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. LATTIX, WALTER F. WEBB. 



Editors. 



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 student ot Birds, their Nests and Eggs, soUcltdd 

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 in this issue. We recently received 

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Bluebirds of California. 



The Bluebirds are represented inCali- 

 fornia by two species, Sialia nicxicana 

 and S. arctica; the latter (»f which is 



lather the .scarcer. In thi.s, the south' 

 crn part of the Stale, they l)oth nest ill 

 the mountains. Itut dmiiiff liic winter 

 they c(jme down into the village. Here 

 they generally frequent the orchards 

 and vineyards, especially the vineyards, 

 but very seldcmi if ever do they, as east- 

 ern birds, come around Imman habita- 

 tion. The time of their migration 

 seems to Ije governed by the weather of 

 the mountains, for soon after the iirst 

 snow in the moutains. they, with the 

 Kobins. are to be found in the village. 



HoHT. K. .S.NODORASS. 



Ontario, C'al. 



The Texas Sea-side Finch. 



Ajjril li), 1892 found me in a large salt 

 marsh looking for Span ow iiest-s. After 

 a two mile tramp one nest was found, 

 containing four fresh eggs. The ground 

 color is white showing the faintest tinge 

 of green: the markings are small dots 

 sj)iinkled over the entire egg. mostly, 

 however, at the larger end. of a red- 

 brown color. The nest was loosely 

 made of dead grass, lined with liner, 

 and was very neatly worked in the 

 heart of a tussock of salt grass, 11 in- 

 ches above the water, which was four 

 inches deej), E.xternally the nest meas- 

 ured 4A inches in diameter by 8 inches 

 high: walls U inches tliick; bottom If 

 iiielii's thick. Inside measured 2 iiiehes 

 dianu'ter by li inches deej). 



Very often the high spring tides wash 

 the nest away, luit nothing daunted the 

 l)irds build a new nest, weaving it in 

 the tops of rank grass or rushes, and if 

 in the latter, using the leaves to dome 

 the nest, or rather make a lainitioof 

 roof for it. When placed in this jMisi- 

 tion the nests are hard to lind, as they 

 are woven of green gra.ss in tlit; shai)e 

 of a ball, with the entrance on one side 

 near the top. As a general thing tliey 

 ])refer thick grass growing on edg«' of 

 :i small b:iyon. W. E. (Jrovku* 



(iah("«toii, 'I'exas. 



