. With growing experi- ence, it begins to occur to him thatif he is surrounded, half-hours at a time, by three or four pairs of Phalaropes, the prospect of flushing any one of the four, six or eight, from the cunningly hidden eggs is, to say the least, by no means great. It is only, then, when the searcher turns from the Phalaropes, in disgust and sets his interest upon the quest of bobolinks and bitterns that the un- expected happens. For suddenly then, either from just before his very feet or from a scarcely findable point at from twenty to thirty feet away. the seedy little male Phalarope starts, wings fluttering, legs dangling and with the tiniest, most plaintive vocal protest breathing, sometimes, from the anxious, fussy little body. Then the searcher is fortunate, indeed, if he be keen-eyed and heedful footed. He carefuily lays bare every hollow of the ground; and brushes aside every spear of grass. He traverses every square foot of ground, within alikely distance. Just as he reaches the despair point,.as he has so often done before, the hidden treasure slowly emerges upon his gaze. He feasts his eyes a moment, turns away again to see what that hysterical male is doing; and then repeats the whole search pei:formance for the benefit of the marsh dwellers. Yet it is worth while. But one conceivable thing is daintier, more delicate than the nest and eggs of a Wilson’s Phalarope; and that is the soft, grey-bodied, elusive chicks, that are to emerge from the eggs in due time; whom the parents will attend and defend with all their wildly excited and wheedling arts; but whom not one mortal out of a hundred ardent and tireless searchers will ever see, in all their wierd, fleeting beauty. P. B. PEABuDY. THE OOLOGIST. 13 POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. The contents of the December No. include the following articles. Recent Theories in regard to the Determi- nation of Sex. Prof. T. H. Morgan. The Academy of Science of St. Louis. Prof. William Trelease. 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("The Popular Science Monthly will be sent for six months for one dollar to new suoscribers mentioning The Oologist y TAXIDERMY. NW The finest grades of work in all branches. Mounted Birds, Mammals, Heads and Game Pieces. GEO. F. GUELF, BROCKPORT.N.Y. A CARO will bring you my fall list of Over 3U0 specimens in choice sets. A few bargains. Price per egg. Red-throated Loon 15-2 (@80 c. Dunlin 10-4 15 c. Whinibul 6-4 16 ¢c. Huropean Snipe 4-4 12 ¢. Whooper Swan 2-4 1-5 70 c. Parasitic Jaeger 5-2 Sec: Roch Ptarmigan 6-10 20 c. Ruff 2-4 16 ¢c. Black tailed Godwit 3-4 18 ¢c. Merlin 2 4 2-5 22 ¢. Mexican Carmorcit 3-4 3-5 25 c. Columbian Sharptailed Guara 1-12 1-4 20 c. Golden Plover 3-4 18 ¢. D. WILBY, 27 Front St. West, Toronto, Ont. Can. INDEX FOR VOL. XIx Will be printed in December OoLoaisT. January issue of the OoLoGist will be No. 1, Vol. XXI. Whole No. 198; November and December issnes c om- plete and comprise Vol. XX. The ‘“‘Whole No. of the OoLoGist as al- ways printed on first page, and by which subscriptions are credited, al- Ways runs consecutivelv, hence any confusion in volume or Vol. No., can be quickly untangled by referring to the whole No. The issue for December, 1902, was Vol XIX. whole No 195; for Novem- ber and December, 1903's Vol XX, Nos. 1 and 2, whole Nos. 196, 197; and for January, 1203, will be as stated at the beginning of the paragraph. Many complaints have been received from subscribers not receiving certain 1902 issues. Subscribers lacking copies of any issue for filing purposes can get new copies at 2 cents each. Gratis if never received. Thecredit number on the wrapper of this issue of the OOLOGIST remains the same as it showed on November 1st. Renewals since that date have been credited on our books, but not on wrappers. FREE STAMPS Two Guatemala Jubilee Brands. Cat. 30 cents for the name and addresses of two collectors and 2 cts. postage. 100, all different, stamp 4c. 200, 18c. 300, 50c. 1000 mixed foreign stamps 19c. 2000, 26c. 10 animal stamps, Camel, Gir-+ff, at only 10c. Agents wanted. 50 per cent. commission. Present lists free. We buy stamps. Buying list 10 cents. TOLEDO STAMP CO,, TOLEDO, MAJOVE INDIAN Bead Work. Selected woven belts 25 to 30 inches long, of typical Indian Design and Color combinations $2:50. Neck Ropes, Ceremonial Collars, Bows and Arrows, War Clubs, Baby Cradles, primitive dresses of bark and Chim3hu- eva Basketry for sae. Refer to Post- master, Express Agent here. OTTO HOLSTEIN, MELLEN, MOHAVE CO. ARIZONA. OHIO. THE OOLOGIST. JamesP.Babbitt, Closing Out Importer and Dealer in One of the finest stocks of Scientific Taxidermist s Shells Supplies ; ene Minerals Bird Skin, | Fossils Eggs and Publications. Curios Nickle and Silver Ink well and AND SPECIALLY SCIENTIFIC Thermometer Fittings for Deer, BOOKS in the country. If you have SHES) BENS Ce OTe EL money to invest in such write me im- mediately for new Fine Imported Glass Eyes BARGAIN LIST A Specialty. We also exchange for any A 1 Scientific Books. Send 5 cents for Illustrated Catalogue women is reece Waltap B. Webb, 10-12 HODGES AVE., 416 GRAND AVE., TAUTON, mass, Rochester, Nieys THE OOLOGIST 15 TAXIDERMISTS’, NATURAL- TOOLS AND Di acisteaeee ~ SUPPLIES! BIRDS NESTS AND EGGS. Here are a few specimen prices. Western Grebe 10 i A 46 Tufted Puffin, 3 | 1 AuTi BRENDA US OLD 25 California Brown Pelican, 1 | 3..............._ 60 Long-Billed Puffin, 1 | 1...... 22... 98 Black-Bellied Pine Duck, 1 Ue (2): SoS a 4 00 Wilson’s Snipe, 1 | 2 .....0.. . 2... eee eee eee 1 00 Mexican Jacana, 1 | 5............-2.222..2.eeeee-o oe 5 00 Broad- - Winged Hawk, D:D EDES ia ae ear 2 00 1| .. 300 Marsh- Hawk, 1 | 5. 60 Woodhouse’s Jay, 1 | Bis 1 00 Arizona Jay 2|4 _....-....-2-2..00.ce-e0-e ee 1 00 Lead- Colored Bush Tit, 1 | 4......0............... 85 Magnolia Warbler, 2 | 3 .......-.....-...----..--- 50 All eggs first- class full date and sent pre- paiu. Prices are for set. Hundreds of others. Send for lists. Best Steel Climbers, with straps ............. $ 2 50 Lead Pencils, especially fine and soft for (Paya Se eB Ea aoe ae ay 10 BlOWDPipeS.....:.....