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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 18-N0. 6 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTp.iS>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 ihe Editorial ^L^nagement of 

 FR.'\NK: B. WEBSTER, . . Hyde Park, Mass. 



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



rt'BLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



1NC0RP0R.\TED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



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

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



Editor of "O & or : 



I have tried your new auxiliary barrel, and 

 found it e.xceeded my highest expectations 

 for shooting. It throws dust shot with force 

 enough to kill large birds at seventy-five feet, 

 and does not shoot small birds to pieces. 1 

 also find it a great saving in ammunition. 



//. L. Moiilcux. 



Fresno, Cal. 



I took a fine specimen of Richardson's 

 Owl the 20th of February, the first I have 

 ever seen here, although 1 have heard of such 

 an Owl being seen. 



Other bird life consisting of flocks of Snow 

 Flakes, now and then a White Owl and a 

 few Shar])-tail Grouse. Elmer T.JiidJ. 



Finds. 



March 25, Great Horned Owl, 3 eggs, in 

 white oak ; April 9, Crow, 5 eggs, in soft 

 maple ; April 9, White-rumped Shrike, 3 

 eggs, in osage; April 12, Crow, 5 eggs. 



Carl Frltz-Heinihig. 



Boone, Iowa. 



Please send us notes of your collecting 

 trips. They will be welcome. 



An American Egret was shot by E. W. 

 Champlin, in cedar swamp, Ocean View, 

 R.I., first of June. C. G. Diiiiu. 



We received in March a Pig. It had i 

 head, 4 ears, 2 bodies, 8 legs — a perfect 

 darling. C. K. Reed. 



Worcester, Mass. 



Editor of O. & or : 



This morning I took down the key to my 

 "museum," which has been closed since 

 November, when I finished arranging the 

 results of my summer's collecting. I opened 

 up the room, dusted out, looked to my nests 

 and eggs to see if they were all right, and 

 examined my bird skins to see that none 

 were spoiled. Then I got down my note- 

 book and journal and started to look over 

 them. P)efore I had got very far, I remem- 

 bered that it had been some time since I had 

 wTitten to the " O. & O.," so I picked up a 

 few sheets of paper and commenced looking 

 for items of interest. 



I did not do much collecting last season. 

 To commence with, I sprained my ankle 

 just about the time the birds commenced 

 laying, and was only able to do a little col- 

 lecting around the cemeteries. 



April 17, as I was going along one of our 

 principal streets, a bird came fluttering down 

 on top of my head. I was rather surprised 

 on looking down to behold a Least Bittern. 

 As it was flying over it had struck one of the 

 tall buildings. This is a rare bird for this 

 vicinity, this being the only one I ever found, 

 or rather the only one that ever found me. 



June 17, found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher's 

 nest about two miles south of the city. It 

 was in the crotch of a young oak tree about 

 10 feet from the ground. It contained 

 young. 



I found eight nests of Goldfinch, only one 

 contained eggs, howe\ er. This is the largest 

 number ever found by me in one season. 



December 9, saw a Chipping Sparrow in 

 a tree in the park. W. E. I\/tilllke>i. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



