THE or) LOG 1ST. 



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motiou of the wiugs, almost invariably 

 accompanies efforts of song on the 

 wing. We may maintain, then, that 

 the quivering of the wings as an accom- 

 paniment to the song is a strictly sea- 

 sonal feature. All have noticed the 

 loss of the song synchronously with the 

 skyward flutter in the case of the Bob- 

 olink, when he assumes his summer 

 dress and becomes the plebian Ricebird. 

 I have never yet heard a bird sing on 

 the wing in the autumn. 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Orcithological Potpourri. Hash. 



A sweet blueeycd warbler, daughter 

 of Major Puffins, sat singing in a viinor 

 key to attract the Rprnce Mr. Boh 0' Lin- 

 coln who was shoveller on a man o'war, 

 but now on a vacation as he was afflict- 

 ed with 2i pectoral trouble which threat- 

 ened to kill deer Bob: However, al- 

 though the trouble was due to too many 

 larks, and eating too many pics, still 

 the laughin J , bronzed fellow w^as ]nst Jay 

 enough to keep whooping her up, and 

 often got red-headed when in Baltimore 

 or Savanna, for it was one of his cardi- 

 nal virtues, the big goose, to fill up on 

 red-eye and then to gamb{e)l and thrash- 

 er 'round. Later this night hawk, would 

 be mourning for his golden eyes and 

 wish that the last {h)oi'-l had been bar- 

 red. Then he would get to raven with 

 notes like a caliojK and continued rail- 

 ing against swijt living and consult a 

 prothonotary to get his long green back. 



Long before snow flakes fell Bob was 

 at logger-heads with everyone. He left 

 the sea side and visited a hermiL, a soli- 

 tary Jox, and also Dick Sissel, who lived 

 in a swamj) intermediate between or- 

 rliard and meadow, among the myrtles. 

 Bob was a hummrr and soon fell in 

 with a squa (pronounced squaw) and 

 hitched to her although she was nearly 

 related to the gull family and he diil 

 not owe them all a good tern. 



He was now spurred on by his stjiia. 



and rapidly felled <rec.-f and tilled /cWs 

 though the soil was of clay and adjoined 

 a marsh, and he still hawked. There 

 was in a neighboring wood a chippy 

 nam' d Fhoi be Ann Hinga, who though 

 a pygmy was beautifully hooded and 

 attracted much attention from the 

 bald pates who seemed on stilts when 

 buzzing her. ''Say," said Ridgway,"ll 

 Trail or Hammond were here they 

 would not get left. They are cuckoos, 

 and veryXv as catchers'" 



1 saw whet otvl eat grasshoppers in 

 Digo near Cape May and then as an ac- 

 centor he began to screech about brother- 

 ly love. Al Cyon belted himself and 

 said he could whip-poor- Will, but X)Oor 

 Will and old Centrocercus the referee, 

 who looked sage, grabbed the green 

 backs and were passengers on a kite, 

 though you may not swallotv the story. 

 Whisky Jack went west and married 

 Black Bill's daughter Mag Pie, who led 

 him an awful chase before he coopered 

 her. 



A Crow sat upon a bust of Pallas and 

 had a royal time dwelling on roseate 

 projects but bridled up when called a 

 booby and replied that the accuser was 

 an old squauK Cotumbianus did some 

 fine whistling, while his near relative 

 acted as trumjieler and the piper joined 

 in Crejntans was there with his clap- 

 per also, and a n?it cracker added to the 

 entertainment, and when butcher 

 pounced upon an Knglish Sparrow 

 everyone chirped, "let her 



Flkkek." 



Errata- 



In the article in November, OoLO- 

 (JisT, under the heading of "The Ornith- 

 ology of a Church Yard," page ;583, 2ud 

 line, last word read, "■nestling.'' Page 

 334, nth line, 2nd word read, *'a7id," 

 30th line, Gth word read '"hold," 36tb 

 line, 3rd word read '^exultant." Second 

 column, 9th line, last word read "cxnl- 

 tar.t," 34th line, 4th word road "The.'' 