-.-.c0-2--ceececeseeeeeee es 12c. , 30c., 40 Cut-the-Lining Egg Drills, set of four .... 1 00 Data Blanks, pads of 100................02..2...... 10 Egg Cotton on cedar sheet, 9c., package... 50 All are prepaid. Send for lists. Icarrya full line of the Codman & Shurtleff naturalists, taxiiermists and oologists instruments ‘tT'he best made. Lists free, Everything quoted here is prepaid. BIER esis HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. BENJAMIN HOAG, STEPHENTOWN, N. Y. SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY For all American and Foreign Magazines and Newspapers. Books of every description. Prompt quotations. Lists and bulletins free. Submit a list of wants I will save you money. I will duplicate any offer made by any agency or Publisher. Simply send their price. You will often get a rebate back on their price. SAMPLES. American Ornithology and Oologist........... $1.00 Condor New Subscribers ‘only and Oologist. ..1.15 Ark and Oologist.........2..0....ccceceee eee ceee ce eee eee eee 3.00 Bird-Love and Oologist.. 1.15 Outing, Recreation, Country “Life in Amer- A@ajand SUCCOSSa2s.2..--pacence eee ae -senuec ease seneonenc 4.75 Everybody’s McClure’s and Munsey’s... Chapman’s Handwork and Davies’ Nests and Eggs.......-.... --... Ridgway’s Manual.. Davies’Taxidermy............ Davies’ Nests and Eggs a3 Harper’s Magazine........ 22... .22.c..2ececceeeeeees noe ee 3.30. Century Magazine............000... 2222s ceeceecennee cence Cosmopolitian Magazine and Twentieth Cen- tury Home... ee ae 125 Handbook Birds Western U. S................. 3.50 All books are sent prepaid. Lam booking orders for Cone’s New Key, send it prepaid Sete of Bailey’s or Chapman’s Handbook or It will pay you to get my quotations before you buy a single book or subscribe for any Newspaper or Magazine. Mounted Birds! Gray Ruffed Grouse, large male birds, list $5; my price $1 65. nie tae Patatrmigan, list $5; my price. 1 Wo d Duck, male, list, $4.50; my price, $2.54. Snowy Owl. large birds, (20 to 23 inches), on stump, list $10; my price $4 Snowfial e (white winter birds) on T perches list $1.30; my price 40c. Redpoll, on T perch, list $1.30; my price 40c. SOME VERY PRETTY EGGS Set of a American Osprey, Oe se 3 Audubon’ 8 Caracara, 80c. OAs} $1.25, ts 3 White Ibis, 35¢c. oe 45c. OG 3 Forster’s Tern, 12c. “ «2 Western Gull, 25c. ic 5 Bobolink, 45c. * 5 and Nest of the Blue-Gray Gnat- Catcher. ‘Their nest is a marvel of bird archivecture and the eggs are beauties. .60 For saleby ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. Mounted Birds. Horned Grebe ee eee Merganser) 28ers Ae es Ruffed) Grouse.2 eos ee eee Hooded Merganser ... Screech Owl Pintail Duck Golden-Eye (pair). MidercDuche a en Herring Gullo es Be Mallard): Duckie ee as ee Pine Grosbeak .. Web AO eee ae Wilson Snine, (pair)... Ce OS Keb deer eee ee es a Oe Mountain Partridge pea ene Snow Bunting.................... White-W inged Cross-bill Bobolink....... ...... 8 50 Belted Kingfisher Ge Indigo Bunting... 50 Bluebird............... Long-Eared Owl. 1 50 Hairy Woodpecker 50 Blue Jay............... 75 Squirrel, (grey)... 1 25 Scarlet Tanager. 75 Sparrow Hawk..... 16) Flicker............... . %™% Meadow Lark...... 15 BIRD SKINS. Mourning Warbler.30c Cerulean Warbler...30c Cape May Warbler..50c American Joweo.....15¢ Scarlet Tanager...... 15ec Hooded Warbler.....20c BIRDS EGGS. Mourning Warbler, (set of three)... Hooded Warbler Cheaper Eggs for exchange. JOHN RITENBURGH, Taxidermist, P. O. Box 103. GAINES, N.Y. 16 THE OOLOGIS1 4 Every notice and advertisement printed in this M . Oologist is fresh and up-to-date, and was received during the last week of Novemter. Allold advertis- ing material was returned on November 20th, accompanied with the following letter : In running over the correspondence of the Oologist for the past year, I find the attach: d notice for the Oologist has never been printed. The November issue will be printed not later than November 30th, and December issue Dec- ember 15. If you wish this notice, or one in its place printed, please return at earliest convenience. THE OOLOGIST for 5 years for only $1. Until January I, 1904, we wiil accept $1 as full payment for the OOLOGIST for 5 years, (until Jan. 1, 1909) and Grant all such subscribers use of the OOLOGIST ex- change colums in any or all issues at one-half regular rates. “THE STUDENT OF OOLOGY Should by all means learn to skin birds and put them in their proper shape.”—Oliver Davie. LKvery Oologist realizes the need of this knowledge. Our school makes it possible for every Naturalist, sportsman and nature lover to preserve his specimens. TAXIDERMY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES taught by mail. Thoroughly reliable and competent instruction. You can positively learn the art under our instruction. Save your =“| trophies, decorate your den, save money. Our free exchange barbnd Ls jus what Oologists have always needed. Readers we want to send you our Jiterature, It’s free. A special offer for 30 days only. Writeto usfor particu- THE NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF TAXIDERMY. 411-2 BEE BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB. The only school of its kind in the world. SOUTH AMERICAN RHEA ai dierent r Ad e S a different va- 1 ? ® riety, by mail We nave received a few fine speci- for 25 cents with engravings of each. mens of the Eggs The regular price Send stampsor coin. Have a big stock is $3 00. We will send, delivery made of White O ives (Panamas) for making by us, for $235. Each egg having a portiers. Low price by the thousand. correct data. This is the first time Shells for all kind of fancy work. Scol- since we have been in business that we lop shells 30 cents dozen by mail. Birds could offer these eggs at such a price. Eggs. Have a list side blown of Guil- mat and Tern eggs from Japan, a pzir by mail 45 cents. My big catalogue of novelties with first order. We havea very few Cassowary Eggs They are a beautiful pea green color. Price, net $5.00, delivered. FRANK B. WEBSTER CO. J. F. POWELL, Hyde Park, - - Mass. Wankegan, - - Tl. THE OOLOGIST. