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town, the waters are pure and free 

 from the taint of man's greed. 



Our land-birds nesting here, are very 

 numerous, thus in a way, compensat- 

 ing us for tlie absence of water-birds. 

 The Juncos, aside from the Robin, is 

 the most abundant; tlie Montana be- 

 ing slightly in the lead. The Western 

 Tree and Chipping sparrow and Varied 

 Thrush crowd one another for third 

 place in the list. In the stillness of a 

 summer evening, there is nothing 

 sweeter than the indescribably melo- 

 dious whistle of the Varied Thrush. 

 The mountain sides covered with sec- 

 ond growth pines and tamaroes are 

 the favorite places. The Western 

 Evening Grosbeak, Rocky Mountain 

 and Stellars(?) Jays are fairly com- 

 mon; the Western Yellow and Lutes- 

 cent Warblers very much so. 



Taking this section all-in-all, there 

 is very few parts of the United States 

 more adapted to a greater variety, 

 owing to the great difference in alti- 

 tudes. To the Oologist and observer, 

 however, the down timber and tangled 

 underbrush of the mountainsides, 

 make them earn their knowledge in 

 an impressive manner. 



L. B. Howsley. 



Summer Birds of Toledo, O. 



By A. C. Read. 

 The readers of THE OOLOGIST 

 doubtless by this time have become 

 familiar with the above name owing 

 to the many interesting and valuable 

 notes Mr. Read has contributed from 

 the Isle of Pines, where he is at pre- 

 sent located. Prior to going there, 

 Mr. Read's home was at Toledo, Ohio, 

 where he was Secretary of the Toledo 

 Bird Club; and as such, made a pre- 

 liminary list of the summer birds of 

 Toledo, Ohio, during July, 1907, which 

 was forwarded to THE OOLOGIST 

 prior to our purchase of the same. It 



came to us with other manuscript at 

 the time, and is herewith presented 

 that a record may be made of this 

 list for future information, as it is the 

 work of a careful observer and is val- 

 uable; and as years go by, will become 

 more so. 



1. (6) Pied-billed Grebe, 1, July 29. 



2. (70) Cormon Tern, Common, July 

 29 and 31. 



3. (77) Black Tern, July 29. 



4. (190) American Bittern, July 29. 



5. (191) Least Bittern, July 3 and 29. 



6. (201) Green Heron, 6, July 3. 



7. (219) Florida Gallinule (Also nest 

 and seven eggs). 



8. (221) American Coot, 1, July 29. 



9. (228) American Woodcock, July 31. 



10. (263) Spotted Sandpiper, common, 

 July 12, 29 and 31. 



11. (273) Killdeer, 5, .July 3. 



12. (289) Quail, July 31. 



13. (316) Mourning Dove, .July 3 and 

 12, 



14. (332) Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



15. (333) Cooper's Hawk, July 31. 



16. (352) Bald Eagle. 



17. (360) Sparrow Hawk, July 3. 



18. (387) Yellow-billed Cuckoo, July 

 12 and 29. 



19. (388) Black-billed Cuckoo, July 12 

 and 29. 



20. (390) Kingfisher, July 3, 12 and 31. 



21. (406) Red-headed Woodpecker, 

 July 29. 



22. (412) Flicker, July 3, 12, 29 and 31. 



23. (420) Nighthawk. 



24. (423) Chimney Swift, July 31. 



25. (428) Ruby-throated Hummer, 

 common. 



26. (444) Kingbird, common. 



27. (452) Crested Flycatcher. 



28. (456) Phoebe, common. 



29. (461) Wood Pewee, July 12, 29 and 

 31. 



30. (467) Least Flycatcher, July 3. 



31. (477) Blue Jay, common. 



32. (488) American Crow, July 31. 



33. (494) Bobolink, July 3, 12 and 29. 



