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THE OOLOOIST 



Nothing unusual about this, hut one 

 of the males has a quite long tail for 

 a wren. He certainly looks odd. Per- 

 haps he got crossed with a pea fowl. 

 That is about the way newspaper 

 ornithology would explain it. 



Snowy Owl. 



(Nyctea Nyctea) 



One was taken here last November 

 and is now in my collection. It is 

 almost pure white. It is very beauti- 

 ful and I have never seen one so free 

 from any dark markings as this one. 



Iowa is a northern state but the ap- 

 pearance of the Snowy Owl here is 

 not at all common and in fact it is 

 the very first one ever brought in to 

 me. I have followed Taxidermy since 

 a boy and I am the only bird man in 

 this locality. I always receive and 

 hear of the unusuals that are seen or 

 taken. Our winter was very mild and 

 for that reason would hardly think 

 the Snowy Owl would have drifted in- 

 to Iowa. 



Cardinals. 



(Cardinalis cardinalis.) 

 Last fall I saw my first Cardinal in 

 our county, which is Delaware county. 

 I have heard of Cardinals in counties 

 south of us, but never have I heard 

 of or seen one in this county before, 

 and I have been in the woods and the 

 fields for more than thirty-five years. 

 The first one I observed was a male, 

 and it was very rich in color and so 

 much more beautiful than any I had 

 seen in the Southern states. A pair 

 wintered a few blocks from my home, 

 and were a source of much interest 

 to some of our town people, and were 

 fed by them and they became quite 

 tame. I sincerely hope the Cardinal 

 will become one of our permanent resi- 

 dents. 



O. M. Greenwood, 

 Manchester, la. 



Birds Seen At Oberlin, Ohio — From 

 February to June, 1919. 

 Helen M. Rice. 

 Winter Residents: 

 Brown Creeper 

 Tree Sparrow 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 Slate-colored Junco 

 Purple Finch 

 Winter Wren 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 White-breasted Nuthatch 

 Northern Shrike 

 Cardinal 

 Bob-white 

 Chickadee 

 Goldfinch 

 Marsh Hawk 

 Sparrow Hawk 

 Red-shouldered Hawk 

 Blue Jay 

 Screech Owl 

 Tufted Titmouse 

 Downy Woodpecker 

 Hairy Woodpecker 



Date of Arrival of Migrant and Nest- 

 ing Birds: 

 Crow — Feb. 7 

 Meadowlark — Feb. 7 

 Northern Flicker — Feb. 7 

 Song Sparrow, Feb. 10 

 Robin— Feb. 10 

 Pr. Horned Lark— Feb. 23 

 Bluebird— Feb. 24 

 Bronzed Grackle — Feb. 28 

 Red-tailed Hawk — Mar. 2 

 Mourning Dove — Mar. 3 

 Killdeer — Mar. 4 

 Red-winged Blackhead — Mar. 10 

 Towhee— Mar. 13 

 Cowbird— Mar. 16 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker — Mar. 16 

 Rusty Blackbird— Mar. 20 

 Lesser Scaup Duck — Mar. 17 

 Bufflehead— Mar. 17 

 Cedar Waxwing — Mar. 26 

 Phoebe— Mar. 26 

 Vesper Sparrow — Mar. 29 

 Fox Sparrow — Apr. 2 

 Belted Kingfisher — Apr. 3 

 Great Blue Heron — Apr. 3 

 Field Sparrow — Apr. 5 

 Hermit Thrush — Apr. 6 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker — Apr. 7 

 Purple Martin — Apr. 7 

 Turkey Vulture — Apr. 7 

 Wilson's Snipe — Apr. 7 

 Chipping Sparrow — Apr. 7 

 Swamp Sparrow — Apr. 7 



