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THE OOLOGIST 



Brown Thrasher — Usually quite com- 

 mon, but in 1910 only occasional- 

 ly seen. 



Carolina Wren — Rare, seen once in 

 spring of 1910. 



House Wren — Common S. R. 



Winter Wren — Infrequent in winter. 



Brown Creeper — Usually tolerably com- 

 mon, in 1910 rare. 



White breasted Nuthatch — Common P 

 R. 



Red breasted Nuthatch — An infrequent 

 migrant. 



Tufted Titmouse — Very rare. 



Chickadee — Common P. R. 



Golden Crowned Kinglet — Common W. 

 V. 



Ruby Crowned Kinglet — Common S. & 

 F. Migrant. 



Wood Thrush — Common S. R. 



Veery — ^A not uncommon S. R. in low 

 wet woods. 



Grey Cheeked Thrush — Seen in 1909. 



Olive backed Thrush — Tolerably com- 

 mon in spring and fall. 



Hermit Thrush — Usually common in 

 spring and fall, in fall of 1910 

 rare. 



Robin — Abundant S. R., rare in winter 



Bluebird — Common S. R., rare in win- 

 ter. 



Yellow Warbler's Nest. 

 On Monday, June 1st, 1908, I discov- 

 ered a Yellow Warbler just starting 

 its nest in a lilac- bush about sixty 

 feet from my door. No better place 

 could be chosen for observation than 

 this one. On Saturday the 6th, the 

 nest was finished. It was composed 

 of fine grass, and horse hairs, lined 

 with ravelings of cotton I put out for 

 it. On the 8th one egg was deposited: 

 also one on the 9th, 10th and 11th. On 

 the 12th the female began setting. It 

 required nine days to incubate the 

 eggs. All of the eggs were deposited 

 before 6:30 a. m. The young left the 

 nest July 8th. 



S. V. Wharram, 

 Geneva, Ohio. 



Evening Grosbeaks. 



During the noon hour on February 

 27th a friend of mine, who is much in- 

 terested in anything in the way of 

 wild birds or animals, stopped to in- 

 form me about some birds that were 

 strange to him. These birds had been 

 about the lawns and trees in the main 

 residence part of town for several 

 days and because of their tameness 

 and looks had attracted considerable 

 attention. 



He said they were on a bare place 

 on his lawn when he left the house, 

 and as I was puzzled by his descrip- 

 tion, I lost no time getting up there. 

 I found them all right and was great- 

 ly surprised to find them to be Even- 

 ing Grosbeaks. There were six in the 

 flock, four males and two females. 

 One of the males is in very bright 

 plumage. 



These birds have been about ever 

 since, and today, March 17th, are still 

 here, and I am curious to see how long 

 they will remain. 



They seem to stay pretty much in 

 the same vicinity and have not been 

 reported from the outskirts of town 

 anywhere. They feed about on bare 

 places on the lawns and bud on maple 

 shade trees, and I am informed, fre- 

 quently visit some apple trees on 

 which are hanging a number of frozen 

 and well dried apples on which they 

 feed. 



They are very tame and will allow 

 an approach of within fifteen or twen- 

 ty feet. 



The residents of the vicinity have 

 learned their name and history and 

 are quite interested in them. 



About twenty years ago, when the 

 flight came east, several flocks were 

 seen here, and several birds were 

 taken, but I have never seen any 

 since, and had not heard of any east- 

 ern movement this winter, so was 

 greatly surprised to see them. 



R. B. Simpson, Warren, Pa. 