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. VOL. XX. NO. 2. Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. ALBION, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1903. WHOLE No. 197 Brief special announcements, ‘‘Wants,’ ‘““Exchanges” ‘‘For Sales,” inserted in this departmer t for 25¢ 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. N ot your subscription expires with this issue 2 be ot be ae ; e Mars 1904 “6 ‘ oe ‘ ug. be 207 oe 66 66 ee Oct. 66 209 =‘ C i sf Dec, 1904 Qoiiaes os ef * Dec 1904 Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- mined. If we have you credited wrong we wish to rectify. IMPORTAN This Dee. OOLOGIST was is ° sued Dee. 21. WANTED— Indian relics. Will pay moder- ate prices. E. A. LOCKE, Whitinan, Mass. WANTED.—Indian relics in exchange or for Cas Dek a ROZYCKT, 3051 Q St. N W. Washing- ton, D. C. Literature relative to the Susquehanna River, wanted, caSh NEWMAN F. McGIRR, 310 S. Smedley St., Phila. TO EXCHANGE.—American and Foreign birds’ eggs and skins for eggs. J CLAIRE WOOD, 179, 17th St. Detroit.Michigan. Will exchange one fine cloth copy of ‘‘Fred- erick Young.” the naturalist, :a story, for $3 worth of Al bird skins Send list. CHAS. L. PHILLIPS, Taunton, Mass. RADIUM '—See Noy. Oologist' L. V. CASE, Tarrytown, N. Y. FOR EXCHANGE —Old U. S. Cents. war- tokens and scrip for Indian Relics. W. G. McLAIN, Edison, O. SETS and sipgles with data to sell or ex- chuage. Have sets of 650 eggs that I will sell for $12.50. SAM DICKENS, Austin, Texas. FORSALE. Ihave acollection of eggs for sale cheap for cash, address. J. HAZEL- WOOD, 2603 Walnut St., Port Huron Mich. WANTED.—Sets with nests of A.O. U. 654, 660, 675, 685, 686. In exchange can offer 629a, 656, 665, 722 J.H BOWLES, Tacoma Wash. NOTICE. We have a lot of fine Resurrection Plants to exchange at 20c. each. Anything for the collector wanted. SAYLES BROS, Muse- um, Abilene, Tex. FOR EXCHANGE,—A large quantity of Nat- ural History Specimens, Want books on Sci- entific subjects, also send your list of Indian Relics, minerals, etc. W. J. ENGLAND, Caro, Michigan. FOR SALE—one half section, 320 acres, choice unimproved land in Assiniboia, Canada. Where wheat yields 40 bus. per acre and other grain cropsin proportion. Is thesafest and best investment of the present time, Intend- ing buyers write for description, price and termsto EDW. W. SPRINGER, Owatonna, Minnesota. EXCHANGE.—Mounted specimens and|skins for skins suitable for mounting, aquarium and supplies gold fish etc. JOHN CLAYTON, Taxi- dermist, Lincoln, Me. BIRD BOOKS WANTED.—I want old files of bird magazines and old bird books. Will be glad to receive a list of any thing you may nave. W. LEE CHAMBERS, Santa Monica, al. WANTED.—F'resh skins of water fowl espec- jally ducks, only mature males wanted. Ad- dress with lowest cash price. W. A. MEAD. Carmel, N. Y. WANTED.—Ridgw vy’s Colors for cash or exchange. Must bein first class condition Have fine sets of 127 and, many others. All answered. C. S SHARP Escondido, Cal. FOR SALE.—Many fine single eggs such as, 342, 343. 339 362, 267. 687, 395. 375, 494 80, 70, 289, 394, 474b, 378, 751, 756, 68t and many other. most- ly with datas Send for list. Very cheap. RAY DENSMOREH, Painsville, Ohio Hawks.—Have several fine sets Red-Should ered Hawks. and many others, Want anA.1 egg of Ostrich, emu and other A 1. sets, send Tete WILLIAM I. COMSTOCK, Norwalk, onn. EXCHANGE.—Autographes, minerals, cur- ios, Natural History papers and books to ex- change for minerals wo autographs, curios and Indian relics. /O. NELSON, 913 Hays St., Boise, Idaho. Nomencalture of 18 THE OOLOGIST. FOR SALE—Pure, Bred Poultry. Barred plymouth Rocks Stock $1.00 up. Eggs $1.00 per 15. $5.00 per 100. Prolific Layers. AR- THUR HARVICK. Vienna, II. 197 a WANTED FOR CASH—Keyes and Williams Annotated Catalogue of Iowa birds. also odd numbers of the Iowa Ornithologist. J. L. SLOANAKER, Newton. Iowa. 197 FOR EXCHANGE—Flint and stone Indian Relics. Want any thing that will instruct or entertain. Suitable fora museum. ARTHUR HARVICK. Vienna, Ill. 197 MANY rare Sets to exchange for perfect sets, can use many Common Species. Have fine list of Arctic eges. Willsellafew. J. W. PRESTON. Baxter, Iowa, 197 » CHOICE sets to exchange for first class stamps from U. S. and possessions, also pre- cancelled Stamps now in my collection. Will sell 100 var. pre-cancelled for $150. Box 57 Unionville Ct. 197 EXCHANGE—I have U. S. and Foreign “Coins” U. S. and Confederate fractional currency, Confederate bonds, Colonial notes ete. for sale or exchange. What have you? KENNETH B. TURNER, 140 Huestis Street, Ithaca, N. Y. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Skins, Mount- ed birds eggs, sets and singles. Wanted birds, skins, and eggs in sets, send lists All letters answered. JESSIE T. CRAVEN, 572 Hubbard Ave- Detroit, Mich. Guide to Taxidermy 35 cents postpaid. Tell you how to mount birds, animals, and fish. Will exchange this book for $1 worth of eggs that are listed for ten cents or less if sent post- paid. CHAS. K. REED, Worchester, Mass. DOG COLLOR PLATES.—Lettered with name, address, number, and dog’s name if de- sired. State width of collar. Heavy Brass, with rivets. 25 cts. Nickel silver, 50 cts. Post- paid to any address, SWAINE’S STAMP WORKS, Rochester, N. H. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Some fine sets collected by myself at Lake Winnipegosis, in Northern Manitoba during last June such as American Red breasted Merjansers, Ring bill- ed gulls, Double Cushed Cormorants, Loon Holbells. Horned Grebes, Fox Sparrow, Phila- dephia Vireo, Red breasted Nuthatch, North- ern Hairy Woodpecker, and others, with Photo- graph of most of these nests. Send for full list to W. RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Some rare sets single eggs from the Arctic Coast of North America including such species as Snowy Owl, Snowflake, Smith’s Longspur, Brent Goose, Whistling Swan, Sabinies Gull, Point Barrow Gull, White Rumped Sandpiper, Pacific Kittiwake. Red and Northern Phala- roper. Pacific Hider, Long Tailed Jager, Snow Goose and other varieties. W. RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. WANTED IN EXCHANGE OR CASH IF CHEAP many sets of the following. Cedar Waxwiug, Lener Scaup, Boldpathe Bart- rams Sandpiper, Osprey.