The Yoiin^ Ornithologist. 



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Young Ornithologist. 



A Monthly devoted to the promotion of the 

 Sciences of Ornithology and Oology. 



PUBLISHED BY 



ARTHUR A. CHILD, 



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MOTES. 



In the Woodstock Reporter is a no- 

 tice of the longevity of the Mockingbird. 

 A lady of that city having ke})t one in 

 captivity for seventeen years. 

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Several of the notes from correspond- 

 ing members of the Y. O. Association, 

 as well as one or two other articles were 

 unavoidably lett out last month. We 

 shall have to enlarge our paper soon in 

 order to publish more of the many arti- 

 cles which are accumulating on our 

 hands. 



The laige work "Oology of New Eng- 

 land," by E. A. Capen, is now ready for 

 delivery. It is the finest work on Oo- 

 logy that we have ever seen. The [ilates 

 are elegantly executed, and colored true 

 to nature ; giving the many variations in 

 coloring that exist in so many of the eggs 

 of our New England birds. 



Hundreds of bright colored parrots 

 were seen near Brownwood, Texas, last 

 summer (supposed to have come from 

 Central America), something which has 

 never happened before. There were al- 

 so a great many more crows than usual. 

 Many of the supeistitious people of that 

 place consider it an omen of bad luck. 



A society taking its name after the 

 great naturalist, J. J. Audobon,has been 

 established for the purpose of fostering 

 an interest for the protection of wild 

 birds from destruction for millinery and 

 other commercial purposes. Headquar- 

 ters of the society are at 40 Park Row, 

 New York City. It invites the co-oper- 

 ation of persons in every part of the 

 country. 



A LARGE COLLECTIOJV 



OF EGGS. 



What is probably the largest private 

 collection ofeggs in the world is in the 

 possession of Mr. William Sloate, of 

 Wembdom, Bridgwater, England. The 

 catalogue of this famous collection, is- 

 sued in 1884, contains 2,154 species, 

 and embraces eggs from all parts of the 

 world. In turning over its pages one 

 cannot but wonder how so many species 

 could be acquired by one person, and 

 the patience, skill and perseverence re- 

 quisite must have been astonishing. 



Some idea of its completeness may be 

 gained from the fact that the eggs of the 

 order raptores alone number 131 spe- 

 cies, and they include those of many 

 very rare birds. Mr. Sloate has been 

 especially fortunate in obtaining many 

 very rare species, and those alone would 

 form a most valuable collection. — Or- 



NITHULOGLST & OoLOGLST. 



