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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOG1ST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

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FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



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Caracara or Mexican Eagle. 

 (Polyboros auauboni.) 



This useful bird is quite common in 

 this sectiou of the state. I have also 

 found them quite abundant on the Gulf 

 Coast, associating with the Black and 

 Turkey Vultures. 



Their plumage is very attractive— 

 the white and black being sharply de- 

 fined — while the yellow of the cere and 

 feet contrasts very nicely. 



A friend of mine has collected several 

 sets of two and three eggs annually for 

 several years from the same pair and 

 same nest. 



The nest of this pair is placed in a 

 low scrubby tree and is composed of 

 coarse branches laid loosely together 

 forming quite a bulky affair. 



On Sept. 12, '90, I shot a beautiful 

 specimen, one shot passing through his 

 head and one of his eyes, thinking him 

 dead, I put him into a sack, — next 

 morning I found him out in the yard > 

 on approaching he left for parts un- 

 known, flying as if hot lead was an 

 every-day diet. 



"Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers" and Hum- 

 mers have visited us in great numbers 

 last season. 



I would like to hear from other col- 

 lectors of the Lone Star State through 

 the columns of the Oologist or by cor- 

 respondence. 



S. W. Parish, 

 Calvert, Texas. 



The Cooper's Hawk. 



What collector, who on passing be- 

 neath the spreading branches of the 

 sycamore or the tall chestnut tree which 

 seems to touch the very heavens, with 

 collecting box at his side and irons 

 strapped to his back, has not seen cir- 

 cling high above his head the graceful 

 and even beautiful figure of the Cooper 

 Hawk? 



This handsome bird although not so 

 large, by several inches, as the Red- 

 tailed Hawk, is to my eyes positively, 

 far more grand and imposing. It may 

 be that my closer attention to the Coop- 

 er's Hawk gives me that impression, but 

 I am quite certain that anyone who has 

 made himself acquainted with the true 

 character of each will agree with me. 



When out collecting one clay last 

 May, I got a shot at a Cooper's Hawk, 

 but did nothing more than to wound it 

 slightly in the wing. It fell to the 

 ground, however, and after a short 

 chase (for although wounded, yet it flut- 

 tered along the ground), I came up with 

 it. When I put my hand towards the 

 hawk, it immediately lay on its back 

 and drew its claws in close to its body. 

 I did not expect anything, but when I 

 tried to take it up, its claws flew out 