—6, 7, 12, 29, 58, 60, 63, 64, 65, 72, 74 to 80 92, 106, 112, 113. 181, 137, 189 140, 144, 149, 150, 160, 172. 182 to 191 197 to 201, 204 to 208, 214, 226 to 242, 244 to 266, 273 to 289b, 292 to 300c, 309 to 310c, 325 to 384 387, 388, 390 to 433 448 to 455, 474a to 494, 501 to 509. 517 to 593. 595 to 612, Cedar Waxwing 619 to 697, 701 to 703, 713,to 768- Send full exchange list or your best cash prices- Canalso use bird skins in exchange for eggs. D. WILBY 27 Front St. West, Tor- onto, Ont. Canada. WANTED.—A few: good pairs of steers horns. F.M. RICHARDS, Farmington, Maine. WANTED—Indian arrowpoints, spearheads and other Indian relics. STEPHEN ROZY- CKI, 3051 Q St. N. W., Washington, D. C. I WANT to buy for cash or a good trade two or three sets Sharp Shinned Hawks eggs. R. P. SHARPLES, West Chester, Pa. 19 YOU should have the Summer Birds of Cen- tral Texas, only 5.50. A. E. SCHUTZE, 1611 Sabine Street, Austin, Texas. FOR EXCHANGE~—Indian Snow Shoes and Mocassins. Spaulding 42 inch, hardly used Take revolver. medical books or dictionary. EK. P. CARLTON M. D. Keyeser, Wisconsin. WANTED-— Pre-historic copper relics, also extra large ancient stone spears and knives. REV. HE. C. MITCHELL, 534 Summit Ave. St. Paul, Minn. JAPANESE IVORY and wood carvings wanted. State lowest prices. Must come on approval. Ref. F. H. Lattin. R. G@. PAINE, National Museum. Washington, D.C. WANTED —Every reader of this to send ten cents for a copy of our Bird Magazine and large illustrated catalogue with prices of all Birds Eggs. CHAS. K. REED, Worcester Mass. WANTED—For cash, some of Audubon’s original folio plates, suitable for framing. State subject, condition and price. J. O. DUNN 3930 Prairie Ave , Chicago. MAMMALS! BIRDS! Parties desiring fine mammals or birds from this locality let me know your wants and I will collect to order in the meat or scientific skins. Address at once;- HARTLEY H. T. JACKSON, Milton, Wis. WANTED.—Woodpecker eggs in original sets. All kinds. Will give any thing inline of tools, supplies, books or any thing I adver- tise in exchange. Send list of what you have and your wants. JAMES P. BABBITT, Taun- ton, Mass. WANTED.—Every dealer and collector to send me his address that I may send out Sample Sheets of my Standard Field Note and Data Blank Books, Endorsed by Advanced Collectors and dealers Recomended by Ornotho- logical Clubs ‘‘All Answered”’ address GEO. W.. MORSE, Ashley Ind. Box 220. The Summer Birs of Central Texas is a re- cent publication briefly describing the birds, of that locality, their and nests and eggs. It contains a vast amount of interesting reading matter and many beautiful half-tone illustra- tions of nests in the situtation. A. E. SCHGTZHE, 1611 Sabine Street, Austin, Texas: RARE EGGS—I have just unpacked a case of rare eggs from the far North and find many single eggs which I will sell at very low prices such aS Emperor Goose, Flaty back Gull, Black Brant, Speculated Eider, Am. Golden Plover, Snowy and Hawk Owl, ete. Also have choice sets of many rare kinds, such as Yellow bill Loon, Pacitic Loon, Red legged Kittiwake, Pacific Kittiwake, Pectoral Sandpiper, Black- bellied Plover and many others. Altogether this is the finest lot of eggs ever brought down from the far North Ifyou want to fill up a few gapsin your collection, send for list of eggs from Alaska and Anderson River Region. JAMES P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. THE OOLOGIST. 19 I DESIRE, to buy or exchange indian relics, birds and mammals skins, curios, colonial antiques. old firearms etc. No postals answ- ered. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER Jr. West Orange, N. J. HAVE A LOOK—6 sets of woods for sale cheap or exchange for other woods. Foreign and native, 141 kinds in a set. 3 dollars will buy 175 kinds of foreign and native woods, or will exchange for woods not in my col- lection. LOUIS W. HAHN. Lake avenue, Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, N. Y WANTED-—Sets of Osprey, Red Shouldered and Red Tailed Hawks, Screech Owl, Red-eyed Vireo, Cedar Bird, Yellow and Black tailed Cuckoos, Californian Quail, Killdeer, Field Plover, Wilson’s Plover, Bob white and others. I can offer in exchange Sea Birds’ Eggs, Ducks, Plovers, etc. from the Arctic region. RAINE. Key Beach, Toronto, Canada FOR sALe—Nice collection of about 300 Cal- ifornia Bird Skins, most of them collected by one of the best known Ornithologists of the west; Nice skins of 372, 393d, 394a. 399, 403, 404, 405, 407 408, 411. 418, 418b. 468, 475, 481, 491, 517a, 518, 519, 521,524, 538, 554. 557. 560a, 567¢, 567d, 588a, 588b, 590, 607, 629a, 632, 642, 645a 647a, 655, 656, 665, 668, 669. 680 681a, 685a, 715, 741a, 742, 748a, 749, 754, 759c. 768 and many others. Positively identifled. Also afew choice sets of eggs. in- cluding n-5 Calaveras Warbler Send for lists, WM. lL. ATKINSON, S:nta Clara. Cal Dr. LATTIN says --Frederick Young is all right.* * * I found it both interesting and in- structive, doubly so to the traveler and natu- ralist ‘‘Gold top; tinted illustrations; 40 pages; rich, dark green cloth binding, with sheet white enamel lettering, and a beautiful black and light green cover design by Frohn. A scientific novel liked by all, Superlative as a gift. Publishers pricy $150 Sent postpaid, cloth $1.10; paper 40 cts. CHARLES L. PHIL- LIPS. Taunton. Mass WAN CED—Nos. 2, 4,5 and 6 of Nidlologist; any and all yolumes of Auk; volume V and No. 8 vol. IV of Osprey. Can give in return, books relating to Hutemology, Oology and Natural History Ihave a few copies of Nehr- ling’s Birds of N, A. colored plates at $75 a copy. (Nos 1, 2 and 6) Also bulletins of the natural history of New York printed in 1840, relating to the plants, fish, fossils etc. Very valuable, to exchange for any of the above wants, or first class bird skins. A. E. SCHUTZE, 2306 Guadalope, Aus tin, Texas. FOR SALB.