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THE OOLOGIST. 



of the Love- trees into a wire basket sus- 

 pended by a wire from above in which 

 grew a species of fern. This basket 

 hangs midway between the two columns 

 and directly over the rear bank of the 

 pool and forms the safest kmd of a re- 

 treat. It is a matter of conjecture 

 whether or not this entered into the 

 thoughts of the Rail. 



The birds are caught while they are 

 stopping for the day during migration. 

 They are easil 7 caught when discovered. 

 A man told me that he caught one in 

 his back yard; it simply ran into a cor- 

 ner and hid. Thus they are not cage 

 bred; you may have a set for which one 

 of these birds is partly responsible. 

 John Larsen. 



Harry R. Taylor 1 



Golden Eagle eggs! The two terms 

 ■are synonymous! No doubt more than 

 one collector has asked himself "Where 

 do all the sets of (Jolden Eagle come 

 fromV" He might go the rounds of a 

 majority of collectors who sorrowfully 

 would plead "not guilty." And it is 

 ■with a sense of pleasure that we are en- 



Published withcut pe rrissicn. 



ahled to present the readers of the OoLO- 

 GisT a half-tone of Harry R. Taylor, one 

 of the few "guilty" ones in this connec- 

 tion. To a large majority of North Amer- 

 ican collectors Mr. Taylor needs little 

 introduction. He is a son of the illus- 

 trious missionary of Africa. Bishop Wil- 

 liam Taylor, and it was beneath Africa's 

 tropical sun that he first saw the light. 



