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THE OOLOGIST. 



examine a piece of bark, and then they 

 would tiit out into space to catch a passing 

 fly, tlien immediately back again to the 

 same tree, and thus from hour to hour they 

 would pass the time away. 



Altliough they arc very abundant in these 

 woods, their nests are extremely hard to 

 find; and you very rarely have the fortune 

 of finding one unless the birds are caught 

 in the act of building. The nest is an ele- 

 gant little structure, (very much resembling 

 a knot on a tree) constructed of mostly tliis- 

 tle-dowu, woven tightly together in a cup 

 form, and closely covered with star shaped 

 lichens from the bark of the elm tree. The 

 linning is generally composed of the orange 

 colored catkin of the red elm tree. As a 

 general thing it is flatly placed on a hori- 

 zontal limb of the elm — (this being its fa- 

 vorite tree); but I have found it in the forks 

 of a peach or other small trees. The eggs 

 are from four to six in number, although 

 I have never taken over four in this locality, 

 and have frequently taken sets of three, far 

 advanced in incubation. Their color is of 

 a greenish-white, spotted and blotched with 

 reddish-brown, with lilac shell markings. 

 Their average size is .55 x .45 inches. 



The birds begin nesting about the 15th of 

 April, and fresh eggs may be obtained as 

 late as June 25th. 



A second brood is raised. 



Edwin C. Davis. 



Gainesville, Texas. 



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Brass Tenor Horn Bellup (Jaubertt Co., Paris,) for 

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 E. S. CHENEV, Huron, Dak. 



Wanted,— To e,\change single Bird's Eggs with 

 collectors in United States and Canada. WILLIE 

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Wanted. — To exchange a foot-power bracket saw 

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Both first-class and end-blown Birds' Eggs to ex- 

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Will exchange Maryland Printing Press (2 x 4) for 

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To Exchange. —Tobacco Tags for the same, or 

 for firr,t-cliss Birds' Eggs. M. G. MATTESON, 

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One used Postal, first edition, for any fir^t-class 

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 BENNIE A. COTTLOW, Shelbyville, Ills. 



Eggs in sets or single for single Eggs or Eggs in 

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A font of Type, two volumes " Youth's Compan- 

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One hundred varieties of first-class Eggs in cabinet, 

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To Exchange. — Single Eggs, Nos. 263, 375, 378, 

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First-class Birds' Eggs, in sets, with data, or single, 

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Wanted. — To exchange a few sets of first-class 

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First-class Eggs of Nos. 13, 63, 278 and 460, for 

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Volumes V. and VI. " Golden Days " for first-class 

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Australian or Xew Guine.i Bird Skins to exchange 

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Five Egg Drills (cost, 82 cents), or a small Tele- 

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Eggs of 1887; collecting to exchange next July 

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