THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



F. H. LATTIN, & CO., Publishers. 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, WALTER F. WEBB, 

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We would call the attention of our 

 friends to the ad. of Mr. P. G. March 

 in this issue. We recently received 

 specimens of his Photos and can recom- 

 mend them as excellent. 



Bluebirds of California. 



The Bluebirds are represented inCali- 

 fornia by two species, Sialia mexicana 

 and S. arctica; the latter of which is 



rather the scarcer. In this, the south 

 ern part of the State, they both nesl in 

 the mountains, but during the winter 

 they come down kn)o the village. Here 

 they generally frequent the orchards 

 and vineyards, especially thevineyards, 

 but very seldom if ever do they, as east- 

 ern birds, come around human habita- 

 tion. The time of their migration 

 seems to be governed by the w eat her of 

 the mountains, for soon alter the first 

 snow in the rnoutains, they, with the 

 Robins, are to Lie found in the village. 

 Robt. E. Snodgrass, 

 Ontario. C'al. 



The Texas Sea-side Finch- 

 April 19, 1892 found me in a large salt 

 marsh looking for Sparrow nests. After 

 a two mile tramp one nest was found, 

 containing four fresh eggs. The ground 

 color is white showing the faintest tinge 

 of green: the markings are small dots 

 sprinkled over the entire egg, mostly, 

 however, at the larger end, of a red- 

 brown color. The nest was loosely 

 made of dead grass, lined with finer, 

 and was very neatly worked in the 

 heart of a tussock of salt grass, 11 in- 

 ches above the water, which was four 

 inches deep. Externally the nest meas- 

 ured 4i inches in diameter by 3 inches 

 high: walls li inches thick: bottom If 

 inches thick. Inside measured 2 inches 

 diameter by H inches deep. 



Very often the high spring tides wash 

 the nest away, but nothing daunted the 

 birds build a new nest, weaving it in 

 the tops of rank grass or rushes, and if 

 in the latter, using the leaves to dome 

 the nest, or rather make a rainproof 

 roof for it. When placed in this posi- 

 tion the nests are hard to find, as they 

 are woven of green grass in the shape 

 of a ball, with the entrance on one side 

 near the top. As a general thing they 

 prefer thick grass growing on edge of 

 a small bayou. W. E. Grove k' 



Galveston, Texas. 



