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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



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Entered at the Post umce at Albion, N. Y., as 

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A New Book. 



Eggs of Noith Amprlcan Birds liy (^has. J May- 

 nard. 1B9 pages in mil pngp hand colored plates 

 bv Mrs. Mnynard, represMnting the eggs of 82 

 species. Boston: De Wolfe, Flske &("o. 1=190. 



It is with pleasure that we announce 

 this valual)le work from the pen of this 

 well-known Author and Naturalist but 

 we too regret that it could not have 

 been jilaced ou the market at least a 

 year or more ago for noAv owing to 

 Davie's Woi-k, Maynard's can only be 

 expected t) secure the ])atroiiage of col- 

 ectors that can afford more than one 

 work. Wc liave not liad the lime to 

 examine the text carefully, as yet, so 

 can add no positive testimony as to 

 the correctness of the descrijjiions, but 

 owing- to the author's standing as an 

 oologist we liave but little hesitancy in 

 pronouncing it both reliable and accu- 

 rate. It is a difficult matter to "pi( - 



ture an egg" 

 among lln'm" 

 harshly of th( 



to suit one that "lives 



so that if we sjxak too 



■ plates, it is trusted that 



Ave are excusable ou that ground. 



Plate I is excellent and is a credit to 

 the Work. Some may think the Murre's 

 egg too high coloied, but then it is 

 to be remembered that an egg of this 

 species is of almost an,y color. 



Plate II is fair and unquestionablj'^ 

 much 1 letter than the writer could have 

 produced. The balance of the ten 

 plates are in our opinion "horrid" and 

 as a work of reference they have a ten- 

 dency to lower rather than increase its 

 value. Perhaps one-half the eggs rep- 

 resented on the last eight plates are 

 very fair but as to the other half, well, 

 the writer had to look them up to find 

 what they were intended to represent. 

 We first "guessed" at Avhat they were 

 but almost invariably found ourselves 

 "way off" and even now it is rather a 

 "sticker" for us to believe that the egg 

 intended to represent either the Red- 

 tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk Avas u<jt 

 through an error numbei'ed to reprt;- 

 sent the Lim])kin. 



The folloAving description, Avhicli we 

 copy in full, of Avell knoAvii species Avill 

 give the readers of The Oologist an 

 accurate idea of the plan and sco])e of 

 the Avork: — 



519. House Finch, Carpodacus mcx- 

 icanus frontalis. Eggs, 4 to 6, oblong 

 oval, pale bluish green, sparingly dot- 

 ted and lined Avith dark brown and 

 l)lack; .60 x .80 to .65 x .85. Nests plac- 

 ed in tree and bushes, comijoscd of 

 tAvigs, grass, and Avceds, lined Avith soft 

 grass and hair. Breeds in the middle 

 of the Uruted Stiites, in May. 



683. Yelloav-bkeasted Chat, Ider- 

 id virens. Eggs, usually 4, often 8, and 

 rarely 5, oval, glossy Avhite, spotted 

 and blotched Avith reddish brown anil 

 lilac, often more thickly on the larger 

 ( nd, Avhere there is sometimes a ring; 

 .65 X .85 to .70 x .1)5. Closely resemlde 

 those of No. 674. Nests placed in bush- 

 es, composed of coarse grasses, leaves, 

 arid the stems of plants, lined Avilh tin 

 er material. Breeds in Eastern United 

 States Avcst to the plains, from (leorgia 

 north to Ontario and Massachusetts, 

 where it is locally distributed. 



