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THE OOLOGIST 



Winter Species. Arrives. Departs. 



Herring Gull Sept. 20 Apr. 10 



Bonaparte Gull ....Sept. 16 Apr. 9 



Sanderling Sept. 16 Mar. 25 



Willet Aug. 24 Apr. 10 



Spotted Sandpiiier. .Aug. 9 May 21 



Black-bellied Plover Aug. 23 May 26 



Ruddy Turnstone. . .Aug. 12 May 26 



Kingfisher, Belted. . .July 19 May 9 



Tree Swallow Aug. 21 May 27 



Myrtle Warbler Nov. 20 Mar. 9 



Oven Bird Sept. 21 May 1 



House Wren Oct. 14 Apr. 1 



Catbird Oct. 14 June 6 



American Robin ...Nov. 30 Feb. 26 

 Summer Species — 



Least Tern May 5 Sept. 10 



Wilson Plover Mar. 6 Sept. 30 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo Mar. 2 Sept. 16 



Chuck-will's Widow Mar. 25 Aug. 27 



Night Hawk Apr. 10 Sept. 16 



Chimney Swift Apr. 9 Sept. 10 



Gray Kingbird Apr. 20 Sept. 15 



Crested Flycatcher. .Apr. 1 Sept. 20 



Painted Bunting Apr. 15 Sept. 27 



Purple Martin Feb. 26 Aug. 10 



Red-eyed Vireo Apr. 1 Sept. 20 



Parule Warbler ....Mar. 20 Sept. 5 

 Transient Species. Fall. Spring 

 Semi-palmated Sand- 

 piper Aug. 19 May 26 



Semi-palmated Plov- 

 er Aug. 10 Apr. 20 



Kingbird Aug. 9 Apr. 28 



Barn Swallow Aug. 4 May 6 



Black & White War- 

 bler Aug. 21 May 1 



Wormeating W a r - 



bier Aug. 30 May 9 



Black-throated Blue 



Warbler Sept. 28 May 3 



Yellow Warbler . . . Sept. 12 Apr. 18 



Water Thrush Aug. 29 Apr. 23 



American Redstart. .Aug. 17 May 13 

 The above noted thirty-six species 

 are the more common of our migra- 

 tory birds. There are several others, 



which are rather irregular, as the Cape 

 May Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-cocka- 



ded Woodpecker, Wood Thrush, Tuft- 

 ed Titmouse and Hermit Thrush. 



ROBERT J. LONGSTREET. 



The Late Dr. Dowie as a Naturalist. 



When Dr. Dowie purchased the tract 

 of land for Zion City, about the first 

 thing he did, was to issue a decree, 

 that all birds, squirrels, trees, wild 

 flowers, and natural park places, 

 should be preserved, and protected in 

 every way necessary. He ordered 

 squirrel and bird houses put up, and 

 not a gun was allowed in the city, and 

 woe to the person who broke any of 

 these rules. That the Doctor, as he 

 was always called, and whom I found 

 to be a very kind man, loved the birds, 

 was manifest, when, while broken 

 down with sorrow, at his daughter's 

 grave side, an Oriole alighted near its 

 nest, above his head and began sing- 

 ing; he raised his hand, pointed up at 

 the bird, and with tears coursing down 

 his face, remarked on the beauties and 

 blessing of the Great Ruler of the uni- 

 verse, and the light hearted happiness 

 of this little Oriole. 



The protection of the birds and ani- 

 mals, caused them to become very 

 tame; some of them would hardly get 

 out of your way. While in the city, 

 several times, I have observed the 

 following birds, most of them nesting, 

 and living at peace: 

 Migrants: — 



Mallard 



Several undetermined ducks on the 

 lake. 



Canada Goose. 



Fox Sparrow. 



Brown Creeper. 

 Summer Residents: — 



American Bittern. 



Green Heron. 



Sora Rail. 



Virginia Rail. 



American Coot. 



