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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. iS-No. z 



ORNITHOLOGIST^'OOLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 



AND TO THE 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editorial Management of 

 FRANK B. WEBSTER, . . Hyde Park, Mass. 



J. PARKER NORRIS, . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



Brief Notes, Correspondence, and 

 Clippings. 



I'UBLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



INCORPOR.\TED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



The O. & O. is mailed each issue to every paid subscriber. 

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



Overofficious — or ? 



It appears that in the eastern part of Maine 

 there is a game warden who during the past 

 season has been trying in his official capacity 

 to interfere with the legitimate business of 

 a taxidermist — and it is intimated in the 

 interests of another taxidermist. Now the 

 taxidermist business is demanded by and 

 to a large extent supported by sportsmen. 

 The game warden is the ser%ant of the sports- 

 man, and his business is to look to the pro- 

 tection of game, not to monkey with taxid- 

 ermists. We have on previous occasions 

 seen the antics of some very "cheap fellows " 

 and they have been sat down upon. It is 

 a settled fact that sportsmen do not coun- 

 tenance nonsense ; and if the case we refer to 

 is such, it will received proper attention from 

 the fraternity if a protest is made. 



Cyclone Traps, the best and latest, just the 

 thing for those who are collecting small 

 mammals. Sent by mail, post paid, 2 for 25 

 cents, or i dozen for $1.25. 



On January 26 a large flock of Snow Bunt- 

 ings were seen by R. H. Carr at Brockton, 

 Mass. 



The largest Tarpon reported in season of 

 1892 at Fort Myers, Florida, was taken May 

 3, by Col. B. H. Young. It measured 7 feet 

 and weighed 184 jiounds. The smallest by 

 William Ellison, March 13, length 4 feet 5 

 inches, weight 58 pounds. 



John Wallace, the well-known taxidermist 

 of New York city, died January 17. Mr. 

 Wallace was a pioneer in the ranks. 



^^'e are having so many letters from our 

 correspondents describing the Pine Gros- 

 beaks, and asking what they are, that we have 

 not space to publish them. At this season 

 we ad\ise you all to refer to 3'our Coues key, 

 and study up the bird. 



E. J. Brown reports that the Great North- 

 ern Shrike has been Common at Washington 

 during the winter. 



On December 25, i8go, a House ^^■ren's 

 nest containing three fresh eggs was found 

 by a neighbor. Further proceedings was 



stopped on the dav bv a Cat. 



J. T. Park. 

 Warner, Tenn. 



I noted two American Robins on January 

 19. They were in an elm tree. 



R. H. Hozve, Jr. 

 Longwood, Mass. 



G. S. Miller, Jr., is overrun with mice. 

 There are over 2000 on his premises. 



In October I found Newell mounting a 

 Swainson's Hawk killed here. Something 

 new for so far east. I bought it of the 

 owner. It is in nice plumage. Newell's 

 shop is full of Deer, Caribou and Moose. 

 Hope that he may do well. G. A. B. 



Calais, Maine. 



Those who intend visiting Florida, should 

 read the advertisement of F. L. Small, who 

 has for a long time been a contributor to the 

 " O. & O." If there is any gunning in his 

 locality, he will be the man to know it. 



