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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Yol. 12-No. 4 



A lining of goat hair when ol)tain:ible is inva- 

 riMl)iy used. I followed one bird fully an hun- 

 dred ya ids from the spot where she had collected 

 some goat hair before the nest was reached. 



The eggs are usually four, though some- 

 times live in number, and resemble both in 

 color and shape those of the common JRock 

 Wren (S. obsolcUis.). 



Set No. 781 (Author's Oological ('ollection) 

 measures: 17x14; 17x14.5; 18x14.5; 18.5 x 

 14.5 mm. 



Set No. 782 (Author's Oological Collection) 

 otters the following measurements in millime- 

 ters : lUxl4; 19x14; 19.5x14.5; 19.5x24.5; 

 19.5x15. 



Tl>e average size aseertained from a series of 

 fifty-tive eggs, is 19 x 14 mm. The two largest 

 eggs measure 21x15 mm. and 20x16 mm. re- 

 spectively; the two smallest, 17x14 mm." 



29. Thi-ijothoriis hrevicaudus, Guadalupe Wren. 

 Seven birds secured, but Mr. Br3'ant was un- 

 altle to tind the nest. Eggs unknown. 



;10. Sitta (■(inaderiKis, Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 T(derably connnon. 



31. /.V^/»/?fs o/>.sc»r«.s, Dusky Kinglet. Large 

 series of birds obtained. They were obsei'ved 

 building their nests by the middle of February, 

 and Mr. Bryant found three of them in the tops 

 of the cy[)ress trees. ''They were placed in 

 the midst of a thick bunch of foliage, and but 

 lightly secured to the twigs. Compact, though 

 not very smooth in structure, they wei'e com- 

 l)osed ot soft strips of bark intermingled with 

 feathers, bits of moss, fine grass and cocoons. 

 Additional warmtli is secured by a quantity 

 eithei- of goat's hair or feathers, and, lastly, a 

 thin lining of goafs hair. * * * * j^ color 

 the eggs are white, with a dense wreath of pale 

 yellowish-brown spots encireling the laiger end. 

 In some plaees, these si)ots appear to be laid 

 over a pale lavender washing, and in one spec- 

 imen, these fine, ahnost indistinct dots extend 

 sparingly over the entire surface. They meas- 

 ure in millimeters 14x11 and 15x11." 



81. Turdiis aouahischkxe,, Dwarf Hermit 

 Thrush. Three specimens taken. 



38. Mcrida mkiratoria prophiqna, W^estern 

 Robin. Three birds shot. 



34. l[i'Hjwrorichl(t luevia, Varied Thrush. One 

 specimen seen and secured. 



85. htialia artica, JNIountain Bluebird. Three 

 seen and one secured. 



The above synopsis will give some idea of the 

 value of Mr. Bryant's paper. Of the rarer spe- 

 cies of ])irds full measurements are given, and 

 many interesting facts concerning their habits 

 are related in charming language, which, while 



accurate enough to be of scientific value, is 

 never dry. Too much praise cannot be given 

 Mr. Biyant for his eft'oits to make the ornithol- 

 ogy and oology of tliis little island better 

 known. 



A List of the Birds of Fulton County, 

 Kentucky. 



1$Y L. O. riNDAi;, HICKMAX, KV. 



This list includes all the birds of whose oc- 

 currence in Fulton County I have good author- 

 ity for, and those I have personally identified 

 uj) to Dec. 15, 1886. The nomenclature is that 

 of the A. O. U., code. The numbers following 

 the names are those used by Ridgwa}^ in his 

 check list. 



Podylimlnis podir.eps. I'ied Billed Grebe. 

 (735.) Although it does not seem proper pier- 

 haps, to begin a list with a bird which, I must 

 confess I never had the opportunity of seeing, 

 I have such good authority for the occurence 

 of the "Devil dives" in this locality that 1 must 

 not leave it out. It is said by all the hunters 

 to be common during the migration, and I have 

 no doubt of the fact, as this i)lace is in its 

 range as given by Coues and the new A. O. IT., 

 code. 



Lams argentatiis siaitJisonidnns. Am. Her- 

 ring gull. (666a.) Seen irregulai'ly through 

 the winter. At times common, then not seen 

 for a month or two or longer. I have only seen 

 it once this fall. 



Anhinga anhiiiga. Anhinga. AVater Turkej'. 

 (649.) Two were seen flying north August IS, 

 1886. 



Pelccanns frz/t/irorJiyurhns. Am. White Peli- 

 can. (640.) Mr. A. J. Taylor inforn)ed me 

 that one was captured a short distance below 

 Hickman two or three years ago. Mr. Harry 

 Millet also saw several on Island No. 6, oppo- 

 site Hickman in June 1886. 



Merganser ? or Lophodi/tes '? Prof. 



Caldwell formerly of this place and much in- 

 terested in ornitliology gave me a list of birds 

 of this section when I commenced my ornitho- 

 logical studies and mentioned therein the "Fish 

 Duck," but as that is the common name for all 

 three varieties I do not kno\\ which he refeired 

 to. 



Anas hoscJias. Mallard. (601.) Common 

 winter resident. 



Anas ohscura. Black duck. (602.) One 

 seen in town in December 1885. 



