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THE NIDIOLOGIST 



The NiDioLOGisT. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY iTAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



ORNITHOLOGY, 



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NiDIFICATION OF NORTH AMERICAN BiRDS. 



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A New Cover. 



Mr. George E. Ho\v.a.rd, of Washington, Editor of 

 The Feather, is designing a very handsonne cover for 

 the NIDIOLOGIST. which will give our December 

 number a truly holiday appearance. A new design 

 for the " Notes from the Field" department is also 

 being executed, and this journal will be found to be 

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collector, George Howes ; date. May 3, iS85 ; locality, 

 Gallon, O, The A. O. U. number on the data was not 

 in the same hand as the same number on the egg, and 

 it is otir impression that the data is an original one, 

 but that the rare egg has been retained and the data 

 sent out with a domestic Pigeon's egg. We have 

 heard of this singular branch of fraud being practiced 

 before. We believe the collector who offered us this 

 Pigeon's egg was perhaps imposed upon by another 

 party, and would not be therefore justified in men- 

 tioning his name. 



In connection with the account of Mr. I. S. Trostler's 

 collecting trip in northwestern Nebraska he wishes 

 mention made of the fact that the Sandhill Crane's 

 nest he described contained yfjit' young ; the only ex- 

 planation of the unusually large number being the 

 presence of three Cranes about the lake, two ? and 

 one (J", tlie inference being that it was a case of Crane 

 Mormonism. 



Mr. Charles A. KEELERhas been contributing a 

 series of illustrated articles to the San Francisco Call, 

 on "The Birds of California;" his "Berkeley in 

 May " being especially suggestive and graceful de- 

 scriptions of the songs and home life of his feathered 

 friends. He speaks of the American Go'ldfinch as 

 rather an Eastern bird, rarely having observed it in 

 California, overlooking the fact that at San Lorenzo, 

 about eight miles distant from Berkeley, as well as 

 at other places in the Santa Clara valley, these birds 

 nest in late May and June in large numbers, five or 

 six nests being sometimes found within a radius of 

 as many feet. Mr. Keeler has a facile and poetic 

 stvle, aiid his charming descriptions of Nature are 

 doing creditable work along the line of popularizing 

 Ornithology. 



We warned collectors in our last number against 

 spurious eggs of the Passenger Pigeon. Since then 

 we have received an egg, quite shitty, and fully twenty 

 one hundredths of an inch shorter than a Passenger 

 Pigeon's should be. The data looked plausible — 



O.N account of the editor's visit' to Washington, 

 where the A. O. U. convenes November 13, we have 

 gone to press too early to publish expected notes for 

 our Colorado Department. 



I HONESTLY think your magazine is one of the best, 

 most original of publications in its particular field of 

 usefulness. Claude King, Editor Sports Afield. 



Cooper Ornithological Club. 



THE Club convened at Alameda, Cal., October 5. 

 Mr. F. S. Daggett, of Pasadena, was elected to 

 membership. The receipt of the following publica- 

 tions was reported, the same having been placed in 

 the Club library: The Cowlnrds, by iVIajor C. E. Ben- 

 dire; Food of the Woodpeckers, and partial reprint of 

 Hawks and Owls, by Dr. Fisher, from the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



D. A. Cohen presented several instances of peculiar 

 nesting sites, after which a paper entitled "A Few 

 Notes on the Western Winter Wren," was read by R. 

 H. Beck. He found the birds quite common in the 

 redwood regions of Monterey and Santa Cruz Coun- 

 ties during the month of June, 1S94. An incomplete 

 nest was found among the ferns in a steep bank in 

 Monterey County, June 22, and, finding the nest damp 

 inside, it was left several days, and on the return trip 

 was found in the same condition, deserted. It was 

 composed of fine redwood bark and moss, with a few 

 leaves and grass stems at entrance. 



Another nest, a few miles north of Santa Cruz, .was 

 in a small round hole in the solid rock under an over- 

 hanging bank, near a stream, among the redwoods. 

 This nest was almost entirely composed of moss with 

 a very small round hole for the entrance. The birds 

 seemed to seek the thickest redwood growth in the 

 morning and evening to sing their beautiful song. 



At the Annex meeting at Pasadena, September 30, 

 a plan for the formation of a ■' Bureau of Exchange " 

 for the use of Club members was discussed, and the 

 following course agreed upon: Every member wish- 

 ing to become a member of this Bureau is requested 

 to send a list of the skins and eggs he can with rea- 

 sonable certainty secure, and which he will exchange, 

 to Mr. W. B. Judson. Highland Park, Cal., who will 

 compile a complete list, which will be forwarded by 

 each member in rotation to the next, and so on. Those 

 desiring to join the " Bureau" are requested to send 

 their lists promptly. 



Mr. Grinnell reported that on July 20, 1895, while 

 collecting about thirty miles north of Pasadena, he 

 observed Wright's Flycatcher in small flocks (young 

 birds with parents) among the low timber, toward 

 evening. Mr. Gaylord reported finding the nest of 

 an Ash-throated Flycatcher in an unused stovepipe 

 projecting through the side of a cabin. The Annex 

 held an "outing" meeting in the mountains on Oc- 

 tober 26 and 27. The Northern Division of the Club 

 will meet in San Francisco November 2. 



