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THE OOLOGIST 



Deleware, probably drop in, realizing 

 the necessity of rest by perceiving the 

 weary miles of city wilderness before 

 them. This has been suggested to me 

 ^iJ a friend as a probable cause of the 

 birds occurrence in the thicket, but it 

 «eems like a poor suggestion, as a 

 -short flight would carry the tired wan- 

 •derers across the river into Jersey 

 woods. Nevertheless, it is the only ex- 



impossible to obtain of them in the 

 woods. 



RICHARD F. MILLER. 



Lost, Strayed or Stolen. 

 The long promised new edition of 

 the A. O. U. Check list. Can any of 

 our readers tell us when, where or how 

 we can get a glimpse of this much ad- 

 vertised ignis fatuus? 



Plate No. 40 — "NeEt and Eggs of Orange Crowned Warbler in Quebec, Prov- 

 idence, Canada." 



planation that I can assign to the 

 "bird's occurrence in such a place. In 

 the Spring they presumably drop in, 

 accepting my friends' theory as the 

 Tight cause of their occurrence, after 

 a fatiguing flight across the city. 



Anyhow, whatever the cause of their 

 appearance here, I am glad of it, for 

 they have afforded me many hours of 

 interesting study that would have been 



We have recently added to our col- 

 lection of native wild fowl, seven spe- 

 cimens of the extremely rare Ross's 

 goose, apparently in perfect condition, 

 showing the warty growth about the 

 base of the bill to perfection. They 

 are but little larger than a Mallard 

 duck, and have a low plaintive note 

 like the subdued lowing of a cow at 

 a distance, and not musical. 



