THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



the note of a Blackbird. On looking 

 in the direction from which it came, I 

 saw a bird the size of a Red and Buff 

 shouldered Blackbird of a jet black 

 color with white shoulders, which gave 

 a pleasing contrast to the uniform 

 blackness of the rest of his body. Not 

 having a gun with me at the time, I 

 was unable to secure it, I did not see 

 but this one, and think it was a strag- 

 gler from some remote district. 

 Since then I have never seen another 

 one like it. 



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We give below a diagram of a popular size of data blank 



.A^ Mame 



Collector 



Locality 



Date 



JVo. of Eggs in Set Set Mark.. 



Identity Incubation.. 



JYest 



It should be filled out as follows, for example ; No. 320. Name, Wood Pewee 

 Collected by E. J. Brown. Locality, Taunton, Mass. Date, June 3. No. of £0-0-5 

 ia Set, 4. Set Mark, 4. Identity, bird seen on nest. Incubation, begun. Nest on the 

 spreading limb of an oak. 



