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THE OOLOGIST 

 T8IDO.IOO aiTT 



iM's only .64 X .56 as against .94 x .73, 

 eggs. The e"6H\^3i^a' Is' 'iil''^V^'fkg'^' sW 



99rf7/oT >[fir.'/9rf') £ 'rsr^o^ P^^H)'^'^'! 

 gjflj.j^n(yri>! erfj rno'it astloni neeJilgie 

 vftsucf 9(riBR_9rI) lo l^birrr srfj xii rfRi/fl 



W^/^'^pm urn '%M<p>^'^^u^'^'^^,M'm 



l^urp^)^^, .jiyi^eiJe^et#i^|ri?oft^a^e^#' 



^JmFFffF 4R> tor s,e^mVi,^lai?8^§ii%Ws.^^ 

 block and they acted a^j^o^j^^^i^yf 



lipWs^w.Uh^j}^j^»^„.p,^jt.^^^efe'|iJ4ldeflti 



Pg^WRg Wtoft^ra>ig^o^fe^-Wf}gf^^)f^.,rJj 

 could see what took place. The ^p^r 



^PMs fil<ps%^andj^Jf 5^nj9g^}.4^ei^t 

 S|elf;8?)7^h^rto w,hjj^ tfe^Ygte^^fe %?i^,9[S^/ 



^^ingfeai;(d (flne,.,\yfiuldr,|^^,i]^8the -pm^'^Tl 



f^^l*Wftf I^tflr^fp^^^.t^ej/^^s^^n^j c^^g^, 

 np> t^si^goi}^^.^- th6.^o^e,/%s|.^ r^ffiSifef 

 er.i^a^'^f* t.^l%nt§ffy^i^.,%qt jd^^ij;^,, 

 f ) Sy t:>«tF//}^^tt]tft i>4f ag n^toC^vgi^ ly^ifTlp^ 

 l¥?HPiesYf?«.^W^j?y,^f}i l^^ea^df)iff(^^dg 



t^Ht' iWC^?^ti¥;^noftf itl^.rSittMM , rE^^m A|ij^( 



m^ ^hM^^h^im^'; % "a^io¥e¥tbff?o-l 

 secured an air rifle and proceeded to 



pump lead at them, But alas for my 

 marxsmanshiij! there were n,p casuali- 

 ties Dut alter several days ot this spprt 



sniOK bill; ,80vu(;ne ir^/in\ jlJi// b'lijTdin 

 nqt a sparVow was in sight and, I was 



-8n'>rrr Ifftn gilT 



iia'hiia 'lelfisffis rloum 



beginning to hope that my hints had 

 ?.l >':ii9, )y:;-fi! ')fLl arffii '^d.t mo'il \p.-n\ no 

 be^if taken. Being called away icom 



home for several days, when I, ret'uj'ri- 



ed 1 round, however, a nest safelv con- 



structea m the attic of tne bird house, 

 ^.fitfi lo aeul-Jdi 'Hirii ^ni ])([i; .'■■(jy.nyl 

 In disgust T tore out the nest and be- 

 ifio'ir Toel S7ls7/I I^o/.,, .•(•i.'i;/; "Jfifl 

 gan to plan for some other campaign 



of battle. It was at this point tha? 

 erujT, l)9flir.B'r2otoffir jaen l)nr, ,i^:Sn 

 reinforcements catne to my rescue. 



The reinforcement was in theforin'of 



a Kingbird iftyrannus .tryannus,). ,1 



^ . ,. ,. .8i"rTnjo"r[:-!ir;i/: 



nrst saw him resting on a wire a few 

 feet from the hutrs^^bserving it criti- 

 cally. He next -pPdofefeded to chastise 



n^snithQfihouggjdfeut >didioWot.Dffea:v;,ftioi 

 tJaJaeseipos^j^ssioBH Wms^lf. HeorfkyxD 

 giivarxiiDtvef! ttei/bouae; ion< seydral, daj-g/ 

 buArhae ttoitbeem seeafWithifti/ia halfiia) 

 WQfite;Q|,4tgStaeie; ii> dsR not; 'kno^wi :whati 

 was .tei&neasoarfor toi^ingnparlti'in.itfeei 

 ba(tt']«7 ■whatbeY lb was; /to. ihslp'; m© ;x)fi)ti 

 of my dilemna or Justj'.tOffBtoowffhis! 

 kiaigljs'aiitih»il4y£»8Wtbich-i eyerjiit 9fla&,y 

 bfoiD/aito thanfcfitiloiftdr.iMs ;«K8istancei.:r 

 But in the meantiisetl]ia;?-ih(D(iflise'Stan:dsi 

 t«aEtaBffilQpsolB lUaai^ho ns-Aai ax;// :tl 

 e)p,l(i ilfiffia B ,B-fjSligefie'vC. Eord'.U*!' 

 .toaaaailr, B. Bfe97/r[JiJo8 aelirri n99JiI-;2i9 

 il aiJili of bl o B ■loJo sUo') 9dJ Ycf bne 

 ■i^W^ifig fW''^e l«i-fS0^te^n1t> oJoj^M^ 

 iyi¥}#riai}«tit "'tftiP r^^^e,! I and; ifiiel 'febli'ria-i 

 a!hc'e'ffe^'%^ter'i¥<yi<J%teS ^biiififtVm Stff' 

 ^'^Id'^i^k^i't'^see'm^'iflfeft ii§ai^^['S?l fft^l 

 Mifeliah'-^Sp'^i-r^i^s '-to" d^iftrai ^IllliflW*! 

 desire to miekW'^^mmi- "ti^^d^tiartf^i^al 

 hM.\ .1>»^ i'e%Slt!4s§t«at'^-ef-h^ife-kHl- 

 eaf'ait yVep^ge tlf ' ^ #6!iisaflg'^^f)ari<6i^g* 

 a'^'^^ekr^^i'^^uf* toi^'fei'^fen^^'aWfrtfe'^ 

 tfig l|^%^t-^€'Af%^k'i'sF^%t'tJi'riidfe<'We''(*ah'' 

 seeca¥ii:>Teelfebte (aMiindtioaDof thei ilsusJf- 1 

 Rly/PWl^® ^>i4}l^ j^gftrg-^Hltl^tlY^iicfe.f^^l 



we almQst give up in despair. If every- 

 'i/fiil of/ .alfiB lo 9lin?illnrn b t(!9)/9 