—11 1-2 .75; 123-1 35 1-2 $1.00; 401-3 .45; 441-3%400; 105 115 1-2 $1.35; 123a 1-3 $1.80; 127 1-3 .85; 130 1- 132 1-7 .50; 133 1-10 2.30; 185 n-7 2°00; 137 n 143 n-10 2 00; 149 n-9 2 50; 151 1-13 4 00; 154 1-7 155 n-7 4 00; 165 1.8600; 176 1-3 12.00! 1851-2 27 1901-4 1.00; 201b 1-41 40; 223 1-41.25; 2431-4 .50; 26114 .45; 263 1-4 .20; 2691-4 .20; 27114.60; 288 1-5 8 90; 289 1-17 85; 297a 1 8 2.90; 300b 1-7 175; 302 1-10 2.30; 3281-23.25; 3837b5-4100; 337b 3-3 .60; 342 1-3 .50; 348 1-3 very fine, 2 25; 356 1-44 25: 359 ‘) 1 1-4 8.00 ; 360a 25 .50; 362 23.95; 36413 .75; 365 1-7 .90; 366 1-5 .85; 3671-4 140; 368 1-3 1.20: 373 1-6 1.00; 375 1-3 1.00; 875d 2.3 1.50; 375d 1-4 2.50; 378 1-7 .50; 390 1-6 .50; 394a 1-6 1.00; -397 1-5 165; 407 1-6 1.20; 417 1-2 1.00, 419 1-2 2.00; 420b 1-2 .80; 451 1.2 .30; 4501-3100; 47624,25, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, @ 18c. egg; 567d 1-42.00; 6171-5 .40; 641 n-53 55; 676n-5 1 45; 685a 0-41.45; 710a 2-3 2-4, @ lle.: 71a 1-8 .45; 742b n-3.1.00; 7530-4150; 76715 .25. Will also trade the above sets for shotgun, mounted birds, or Hungarian opals. Have about 400 sets to dispose of, all first class, and want only first class material in exchange. Orders over $2.00 postpaid. CHAS S. THOMPSON, Paso Robles, Cal. WOOD-DUCK—in pairs or quanties also Mal- lard, Teal. Pintail and other wild duck for sale. E. W. WARWICK, Fleming, N. Y. WILL PAY CASH foreggs in 1st class sets ifcheap 327, 330, 349, 352 405, for the above sets A.O.U. H.S.SOWERS, 1745 W. 12th St Chicago Ill. WANTED.—A doe deer head, hornsand ant- lers unmounted, for cash write me what you have to offer. M. P. DENNY, Taxidermist, Mount Vernon, Iowa. FOR EXCHANGE.—sets with data 263, 273, 331, 887, 488, 501, 622a, 627, 633, 743a. For sets not in my collection or for sea shells. A. W. PLUMB. Grand Blane, Mich. R. F. D, No. 3. FOR EXCHANGE.—Have fine cabinet cur- josities for antiques of all kinds, Ist class mounted birds and works on natural history. JOHN B. WHEELER, East Templeton, Mass. Rukus a WILL EXCHANGE—a good telescope that is almost as good as new, for the following; A. 1 sets with datas 475, 477, 461, 473, 365, 160, 127, 130, 69, or $3.50in cash JOHN BOWMAN, Devils Lake, North Dakato. FOR EXCHANGE.—Any of following books for birds’eggs Maynard’s Naturalist Guide, Sparrows and Finches of New England, Man- ual of North American Butterflies. T. PARK- ER, Neutonville, Mass. FOREXCANGE.—Magazines, Harpers, Cen- tury,Munsey’s and many other. Government publications and hundred of books to exchange for others Let me hearfrom you and I will sellif you have notgot anything I can use. CHARLES CLICKENER, Silverwood, Ind- jana R.F. D. Nol. EXCHANGE NOTICE.—Have Blithdale Ro mance, Tanglewood tales, Cloth bound, Guide For Young Disciples. Pub. 1823, Meig’s Woman and Her Diseases. Want. Gov. Rpts, onexnplor- | ations or offers. £. B.SHEEDLER, HopKin- ton, lowa. THE Birds of Maine, revised edition, to be out soon. If you want acopy send quick for information. J. MERTON SWAIN, Fairfield Me. EX HANGE.—I have U. S. and Foreign Coins, U.S. and Confed. fractional currency, Confed. bonds. Colonial notes etc. for sale or exchange. What have you? KENNETH B. TURNER, 140 Huestis St. Ithaca, N. Y. WANTED.—Marine, fresh water and land shells, books and bulletens on shells, also back numbers of Birds and Nature. Ihave many desirable eggs in sets and Florida marine shells, CHARLES L. CASS, 523 Packard St. Ann Arbor. Mich. TO EXCHANGE.—Mounted black and gray squrrel great horned and barred owl, grouse, blue heron, hawks 5 kinds and osprey for snowy owl, pelican, guns orcoins. GEO. F HiLER, Sebring. Pa. WANTED.—at once, choice sets of Ruffed Grouse, Passenger Pigeon, American Sparrow Hawk, Bald Eagle, Short-eared and Saw-whet Owls, Purple Finch, Arkansas Goldfinch, Lawrence’s Goldfinch, Snowflake, Savannah Sparrow, Gambel’s Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Slate-colored Junco, Bell’s Sparrow, Pine-wood Sparrow, Fox-colored Sparrow, Texan Cardi- nal, Blue Grosbeak, Layuli Bunting, Lark Bunting, ete. Ican offer sets from this and other localities in exchange. Give me an idea what is wanted in return. EDW. W. SPRIN- GER, Owatonna, Minn. R. F. D. No. 4. 20 THE OOLOGIST. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Indian Wam- pum white and black beads. Necklaces etc. from mounds and graves, old American and foreign copper and silver coins, {Prehistoric Morters and Pestels, Bows, Arrows. Points, Shell Necklaces and Shell Work Farulone Cormorant and Ostrich eggs J.B LEWIS, 910 Washington St., Petaluma Sonomalo For Sale or Exchange at Taylor's Catalogue. This entire lot (from two collections) is for sale. Will exchange some specimens for stamps not under 25c. each, Scott’s 1903 Cata- logue. Sets, A. O. U. No. 14-3 at 14c, 12 1-1 at 30c, 16 5-1 at 40c, 30a 10-1 at 5c, 361-2 Alaska at 82, 49 1-3 at 10¢, 51a 2-2 5-3 at 8c. 53 1-2 3-3 at 20c, 69 1-2 and 74 1-2 at 5c 86 2-1 at 25c, 90 1-1 at 35c, 106 1-1 at 5c, 117 2-1 at 20c, 122 1-3.1-4 at 15c, 1251-4 10-3 4-2 at 20c, 1261-2 at 8c, 1271-4 1-3 at 28c, 130 1-7 at 25c, 132 1-7 1-8 1-9 at 10c, 1851-7 at 25c. 137 1-9 at 20c, 139 1-8 at 25c. 141 1-7 I-8 1-9 and 142 1-11 at 15c, 146 1-10 1-11 1-12 1-14 at 10c, 149 1-9 at 20¢.1-51 1-9 at 25c, 167 1-7 at 18c, 178 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-16 19 1-51 at 50c, 200 1-5 at 6c 2013-4 and 202 1-423 at 5c, 190 1-3 at 40c, 194 1 4 at 20c. 264 1-3 Europe at 45c, 273 24 at 5c. 287 1-2 at $1 60 294 1-10 1-19 1-28 at 10c, 294a 1-13 1-14 at 10c, 308 1-5 at 65c. 308a 1-13 at 50c, 31912 at 8c, 325 1-2 at 25c, 339 2-3 at 15c. 341 1-2 at 48c, 342 1-3 at 20c, 339b 1-2 at 60c, 348 1-2 at 65c, 355 1-5 at #300, 360a 1-3 1-42-5at10c 362 1-2 at 35c, 3652-4 1-6 at 10c‘ 366 1-5 at 20c, 367 1-3 1-6 at 42c. 378c 1-3at lie, 375 1-1 ate, 375c 1-2 1-3 at 81.75. 