Jan. 1891.] 



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ORNITHOLOGISTa^-^OOLOGIST 



.V .Montbly .\r:mMzine (.f 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVHTEI) Tl ) THE STIDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AM) ECCS, 



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INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



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Brief Notes. 



Tlie Wild Pigeons that wo have previously 

 referred to arc doiiis niecly. They are in tine 

 plumage. 



Ill Sportx Afield (Denver, f'ol.), several eii- 

 quirer.s ask if tlie Mallard has a green head all 

 the year. It is our opinion tliat it does. 



Xight Heron shot in Boylston, Dec. 30, l,si;o. 

 Virginia P.iil, 9, shot iii Worcester, .Jan. 1. 

 ISill. Both plump and in good oonditiun. ('. 

 K. P.eed. 



and clog being twisted among the branches by 

 the struggles of ihe huge cat, which hung 

 suspended, dead. — [Daily Hampshire Gazette. 



Granby, Mass., Dec. 2, ISilO. A flock of 

 wild geese flying in a bewildered manner for 

 awhile, then flew to the ground in a tiiowing 

 not far from a barn. .\ farmer saw them and 

 shot a tine twenty-pound gander. 



Dec 15, Belchertown. Mass A .Snowy f)wl 

 was seen and shot at by a farmer this morning. 



For the pist two weeks .Snow Buntings have 

 been very plenty and in very large flocks. 



Sudden Death of .\ VAUAiii.E Doo. — 

 Gruss Bayanl, a brother of Pinlinimon, the 

 famous ^oOOO St. Bernard dog, owned by .J. K. 

 Emmet, bad been for three years the jiroperty 

 of Kudolph Weimer, who had raised him from 

 a ])uppy. .\ltliough the dog liad not all the 

 perfect markings of others of his breed wliich 

 Mr. Weimer has raised at his kennels at 

 Stoughton, lie was a remarkably handsome dog 

 and possessed of great intelligence. He had 

 become a great favorite and won a large num- 

 ber of medals and prizes at dog shows in dif- 

 ferent New England cities. O. It. Gleason, the 

 horse-tamer, became much interested in the 

 I dog during bis fmir weeks' stay in the city, and 

 at the conclusion of bis Boston cngat.'ement 

 purdiased him of Mr. Weimer at a large price, 

 which is said to have been more than 4^1000. 

 The dog was delivered a week ago Friday, and 

 was in the best of condition, having 1;( en free 

 from all sickness for a number of months pre- 

 vious. Early the next morning he was seen 

 moving about in bis usual manner, but when 

 called for breakfast he failed to respond. V]^"n 

 going to him it was found that he had suddenly 

 <lied from lieart di.sea.se. — [Traveller. 



The skin of this noble animal is now being 

 pieserved and will make a line addition to Mr. 

 (ilcason's jtrivate palace car. 



A (ireat Blue Heron shot at Lexington, .Mass., 



A Catbird was shot at MiUlmrv. .Mass., 

 30. C. K. Reed. 



Dec. 



Dr. B. H. Wineu, tlie well-known naturalist 

 of West Chester, Pa.. <:alled on us last month 



Notes from NoKruAMProN, Mass. — Three 

 wild cats crossed the highway on the moun- 

 tain above tlie Bozrah district in Hawley. a 

 few rods in front of a .sleigh-load of Hawley 

 Centre people who were on their way to the 

 Christmas festivities at Charlemont. 



Uncle Elisha Hunt, of East Hawley, cele- 

 brated Christmas day by the capture of the 

 biggest wild cat or lynx ever seen in the vicin- 

 ity. The cat was extiemely poor and gaunt, 

 but weighed l.'s pounds ami (i ounces. Mr. H. 

 is noted as a trapi)er, having caught l.-* foxes 

 this last fall, and had set a trap with clogs to 

 keep it from being dr iggeil away. The trap 

 was not found where it was placed, but was 

 discovered in a siniU si)ruce tree, the chain 



Wood I)ui-k at South Weymouth, Dec. 31, an 

 adult male in full plumage. 



Snowy Owls still continue to be reported. 



Friend Hoxie gives us a few remarks in 

 another column whicli bit upim the right spot. 

 While it is our aim to keep u]) the past high 

 standard of the O. & O. as a scientific medium, 

 we also desire something for the tialiivdlist, 

 and think that we all will be better for a little 

 light food intermingled with our more solid 

 meals. 



Saw one $. two J, Evening Grosbeaks, on 

 the campus at Cornell University, on Dec. ;"), 

 ISIIO. The male was a beauty, and was singing 

 or chattering loudly. Alvan H. .\lberger. 



A few specimens of the Lesser Prairie Hen 

 were seen in the Boston market the last of 

 .lauuary. They did not remain long, there 

 being (piite a demand for tliem. 



