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THE OOLOGIST 



and entirely different from what one 

 would suspect from such a small bird. 



Cuban Tody, (Todus multicolor) up- 

 per parts light yellowish green, light- 

 er on cheeks; mustach white ending 

 in a broad blue streak; throat scar- 

 let ;lore yellow; bend of wing blue 

 edged with white; underparts white, 

 sides of breast bluish ending in a pale 

 scarlet streak; bill horn colored; up- 

 per mandible darker, feet horn color; 

 under tail coverts yellow; outer tail 

 feathers grayish. L. 3.5 in. 



This little bird is also quite common 

 in the jungles and is heard even more 

 often than seen, although it is very 

 tame. It is quite curious and seems 

 to try to ask you who you are, what 

 you are doing and what you are going 

 to do at the same time. 



A. C. READ. 



Snakes Often Do This. 



As I was coming home one after- 

 noon from a tramp, I heard a Song 

 Sparrow making a peculiar noise as if 

 angry or frightened. Upon investiga- 

 tion in the marshy grasses, I found 

 its nest and instead of containing 

 eggs, it held a snake fourteen inches 

 long. The snake had swallowed three 

 eggs and was just swallowing the 

 fourth one when I came upon the 

 scene. The egg was so big for the 

 snake that it had to dislocate its jaw 

 to be able to put the egg in its mouth. 

 I wondered how the snake could get 

 any nourishment from the eggs with- 

 ^out breaking them. 



R. M. PEREZ. 



Left the Eggs. 



I had a desire to find a Buzzard's egg 

 to add to my collection, so one Satur- 

 day morning, I took my lunch and set 

 out. 



I had noticed two Buzzards soaring 

 over a little island before, so I walk- 

 ed in there. When the old mother 



flew out, I went in and two little buz- 

 zards were on the ground (Feb. 27, 

 1909.) 



Next year in 1910 I went the 4th of 

 February and two eggs were there. 

 On March 11th I found two more with 

 a doll leg and several pieces of china. 

 I decided not to take the other eggs 

 if they nested. 



Brown Kilpatrick. 



The Kentucky Warbler. 



If I were asked to name my favorite 

 among the dozen species of the Warb- 

 ler family that come to spend the 

 summers with us here in Southern 

 Pennsylvania, I would unhesitatingly 

 revert to the Kentucky Warbler. 



With his brilliant black and yellow 

 coat as he moves alertly among the 

 underbrush uttering his vigorous 

 alarm note at your intrusion on his 

 domain, he well merits your admira- 

 tion. But when you have once heard 

 his clear musical song, so loud and 

 distinct you instinctively look for a 

 much larger bird. I am wont to class 

 him with the Cardinal, Carolina Wren, 

 Winter Wren and Tufted Titmouse, all 

 birds of strong characteristics, in song 

 and action. 



Very similar in volume and melody 

 are some of the notes of the Mourning 

 Warbler, which replace the Kentucky 

 in the Northern counties of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



The nesting of the Kentucky Warb- 

 ler is not as strictly localized per- 

 haps as with most of the other spe- 

 cies. The Worm-eater here nearly 

 always builds on a more or less steep 

 hillside in the thick woods; the Blue- 

 wing in a thicket or open space near, 

 or in the woods. 



But the Kentucky Warbler is equal- 

 ly at home in the deep, wooded swamp, 

 the laurel covered hillside, or on the 

 hill tops among the bunches of under- 

 growth that cover the ground. 



