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THE OOLOGIST. 



Photo by Cleckley 

 NEST AND EGGS OF AM. OYSTER-CATCHER. 

 Note the eggs are near the central bunch of beach grass. 



Flycatcher, about 5 feet up, nest built 

 on top of driftwood that had lodged 

 between two forks of a willow. This 

 nest contained 4 full fledged young. 



On going to the first nest the fol- 

 lowing Saturday, expecting to find a 

 set of 4 eggs, I found a young bird 

 just hatched and the other egg pip- 

 ped, so that 2 eggs completed the set. 



On the 20th, I think it was, I found 

 a peculiar set of Bi-color Blackbirds. 

 Three eggs were normally marked but 

 the eggs were of unusual length, the 

 fourth egg was unspotted, less than 

 average width and length and elon- 



gated, abnormal shape. 



I am expecting to go to the coast 

 after set of Brandt's Cormorants this 

 next Sunday, if weather is favorable. 

 This will be the last chance for me 

 to get any eggs this season, and this 

 calls for a 6 hours' drive over rough, 

 mountain road at night, (expect to go 

 Saturday night so as to be there early 

 Sunday morning and make back trip 

 Sunday evening and to work Monday 

 morning), a hard pull across Bodega 

 Bay and out into the ocean for an- 

 other mile or so, then an exceedingly 

 dangerous landing on the rock from 



