THE OOLOGIST 



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The Oologist. 



A Mciithlv M!i,i;;i/,ine Devoted to 

 OOLOGY AND OHNIPHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, 



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Ornithology. 



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The Great Blue Heron in Yates Go , N. Y. 



The Great Blue Heron arrives here in 

 the latter part of March sometimes as 

 early as the 25lh but usually about the 

 30Lh The tirst contingent generally 

 eousists of six to ten birds, while others 

 come straggling either alone or in pairs. 

 They remain here about two weeks, 

 tishing along the shore of lake and ad- 

 acent marshes, when they leave for 

 their rookery a few miles north. 



It was my pleasure to first discover 

 this rookery May 6, 1894— in company 

 with my friend, Verdi Burtch. We had 

 heard that "Cranes" nested at this 

 place, therefore we determined to visit 

 the rookery at our first opportunity. 

 After a spin of nine miles we arrived 

 near the swamp and putting our 

 wheels iu a barn, we started for the 

 marsh. It is situated in a valley run- 

 ning north and south, is 12 miles long 

 and about 2 in width. 



It has never been cleared off and con- 

 sequently is grown up with large tim- 

 ber, mostly ash. But in portions there 

 are tall pines, also large areas covered 

 with dease tamaracks where trees have 

 fallen iu every direction, which with 

 the tangled vegetation, etc., makes it 

 almost 'I impenetrable. 



It was not an ideal day such as an 

 oologist likes to have for it commenced 

 to rain and kept on raiuing all day. As 

 we neared the swamp we noticed a tree 

 which towered above all others, and in 

 it were five bulky nests ofcthe Great 



