3 2 



IHE O0LO(;iS'l' 



a fine set of seven eggs which are at 

 present in my collection. 



The pair lingered around and after 

 tha usual liiue deposited a second set 

 which was taken June 14th. 



The l)irds centered about the place 

 until autumn, Diiriiig that winter the 

 portion of the stack was removed. 



The Flickers returned tiia following 

 spring and after a hrief sojourn the^' 

 left for parts unknown. 



I never have been quite able to un- 

 derstand the philosophy of their choice 

 of this nesting site, for woodland is 

 abundant liere. A wooded creek was 

 less than a iialf n)ile distant while 

 large orchards and groves abound on 

 evei-y liancl. Was it not slicer laziness 

 on their part? 



Will A. Bryan, 

 New Sharon, la. 



"Western New York Naturalists' Association. 



At the last meeting of the Association 

 it was decided to hold the next meeting 

 in Rochester, the third Saturday iu 

 March next, forbusines only. 



It has occurred to me that as the 

 more important business will before 

 then have been cared for by the b^ard. 

 it might be advisable to i)rovide for a 

 public meeting, presentation of i)ap»'rs, 

 exhibition of specimens etc., and I 

 should l)e ])leased to hear from each 

 member as to what thi^y think about it, 

 also to receive any suggestions. 



Yours Sincerely 

 B. S. BowDisy, 

 Chairman Arranginent Com. 



Phelps, N. Y., 12-20-93. 



A Few Hints About Climbing, 



Use, with spurs, a strong pliant, 

 three-fourth inch rope, 6 feet long. 

 Avith ends knotted. Wear buckskin 

 gloves. Pass rope around tree. If 

 trunk is quite uniform take a single coil 

 of the rope about each hand, adjusting 

 hands far enough around the trunk to 



draw the body quite well up to the tree. 

 As you rise and the trunk gets smaller, 

 wrap more coils around one hand, or 

 both. If there is a big crotch to pass, 

 get good spur hold, cautiously unwind 

 coils, hug one hand to the tree, bend 

 back a little, draw the other hand, keep- 

 ing rope ia7tt, arountl and up into the 

 crotch. Always carry a light ten foot 

 rope in a pocket. If a tree trunk bends 

 toward yon< part way up, make a spiral 

 and get on the other side. In a poplar 

 thi<*ket of small trees climb two trees, a 

 foot on each. P. B. Peabody. 



OBITUARY. 



Deatli of Austin P. Park— A Scientist of 

 Wide Attainments- 



The "death of Austin Ford Par'k oc- 

 cured Sept. 25 at his residence iSl 

 Seventh Street, I-ansingburgh. N. Y. 

 after an illness since August from ty- 

 phoid fever. The deceased had been a 

 resident of this city more than fifty 

 years and was widely known as one of 

 lh(» most devoted and best informed or- 

 nithologists. 



Mr. Park was the possessor of one 

 of the finest collections of birds in the 

 country. The collection, many speci- 

 mens of which were found by himself, 

 emiiraced nearly evei'y species of bird 

 life in North America, and even now, in 

 its aoparently jjerfected state, was con- 

 sidered by Mr. Park still untinished, so 

 devoted was he to his wish for a collec- 

 tion that would be second to none. It 

 was not an uncommon thing for him to 

 lie seen tramping through the woods 

 and marshes in tiiis locality in search 

 of new specimens He possessed an 

 almost infinite fund of information 

 concerning the habits of the deui/ens 

 of the air. His collection is estimated 

 to he worth from J-^.dOO to $10,000. 



[ We are indelitcd to Mr Harvej' C. 

 Campbell, Lausingburgh, N. Y. for the 

 above clii)ping. Ku] 



The faniou-i (German ornithologist, 

 August Karl Edward Baldamus, died 

 at Woifenbutlel, Germany, a short 

 lime since. He Avas 82 years old, and 

 the founder of the German Ornithologi- 

 cal society. Bjildamus had one of the 

 largest collections of birils' nests and 

 birds' eggs in Europe. He wrote a 

 number of books on birds. 



