THE OOLOGIST 



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Nest and Eggs of American Hawk Owl in Situ. (Stub cut open to expose 

 eggs for a photographer. — Photo by A. D. Henderson). 



was packing the eggs, one of the 

 birds returned to the nest, and climbed 

 down, head first, ad remained sitting 

 in for about a minute and then left. 

 The other bird came and had a look 

 but did not enter. 



This ended my first successful 

 season with the American Hawk Owl 

 and I have not been out for their nest 

 since those enjoyable days but liope 

 to renew their acriuaintance in the 

 season of 1919. 



A. S. Henderson, 

 Belvidere, Alberta, Canada. 



The Bartramian Sandpiper 

 By H. H. Johnson, Pittsfield, Maine 

 It is with a degree of sadness we 

 view the annual departure each year 

 of the autumnal migration of our bird 

 friends. We make a close acquaint- 

 ance each summer of some family, 

 likely a different one each year. We 

 have watched their daily life. Noted 

 the loving courtship, the interest 

 taken by both in the erecting or build- 

 ing of the new home. The care and 

 anxiety of the mother in the laying 

 of the eggs and rearing the young. 



