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21. Barn Swallow. 



22. Killdeer. 



23. Red-winged Blackbird. 



24. Brown Pelican. 



25. Black Buzzard. 



26. Fla. Fish Crow. 



27. Semi-palmated Sandpiper. 



28. Frigate Bird; Key West to Ha- 

 vana. 



29. Noddy. 



30. Wilson's Petrel. 



31. While 50 miles from Key West 



a Yellow Palm Warbler flew 

 aboard several times but did 

 not settle down. 

 Havana, Cuba, to Los Indios, Isle 

 of Pines, August 5 to 8; 300 miles. 



1. Royal Tern. 



2. Noddy Tern. 



3. Sooty Tern. 



4. While ISO miles west of Havana 



during a small squall a Parula 

 Warbler flew aboard of us and 

 all around the cabin. 

 August 9, Los Indios and dock. 



1. W. I. Mourning Dove. 



2. Cuban Crab Hawk. 



3. Ani. 



4. Cuban Ground Dove. 



5. Cuban Green Parrot. 



6. Cuban Green Woodpecker. 



7. Cuban Grackle. 



8. White Ibis. 



9. Pigeon (C. inornata). 



10. Black-crowned Night Heron. 



11. Fla. Cormorant. 



12. Royal Tern. 



13. Southern Turkey Buzzard. 



14. Mangrove Warbler. 



15. Cuban Meadowlark. 



16. Cuban Kingbird. 



17. Red-legged Thrush. 



18. Cuban Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



19. Cuban Quail. 



20. I. of P. Lizard Cuckoo. 



21. I. of P. Trogon. 



22. Antillean Nighthawk. 



23. Great Blue Heron. 



A. C. Read. 

 Isle of Pines. 



Hanford, Sept. 4. — Sportsmen who 

 annually hunt ducks on the shores of 

 Lake Tulare see before them this sea- 

 son a dismal outlook. The same 

 strange disease which in 1910 and 

 1911 appeared among the ducks has 

 broken out and thousands of birds 

 are dead and more are dying. 



The birds, while fat and apparent- 

 ly in the healthiest condition, become 

 seized with paralysis and are unable 

 first to fly and then to walk. 



The University of California in 1911 

 investigated the disease, but was un- 

 able to trace its origin. — The San 

 Francisco Examiner. 



W. A. Strong. 

 San Jose, Cal. 



The Isle of Pines. 



We propose to devote the August 

 issue of THE OOLOGIST to The Isle 

 of Pines. This little-known Isle has 

 a splendid bird student now and we 

 and our readers are in luck that he 

 takes time to send, for our and your 

 benefit, notes on the birds from time 

 to time. Our August number will be 

 good. Mark that. 



I also want to take this opportunity 

 to tell you what a fine little magazine 

 The Oologist is. I read quite a num- 

 ber of the current bird magazines but 

 I always look forward with greater 

 pleasure to the coming of The Oolo- 

 gist than to any other. I have yet 

 to find an article in it that isn't re- 

 liable and any magazine that can 

 have that said of it, is bound to be 

 good, 

 .lune 3, 1912. Thos. D. Burleigh. 



Personal Notice. 



As this issue of THE OOLOGIST is 

 closed (Oct. 6th), the Editor leaves 

 for California on a sad errand, occa- 

 sioned by the death of a very dear 

 brother-in-law, and expects to be ab- 

 sent until the 25th of the month; dur- 

 ing which time our correspondents 

 will have to bear with us, as we leave 

 directions that no ornithological mail 

 be forwarded. 



