February, 1S93.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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It reflects very little credit to a taxider- 

 mist to take every opportunity to nin down 

 the work of his neighbors. We ha\e before 

 us a letter that certainly shows about as un- 

 kind a disposition as can be imagined. 



We can assure the aggrieved part\- who 

 sent it to us that such documents only injure 

 those who write them. We would care noth- 

 ing about it. 



C. M. Jones, Eastford, Conn., writes that 

 birds have been very scarce in his locality 

 this winter. He has obsened a few Gros- 

 beak and one Goshawk. He asks if many 

 northern birds have been reported. 



Captain Farrar, editor and manager of 

 the "Sportsman and Tourist," died January 8, 

 at Jamaica Plain, Mass., after a brief illness. 

 We are unable to announce whether the pub- 

 lication will be continued. 



We have heard of only a very few Snowy- 

 Owls. Pine Grosbeaks have been unusually 

 plentj'. Snow Buntings common as usual. 

 Early in the season Barred Owls were re- 

 ported. The weather has been so severe in 

 the east that there has been but little shoot- 

 ing. Ducks have been very scarce in the 

 Boston market. 



On December 31, a neighbor shot a 

 Meadow Lark just north of the town. We 

 have very few birds here this winter. Rab- 

 bits and Minks have been more common 

 than usual. 



About the middle of December a Screech 

 Owl came down the fire-place of Lewis Pal- 

 mer. He kept it in a cage, but it soon died. 

 Harry GlUi7igha7n. 



Oak Park, 111. 



Roping Elk in the Rockies and the Wild 

 Hog in Louisiana, in February' " Outing," 

 catches the attention of naturalists and 

 sportsmen. 



Which is the swiftest flyer among our 

 birds? Who can answer? This question 

 was asked in a previous issue, and the writer 

 received no reply. 



We have received satisfactory returns from 



our ad. in your paper, and would be willing 



at any time to testify to the merits of your 



columns as an advertising medium. 



Shooting and Fishing Publishing Co. 



20 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 



And any reader who has subscribed for the 

 publication, will find it a first-class one. 



I secured a Red Screech Owl ? , taken in 

 the act of killing a full-grown Hen in its 

 coop, at Sudbury, Mass., January 16. 



A. W. Morse. 



Winter Residents of Milton, 

 Wisconsin. 



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Downy Woodpecker. 

 Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Great Northern Shrike. 

 Blue Jay. 



Black-capped Chickadee. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Mourning Dove. 

 -American Crow. 

 Snowflake. 

 -American Robin. 

 Slate-colored Junco. 

 Swamp Sparrow. 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 American Goldfinch. 

 English Sparrow. 

 Little Screech Owl. 



Flovd Coon. 



A World's Fair Suggestion. 



Are we going to the World's Fair at Chi- 

 cago? If so can we not have a headquarter 

 in that city where we may meet? Let some 

 of the Chicago readers of the " O. & O." 

 suggest a place where we may leave our card 

 stating our arrival and departure and where 

 we may be found while in the city. No doubt 

 there are many readers of this journal who are 

 going to the fair and while there would be 

 pleased to meet some of their bird friends. 



Let us hear from some one else. 



Albert Lane. 



Madison, Minnesota. 