378 2-7 1-8 2-9 at 5c, 3841-6 at 1c, 3907 15 at 7c, 393 1-4 at 20c, 394a subspecies willow woodpecker 1-3 at 20c, 411 1-4 at 50c. 413 1-7 at 5c, 431 n-2 at 18c, 434 2-n 2 at 24c. 423 1-3 at 5c, 443 1-4 at 5c, 446 1-4 at 402, 452 1-5 at 5c. 45315 at 15c, 454 1-4 at 15c, 457 1-3 at 8c, 458 2 4 2-3 1-5 at 5c, 461 n-3 at 5e, 462 1-4 at 8c. 464 1-42-3at 8c; 471 n-2 at 45c. 476 1-5 at 20c. 478a 1-3 at 35c, 478b 12 at 45c, 481 1-4 at 10c, 497 1-4 at 5c, 501b 1-5 at 5c, 505a 1-4 at 10c, 5031-4 at 6c, 513 1-3 at 5c. 529b n-3 at 5c, 530 2-n-3 at 6c, 542a 1-4 at 5c. 543 1-2 at 10c, 5461-5 at 6c, 5491-5 at 9c, 5602238 at5c 567 1-4 at 8c. 574 1-3.at18c. 581d 6-32-4at5c, Salt Marsh Song Sparrows 1-3 1-4 at 20c. 588b 24 at 8c, 591b33 at 5e, 592 1-3 at 20c, 598¢ 14 at 9c. 594 1-2 at 10c, 596 2-3 at5c. 601 1-5 at 14c, 614 15 at5c, 622b1-5 at 5c 6321-3 at 50c. 638a 2-3 at 15c. 683a n-4 at 10c, 685a n-3 at 30c. 701 1-3 at 303. 7131-3 at 8c, 719a 1-6 at 15c, 719b 1-5 at 1?c, 730 1-5 at 35c, 733 1-4 at 20c, 742b n-4 at 25c, 748a 1-5 1-6 at 5c, 756 1-4 at 6c, 758 1-4 atic 761r14 at 7c, 767 2-5 at 6c, Grif- fon Vulture 1-2? Europe, at 80c, Egyptian Vul- ture, Europe. 1-1 95c. Skins at 1-2 Reed’s Catolague. In pairs (male and female) except where noted. A.O U. No. 4; 16 female, 149 male. 165, female, 167. 210, 216, 242 two males, 243a. 247,273 female, 292 male. 293 female, 294. 332a female, 360a, 367 female, 393 d male, 394, 398 413. 426 431’ 453a male, 462 male, 471 male. 455a. 460 female, 4748 male 474h two males, 478, 478bj male. 481, 482 female, 494 male, 499, 501b. 508 female 510, b17a female, male im., 519, 521, 522 two females. 533, 542c, 559a, male, 554b male. 558 female, 567, 567a,570 female 573 male. Salt Marsh Song Sparrow, 585a, 588b, 590 two males, 592 female, 599 male, 607 pairsin fall, female spring, 611a f-male, 615 two males 622b male, 628 female. 629b male 636 male, 6461 male, 656 fall, 688 two males one female. 669 female, 668 three pair. 690 four males, 644 females. 711 female. Salt Maash Yellow-throated male. 719a 725a,'726c male, 730 male. 733, 734 female, 741a, 742b, 759a two females, 759, 761a female, 763, 767. Transportation at your expense on skins of 149, 165, 167, 210, 332a, 360a, 367 if ordered separ- ately on orders under $5.00 Everything else prepaid. No orders wanted under $1.00. DoN- ALD A. COHEN, Alameda, California. WANTED.—for cash, Thread cases with wooden front drawers; give description and price. J. O. DUNN, 592 E. 48rd St Chicago. J HAVE for sale or exchange. Minerals, Curios, Indian Relics. Fossils, Opal Rock and Polished Opals. GHO. WALTHER, Rushville, N. Y. Yates Co. EXCHANGE,—Butterflies and Moths for others not in my collection also for eggs, shells or minerals: J. D. GRAVES, 542K. 6th St.Dun- kirk, N. Y. WANTED,— Position as keeper of menagerie or curator of natural history museum by thor— ough naturalist and animal man, Past sea- son with Robinson’s show. W. H. SHEAK, Peru, Ind. ee SCA Sn SE CONS SS eS SOME good polisbed Buffalo horns for bird skins notin my collection. Also afew west- ern skins. E. A. LOCKWOOD, 114% Second St., Laramie, Wyo. WANTED.—Bendines Life Histories Vol. I, paper covers also Bulletin Nuttall Club; will give rare eggsinsets orcash' F.B MCKECH- NIE, Poukapog, Mass. TO EXCHANGE.— Nicely mounted Bach- man’s Warbler, male. wings and tail. half spread, for best offer first class skins of War- blers. Statesex. W.H. LAPRADE, 211 Vine- ville Ave. Macon, Ga. FOR SALE CHEAP.—Perfection Camera with tripod and complete outfit. Used one sea- son, everything in first class condition Cost me nearly $30.00. $20.00 cash takes it; a great bargain, write for complete description, etc: EDW. W.SPRINGER, Owatonna, Minn. R. F. D. No 4. THE CONDOR. A Journal of Western Or- nithology. W. K. FISHER, Editor, J. GRINNELL, F. S. DAGGETT, Associates. This is a 24 to 32 page illustrated magazine, issued on the 15th of each alternate month. 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(Concluded) 5 Deep:in nature’s elysium realm there sits a lover of birds and glances about with enthu- siasm and love and feels from the depth of his sympathetic heart that nature is most sweet and kind. her teachings most sure and good.— The Opera Glass. Far back as the Opera glass adherant can remember, he possessed a deep sin- cere fondness for the freedom of wood- land life and even in the school days this sentiment was a strong protector to the liberty of many birds. As he took them from the nest with intentions of bringing them home, something seemed to whisper ‘‘Remember you are taking the joy out of their hearts for here they were born and here only can they be happy” and invariably they were very carefully and tenderly re- placed and he left them feeling secret- _ ly pleased with himself that he was so good a friend to these helpless inno- cent little woodland people. This fore- bearance seemed to establish a closer companionship and give rise to a feel- ing of better right to go among them than most of his fellow men because he knew how they should be used and treated them accordingly. There was a proud belief that if allthe people in the city were brought into the woods for them to select an individual from to share their wild happy life, every pair of tiny arms would instantly reach out to him as the one they cared most to honor. Their helplessness and to- tal inability to defend home and loved ones against man, and their pathetic consciousness and humble acknowledge- ment of his might and furthermore their timerous solicitation for permission to live unmolested, were ever gentle pleadings to his sense of right and mercy and reflecting upon these things he often became indignant with those who 22 THE OOLOGIST. thoughtlessly questioned their sacred right to existence. Pleasant were the days he shared in their company listen- ing to their varied songs and studying their characteristics. Carefully he watched their love making and nest pbuilding and took a sort of parental in- terest