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Bird Dance, A..... aoob aad Birds Eggs, Largest Collection of........... 82, 97 Birds of-Chester Co., PenMa,,....0- .reseceveees ) BIDAG| SIRE G Good aso GuugoOUd0N00 coouddGag000 Blackbird, Red-WinG.......ccvesccsscccccvce +--+ 0 BIRD oilinG ls Senda ones oongcoaoDcdoqooo SCROSES EHUD 10, 12 Bob-white..........0..... Peecoc aesees eee ee ay eeeoaccvee wn ocese acess BOOK OLD ALAS Ae macmieciocactaricem osiecineieees nace aS Bunting, IndigoO...........-ceseesenece T, 105 ]BOWAERO, AWAKEN 6 Gogoadccoabocosds.coud0OdUdoddue 93 Canadian, Winter Bird Notes.....scsscseseee see TT Catbird..... Bie letarateve lave aioia einialelova s icisistciaiatelelaisieeversjcvets 9 Cat, Too Clever for the.............---s008 soosse ll Chat, Yellow-breasted, ..........ee.es000---- 9, 81 Chautauqua, Query from.............- gnodopcode 13 Chester Co., Pa., Birds Of................2. 20000 1 GWE WAMKG oeewiers cisieciele sieeve dodatdnes coos Gouda T, 89 NI CKAM CO Maer ieisicteteisiciclsisieieiecieieielels --10, 80, 89, 91, 102 OLIMPIN GE WMUALGEUEKCC Sie cpelcieiels cieinieieiensisieisiejelsiviele oie = 92 College Hill, O., Notes from.......... a9 odagd000 Sv (CONTEC, JEION RO ndsoimsoo vaca dcdoouuOOU Bode canoe 74 Oma INOWES) WRONG BGbon Gododo. bo00CD anOnOOUOK0 and 84 (CO WAOIO LS Ssoacadhaoeds0 ce ubddud cUBddd ooo0 cane 6, 79 Cow-bird, Destroy the.......... dagoo0G 95 CLO WePAINCH] CaMeteeenissebtei-talele\eleleleleleteleisieieskalais/elet=|-icic Crow Roosts of Now J erss sf. Useaueddadbouuda voce 94 Cuckoo, Black-billed..... secvcsese4, BC, 85, 105 «© Yeliow-billed.......... aielaleiatehaterta ts Osi OD) MICK CISSE err ctetelelelelelereslelsiniaieteieveier=ie Aco oosoo eae T Dove, MOUFMING...... cece ccceeeseee « so0dd ts 3, 89 TDN, WOOO soncoccousoduasobodousacoqo0d cous dao 2 SH CLOMNOUCS we mee ieictretinisicieleleleisieleie cleislclelelelelsicttoteiviets 8T Fort Washington, Pa., A day in the Woods..... 78 EUITCISG repo elersaererse le ssiesieic oe sntclaieievelsisia meme tear cians 5 Flycatcher, Acadian.............. dowode coucadoeee 6 ac CLESEC ON eer icieicinlnin = niclvicie ole ..5, 81 OG Yellow-breasted..............06 -. 103 Flycatchers, Nesting of the Trail’s and .......... INCROWAN so0ncd0sb0 ono CodddO ONuOdU aseronedd - 96 Gallinule, Inthe Haunts of the Purple.......... 73 LAMNING Leeetetrefaiete cin ieletairele(s oleisieieveieteleretasers ndonod cack) Gnatecatcher, BlUe-gTay............ eee eee eee 85 Goldfinch, American............ Boopbobe daseecood 6 GrakleyPPurplesscssiciemsiicereiseisicievsetiees ercisielsiceiciys 6 Grosbeak, Cardinal........ doddosoondadaadoods soll) of ROSe-Dreasted. ...cceccves cvccee sees os. 99 Grouse, Ruffed.................. cobeddadonpdoonce 3 Hawk, Broad-winged....... godapbocd odéudood bods 4 EMU COOMEL Seinen sar eceniosciieslelels dodadouodoadsy £0) Come MATS Uttclolcterencictctne eters acanu0dd 6 H0000'b000 coonlls} ‘© Red-shouldered......csce..-. a0 p00 Gadeds 84 set FUCC CALLE Gicrateiseleieinieicierelcicicionsintsicie's 4, 13, 92, 93 Seer ALL OWisteriscinieteeiecloieleieclsiotereielestersiciietoicnteese Hawking...........008 suoGdO Gnon docs Goon bu0K00L Heron, Great White.......-.......... dauddo cooowl) SOs GEC Metae ninpete ciate eberrerene iaiavoreisiaerstevetoveteens 2, 85 How to Collect...........scceees Soheieisicietelereisvercieicies 74 Hummingbird, Costa’s........... sisteleteteteiels pouonott) SS Ruby-throated.............- 5, 72, 81 SAV ap LUC ieriaseliesssischeisicclecemicn tice Bicistalefeteiaisiarercetes O Jay, Hggs Of FIOVIAa.... 1... .cevee ces casecec eee 76 Kansas, A days Collecting in Southern........105 et LECT ereyeisieiesciniels ddadao sooo etalelcleleleneiiasiecieei eee 3 SIMSON Meee veterereicicleierelersvorctere slo(elsiofelaleletsictoseteeieaets 5, 79 Kingfisher, Belted.........0c0...+ eee «-.4, 85, 105 Kinglet, To a Golden-crested... Apldooaco nee Kate Si wiallOw-Catled ere cists «lcleielersveisieisieieeleranrarcrsiens 9 Lark, Meadow............ Miotetafelcreloloterstelelereie 6, 81, 103 MALO CIS ALE Shaelslewsteiatesteeieters cisieie eteietvisie eisjeleislelering Ose O4: Largest Collection of Birds’ Pegs bobs condddec 82, 97 Late Collecting..... SuucO donc apodeo Edo cenOO 105 Loon.. mfataieleisieleeialateietetstareicvels’oickeisrereutetetelsteleteiainicraie 79 ‘ace, Ena podguogoaacs Gdands doodoo dcanhoaats feill Mass., Newsy Letter from............... eeee +213 «« Notes from........ pooddo DaBEadoaoD bonese 102 Mockingbird.............. jagdnnooccooog Dcand 9, 103 Museum, National................2-.08 nooocd catsts| INGDraSka, HOM ois cnjeicicivvcicicivieisc(sie siecle evinea «0% Nesting, Very Late..........cecceuee leetstaeloy Nest, Two Storied Lark’s...... Sbooddnoocdod UB: Nest, To see if it contains Eggs etc............. 79 Nighthawk... .sccoossssseccecs minterstoletetarerelonatcterstarcts 5 Notes from Spoon River Region, Ills...........71 Nuthatch, White-breasted.......... docodosecss 1) Ohio, From....... mctaleTeleieialanctelalehaateiatsteheretatevete(atnclorers 85 (Ova Oyen geeaaco hanced conc ndedpeodeeaccaene soysteanc 82 Oriole, BaltiMOre.... 22. csc eee sc ecces eves ones 6 ae OLCHANGaeitelsteeyelsiate siule/<(nieintateletateis Risieiaiofaa 6 Owl, American Hawk...... eyatele(sielaiateite onde eof fil THE OOLOGIST. Owl, Great HOrmed oc... ce. seme cro cae noes 4, 92,93 « Long-eared....... ¢ Screech...... SI SNOWY ial cies ees aeleoletaeraaie cicraterclevere ncodocollts OY) Pelican, White.. gHqdoonoucboocoDocd dooace clin IBEWiGCSAVVOOU alee) s cletetersie siolorctalsielolelaleincleioaciteseists stare Phebe (bewee).-..-/ hoe te Te ee. so Sandpiper, Bartramian.......... BdoUGOhaCoRcd Hoo 3 oe Spotted............ Fogbdo.scao éneaconce 3 Shades..... GoccobodoC Shrike, Great Northern........ hoe oobad.cagdou 80 “Siamese” Robin Nests........0......6- “CACO MESS Smithsonian Inst., Migs oe Dept........ Sparrow, Field..................6- ce GYrasSShOPPeY.....-.eeeceseey Ke Paternal Fidelity of Song............. 72 “ eee wcecesarrsee caccceercscsd eereeceeed, T9, 84 SOHOtincccolciserels ccisive cleilesnctcieeee nee Fe WiESDCIeredetemietiete Apodaooe coos SOO BRC an Gosn 7 Spoon River, Ills., Notes from... ay Sullivan Co., N. Y., Notes from....:.-.6...2002.83 SULT CW, ER -)oje\cicisislelele oleloe elaisieisiviotetale aieinterciee seneitid) Swallow, Bank........... SOCOROONECOCOScsOaa dene AW OI NES RoGG RogooosobbaT Gace Goae Gace: cdsh ail 06 ROUZHAWINGEG'S... cciesiccebasiececseas seo o Tree. wiefeacoes Os) OL ge Violet-green............ Mdocdo dood oe 6 82 £e WihITE-DENICG. coe osc a cirelsecets serene OsGe eee access cerns sees cons Swallows, Nesting of our........ ae Tanager, Scarlet........ axo'e/alaia) 1015/0: sielersinateckatete etna Thrasher, Bendire’s.... censsenbO OF Brown..... aig isislare(sieionteies sath eres ap etec) 0 Rufons-vented cr CrisSal........... Thrush, WOO0d.......--+esee Titmouse, Tufted........00.--- 200s ASR DOd a TOWHECE 2; te, A @ ~ “te, ZA “ty, A20G C000 C0CC0 C8oc00eeeeegn0nnsesS SOSe0eece0gneCgrsEe susssnsssssanaeds aaa ee eee er eran ,y, (2) ay PALACE Eee Oey Bi-Monthly. eh, \ RaRgRaRgRIRaEee? e a o e te, eo eealagec oN x 25c. per Year. <3 @ 5 Vol. [V. ALBION, N. Y.. MARCH-MAY, 1887. No. 2. es- When answering Advertisements, always mention the ** Oologist.’? + THE OOLOGIST, + FOR 1887, Will be sent Post-paid to any -part of the World for ONLY 2% CENTS. PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY. Sixteen pages of Valuable Infor- Mation each Issue. 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Send 2c. stamp for my new 16 page Cata- logue of NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA BIRDS’ SKINS AND EGGS. I have for sale the largest and finest stock ever offered before in this country, includ- ing See aap Shas Giant Minefishers, Great Crowmned Pigeon, Birds of Paradise, And many other rare and interesting species. Address Ss. W. DENTON, Wellesley, Mass. Send stamp for catalogue of American Birds’ Skins and Eggs, if you have not already seen it. Buffalo Horns During our travels last season we purchased a job lot of fine polished Buffalo Horns, from Montana. To close them out we offer them at less than one-half what they can be purchased at in the far West. Single Horns, 75c. to $2.00; pairs $2.00 to $4.00. FRANK H.LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. THE OOLOGIST. ar Lae CHAUTAUQUA MINERAL COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF ++ 100+ DIFFERENT + MINERALS ++ From all parts of the World, viz: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceanica, North America, South America, West Indies, and Greenland. 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I want eggs in large or small quantities. Send list of what you have with lowest exchange price. Nothing but first-class ogg¢s wanted at any price. I ALSO WANT one good Safe, 1 Book Case and Seeretary combined. 1 Office Table, 1 Hall Lamp, 2 Hanging Lamps, 75 yards best Velvet or Brussels Carpeting, 150 yards best Ingrain Carpet, 1 Parlor Suit of Furniture, latest style and worth at least $100, 1 Road or Jogging Cart, 1 extra Single Harness, 1 bouble barrel breach loading Shot Gun. I can use good job lots of Specimens or Curiosities of any kind at low rates. For any of the above I WILL GIVE in exchange two city lots on Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y. One 70 acre tract of land, suitable for truck or small fruit, within 30 miles of Philadelphia, 100 of New York and within two miles of two R. R. Stations on different Railroads; school and church within 1 mile; best of water, climate and soil. One new Parlor Cabinet Organ. Two new $50.00 Sewing Machines. One new 10 ft. Windmill. One new 3-ton Wagon Scales. One new Fan- ning Mill. One new 10-shot Marlin Repeating Rifle. One new set of Johnson’s Encyclopedia, best in use, cost $56.00. One nearly new Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. One Printing Press and Outfit, cost $130.00, in good condition. Jenk’s Comprehensive Commentary of the Bible, 5 vols., new. History of the two Americas. I will also give Birds’ Eggs, Supplies, Publications, Specimens, or anything advertised or offered for sale by myself, either in regular Catalogue and List or in ‘‘Closing Sale” Lists. I will sell anything I offer in exchange at reduced rates for Cash, and if you can furnish me with any of my wants and cannot use anything that I offer in exchange, write me full description with with lowest cask price and I may purchase of you, but I will not pay cash for anything that I can obtain in exchange. I can use works of any standard author bound in good Library binding. Also good plants or vinse of almost any standard or new variety of small fruit in exchange for Birds’ Eggs or Speci- mens. All articles mentioned in my list of wants, except Specimens, must be either new or as good as new. Send me at once a list of what yon have, with full description and lowest exchange or cash price, and state what you can use. Address FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. *,* This exchange notice will hold good until July 1st, 1887. PEE COLOGISE. ALLIGATOR, SHELL Sea Bean Jewelry. Send Stamp to the Publisher of the OOLOGIST for List. BIRDS’ EGGS FOR SALE CHEAP. We will send, postage paid, the following eggs for only $1.00 (postal note): American White Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Mallard Duck, Black-billed Magpie, Bae Skimmer, Yellow-headed Bae, Coo Address S. W. & W.D. DENTON, Wellesley, California Gull, Mass, (2 Send 2c. stamp for our Catalogue of Australian and American birds’ eggs. ar f nin i Manet iii s ao © se ell ; 4 me Bas iAH ee HW Bnvy bad Sa i 2 po by we |S 2e Be eS y ial ESE Ss we ted ee | i : Bien 3 = i ee | Geges & ee Glen S-5u> 2 Lie ll | esse a Ce | ssiioeis i Goer - eS inci: i Hi Ss SE a = jililit Beet a. Et ees ll l | ee a ( o= eH Tl . betge A Gas i i Mess NS etaees: = ii : petsg md =) it Bases M (7p) Minin —+ Rufus-vented or Crissal Trasher; Ben- dire’s Thrasher; and Canon Towhee. During the past two years I spent at the Pima Agency in Arizona, I became inter- ested in the study of Odlogy, and so make the following notes on the nesting of the above birds, and hope it will be of interest to the readers of the OOLOGIST. RUFUS-VENVED THRASHERS, (17). The first eggs collected this past season, were brought me by a Pima Indian boy, on March 1st, a fine set of two eggs of a dark green color. The nest was placed in a thicket, near the Gila R., about three feet from the ground, composed of twigs, lined with grasses and vegetable fibers, the eggs slightly incubated. After this, every afternoon, in company with a party of Pima boys to find the nests, we would make a trip of two or three miles in the vicinity of the Agency. We examined a number of nests, and in most of them found two or three young birds, so I found I had been too late to collect any eggs of the first brood. I commenced to find eggs of the second | brood about the first of April, and of the third brood about June Ist. times two, and very rarely four. The number | of eggs in the set is usually three, some: | BENDIRE’S THRASHER, (14 @.) Of these eggs I took my first set on March 3d, which was placed in a slight nest of twigs, about four feet from the ground, in a palo-verde tree. This bird does not place its nest in the bushes, like (17), but always in a palo-verde tree or in the cholla cactus. I did not get many of these eggs again until the last of March, when I had several sets brought in. The eggs differ very much in markings, some being something like the eggs of the Shrike and others like the Mocking Bird. CANON TOWHEE. This bird is the most common here. They begin to lay about the first of April, the number of eggs being three or four. The nest of this bird is usually near the river, in thickets and bushes, sometimes in cotton-wood trees, as high as twenty feet from the ground, composed of twigs, bark, grass, vegetable fibre, ete. Among the common birds of this section are 18a, 15, 15a, 26, 28, 56, 57, 240, 460, 431, 486c, and 483. RoswE.Lu S. WHEELER, Pima Agency, Arizona. — > A Bird-Dance. Mr. ©. F. Holder, the naturalist of New York Central Park, thus describes a curious dance of birds: Among the birds of the western hemisphere the cock of the rock ranks next to the crane in the strangeness of its evolutions. The bird is confined to South America, and is about the size of a small pigeon ; has a bright orange web in the male, with a plume like arangement upon the head. It isa proud bird, princi- pally building its nest in rocky places not frequented by man. At the commence- ment of the breeding-season a party of birds, numbering from ten to twenty, assemble, and selecting a clear space among the rocks form a ring or circle, facing in- ward. Now asmall bird takes its place in the centre and begins to hop about, toss its head, lift its wings, and go through all the the strange movements possible, which ap- pear to be watched with great interest by the rest, When the performer is thoroughly exhausted he retires to the circle, and an- other bird enters the ring, and so on, until all have been put through their paces when the pairs probably make their selec- tion. Often the birds are so exhausted after the dances that they can hardly fly, lying panting on the rocks.