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THE OOLOGIST. 



consisted of two. The background was 

 of a greenish-white tint, spotted, stain- 

 ed and blotched with reddish-brown. 



Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo latissi- 

 mus. The Broad-winged Hawk is also 

 a common breeder, but not so common 

 as B swainsoni. A set of two, taken 

 May 15, 1892, answers to the following 

 description: ground color yellowish- 

 white, variously marked with spots, 

 blotches and clouds of umber-brown, 

 chestnut and fawn color. The nest 

 was situated in a high tree, old Crow's. 



Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos. 

 Transient visitor. Not common. A 

 pair nested near here in 1884. 



Bald Eagle, Haliceetus leueoceplvl- 

 us. Transient visitor. Rare. Of late 

 years they have become very rare. 



Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus. 

 Winter visitor; not common. Took a 

 fine specimen near Hardwood Lake. 



Duck Hawk, Falco peregrinus anal- 

 urn. Summer visitor; not common. 

 Took two very fine specimens near 

 Florence Lake. 



American Sparrow Hawk, Falco 

 sparverius. This handsome little Fal- 

 con is a very common visitor to our 

 woods, but I have never found them 

 breeding here. 



American Osprey. Pandion haliaetus 

 carolinensis Visitor; not uncommon. 

 Six specimens were takeu ■ last year 

 near Florence, Neb. 



Barn Owl, Strix pratincola. Visitor; 

 not common. Took seven specimens 

 near East Omaha last year. 



American Long-eared Owl, Asio 

 ivilsonianus . This bird is a common 

 breeder. Its notes are like the 

 "me-ow" of a cat, but when heard in 

 the distance sound more like "hoo, 

 hoo ow." The nests of this species are 

 generally old Crow's or Hawk's, which 

 they repair with a few sticks. The 

 eggs are from three to six and some- 

 times seven in number. 



Short-eared Owl, Asio acci^itrinus . 



The Marsh or Shoi't-eared Owl, is a 

 common visitor. 



Barred Owl, Syrnium nebulossum. 

 This Owl is found among our bottom 

 woods near the river. They commence 

 to breed here in the latter part of Feb- 

 ruary. The nests are in hollows of 

 trees, in old Crow's aud Hawk's nests. 



The eggs are two or three in num- 

 ber, very rarely four, globular, white. 



Screech Owl, Megascops asio. I 

 have never found a nest here but sever- 

 al collectors say they have taken eggs, 

 so I will call it a summer resident; 

 common. 



Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginian- 

 us. Gem of our Owl visitors, it is 

 known as the "Hooter," Hoot and Cat 

 Owl and is the largest of all Owls with 

 ear tufts. It is a lover of the barn yard 

 inhabitants, as well as rabbits, raccoons, 

 weasles, minks, etc. 



They commence to" breed in Febru- 

 ary, and eggs are common until April. 

 B. virginianus breeds amoi g our deep 

 woods near the bluffs, also on the bot- 

 tom lands. Old Red tail Hawk's nests 

 are usually occupied after being relin- 

 ed. The eggs are two or three in num- 

 ber; white in color; globular in form. 



Five eggs in my collection measure 

 2.15x1.70, 2.18x1.73, 2.31x1.85, 2.28x 

 1.80, 2.29x1.82. 



Burrowing Owl, Speotyto enuicu- 

 laria hypogaea. Mauy of this species 

 are found here but I have nevei taken 

 their eggs. They breed in the state, but 

 not here. 



A Few Hints on Camping. 



I know that when I grew large 

 enough to think about going camping, 

 I eagerly sought for any points on that 

 subject. To the initiated, this article 

 will not appear of much interest, but I 

 hope that some of the readers will pro- 

 fit by it. 



We will suppose that we are going 

 out in the warm summer months. The 



