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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



FRANK n. LATTIN", ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



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ND-CLASS MATTER. 



On May 24th, while walkiug through 

 a l)ushy pastufe, about two miles 

 .south-west of Albion, K. B. Mathes 

 found a, set of three eggs of the Che- 

 wink, (Fipilio erythrojMlmlmus) incuba- 

 tion commenced. This species is very 

 rare with us, and this set, the fir.s't 

 recorded one found in Orleans county. 



A. (t. — Lawrence, Kans. As the young 

 Gt. Horned Owls remain in the nest 

 nearly, if not quite three months, Ave 

 doul)t if more tiian a single brood is 

 ever reared in a season. When the first 

 set is taken, another is usually laid in 

 the same nest. We liave our doubts as 

 to whether i)oiiiidiiig on the trunk of 

 the tree is an iiifallil^it! rule for raising 

 the old bird from the nest. 



We cannot say as to whether the 

 Turkey Vidtui-e occupies a nest more 

 than one season or not. Who can? 



Fred S. Wilder, Worcester, Mass., 

 sends us the following extracts from his 

 '90 notes: 



May ISth, I collected a set of seveu 

 fresh eggs of Bluebiril. 



May 21st, found a nest of seven fresh 

 eggs of White-bellied (Swallow in a bird- 

 box. 



July 11th, I collected a set of live- 

 eggs of the European Goldfinch. .The- 

 nest was in an apple-tree about tive- 

 feet from the ground, vei-y neatly made- 

 of hay and cotton and thread and hair. 

 The. eggs are of a dirty- white, tinged 

 with green and streaked around the 

 large end with dark-ltrown and spots of 

 black, and vary from .62 x .48 to .72 x. 

 .42. I have the female in my collection. 



W. W. Searles, Liivie Springs, la.^ 

 writes: 



''While collecting in a heavy growth 

 of timber on April 8, 1881), I found my 

 first nest of the Am. Crow, which to my 

 surprise contained ten eggs. Taking: 

 six I found them all fresh. Returning- 

 to the nest in a few weeks I found the 

 othev four eggs hatched. Do two crows, 

 ever lay in the same nest or is this a 

 large set:'' Since then 1 have found 

 them In-eediug very abundant, and 

 never found more than live in a set. 

 The nests are always placed in black 

 oak, and made of sticks, moss, binding 

 twine, hair, etc." 



G. L. A., would like to know the- 

 name of Gulls quite common on Puget 

 Sound during the winter and early 

 spring months. Who can write us an. 

 article on "The Gulls of Puget Sound?" 



Our old friend H. W. Davis, now in> 

 Bolivar Co., Miss., must think he has 

 struck the sportsman's paradise. Un- 

 der date of March 9th, he writes of 

 shooting ducks from the back door of 

 the h(.)use. 



We take the following extracts froni 

 '90 notes kindly fui-nished us by B. H. 

 Swales, of Detroit, Mich.: 



"April 13th, saw^ a flock of about ISft 

 livening Grosbeaks, tame and easily 

 aj)()roached. 



April 20th, saw a Large-billed Water 

 ThiHish." 



I\lr. S. would like to ol)tain a list or 

 book of Michigan birds. Who can help 

 him out? 



A. Dockery, Jr., of Hernando, Miss.» 

 rei)()rts an Albino Bronzed Grakle. 



