THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



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The Young Ornithologist, 



A Monthly devoted to the promotion of the 

 Sciences of Ornithology and Oology. 



PUBLISH KD BY 



ARTHUR A. CHILD, 



64 Federal Street, - - Boston. Mass. 



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A few years ago before data blanks 

 came into use ; collectors were in the 

 habit of writing descriptions of the 

 nest and eggs on the egg itself. The in- 

 convience of this doubtless led to the 

 invention of data blanks. 



A. E. South worth & Co. Woodstock, 

 111., will issue a Directory in January <j 

 1886, which promises to be a perfect 

 success. We advise all collectors to 

 send 25 cents to have their names in- 

 serted and secure a copy of the Direc- 

 tory which we (eel confident will be 

 worth double the price. 



We are always glad to receive pub- 

 lications on Natural History, espe- 

 cially those devoted to Ornithology. 



It would take nearly two thousand 

 humming-birds' eggs to fill tiie cavity of 

 one ostrich's egg. 



A Bald Eagle was caught re- 

 cently at Wilmington, Del., while try- 

 ing to carrv off a large dog. 



A writer of a recent article in one 

 of our leading papers asserts that 

 crows have 26 distinct cries, calls or 

 utterances, each readily distinguishable 

 from the other, and each having an 

 unmistakable connection with a certain 

 class of action. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



E. A.D., Keene, N. H. The Snowy 

 Owl is very rarely a resident in New 

 England, it breeds further North. 

 The nest is placed on the ground. 

 The eggs are 3 or 4 in number, white, 

 average size about 1.90 x 2.30. 



G. E. C, Jersey City, N. J. 1. See 

 our answer to C. R. B. in our June 

 number. 2. You should search for 

 the nest of the Great Horned Owl in 

 February. 



L. C, Maiden, Mass. The Ground 

 Titmouse {Chamcea fasciata) breeds 

 in California, the eggs are greenish 

 blue, usually four in a set ; the nest is 

 found in a small bush near the ground. 



G. F. B., Beattie, Kan., writes, "I 

 found a set of 7 eggs of the Bronzed 

 Grackle, May 13th, 1885." 



The usual number is from four to 

 six. This was an exceptionably large 

 set. 



C. R.,Waltham, Mass., writes, "A 

 robin built its nest on a window-sill of 

 our house, and although the room was 

 constantly occupied and the window 

 often opened, it raised its young appar- 

 ently undisturbed by our close prox- 

 imity. 



