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THE OOLOGIST. 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR CORRES- 

 PONDENTS. 



yotf ami fU'im of InUrent, Qwiics tuid 



L. Ix. C. York. Nebr., woiiUl like to 

 know what part of the U. S. finiiUhes the 

 best field for collectiiiL; and studyiujj; the 

 nesting habits of a«inatio biixls. 



W. II. L.Jr.. would like to know the 

 correct name of tho hawk known as the 

 Blao-darter Hawk, in this locality (Covius- 

 tou, Ga.\ AVe think it is the Marsh Hawk. 



Fred AUiu, Iowa City, la., wants to know 

 the correct name for the Wild Canary, and 

 Ground Chippie of his locality. 



J. A B . Morganton, X. C. Says: 'I would 

 like to recommend to the readers of the 

 OoLOCrisT tJic instrnmtnt case, described by 

 J. H. F., Jr.. B;atimore. Md.. in the An;.;., 

 SepL, 188S OoLOiiiST. 1 recently made 

 one acconiiugt*r directions and it is a beau- 

 ty. Instead of cx»verin£T the outside with 

 Alligator skin. I stained it black and Tar- 

 nished it 



U. E Fisher. Prairie du Sac. Wis., writes. 

 ' 'To-day, Feb. ISth. I found a nest of the | 

 Great Horned Owl. Rubo Yii-giinan^. The j 

 nest was made in a hollow tree, of sticks so that 

 it would not go to the bottom of the tree and 

 then some leaves, and then lined wi h feath- 

 ers. It contained one egg which measrired 

 2^x2 inches, which seems to me to be nither 



SUlilll. 



Siim. E. Rieon, Erie. Pa. . writes : A pril 

 7th, '68. Found the first nest, Kildeer's, one 

 ej^. May 2(»lh. Found a Robin's nest in 

 a large cavity in an apple tree. May 30th. 

 Found tliree nests of the Chipping Sp:irrow 

 on the ground. They were all in orchards, 

 in long grass. 



I have a white egg of Blue bird, unspot- 

 txl, and asp.tted egg of Purple M.artin: 

 also a Spotted Sandpiper's. measuring 91x73, 

 and a Bee bird's, measuring 76st>S." 



From C. J. Schafer, Eddyville, Iowa, we 

 receive the following: Not having seen 

 much news from Iowa, I thought I would 

 send you a few "SS notes from my Field 

 Book. 



The lirst Bobiu appeared Feb. 21, be- 

 gan nesting April 8th. 



Fii-st Blue bird appeared Feb. 18th. The 

 first nest was in an old tree .Vpril od. 



First Ked-and-buff sh^ uldcred Black bird 

 was seen Miuch 13th, found a nest May 

 27th, in a large hazel bush at the edge of a 

 poud, containing four egg. 



First Shrike was seen March 14th. (I saw 

 oue this yeax in Jan."): began nesting April 

 20th. and on the 29th fouud a nest with five 

 eggs. 



Fii-st Purple Martin appeared on March 

 18. began nesting April 29th. 



A. \V. Nolto, of Los. Angeles, Gala., 

 took a set of the Costa's Hummingbird on 

 Fob. Srd. and one of the Blaok-chiuued, 

 Feb. 6th. 



; A. S., Anaheim, Cala. The Mourning 

 j Dove is to common to re'quwc a description. 

 The Ground Dove is a very sm.all species 

 mi larger than a good sized sparrow and 

 could not possibly be mistaken for the 

 former. In some locahties the Mourning 

 I Dove nests on the ground. 



At a recent sale, in Lon don. Audubon's 

 Birds of America" brought ^E'lolil. 00. 



We think that the "ntarly full-grown, 

 young Grass Finches", found by G. S. J., 

 Jeff. Co.. N. Y., on April 19 were Shore 

 Larks, 



P. C. W. Walden, Mass. writes of an 

 English Sparrow building its nest over the 

 globe of jm electric street light. 



I do not agree with the article written by 

 D. B. K.. in the Feb. OoiiOoisT. He 

 stales that Blue-birds either lay entirely 

 white or entirely blue sets. L;ist summer I 

 fouud a set of six eggs of the Blue-bird. 

 Two were jjure blue and the rest were 

 snowv white. W. E. L.. Peoria, IlL 



