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gentle little thing, that seems to de- 

 pend whollj- for its existence on its 

 ability to hide away in lonely places. 

 They are shaped much like the roa, 

 but have straight beaks. It is a light- 

 loving bird, that feeds by day mosJily 

 upon white grubs. It resembles the 

 roa in its breeding habits, laying one 

 large egg, hatched by the male bird, 

 but while in the nesting season the 

 pair of roas are rarely separated, the 

 kiwis are just as rarely found together. 

 The young are very beautiful little 

 birds, quite silent, but so alert and 

 cautious that if you take your eyes off 

 them for a while they disappear. 

 When grown, they have a shrill whist- 

 ling note, which Mr. Henry describes 

 as like the guard's whistle in a rail- 

 way train heard a little way off. In 

 summer both the roa and the kiwi like 

 to go up to the high ground, affecting 

 naked mountain crests, and their 

 pathways are clearly marked. The 

 kiwi builds in a short burrow under- 

 ground, generally protected at the 

 mouth by the root of a tree. 



In the case of both the roa and kiwi, 

 it looks as though the male-bird 

 hatched continuously for about 30 

 days. They go on the nest fat and 

 plump, and by the time the young 

 bird is hatched are feeble skeletons. 

 — Melbourn Argus. 



Free Courses in Agriculture at the State 

 Agriculture College. 



There has just come to this office 

 from the College of Agriculture of Cor- 

 nell University which was made the 

 New York State College of Agriculture 

 by the last legislature, an announce- 

 ment of three short practical courses 

 in Agriculture, as follows: General 

 Agriculture, Dairying, and Poultry 

 Husbandry. All these courses begin 

 January 5th and end March 21, 1905. 

 Tuition is free to residents of New 

 York. The total cost of taking one of 



these eleven weeks' courses, including 

 living expenses, is less than $75. In- 

 structiion is given by lectures and by 

 practical work in the barns, poultry 

 houses, dairy building, green houses, 

 orchards, etc. The Announcement 

 gives a full description of the Short 

 Courses, and may be had on applica- 

 tion to the College of Agriculture, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



Review. 



"Some of Our Useful Birds." By 

 C. J. Pennock. Being Bulletin No. 5, 

 of the State Board of Agriculture of 

 Delaware. A short treatise on the 

 economical value of eleven common 

 birds of the east. 



"Mycological Bulletin No. 20." be- 

 ing part of Vol. II of Ohio State Univ. 

 Bulletin. Of interest to all students 

 of Fungii. 



Owing to delay in getting out Oolo- 

 gist Bills (dated October 10th) and the 

 further delay in issuing this number 

 we will extend the 30 day offer made 

 on Bills of October 10th to January 

 I, 1905. 



Notice the number on your wrapper. 

 All No. 207 have expired and should 

 be renewed at once. 



Publications Received^ 



Am. Ornithology Vol IV, No. 10, 11, 

 Birds and Nature, Vol. XVI, No. 3. 

 The Amateur Naturalist, Vol. I, No. 

 5, Nature Study, Vol XIII, No. 10. 



EDITORIAL. 



To the Editor of the Oologist. 



July 1, 1904. 



The publication of a fraud in the 



current issue brings to mind a timely 



if unpleasant topic. In making our 



exchanges we are compelled to trust 



