THE OOLOGIST. 



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composed of line rootlets and other lib- 

 ers, making a very pretty nest. 



The complement was complete, there 

 being five perfectly fresh eggs of uni- 

 form size and color. 



I took a set of two from the tree ad- 

 joining May 24th last year. I think it 

 was probably the same pair that built 

 both. 



Upon opening the stomach of the 

 dead female, I found that it was filled 

 to its utmost capacity with husks of a 

 certain seed. 



She had probably made a breakfast 

 of the seeds, and the husks being soak- 

 ed with the juices of the stomach, be- 

 came swelled, which caused death, by 

 clogging up the passage way from the 

 stomach. 



Geo. G. Morrison, 

 Fox Lake, Wis. 



Erratta- 

 In Rev. J. H. Langille's article in the 

 Carolina Wren in Aug. Oologisl where 

 the number of eggs were mentioned 

 as " 4 " it should have been 6. 



A Request. 



I am preparing to study and make 

 records of the spring and fall migra- 

 tions of the birds in that portion of the 

 country that is bounded by a line com- 

 mencing at the western extremity of 

 Florida, cui'ving a little to the west, and 

 terminating at Lake Erie and the west- 

 ern end of New York; thence, down 

 Lakes Erie and Ontai - io and the St. 

 Lawi'ence River to the Atlantic Ocean. 

 In doing so, it will be necessary to have 

 observers at different places through- 

 out the above defined territory. I now 

 have them at the following places: 

 Milford, N. H.; Amherst, Mass.; Paw- 

 tucket, R. I.; and Medina, N. Y. I 

 have written to a number of gentlemen 

 in all sections, but a good many failed 

 to answer my letters, and some were 

 otherwise employed so that they could 

 not assist me; and 1 take this method of 

 securing a sufficient number of observ- 

 ers in all portions of that section. 



I would like an observer at each of 

 the localities named below, where none 

 are now, and without which the work 

 would be very incomplete. 



Two wanted in Florida— one at the 



southern part, one at the northern; one* 

 in central part of Georgia; one in cen- 

 tral part of South Carolina; one each in 

 Virginia, W. Virginia, Delaware, Mary-, 

 land and New Jersey; one in western 

 part of Pennsylvania; one in northern 

 part of Vermont; two in Maine; one in 

 the more eastern part and one as fai" 

 north as can be had; one in New Bruns- 

 wick; and, one in that portion of Que- 

 bec which is on the southeastern side of 

 the St. Lawrence River. 



I will have blanks printed out so that 

 the number of species, and birds of each, 

 species can be recorded as seen every 

 day. These, I will send around to each 

 observer. 



I hope to receive 

 munication from 

 mentioned places. 

 J. W 



at least one corn- 

 each of the above. 



P. Smith wick, 



Sans Souci, N. C. 

 P. S. When you write, please let me 

 know exact latitude of your place, i. e. 

 in degrees and minutes. 



World Fair Notes. 



Commissioner Capt. G. P. Cotton, 

 who is now at San Pedro Sula, Hon- 

 duras, stirring up interest in the, 

 World's Fair, has secured a collection 

 of over 400 varieties of birds, some of 

 whiehare quite unknown to the outside 

 world, which will be exhibited with 

 other products of Honduras. The ex- 

 traordinary collection of butterflies and 

 insects will not be far behind, and ar-. 

 rangements have been made to forward 

 a fine selection of orchids to Chicago 

 at an early date, so that they may' be 

 growing and blooming there in 1893- 



The Very Reverend Doctor Peralto, 

 Bishop of Panama, has tendered for ex- 

 hibition at the World's Fair his very re- 

 markable historical and ethnological 

 collection which has been for some 

 years in a museum connected with the. 

 bishop's palace. It is one of the most 

 supurb private collections of antiquities 

 in the world, including ancient gold 

 and silver ornaments, vessels and ob- 

 jects of worship exhumed from the 

 tombs of the extinct race that once in- 

 habited Columbia, rare vases, pottery 

 and earthenware, rare ornaments, ves- 

 sels ond missals that date back to the 

 'time of the conquest, paper and manu- 

 scripts, and various others articles of 

 historical interest. The offer has been 

 accepted and the collection will be 

 shown at Chicago. 



