THE OOLOGIST. 



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Photo by L. S. Horton. 

 Nest and Eggs of Bobolink. 



meadows of heavy growth where this 

 is not practical. 



Some have reported success by 

 dragging a rope and some by using a 

 good dog. The ever solicitous male 

 bird has alread beaten me at these 

 tricks. 



In their feeding habits this bird is 

 an anomoly. Almost entirely insec- 

 tiverous from the beginning of their 

 northern sojourn to July 10th, they 

 then become destructive grain eaters, 

 ruining large quantities of the soft ri- 

 pening wheat in the north and using 

 the southern rice fields even worse. — 

 Editor. 



The Little Green Heron. 



This handsome small Heron is fre- 

 quently found in the neighborhood of 



Buffalo. It arrives from the south in 

 the latter part of April and during 

 the first week in May. It does not 

 seem to assemble in large colonies 

 like the Great Blue Heron. In a small 

 strip of woods near marshy ground 

 or along the creeks you can find a 

 pair or two. This spring was an ex- 

 ception. In one locality we located 

 about 12 or 15 nests in a woods cov- 

 ering about 10 acres of ground. The 

 nests are loose affairs. A few small 

 twigs to form a platform so that the 

 handsome pale blue eggs can be eas- 

 ily seen from below. They build 

 their nests from 5 to 25 feet from the 

 ground. The accompanying picture 

 was taken of a nest about 5 feet from 

 the ground. They are some times 

 very difficult to get, the saplings not 

 bein g sufficiently strong to carry the 



