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THE NIDIOLOGIST 



The NiDiOLOGiST. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDV OF 



ORNITHOLOGY, 



With Special Reference to the 



NiniFiCATiON OF North American Birds. 



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Our La.st. — The September NidioIvOGist con- 

 tained, among illustrations, a portrait of Frank 

 H. Lattin, nest of Palmer's Thrasher in cholla, 

 Young Western Gulls, the Great Horned Owl. 

 Among the articles were: "Eggs of the White- 

 throated vSwift," by Walter E.Bryant; "A Full- 

 sized Condor," by A. W. Anthony; "Nesting of 

 the Black-capped Warbler," by Fred B. Spaulding; 

 "What Constitutes a vSet of Eggs," by A. C. M.; 

 "Cuckoo and Flycatcher Notes," by Otto Emerson; 

 'Breeding Habits of Audubon's Caracura," by J. 

 K. Strecker, Jr., and others. The November 

 number will contain the review of Oliver Davies' 

 new work on taxidermy, with several plates from 

 it, "Notes on the Doited Canyon Wren," "Nest- 

 ing of the vSwallow-tailed Kite," and other articles 

 and illustrations of special interest. 



The Oologists' Association. 



The Oologists' Association was organized a short 

 time ago, and has for its objects and aims the en- 

 couragement of the scientific study of North 

 American Oology, the publication of results of 

 such .study, and protection of its members against 

 frauds, etc. 



The Association is managed by an Executive 

 Committee, composed of jjresident, vice-president, 

 secretary, treasurer and one committeeman, ami 

 will soon have an official organ, in which will be 

 published such reports and other matter as will be 

 of interest to the members. 



All applications for membership must be accom- 

 panied by the membership fee (which is at present 

 only fifty cents). The dues are one dollar per 

 annum. 



All wide-awake, active Oologists are invited to 

 join the Association. 



For further particulars write to any of the follow- 

 ing officers of the A.ssociation (enclosing stamp for 

 reply): Isador S. Trostler, Omaha, Neb., presi- 

 dent; Ed. Van Winkle, Vans Harbor, Mich, vice- 

 president; W. v.. Snyder, Beaver Dam, Wis., 

 treasurer; H. W. Kerr, River Sioux, Iowa, secre- 

 tary; Jos. A. Dickin.son, Gresham, Executive Com- 

 mitteeman. 



Late Nesting of the Cliff Stoalloic. 



Writes Evan Davis, of Orange, Cal.: "My last 

 find was vSeptember i, a Cliff Swallow's nest with 

 2 fresh eggs the 30th of August and 3 eggs Septem- 

 ber I, This nest was in a cave, at Seal Rock Point. 

 No person can get into this cave at high tide, and 

 as there were the remains of another nest I think it 

 must have been low for the water to destroy it. 

 The new one was placed in the highest point of the 

 roof, just 6 feet from the sand and gravel which 

 formed the bottom of the cave." 



The Red-Breasted Merganser. 



ITS NESTING ON CHERRY ISLAND, P. E. I. 



1HAVE never noticed any published 

 records of the nesting of the Red- 

 breasted Merganser {Merganser serrator) 

 on Prince Edward Island. And Mr. Jona- 

 than Dwight, Jr., in his article "Summer 

 Birds of Prince Edward Island, " published 

 in the January Auk, speaking of the Black 

 Duck, says: "This is the only Duck of 

 whose presence I have conclusive evi- 

 dence. " 



I am pleased to inform the readers of 

 The Nidiologist that I have a fine set of 

 ten egj;s of the Red-breasted Merganser, 

 collected on Cherry Island, off the coast 

 near Allerton, by Miss Sabie Oulton, to 

 whom belongs the honor of adding this 

 species to the summer birds of the island.. 

 The nest was built of dead twigs and leaves, 

 nicely arranged and placed in a hollow 

 under a thick bunch of bushes, about five 

 hundred yards from the water. The eggs 

 were taken from the nest on June ii, 1894, 

 and were perfectly fresh. 



Looking over the many interesting notes 

 on the birds of that locality furni.shed me 

 by Mi.ss Oulton, I find that both the Rtd- 

 breasted Merganser and Black Duck have 

 nested regularly on Cherry Island for years 

 — eight at least. Benjamin Hoag. 



Stephen town. New York. 



