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THE OOLOGIST 



No. 4S- 



-Hermit Thrush on Nest 



— Photo by Verdi Burtch. 



lined with dead pine leaves and fine 

 black rootlets, with green moss woven 

 in around the edge. It was placed in 

 the dead leaves ten feet from the gul- 

 ly bottom and was so well concealed 

 that I would not have seen it had the 

 bird not flushed. 



Verdi Burtch, Branchport. N. Y. 



Sample Copies. 



A copy of this issue is mailed to 

 every known bird student in the Unit- 

 ed States whose post office address we 

 have been able to get. This is a prodi- 

 gious undertaking. Many without 

 doubt will receive two copies, these 

 and also those who have no further in- 

 terest in the copy received, we request 

 to hand the sample copy to some other 

 friend who is or might be interested 

 in birds. 



No. 42 — Nest and Eggs of Hermit 

 Thrush 

 —Photo by Verdi Burtch. 



Birds of California in Relation to the 



Fruit Industry. 



F. E. Beal, Part 2. 



We are in receipt of Part 2 of this 

 valuable work from the Department 

 of Agriculture. This reviews the Cali- 

 fornia Quail, the Woodpeckers, the 

 Flycatchers, the Horned Lark, the 

 .Jays, the Blackbirds, the Sparrows, 

 and contains six high grade colored 

 plates of the California Quail, the 

 Arkansas Kingbird, California Jay, 

 Brewer's Blackbird, Bullock Oriole 

 and Green-backed Goldfinch. It is a 

 splendid resume of the subject sought 

 to be covered, and is a credit to those 

 responsible for its appearance; some- 

 thing which cannot be said of all gov- 

 ernment publications. 