in the growing broods. He saw them depart southward with a feeling akin to sadness but this was more than balanced by the pleasure of welcoming their return, besides the winter was atime for compiling his observations and reading the works of other bird lovers. What most appealed to his sympathy was the dangers that con- stantiy threatened the lives of these birds. Lamentable was the havoc wrought by severe storms, reptiles, mammals and a few fierce members of their order but this was the natural course of things and his regrets were untarnished by indignation while on the other hand it appeared to him that man had no possible right to take bird life or make them captives and such proceedings seemed an unpardonable sin and wanton cruelty. The shot gun student and the sportsman rarely entered his field of observation but the head-gear of the feminine gender, pro- fuse in bird skin decorations, was con- stantly before his eyes. While not in- clined to interfere in behalf of those capable of defending themselves in the case of these birds, so much in need of human friends to awaken interest, sympathy and comparison in their fa- vor, he unhesitatingly championed their cause upon every favorable op- portunity and, be it said to woman’s credit, not wholly in vain. As he con- templated the thousands, aye millions, of birds sacrificed to the caprice of silly fashion— the vast breeding grounds of herons and egrets entirely depopulated, the colonies of terns and multitudes of brilliant dressed and use- ful smaller birds obliterated from the face of the earth—he was apt to ex- claim “Oh cruel], heartless, unfeeling woman they are the only wings you will ever wear” but a little reflection convinced him such an exclamation would be an injustice. Women are the tender, affectionate, susceptible flowers of the human race, indespensible as angels to heaven. Loving, gentle, sympathetic and re- fined by nature and strong in their af- fections and warmly charitable in pros- perity and of commendable fortitude and generous sacrifice under adversity — and more lavishing of kindness friend- ship and love than man they indeed constitute the charm of his existence and before all the world is he to them most indebted, but in woman’s consti- tution are many little weaknessess that should be overlooked or respected. Her little world is home and society and she is an unconscious slave to the cut of fashion, which has caused the death of so many innocent birds. It is not from indifference to cruelty and death that she wears bird skins upon her hat but because in the gay unthink- ing pieasure she inhabits, birds are only spoken of in relation to style and only thought of by reason of there beauty. She has never pictured the distress and pain that must follow the depriva- tion of young of their parents or a fe- male of its mate. Could our lady friends see a fiock of terns hovering over afallen comrade reluctant to aban- don it to its fate, so strong are the ties of friendship so compassionate are these birds, and see the millinery agent tak- ing advantage of their sypmpathy and heroism to ruthlessly cut down bird after bird while on the stretch of sandy beaches, young wait and watch in vain and die a lingering miserable death; could they but see this he knew birds would come off their hatsforever. The truth is not more than one ina thous- and ever wonder where these birds come from, how they are procured or whether it is right to take so much life THE OOLOGIST 23 for such a frivolous purpose and even a majority of the few no more than get into the right road of reasoning than they hastily turn to other subjects because there is an appeal to the con- science that develops a vague uneasiness and they wish to back out before it is too late because they instinctively be- come aware that the ultimatum would be an abandonment of bird decoration, a sacrifice they do not wish to make when other women will not and this is one of those little weaknesses. As already mentioned, in the gay fashionable society world there is neither time or inclination to create and cultivatea taste for natural history and probably never will be. Women think no more of a bird for head dress orna- mentation than so much merchandise while her tender heart will cause her to severely censure a ‘‘horrid’’ man acquaintance who has been out and shot some ‘sweet little innocent dear darling birds’’ and so while he sincerely regretted the wholesale butch- ery he did not reproach the fair sex at all because he realized their ignorance in the matter and furthermore was forced to acknowledge that they would not wear birds at all if man did not ‘procure them. Should the above chance into the hands of lovely woman as voiced by a shot gun student it is not improbable that she would apply something like the following to your humble servant. “The pitch on that roof said the archi- tect friend, ; Is not enough bv a foot or more But the sun came out and the pitch on the roof, Drooped on to his neck and the archi- tect swore.” : J. CLAIRE Woop. A Day Among the Duck on Myvatr, Iceland. My brother and I arrived here in June 1900, journeying from Reykjavik, with a large cavalcade of ponies, carry- ing our tents and baggage. The scene was grand in the extreme, the great lake stretching away in front of us, with its innumerable bays and islands, the lava covered ground, and reedy swamps, backed up by extinct craters and lofty snow clad peaks on all sides. We push on till we reach Skutustadir, a church, few houses and farm build- ings, here we intend staying a day or two, to explore the lake. Our host, a well known Iceland cleric, proves a pleasant companion and a keen student of Ornithology. We dine with him, some of the dishes taking considerable strength of mind to dispose otf, even aided by quantities of sugar. Next morning, a lovely day, we take a boat and row out to Mickla Island, a great Duck breeding ground. The water is as clear as crystal and we can see the gravel bottom. at a great depth. Near the island quantities of Phalarope (Phalaropus hyperborea) lovely little birds, with white throat and chestnout collar, are swimming round and round, witn a quick forward motion, and on landing we find several of their neat, cup shaped nests, closely woven with dry grasses and well hidden among the rough herbage, most containing their full complement of four pyriform eggs, of a greenish buff well spotted and blotched with black. Pushing on we are set upon by a few pairs of Artic Terns (Sterna arctica) the only species occuring in Iceland, so there can be no confusion about their eggs, they are very excited and stoop repeatedly at our heads, striking with considerable force even through our caps. The eggs are usually two just laid in slight hollows and are very variable, I find one pale blue without marking and much elongated. Ducks of all kinds are flying and swimming about in large numbers, so we set to work to look for their nests. On hunting a large lava rock a Duck 24 ‘THE OOLOGIST. flies out and enters the water a few yards off. lt is Barrows’ Golde-eye (Clangula islandica). So far only two or three specimens of the (olden-eye Olangula Glaucia have turned up in Iceland, and we were not lucky enough to come across it. The nest was about three feet in, composed of a little dry grass, and plentifully lined with dirty whitish down, and contained nine blue green eggs rather stained from the birds feet. Later we find several others, one ina hole iv a turf shed used for foddering cattle, in this same shed was the nest of a White Wag-tail (Motacilla alba) between two turfs, made of grass lined with pony hairs, in it are five whitish eggs thickly spotted with gray. as for Scaup (Fuligula maria) nests, their name is legion, lined with brown- ish down and containing five to ten drab eggs and placed in holes in lava, under overhanging banks, but common- ly about a foot from the waters edge, in tufts of grass, or rushes, quite concealed and if there is any wind, many are washed away. Several nests of the Wigcon (Mareca penelope) turn up in grass covered cracks in the ground, lined with fine dry grass and white centered down, containing eight or nine roundish cream colored eggs. In the same situation we flush one or two Long tails (Harelda glacialis) and several of the lovely ducks are swimming here and there, uttering their mournfulcry. The nests are lined with soft brownish down in which are 8 or 9 greenish drab eggs, one contains a small yolkless example. Crossing a small grassy flat,a Redshank Totanus caledris flies off at our feet from her nest, well concealed in a thick tuft of grass, hollowed and lined with finer grass, the three eggs are buff colored, blotched with bluish gray and. red brown, one is almost hatching the others addled. Two or three Red- breasted Mergansers (Mergas serrator) are disturbed from holes in rocks and banks, they strike at your hand very hard with their sharp notched bills, so it is as well to iusert it covered with your cap. We capture one as she flies out, the nest is composed of fine grass, lined with dirty gray down and the eggs seven to nine of a greenish drab. In most of the mudy pools is a nest of the Sclavonic Grebe (Pediceps auritus) simply a loose pile of weeds and mud, level with the water and floating among the reeds. The eggs are four or five greenish white when fresh, but are soon stained mud color, and some I have taken in iron water are a rich yellowish red, the bird looks very handsome with its chestnut breast and crest floating on the calm water. Sev- eral Common Scoters (Oedemia nigra) their dark plumage being unmistakable are disturbed among the low willow bushes, the nests of a little moss lined with dusky down, are found under the bushes and contain six or seven creamy eggs. Here two Pintails (Anas Aacuta are also flushed among the bushes, the nests well lined with dried leaves and faint white tipped down with seven and eight greenish buff eggs. Now we leave this island, the search of which has occupied over three hours, but has proved well worth the trouble, to visit some of the small islands further out. I notice a pair of Gadwall’s (Anus strepera) swimming about, the marbled plumage of the drake- attract- ing my attention, they are very scarcein Iceland, but we find no nest, in spite of continued search. Nearing a little willow covered isle, a goose flaps off and alights on the water at a considerable distance. Al- most certainly the Gray Leg (Anser cinereu) the commonest of the genus here, the nest of grass and a few twigs is among the willow, there are four large rough white eggs but only a scrap or two of down, coming back, several Loons (Colymbus glactalis) are seen on the water, their black and white plum- age showing up in the sunlight, one flies over carrying a large fish in its powerful bill. Ona small rocky islet we are lucky enough to take a pair of the deep brown, black spotted eggs, the nest a slight mosy hollow, and further in I find a single egg. beauti- fully streaked with black. We reach Skutustadir again tired out after our long day, but I may give an account of, . after days ere long. J. G. GoBDON, Corsemalize, Whauphill, Wigtownshire, Scotland. From BIRD-LORE’S Series of North American Warblers. 1. AMERICAN REDSTART, ADULT MALE. 2. AMERICAN REDSTART, FEMALE 3. AMERICAN REDSTART, YOUNG Mar . 4, PAINTED REDSTART, ADULT. BIRD-LORE A Bi-Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of B.rds Published for the National Committee of the Audubon Societies, as the official organ of the Societies. Edited by FRANK M. CHAPMAN Audubon Department Boited by MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT and WILLIAM DUTCHER BIRD-LORE’S Motto; A Lird‘in the Bush is Worth Two in the Hand F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIRDS YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN “BIRD-LORE.” Its pages are filled with descriptions of experiences with birds in field and forest from the pens of writers who have won world-wide fame as literary naturalists. 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