THE OOLOGIST 



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Next day another disappeared. Each 

 day thereafter the Yik Kee piggery 

 was sliy another suckling animal. 



After the nine had disappeared the 

 Chinaman happened to look upward 

 and saw the carcass of one of his 

 choice pigs hanging from the limbs of 

 a tree. The mystery was solved. He 

 had been robbed by horned owls. An 

 active war is now being waged against 

 the feathered thieves. 



WHO? 



The following lis of large sets of 

 eggs is from the collection of W. A. 

 Strong of San Jose, Calif. 

 LARGE SETS 



6-19 Pied-billed Grebe. June 17, 



1900. Walter C. Wood. Wayne Co., 

 Mich. 



6-19 Pied-billed Grebe. May 31, 



1903. Walter C. Wood. Wayne Co., 

 Mich. 



77 1-6 Black Tern. June 18, 1889. 

 J. Claire Wood. Detroit, Mich. 



135 1-17 Gadwell. June 6, 1893. W. 

 A. Strong, Tulare, Cal. 



194 1-6 Great Blue Heron. May 3, 

 1902. Walter C. Wood. Wayne Co., 

 Mich. 



219 1-12 Florida Gallinule. June 9, 



1901. Walter C. Wood. Wayne Co., 

 Mich. 



221 1-11 American Coot. June 6, 

 1893. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 



289 1-17 Bob-white. June 25, 1898. 

 J. T. Overstrut. Smith Co., Tenn. 



289a 1-15 Florida Bob-white. April 

 29, 1885. F. T. Pamber. Miami, Fla. 



294 1-17 California Partridge. June 

 2, 1892. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 



294a 1-20 Valley Partridge. May 18, 



1904. Nelson K. Carpenter. Escon- 

 dido, Cal. 



331 1-6 Marsh Hawk. May 19, 1907. 

 J. Claire Wood. Detroit, Mich. 



339 1-5 Red-shouldlered Hawk. April 

 19, 1903. J. Claire Wood. Detroit, 

 Mich. 



339 1-5 Red-shouldered Hawk. April 

 1, 1901. J. Claire Wood. Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Out of 47 sets of this species Mr. 

 Wood took 2 sets of 5. 



339b 1-6 Red-bellied Hawk. May 5, 

 1894. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 



352 1-3 Bald Eagle. March 13, 1904. 

 J. Claire Wood. Wayne Co., Mich. 



360 1-6 American Sparrow Hawk. 

 April 18, 1894. W. A. Strong. Tulare, 

 Cal. 



365 1-8 American Barn Owl. March 

 22, 1893. W. W. Warren. Tulare, Cal. 



373 1-6 Screech Owl. April 5, 1909. 

 Guy W. Day. Sidney, 111. 



373c 1-6 California Screech Owl. 

 April 26, 1896. E. D. Parker. Pasa- 

 dena, Cal. 



378 1-10 Burrowing Owl. April 20, 



1894. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 

 387 1-4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. May 



12, 1915. Dr. M. T. Cleckley, Augusta, 

 Ga. 



412 1-8 Flicker. May 18, 1902. Wal- 

 ter C. Wood. Wayne Co., Mich. 



412a 1-12 Northern Flicker. June 

 10, 1897. C. N. Davis. Branchport, 

 N. Y. 



447 1-6 Arkansas Kingbird. May 8, 



1895. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 

 474b 1-5 Prairie Horned Lark. May 



3, 1905. Walter C. Wood. Detroit, 

 Mich. 



477 1-6 Blue Jay. May 25, 1884. J. 

 F. Hill. Granville, N. Y. 



477 1-6 Blue Jay. May 20, 1894. F. 

 H. Carpenter. E. Prov., R. I. 



483 1-6 Green Jay. April 18, 1900. 

 Frank B. Armstrong. Brownsville, 

 Texas. 



487 1-8 White-necked Raven. May 

 17, 1900. James M. Carroll. Midland, 

 Co., Texas. 



488 1-7 American Crow. April 14, 

 1898. J. Claire Wood. Wayne Co., 

 Mich. 



494 1-7 Bobolink. May 30, 1906. J. 

 Claire Wood. Wayne Co., Mich. 



