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ORNITHOLOGIST 



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DECEMBER 



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Legends and Folk Lore Relatin;^ to lairds in \'aiious 



Countries Dan De Quiile 



Late Nesting of the Bob White .... Benjamin I loag 



In Good Greenwood.— Ill Robert Cargan 



Notes from Delta Co., Michigan .... Ed Van Winkle 



Louisiana Tanager taken at New Haven, Conn. W. II. Flint 



Phoebe Nesting in Bank Swallows' Burrows . Arthur M. Farmer 



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