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IJo.-iioN. February. 1886. 



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TEE GREAT GliA ) ' W'L. 



(UI.n.A CINKKEA. ) 



This biril is a rme winter visitant. 

 October J 3. 1885. 1 received a tine 

 specimen from a citizen ofEavv Claire 

 for mounting. Taken all together, it 

 is an extraordinary looking bird. 

 The small eyes combined with the 

 great size of the facial disks giving it 

 a very peculiar expression. 



The beak is light yellow ; claws 

 black : iris straw ; facial disk four 

 inches in diameter, marked with about 

 fifteen concentric circles ; back, wings 

 and tail marked all over in a peculiar 

 pattern with chocolate brown, and 

 whitish featiiers on the breast, six 

 inches long, indistinctly bared longi- 

 tudinally ; throat ragged white ; length 

 two feet : tail twelve inches : ex])a,nse 

 fifty-five inches. 



It has the appearance of a very large 

 bird, but the body iis really but little, 

 if any, larger than that of a Partridge. 

 This Owl breeds in the far >.'orth, and 

 is said to live chiefiy on small l)irds. 

 E. L. Bkown, Durand, AVis. 



May 31. — Did not find any thing 

 worth recording. 



June 1. — W iisa led-letler day with nic 

 1 found a nest of the Pine-creeping 

 Warbler, about ten feet up in a pitch- 

 pine, containing four j)retty eggs ; they 

 were: white with a roseate hue and spot- 

 ted with different shades of brown, 

 rather more thickly at the larger end. 

 1 also came accross a nest of the Rose- 

 breasted Cxrosbeak with two eggs, which 

 I secured as 1 was doubtful of being 

 able to find the place again. On the 

 way home I secured a set of three Brown 

 Thrasher's eggs, and a nest of the Song 

 Sparrow containing four eggs and one 

 of the Cowbird. 



June 3. — Took a set of four Chest- 

 nut-sided Warbler's eggs. 



June 4. — A .set of Purple Finch's 

 eggs and found a nest of the Cedar VVa\- 

 wing just completed. 



These were not all 1 ttjund. of course, 

 but were the most im))ortant. I am 

 eagerly looking forward to next spring, 

 when 1 hope to add a few more varieties 

 to my collection. H. (.'. W. 



A WEEIC'S COLLECTIjYG. 



May 28. — 1 secured a fine set of eight 

 eggs of the Black-capped Chickadee and 

 a set of four Blue Jays' . 'l"he latter were 

 ])artly inculmted, but 1 managed to blow 

 them. 



May 29. — Found a nest of the Haiti- 

 more Oriole with four eggs, a set of 

 Oreen Heron's eggs and two lUue 

 Jay's nests, one containing four and the 



eniiicc in the c<il 



I'here was a vast dif- 



(M" OJ ll.C f WO set.' 



Speaking upon the water supply of 

 ancient Eoman towns, Prof. W. H. Cor- 

 field has presented the Sanitary Insti- 

 tute of Great Britain a strong argu- 

 ment against attempts to purify water 

 that has once become foul, commend- 

 ing the wisdom of the Romans in draw- 

 ing the watei' for their towns from un- 

 questionable pure sources. 



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