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THE OOLOGIST 



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Wilson's Warbler. 

 Canadian Warbler. (?) 

 American Redstart. 

 Mockingbird. 

 Catbird. 



Brown Thrasher. 

 Carolina Wren. 

 Western House Wren. 

 Winter Wren. 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren, 

 Brown Creeper. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Tufted Titmouse. 

 Chickadee. 



Long-tailed Chickadee. 

 Long-tailed Chickadee. 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 

 Wood Thrush. 

 Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Hermit Thrush. 

 American Robin. 

 Bluebird. 



The omnipresent English Spar- 

 row. 



E. Gordon Alexander. 



In the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia 



After Birds' Nests. 



Some time ago I was in the egg room 



of the United States National Museum 



and talking with its late Honary Cura- 



; tor Dr. William E. Ralph on the sub- 



' ject of oology in general and listening 



to him tell about Swallow-tailed Kites 



nesting in Florida, and how they 



\ nested in tall pine trees and how he 



'i ; had secured the beautifully marked 



ijjiiand beautifully prepared sets of this 



jspecies which grace and add beauty 



land charm to the great national col- 



llection. When the subject of the 



jgreat Dismal Swamp Virginia came 



lup. I told about the two trips that I 



jhad made there and the nests and 



[eggs I had found. Then I told him of 



Imy intention of answering the call of 



