THE OOLOGIST. 



The Young Oologist, 



THE MOST POPULAB AND INSTRUCTIVE MAGAZINE, 



Devoted to Birds, Their Nests and Eggs, 



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No. I. — Instructions for Collecting Birds' Eggs, (3 pa- 

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No. 2. — Instructions for Collecting Birds' Eggs, con- 

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No. 5. — Bird-nesting — To Collect Scientifically, ( 3 

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No. g. — Baltimore Oriole ; Te.xas Jottings ; Sap- 

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No. II. — Bank Swallow; English Sparrows; Study 

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 Gambel's Quail; Conn. Notes; Intelligence of 

 the Oriole; Yellow-breast Chat: Maryland Yel- 

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No. 14. — American Crossbill ; Audubon's Birds of 

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 Winter Birds ; Snipe Creek ; Red- head ; Wiscon- 

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