THE OOLOGIST. 27(A4) ,\&(0 15 
Aug. 22, Water-thrushes fairly com- 
mon. 
Aug. 23, Black and White Warbler 
Oy Aus 30, “@). 
Aug. 24, Louisana Water-thrush (1). 
Sept. 18, Yellow-throated Warbler 
(1), Oct. 8, (1). Greater Yellow-legs 
(4). 
Sept. 21, Spotted Sandpiper (1). 
Sept. 25; Palm Warbler (1), Sept. 
29, common, Oct. 4, abundant. 
Oct. 3, Maryland Yellow-throat (1). 
Oct. 4, Least Bittern (1), Oct. 9, (3). 
Oct. 6, Parula Warbler (4-6), Oct. 
24, common. Prairie Warbler, (2) Oct. 
24, Common for them. Yellow Palm 
_ Warbler (1) very rare. 
Oct. 16, American Redstart (4-6), 
Oct. 20, common, Catbird (1). 
Oct. 12, Marsh Hawk (1), also on 
Oct. 13, 14, 15, 18, 19. White-crown- 
ed Pigeon (1) last seen, also on Oct. 
11 (1), and Sept, 24 (2). 
Oct. 21, Black-throated Green Warb- 
ler (1), Oct. 26, (1), Wilson’s Snipe 
(1). 
Oct. 24, Oven-bird (1). 
Oct, 28, Black-throated Green Warb- 
ler (1 shot.) 
Oct. 26, Myrtle Warbler (2), Nov. 
262 (2). 
Oct. 27, Solitary Sandpiper (2). 
Nov. 16, Catbird (2), Nov. 19, com- 
mon, 
Noy. 4, Tennessee Warbler, (1). 
Dec. 25, Least Grebe (2). 
For some unknown reason no Black- 
throated Blue Warblers have been 
seen this winter although in December, 
1908, it was the most common warb- 
ler here. 
A. C. READ. 
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A Correction. 
Mr, A, C, Read of the Isle of Pines 
writes us as follows: 
“I wish to make a correction in the 
scientific name of the Isle of Pines 
Tanager published in the Nov., 
OOLOGIST. The name_ should be 
Spindalis pretrei pinus, In the July 
1909 OOLOGIST, I had some notes on 
the Florida Grackle, Quiscalus quis- 
cula aglaeus, which was a case of mis- 
taken identity. It should have been 
Cuban Grackle, Holoquiscalus gundl- 
achi., 
1909, 
Oi 
Keep Up the Campaign Mr. Herron. 
No more English Sparrows frequent 
San Bernardino County, R. B. Her- 
ron, county bird man has just return- 
ed from a thorough investigation, af- 
ter pursuing a most strenuous cam- 
paign against the foreign pest, and 
brings news that the birds have eith- 
er all been killed or have given this 
county the farewell. 
During the early spring there was 
much complaint, it being declared that 
the aliens were nipping off fruit buds, 
also that they were driving native 
song birds from the state, or slaugh- 
tering them, and Mr. Herron commenc- 
ed a campaign, which has resulted in 
entirely exterminating the pest.—San 
Bernardino Sun, 
BRS 6 BE es 
The Great Blue Heron. 
(Ardea herodias). 
The group of. this splendid bird 
illustrated on the opposite page has 
been presented to the Buffalo Society 
of Natural Sciences by me. It took 
several years of hard work, aided by 
my son, Edward, to get the material 
for the same, The Heronry is about 
fifty miles north of Buffalo, located 
near the Tonawanda Swamp and only 
a fearless climber could get to the 
nests, which are located on elms from 
one hundred to one hundred twenty 
feet up; a hard task when higher than 
the nests to haul up the kodak and 
take the pictures of the nests contain- 
ing eggs in sets from four to six, and 
