THE 00L0QI8T 



Kites in Case of T. H. Jackson 



or Ihal animal, and I have noted this 

 odor at other times in connection with 

 this Owl. 



January 3-4th, The Editor enjoyed 

 an afternoon and overnight visit from 

 Frank H. Willard, foinierly of Gales- 

 hur.u, Illinois, and Tucson, Arizona, 

 and now of T^ong Island, N. Y. He is 

 I he same enthusiastic Oologist of yore 

 — and one of the best in America. Ir 

 was Ions in I he night when we closed 

 I he last drawer of eggs and quit, to 

 steal a little sleep before dawn. The 

 visit was enjoyed as only such can be 

 when two egg cranks (exchange ex- 

 periences over a lot of specimens. 

 Here's hoping he will come again. 



Buchanan County, Iowa, Birds 

 l!y Fred .T. Tierce. 

 I was much interested in Mr. John 



Coles' list of "Story County, Iowa 

 Birds," which was printed in the Jan. 

 1920 number of THE OOLOGIST 

 (page 11). Below^ is a list of the birds 

 I have positively identified in Buchan- 

 an County, all of which have been 

 seen in 1919 or 1920, with the excep- 

 tion of the Lesser Yellow-legs, Snowy 

 Owl, and the Orchard Oriole. It must 

 not be presumed that this list contains 

 the approximate number of birds to be 

 found in this county, for my limited 

 time has prevented an extensive study 

 of the birds of this county, and my 

 observations have been confined large- 

 ly to a region along Buffalo Creek 

 near my home. Therefore this list 

 includes only a fair per cent of the 

 birds to be found in Buchanan County, 

 migrating or resident. Many other 

 l)irds are often reported by friends, 

 but in the following list only those 