—From the March Swiss Cross. Ure OOCLOGISTl 77 Too Clever for the Cat. Last summer, while watching a mother Blackbird feeding her young, she, seeing a a cat approaching, and fearing the loss of her brood, attracted the attention of the stealthy animal by flying down to the fence upon which the cat was crouched, and then by feigning a broken wing and hopping along with plaintive chirps, just in front of her enemy (but always just out of his reach), she succeeded in luring him to a safe dis- tance. Then she immediately took flight, and by a circuitous route, returned to her nest. P. S. MALoney, Phila. Pa. - Winter Bird Notes. The weather since the advent of January, has in general been cold and stormy, with a few thaws, and the evidence of bird life has not been very manifest, at least, in a number of species that usually make their appearance in this vicinity during the win- ter months. The European Sparrows are here in large numbers, and evidently deter- mined to remain, though we occasionally notice that the Northern Shrike is contin- ually subtracting oneof theirnnmber. The Snow-buntings are always here, sometimes in large flocks, from the first snow-fall till the arrival of many of our spring birds herald the approach of spring. Almost every day that we visit the evergreen woods, we are greeted by the cheery notes of the Chickadee, and often by those of the Gold- en-crowned Kinglet, but, strange to say, so far this winter, we have failed to observe either species of the Nut-hatches, Crossbills, Finches, or Grosbeaks, and very few Blue- jays, or Hairy Wood-pickers have putin an appearance. A few owls have been ob- served, and one that has lately been seen wandering in this neighborhood, from the description given, I have reason to believe, was a specimen of the Great Grey Owl. On the 27th of January, some specimens of the Horned Lark were seen, and since then they have become more common. This was the earliest date that I ever remember to have observed the advent of this species. On the 5th inst. the peculiar ‘‘ croak” of the Raven was heard coming over the woods and soon after a pair of these birds were observed flying southward. This is the second pair of these birds that I have no- ticed in this vicinity, and both were seen near the same place, and near the same period of the year, the other pair having been observed in ’85. Wo. L. KELLs. Listowel, Feb. 7th, 1887. Snowy Owl. While hunting on the prairie near here, on the 27th, I surprised a Snowy Ow! asleep in a bare spot in the center of a about 40 acres of weeds. My near approach fright- ened him and he started to fly, but I fired and he dropped. Is this not rather early for them here, and is this a usual place to find them in? He measured sixty inches exactly from tip to tip of wings. I never saw but one other here and that was in December of 1884. Gro. B. Homes. Fernwood, Ills. Measurements: Alar spread, 4 feet 11 inches. Description: Front of head and part of breast white; crown white, marked with a shade of brown. Wings white, marked with brown in bars running cross-wise of feathers. Wing coverts about the same as wings ; tail coverts white; tail white, marked with parallel bars running cross- wise. Under tail prevails pure white: breast. white, mottled with a faint shade of brown. Feet covered with white down, very thick to the toes Feet consisting of four claws and very large. Eyes resemble those of Great Horned owl, but a little larger. The bird which I have just described is a rare visitor in these parts. The bird: from which I take the above description was shot near this village on the night of November 26, 1886. It is now in my pos- session, and a nicer bird for mounting I have never seen. ALBERT G. PRILL. Springville, N. 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You will find it worth three times that | amount. | A sample copy of this OdLoGIST goes to nearly every known o6logist, ornithologist and taxidermist in America. We think you can glean 25 cents worth of information fromi ts pages during ’87. Try, and be convinced. Carefully read every advertisement in this OdLoGIST, but stop long enough after reading the full page advertisement of Messrs. Rand & Reed, of Worcester, Mass., to send for their list of shades and then order one or more of them, we will guar- antee you will never regret it. If you are not a taxidermist they will fit you up the shade complete for your parlor, dining- room, or office. ‘‘ Lattin” has a sample of this firm’s handiwork in a Ruffed Grouse, handsomely mounted on a rich plush panel, framed in a fine heavy gilt frame and covered with one of those shades for his dining-room. Words can not express.its beauty and attractivenes—it is both artistic and life-like, and this shade brings the specimen right to the front where it can be seen and admired. We would not exchange our dining-room piece for a fifty-dollar painting. In regard to the value of our new ‘‘ Book of Dates” and ‘‘ Field Notes,” we allow a few of the leading odlogists to speak : «“ No person making astudy of nests and eggs can afford to be without these two valuable books. Odlogists will certainly lose no time, money, and valuable notes and records without these necessary articles in the field. You may depend upon my patronage for these books annually. OLIVER DAVIE.” ‘‘Tam justin receipt of ‘Field Notes’ and ‘ Book of Dates’ which you so kindly sent me. Of the latter, | can say with Chancellor Winchell, ‘ It occupies worthily an important place absolutely unfilled to this time.’ Of the former, it is just what IT have long needed, and you deserve as much credit for the inception of these as for the tasteful manner in which they are executed. Harry G. PARKER.” ‘‘They are both necessities indeed, and every live collector should find a place for them in his drawer of indispensables. Samu. B. Lapp. THE OOLOGIST. 79 The large private collection of birds eggs of Mr. Harry G. Parker is being sold. it contains about 400 species in sets, in series mostly, and includes some very rare and desirable things—prices about one- third. Write for what you want, with stamp. Address Harry G. Parker, Chester, Pa. ope Newsy Items From Our Note Book. A. M. Linsley, Northford, Ct., found, last season, a Chipping Sparrow’s nest built inside of a nest of the Orchard Oriole. W. W. Price, Riverside, Cal., writes that he found a nest of the Costa’s Hum- ming-bird on January 28th, containing two young. Neil F. Posson, Medina, N. Y., writes: “A pair of Great Northern Shrikes have been staying around the outskirts of the town all this winter. W. A. L. Oxford, Mass., wants to know through the columns of THE O@6LOoGIST, how snares are made to catch birds that are wanted to identify eggs? A. D. Akin, Schaghticoke, N. Y., is making preparations for an extensive col- lecting tour through 8. W. United States, Mexico, and Central America. Hon. M. A. Root, Olympia, W. T., has our thanks for a. copy of ‘‘ The Resources of Washington Territory,” in which we find the list of the birds of the Territory of special interest. S. R. Morse, Supt. Public Instruction, Atlantic City, N. J., has one of the finest collections of Marine Algaze in the U. §. His collection received the highest award at the New Orleans Exposition. J. D. Sornborger, Guilford, N. Y., writes :—There was a King Bird that built her nest in a willow that overhung water when robbed of her first set of eggs built a second nest on top the first one and laid four eggs in it. H. C. Oberholser, says :—I am a friend of the OdLoGIsT, and as a subscriber watch impatiently for each issue. i have seen several of the papers published on orni- thology and odlogy, but none of them do I like as well as yours. A. E. Kibbe, Mayville, N. Y., has been in luck: ‘‘It has been a great winter for Snowy Owls. I have mounted six very nice ones. I also captured two small Screech Owls. I shot them in the night. One was the color of a red fox.” The President of the Young Ornitholo- gist’s Association, sends a repurt of the as- sociation—but as the names and list of birds he sends cannot possibly be of interest to more than 20 of the 20,000 readers of this issue, we are obliged to place on file. H. C. Lillie, Hanford, Cala., says :—I wish your paper unlimited success, and am well satisfied with in. It is the best and cheapest paper of its kind that I have seen, which says a good deal, for I have now over 50 sample copies of papers on birds. Chas. F. Morrison, Ft. Lewis, Colo., issues a circular ‘‘ To all interested in orni- thology and odlogy in the State of Colo- rado,” under the auspices of the Colorado State Ornithological Association. Their field is comparatively new and their work cannot help but be of value. R. D. Goss, New Sharon, Ia., writes :— Allow me to congraiulate you in the suc- cess you have had since I first made your acquaintance through a small advertise- ment in the Youth's Companion in ’83. I helieve, ‘‘ Honor to him whom honor is due.’”’ May you still prosper.” D. J. Bullock, Marshalltown, Lowa, says: While collecting eggs this summer I ran across the nest of a Black throated Bunting which contained three eggs of that bird, one of the Yellow billed Cuckoo, and one of the Cow-bird. Is it not rare for the Cuckoo to lay in other birds’ nests? Jobn C. Lynch, Stockbridge, Mass., writes: ‘‘ For many years a loon has lived on the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia, but the other day it flew into the Zoological Gardens and was captured. Around its neck there was a silver collar, bearing the inscription, ‘ Nemo, the hermit, 1808.” The head keeper of the Gardens says he has no doubt of the great age of the bird. Have any other readers of THE O6LoGIST read accounts of such aged birds? If so I wish they would publish them. Where and how would I have to send to geta permit to kill birds for study?” F. W. Aver, Syracuse, N. Y., sends the following ‘‘pointer:” ‘‘ To see if a nest contains eggs or not, without climbing to the nest, take a piece of looking glass about four inches square, and tie a string around as if tying wp acommon package, and leave the ends so a stick can be fastened. This enables the collector to see the interior of the nest. The longer the stick, the less you have to climb, if the nest does not contaih eggs. This is a great scheme, and if ten nest does not contain eggs, it does not in- jure the nest as if a person had to reach and often tear the nest, and is handy if the tree or bush is hard to climb. 80 THE OOLOGIST. H. F., Hillsboro, Ohio, adds the follow- ing to the record of late nesting: ‘‘ Last month, between the 25th and 28th inst., a friend of mine kept telling me that he knew where a new Woodpecker’s nest was. I accompanied him there, and in it were three Red-headed Woodpecker’ S egos, ready to hatch. It was on the 28th of December. Hon. E. M. Goodwin, Hartland, Yt., queries :— Will the exchange notice, and reading THE OdLOoGIST during the year, get me in the way of a specimen “hunter again in my old age ? I commenced collecting ‘“specimens ” away back in 750, and have had to ride my hobby betimes ever since, and will so long as I tarry among these beautiful forms in earth, and air, and sea. ~~} Great Northern Shrike, etc. One pleasant day about the first of March, I was attracted to my window by the cries of a bird evidently in distress. They were of short duiation and were soon explained. A Great Northern Shrike or ‘* Butcher Bird” had seized an English Sparrow, and had borne him to the snow-covered ground. When I first observed them the Shrike was attacking his victim’s head with his own beak. The former uttered no sound during the entire time that I watched him. By his savage onslaughts he soon despatched the sparrow, which he then took in his claws and flew to a tree near at hand. He flew low and acted as if the Sparrow was somewhat a burden to him Very soon he again took flight and was lost to view in the woods on the hillside. He has since been seen two or three times. The Great Northern Shrike is very rare, here, and, to my knowledge, does not breed in this vicin- ity. The one Isaw was somewhat smaller than a Robin; under parts white, wings and tail black. The bill was sharp, and the upper maudible curved downwards. Have heard Blue Jays several times lately and think they must remain here during the winter. Have seen Black-capped Chick- adees quite frequently for the past month. On March 3d 1 heard a Phoebe Bird, the first one of the season. H. C. OBERHOLSER. Shelburne Falls, Mass. March 8, 1887. N Poe he Golleee Hill, Ohio. The following taken from my notebook, are the species found breeding here this season (1886). The first nest found April 21, was a Bluebirds, containing six fresh eggs. It was situated in an excavation in a dead ap- ple tree; also on same date a Mourning Doves, containing two eggs. April 22—A Purple Grackle’s nest, sit- uated in the top of an evergreen tree. The nest contained five fresh eggs; also same date, Robin, four fresh eggs. April 283—Blue Jay, five fresh eggs. April 25—Crow, two nests, one contain- ing five eggs, in which incubation was well advanced, the other four eggs nearly fresh. Both nests were placed in evergreen trees and were quite easy of access. April 27—Chipping Sparrow, four fresh eges May 1—English Sparrow, six fresh eggs; Downy Woodpecker, two nests, one con- taining four the other six fresh eggs. These nests are the first containing eggs that have been found. Both were situated in apple trees, in holes but a few feet from the ground; afso same date, Pewee, five eggs, slightly incubated. The rest was situated on the tiebeam under a small wooden bridge over a ravine, a favorite nesting place of the species. - May 2—Flicker, ant fresh eggs. Black Capped Chickadee. two nests situated in apple trees, in holes excavated in dead limbs. The nests were made of moss and cowhair, very smooth and soft, making a fitting nesting place for the clutch of six delicate eggs that each contained. Che- wink, four fresh eggs. Field Sparrow, four fresh eggs. Also one egg of that pest the Cowbird; it was the sole occupant of a Chipping Sparrow’s nest that had in all probability been deserted. May 3—Cardinal Grosbeak, three eggs highly iucubated. Two nests of the Song Sparrow, each containing four eggs highly incubated. The nests were situated at the base of a tuft of grass in a clover meadow. May 5—Brown Thrush, -three eggs. it OOO GAsur SI May 9 Wood Thrush, three fresh eggs. Catbird, one fresh ege. May 11—Summer Yellowbird, four fresh | eggs. May 16—Indigo Bunting, two fresh eggs. Yellow Breasted Chat, two nests, four and five eggs respectively. This bird breeds abundantly, its nests being generally found in thickets and biackberry bushes Orchard | Oriole, five, and one Cowbirds. May 17—Black-billed Cuckoo, 2 eggs. This date is unusually early for a nest of the species, their breeding season generally beginning about a month later. May 18-Summer Redbird, thrae fresh eggs. Baltimore Oriole, five eggs slightly incubated. May 19—Acadian Flycatcher, three fresh eggs. May 20—House Wren, six fresh eggs. May 28—Yellow-billed Cuckoo, four eggs, very large embryo. Scarlet Tanager, three fresh eggs. Warbling Vireo, four fresh eggs, May 26—Ruby-throated Hummingbird, containing two fresh eggs. This is the first nest of the species that has been known to be found in five years, excepting one taken in 1885, which the young were just leaving. May 27—Red-headed Woodpecker, three eggs. Kingbird, four eggs. Meadow Lark, five eggs. This nest. although the first found, is much nearer the end than the beginning of the breeding season of the species. June 1—Wood Pewee, three fresh eggs. Rough-winged Swallow, six fresh eggs. June 6—Bank Swallow, two eggs. June 7—Gt. Crested Flycatcher, one egg and three small young. The nest of this bird is rarely found here, this being the second nest I have any record of; the other being discovered by the falling of a dog wood snag and its contents thus destroyed. July 8—American Goldfinch, two nests containing four and five eggs respectively, and both situated in ornamental maple trees. The nests cited above are the first of the species that were discovered, and as a rule indicate the beginning of the breeding sea- son of the species. H. A. Kocu, Nesting of our Swallows. The following descriptions are taken from Davie’s ‘‘ Egg Check List and Key to the Nests and Eggs of North American Birds:”’ 152. Purple Martin—rRoGNE suBIs. Pure glossy white, oblong oval, pointed at one end, und measure from .95 to 1. in length by .68 in width; the eggs are from four to six in number. The Martin, conspicuous for its striking color and screaming crack- ling noise, breeds throughout its United States range. It originally built in hollow trees, and some of the ‘‘ old fogies” do yet, but those who find suitable nesting places in eaves and cornices of buildings or in boxes prepared for their use, are thus bred to American ideas and never return to their old log cabins in the air. This jolly fellow who puts life into the quiet streets of coun- try towns, and large cities, also, by his noise and activity, constructs a nest out of anything that is handy, leaves, twigs, straws, bits of string rags and paper. Hab. North America. 