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THE OOLOGIST 



Of the common birds, several pairs 

 of Robins nested about the wells and 

 in the engine room. At one well, a 

 pair of Carolina Wrens built their 

 nest in a nook. 



The Wood Thrush was represented 

 by several pairs. 



In the thickets I found several pairs 

 each of Catbird and Cardinal and one 

 pair of Black-billed Cuckoo nesting. 

 The nests of the Red-eyed Vireo 

 were found and in a big tree along- 

 side the boiler house a pair of yellow- 

 throateds built. 



I located two nests of the Tanger. 

 Along one edge of this woods stood 

 some old stubs and dead trees and in 

 one of these a handsome pair of Red- 

 bellied Woodpeckers set up house- 

 keeping. Two others were occupied 

 by Flickers while the hollow limb of 

 still another furnished a home for a 

 pair of Great Crested Flycatchers. 



Two beautiful lichen-covered nests 

 of the Gnatcher came to my attention. 

 One was high up in a large oak; the 

 ether quite low in a boxwood. 



I found two tufted Tits nests. Both 

 were quite high in small natural cavi- 

 ties. 



A Mourning dove nested within 

 fifty feet of the boiler-house and about 

 100 feet away in the dead top of a 

 beech, a Down Woodpecker dug a 

 hole, and at the bottom laid five eggs. 

 There was a pair of Hairy's also 

 and they nested in a little old beech 

 stub. A pair of Phoebes nested in an 

 engine house and in the gully, another 

 pair nested under a large overhanging 

 rock. A pair of Hummers also a pair 

 of Acadian Flycatchers nested in this 

 gully. In both cases, the nests were 

 directly over the little stream. 



The Whip-poor-will was a very com- 

 mon bird down there, and in this little 

 woodland, that Spring, I found three 

 sets of eggs while prowling about or 

 following up female birds. 



My favorites, the Warblers, were 

 well represented. I found six nests 

 of the Cerulean, five Parula, two 

 Wormeating, three Black and White, 

 three Redstarts, two Hooded, several 

 Chats, one Maryland, three Ken- 

 tucky's. On a bank in the gully and 

 within three feet of the stream, I 

 found a nest of the Louisiana Water- 

 thrush. 



In the thicket or jungle where the 

 stream left the woods, a pair of 

 Golden-wing Warblers had located and 

 after considerable searching, I found 

 a set of four. While looking for the 

 Golden-wings, Nest, I was nearly 

 bitten by a copperhead snake. The' 

 snake lay under a bunch of little 

 bushes, and was entirely concealed by 

 the leaves and long grass. While 

 parting the grass and leaves, with my 

 hands, the snake struck, but by pure 

 luck I moved my hand at the same 

 moment, and he missed. I killed it, 

 and found it to be three feet long. 

 On showing it to some farmers, I was 

 told that it was as large as they grew. 

 I killed a couple more while hunting 

 nests, but saw these in plenty of 

 time. 



Here in Warren County, we have 

 plenty of rattlesnakes in some local- 

 ities in the mountains, but I prefer 

 them to the copperhead because of 

 their giving warning of their where- 

 abouts. 



Altogether I found 32 species nest- 

 ing in that piece of woods that spring 

 and found 60 nests. 



R. B. Simpson, Warren, Pa. 



BLUE HERON CAPTURED. 



Thirty-five Young Birds Are Taken 



From Island in Minnetonka. 



The 1911 crop of great blue heron 

 and cormorants was reduced by thirty- 

 five yesterday when a crew of men 

 and boys went to Wauwatosa island. 



