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THE OOLOGIST 



NIGHT SINGING OF THE YELLOW 

 BREASTED CHAT 



I read the article in June, 1923, The 

 Oologist, by Louis S. Kohler, on the 

 above subject. While not near Mr. 

 Kohler, I thought that a few notes 

 from my locality would be worth 

 while. I have been on speaking terms 

 for quite a few years, with the Yel- 

 low Breasted Chat, and I have 

 watched and listened for the Song of 

 the Chat, at all times, but I have paid 

 particular attention to his night sing- 

 ing. 



During the past season, there have 

 been at least three pairs nesting with- 

 in a quarter of a mile of my home, 

 and their song was to be heard almost 

 every hour. During the nesting 

 period I have heard them sing on 

 several moonlight nights, and their 

 song was as long as during the day, 

 but not as frequent, as during the day 

 time. 



I have noticed the night singing of 

 the Chat for several years and have 

 paid strict attention to their night 

 singing. During the past season I 

 heard a Chat singing very loud and 

 frequent juft before a thunder 

 shower, and it was very dark and 

 cloudy. He is a strange songster and 

 one whose habits and songs I like to 

 study. 



I noticed a new call during the past 

 season. It was the shiver of the 

 screech Owl. 



J. Earl Harlow, 

 Texico, Jefferson Co., 111. 



"Too Scientifically Scientific" 



In our mail of November 15th, I 

 find a communication relative to an 

 observation printed in the October 

 The Oologist, which reads as follows: 



"Your description i. e. 'scientifically 

 scientific' is very well put. Many a 

 young bird student has found the 

 plain simple facts regarding his own 

 observations reproduced in the Oolo- 

 gist, which is the most democratic 

 bird publication. 



"How great a delight every 'ad- 

 vanced' ornithologist take in review- 

 ing the days of his boyhood finds. 

 The days which preceded his higher 

 education and the trips which in- 

 volved nothing in the way of surplus 

 baggage. With undiminishing inter- 

 est." 



AD WORDS 



The "Want Ad" you kindly put in 

 The Oologist, has been very satis- 

 factory, in fact I have received many 

 more letters of the list and prices 

 than I have been able to answer. 



James Suthard, 

 Madisonville, Kentucky. 



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This is a decidedly valuable publi- 

 cation to anyone who plays at all in 

 the field of Oology, and I am de- 

 lighted to have is as an accession in 

 my library. 



Donald R. Dickey, 

 Pasadena, California. 