158. Cliff Swallow — PEHrROCHELIDON LUNIFRONS. White, marked with dots, blotches and points of reddish-brown, chiefly about the larger end, less elongated than those of the Barn Swallow, but the markings of the two are hardly distinguishable; on an average, the eggs in size are a trifle larger; four to five and sometimes six in number. The ‘‘ Republicans,” as they are sometimes called, or Have Swallows, are known to occur nearly throughout North America, and to breed from Pennsylvania to the Arctic and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. As the name implies, and as al- most every one knows, this bird fixes its queer bottle-shaped nest to the perpendicu- lar faces of rocks and hard embankments, also on the walls of houses and under shel- ter of the eaves. The nests are not always retort or flask-shaped, some nests have no necks, and the degree of perfection in style depends upon circumstances. The nests are made entirely of mud, tempered by the bill of the bird. The nest is well lined with straw, woolandfeathers. They are always found in colonies during the breeding sea- son. Hab. North America at large. 154. Barn Swallow—nrIRUNDO ERYTHRO- GASTRA. White, marked with spots and blotches of bright reddish-brown, chiefly at the larger end; they are three to five or six in number and appear rather narrow for their length; size .68 to .78 in length by .50 to .56 broad. The well-known nest of pellets of mud, lined with hay and often 82 ail feathers, is placed upon the rafters or under the eaves of a barn or other building. In the nest of this bird ‘‘runt” eggs are frequently found, and, as in many other cases of all the more common birds, gener- ally a set of pure white or abnormal eggs is not uncommon. Distributed during the breeding season throughout United States and Canada. Hab. North America. 155. White-bellied Swallow—rTacHyYcIn- ETA BICOLOR. White, unspotted, oblong- oval; the eggs are from four to seven, and occasionally nine, in number and measure from .70 to .78 in length by .50 to .55 in breadth. This Swallow breeds from lati- tude 88° to high Arctic regions, and is res- ident throughout the year in the plateaus of Mexico. woodpeckers or natural cavities of dead trees, always in the vicinity of water. The nest is composed of leaves and grass thickly lined with feathers. This bird often accepts the boxes set up forits accommodation, but it is not easy to induce them to occupy such artificial domiciles. Hab. Temperate America. 156. Violet-green Swallow—TacHycIn- ETA THALASSINA. Pure white; four or five in number, size .80 by .50. This lovely Swallow is common from the central plains of North America to the Pacific coast. It breeds abundantly in California, Oregon and Washington Territory, and is the most characteristic Swallow of the pine regious of Arizona, and has been found in consid- erable abundance in Colorado, nesting in all suitable localities, and, like the Have Swallow, usually in colonies. It nests in knot-holes of oak and other deciduous trees and in the deserted excavations of wood- peckers, and more recently it has been found nesting under the eaves of houses, like the Cliff Swallow. The nest is made of dry grasses, lined with a thick mass of feathers. It has also been found nesting in holes in banks. Hab. Western and Middle Province of United States; south to Guatemala; east to Upper Missouri. 157. Bank Swallow—corTILE RIPARAT. White; three to six; oval; size .72 by .47. The Bank Swallow, or Sand Martin, found throughout Europe, is also equally common throughout North America, and breeds in the greater part of its range. The holes in which this bird nests are excavated by the bird in the perpendicular face of bank; the depth ranges from two to four feet. The termination is usually somewhat enlarged and the bottom is thinly covered with a few twigs, grasses and feathers. In suitable localities immense numbers will occupy a It nests in old excavations of | VEE OOO GIST lee Ze tare aad so noone it with holes so as to present the appearance of a huge hon- eycomb alive with bees. Hab. Europe, Asia, Africa, America. 158. Rough-winged Swallow—sTELeID- OPTERYX SERRIPENNIS. Immaculate white; four to six in number, closely resembling those of the Bank Swallow, but average a little larger, perhaps .75 by .55. This bird breeds throughout most of its United States range, nesting in the crevices of stone walls and arches over bridges, sometimes in a chink in the boarding of a building; almost invariably over running water. The nest is simply constructed of grasses, straws, and lined with feathers. Hab. United States from Atlantic to Pacific, and adjoining British Provinces. i ed Oology; The Largest Collection of Birds Eggs. We clip the following from Youthful Ambitions: ‘«There are few collections made by the lovers of nature or art that are more simply charming and interesting than that of a fine variety of bird’s eggs. Although I object to all needless disturbance of the structures of and interference with the duties of God’s creatures, I think in behalf of science and for the gratification of odlogical tastes we are perfectly justified in securing all varieties of birds eggs that will add interest to our collections. ‘““The exquisite coloring and delicacy of the diverse yet similar formations which hold the birds that ‘might have been’ are varied delightful. “A collection of eggs that would in any regard approach completeness must be the work of a life time. Dr. Phil. Edward A. Baldamus, of Coburg, Germany, who is said to have the largest collection in the world, has devoted his time, labor, money, and talent to securing them since 1834. His collection now numbers 18,741 eggs, representing 1,667 varieties. Dr. Baldamus has secured the nests of many birds, and has them in his cabinet with complete sets of eggs. One must have seen this incom- parable collection to realize its beauty and magnitude. Mrs. 8. L OBERHOLTZER, Norristown, Pa.” PEE OOVOGIST: 83 oBINTEN YS: Editor Odlogist : AsI have spent most of the past few sum- mers in New York, I send you a few notes from Sullivan county, N. Y.. The first thing which struck me as pe- culiar was in the nesting of the House Wren. I found them much given to using the nests of other birds. For instance, I found a large number of cases where an old Barn Swallow’s was taken possession of by them, the nest filled nearly full of coarse sticks and the inside lined with soft, downy feathers. Another case was as follows: Two boys made a small bird-house of a tin can and fastened it in a tree close to the house. In a short time a pair of blue-birds had built -anest therein and had laid four eggs. At this juncture, however, a pair of wrens ap- peared and in the absence of the blue birds, invaded the nest, ejected the eggs by thurst- ing their bills into them and tossing them from the nest, and. coming off victors in repeated battles with the blue-birds, filled up the nest with sticks and there made their nest. The wrens, which were very abundant, had also a bad reputation as nest robbers, and I myself knew of their throw- ing ths eggs from nests of the Song Spar- row and Grass Finch, I took sets of wrens as late as August 14, this summer. On July 21, 1886, I found a nest of the Chimney Swift made in the usual manner, but glued to the wall on the inside of a wagon house, about fifteen feet from the floor and directly over a large window which was always open and through which the parent birds had access to the nest. When I found it, it contained two young birds about four days old,—they left the nest by July 30. Whenever any one ap- proached the nest, which was in the upper story of the wagon house, the young birds made a suprisingly loud, harsh, grating noise ; moreover they were constantly fall- ing down and climbing up the side again by sticking their sharp claws into the wood. On June 8, 1885, I found a Song Spar- row’s nest placed in the top of an alder bush about five and one half feet from the ground. It contained young. At the end of the gable roof of the house where I was stopping, on a sort of shelf, projecting from one of the eves, were three ‘« Siamese”? Robin’s nests, placed in a row, sides touching and interwoven with each other; and the remarkable thing is that for four or five years—as I was assured on un- disputable authority—three pairs of Robins had regularly returned in the spring, taken possession of the nests and raised their broods in harmony. It isaltogether proba- ble that the same pairs returned each year. Have any of the OoLocisT. readers known of a similar instance? Several other peculiar- ities which I noted’I will reserve for another time. W. J. V. OSTERHOUT. Providence, R. I. Sa atin To a Golden-crested Kinglet. ON NOVEMBER 3p, 1886. Beautiful bird of the ever green wilderness; Oft have I wandered where might be thy nesting-place, Is it in the cedar or June’s airy shade? Or in the top of the spruce, is thy nursery made? Is it in the north, by the Hudson Bay shore? Or on Labrador’s coast, where the wild bil- low’s roar? Or the ever green hills, whence the Ottawa comes, Where the jay and the raven have their winter homes? O tell me satrapa that I too may tell, The place where in summer ye chose for to dwell, For I know that in autumn, ye chose here to come; And in our deep wildwoods make your winter home; And is active and cheery when snow closeth the ground, And the chill blasts of winter are drifting around; $4 DHE *OOLOGIST. But when winter’s over, and spring comes again, We miss for a season thy pleasing refrain; Where then do you go with your bright golden crest, To seek in seclusion a place for they nest? Then I wish I might see, when in summer IT roam, In some deep tangled wildwood, the place of they home, And gaze on thy nest amid deep sheltered bowers, Where the green garb of summer is ming- led with flowers; Where no voice of a foe, or dread sound of a gun, May disturb thy retreat till thy purpose is done; Come again to our woodlands when sum- _mer is done, And low in the south sinks the late autumn sun, When the birds of our summer, to the trop- ics have flown; And the leaves of the forest are withered and gone; When the white snow of winter lies deep on the ground; And the cold Arctic breezes are blustering around; When but few other birds will so cheerily sing, Till our winter departs at the voice of the spring. Wo. L. Kets. ————__e~<_e—__ — From Nebraska. Editor Oélogist : Reading the descriptions of collecting trips in the Tok O6LoGIST reminds me of the ‘‘best day” I have ever had. It was in the season of 1885, which, by the way, is the year in which I became interested in odlogy, when I decided to go on a collect- ing trip. As there is no one in Geneva besides myself interested in odlogy I went alone. In order to reach the river where I meant to go, I had to cross a large prairie farm, just the place to collect, so of course I commenced hunting for nests of the Prairie Hens and Killdeers. I had been tramping around awhile and had found three sets of Killdeer’s (one set had two eggs and the others three each) when I was startled by a loud whirr, and looking down saw within three feet of me a nest of the Prairie Hen containing nine eggs. You can easily see how elated I felt. Well, I passed on trying to find more but did not until I came to the river ; there of course I found plenty of such as Blue Jays, Catbirds, Thrush etc., etc., and was beginning to despair of finding anything rare, when I looked up and saw—well, I felt like ‘* yell- ing right out’—for it was the nest of a Great Horned Owl. But there was one diffi- culty. I had just got a new pair of climb-— ers, and did not know how to use them as well as I do now; but finally I got up and got the eggs—three—down safely. After hunting around a while longer I started home, richer by many specimens than I had been in the morning. ANTON DWORAK. Geneva, Neb. ena Interesting Notes From Connecticut. THE ScREECH Ow1i.—May 6th, 1884, while crossing an orchard, my brother who was investigating an old apple tree, shouted to me that he had found a hawk’s nest. Running across the lot I was soon in the tree. Ata glance I saw it was a screech owl, and running my hand down the hole, I pulled her out. She was in the red feathers, which seem to be the most com- mon here, gray ones being seldom seen. The hole which was formerly occupied by a flicker, was handsomely lined with Blue Jay, Thrush, Chewink and other feathers. The nest contained five pure white eggs. Incubation was so far advanced that it was difficult to blow them. THE RED-SHOULDERED Hawxr.—This is one of our most common hawks. The nest of this hawk is placed on the high trees in swampy woods. The nest is composed of sticks and leaves, and lined with sprays of ereen cedar. The number of eggs is given TUE VOOLOCIST: 85 by some authors as four or five. I have never seen more than three, although I have found several nests. The eggs are of a dirty white, spotted and blotched with brown. GREEN Hrron.—A common summer resident; breeds in colonies of 25 or 30 pair; nests in small oaks or chestnuts; nest is composed of a few sticks put together as if the bird was ina hurry. In fact the eggs may sometimes be counted from the ground. Have often seen the eggs roll out while climbing the trees. Eggs 4 to 6 in number, pale blue in color. BeLreD KineGrisHER.—Common breeds; sometimes remains throughout the winter; nests in a hole in a sand bank, sometimes dug to a depth of 8 feet. I remember one hot day I dug 14 feet in a high bank, and was rewarded with one broken egg. The number of eggs is usually 7, pure white, always laid upon the bare ground at end of burrow. I have never found any mate- rial of any kind in the hole. BLACK-BILLED Cuckoo.—Common sum- mer resident; nests in low bushes; nest made of sticks and leaves, loosely put to- gether; eggs bluish-green. Some authors give the number of eggs as 4 or 5, but I have never seen more than three, rarely over two. W. H. Lucas, West Stratford, Conn. a From Ohio. Arrivals for 1886: February 11, House Wrens; 19, Robins. March 14, King-bird; 15, Bobolink; 16, Killdeer; 25, Turtle Dove. April 18, Purple Martin; 21, Spotted Sandpiper; 25, Baltimore Oriole; 27, Cat- birds. June 21, Ruby-throated Humming bird. The following are some large sets found here last year: Biue Jay, 6; Pewee, 5, and 1 young; Baltimore Oriole, 6; Flicker, 9 and 11. Birds that remained here during this winter: English Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Black-capped Chicka- dees, Blue Jays, Tufted Titmouse, Screech Owl, Blue birds, 1 Catbird, Crows, Belted Kingfishers. Kingfishers stay here during the coldest winters, but it puzzles me where they get their food when the creeks are frozen over. The following are some of my important finds last season: Five sets of the Purple Grakle; one of these contained a runt egg, no larger than a Blue bird’s. Three nests of the Mourning Dove; one of these was a few sticks placed across the top of an old Robin’s nest. Two sets of English Sparrow. They build chiefly in pine trees, a large bulky nest, entrance in the side. They lay anew complement as soon as the last one has hatched out. Two sets of Blue Jay. These generally build in pine trees. Several sets of Pewees. Their nests are numerous on the rocks along the creek. About half the eggsI find have dots on the larger end. They hatch two or three broods in a season. June 16—One set of Field Sparrow. June 26—One set of White-throated Sparrow. July 5—One set of Cardinal Grosbeak. SUD) ANY Oe Poland, Ohio. o<_> e———_ . Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. (Polioptila caerulea.) This beautiful little bird is one of our smallest summer residents, ranging next in size to the Humming birds (Vrochieidae). It arrives in this locality about the 15th of March, and immediately becomes abundant; in fact the ‘‘ woods are full of them.” On all sides they are heard uttering their sim- ple long drawn out c-h-e-e—c-h-e-e—c-h-e-e. At times while hunting for flies and small insects, they will warble a very pretty little song, which is very soothing and pleasant indeed. I have for hours watched this graceful little creature flitting to-and-fro among the green foliage of some thick wood; here they would stop a moment to 86 PAE OOLOGIsST. examine a piece of bark, and then they would flit out into space to catch a passing fly, then immediately back again to the same tree, and thus from hour to hour they would pass the time away. Although they are very abundant in these woods, their nests are extremely hard to find; and you very rarely have the fortune of finding one unless the birds are caught in the act of building. The nest is an ele- gant little structure, (very much resembling a knot on a tree) constructed of mostly this- ile-down, woven tightly together in a cup form, and closely covered with star shaped lichens from the bark of the elm tree. The linning is generally composed of the orange colored catkin of the red elm tree. Asa general thing it is flatly placed on a hori- zontal limb of the elm—(this being its fa- vorite tree); but I have found it in the forks of a peach or other small trees. The eggs are from four to six in number, although I have never taken over four in this locality, and have frequently taken sets of three, far advanced in incubation. ‘Their color is of a greenish-white, spotted and blotched with reddish-brown, with lilac shell markings. Their average size is .55 x .45 inches. The birds begin nesting about the 15th of April, and fresh eggs may be obtained as late as June 25th. A second brood is raised. Epwin C. Davis. Gainesville, Texas. Exchanges and Wants. Brief special announcements, ‘‘ Wants,’ ‘‘ Ex- changes,” inserted in this department for 25 cents per 25 words. Notices over z5 words charged at the rate of one-half cent per word. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. Notices which are merely indirect methods of soliciting cash purchasers cannot be ad- mitted to these columns under any circumstances. Terms, cash with order. Brass Tenor Horn Bellup (Jaubertt Co., Paris,) for best offer second-hand Naturalists’ Books: or Eggs. E. S. CHENEY, Huron, Dak. WantTeD.—To exchange single Bird’s Eggs with collectors in United States and Canada. WILLIE CARIY, Rochelle, Ills. P.O Box, 268. Wantep.—To exchange a foot-power bracket saw for a copy of Ridgeway’s Nomenclature and a set of Red-tailed Hawk’s Eggs, with data. Write to ED- Aaa J. GARLAND, 624 N. Fifth street, Spring- e Ss. Both first-class and end-blown Birds’ Eggs to ex- change for Birds’ Eggs, in sets. Sea Birds’ Eggs especially desired. W. E. PRATT, 2513 Indiana avenue, Chicago, Ills. Will exchange Maryland Printing Press (2x 4) for Vols. X. and XI. ‘‘ Ornithologist and Odlogist.”’ WILL HELLER, P. O. Box 1,289, Freeport, Ills. To Excuance. —Tobacco Tags for the same, or for first-cliss Birds’ Eggs. M. G. MATTESON, 3,822 Langley avenue, Chicago, Ills. One used Postal, first edition, for any first-class Egg from Southern, Eastern, or far-Western States. | BENNIE A. COTTLOW, Shelbyville, Ills. Eggs in sets or single for single Eggs or Eggs in pairs. W. M. PIERCE, Meacham, Ills. A font of Type, two volumes “* Youth’s Compan- ion’’ and a pair of Skates for Birds’ Eggs, in sets, with data. W. P. GREGG, Paris, Ills. One hundred varieties of first-class Eggs in cabinet, two pair of Deer and Buffalo Horns, etc., etc., to ' exchange for foreign or United States Coins, Frac- tional, Colonial or Confederate Currency, Bonds, Autographs, etc. FRANK O. NELSON, Box goo, Monmouth, Ills. To Excuance.—Single Eggs, Nos. 263, 375, 378. 387, for some not in my collection. JAS. ZOLLER, Greensburg, Ind. First-class Birds’ Eggs, in sets, with data, or single, forsame. J.S. & A. PYFER, Melbourne, la. WANTED, —To exchange a few sets of first-class ggs. Write for list, and tell me what you have. L. DUNCAN KILBONE, Marshalltown, Ia. First-class Eggs of Nos. 13, 63, 278 and 460, for every 2 Arrow-head, 1 Spear-head, or single spec of Nos. 47, 60, 128, 135, 482. Offers received in Eggs for an Indian-hammer and 1s Arrow-heads. D. J. BULLOCKS, Box 784 Marshalltown, la. ‘“The Three Midshipmen,” by W. H. G. Kingston (cost, $1.25), or ‘‘ Thaddeus of Warsaw,’’ for best offer N. H. papers. Write first to ALBERT GAR- RETT, No. 1,425 Kentucky street, Lawrence, Kan. Volumes V. and VI. ‘‘ Golden Days”’ for first-class Birds’ Eggs, in sets, with data. EVERETT E. JOHNSON, Sabatis, Me. Australian or New Guinea Bird Skins to exchange for Bicycle, Scientific Books, or sets of N. A. Eggs. S. W. DENTON, Welllestes. Mass. Fish-Hooks, Trolling-Spoons and Fly-Books to exchange for Eggs or Odlogists’ Instruments. W. B. Fisher, Norwood, Mass. Five Egg Drills (cost, 82 cents), or a small Tele- scope for 6 or 8-foot Rubber Tubing; two numbers ‘** Young Odlogist”’ for any one of following numbers, viz.: Nos. 1, 2,3 or 144%. GEORGE M. ELLISON, 16 Sumner street, Lynn, Mass. I wish to correspond and make exchanges with col- lectors of Woods. WALTER A. LOVETT, Ox- ford, Mass. WanTED.—To exchange after May 15th, for first- class Eggs in sets, with data, Skins from. Essex County, Mass. WM. D. GRIER, Beverly, Mass. Eggs of 1887; collecting to exchange next July Correspondence solicited. J. E. KEAYES, 188 Dundas street, London, Ont. DHE; -OOLOGISE. One Flute Harmonica, nickel-plated ; one Bell, two basses, and one pair of Roll_r Skates to exchange for Coins, Medals or Tokens. ED. VAN WINKLE, Caro, Mich. Wanted.—To exchange Birds’ Eggs with collectors throughout the United States and Canada. Water Birds’ Eggs preferred. Correspondence solicited. WALTER F. WEBB. Barkers, Niagara County,N.Y. Wanted.—To exchange Eggs, and correspond with collectors in the United States and Canada. Distant States preferred. Address, F. W. CLAY, Box 1,917 Ann Arbor. Mich. Wanted.—Correspondence on Natural and Mental Science. For Exchange—‘ Livingstone’s Travels,” and other good works, for books. J. B. NICHOLS, Cazenovia, N. Y. I have Minerals, Stamps, Coins and Eggs to ex- change. A. T. WARREN, Portland Block, St. Paul, Minn. , To Exchange.—‘* The American Field,’’ several years; also, Silver Watch and Hunting Knife, for Birds’ Eggs or Books. FRANK HARRIS, La Crescent, Minn. Offered.—Seventy species of inland and 50 of marine Shells for other Shells. Send your list for ours. JOHN M. HOLZINGER, Winona, Minn. I have a Col.’s 44-calibre Navy Revolver and a lot of other articles to exchange for Coins, Eggs, etc. ANTON DWORAK, Geneva, Neb. Marine Algez, Shells, Sea Curiosities (all correctly named), for Algz, She Is. or Birds’ Eggs. All letters answered. S. R. MORSE, Atlantic City, N. J. A good small Printing Press for a collection of Min- erals or Arrow-heads. E. D. COUNSELLOR, Millville, N. J. Malchite, Azurite, Cryscolla. Cuprite and Limonite for Eggs in sets or singlee LEO MAHLER, 116 E. Fifty-ninth street, New York city. ““Study of Savage Weapons,” ‘t Mound Builders in Michigan.”’ ‘* Taxidermists’ Guide,’ to exchange for Stone Hatchets or offers in Indian Relics. W. A. HAKES, 125 Liberty street, Binghamten, N. Y. Birds’ Eggs, in sets or single, to exchange for same or Indian Relics. I will give any one of the follow- ing Eggs for every fine Arrow-head received: Nos. 1, 149@, 248, 282 or 289. CHAS. W. TREAT, Brook- lyn, Ohio. L. S. Fossils for a good Phacops Trilobite, ‘‘Steele’s Geology,’’ Minerals, or Indian Relics of Slate: r Cop- per. W. H. BEAN, Lebanon, Ohio. Eggs of Nos. 12, 13, 233, 258, 261, 263, 248, 480, 5793 also, second-class Eggs (half rates) for first-class Eggs not in my collection. HARRY S. DAY, Fre- mont, Ohio. I will exchange volumes V., VI. and VII. ‘* Golden Days”’ (unbound and in good condition) for best offer of Birds’ Eggs. C.S. HORNER, 1,202 Willson avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Papers published before and during the war to exchange for Birds’ Eggs, insets. WM. t. LEWIS, Martins Ferry, Ohio. First-class Eggs, single or in sets, in exchange for others. Correspondence solicited. ZACH TAY- LOR, Lock Box 23, Dunkirk, N. Y. To Exchange.—Stamps, Eggs and first-class climb- ers (style No. 2), without straps for first-class Eggs. (Sets with full data preferred). J DL. SORNBOR- GER, Guilford, Chenango County, N. Y. To Exchange.—A set of Spotted Eggs of American Goldfinch for best offer. Also, sets and single Eggs forsame. VERDI BURTCH, Branchport, N. Y. For Exchange.—A black-walnut Egg Case, having five draws, each 24x14x2 inches. The bottom of the draws cone out, leaving slits for partitions. Will exchange it for sets or singles (Birds’ Eggs), instru- ments, or Books on Ornitho'ogy or Odlogy. Write first. VAN LEWIS, Potsdam, N. Y. I will exchange ‘* Youths’ Companion,”’ vol. 59, for the best offer in Birds’ Eggs. H. C. GUTCHESS, Port Byron, N.Y. A good Imperial Stamp Album, with 162 foreign Stamps and 45 United States Stamps, in exchange for Birds’ Eggs. EDWARD WELLS, 2,121 N. Twen- tieth street, Philadelphia, Pa. To Exchange.—Printing Press, T\ pe, Telegraph Instrument, Arrow-heads, Tin Tags and Birds’ Eggs for Eggs insets. J. W. JACOBS, Waynesburg, Pa I have over 500 first-class Single Eggs which I will exchange at one-third catalogue rates for good Sets. SAMUEL B. LADD, West Chester, Pa. Wanted.—To exchange Birds’ Eggs for the same. Send list. J. PERCY MOORE; 1,931 Judson Place, Philadelphia, Pa. Wanted.—To exchange Eggs with collectors in the West and South. W. E. CLYDE TODD, Beaver, Pa. Thirty different Stamps for roo different postmarks, or five Stamps for ten foreign postmarks. WILLIS R. PERRY, Lock Box 4, Canton, Pa. To Exchange.—Firs:-class Eggs for thesame. A set of six Eggs of r49@ fora set equally rare. NEIL F, POSSON, Medina, N. Y. I will exchange 300 assorted foreign Stamps for back volumes of the OoLoGistT, bound. A. L. WAL- LACE, Cortland, N. Y. Will exchange my collection of Birds’ Eggs and Case for trio Langshans or offers. EDWIN POW- ELL, Ghent, N. Y. Will exchange a pair of Roller Skates and some American Birds’ Eggs for Eggs, with data blanks. FRANK STEVENS, Sandy Hill, N. Y. “* Groove-billed Crotaphaga’’ and Wilson’s ‘' Phala- rope”’ for Eggs not in my collection. Hawks and Buzzards wanted. Only first-class given and first- class wanted. GEO. H. STUART, 3p., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. be I will exchange V Nickels without ‘cents’’ for Indian Relics or Foreign Stamps and Confederate Money. CLARENCE R. JACKSON, No. 138 Church street, Nashville, Tenn. Eggs and Stamps for Eggs. C. J. THOMSON, 746 N. Twentieth street, Philadelphia, Pa. The thirteenth edition of Durbin’s Catalogue, ten numbers; Vol. II. of ‘‘ The Capital City Philatelist,”’ 50 all different Stamps, some rare. No. 2, Vol. I. of the ‘‘ Naturalists’ Companion’”’ and five philatelic papers, for the best offer in first-class Birds’ Eggs. Write first. Single Eggs wanted. Accepted offers answered. HENRY R.SHARPLES, Box 1968 West Chester, Pa. One hundred and fifty first-class side-blown Birds’ Eggs to exchange for Coins, Stamps, fine specimens of Indian Arrow-hcads and Minerals. WILLIS P. ARNOLD, Shannock, R. I. DHE OOLOGIST. Twenty dollars’ worth of Eggs, in sets, with data, to exchange for a Shotgun, Minerals, Fossils, Foreign | or Ancient Coins. JOE J. WILSON, Greensburg, Pa. If wishing to exchange Birds’ Eggs, send list and receive mine. Address, P.S. MALONEY, No. 2,126 N. I'wentieth street, Philadelphia, Pa. For Exchange.—A Pointer Puppy, with perfect pedigree, worth $20, and Maltese Kittens, for Bird | Eggs, with data. ASBURY, Greenville, S. C. ———————————————————————————— ee Correspondence solicited. PET | I want to exchange, for first-class Bird Eggs, a ray 22-calibre Rifle. Correspondence solicited. E. HUTCHES, O and Thirty-second streets, Galveston, dex: Wanted.—To exchange Minerals, Birds’ Eggs, in sets, land and fresh-water Shells, for the same with collectors. E. M. GOODWIN, Hartland, Vt. To Exchange.—The following single Eggs: 47, 67, 204, 207, 286, 287, 300, 240b 408, 413, 425, 4300, 477 and many others. Ter. Fine Fossils and Shells for Indian Relics and Fos- | JAS W. | sils ; also, Stamps and Coins for the same. JONES, Port Townsend, Wash. Ter. I wish to exchange 174 numbers of ‘‘ Youths’ Com- panion”’ for Books on Ornithology, Birds’ Eggs or pair of Climbers, with straps complete. E WITT HAWKS, P. O. Box 544, Beloit, Wis. I will exchange a good Magic Lantern, twenty- three slides, for first-class eggs, with data. WILL BACON, Baraboo, Wis. ES CS SO OR eee Nickels of 1883 to exchange for Bird Skins and Eggs. Serd list and stamp. Stoughton, Wis. Notice:—Coins, foreign, to exchange for Prehistoric Indian Relics. Send lists. 450 Stoughton, Wis. To Exchange —Prize Holly Scroll Saw and Min- erals for Birds’ Eggs, in full sets, with data. Nests desired also. Address, Box 435, Sharon, Wis. Poisoned Darts and South Sea Relics to exchange for Rare Skins, Nests, Eggs and Indian Relics. H. ATTWATER, London, Ont. Eggs! Eggs!! Eggs!!! I havea lot of rare, first- class Birds’ Eggs, in sets, with data, to exchange for singles. Send your lists by return mail and receive mine. LOUIS B. SCHINDLER, Lake City, Minn. After spending two seasons in Arizona, I now have a number of perfect sets for exchange. ROSWELL S. WHEELER, Alameda, Cal. To Exchange.—Single Eggs of Nos. 627@, 436,574, | 688, 666a, 571, 494, fora set of 152%, with full data. E. E. SHAILER, Tylerville, Conn. Ripidolite, Kyanite, Jasper, Talc, Epidote, Albite, Cummingtonite, Actinolite, and Tourmaline, all large specimens, for Shells, Fossils or Minerals. No small specimens accepted. H. I. Willimantic, Conn. Will exchange the last half of Vol. VII. and first | ten numbers of Vol. VIII. ‘‘ Golden Days”’ for Bird Eggs. W. LINFRED DUNBAR, Box 250, West Stratford, Conn. I will exchange fine Minerals for Fossils, Eggs, | Minerals, Indian Relics, etc. WM. C. BANKS, Cove Mills, Stamford, Conn. W. W. GILMAN, Z. L. WELMAN, Box CARD, Lock Box 54, | E. R. BRADY, Pomeroy, Wash. | Pop Corn. We have on hand a few bushels of Rice Po Corn, the best popping variety grown, whic we offer for sale at the following low prices: 1Peck, - - - - - - - - - - =) 40 cents. 1-2 Bushel, - - - - - - - - - - ‘cents. 1Bushel, - - - - - - - - - - - 1.25. Sacks free. Send in your order beforeit is too late. We warrant it to both please and pop. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. Our New Catalogue OF BIRDS’ EGGS, Instruments, Supplies and Publications for the OOLOGIST, ORNITHOLOGIST and TAXIDER- MIST, is just out. It contains twenty pages of valuable information. If you have not re- ceived a copy send a 2c. stamp at once to FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. BROWN LEGHORNS. Eggs for Hatching, - $1.50 per 13. Carefully and securely packed in light baskets. Safe delivery guaranteed. I began breeding Brown Leghorns 10 years ago, and although not an exhibitor my fowls have taken the first prize where ever shown. My Breeding Pen for 1887 is one of ¢he dest. I have only a few eggs to spare. Fowls and Chicks after August Ist. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N.Y. *,*Hor the first order I receive from any State or Territory, I will give a Due Bill good for $1.00 payable in anything I advertise. ONE VOTE at the polls determined the United Stutes Sena- torship in New Jersey. 