CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVll., NO. 5, MAY, 1892. 



C. E. Rrown 

 F. G. Pearson . 

 J. H. Johnson 

 C. C. Wood 

 W. R. Clyde Todd 



B. H. Swales 

 B. H. Swales 

 T. G. Pearson 

 A. B. Ulrey 

 Jos. M. Wade 



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New Puldications , 80 



A Series of Eggs of the Oven-bird J. P. X. . 



A Day in the Wooils H. W. Beers 



That Big Gobbler Robert Curzon 



Collecting Around Wenham Lake, North Beverly . - - - 



The Herons of Alachua Co., Florida 



Bird Notes from CentJal New Hampshire, Winter of l891-'92 

 Purple Gallinule in Massachusetts . . ... 



Nesting of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 



My First Set of Great Horned Owl's Eggs Carl Fritz Henning 



American Long-eared Owl 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Wayne Co., Mich. . 

 Some Spring Notes from Guildford Co., N. C. . 

 Notes on the American Bittern (Botaurus Icntiginosus) 



Phoebe lMrd — 1'ewee 



The World's Columbian Kxpo.^itiou 



A Rustic Concert 



Jlrief Notes 



Correspondence 



I^ibrabor Duck is sold ; Send V> cts. for its photograph. 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



REU LETrRK LIST PKIJJTIill. 



Prices on single eggs wav down. 



o<] EGG TOOLS. \>o 



The cheap sct-s, a wood bi>x, with drill, blower and 

 hook, advertised with a great hurrah by several deal- 

 ers at ;« cents, we will sell at 35 cents and throw in 

 25 cents worth of eggs with it, at regular list. 



We are having a catalogue of specimens, curio, etc. 

 printed. Send 10 cents for it. It will contain many 



<^JAPANESE.I> 



One Paper Snake, one Cotton Frog, large; one Cot- 

 ton Frog, small, all in one box by mail for 2.^ cents. 



vspt^z" cxjrtious. 



$1.00 

 LOO 



Large Paper Far. Sorecu, gold, with border, 

 " " ■ fancy color, 



The.'ie are very jiretty and showy. Too large 

 to go by mail. 



Frank Blake Webster Co. 



pages. 



MINERALS. 



1 pieces, assorted, sizes s; 

 ;nts, postpaid. 



Frank Blake Webster Co. 



Captain N. E. (Jould'.« summer resort for gunners anil 

 families now open, ('h;<tliani, Mass. 



Six polished pieces, assorted, sizes same as used in 

 rings, for 25 cents, postpaid. 



^ WANTED, s^ 



AtKhibon's Birds of North America, odd volumes. 

 Also any other old works on Ornithology. 

 Send list with price. 



E. W. RICKER, Box 5083, 



CITY HALL, - - - BOSTON, MASS. 



THE MIN .EMIiOGlST'S R3C0RD BOOK. 



Containing spaces for recording 450 specimens, by 

 F.R.Stearns. PRICE, 35 AND 50 CENTS." 

 For sale by 



F. B. WEBSTER COMPANY. 



That Little Tube 



That you can slijv in y(*nr r2-<;au^e 

 gnn, for slu>()tin<; small birds. 



COSTS • ONLY • $1.50. 



50 brass shells No. 32, loader, oai)per and wad cutter 

 com|)lete, .'?1.50. 



Frank Blake Webster Company. 



EGG TOOLS, 



Blow Pipes, Egg Drills, Birds' Eggs. 



Send for our Catalogue. 



Frank Blake Webster Co., 



7 Franklin St., Boston. 



Papier Mache Heads, 



Open Mouths, now ready. 

 See our new list. 



FKA.NK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY. 



II^SEOT Pijsrs, 



(Schluter's), 

 Bright aiul J ipiniied. B<^.s*^^ ({aniity Mait^t. 



To Dealers we would call attention to the fact that 

 they all conic on papers and can easily be handled. 

 Cork, Cones, Cases, Nets and Tools. 



FK\>K BL\KE WEBSTER CO. 



Frank E. Laxolev, Prixter» Hyde Park, Mass. 



