THE OOLOGIST 



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Aug. 22, Water-thnishes fairly com- 

 mon. 



Aug. 23, Black and White Warbler 

 (1), Aug. 30, (1). 



Aug. 24, Louisana Water-thrush (1). 



Sept. 18, Yellow-throated Warbler 

 (1), Oct. S, (1). Greater Yellow-legs 

 (4). 



Sept. 21, Spotted Sandpiper (1). 



Sept. 25, Palm Warbler (1), Sept. 

 29, common, Oct. 4, abundant. 



Oct. 3, Maryland Yellows-throat (1). 



Oct. 4, Least Bittern (1), Oct. 9, (3). 



Oct. 6, Parula Warbler (4-6), Oct. 

 24, common. Prairie Warbler, (2) Oct. 

 24, Common for them. Yellow Palm 

 Warbler (1) very rare. 



Oct. 16, American Redstart (4-6), 

 Oct. 20, common. Catbird (1). 



Oct. 12, Marsh Hawk (1), also on 

 Oct. 13, 14, 15, 18, 19. White-crown- 

 ed Pigeon (1) last seen, also on Oct. 

 11 (1), and Sept. 24 (2). 



Oct. 21, Black-throated Green Warb- 

 ler (1), Oct. 26, (1), Wilson's Snipe 

 (1). 



Oct. 24. Oven-bird (1). 



Oct. 28, Black-throated Green Warb- 

 ler *(1 shot.) 



Oct. 26, Myrtle Warbler (2), Nov. 

 26, (1). 



Oct. 27, Solitary Sandpiper (2). 



Nov. IC, Catbird (2), Nov. 19, com- 

 mon. 



Nov. 4, Tennessee Warbler, (1). 



Dec. 25, Least Grebe (2). 



For some unknown reason no Black- 

 throated Blue Warblers have been 

 seen this winter although in December, 

 1908, it was the most common warb- 

 ler here. 



A. C. READ. 



A' Correction. 



Mr. A. C. Read of the Isle of Pines 

 writes us as follows: 



"I wish to make a correction in the 

 scientific name of the Isle of Pines 



Tanager published in the Nov., 1909. 

 OOLOGIST. The name should be 

 Spindalis pretrei pinus. In the July 

 1909 OOLOGIST, I had some notes on 

 the Florida Grackle, Quiscalus quis- 

 cula aglaeus, which was a case of mis- 

 taken identity. It should have been 

 (^uban Grackle, Holoquiscalus gundl- 

 achi. 



Keep Up the Campaign Mr. Herron. 



No more English Sparrows frequent 

 San Bernardino County. R. B. Her- 

 ron, county bird man has just return- 

 ed from a thorough investigation, af- 

 ter pursuing a most strenuous cam- 

 paign against the foreign pest, and 

 brings news that the birds have eith- 

 er all been killed or have given this 

 county the farewell. 



During the early spring there was 

 much complaint, it being declared that 

 the aliens were nipping off fruit buds, 

 also that they were driving native 

 song birds from the state, or slaugh- 

 tering them, and Mr. Herron commenc- 

 ed a campaign, which has resulted in 

 entirely exterminating the pest. — San 

 Bernardino Sun. 



The Great Blue Heron. 

 (Ardea herodias). 



The group of this splendid bird 

 illustrated on the opposite page has 

 been presented to the Buffalo Society 

 of Natural Sciences by me. It took 

 several years of hard work, aided by 

 my son, Edward, to get the material 

 for the same. The Heronry is about 

 fifty miles north of Buffalo, located 

 near the Tonawanda Swamp and only 

 a fearless climber could get to the 

 nests, which are located on elms from 

 one hundred to one hundred twenty 

 feet up; a hard task when higher than 

 the nests to haul up the kodak and 

 take the pictures of the nests contain- 

 ing eggs in sets from four to six, and 



