THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



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A Narrow Escape. 



One beautiful nif)ruingin early April 

 1891, myself and a frientl started on an 

 orilogical excursion along the pictur- 

 esque banks of the Tennesee river, fur 

 the purpose of obtaining specimen eggs 

 of the "Turkey Buzzard," which bird.s 

 we had been previously infornicd, nest- 

 ed in tiie various caves an<l lissures, 



which al)ouud in the verdure-clad, pre- 

 ciptious bluiTs, above London, Tenn. 



We started at 6 A M. on April 13th. 

 Procuring a .skiff we (|iii<.'kly cut 

 throiigli the water to tiie opposite iiank 

 of the river, and having tied the boat, 

 proceeded on foot across country about 

 two miles, to the liluffs opposite Car- 

 uuchael's Island, "our Eldorado. 



Arriving we immediately proceeded 

 to business, and were encouraged by 

 seeing several Buzzards majestically 

 sailing up and down in our immediate 

 ueighi)orhood. After half an hour's 

 diligent searching, just as I was swing- 

 ing by a scant cedar round an agle to a 

 projecting rock in front of me, I saw a 

 great female come Happing out of a 

 narrow iissure not ten feet away, and 

 after a little difficult climbing, I reach- 

 ed the site, discovering a line .set of two 

 eggs on the bare ground about 12 feet 

 from the entrance 



In less than an hour we had seccurcd 

 another set eijually tine in a small cave 

 lower down, and had just linished blow- 

 ing them, when a country lad appeared 

 on the scene, telling us lie knew of a 

 "bluflf" hawk's nest, near his home, 

 half a mile further on; and volunteer- 

 ing to locate it for us. We packed up 

 and proceeded being well satislied with 

 the Buzzards. On arriving, the nest 

 was pointed out to us in an enormous 

 pine of nearly five fee in diameter, and 

 having no limbs for at least ninety feet, 

 whicii causcil us to set our wits work- 

 ing; l>ut seeing a beautiful female Red- 

 tail leave the nest and join her mate far 

 aljove, I cried "nil desperandum!" an 

 idea had struck me. I saw that b}' fall- 

 ing a fine red oak which stood about 20 

 feet away, so Miat its top branches 

 would catch in the lower on»'s of tiie 

 pine, ouroi)ject might be accomplished 

 and the oracle read. 



Despatching the boy f(»r an ax we 

 promptly .set to work and in less than 

 aq hour the noble oak was licnding to 

 wards the pine. A few more blows with 



