ESTABLISHED 1875. 



ORNITHOLOGIST 



—AND— 



OOLOGIST. 



VOL. XVII. 



NO. 6. 



JUNE, 



1892. 



CONTENTS. 



Winter IMrrt Notes from SouHiora Massalifusetts 



The American Bittern 



Nestin^r of the Wood I'ewee in Nova Scotia 

 Birds of Five-miln IJeach .... 



Notes on the Ducks of Cohassct. Mass., 18G0-!V2 



Notes on the Flicker 



A Strange Bird Shot 



A Collecting Trip to Canada 



Nesting of the King Rail Near Philadelphia 



Nesting of .Iiinco hyemalis thurberi 



New Publications " 



Heuioval 



Brief Notes 



Harry Gordon White 

 Elmer J. (;ill<>tt 

 Walter D'A. llyan 

 Philip Laurent 

 C. H.E. . 

 M. C. Connell 

 O. C. Poling 

 W. P. Hadley 

 Isaac S. Rieft" 

 Fred VV. Koch 



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