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THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



130. Macrorhamphus Griseus, (Red-breasted 

 Snipe.) 



131. Actodromas Minutilla, (Least Sandpiper.) 



132. Actodromas Maculate, (Pectoral Sandpiper.) 



133. Totanus Flavipes, (Yellow-legs.) 



134. Rhyacophilus Solitarius, (Solitary Sandpiper) 



135. Totanus Melanoleucus, (Greater Yellow-legs; 

 Tell-tale.) 



136. Tringoides Macularius, (Spotted Sandpiper.) 



137. Ardea Herodias, (Great Blue Heron.) 



138. Nyctiardea Grisea Naevia, (Black-crowned 

 Night Heron.) 



139. Botaurus Lentiginosus, (American Bittern.) 



140. Rallus Elegans, (Red-breasted Rail.) 



141. Rallus Virginianus, (Virginian Rail.) 



142. Porzana Carolina, Sora Rail.) 



143. FuUca Americana, (American Coot.) 

 X44. Bernicla Canadensis, (Canada Goose.) 

 145. Anas Bo.scas, (Mallard.) 



136. Anas Obscura, (Black Mallard.) 



147. Dafila Acuta, (Pintail.) 



148. Mareca Penelope, (Widgeon.) 



149. Nettion Carolinensis, (Green-winged Teal.) 



150. Querquedula Discora, (Blue-winged Teal.) 



151. Spatula Clypeata, (Shoveller.) 



152. Aix Sponsa, Wood Duck.) 



153. Fulix Marila, (Scaup Duck ; Greater Blue- 

 bill.) 



154. Fulix Affinis, (Little Blackhead; Lesser Blue- 

 bill.) 



155. Aethyia Americana, (Redhead.) 



156. Aethyia Vallisneria, (Canvas-back.) 



157. Clangula Glaucium Americana, (American 

 Golden-eye. 



158. Clangula Albeola, (Buffiehead.) 



159. Mergus Merganser Americanus, (American 

 Sheldrake; Merganser.) 



160. Mergus Serrator, (Red-breasted Sheldrake.) 



161. Lophodytes Cucullatus, (Hooded Sheldrake.) 



162. Larus Marinus, (Great Black-backed Gull') 



163. Larus Argentatus, (Herring Gull.) 



164. Larus Philadelphioe, (Bonaparte's Gull.) 



165. Sterna Fluviatilis, (Common Tern.) 

 106. Sterna Antillarum, (Least Tern.) 



167. Colymbus Torquatus, (Loon ; Great North- 

 ern Diver,) 



168. Podilymbus Podiceps, (Thick-billed Grebe ; 

 Pied-billed Dabchick.) 



The above will, I trust, induce others to publish 

 lists of birds occurring in their localities. Such 

 records are valuable for reference regarding the geo- 

 graphical range of the species. 



White-rumped Shrike. 



Chewink, Sora Rail, Cooper Hawk. 



During the last Summer I found three 

 Chewink's nests which were placed in 

 bushes at a height of from two to five feet. 

 According to most Ornithologists this bird 

 builds its nest on the ground. Nests of 

 the Scarlet Tanager promise to be very 

 abundant this season, if the number of 

 birds that have arrived here is any indica- 

 tion. Last summer I found a nest of the 

 Sora Rail on May 30th, within one hundred 

 yards of half a dozen houses. The nest 

 contained twelve eggs nearly hatched. 

 One of my friends found a nest of Cooper 

 Hawks, on the 5th inst. It was placed in a 

 black oak about sixty -five feet from the 

 ground, and contained five fresh eggs. 

 E. S. B. 



Rock Island, Ills. 



A. B. W. of Clinton, Wis., under date 

 of May 5th, writes us as follows : I re- 

 ceived your paper and am much pleased 

 with it. I have been collecting nearly two 

 weeks. The first nest found this season 

 was that of a crow and contained seven 

 young birds. The next time I went col- 

 lecting I climbed an Oak tree, and found 

 two young squirrels. They were quite 

 tame and very lively. On this same trip 

 I, together with two other boys found a 

 White-rumped Shrike's nest containing 

 four eggs. It was placed in a locust hedge 

 in a crotch of a tree, about six feet from 

 the ground. The nest was composed of 

 thistle down feathers, twine, pieces of 

 cloth, in fact, almost anything suitable 

 that the bird could obtain. It was lined 

 with wool, hair and feathers. Shrike's 

 nests can generally be found by the bones 

 and carcasses of young birds, etc. , impaled 

 upon the thorns about the nest. We took 

 the four eggs but did not disturb the nest; 

 upon revisiting the nest a few days later, 

 we found two more eggs. We took both, 

 eggs and nest. Still later while collecting 

 in the same locality, we found a nest of 

 this same bird containing five eggs. 



An old JVeio York Sun quotes the follow- 

 ing high prices for eggs : Two eggs of the 

 great auk (supposed to be extinct), recently 

 sold in an auction room in Edinburgh, for 

 $16. They were afterward resold in 

 London, one fetching $500 and the other 

 102 guineas. This supposed to be the 

 largest price ever paid for an egg, except a 

 single specimen of a moa egg, which was 

 sold in London in 1865 for |1,000, or £200. 

 A nest full of these would be worth 

 finding, provided one could find purchasers 

 at the above-named prices. 



From Nebraska. 



The first number of The Young 

 OoLOGisT received ; am well pleased with 

 it. On the morning of the 10th inst., I 

 found eight or ten nests of the Bronzed 

 Grakle. They were each and everj^ one of 

 them placed from six to ten feet high in 

 the wild plum trees, which grow in abund- 

 ance on the banks of the creeks in this 

 state. The birds in question have chosen 

 very picturesque places for their camping 

 ground. The plum trees are at present one 

 mass of white blossoms. The nests of the 

 Mourning Dove were as plenty as those of 

 the Black birds. 



K A. S., 



York, Nebraska. 



