The Oologist. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 5 



ALBION, N. Y., MAY, 1899. 



Whole No. 154 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND 

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With the Birds. 



On the morDinf; of April 15th, I start- 

 ed for a small stream about one mile or 

 more from the edge of the town. Be- 

 fore reaching it I was rewarded by find- 



ing a nest of the Mockingbird, contain- 

 ing two fresh eggs. The nest was placed 

 in a tree cov* red with ivy, aud had it 

 not have heeu for the male bird, it is 

 more than likely that it would have 

 escaped unobserved. A well directed 

 stone sent the female from the nest, 

 which could not be seen until I was 

 within two feet of it. 



Passing on toward my destination I 

 could hear the sw^et sound of a happy 

 bird, as he w.ss perched on some con- 

 venient tree or fence post; it seemed 

 as if life was all pleasant to him, but 

 when I was at the nest he was singing a 

 different tune. 



Still walking leisurely on my way I 

 could hear quite plainly the tones as 

 they grew fainter and fainter, until at 

 length they were no longer heard, but 

 were replaced by the songs of White- 

 eyed Vireos, Pine Warblers and Mary- 

 land Yellow-throats. As I drew nearer 

 and nearer to the creek, they grew quite 

 plain, and could be heard on every side. 



At length I reached Bear Creek and 

 started along the bank, after walking 

 about half a mile, and pounding on 

 every stump that came within my path, 

 a female Bluebird was seen leaving a 

 hole about tweh^e feet up in a birch 

 stump. On investigation it was found 

 to contain four eggs with incubation 

 about one third. 



There's a White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 and I tried in vain to find its nest As 

 it walks the limbs of a large gum I ad- 

 mire its graceful beauty. 



Passing up stream I found a log and 

 walked across. Starting back the way 

 I came, I soon found a Bluebird's nest 

 containing a set of four slightly incubat- 

 ed eggs. The nest rested in a hole dug 

 by a Woodpecker, and was six feet high 



