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THE OOLOGIST 



Series of Eggs of the Red-Tailed Hawk 



Two eggs, slightly incubated, bluish- 

 white ground, speckled, spotted, and 

 blotched with several shades of red 

 brown and undermarkings of lilac 

 scattered over the w^liole surface of 

 the egg. In one, the heaviest mark- 

 ings are principally in the larger end 

 with a few handsome blotches on the 

 sides. Measure 2.24x1.78, 2 18x1.82 

 inches; form, thick oval. Nest of 

 sticks in large Burr Oak. Locality, 

 Dodge Co., Columbus, Wis.; date, 

 April 6, 1895. 



Two eggs, badly incubated, greenish- 

 blue, one is without markings, the 

 other is beautifully marked with dots, 

 spots and blotches of burnt sienna 

 principally toward the larger end, on 

 which are the larger and heavier 

 markings; form, thick oval; measure 

 2.33 X 1.79, 2.45 x 1.82 inches. Nest of 

 sticks in White Poplar, against body. 

 Locality, Columbia Co., four miles S. 

 VV. of Columbus, Wis.; date, April 14, 

 1895. 



Three eggs, incubation slight, liglit 

 bluish white ground, from qui to 

 coarsely and heavily marked in one, 

 over tlie whole surface, to sparing 

 marks in number three, with yellow- 

 brown and lilac in spots and blotches, 

 mainly blurred into each other; form, 

 thick oval; measure, 2.45x1.91, 2.53 

 xl.96, 2.46x1.95 inches. Nest of 

 sticks, against body of tall White Pop- 

 lar, l^ocality, Columbia Co , near Co- 

 lumbus, Wis.; date, March 21, 1898. 



Two eggs, incubation advanced, 

 white with a bluish tint; one is quite 

 thickly marked over the whole egg, 

 with specks, spots and blotches of 

 dark yellowish undermarkings, heav- 

 iest on the smaller end, the markings 

 grow finer and thinner toward the 

 larger end; the other is very sparing- 

 ly marked, having but a few of the 

 (lark brown blotches, mainly on the 

 smaller end shows a few tiny scrawls; 



shape, oval; measure, 2.33x1.86, 2.35 

 xl.80 inches. Nest of sticks on limb 

 of Black Oak. Locality, Columbia Co., 

 four and one-half miles S. W. of Co- 

 lumbus, Wis.; date, April 2, 1898. 



Three eggs, fresh, grayish or bluish 

 white: the markings in all three is a 

 middle marking of red-brown, over- 

 marking of rich seal brown, under 

 markings of lilac, layed on in specks, 

 and spots and a few blotches; in num- 

 ber one very siiaringly marked ; num- 

 ber two slightly heavier, and number 

 three quite heavily; the two browns 

 are much blended and again blended 

 into the undermarkings of lilac; in 

 number one the markings are more to- 

 ward the smaller end; number two, 

 the larger end, and in three the small- 

 er end. Form, oval; measure 250 x 

 2 00, 2.50 X 1.95, 2.51 x 2.00 inches. Nest 

 of sticks against body of White Pop- 

 lar. Locality, Columbia Co., four miles 

 S. W. of Columbus, Wis.; date, March 

 20, 1S99. 



Two eggs, advanced, pale bluish 

 white, one unmarked, the other light- 

 ly blotched with pale yellow, brown 

 and lilac; form, thick elipse; measure, 

 2.16x1.75, 2.24x1.80 inches. Nest of 

 sticks on limb of Black Oak. Local- 

 ity, Columbia (^o., one and one-half 

 miles west of Columbus, Wis; date, 

 April 15th, 1899. 



Geo. W. H. vos Burgh. 

 Zion City, Illinois. 



Albino Robin. 



S. V. Wharram. 

 While visiting at a Taxidermist 

 shop I saw, among other things, a 

 snow white robin with pink eyes. The 

 taxidermist said that a pair of robins 

 had built in a small tree near his 

 house. He watched them with some 

 interest and found that they all seem- 

 ed well when hatched. However, when 

 they began to feather out one showed 

 white and the old ones threw it from 



