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THE OOLOGIST 



Bald Eagle — Seen several times dur- 

 ing spring and summer of 1908, 

 once in 1909, and one was report- 

 ed in 1910. 



Duck Hawk — Rare. 



Sparrow Hawk — Common. 



Osprey — One pair often seen at lake 

 in spring, summer and fall of 

 1910. 



Saw-whet Owl — One found on a rail 

 fence on Nov. 23d, 1910. 



Screech Owl — Only occasionally heard, 

 but probably tolerably common. 



Yellow bellied Sapsucker — A few 

 seen every spring and fall. 



Black billed Cuckoo — Seen once in 

 1907 or 1908. 



Belted Kingfisher — A pair lived at lake 

 in summers of 1909 and 1910; one 

 bird stayed until Dec. 23d, 1909 

 and one to November 18tli, 1910. 

 Occasionally elsewhere. 



Hairy Woodpecker — Occasional. 



Downy Woodpecker — Verv common P. 

 R. 



Yellow billed Cuckoo — Occasionally in 

 1910, usually more common. 



Red Headed Woodpecker — Rare, more 

 common in adjacent localities. 



Northern Flicker — ^Very common S. R., 

 rare in winter, nests often found. 



Whippoorwill — Very rare S. R. 



Nighthawk — Occasionally S R several 

 small flocks seen in fall of 1909. 



Chimney Swift — Common S. R. 



Ruby throated Hummingbird — 'Com- 

 mon S. R. in 1910, females arriv- 

 ed several days before males. A 

 nest found in 1909. 



Kingbird — Common S. R., a nest in 

 1910. 



Crested Flycatcher — Tolerably com- 

 mon S. R. 



Phoebe — Very common S. R., nests of- 

 ten found. 



Wood Pewee — Common S. R. A nest 

 found. 



Acadian Flycatcher — One seen in 1909. 

 Heard and seen. 



Least Flycatcher — Common S. R. 



Horned Lark — Rare. 



Blue Jay — Rare except in a certain 



wood until 1910; but during 1910 



it was common. 

 Crow — Abundant. P. R. 

 Startling — First appeared in 1909, one 



pair. About 6 or 8 seen several 



times in 1910. 

 Bobolink — Rare, common in 1909 in 



two stretches of meadows. 

 Cowbird — Common, S. R. 

 Red winged Blackbird — Common in 



swamps in Summer. 

 Meadowlark — Common, S. R. 

 Orchard Oriole — Uncommon, S. R. 

 Baltimore Oriole — Common, S. R. 



nests often found. 

 Rusty Blackbird — Spring and fall 



migrant. 

 Purple Crackle — Common, S. R. 

 Bronzed Crackle — Rare. 

 Purple Finch — Uncommon, common in 



fall of 1910. 

 Crossbill — Rare. 

 White winged Crossbill — Very rare, a 



flock in fall of 1908. 

 Redpoll — Rare, usually, though in win- 

 ter of 1910, (Dec); a flock of 



about 100 lived in birch trees for 



two weeks. 

 Goldfinch^Common, S. R., uncommon 



in winter. 

 Pine Siskin — ^Usually uncommon, in 



fall of 1910 very common. 

 Snow Bunting — Rare, but some win- 

 ters several flocks have been seen. 

 Eng. Sparrow — Very abundant, P. R. 

 Vesper Sparrow — Common in fields 



in summer. 

 Grasshopper Sparrow — Quite common 



in fields in summer. 

 White Crowned Sparrow — Rare, 2 or 



3 stayed for about two or three 



weeks in spring of 1910. Sang 



full song several times. 

 White throated Sparrow — Common, 



W. V. 

 Tree Sparrow — Not uncommon, W. V. 



