THE OOLOGIST. 



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and was much pleased with the list that 

 I was able to secure, the Warbler fam- 

 ily seeming especially abundant. 



The following is a list of birds seen 

 by me Lu Central Park during May, 

 1893. 



American Herring Gull, Green Hen^n, 

 Black-crowned Night Heron, Spotted 

 Sandpiper, Red-shouldered Hawk, Yel- 

 low-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, 

 Bt>ited Kingfi.sher, Down}' Woodpecker, 

 Flicker, Night-hawk, Chimney Swift, 

 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Kingbird, 

 Phoebe, Blue Jay, American Crow. Fish 

 Crow, Cowbirii, lied-winged Blackbird, 

 Baltimore Oriole, Purple Grackle, Red- 

 poll, American Goldtiuch, White-throat- 

 ed Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field 

 Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Spar- 

 row, Towhee, Cardinal, Scarlet Tana- 

 gei", Barn Swallow, Rough-vviugedSwal- 

 low, Cedar Waxwing. Reil-eyed Vireo, 

 Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throatedVireo, 

 White-eyed Vireo, Black and White 

 Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Blue- 

 winged Warbler, Parula Warbler. Yel- 

 low Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warb- 

 ler, Mj'rtle Warbler, Magnolia Warb- 

 ler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-poll 

 Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black- 

 throated Green Warbler, Yellow Palm 

 Warbler, Oven Bird, Mai-yiand Yellow- 

 throat, Canadian Warbler, American 

 Redstart, Catbird, Brown Thrasljer, 

 House W^ren, Brown Creeper, White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, Chickadee, Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet, Wood Thrush, Wil- 

 son's Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, 

 Hermit Thrush. American Robin, Blue- 

 bird, European Goldfinch, English Skj'- 

 lark, and the ever present English 

 Sparrow. 



Among all the birds that stop to breed 

 in Central Park, the Cardinal Grosbeak 

 is one of the most attractive. About 

 May 15th these brightly colored visitors 

 commence housekeeping; they choose 

 some secluded spot, distant from any 

 path, and there build tiieir large com- 

 pact nest, generally placing it in the 



centre of a thick bush, well hidileu 

 from the sight of any mischievous boy 

 or watchful e^g collector. 



The White-breasted Nuthatch, Song 

 Sparrow and Robin, are among the first 

 arrivals in the -Spring, and they- too 

 stop with us during the breeding season 

 and raise their broods in suitable spots 

 in the park; they not only spend the 

 summer with us l)ut occasionally the 

 Winter also 



The European Goldtinch is a regular 

 breeder in the park, and, and makes i*. 

 welcome addition to our breeding birds. 

 In Wiutf^r I have often seen a large 

 tiock of this industrious species search- 

 ing for their sustenance among the dead 

 leaves and bushes of lh<^ ramble. 



The English Skylark has been intro- 

 duced into this country and I believe is 

 becoming more numerous every year. 

 Last season a pair of these birds built a 

 nest in the corner of the roof of the 

 Museum of Natural History, and suc- 

 ceeded in raising a brood there. 



The Wood Thi'ush and Catoird are 

 very well represented during Spring 

 and Summer, and like the Cardinal 

 Grosbeak select the most secluded 

 spots to build their nest. 



Very few of the Warblers are found 

 during the breeding season in Central 

 Park, although I have several times 

 discovered a nest of the Y'ellow Warb- 

 ler, which invariably contained a Cow- 

 bird's egg; this impostor not even per- 

 mits the birds of the City to raise their 

 broods in peace, but imposes upon them 

 the responsil:)ility of caring for one of 

 their deceitful race. 



W' M. Y. Hawley. 



Great Horned Owl . 



F. C. Hubbard, Geneva, O. 



Bubo Virgininnus (G.mel) Great 

 Horned Owl is well represented in and 

 ax-ound Ashtabula County. Dnring the 

 season of 1893 three were secured by 