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Mac- donald Oxley, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, H. H. Boyesen, Catherine Owen, Rev. R. Heber Newton, Alphonse Daudet, Paul Heyse, Count Tolstoi, Th. Dostoivsky, William Weste’l and many others. Also entertaining JUW ER ILE and invaluable HOUS X##ZO LD departments. Oneor more illustrated articles and several full- page engravings in every number. A Shannon ter and Bill File or a.snannon Sheet-Music Binder Free to every Subscriber. bs} «6, These premiums _ sell ef everywhere for $2.25 7 each. The Fie is the most “4 perfect device ever invent- ed for the preseryatio, and Classification (alphabetic- aily and according to ate) of all letters, bills, etc. Any paper can be referred to, taken out and put back without disturbing the others. With the Birder Bile one can insert or take out FILE any piece of music without Sw $2.25. disturbing az + other sheet. Get SAMPLE COPY at NEWS STAND or send 20 Cemts to publishers. AGENTS WANTED, BIG COMMISSIONS PAID. Schlicht & Field Co., Rochester, N.Y. a=Ppopopmproyp oro 50 FINE FOSSILS FOR ONLY $3,00. H. D. HILL, Morris, Is. '*,* Headquarters for Mazan Creek Fossils. Finest inthe world. Choice col- lections from $1.00 to $100.00. Samples, by mail, of Fossil Fern, &c., 25 cents. THE OOLOGIST. ee ea Resurrection Plant ONE OF THE GREATEST CURIOSITIES OF THE AGE. This singular pl:nt is really one of the wonders of creation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking, curled up shoots, brown, stiff,and apparently dead, resembling a bird’s nest. Place it in water, in half an hour what a transformation! The withered looking bunch has now opened and is transformed into a lovely patch of green moss, entire y covering an ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dry season sets in, the plant curls up into a round ball and is wafted away by winds from place to place, some- times for hundreds of miles, when at last it reaches a Moist spot it gradually unfolds itself, makes new roots and thrives in its new found home. Directions—Place the dry plant in water entirely covered for two hours, then take out and put in shallow dish with only roots in water; after remaining in water fora few days, allow the plant to dry up again, then perform the operation as before The plant will never die, and will open and shut as often as placed in and taken out of water. The plant must be see. to be appreciated, and knowing that where we sell one of these plants we are almost certain of selling several more, we offer them at the following very low prices, viz: 1 plant, post-paid, for only 15 cents; 2 plants for 25 cents; ro for $1.00, or 25 for $2.25; or better still, we will send you one of these plants and the Oédgzst for 1887, for only 28 cents, FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. pe ee Skinning unnecessary. The receipt for a chemical composition that preserves and hardens the flesh, leaving the body perfectly natural in form and color, with complete directions for preserving and mounting birds by this process. Write for full particulars to 2 DUM INAS SraceenaMer NaN fs Stoughton, - - - Wisconsin. THE OOLOGIST FOR [S86 CONTAINS OVER 100 PAGES, within which’ are found fifty articles of length and over one hundred short ones, besides many advertise ments and exchange notices; of the more valuable contributions might be mentioned the following, viz.: One Day on Chester Island with the Marsh Wrens ; Birds of Cor land Co., N. Y.; several articles on Capinet Maxine; Nest of Black and White Creep- er; Summer Birds about Washington; A Water Blowpipe; Vagary of a Collector; My First Hunt for Tern Eggs; N. C. Notes; Nest of Brown Creeper; History of a Bird Box; Iowa Notes; Red-tailed Hawk’s Nest ; A REVIEW OF THE CHECK Lists or NorTH AMERICAN Birps, &c.; Maine as a Field for the Ornithologist ; Nest of Whooping Crane ; Spring Notes; Chester Co., Pa. ; Chewink, Nests in Tree; A Day on Long. Island: Collect Single Eggs. Illinois Notes ; Marsh Wrens ; Minn. Notes ; and many others. The articles in above list printed in capitals contain, alone, information worth many times my price for the whole set. We have left a few hundred Complete Sets of Vol. III., and so long as supply lasts, will send one of them by return mail for ONLY 40 CENTS. (= Single copies of any issue of Vol. IIT., 8c. each. Datas in Book Form. We have just issued the handiest and best article in the Data line ever sent out— IT CONSISTS OF too OF OUR NEW No. 8 DATA BLANKS, : With Stub Attachment, perforated, so as Data can easily be torn from stub, nicely and strongly bound in board covers (check- book form) When Data is torn from book, there remains a 2-in. stub, with blank for writing the essen- tial parts of the data—also for writing. how, when, to whom, and for what disposed. If you wish to copy the Data in full, you can do so by writing description on back of the stub. Sample leaf for stamp (@S> If you could see a sample book, you would use no other. SAMPLE, 35ets,; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. BIRDS’ EHSCGs. Send for reduced price-list I have a number of both Nos, 686 and 688 that | will sell for 5c. a piece, orss5c. per doz. Adc¢ress. L. M. SPAULDING. Albion, N. Y. t=" When answering Advertisements, always mention « The Oologist.” HVE VOOlOGIS T: EVERY : YOUNG : PERSON Who takes pleasure in scientific matters should subscribe at once for THE SWISS GROSS, The monthly magazine of the AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. Begin with the first number—that of January, 1887. Subscription price, $1.50 a year. Send 15 cents for sample copy. N. D.C. HODGES, PUBLISHER, 47 Lafayette Place. New York. f=" Mention Tue O6LoGIsT. WILL SEND rels set up, from four counties. Letter Writers of all kinds. dress, R. A. DESBROUGH, So. Oxford, Chenango, county, N. Y. to any part of U.S. A., Birds’ Eggs, Birds set up and. Squir- Books, HAVE A FEW CHOICE SETS OF EGGS for sale cheap, such as European Merlin, Kestril, Buz- zard. Sea Hagle, Hawk Owl, Ruff, Whimbrel and Skua Gull. W. RAINE, 262 Victoria street, Toronto, Canada. GENTS WANTED A SUPERIOR RUBBER STAMPS. Circulars free. Terms for 2c. stamp. R.W. FORD, - 2 = Bristol, (Come SEND FOR REDUCED PRICE LIST BIRDS’ ECGs. Sets with data of No. 686,13cents. Send 5c. postage. L. M. SPAULDING, Albion, N. Y. OW LER WOOO ,CO® CURIOSITIES AND SPECIMENS, —at less than—— WHOLESALE PRICES, Must be sold during the ensuing season REGARDLESS OF COST. Additional lists of rare and desirable curios in each future O6Loaisr, until everything is sold. Read our list of Bargains in this izgsue. best specimens. by return mail. Our mail business is the largest of Novels, | Write for prices. Ad- |} Early orders receive the | Evety order filled or acknowledged | the kind inthe world. Sales during past four months | exceed BS,000 OO. Every specimen warranted to please or money re- funded. Show our lists to yuur friends, and send us at least one trial order. of this issue of THE O6é.LoGcistT, send 2c. for each copy required to FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N ve If you can use extra copies | Raspberry, Johnston’s Sweet early, good bearer, very su- CAP in quality. ‘‘The sweetest grown. Valuable for evaporating. Erie Blackb’y, Ontario Strawb’y and Empire St. Grapes R. JOHNSTON, Shortsville, Ont. Co.,N.Y. 3 O O O FINE OREGON BIRD-ARROW Points, wholesale and retail ; Sioux Buckskin Relics; Bad Lands, D. T. Fossils; Minerals in large variety. Ill. catalogue free L. W. STILWELL, Deadwood, D. T. “ls out: The New Stub Data-Blank Book. 100 blanks bound in heavy board covers. only 50 cents, cheap at 75 cents. Send for sample leat. ZACH TAYLOR, lock Box 23, Dunkirk, N. Y- E NEATEST AND HANDIEST THING AUSTRALIAN BIRDS: 2 GGs. Rare! Cheap! Handsome! Send stamp for new catalogue of Amer- ican and Australian Birds’ Eggs, for sale by S. W. & W. D. DENTON, Wellesley, - - Eggs and Blanks Cheap! Will send any of the following, postpaid, on receipt of price in Postal Note ; FIRST-CLASS EGGS. Seven varieties,only $ .35 Massachusetts. | DATA BLANKS, Printed on good paper— 204, Lark Finch..... .18 white or tinted. 390, Groove-bil’d -ro- Ren doze eres sieeeteiel te 05 tophaga.......... 2. 52 Bergeson seeierise iit -IO 494, Green Heron.. I2ir AGS apaooododuanus -18 Above offers sed ae as ong as present supply lasts. Mention The Odlogist. MARSHALL COUSINS, 522 Union St., - - Eau Claire, Wis. 5O First-class Birds’ Eggs, Worth $5.00, for $8.00. Write for List. M. T. CLECKLEY, ASUS Ga. TAXIDERMISTS ! Send for Price List to ALMON KE. St, dealer in First-class Taxidermist Materials, Artificial Eyes a specialty. I also mount Birds and Mammals, and keep a fine stock of same on hand. SEND FOR PRICE LIST AND TRY ONE ORDER. Mayville, Chautauqua County, N. 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Send for illustrated catalogue. MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO., = New Haven, Conn. “a) Two targets made with one of our 22 calibre rifles, twenty consecutive shots mq at sixty feet, after fifty shots had already been fired and no cleaning during the y entire seventy shots. These gunscarry off nearly all the prizes at target matches because they are always accurate and reliable. PETRIFIED KELP! Janes WONG ee Tovetend, W. T. Down With High Prices ! 30 TO 70 PER CENT. OFF ONE THOUSAND DIFFERENT ARTICLES Sold Direct to Consumers. The “Little Detective,” $3.00 L. D, Postal gives Postage in CENTS, Weighs from 14 0z. to % lbs. FAMILY SCALES, 240 lbs., $5. Platform Scaies, $i1to $20. Forges aud Blacksmiths’ Tools, Farmers’ Forge, $10. Forge and Kit of Tools, $25. Farmers can do odd jobs, saving time andmoney. Anvyils, Vises, &., &¢. WACON SCALES. : Only manufacturers in America = using atti but the best of English Steel for bearings of all Scales: i fe a 2=Ton (6x12) $40. 3-Ton (7x13) $350. i ve aon 4 Beam Box and Brass Beam with \ 1 i——| ih SEWING MACHINE. WITH Automatic, Self-threading Cylinder Shuttle, The ELDREDGE “B” is sold with the | guarantee of being the BEST that can be MADE. 4-Ton (8x14) $60. Ki each Scale.300 other varieties. Also, \i=2e— Trucks, Wheelbarrows, Corn Shell- as ers, Feed Mills, Copy Presses, Mon- Sey ev Drawers, Clothes Wringers and a Hardware Specialties. SAFES OF ALL SIZES. No. 4, weight 1,100 lbs., $50. SEWING MACHINES, PRICES REDUCED FROM 865 TO 818. A beautiful Machine, per- fectly finished, improvement onthe Singer pattern, Black Walnut Furniture, contain- ing a full set of latest im- proved Attachments, War- ranted perfect. Saye money. Send for Oireculars. Chicago Scale Co., © 151 S. Jefferson St., Chicago, IW AGENTS WANTED. 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RAIRARARARARARH ay CARS a ees Bi-Monthly. = SUT DRARAIRAGARARIRA J 2). SOGcSeGequn \soenEs res At Ai a Air OL0 Ye ACARARA nanasie AACE) fren, i 25c. per Year. 2 TR a6 Vol. IV. ALBION, N. Y., JUNE-SEPT., 1887. No. 8-4. es When answering Advertisements, always mention the * Oologist.’’ FOR SALE. A Fine Walnut Kes Cabinet, will hold 400 to 5co sets, both large and small. Reason for selling: it is too small for my collection. /\lso 1,000 eggs in sets to exchange for desirable sets. For par- ticulars write to PHILO SMITH, Jr., Ills. Tr eS ier 3 Handy Water Pens. RECEIPTS! | LLERY, ee O. 1 Varieties if First-class Hoos! Including 300, 237, 254, 108, 282, 261@, etc., and our new 20 pp. CATALOGUE, and TRIAL ORDER Certificate for 75 cts., Aostal note. DICKINSON & DURKEE, Sharon, Wis. FOR 8 KINDS INK, 15 cts. EGGS AT A BARGAIN! I have 100 varieties of eggs, such as Am. Peregrine Falcon, Roseate Spoonbill, Am. Hawk Owl, Black Vulture, Lapwing, etc., that I am selling cheap. They are in original sets, with Data. Write for prices. Parties having first-class eggs in original sets with full data for sale, will do well to send me list with LOWES? prices. Sets not in my collection taken in exchange. Address, ue We Ve SON, are Box 246, Austin, Ise “Dye Got A Little List.” send Io two-cent stamps for a copy and sample of the CHEAPEST and BEST BIRD SKINS IN AMERICA, Specimens in all branches of Natural History put up to order and satisfaction guaranteed. TEN NAMED SPECIES OF MARINE SHELLS, Post PAID, FOR 15 CTs. W. W. Worthington, Taxidermist, SHELTER ISLAND, N. Y. a Glittering Gold Quartz. FOR WATCH CHARMS. Just from the Rockies. a mass of bright yellow quartz. It cannot be de- » scribed; must be seen to be appreciated Sent to everyone that owns a watch for 25 cts. Silver pre- ferred, but stamps taken. FRED. D. SNYDER, Barre Centre, N. Y. The Following Collection Sent, Post Paid, for $1.00. WITH DATA. I—1 set of 5, No. ig, | Gee set of &, No. 153 a oe oe 4) ae 7 | Teak be se 4 ve 261 3 4, 12 8—1 5, 278 ‘ ue iz} ‘ ‘ ‘ 4-1 4, 22 Co Tere ani ane it oe goti wy se 2, “ 60 1 I ve oe be 5 4 3 Blown through one smoothly drilled hole in the ee Send for Stamp List. Address, H. E. FRY, Box 391, Emporia, Kan. TAPA CLOTH eee cee cts. each, or 2 for 25 cts. Roy P. Jones, London, Ont. FOR SALE OR TO EXCHANGE. Following first-class sets with full data: Nos. 400, 588, 593, 605, 606, 608, 611, 614, 619, 620, 631, 658, and 70s. P.O. LOCK BOX 2, North Granville, Washington Co., N.Y. 10 Varieties of Side Blown, Correctly Iden- tified Eggs for 25 cts. To the first five per- sons ordering I will send an egg catalogued at 25 cts. or over. To the next five one catalogued at 15 cts. or more. T. R. FOSTER, Watseka, Ils. [WILL SEND, POST PAID,,ONE “Nests and Hogs of North American Birds,” BY OLIVER DAVIE, PERRY J. JOHNSON, Box 161. Dassel, Minn. LOOK AT TEISsS: Beautiful Subcarboniferous Crinoids. Will send a box to every Chautaquan at from 35 cents to $1.50. Also, Cherokee Arrow Heads at 80 cents per dozen. y GEO. W. ROBINETT, Flag Pond, Va. FOR SATE! A Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun top snap, rebounding lock, pistol grip. $8.00. Gun nearly new. F. H. METCALF, Holyoke, Mass. for eighty cents. 75 Appleton St., This beautiful charm is © THE OOLOGIST. * i ag ON ATTENTION! AGENTS WANTED! —FOR— RUBBER STAMPS. Q uick Sales. Large Profits. COLLECTORS can easily earn enough to buy a large cllection ina few evenings, by speaking to your merchants. Send for Agents’ Prices. Circulars Free ! R. W. FORD, BRISTOL, CONN. “LIGHT RUNNING: — « NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CG ORANICE. MASS: CHICAGO = 30 UNION SQUARE,N- Wh pes st Louis, Mo, ATLANTA,GA...vrpanciscocaL — Down With High Prices ! 380 TO 70 PERCENT. OFF ONE THOUSAND DIFFERENT ARTICLES Sold Direct to Consumers. The “Little Detective,” $3.00 L. D, Postal gives Postage in CENTS, Weighs from 14 oz. to 25 lbs. PAMILY SCALES, 240 lbs., $5. Platform Scales, $1{to $20. oe Forges aud Blacksmiths’ Tools, armers’ Forge, $10. Forge and Kit of Tools, 825. Farmers can Go odd jobs, saying tima andmoney, Anyils, Vises, &c., &. WAGON SCALES. Only manufacturers in America using nothing but the best of English Steel for bearings of all Scales: 2-Ton (6x {i 2) $49. 3=Ton (7x13) $50. L 4-Ton (8xi4) $69. lz Beam Box and Brass Beam with J& each Scale. 300 other varieties, Algo, “= Trucks, Wheelbarrows, Corn Shell- = ers, Feed Mills, Copy Presses, Mon- >=— eae ey Drawers, Clothes Wringers and CRabaTe all Hardware Specialties. SAFES OF ALL SIZES, No. 4, weight 1,100 Ibs., $50. SEWING MACHINES, PRICES REDUCED FROM 865 TO 818. A_ beautiful Machine, per- fectly finished, improvement onthe Singer pattern, Black Walnut Furniture, contain- ing a full set of latest im- proved Attachments. War- Tanted perfect. Saye money. Send for Circulars. Chicago Seale Co., 151 S. Jefferson St., Chicago, IW A GENEROUS AND EXTENSIVE LOAN. An earnest Christian lady makes the following offer to our readers:—‘‘I will loan, free of postal and all charges to such of your readers as will promise a careful reading and to pay return postage after reading it, a book which in interesting style shows the Bible to be a self-interpreter, and its teachings grandly har- monious, viewed in the light of sanctified reason and common sense. ‘‘T want to put this book into the hands of all the skeptically inclined, as an aid and guard against the growing scientific skepticism. It is not dry, musty reading, but truly ‘meat in due season’ to the truth- hungry. The light of this precious little volume has made the Bible a new book, a treasure, a mine of wealth, to many as well as to myself. And I feel that I cannot better use my means than in circulating this work by the thousand.’’ Address Postal Card to MRS. C. B. LEMUELS, Allegheny, Pa. ONE OF THE GREATEST CURIOSITIES OF THE AGE. This singular plant is really one of the wonders of creation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking, curled up shoots, brown, stiff, and apparently dead, resembling a bird’s nest. Place it in water, in half an hour what a transformation! The withered looking bunch has now opened and is transformed into a lovely patch of green moss. ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dry ‘season sets in, the plant curls upinto a round ball and is wafted away by winds from place to place, some- times for hundreds of miles, when at last it reaches a moist spot it gradually unfolds itself, makes new roots and thrives in its new found home. Directions—Place the dry plant in water entirely covered for two hours, then take out and put in shallow dish with on!y roots in water; after remaining in water for afew days, allow the plant to dry up again, then perform the operation as before. The plant will never die, and will open and shut as often as placed in and taken out of water. The plant must be set: to be appreciated, and knowing that where we sell one of these plants we are almost certain of selling several more, we offer them at the following very low prices, viz: 1 plant, post-paid, for only 15 cents; 2 plants for 25 cents; ao for $1.00, or 25 for $2.25; or better still, we willsend you one of these plants and the Oddg7st for 1887, for only 28 cents, FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 3 oO re) Oo FINE OREGON BIRD-ARROW Points, wholesale and retail ; Sioux Buckskin Relics; Bad Lands, D. T. Fossils; Minerals in large variety. Ill. catalogue free L. W. STILWELL, Deadwood, D. T. : E NEATEST AND HANDIEST THING aL out: The New Stub Data-Blank Book. 100 blanks bound in heavy board covers only 50 cents, cheap at 75 cents: Send for sample leaf. ZACH TAYLOR, Lock Box 23, Dunkirk, N. Y. entire y covering an. “THE AUK,” A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, $3.00 a year. 75 cents a single number. Published for Zhe American Ornithologists’ Union. itor, Associate Editors: Elliott Coues, Robert Ridg- “THE AUK” is primarily intended as a communication be- tween Ornithologists. While necessarily to some de- gree technical, it contains a fair proportion of matter of a popular character. Its notices of recent litera- ture cover the whole field of North American Ornith- ology, and with the departments of ‘‘General Notes” and ‘‘Notes and News’’ render the journal indispen- sable to those wishing the latest and fullest intelli- gence of the subject. L. S. FOSTER, Publisher, 35 Plne St., N. Y. AUSTRALIAN BIRDS EGGS. Rare! Cheap! Handsome! Send stamp for new catalogue of Amer- ican and Australian Birds’ Eggs, for sale by 5. W. & W. D. DENTON, Wellesley, - - Massachusetts MINERALS AT REDUCED RATES. Birds’ Roos, Curiosities, Shells, Instruments, &c. SEND STAMP FOR LIST. DICKINSON & DURKEE, Sharon, Wis. COINS SENT ON APPROVAL. Agents wanted for sale of rare stamps from sheets. 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A No.1 Breech loading single barrel shot gun, side snap, blued barrel, oiled walnut stock, nickeled mounting~, rubber butt, 12 gauge, 30, 32 and 34-inch barrel, 6% Ibs., with loading tools, $12.00, shipped from Chicago or New York with privilege to examine; if not all satisfactory cn be returned. Sa- tisfaction guaranteed or money gladly refunded. Can furnish anything m the gun line. Write me what you want. H. W. DAVIS, Box 34, North Granville, N. Y. f= When answering advertisements, always mention the ‘Qologist.” THE OOLOGIST. Vol. 4, No.3-4, ALBION, N. Y., JUNE-SEPT,, 1887. | B-Movie, asc. PER YEAR. A Day’s Tour in the Woods at Fort Washington, Pa. On May 28, 1887, I left the station with my chum for a day in the woods. Walk- ing along a road about a quarter of a mile from the station we came to a Kingbird’s nest, a Vireo’s nest, and a Baltimore Oriole’s nest, all in a buttonwood tree, but could not get them. A little farther on we came to another Vireo’s nest which was so high that neither of us would climb up, so we left the nest saying, we could get it on the return trip, (I will merely say we never got it) for when we returned each of us was too tired to climb up. Walking on we came to a lime quarry in which we found a bank swallows nest with five eggs in it. Incubation was so advanced it made them difficult to blow. Then we started for a place called Militia Hill; on the way there we found a Catbird’s nest with four eggs, and a Wood Thrush’s nest with four eggs, but did not disturb either. We found an Owl’s with nothing in it soon after we entered the woods. We had not proceeded far before we saw lots of birds, but could not find their nests. At last we found a Red-eyed Vireo’s nest with four fresh eggs in it; the nest was about three feet from the ground and as we approached it the bird did not show the least fear, and did not fly off till we were so near we could have easily touched her; we looked at her eyes and could distinctly see the red in them. Pushing deeper in the woods we came to a spot where the trees were few and some bushes were growing. In the bushes we found a Indigo Bunting’s nest with one egg in it, each of us wanted it, but we knew where to get more and decided to leave the one in the nest alone. We left the woods and came out on a road which we walked afong till we came to a tree in’ which a pair of Kingbirds were making a big fuss, we looked all around the tree but could find nothing but a Robin’s nest, which of course, we did not take. We walked along till we came to a house and asked where we were, but to our surprise they told us we were on the wrong side of the woods and a long ways from the station. We retraced our steps along the road in silence, fer we were both: tired, and the sky overhead was dark, and it looked as if we were going to geta drenching, but it passed over without rain- ing, and when the sun came out we both felt better. We walked as directed and came out all right. We took dinner with a friend of ours who lived there. After dinner we felt all right and started across the fields to a woods where we fonnd a Flicker’s nest with one e&g, which we left. Passing: through the woods we started across a field, when I came within one-half a foot of putting my foot on a Towhee Bunting’s nest, with three eggs in and one Cowbird’s egg also. I would not have found the nest had not the old bird flew off, as it was, it took us quite a while to find it, as we did not see where she flew from. We crossed the field and came to a road which we walked along. We had not gone far when I looked up in a tree, when lo! to our surprise, I saw not ten feet from. the ground a Summer Redbird’s nest with three eggs in, and all were fresh. You had better believe we were glad as these were the first of this kind we had ever found. We walked on farther, but while we were walking we noticed a Kingfisher acting very funny, farther on we came to a hole in a bank which we supposed was her nest, we bad no shovels or any implements to dig with, so we got a few sharp-pointed sticks and began to dig. After we dug about a foot my chum said he was going to see how far back it ran, and got a long stick and stuck it in, but to our dismay it 838 ran back about six feet. I at once said it was no use, but my chum would not listen to me, but kept on digging, so I left him at it and started along the road a little ways; when I came back he was still digging, and said he felt the old bird; I told him I did not believe him, and we were contradict- ing each other when it began to rain and thus settled the argument. As it was late advanced in the afternoon we started for our friends house; it stopped raining just as we reached it. We took supper with our friend and after supper we went fishing ‘with him, and after tramping all over the country in the dark, and being bitten by all kinds of night bugs and insects, we caught one small eel. We got home about 10:30 P. M., and stayed at our friend’s house all night. Thus ended our day’s tour in the woods. R. R. DEARDEN, JR., Philadelphia, Pa. SS The National Museum—Department of Birds— Their Nests and Eggs. Perhaps some of the older readers will recollect the infancy of the National Mu- seum, cabinets of diverse curiosities kept in the Patent Office. Now they fill both Smithsonian and Na- tional Museum buildings. The latter was finished in 1882, at an expense of over $250,000. The Smithsonian is now known as the West Hall, and both are under the same staff of officers. Prof. S. F. Baird is the head of this staff, as well as of the United States Fish Commission and Bureau of Ethnology. Robert Ridgway, as curator, presides over the Department of Birds. The museum library now contains about 6,000 volumes and 5,000 pamphlets, bound and unbound. The library of general interest is in the northeast corner of the museum, but those works relating to this department are for the convenience, of workers, kept in the Ornithological Laboratory, which occupies a gallery of the West Hall and where origi- nal investigation is still pursued. when it was contained in a few | | our birds adorn the walls of this hall. DLE OOLOGISI: The departments of Ornithology and Odlogy now oceupy most of the space on the lower floor of the West Hall. Of the birds’ eggs, which are first seen, I have no certain account as to number, but presume, from «a hurried observation, that the most of our North American birds are repre- sented. The larger number of these eggs are arranged in cases to the right and left — of the door of entrance. This part of the collection is in sets, each set being in a separate saucer of the proper size. Many of these eggs are disfigured by being end- blown. Most of the eggs, and birds also, have lately been provided with new labels, giving number, scientific and common names and habitat. The remainder of the eggs are in nests in upright cases ranged along the further side of the hall. Nearly all of these are gifts, as will be seen by the data, which also give the collector’s name. These are of much interest to the o6lo- gist. The birds, of which there is about 150,000 specimens, next claim attention. Of this number about four-fifths are held in reserve for purposes of study and ex- change. The early Smithsonian men were | especially interested in birds, hence this large collection. This immense amount of material has been brought in from all parts of the globe. Many of the specimens bear labels affixed years ago by Audubon, Bachman, and the naturalists of the Geological Surveys, the Wilkes exploring expedition, and of many army, naval and Arctic expeditions. Parts of this collection have at different times passed through the hands of natural- ists, and have furnished the material for | many valuable books. The ‘‘types” of hundreds of novel spe- cies, including all of Audubon’s and most~ of Wilson’s, are treasured in the store- rooms, and many of Audubon’s pictures of The mounted birds are displayed in the order of Ridgway’s arrangement. These must be seen to be appreciated, as a satisfactory description is impossible. I think in the National Museum the. United States has THE TOOCbOGISA: 89 given its citizens educational advantages of which they may well be proud. That this museum, free and of interest to all, will and does help the advancement of science in this country is certain. Though it was not, like Bartram’s gardens, the birthplace of American botany and ornith- ology, it has since sheltered and supported them. I hope all Americans interested in ornithology may have an opportunity to visit this their country’s monument to that science. Bennings, D. C. Beaver County, Pa., Notes. Feb. 4.—Saw a flock of about fifteen Cedar Waxwings on a tree near the river. They were feeding on the berries of the tree, and were quite tame, ‘allowing me to approach very close to them. There were two robins among them. March 26.—A flock of Canada Geese, which had alighted near the mouth of Rac- coon Creek, were fired upon by a party of Jumbermen upon a raft, whereupon they immediately took flight, soon assuming the triangular form. This is the first instance I know of wild geese alighting within our limits. April 11.—First set for °87, being a set of two Mourning Dove, fresh, taken out of a shallow nest in an apple tree, composed of rootletts, dried grass and a few small twigs. One egg is very long, the other nearly spherical. Birds seen. May 9.—Took a set of three Chewink or Towhee, nearly fresh, out of’a bulky nest on the ground composed of grape-vine bark, lined wiih pieces of stiff dried grass. The nest contained one egg of the Cow- | bird, which is rather remarkable, as the | Cowbird usually deposits its eggs in the nests of birds smaller than itself. ‘May 12.—Saw a Summer Yellowbird stealing horsehairs from the nest of a Chip- ping Sparrow as yet unfinished, and flying with them to its own nest some rods dis- tant. The Chipping Sparrow drove it off several times, but it returned again. May 14.—Black cappe:l Chickadee, nine nearly fresh eggs. Nest composed of moss A. B. FM he lined with what appeared to be cowhairs; placed in a hollow fence post sixteen inches from the top. The old bird was on the nest, and I hada hard time inducing her to leave. : ' May 16.—Rose-breasted Grosbeak, four fresh eggs. Nest composed of dried weeds lined inside with finer; situated in a small apple tree seven feet from the ground, and so thin that the eggs could be counted from below. This bird is very common here; ‘the nest is usually made in apple trees; a nest found in June contained five young birds. May 28.—Took a set of six House Wren, one egg having the spots around the smaller instead of, as usual, the larger end. The nest was situated in a hollow post, and was composed of twigs, dried grass, horsehairs, feathers, etc., and lined with blue feathers and a large piece of cast off snake-skin. June 2.—To-day I found the nest of a Tutted Titmouse in the hollow knot hole of a tree on the border of a woods. It con- tained several young birds, the exact num- ber I do not know, being unable to get them all out. The old birds were identi- fied at close quarters. This is, I believe, the first instance known of the Tufted Tit- mouse breeding in this county. On the same day, as I was walking along ina piece of dry woods, a bird flew out which I recognized as a Whippoorwill. A half hours search resulted in the discovery of two young birds, just hatched, on some leaves under a huckleberry bush with not even a semblance of a nest. The old bird ‘was much alarmed, and would every once in a while fly toa rail fence near by, and while sitting lengthwise on the top rail, extended her wings downward—looking as if she was straddling the rail with her wings, and making a piteous cry, mean- while causing her wings to tremble vio- lently—a habit I never read about before. June 8.—Wood Pewee, three eggs, nearly fresh. June 16.—Cedar Waxwings, five eggs, incubation advanced. July 27.—American Goldfinch, five fresh pure white eggs. W. E. CiypE Topp. yo THE OOLOGIST. THE OOLOGIST. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY . ~———BY— FRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N.Y. Correspondence and items of interest to the student of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited from all. 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AvBIon, Orleans Co., N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Albion, N. Y., as sec- ond-class mail matter. JOTTINGS. T. D. Perry, of Savannah, Ga., adds sets of the Swainson’s Warbler and Florida Chewink to this season’s work. W. E.. Hann, Jr., of Salem, N. C., is furnishing a series of articles on the birds of that State, for the People’s Press, of that city. WE clip the following from the Liberty- ville (Il.) Lake County Call, of July 27th: On Monday a flock of Great White He- rons was noticed, flying over the river woods, and a party of local Nimrods went after them. They brought back three of them on their return; and they are now in the hands of our local taxidermist, Mr. L. W. Nichols, for mounting. The birds are pure white in color, stand between three and four feet high, and have a spread of nearly five feet. and are, withal, very beau- tiful. COLLECTORS will do well to read the card of Mr. M. H. Bickley, of Chester, Pa., in this issue. His labels are really superb, and are well worth the price he asks for a set. Send the stamp for sample, and see for yourself. JUNE last we sent Mr. C. 8S. Hobbie (Hampton, Ia.) our entire stock of small fossils. As Mr. H. does not care for so many duplicates, he wishes to exchange for desirable specimens of any kind, min- erals preferred. A New FEATURE IN WEBSTER’S UNA- BRIDGED DicrrioNaRy.