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THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



quarters by those who present their claims 

 by letter or in person in a suitable manner. 



It is better to know what you wish for 

 in asking for a publication, and it is well 

 to be courteous and send thanks for any- 

 thing you may receive, be it ever so small, 

 for in time you may secure something val- 

 uable. 



Perhaps the best way to gain your ends, 

 a scheme which I have followed with suc- 

 cess, is to catch the ear of your representa- 

 tive to Congress, through whom you could 

 secure anything in stock in the District of 

 Columbia, piovided your influence is strong 

 enough. Bring the influence of your friends 

 and relatives to bear, and I assure you that 

 success is yours. 



It is not my wish to make life miserable 

 for members of Congress or the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institute, but I know 

 that there are publications on our favorite 

 studies which the Government issues for 

 those who are interested in pursuits of this 

 nature. And I feel, furthermore, that they 

 may as well be given to students as to in- 

 fluential persons who are not interested, 

 and who store the valuable, interesting 

 works in the garret, or sell them for old 

 paper. Didymus. 



COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Organized al San Jose, Cal. , June 22, 1893, for mutual 

 benefit in the stu ly of ornithology. All honest ornitholo- 

 gists in California are invited to join. For full particulars 

 address the secretary, C. Barlow, Santa Clara, Cal. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 November 4. The study of the Warblers 

 of California was resumed. Mr. Painton 

 led with the Lutescent Warblers {Ilclmin- 

 tkophila celata lutesceus). He stated it 

 was the western representative of the 

 Orange-crowned Warbler, but more richly 

 colored. Its general color is an olive-green 

 and the distinguishing feature an orange- 

 brown patch on the crown. Mr. Painton 

 related the finding of his first nest of this 

 species in the Santa Cruz Mountains. 

 While walking through a redwood grove, 

 where the ground was covered with leaves 



from the trees, his attention was attracted 

 by a Warbler stealing off" into the bushes, 

 and he found the nest in a hollow on the 

 ground. It contained three young and one 

 egg. On returning next day it was empty. 

 The nest was composed of fine strips of 

 redwood bark and cupped. It was about 

 two inches below the surface. In relating 

 another find Mr. Painton said : "On May 

 6 of this year, in the same locality, I 

 started out to find a set of Lutescent Warb- 

 lers, and I was not disappointed. It was 

 in the early morning, and taking my course 

 down a steep mountain road, seldom used, 

 and, striking the low bushes with a long 

 stick, I came to a patch of wild straw- 

 berries. A Lutescent Warbler left her 

 nest about a foot from my hand and flew to 

 some bushes near by. On looking into the 

 nest I beheld four little beauties, and fresh. 

 The nest was not at all like the one de- 

 scribed, it being composed of fine fibres and 

 lined with a few horse-hairs. The eggs 

 may be described as creamy -white, speckled 

 with lilac and cinnamon rufous, gathered 

 toward the large end. They measure .65 

 X.50; .66X.51; .65X.49; .65X.48 inches. 



Mr. Taylor stated that when robbed, this 

 Warbler usually builds again near the first 

 nest Several nests had been found at 

 Alameda. 



The Black-throated Gray Warbler was 

 treated in a paper by Mr. Arnold of Pasa- 

 dena. Though he has not taken their eggs 

 he described a nest found containing 

 young. On June 17, while passing 

 through a mountain canyon, a sharp "chip- 

 chip-chip" of this Warbler attracted his 

 attention. After searching awhile the nest 

 was discovered on a low branch of an oak. 

 It contained four young, which Mr. Arnold 

 states looked like young Chipping Spar- 

 rows, excepting that the bill was sharper 

 and the general color darker. On August 

 31 he secured the nest with part of the 

 limb The nest measures three inches 

 across, and is composed of vegetable fibres, 

 lined with finer ones, with a few of the 

 birds' feathers interwoven. The birds are 



