THE USFKEV 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Nest and eggs of the American Osprey from Photograph by Ora W. Knight Frontispiece. 



Water Birds of the Quiver Lake Region Prof. P. M. Silloway 127 



American Osprey Notes at Gardiner's Island, N. Y Henry R. Buck 129 



Notes from Maine on the American Osprey Ora W. Knight 130 



The American Osprey in Lower California ■. Horace A. Gaylord 131 



Some Observations on the Nesting of Ducks r Eugene S. Rolfe 131 



Editorial Notes i34 



Ornithological Bulletins 134 



Recent Literature 135 



Dr Coues' Column 135 



General Notes : — Parasitic Habits of the Blackbilled Cuckoo. Contents of An Owl's Nest. The Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker Wintering in Wisconsin. Barn Owl in Licking County. Ohio. Large Laying Capacity of the Flicker. 

 Peculiar Nesting Place of the Red-winged Blackbird A Turkey Swim.-;. A Queer Set of Crow's Eggs. A Baby 

 Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 'Value ( ? ( of Ornithological Observations by Amateurs. The Prairie Horned Lark 

 in Maine. Unusual Markings of Cliff Swallow Eggs. The Chicago Academy of Sciences. An Albino Green- 

 tailed Towhee 136-137 



California Department : — Cooper Club Notes. A New Source of Redpoll's Eggs. Queer Actions of a Thrasher 138 



Correspondence 138 



A COLLECTION OF FINE SETS OF BIRDS' EGGS 



have been placed in our hands to sell ; and to SELL QUICKLY we offer them at the 

 low prices attached. So/ne special b(irg(ii?is inch4ded. Numbers following names are 

 the number of eggs in a set. Postage on orders of less than $1.00 must be paid by 

 purchaser. 



Per Egg. 



American Eared Grebe, 9 8 



Pied-billed Grebe, 7-6 



Puffin, 1 .. 



Cassin's Auklet, i 



Razor-billed, i 



Great Black-backed Gull, 2 



Ring-billed Gull, 3 



Caspian Tern, 3 



Double-crested Cormorant, 4 



Blue-winged Teal, 9-13 



Lesser Scaup Duck, 7 



White Ibis, 4-3 



American Bittern, 3 



Least Bittern, 4 



Snowy Heron, 4 



Green Heron, 4 



Purple Gallinule, 6 



Florida Gallinule, 7-8 



American Coot, 7-8-9 



Red Phalarope, 4 



American A vocet, 4 



Bob-white 8-10-1 1 . . ; 



Prairie Hen, 13-10 



Mourning Dove. 2 



Turkey Vulture, 2 . 



Cooper's Hawk, 4 



Florida Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 



Audubon's Caracara, 3-2 



American Osprey, 3 



Screech Owl, 4-5-3 



Barn Owl, 4 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 5 



Flicker, 7-8-y 



Whip-poor-will, 2 



Western Nighthawk, 2 



Chimney Swift, 4 



Kingbird, 4 



Crested Flycatcher, 5 



Phoebe, 5 



Wood Pewee, 3 



Traill's Flycatcher, 3-4 

 Yellow-billed Magpie, 7-8. . . . 



Blue Jay, 4-5 



California Jay, 3 . . . . 



American Crow 4-5-6 



Yellow-headed Blackbird, 4. . 

 Red-winged Blackbird. 3-4... 



Meadowlark, 5 



Western Meadowlark, 3 



Bullock's Oriole, 5 



Brewer's Blackbird. 4-5 



Bronzed Grackle, 4-5 



House Finch, 4-5 



American Goldfinch, 6 



Field Sparrow, 4 



Towhee, 3 



California Towhee, 4-3 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 3-4 . 

 Black-beaded Grosbeak, 3 .. . 



Blue Grosbeak, 4 



Indigo Bunting, 3 



Lazuli Bunting, 4 



Scarlet Tanager, 2-3 



Summer Tanager, 3 



Purple Martin. 4. 



White-ruinped Shrike. 4-5-6.. 



Yellow-Warbler, 3-4 



Mockingbird. 4 



Catbird. 4-5 



Brown Thrasher, 4-5 



Baird's Wren, 7 



House Wren, 7-8 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, 5 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 5 



Russet-backed Thrush, 4-5 .. . 



Per Egg. 



•05 

 .05 



.18 



•05 

 ■05 

 .03 

 .02 



Order wliile tHese 

 Baroains Last. 



One to six sets of each of the 

 species listed have not been sold. 

 These remarkably Low Prices 

 have brought us orders from a 

 number of the best-known col- 

 lectors, including an order from 

 the owner of 



The Largest Private 

 Collection ot Birds' 

 Eqqs in America ! 



Several purchasers have sent in 

 a second order 



Please name a few species that 

 may be used to fill out order in 

 case part of those ordered are sold 



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