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THE OOLOGIST 



The migration is particularly inter- 

 esting this year, as it is probable that 

 these fieldfares, which are of the 

 thrush tribe, have taken into their 

 company some at any rate of the Am- 

 erican robins, which also are migrat- 

 ory. 



A dozen of these beautiful birds 



Nesting of the Black-throated Green 

 Warbler. 



The Black-throated Green Warbler 

 is ?. regular breeder _ around Branch- 

 port, N. Y. in the numerous gullies 

 that cut into the hills rising from 600 



Plate No. 33 — "Nest and Eggs of the Black-throated Green Warbler." 

 Photo by Verdi Burtch. 



were last year brought to England, 

 and a quantity of eggs successfully 

 hatched, some by wild thrushes and 

 blackbirds, some by the robins them- 

 selves. The whole company flourish- 

 ed greatly, but it is to be feared that 

 the migratory instinct and example 

 has proved too strong for the ma- 

 jority. — English paper. 



ft. to 800 ft. on both sides of Lake 

 Keuka and its inlet. Nearly every 

 gully has a fringe of hemlocks on its 

 banks and it is in these gullies most- 

 ly above the 300 ft. contour above the 

 lake that it makes its summer home. 

 Arriving here the first week in May 



