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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY Magazine Devoted to 



ornitholocyand oology. 

 fbank h. lattin, albion, n.y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



i^EUi F. POSSO"N", MEDINA, N. Y. 

 ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



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"The Bittern" of Daiiuivi.sootta, Me., 

 speaks editorially of ye editor as "prob- 

 ably the best kaown dealer in curiosit- 

 ies and specimens of Natural History in 

 Amerioa." Midst a daily mail, rang- 

 ing from fifty to one hundred and tifty 

 pieces, we are at a loss to know wliether 

 to ascribe the great diti'usion of blushes 

 that covers our lovely features to guilt, 

 modesty or excessive bashfuluess. 



A. M. George, Gibbon, Nei)., writes 

 ns an interesting account of unexpect- 

 edly finding set of Wood Duck of June 

 22, '89. while on a fishing excursion. 



Our old friend, Mr. C. B. McPher- 



sous, of St. Petersburg, Fia., sends us 

 a good article on the killing a "gator;" 

 but as it is not egg-zactlj' oological, we 

 were obliged to return it with our re- 

 grets. 



Mr. L. G. Beckwith, of Bay City, 

 Mich., writes of finding a PluEbc's nest 

 as follows: "Found it on the side of a 

 i)oat house, on the shore of Timber 

 Lake, near Pontiac, Mich. A spike 

 liad been driven tiirough the walls, 

 from tiie inside, and had projected two 

 or three inches on the ontsiiU' of the 

 shed. On this, and the splinter which 

 tlie nail had detaciied, the nest, which 

 was exactly like a common Phoibe's, 

 was placed. It contained tliree eggs, 

 two of a liglit cream color, unspotted, 

 and one of the same ground color as 

 the other, but having retldish spots on 

 the large end." 



Sub.scriber, Ottawa. The eggs of the 

 Bohemian Wax-wing are in color and 

 markings almost exactly like those of 

 its ,':,maller relative, the Cedar Wax- 

 wing; in size, however, they are much 

 larger — averaging about 1.03 x .70 in. 



H. C. L., Santa Barbara, Cala. The 

 Shrike of your locality is the California 

 Shrike; tliis species was formerly sup- 

 posed to be the White-rumped. 



B. C. R., Toulon, Ills. Your spar- 

 row, nesting in a big thistle close to the 

 ground, was doubtless the Song. 



The Snowy Owl nests in' the far 

 nortli; we have not the space to give its 

 plumage, etc., in detail, as the bird is 

 too well known to most of the OoLO- 

 gist's readers. 



Manton's "Taxidermy without a 

 Teacher" is sold more extensively than 

 any other 50c work on the subject. 



Your long-legged Waterbird was un- 

 doubtedly a Heron of scmie species. 



C. C. R., Boyce, Va. Your "Wood- 

 hen" is doubtless the Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. 



R. H. M., Mempliis, Tenn. From 

 ycmr meagre description, should say 

 your egg was that of the American 

 Goldfinch. 



H. E. H., Dryden, N. Y. Your 

 "tip up" is the Spotted Sandpiper. 



C. R. B., Little Rock, la. Descrip- 

 tions of the Least Flycatcher and Dick- 

 cissel or Black-ihroatcd Buntings can 

 be found in any relia!)ie ornithology or 

 in back numbers of Thk Oologi.st. 



