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THE OOLOGIST. 



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A NEW UP-TO-DATE 



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 arranged according to A. O. U. Nomenclature and giving both 

 common and scientific names. i6 pages on good paper. 



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ADDRESS 



OOLOGIST, Albion, N. Y. or ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y. 



Will Irrigation Alter Bird Fauna? 



E. H. Short. 



Dear Sir: — Seeing in the Oologist a 

 question regarding irrigation, drain- 

 age and birds, I will say a few words. 



I believe that irrigation will make 

 some difference in the birds of a local- 

 ity, i.e., will add new birds to the list 

 of that locality. But as there is not 

 enough water to irrigate anywhere 

 near all the arid land and semi-arid 

 land, it will not make a great differ- 

 ence as a whole. 



Since coming here in the spring of 

 1906, I have noticed nearly as many 

 common kingbirds (444) as Arkansas 

 kingbirds (447), which is the western 

 variety. Nearly all books say of 444, 

 "rare west of the Rockies," so I think 

 irrigation has something to do with 

 it. 



There are not many birds here ex- 

 cept along the rivers, though the 



"boosters" will tell you that there are 

 lots of birds here. 



There are quite a lot of English 

 Sparrows here already, (though noth- 

 ing like they are in the east) but in- 

 stead of trying to get people to kill 

 them off the paper here states that 

 they are a much maligned bird, will 

 not move out of the towm into the 

 country, or bother other birds, etc. 

 That shows about how much they 

 know of the English Sparrow out here 

 — not much, surely. 



By looking up the Youth's Compan- 

 ion of .June 11th, you will find an ac- 

 count on page 284 of how^ a man 

 caught an eagle (golden) near North 

 Yakima last winter. The eagle was 

 on exhibit here for several weeks and 

 was then shipped to the capital at 

 Olvmpia. 



C. E. WEBSTER. 

 North Yakima, Wash. 



