THE OOLOGIST 



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The Oologist. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



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Elevated Towhee's Nests. 



In reply to an article by Mr. C. Piper 

 Smith in the April '97 Oologist I sub- 

 mit the following notes. 



While returning from Indianapolis 

 on May 21, 1897, in company with 

 a friend we came to a dense woods bor- 

 dering the road about 10 miles north of 

 the city. He got over the fence and 

 examined some bushes along it. Re- 

 turning he informed me that he had 

 found nothing but a grass-lined nest in 



a bush. I concluded it must be a Tow- 

 hee's nest, and so it proved, for a week 

 later (May 28; he secured the nest and 

 set. Nest was of the usual construct- 

 ion—twigs, grass-stems and dead leaves 

 and lined with line dry grass. Eggs 

 were typical, elongate-ovate covered 

 with line specks of pinkish, and thtee 

 in number. Nest was placed 18 inches 

 up in a wild rose bush and contained 

 an egg of the Cowbird. 



On June 10 I was passing through a 

 large woods and, in skirting a swampy 

 l)ond, I happened lo pass near a dense 

 blackberry bush when I thought I saw 

 a nest in it. Stooping down I saw a 

 nest and also the heafi and neck of a 

 female Towhee. She llilted off and 

 alighted ou a fallen log where she was 

 joined by her mate and where both re- 

 mained aud scolded me during the few 

 minutes I was in the vicinity. The nest 

 was placed 44 inches from the ground 

 and of the same construction as the 

 above mentioned nest and contained 

 three eggs of the same shape and mark- 

 ings as those above. Returning on 

 June 13 I found the nest empty and 

 could distinguish three slight depres- 

 sions where the eggs had rested. 



Louis W. Brokaav, 

 Carmel, Ind. 



[Mr. Brokaw died Sept. 3, 1897. The 

 above note was sent the. Oologist a 

 fevv weeks previous.— Ed ] 



Some Shore Birds Recently Taken in 

 Orleans County. 



The Order Lirnicolce or Shore Birds 

 ought to be fairly well represented in 

 Orleans County, for Lake Ontario 

 forms our northern boundary. It seems 

 that this order of birds that the bird- 

 student becomes acciuainted with. la 

 nearly every instance it seems that this 

 is the particular branch of his ornitho- 

 logical education that is neglected. I 

 find that this is so in my own case. 

 Perhaps this class of birds is more diffi- 



