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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY and OOLOGY. 



FBANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N.Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



iSlSIX. F. POSSON, MEDINA, H. Y. 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



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A3 SECOND-CLASS MATTER. 



"The Bittern" of DuraarLscotta, Me., 

 speaks editorially of ye editor as "prob- 

 ably the best kiiovvn dealer in euriosit- 

 ies and specimens of Natural History in 

 America." Midst a daily mail, rang- 

 ing from fifty to one hundred and tifty 

 pieces, we are at a loss to know whether 

 to ascribe the great diffusion of blushes 

 that covers oui- lovely features to guilt, 

 modesty or excessive bashful ness. 



Mr. L. G. Beckwith, of Bay City, 

 Mi(.-h., writes of finding a Phcebe's nest 

 as follows: "Found it on the side of a 

 boat house, on the shore of Timber 

 Lake, near Pontiac, Mich. A spike 

 had !)een driven through the walls, 

 from the inside, and had projected two 

 or three inches on the outside of the 

 shed. On this, and the splinter which 

 the nail had detached, the nest, Avhich 

 was exactly like a common Phoebe's, 

 was placed. It contained three eggs, 

 two of a light cream color, unspotted, 

 and one of the same ground color as 

 the other, but having reddish spots on 

 the large end." 



A. M. George, Gibbon, Neb., Avrites 

 v.s an interesting account of unexpect- 

 edly finding set of Wood Duck of June 

 2S, '89, while on a fishing excursion. 



Subscril)er, Ottawa. The eggs of the 

 Bohemian Wax-wing are in color and 

 markings almost exactly like those of 

 its smaller relative, the Cedar Wax- 

 wing; in size, however, they are much 

 larger — averaging about 1.03 x .70 in. 



H. C. L., Santa^Barbara, Gala. The 

 Shrike of your locality is the California 

 Shrike; this species was formerly sup- 

 posed to be the White-rumped. 



B. 'C. E., Toulon, Ills. Your spar- 

 row, nesting in a big thistle close to the 

 ground, Avas doubtless the Song. 



The Snowy Owl nests in the far 

 north; we have not the space to give its 

 plumage, etc., in detail, as the bird is 

 too well known to most of the OoLO- 

 gist's readers. 



Manton's "Taxidermy withoitt a 

 Teacher" is sold more extensivelj" than 

 any other 50c work on the subject. 



Yoiir long-legged Waterbird' Avas un- 

 doubttSdly a Heron of some species. 



C. C. R. , Boyce, Va. Your "Wood- 

 hen" is doubtuMS the Plicated Wood- 

 pecker. 



Our old friend, Mr. C. B. McPher- 



sons, of St. Petersburg, Fla., sends us 

 a good article on the killing a "gator;" 

 but as it is not egg-zactly oological, we 

 were obliged to return it with-our re- 

 grets. 



R. H. M., Memphis, Tenn. From 

 ytmr meagre description, should say 

 your egg was that of the American 

 Goldfinch. 



H. E. H., Dryden, N. Y. Your 

 "tip up" is the Spotted Sandpiper. 



C. R. B., Little Rock, la. Descrip- 

 tions of the Least Flycatcher and Dick- 

 cissel or Black-throated Buntings can 

 be found in any relial)ie oi-uithologj' or 

 in back numbers (.>f Thk Oologist. 



