ORNITHOLOGIST 



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PUBLISHED BY FRANK B. WEBSTER. 

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Vol. XVI. 



HYDE PARK, MASS., MAY, 1891. 



No. 5- 



Mr. Thomas H. Jackson's Collection 

 of Eggs. 



For over twenty years Mr. .lacksoii has been 

 collecting e<rgs, an<l iluring that time many 

 thousanils of sets have passed through his 

 Iiands. From these he lias selected the rarest 

 and choicest sets for his own cabinet, so that 

 his collection now contains live hundred and 

 fifty species and thirteen hundred and thirty 

 sets, and represents the work of many years. 

 While it does not contain many large series, it 

 is very choice, and the effort has been made 

 to select ty])ical sets of eggs of most species, 

 and where this could not well be done to retain 

 two or three sets of the same bird, reserving 

 large series for a few kinds only. 



The collection is arranged according to the 

 Kidgway nomenclature, and I will therefore 

 take up the species as Mr. Jackson has placed 

 them. This brings us first to the Thruslies, 

 and here we notice especially a set of four eggs 

 of the Oray-cheeked Tliru.sh (Ilylocirhla vntii- 

 lat.a), a pretty sej-ies of the Mockingbird 

 (Mimus polij(ilottnx), and magnificent series of 

 the Mexican Brown Thrasher (Ilavpiirliijndius 

 riifiix ItDiiiirostrix), consisting of fifty sets, and 

 of the Curve-bill Thrasher (//. curviroKtris). 

 containing forty-eight sets. Both of these 

 series were collected by Mr. Jackson's own 

 collectors in Mexico, and exhibit all the varia- 

 tions to which these species are subject. 



Next we come to the American Water Ouzel 

 {Cincius mexicdnun). Blue-throated Warbler 

 {('j/aiu'ciila supcicn). Stone Chat (Saxicnla 

 atiii(nlhe); then the Bluebirds; a set of Town- 

 send's Solitaire (MijUidetilo.s Inwniiendi); Black- 

 crested Flycatcher (Phainnpeplii nilcns); all 

 three of the Gnatcatchers; a fine set of eight 

 eggs of tlie Pkuby-crowned Kinglet (Reijulus 

 calendula), with a beautiful nest; and a large 

 set of ten eggs of tlie Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 (li. satrapu) and nest. Also .sets of (Jround 

 Tit (C'hamuia fuHKiata) and Pallid Wren Tit. 



Xow we have arrived at tlie Titmice, and 

 we notice the Tufted Titmouse (Lopho- 

 phanes birolor). Black-crested Titmouse (i. 

 at.ricristatits), Plain Titmouse {L. bwrnatiif:). 

 Mountain (,'hickadee (Pants nwntaniis), Black- 

 capped Chickadee (P. africapillux). Long- 

 tailed Chickadee (P. utricajiillus seplentrion- 

 alis), Oregon Chickadee (P. atricKiiilhis 

 occidentalln). Carolina Chickadee (P. caroliii- 

 enxis), Siberian Cliickadee (P. cbictus), the 

 Californian Bush Tit, Lead-colored Tit {Psal- 

 triparus pluniheus), and Tellow-headed Tit 

 (Auripariis flarlceiis), all represented by fine 

 sets. 



The White-bellied Nuthatch {Sitta carolhi- 

 erntln), Brown-lieaded Nuthatch {S. pii.>i/(7((), 

 and Pigmy Nuthatch (.S. pyf/nuvn). 



A fine set of Brown Creeper {C'erUiia fiimil- 

 iarix rtifa) is noticed, and then we come to the 

 Wrens. Of these he has sets of the Cactus 

 Wren (Campy lorhynchus l>runneii:apillun), Rock 

 Wren (Salpinctes oli.ioletus), White-throated 

 Wren (Catherpef: mexicanus comtper-nts), Caro- 

 lina Wren (Thryothorns ludnricianna), Berlan- 

 dier's Wren (T. ludovicianvx berlandin-i), 

 Florida Wren (7'. Ittdoticinnim miamctixlti), 

 Bewick's Wren (Thryomancx hewlrkl), Califor- 

 nia Bewick's Wren (T. hcivicki .ipilurufi), Texan 

 Bewick's (T. !ii'ii'irk-i Icuroijasler) House Wren 

 (Troi.ilodytcH a>don). Western House Wren (T. 

 (Bdonparkiiiiinni), the rare Winter Wren (Anor- 

 thnra troiiladytcs Jiyemalis), a beautiful set and 

 nest, the Long-billed Marsh Wren (Telmnto- 

 dyt.cx paluxtris), the Tule Wren (T. paliistri.i 

 paludirnl(i), and the Sluut-billed Marsh Wren 

 (Cistiitliorux stallarix). 



After noticing tlie sets of White Wagtail 

 (Motacllla <d>ia), Swinhoe's Wagtail (M. ocu- 

 laris). Yellow Wagtail (liudyios fla,va), Ameri- 

 can Titlark (Aiithnx liidoiHcianti.s), and 

 European Titlark (A. jiratensis), we reacli the 

 Warblers. Of these he has sets of Black and 

 White Warbler (Mniotilta varla), a good series 

 of Prothonotaiy Warbler (Pi-dfanotaria citrea), 



Copyri^lit, ISDI, by Frank B. Webster. 



