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THE OOLOGIST. 



but we found sets of two and four, size 

 about 3.75x1.75. 



We made a raft after several hours 

 hard work and proceeded to the island 

 where most of the nests were built. 

 Thei'e were about twenty nests of the 

 Ibis, besides several nests each of the 

 American Egret, Florida Cormorant 

 and Water Turkej' or Anhinga. The 

 Ibises and Cormorants nested in the 

 tall cypresses while the Anhingas and 

 Egrets were content to take the lower 

 bay trees. 



We took several sets of Ibis and Cor- 

 morant and one set of the American 

 Egret and thei'e sat down to rest and 

 watch the birds. 



It was a grand sight to see the gi'eat 

 drove of Ibis high up in the air sailing 

 around in great sweeping circles, fol- 

 lowing each olher in regular proces- 

 sion. 



It is a curious sight to see the Wood 

 Ibes sitting on their nests with necks 

 drawn in, and at any distance the nest 

 can scarcely be seen, and it gives birds 

 the appearance of sitting there asleep. 



A great pest of all rookery birds is 

 the Crow, and if an Ibis leaves the nest 

 for an instant down comes the black 

 d are devil with a scream of delight and 

 gi-abs an egg by sticking his bill into it 

 and flying away. The Ibis seems to be 

 very much afraid of them and I have 

 seen a crow almost take an egg out 

 f I'om under one of them and they would 

 croak and draw Ijack their bills as if to 

 strike, but never did. 



As we left the lake homeward bound 



I took a last look at the beautiful scene 



and rather regreted that I had been a 



party in breaking up precious treasures. 



WiLLARu Eliot, 



Tampa, Fla. 



Nesting Dates. 



In all works on oology accessible to 

 me, there is a nuirkad deficiency as to 

 nesting dates. I therefore invite the 



sending of da+a of this kind from all 

 collectors in Mich., Wis., la., Minn., 

 and the Dakota's — and covering the fol- 

 lowing species. Send all the data j'ou 

 have, and all j'ou note this season. The 

 results will be duly tabulated and pub- 

 lished, credit being then given to whom 

 credit is due. 



All Swimmers, Waders, and Raptores 

 "Woodpeckers, Flycatchei's and Nut- 

 hatch, Gallina3, Sparrows, and Vireos. 

 The Chickadee, American Redstart, and 

 and Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Be accurate and circumstantial- I 

 cannot take time for any correspond- 

 ence. 



P. B. Peabody, 

 Owatonna, Minn. 



Ornithologist Association. 

 secretary's report. 



At the March meeting of the Associa- 

 ation the following Corresponding 

 Members were iiroposed and elected; 



Edward W. Hensinger, 315 King 

 William St., San Antonio, Tex. 



William B. Caulk, Terre Haute, Ind. 



At the April meeting C- J. Gillis, 1534 

 38th St., Washington, D. C, was elect- 

 an active member. 



The Secretary has receixed a list of 

 birds of Graud Forks Co., North Dako- 

 ta, from Rolla P. Curra, No. 35 O. A. 



He enumerates 103 species as occur- 

 iug within the county limits to his cer- 

 tain knowledge. 



The undersigned saw a short time 

 since a rare bird for this locality, the 

 Pileated Woodpecker. 



They are now very seldom seen so 

 near large towns. 



A. B. Farnham, 

 Sec'y and Treas. of O. A. 



A complete collection of Ohio birds, 

 including every A'arietj' known to live 

 within the boundaries of the state, will 

 be an exhibit at the Exposition . 



