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THE OOLOOIST. 



The collection of mounted birds of 

 H. C. Higgins, Cincinnatus, N. Y., has 

 been turned over to the Cortland Mu- 

 seum of the Cortland Science Club, 

 of which Mr. Higgins is an honorary 

 member. The Club is to be congrat- 

 ulated upon securing so fine a collec- 

 tion, which embraces several hundred 

 specimens mounted by the best taxi- 

 dermists and are all arranged in large 

 oak cases. The collection is of espe- 

 cial value to Cortland county, as it 

 contains nearly all the birds native to 

 the county, including such rare takes 

 as Summer Tanager. Brunnich's 

 Murre. Barn Owl, American Goshawk, 

 :Xorthern Pileated Woodpecker, and 

 others. The collection is valuable 

 from a scientific standpoint because of 

 the careful and complete data with 

 each specimen. 



Eureka, Cal. 

 Editor Oologist. 



On Dec. 7, 190S, a friend of mine, 

 (one, Jas. Robertson), came to me 

 with a part albino, or Spotted West- 

 ern Robin (Merula migratoria propin- 

 qua). It was taken from a flock of 

 robins in an open field, where my 

 friend informs me it has been for sev- 

 eral weeks. It is spotted and blotch- 

 ed with white, over its entire body, ex- 

 cepting under tail coverts, which are 

 nearly white. The sixth tail feather 

 from the left side is snow white. 



It is a male. The specimen meas- 

 ures: Length 10 9-16 inches, tail 4 3-S 

 inches, etxent 16 1-4 inches, tar 1 5-16 

 inches, wing 4 1-S inches, bill 3-4 inch. 



Taken on morning of December 7, 

 1908. 



Albinos have been quite frequent 

 here this season. I have seen another 

 part albino robin and a snow white 

 Tree Sparrow, mounted, and I have 

 also seen amongst a flock of English 

 Sparrows, an Albino. 



On December 26, 1908, a fine speci- 

 men of the Snowy Owl was taken near 

 town by an Indian. This is the first 

 record of a Snowy Owl I know of in 

 Humboldt county since October, 189r), 

 when some three or four dozen owls 

 came here in a Hock. Most of them 

 were shot by hunters and were mount 

 ed. Ihave one fine specimen in my 

 collection. 



C. IRVIN CLAY. 



We are informed that one Florida 

 collector took over thirty sets of Ever- 

 glade Kite the past season. Unless 

 Florida stops drying up we shall be 

 up against a shrinkage in the list 

 price of this Kite.— Ed. 



Birds Singing on Nests. 



That note on Finley's "American 

 Birds" was all right. Whether Finley 

 ever heard birds singing on nests I 

 do not know, but I have seen and 

 heard Western Warbling Vireos, West- 

 ern Goldfinches and McGillivray's 

 Warbler's singing while on their nests 

 within the city limits of Portland. 

 S. JEWETT, 



Portland, Ore. 



Camps and Cruises of An Ornitholo- 

 gist. 



F. M. CHAPMAN. 



The narrative of the author's ex- 

 periences while studying birds by the 

 camera at close range. 



432 neatly printed pages, fully illus- 

 trated, colored frontispiece, and over 

 250 half-tone cuts from original photos. 



Cloth bound in colors, gilt top, 

 rough edges. 



The introduction treating of cam- 

 eras and blinds for this work is worth 

 more than the cost of the book, to a 

 beginner in this facinating branch of 

 bird study. 



The balance of the work is divided 

 into eight parts: Travels About Home, 

 four subjects; Atlantic Coast Islands, 

 treating of Gardiner's and Cob'b's Isl- 

 ands; Florida Bird Life; Bahama Bird 

 Life; Three Western Groups; Califor- 

 nia; Western Canada, and England. 



While some parts of this work have 

 appeared before in magazine articles, 

 particularly the Flamingo matter in 

 part, the greater part is new. 



Emphatically it is the most note- 

 worthy of late Bird books— (Ed.) 



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