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THE OOLOGIST. 



GENERAL TOPICS. 



— A LARGE number of White Owls have 

 been taken in the central districts of this 

 state within the past few weeks. One of 

 the finest specimens was killed by a woman 

 while in the act of carrying off a chicken. 



— A Kingfisher was discovered not long 

 since, by a party of boys, who were walk- 

 ing beside the river at Bloomfield, Conn., 

 struggling in the stream. On wading out, 

 it was ascertained that the bird had dived 

 upon a fresh-water clam, which had closed 

 its shell upon the bird, holding it so firmly 

 that the shell had to be broken before the 

 bird could be released. 



— A VERY large specimen of the Adju- 

 tant Stork {Leptoptilos argala) was kept 

 alive in a private aviary in France for some 

 time, by a M. DeChaineu, and which had 

 attracted considerable attention by its utter 

 greediness. Tlie owner possessed a very 

 fine large cat, and neglecting to feed the 

 bird, it swallowed the Monsieur's pet. The 

 act so grieved DeChaineu, that instead of 

 ceding it to the Lyons Zoological Garden, 

 as he had intended, he killed it. He had 

 been previously offered nearly 600 francs, 

 or over 8100 for it, by a grain merchant, 

 for the purpose of destroying the rats in his 

 store-house. It stood five feet in height, 

 and measured twelve feet in the extent of 

 its wings. 



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