—The publishers of Webster have recently added to the Una- bridged a ‘‘ Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World, containing over 25,000 Titles, briefly describing the countries, cities, towns, and natural features of every part of the globe.” Tt covers a hundred pages. A. V. CHAMBERLAIN, of Minneapolis, Minn., writes: ‘‘This spring one of the col- lectors of this city found a nest of the Coop- er’s Hawk, containing one egg. He took the egg, and put inits place a hen’s egg. He left the nest, and went there again in two days and found another egg, which he took also. He repeated his visits every other day till be had obtained a set of four, when the Hawk left. Is this not remark- able? Often they leave after climbing the tree once.” AMmoNG our large sales to dealers during the past few months, we desire to mention the following : ist. To Mr. C. 8. Hobbie, of Hampton, Ja., we have closed out our entire stock of named fossils. He will exchange duplicates for almost anything in the curiosity line, minerals preterred. 2d. To Prof. J. A. Singley, of Giddings, Tex., we have sold our entire stock of sci- entifically named shells. Conchology is one of the professor’s specialties; and live collectors will do well to send for his lists. 3d. Wehave sold to Messrs. Dickinson & Durkee, of Sharon, Wis., an almost com- plete line of everything we handle. Our MEE OOBOGIST: Ol dealings with these gentlemen have always | proven of the most satisfactory nature; and we can not well avoid giving them the kind word they deserve. Their new 20-page catalogue assures the public that they mean | business. AGAIN the OdLoGIsT is late, late, VERY LATE, in reaching its friends and patrons. This, we can assure you, is no fault of the O6LoGIsT, as all blame can be traced direct to its publisher; and the publisher was un- | able to spare the time to get it out at an earlier date. The next issue of the O6Lo- Gist will not be out until December, at which date we expect to be in our new | quarters and settled; and not only this, but from present outlook it seems most likely that the O6LocrsT will no longer be slight- ed, but that a competent person will be en- gaged by its publisher to have entire charge of it for 1888. Should this prove true, we can assure our friends that for the ensuing year the O6LoeisT will be a monthly publi- cation and on time. G. McL., of Austin, Tex., writes: ‘‘Does the Swallow-tailed Kite rob the nests of its own species? It robs the nests of Crows, Hawks, and any other small birds that it can find. I noticed a Caracara Eagle flying peacefully over, when two Kites gave pur- suit and caughtup withhim. They robbed him of the food be had for his young ones, and flew off with it to their nest. They can truly be called the ‘Arabs of the Air.’ I have found one set of one badly incubated, and a set of three fresh eggs, of this Kite. I don’t know whether the one was the set, or whether some other Kite had taken the others. When you get within reach of the nest, the Kites will soar perhaps fifty feet, and come at you like ‘ greased lightning.’ I came very near being knocked out of a tree by one of these infuriated Kites.” ons Black-Capped Chickadee. Parus Atricapillus. While a great deal has been written con- cerning this interesting little bird, but little has been said of its nidification. As it is one of our commonest residents, I have had ample opportunity to note its nesting habits, and following give a few uotes on the same from this section of the country. The nest is in a rotten stump, branch or tree, occasionally in a log or post, but in most all cases in a stump. The height and position range from six inches to thirteen feet, the last noted being in a rotten branch of a willow tree, but is usually from one to three feet. Of every nest, excepting tio, of uearly two hundred examined they have been excavated by the Chickadee; these were in a natural cavity and a hole in a post, thus showing that a nest not exca- vated by the bird is a rare exception—in this locality. The hole ranges from six to twelve inches in depth, either starting from the sides or top of the stump, very irregular in its course. The nest proper is composed of moss, hair, fur, or most any soft material, but mainly of cow or horse hair, together with more or less moss, this last being placed on the bottom. J have never found any grass, and in only a few cases feathers or fibres, in the construction of a nest. The eggs range from five to nine, usually seven, occasionally six or eight; pure white, the rosy blush being lost in blowing, speckled with reddish spots ranging from the size of a pinhead to that of the point. I have collected several specimens that were without markings. The spots are mostly at the large end, sometimes forming a circle and often a complete blotch. The average measurements are .d8 by .47. One notable nest found contained four eges of the Chickadee and one of the Blue. bird (Sialia Sialés). Judging trom the nest, the Chickadees had furnished the hole and partly lined it, when the Bluebird took possession, as their usual nest of grass fol- lowed, and had laid one egg, when they were driven away and the Chickadees once more were masters. They had then fin- ished with a small amount of hair, and had laid four eggs when I secured the set. They commence building about the mid- dle of April and have finished laying the first week in May. The young birds are out of the nest by the first of June. James B. Green, Des Moines, la. PEE OOLOGIST. Hawking. Of all the egg collecting I think hawking is the most exciting, as well as dangerous, on account of the great height at which they generally build; but the collector is well rewarded when, after a laborious and dangerous climb, he beholds his first set of handsome Hawk eggs as they lay in the nest. And how much more highly prized are eggs secured in this manner than a set secured by exchanging or purchasing. After several successful seasons’ collecting, I will give the readers of THE OGLOGIST a description of what I find to be the best outtit for such an expedition. First, a good-sized box filled with sawdust (which, by the way, I find to be much better than cotton,) for your eggs; a sharp hatchet; a pound or two of spikes; about 100 feet of 8-inch rope; a ball of stout twine, and last but not. least, a good, big lunch (for egg collectors are always hungry while in the woods, at least I am), and a good pair of climbers. My climbers have two-inch spikes, and are made especially for thick- bark trees. They will, however, answer for any kind of a tree. defy any tree in the country. I prefer a cold or rainy day in which to hunt for hawks’ eggs, as the old bird is most sure to be on the nest should there be eggs in it. If possible, take a companion along with you; put the bulk of the outfit on him, and be sure and make as much noise as possible, so as to frighten all the hawks in the county, and thereby make an extra amount of useless climbing for yourself— for, if you are quiet, you can generally count on Mr. Hawk being at home or in the immediate vicinity. 1 very seldom climb a tree unless I see the Hawk around or am positive it is a new nest. Do not be afraid of starting out too early in the Spring. I always like to get the lay of the land, etc. Better too early than too late. You can invariably look for Red- Tails on high ground, both in clearings and in heavy timber. Horned Owls and Red Shoulder Hawks in bottom land, and in fact most anywhere suits them. Buzzards in hollow logs and stumps. With this outfit I You exn look for Horned Owls from February 1st to March 1st—bave never found their eggs later. Red-Tails from March 1st to May 1st, and they invariably lay again after being robbed the first time; you can generally look for their second set about a month after they have been robbed of the first, and generally in the same locality but seldom in the same nest. I have secured two sets each season from the same pair of Hawks for the last four seasons and in the same grove (a ten acre grove). My first pair of Red-Tails taken was on March 25. It was snowing and - sleeting quite hard. The nest was in a sycamore; it was covered with sleet, and it was impossible to get up with the climbers. The wind was blowing so hard that I could not throw a string over the lowest limb, which was at least fifty feet up, so I could not use my rope; but, nothing daunted, I made a good fire and started to nail cleats all the way up. It was slow, tedious work, for I had to come down every few minutes and thaw myself out and then go at it again, and was finally rewarded with a handsome set of three fresh eggs. I arrived home dripping wet, tired and hungry, but none the worse for my trip. I consider the cleats and ropes much safer than the climbers and generally use the rope myself, as it is much quicker than nailing on cleats, though possibly not quite so safe. I will now give a list of the sets of Raptores, etc , that I have had the good fortune to secure in the last two seasons only, and at some other time the incidents connected with the collecting of the several sets : March 10, 1886—Set a, great Horned Owl; the eggs were 2, placed in an old Red-tail’s nest, in an oak, 60 feet up. Incu- bation, advanced. March 25—Set a, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 67 feet up. Incubation, 5 days. March 25—Set 0, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest inan oak, 45 feet up. Incubation, 4 days: March 29—Set ¢, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 55 feet up. Incubation, about £. ‘ to hatch. PEE OOLOGIST. 93 March 31—Set d, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk: nest in a sycamore, 75 feet up. Incuba- tion, 7 days. April 2—Set ¢, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an elm, 70 feet up. Fresh. April 6—Set f, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 58 feet up. Incubation, {. April 9—Set g, 2. eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 70 feet up. Advanced. April 15—Set h, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 65 feet up. . Advanced. April 24—Set 7, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in a wild cherry, 45 feet up. Fresh. April 6—Set a, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder Hawk; nest in a sycamore, 50 feet up. Incubation begun. April 15—Set 6, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder Hawk; nest in an oak, 50 feet up. Ready April 17—Set 4, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder Hawk; nest in April 15—Set a; 2 eggs; Turkey Buz- zard; nest in a stump, on the ground. Fresh. April 21—Set b, 2 eggs; Turkey Buz- zard; nest in hole in a sycamore, 40 feet up. Fresh. April 23—Set v7, 2 eggs; Turkey Buz- zard; nest in hole in a sycamore, 20 feet up. Slight. February 5, 1887—Set 6, 3 eggs; great Horned Owl; nest in a stump, 25 feet up. Fresh. : February 10—Set c, 2 eggs; great Horned Owl; nest in an oak, 50 feet up, in a Red- tail’s nest. Fresh. March 17—Nest with 2 young Horned Owls, in an old Red-tail’s nest, 70 feet up. March 19—Nest with 3 broken eggs of Horned Owl, in an old Red-tail’s nest, 40 feet up. March 12—Set j; 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 60 feet up. Fresh. March 12—Set x, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; nest in an oak, 55 feet up. Fresh. March 19—Set /, 3 eggs; Red-tuil Hawk; nest in an oak, 30 feet up. Slight. Mareh 21—Set m, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; Incuba- | nest in a scaly bark, 60 feet up. tion, 1. March 21—Set n, 3 eges; Red-tail Hawk; nest in a scaly bark, 75 feet up. Incuba- tion, +. March 28—Set 0, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk: nest in scaly bark, 65 feet up. Slight. I also have about six more sets of Red- tails in view and four sets of Buzzards. PariLto Smirn, JRr., Greenville, Hs. a The Agassiz Association and Its W ork. It is probably unnecessary for me to ex- plain how the A. A. came, or why, or what its work is; yet I cannot refrain from saying a word or two about it. The second number of The Swiss Cross lies before me. As I devoured its contents. my mind went back to Mr. Ballard’s ino7- ation in the St. Mcholas for Nov., 1880, comprising the present status of the asso- ciation with the beginning, I am fairly astounded. Then there was a little Natural History society in ‘‘the Berkshire Hills of old Massachusetts;” now there is an organization with a thousand chapters and ten thousand members, and that little Lenox chapter has ‘‘ put a girdle round about the earth.” The object of the association as set forth by its constitution, is, ‘‘to collect, study und preserve natural objects and facts.” An eminent authority recently wrote that for some time yet natural history must be a study of almost pure observation. Ob- servation alone can at present further our knowledge of nature. No one doubts the truth of this; and it naturally follows that the best work for training the observing powers is natural history. The value of this work as a training for the observing powers of children is being more fully recognized every day. The children accumniate facts and develop Janguage, but they also learn to use their eyes and ears ¢nteliigently. The eyes and the ears are the most direct channels to the brain. Further, natural objects are the natural handiwork of the Creator; a bird is the od THE OOLOGIsST embodiment of a thousand divine concep- tions; the strata of the rocks are but the leaves of His history of the world. The more clearly we can comprehend His | works, the more closely we shall approach to an understanding of his thoughts and the clearer idea we shall have of His thoughts, and the clearer idea we shall | have of His greatness and goodness. I have been considering the value of natural history study as a means. It is not worth while as an end? When we seesuch men as Linnaeus, Cuvier, Gray, Darwin, Agassiz, Audubon and Baird, giving their whole lives to a common pursuit, we feel that it must be a worthy one. The grand achievements of the U. 8. Fish Commis- sion are one result of Prof. Baird’s labors in natural history. Millions yet unborn will receive and enjoy the fruitage of those | labors. 4 From the ranks of the A. A. will come our future scientists. From among its members will come men and women who will investigate the habits of destructive | insects. They will tell us when and how to attack them; what remedies to use; and of what natural agencies to take advantage, in order to suppress or exterminate them. They will introduce and successfully culti- vate new and useful plants; they will improve the quality of our domestic cattle; they will encourage the natural allies of | mankind, and will in turn profit by the kindly offices of these friends. business will prosper. Suecess to the A. A.! C. H. WImmprEr, Bristol Center, N. Y. oe} oe = Crow Roosts of New Jersey. New Jersey can truly be called the home of the crows, the dense pine woods afford | them shelter from the piercing. winter winds and snows, and the marshes along the creeks and bays afford them many a choice morsel that could not be found farther inland. The latter part of fall they The vast | natural resources of our country will be | more fully developed, and agriculture and | begin to migrate from several of the ad- joining states, congregating in small flocks or divisions. A crow roost can easily be located by observing,the direction of their flight, in the evening, about 4 o’clock P. M., they start in irregular detachments in a straight line for their roost, but about five and just before dusk a continual string reaching for miles may be seen. As a gen- eral thing, a crow roost is situated on or near the banks of a creek or stream. Out of the five roosts that I have known all were thus located. It isan amusing and interesting spectacle to watch them arrive at their roost; they pour in from every point of the compass and seem to have beaten tracks, straglers joining in with the rest as they fly by. I think each division or flock have their own feeding grounds, from which they return: to mingle with their neighbors at night and tell,of their adventures, luck, ete.. at least, as each detachment arrives they greet each other with a perfect babel of crow-language. In one detachment of a roost that I am the most acquainted with, on the Rancocas River, there was one crow that had some- thing the matter with his breathing appa- ratus (probably heaves), it could be heard as far as seen, and made a noise resembling the braying of a donkey at a distance, he was called the ‘‘donkey ” by several fellows that used to amuse themselves by shooting them as they flew over the road; this crow was seen and heard every day for weeks, thus proving that each flock of a roost had their own feeding grounds. 