THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



F. H. LATTIN, & CO., Publishers 



ALBION, N. Y. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN. WALTER F. WEBB, 

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The Birds of Michigan. 



The zoiilogical l)iancli of the Michi- 

 gau Agricul.ural Kxpeiiment Station 

 of the State Agric-ultnral Colh'gM re" 

 cently issued a list of the iiiids of Mich- 

 lean. I'he wori< is a jianiijhlct of 150 

 jiages ami is edited by Professor A. J. 

 Cook of the college at Lansing, Mich. 

 Professor Cook with his large corps of 



co-workers has presented a very accur- 

 ate and complete list, with copious 

 quotations, to the public. The notes 

 are most interesting concerning the 

 food of biids, and the habits of several 

 beneticial insectivorous species are well 

 shown by careful experiments. 



The list, which may be accurately 

 calhHl a compiled catalogue of iIk; liirds 

 of the Great Lakes, emliraces 'i'Si spe- 

 cies, and is the most complete list ever 

 issued in the Peninsular Statt\ It 

 speaks of the meeting habits and move- 

 ments, and describes the nests and eggs 

 of our birds. No one living in this 

 state or adjacent stales who is inter- 

 ested in our avian f(tu>m can atford to 

 be without this assistant. 



There is, in the front part of the work, 

 a very complete ljil)liograi)liy on the 

 sul)jcct of Michigan oinitologj-, which 

 speaks f)f all the pul)litihed lists and ar- 

 ticles from Schoolcraft. 1834 down to 

 '!)3 A large percentage of the birds 

 treated in the work, are illustrated iiy 

 exceptionally good cuts. 



SCOLOl'AX. 



Something More About Loon's Eggs 



BY ABOUT 40 DEGKEliS NORTH LATITUDE. 



The present season has been a fair 

 one for Loon's eggs and I send you a 

 few more notes on the nesting habits of 

 this interesting bird. 



An acquaintance of mine came to the 

 city with a gripsack packed with excel- 

 sior and Loon's eggs. The lot of eggs 

 were for sale, and were to besold cheap 

 for cash. One could buy the lot for a 

 song, but there were no takers as we 

 were all supplied. I have live good sef.s 

 and the other collectors have each from 

 two to six sets. So in this case this man 

 who had collected the eggs for the 

 money, found the market glutted and 

 therefore '•carried his coals to New 

 Castle," .so to speak, in coming here. 



