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THE OOLOQIST 



"Pee-wee, and similar ones, I heard 

 this bird utter a peculiar note for 

 their kind. In fact I heard him utter 

 two notes new to me. One was a 

 two syllabled "se-clear, se-clear," very 

 closely connected and twice repeated 

 It resembled a Butcher Bird's notes, 

 only being lower and more modified. 

 The other peculiar tune he pulled off, 

 was a "rittery-rittery," like that of the 

 Maryland Yellow-throat, only probably 

 more rapidly. I had a hard time keep- 

 ing up with him, because he moved on 

 so rapidly, that he was generally just 

 within sight. John B. Behrends. 



Illinois. 



The Greater Yellow Legs. 



On May 31, 1913, while crossing the 

 mud-flats of Corbett's pond, two large 

 waders flew out quite close to me and 

 lit on the edge of the creek several 

 hundred yards away. I hurriedly stalk- 

 ed them, and they turned out to be 

 the Greater Yellow Legs. They were 

 quite tame, and allowed me to get 

 about fifty yards from them. This is 

 the first time I have ever seen the 

 Greater Yellow Legs in this section. 



On May 14, 1913, while at Port 

 Britain, (this is a marsh on the shore 

 of Lake Ontario) I put up two Lesser 

 Yellow Legs from a small pool about 

 fifty yards from the main marsh. They 

 flew down the creek and lit at the 

 mouth of the creek. These birds were 

 more wary than their greater broth- 

 ers. 



While shooting at this place in the 

 fall of 1911, I secured one Lesser Yel- 

 low Legs. These are the only record 

 I have of these birds in this vicinity, 

 evidently they are stragglers. 



On April 26, 1913, a pair of Bartram- 

 ian Sandpipers were seen in a marshy 

 field several miles north of here, they 

 are also very rare in this neighbor- 

 hood. Norman Haultain. 

 Ontario, Can, 



Books Received. 



Our Vanishing Wild Life, by W. T. 

 Hornaday; Charles Scribner & Sons, 

 New York, publisher. 



This publication is absolutely the 

 best on the subject of any that we 

 have ever received into our library. 

 It is dual in nature. A description of 

 the causes leading to the extinction of 

 wild birds and animals and sugges- 

 tions as to the prevention of the ex- 

 tinction of others. 



Some very startling information is 

 to be found within its pages. The 

 following North American birds are 

 stated to have become extinct within 

 comparatively modern times: 



The Great Auk, Labrador Duck, 

 Phallas Cormorant, Passenger Pigeon, 

 Eskimo Curlew (this is an erroneous 

 statement); Carolina Paraquet (this 

 is doubtful). 



The following North American birds 

 are seriously threatened with extinc- 

 tion: 



Whooping Crane, Trumpeter Swan, 

 American Flamingo, Roseate Spoon- 

 bill, Scarlet Ibis, Long-billed Curlew, 

 Hudsonian Godwit, Upland Plover, 

 Red-breasted Sandpiper, Golden Plov- 

 er, Dowitcher, Willet, Perioral Sand- 

 piper, Black-capped Petrel, American 

 Egret, Snowy Egret, Wood Duck, 

 Band-tailed Pigeon, Heath Hen, Sange 

 Grouse, Prairie Sharp-tail, Pinnated 

 Grouse, White-tailed Kite, and some 

 very interesting information is fur- 

 nished in relation to many of these 

 species. 



The last Whooping Crane seen alive 

 was seen by the writer and John F. 

 Ferry at Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, 

 in 1909. The Trumpeter Swan is stat- 

 ed to be represented by but one pair 

 of birds in the New York Zoological 

 Gardens. (This is an error as we have 

 three live birds on our grounds.) 



It is stated that a well equipped 

 and armed army of 2,642,274 gunners 



