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THE OOLOGIST 



River produces more fish in weight 

 and also value than any river in the 

 United States. 



"While fishing at Mossville some 

 time ago Dixon Brothers of this city 

 made what is considered a phenomi- 

 nal haul of fish. On the 26th of No- 

 vember they hauled in 75,000 pounds 

 of carp and on the 29th they broke 

 even this record by hauling out 100, 

 000 pounds. On the 3rd of December 

 they took 150,000 pounds and eclipsed 

 even their fine record of a few days 

 before. Their catch was so great that, 

 while returning" to this city their en- 

 gine broke down late at night and the 

 crew were forced to remain out upon 

 the water on one of the coldest nights 

 thus far this winter. — Local paper. 



A List of Birds Found on Bird Island 

 In Orange Lake. 



Name Actual Count Est. 



White Ibis 977 2930 



Glossy Ibis 10 20 



Green Heron 20 100 



Little Blue Heron 568 2300 



Snowy Heron 24 50 



Y. C. Nightheron 8 32 



Louisiana Heron 650 1950 



Anhinga 20 40 



Am. Egret 23 46 



Purple Gallinule 8 50 



Florida Gallinule 4 20 



Florida Duck 3 12 



Wood Ibis 12 



Fla. Grt. Blue Heron 2 4 



Pla. Cormorant 4 8 



Reddish Egret 2 4 



B. C. Nightheron 8 30 



Blk. Vulture 2 



2345 6590 

 Crows — Too numerous to count, esti- 

 mate at least 10,000. 

 Ejat Tailed Grackle, estimate at least 



5,000. 

 Florida Red Wings, estimate at least 

 5,000. 



This count was made on July 3, in 

 the evening as the birds were coming 

 in to roost and we were stationed at 



the Northern end of the island and 

 tv/o of us made the count. At least 

 as many -were coming in from the 

 Southern feeding grounds a;t the 

 same time and of course could not be 

 counted, so believe the estimate is a 

 very conservative one. Every species 

 listed here bred on the island this 

 year with the exception of the Crow 

 and Wood Ibis. I estimate that there 

 is 1400 occupied nests of White Ibis 

 on the island and the young could not 

 fly when this count was made, same 

 with the Snowy Heron, most of the 

 Little Blue and La. Herons hatched 

 off early and the young, at the least 

 the greatest part of them were in- 

 cluded in the count. This count was 

 made as the birds poured into the 

 Island and lasted over an hour. I 

 counted young in 18 occupied Snowy 

 Heron nests a few weeks ago, where 

 last year there were but four nests 

 on the Island; this shows what pro- 

 tection will do and from what I can 

 learn the Snowy Heron is about mak- 

 ing their last stand on this island, 

 this is true for this section of the 

 State. Last year I checked and count- 

 ed 1210 occupied nests of White Ibis 

 on the island. This is the first year 

 for the Glossy Ibis and Fla. Cormor- 

 ant on the island. There has been no 

 shooting on the island this year and 

 t^ e birds have been undisturbed, due 

 to my frequent visits there and the 

 watcher I have had in the vicinity. 

 Oscar E. Bayard. 



Books Received. 

 Second Supplement to Gleanings No. 5. 

 By J. Warren Jacobs. 

 This second supplement is in short 

 a general review of the experience of 

 various persons in establishing Martin 

 colonies and putting up bird boxes for 

 other birds, contains a large number 

 of very handsome half tones, and 



