The Oologist. 



Vol. XXII. No. 1. 



Albion, N. Y., Jan.-, 1S05. 



, Whole No. .210 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXI- 



DEEMY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, 



ALBION, N. Y. 



ERNEST H. SHORT. Editor and Manager. 



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stndent of Birds, tbeir Nests and Egi?s, solicited 



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Bald Eagle Experiences in Florida. 



Contin ue<l. 



I had SO many letters from various 

 parts of the countrj' from Maine to 

 California and one from England 

 about my article on the Bald Eagle in 

 your June, 1904 issue, I thought 



another would interest your readers, 

 and I will also furnish you a photo of 

 ■fine nest with Eagle perched on tree 

 near n^st from which I took a set of 

 eggs late in December last. 



My boy still being home on his va- 

 cation, and something of an everglade 

 trotter like myself, we Concluded to go 

 south some 9 riiiles and in a' aft^ciion 

 we had seen Eagles fly when'i^'e Had 

 been down on our launcfir. Both of us 

 with Minnie started by day-break and 

 poled our boat to the locality, but low 

 water and glowing sunshine hiade it 

 quite laborious work. Almost ex- 

 hausted we sat d6wn amid swamps of 

 cypress and saw-grass to eat our lunch 

 with no luck to date. 



After lunch I insisted on going 

 another direction and on rounding a 

 point my boy said "papa, I believe I 

 see an Eagle sitting on an old dead 

 tree nearly a mile away." I took in 

 the situation at a glance. When you 

 see an eagle at that season of year 

 perched in that style it invariablv 

 means business. We poled the liveli- 

 est gait of the day although a few 

 minutes before we were about exhaust- 

 ed. 



Nearing the place things looked en- 

 couraging, we landed, eagle still 

 perched about 200 yards distant. I 

 said "If a nest is near by we shall 

 soon see both birds" and no sooner 

 said than done, over our heads they 

 soared making their usual screeches 

 and we soon saw the nest. I conclud- 

 ed to climb to it as my boy wished to 

 shoot a bird for mounting and I had 

 consented when we found one a 

 long distance from home. I caution- 

 ed him not to shoot until I had ex- 

 amined the nest and when I found 8 



