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THE OOLOGIST. 



took the young from the nest and 

 raised them. 



704 G: leoscoptes carolinensis, Cat- 

 bird, \evy (;ommon and breeds abun- 

 dantly. 



705 Harporhj^nchus rufns, Brown 

 Thrasher, very common, majority nest 

 in hedges. 



721 Troglodytes aedon, House Wi'en 

 a common little bird, very abundant in 

 the river bottoms. 



735 Parus atricapillus, Chickadee, a 

 common breeder. 



751 Polioptila cserulea, Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher, a rare summer resident, 

 The writter found three nests this sea- 

 son, but was not lucky enough to se- 

 cure any eggs, F. E. Kinney took a set 

 of four near here. 



755 Turdus musteliuus. Wood 

 Thrush, common summer resident, 

 most abundant in the low woods along 

 the river. 



761 Merula migratoria, American 

 Robin, very common breeds abundant- 

 ly- 



766 Sialia sialis, Bluebird, abundant 

 and a common breeder. 



The above list, which is very incom- 

 plete, the writer hopes will act as a 

 foundation to build upon by other col- 

 lectors of this locality. 



Many species have been omited on 

 account of the uncertainty that attends 

 their breeding here. As many more 

 have not been looked for or studied, 

 and certain localities have not been 

 Visited. 



W. E. LouCKS, 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



World Fair Notes. 



Sir Walker Bullard. who owns the 

 linest collection of native Maori curi- 

 osities and paintings in the world, has 

 applied for space in which to display 

 his collection, and intends visiting the 

 Exposition Avith his family. Maj. John 

 Wilson, of Auckland, has submitted a 

 proposition to the Foreign Affairs Com- 

 mittee to bring a colony of Maoris to 

 the Exposition, house them in one of 

 their native-built fort, and let them 

 show their native costumes, home life, 

 and methods of warfare. The propo- 



sition is regarded with some favor, as 

 it W(.)uld add greatly to the value of the 

 general ethnological exhibit of the Ex-- 

 position. 



Belies by the Wagcn Load- 



Under the direction of Prof. Putnan>„ 

 Chief of the Department of Ethnology,, 

 of the World's Columbian Expostion, 

 a party of men has been making exten- 

 sive excavations of the prehistoric 

 mounds in Ohio and Indiana, and ac- 

 cording to reports, received from time 

 to' time, most gratifying success has 

 been met with. Many skulls, skeletons 

 copper hatchets, pipes, ornaments, al- 

 tars of burnt clay weighing 400 to 300 

 pounds, flint spear heads, etc., have 

 been secured. 



In one mound, situated near Ander- 

 son Station, Indiana, 7,232 flint sjsear 

 heads and knives were discovered. The 

 bulk was so great that it took four 

 horses and a large corn wagon to haul 

 the flints to camp. The total weight 

 was a trifle over 4,700 pounds. The im- 

 plements were found in a layer one foot 

 in thickness, extending over a space 

 twent,y by thirty feet. Many of them 

 were over eight or ten inches in Jeught; 

 some of them even larger, while the 

 majority ranged from seven to eight 

 inches. They are make of gray flint 

 found only in Indiana, and show that 

 there were from sixty to seventy flakes 

 detatched from each one in order to 

 fashion it. 



The largest find of flint implements 

 made in one place hertofore in Amer- 

 ica did not exceed 1,800 specimens. In 

 one of the caverns occupied by primi- 

 tive man in the valley of ths Seine, be- 

 low Paris, 2,300 implements were found 

 in one deposit. As it is reasonable to 

 conclude that early one day's work was 

 expended on each implement, and as 

 each one exhibits almost absolute jjer- 

 fection as far as flint chipping is con- 

 cerned, the find will be of special value 

 to ethnological lesearch. 



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