THE OOLOGIST. 



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Know the Wild Flowers? 



Your I ambles in field and wood 

 will increase in interest in propor- 

 tion as you know plants as well 

 as birds. 



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ADDRESS 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO., 

 Binghamton New York 



CALIFORNIA COiOR'S EGG 



FOH SALE 



In perfect condition with fullest data, 

 recently collected. $150.00. W. E. 

 SAUNDERS, London, Ont. jtf 



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ninnO CPPC I can still furnish man 

 KinlLN rilllA of the sets listed in Sei 

 niliuu uuuu. tember issue. If you sa- 

 or now scr on that list any set you wish t 

 place in your collection write me at once. I 

 will send you a revised copy of the list 

 promptly, showing just what lean furnish 

 you. EKXKST H. SHORT. Rochester. N. Y. 



BIRD SKINS. 



I have left, the following A No. 1 Bird 

 Skins: 6 American Crow. 3 Blue Jay, 1 Least 

 Bittern (poor), 2 Cedar Waxwing, 4 Pine 

 Grosbeak— females, l3 Snowflake, 2 Purple 

 Finch— females, 1 white-breasted Nuthatch, 

 1 black-throated Green Warbler. I will send 

 the above 33 Skins and add 2 of the Gray 

 Squirrel and 1 very fine mounted Crow. En- 

 tire lot is cheap at $10. I'll box them all and 

 express at purchaser's expense, for only 15.75. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y, 



112 Alexandrine Ave., Detroit, Mich. 

 Dear Sir:— It may be of interest to you to 

 know that the "Oologist" is the best adver- 

 tising medium with which we exchange. 

 Replies came in answer to our advertisement 

 from almost every state in the union, as well 

 as Canada. 



Yours very truly, 

 FREDERICK C. HUBEL. 

 Bus. Mngr. "Bulletin of the Mich. Ornith. 

 Club." 



For Sale. 



Cuban bird skins. Key West and Ruddy 

 Quail Doves, Lizzard Cuckoos, Trogans and 

 many other species. All with correct data. 

 I have a number of Quail Dove Skins, some- 

 what damaged, just as good for study: skins 

 50 to 75 cents each. List with prices on appli- 

 cation. R. I). HOYT. Seven Oaks, Fla. Stf 



WANTED.-All kinds of Live Wild Birds 

 and Animals. State prices when writing. 

 Don't ask me what I pay. I>I>. CECIL 

 FRENCH. Naturalist. Washington. 0. C. .J12t 



Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher. 



El). Oologist: 



In reading Mr. Smithwick's article 

 in the Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in Aug. 

 Oologist, I was struck with the differ- 

 ence in the breeding habits of this 

 species in his locality and in mine- 

 more particularly because it seems the 

 reverse of what we would naturally 

 suppose. In Bertie Co., which is in 

 eastern N. C, he says nest building 

 begins about April 25th. In Iredue 

 Co., western N. C, which ought to be 

 later, I have found nests under con- 

 struction by March 28th, and in no 

 case have I found nests later than the 

 4th of June. Nests holding eggs are 

 rarely seen in this county later than 

 May 1st. 



As to the nest itself, I have never 

 seen one less than ten feet from the 

 ground, and that not often. Twenty 

 feet seems about the average. Usual- 

 ly a horizontal branch is chosen, gen- 

 erally at a considerable distance from 

 the trunk, so pronged that one fork 

 will be over the nest, forming a kind 

 of roof. Oaks, white or post, are the 

 favorites. Out of many nests that I 

 have examined, all were in oaks ex- 

 cept three in pines, one in maple, one 

 in dogwood, and one in peach. 



Going out in the woods after the 

 breeding season one never finds old 

 nests. On the young leaving the nests, 

 the old birds immediately tear it in 

 pieces. Why this is done, I have not 

 been able to find out. 



The new Catalogue is all right. 

 Jacob Bostain, 

 Statesville, N. C. 