1 well remember my first acquaintance with a crow roost; another young man and myself were taking a canoe trip, gunning for muskrats by moonlight; bnt as they proved scarce we concluded to visit a pine bough hut we built the year before to camp in; we found it, but not as we left it, the winter winds and snows had completely wrecked it. I commenced to laugh, when all at once a noise as loud and more varied than thunder was heard all over the woods. scared! well, I guess we were, our “hair stood on end” for the length of a second; but we soon found the cause of the hub- iE .OOLOGISM: bub and proceeded with our breech-loaders | to practice wing shots by moonlight. Crowds of fellows sometimes visit these roosts on moonlight nights with guns and create great havoc, sometimes killing a hundred or so this way. After two or three visits like this to a roost, the crows invariably change their quarters; I have known two or three roosts that were broken | up this way. A crow roost is of no benefit to a woods, especially young pines, after a winter’s roosting the ground is completely covered with the broken limbs of twigs, and has the appearance of being struck by a hurricane or hailstorm. The largest roost that I am acquainted | with takes in about twenty-five to thirty acres of pine trees, and a rough estimate of the number of crows roosting there would | be from 200,000 to 400,000. I would like to hear from some of your readers their | experience in this line. EK. M. ee ee eS Swainson’s Warbier—Its Discovery— Rediscovery. In the good old ‘‘antebellum” days, there lived in the city of Charleston, a worthy minister, Dr. Bachman, pastor of the Archedale Lutheran Church. Now Dr. Bachman was a great sportsman, but unlike most hunters, he was very observent, | studying carefully all the animal life he ‘met with. Finally the study of ‘our birds in their haunts’ became the main object of his tramps. One day while rambling in the viciuity of Charleston, he came across this little bird, and not being familiar with it, brought it down with his gun for closer inspection. This examination resulted in the addition of another branch to the family of warblers. In naming the bird, Dr. Bachman, having previously given his name to one of the warblers in merit of having discovered it, called this, his third ‘‘ find ” [he had discov- ered and named Bachman’s Finch] after Swainson, whose name as an ornithologist is known to all odlogists. Being peculiar to such a country as neighbors Charleston, It is not surprising 95 that Swainson’s warbler was not heard from after Dr. Bachman’s death, which occurred more than twelve years ago; for great indeed was the enthusiasm and love of nature that moved him to endure the heat and mosquitoes of Lower Carolina searching for the rare little bird. At length ornithologists at the North not hearing anything of the new bird for such a length of time, and not knowing that there was no one down here who made birds their study, gradually came to the conclusion that it had become extinct. However, Mr. Brewster, [one of the associ- ate editors of the Awk, is he not?] was not satisfied with this general conclusion and to satisfy himself as to its truth he came South one or two years ago. Reaching Charleston and informing Dr. Manigault of his purpose Dr. Manigault recommended Mr. A. T. Wayne to him as being one who knew the neighboring | country thoroughly, and who therefore would be of great service to him; so Mr. Brewster got Wayne to assist him in his searching. Although after long and tedious hunts, they discovered the object of their labor on James Island, which lies across the Ashley River from Charleston three or four miles. The condition of this, the first Swain- son’s Warbler taken since Dr. B’s death, showed that it had just reached that sec- tion after a long journey. Later on Mr. Wayne took a number of them and after a vast amount of fatigue succeeded in taking two or three of their nests. For accurate account of the nests and eggs he took (see ‘‘ Davie’s Key”). Mr. Wayne was the first to take the eggs of this bird for in Dr. Bachman’s day odlogy was not the stndy that it now is. Mr. Wayne has sold quite a number of specimens to museums and ornithologists for which he gets a large price. Swainson’s Warbler is a beautiful little greenlit resembling very closely the “ Worm-eating Warbler.” Mr. Brewster was surprised to find that the Blue Grosbeak is not an uncommon breeder with us. Tuomas D. PorcuEr, Wellington, 8. C. DEVO OBOGTST: Destroy the Cowbird. Couy.RGE Hitz, Ohio, July 1, 1887. Out this morning with my 22-calibre rifle, I shot a number of grown young of the above-named pests, which are now abundant and unwary. ;I have made it a point for the past few years to kill and destroy every bird of this species I could. Their habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other and smaller birds is so well known that little need be said in regard to it. $ We can remember how often we have found a nest of some very desirable species and after a perhaps difficult climb, found it tocontain an egg of ‘‘ Molothrus ater,” and that, as a consequence, the legitimate occupant had deserted ; or again, that we have found a nest in course of construction, and that, upon returning a week or so later, it contained—not what we expected, but, to our chagrin, an egg of the cowbird, and naught else. I am also inclined to the opinion that in many cases the cowbird, upon depositing one of its eggs in a nest, throws out or otherwise destroys one of the eggs the nest already contained. Of course this is not always the case, but in the majority of instances it is found that a nest containing eggs of the cowbird does not contain a full clutch of its distinctive eggs. Again, how often have we found a small, fragile nest containing one or more eggs, which we found, when we visited it at a later date, had in the meantime been spyed out by a female cowbird, and that, in her efforts to deposit an egg in it, she had partially overturned it and spilled the contents. There is but one consolation in such cases, and that is that the parents usually desert the nest, and the cowbirds’ egg is left.to incubate itself. But the above is not by any means the greatest injury that this plague inflicts on bird life. The trouble really comes after incubation has been completed. Almost invariably the other species are smaller and weaker. The young Cowbird is naturally unusually strong and vigorous, and after a few days manages to secure the lion’s share. of the food, and thus starves the balance of the fledglings; or, failing in this, he soon becomes so large that he has not ‘‘ elbow room” in the nest with the others, and so crowds them ‘overboard to perish. This state of affairs, bad as it is, is yet made worse by the fact that the Cowbird, not satisfied with one, often deposits two, and sometimes three eggs in one nest, thus destroying all chance that the parents have of rearing offspring. We have several times found instances in which, when a Cowbird had laid an egg in an otherwise unoccupied nest, the birds had roofed over the egg, thus making a pew bottom to the nest. But why is it that they do not violently eject the egg from the nest, thus easily and effectually ridding themselves of it?) Now, my object in writing the above has not been so much to tell the readers of Tae O6LoGIsT what I suppose they already full well know, but to draw their attention to it, and to ask them, one and all, to show that most inap- propriately named bird, the Cowbird, no mercy. Destroy him whenever you can. Shoot him. Jf you find any of his young - or eggs in any bird’s nest, throw them out; and if you do not desire the eggs, break them, for I would venture to say that, as a rule, every Cowbird’s egg destroyed means life to three young birds of some better species and a diminution of the number of Molothrus Ater. H. A. Kocg. ——__—_—-—_ - -« ~G Nesting of the Trail’s and Acadian Flycatchers. There is a piece of beech and maple woods dark and shady, through which runs a small brook, not far from my resi- dence that seems to be a very favored resort for many varieties of small woods birds during the breeding season. I began May 10th, 1887, took three sets of three each with nests of the Acadian Flycatcher. In every instanee the nest was placed in a fork at the end of a beech limb usually not over five or six feet from the ground. From that date until the 22d of June I had taken seventeen sets of this very interesting and somewhat retired little Flycatcher from EEE OOROCIST: 97 the same piece of woods excepting four sets taken in an adjoining timber tract not over half a mile distant; the nest was com- posed of the blossoms of the beech, fine rootlets, a few fine grasses and cobwebs, woven together and bound to the fork in which it was invariably located in a very loose wably manner. The eggs were usually three (seven sets of four were taken) in number of a pale creamy white, quite pointed at smaller end with numerous | spots clearly defined of a rusty reddish brown, more profuse at the upper middle -and larger end of the eggs. The sharp chirp of the female often repeated was an infalable guide to its nest. Later in the season when most of our breeders had ceased their domestic duties in this direction did I begin to search for some sign of the Trail’s, which I had reason to know from previous experience were sure to be found amongst the alder bottoms of a small river several miles from our town. I paid my first visit to them July ist, and I had the good fortune to secure four full sets, all fresh and very fine. I also discovered two pairs building which I collected on my next trip. One set more taken from a small red willow completed my finds thus far, and I gave them up feel- ing well satisfied. The eggs of these birds are not dis- tinguishable from each other except that the number of the Trail’s is usually four, while those of the former are more often chineen i=) | It is of the nest I wish to speak, Davie says the nest of this species is not so com- pactly built as those of the Acadian. He is surely wrong, this bird builds a very compact and snug little nest, very much resembling the Redstart, and it is usually placed in the fork of an alder-bush, and as we have to rely on its nest for identi- fication it is more than Jikely that some of our collectors that relied upon Davie’s Statement have sets wrongly marked, as the Trail’s certainly builds the more substantial nest of the two. Wii C. BRowNELL, Plymonth, Mich. -0@ O oN muscles all act ‘« COMPOUND OXYGEN—ITS MODE OF ACTION. ue more kindly AND RESULTS" is the title of a book of two hundred pages, You. . _ and effi- published by Drs. Starkey and Palen, which gives to all inquirers ~ ciently full information as to this remarkable curative agent and a record of surprising cures in a wide range of chronic cases—many of them after being abandoned to die by other physicians. It will be mailed free to any addres, on application. Urs. STARKEY & PALEN, 1527-1529 Arch St., Phila., Pa. 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[ts notices of recent litera- ture cover the whole field of North American Ornith- ‘ology, and with the departments of ‘‘General Notes’’ and “Notes and News’’ render the journal indispen- sable to those wishing the latest and fullest intelli- gence of the subject. L. S. FOSTER, Publisher, 35 Plne St., N. Y. COINS SENT ON APPROVAL. Agents wanted for sale of rare stamps : from sheets. LIBERAL COMMISSION _W. F. GREANY, 827 Brannan St., San Francisco, Cal. 7 * Our New Catalogue oF SBriRDSs’ ECGqs, Instruments, Supplies and Publications for the OOLOGIST, ORNITHOLOGIST and TAXIDER- MIST, is just out. Jt contains twenty pages of valuable information. If you have not re- ceived a copy send a 2c. stamp at once to FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. $50 PUIILE x Scrap Pictures and Mottoes, r Prize Finger Ring, 1 Prize Puzzle and Sample Book of Visiting Cards 5c. A. M. EDDY, « Albion, N. Y. ONE OF THE GREATEST CURIOSITIES OF THE AGE. This singular plant is really one of the wonders of creation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking, curled up shoots, brown, stiff,and apparently dead, resembling a bird’s nest. Place it in water, in half an hour what a transformation! The withered looking bunch has now opened and is transformed into a lovely patch of green moss. entirely covering an ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dry season sets in, the plant curls upinto a round ball and is wafted away by winds from place to place, some- times for hundreds of miles, when at last it reaches a moist spot it gradually unfolds itself, makes new roots and thrives in its new found home. Directions—Place the dry plant in water entirely covered for two hours, then take out and put in shallow dish with only roots in water; after remaining in water fora few days, allow the plant to dry up again, then perform the operation as before. The plant will never die, and will open and shut as often as placed in and taken out of water. The plant must be seen to be appreciated, and knowing that where we sell one of these plants we are almost certain of selling several more, we offer them at the following very low prices, viz.: 1 plant, post-paid, for only 15 cents; 2 plants for 25 cents; 10 for $1.00, or 25 for $2.25; or better still, we will send you one of these plants and the Oédgzs¢ for 1887, for only 28 cents, FRANK H, LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. te © OMOG ES: Birds of Eastern North America. BY C. J. MAYNARD. This work was published some ten years ago. It is a quarto volume of 532 pages and 32 full page hand colored plates. Owing to the great value of the work (it being writter from notes taken by the author in his numerous collecting trips from Labrador to the West Indies) not a single copy of the work could be obtained during the past year. At the time of our purchasing Mr. Maynard’s com- pl te stock of eggs we alSo purchased the remaining parts of this great work. ‘These parts had never been bound, but were the ones left over when the original edition came from the book bindery. By placing these parts in their proper order we were enabled to make out 16 complete volumes, which we have had handsomely bound in cloth and gilt. the original edition sold for $18. These are exactly the same and complete, most of the plates colored by hand. We have only 8complete volumes left. have already been disposed of, and we offer them for A volume of $12 each. Sets 17 to 34 lack only from 16 to 32 pp. of being complete and only a few plates; 17 and 18 contain plates complete and 17 to 24 are accompanied with covers ready for binding. All of the sets except the first sixteen are unbound. Sets 35 to 82 contain from within 4o pages of being complete to about one-half the original volume, while the remaining sets, 83 to 108, run from about one- All sets are sent prepaid on receipt of price, and if not en- half the work down to only a single part. tirely satisfactory money will be refunded. that our friends can see just what each set lacks or | contains, we have compiled an index of the work, See next page. Sets No. 1 to 16 are complete and are elegantly and strongly bound in cloth and gilt. Price per set, $12. The remaining sets are in loose parts of 8 pages each. Sets 17 to 24 are unbound, but are accompanied with the same covers as sets 1 to 16, and are ready for binding. 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