THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



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Some Trips for Hawk's Eggs- 



Many years ago I made my first suc- 

 cessful trip for Red-tailed Hawk's(i?«ieo 

 borealis) eggs, and long will I remember 

 with what nervousness I ascended that 

 ponderous oak and reached the large 

 branch just beloAv the, nest. For a mo- 

 ment I stood, my whole frame shaking 

 with excitement, then with all the en- 



ergy I could muster, peeped into the 

 nest. 



Two eggs. How happy I was. The 

 possessor of a clutch of fine large Hawk's 

 eggs. My then small collection had 

 never known such valuable accessions. 



Young collectors all have similar ex- 

 periences. And experiences where- 

 in they are in extreme danger. Such 

 incideuts are not easily erased from 

 memory. 



In the midst of a small woods about 

 thre e miles from my home, stands a 

 mighty oak, lifting its head heavenward 

 over a hundred feet, which rocks and 

 nods, as it were, to its less lofty neigh- 

 bors. 



Although it has been nearly half-a- 

 score of years since its construction, the 

 fragments of a nest can be seen ' far up 

 within a few feet of the top. I reached 

 that nest once, but it neaidy cost me my 

 life. 



Gaining the nest I was rewarded with 

 only one fresh egg of the Cooper's 

 Hawk [Accipiter cooperi) also new to 

 my collection. 



However as I do not wish to tire my 

 readers with my earlier experiences I 

 Avill proceed to describe some of my 

 last successful trips. 



On April 2nd of the present year I 

 packed my "traps" and set out for a 

 long tramp in seach of nests of Bideo 

 borealis. 



After a i*ough walk of five or six 

 hours, passing by two deserted nests 

 from which I took sets last year, I came 

 within sight of a nest from which I took 

 a set of two eggs iu 1890.Last year I was 

 disappointed at this point as the nest 

 was not used. But this time I had 

 found the object of my search, for high 

 in air was a small speck circling against 

 the light flying clouds, which told con- 

 clusively that the male was watching 

 his home. The female left the nest 

 while I wa? yet some distance off and 

 joined her mate. 



The tree was a 'shellbark' hickory and 



