THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



DAYIE'S EQG CHECK LIST, 



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North American Birds. 



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This work contains accurate descriptions of the Color and Size of the 

 Eggs, and location of the Nests of the Land and Water Birds of North 

 America, together with " Notes " and Directions for Collecting Birds' Eggs 

 and Nests. 



The following specimen description plainly shows how invaluable the 

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"315. PHQ^BE BIRD; PEWEE — sayornis fuscus. — Color, pure white, sometimes 

 sparsely spotted with reddish brown at the larger end ; number of eggs, five ; size, .80 by .60 ; 

 nest in stone culverts, bridges, under the roofs a:nd against the walls of old houses and barns ; 

 nest is composed of mud, twigs and feath-ers ; habitat, Eastern United States." 



It is intended that this work will enable the collector to identify Eggs 

 while in the. field, and will take the place of those expensive works which are 

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essential facts in each particular case. — W'illii 

 Breiuster, Camhridge^ Mass. 



I am much pleased with the Catalogue, and consider 

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It should be in the hands of every collector. I only "Uavies KggCheck List" is a beauty, the typography 



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Check List from my friend -and so much am friends" and I thing the younger collectors will hail 



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 welcome this helpmeet in my studies and researches, 



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working Oologists. — Dr. Howard Jones, Author of " It is just the thing we have needed, and should 



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of ll/iio." II'. Otto. E?uerson, //ayn'i/rds, Cala. 



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GAINES, N. Y. 



