THE OOLOGIST. 



i)l(uv,s oi' u blacksmith on hi? anvil, and no ! 

 •sooner does one bird commence than all' 

 the rest follow suit, "producing such a con- \ 

 cert as" says an eminent wi-iter upon the I 

 sul)ject. "•must be heard to be appreciated." 

 The Blacksmitli perches on the topmost 

 l»ough of one of the great trees of the for- 

 est out of gnhsliot, so the sportsman is oblig- 

 "d to content liimself with admiring the 

 IteaTitiful bird as it stands in all tiie splen- 

 dor and symmetry of a monarch of the ae-' 

 rial kingdom. Tiie next species I shall , 

 mention is the 



Akaponoa, — C. varicgahi.s. 

 Its prevailing coloj- is white, but its beauty 

 is marred l)y an intermixture of gray ; wings 

 deep black ; head pale brown. The throat 

 is bare, but studded with small, fleshy, 

 worm-shaped appendages of a deep brown 

 Color; bill and feet black. Tlie throat of| 

 file iemah? is of a greenish color, the strange | 

 appendages of the' male being replaced by | 

 feathers. The otlier species is the . 



THREK-WAt'l-fJ'U Bkm, BllM), — C. tri- 



cariinculaf.HSi \ 



This bird is furnislied with three fleshy lap- 

 pets, one of which grows above the base 

 nf tne beak, the others ajjpear as proloutra- 

 tions of the corners of the mouth. The 

 ('(dor of these lappets, also of the bill, is' 

 black. Head and tliroat of male bright 

 ciiestnut bro<vn :' nape and upper part of ^ 

 lireast, white. Female olive green, streak- | 

 cd on the under parts with a lighter shade, I 

 and entirely destitute of the peculiar wattle. ' 

 Oosta Rica is the locality of this bird, where 

 it is sometimes called the Hammerer. 



heading "Our Naturalist." AV^e wish it 

 success. 



A MAT.K Blue Bird was shot at Roches- 

 ter, N. Y.. on the 9th inst. ; first.,pne seen 

 in that vicinity this spring. 



7/77, ()c)lo(jical Society. 



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 Peter de Nottbeck, Box 54, Fishkill on the 

 Hudson. N. Y. 



The Report of the Society, ending with 

 February, accompanies this issue. The 

 succeeding Report will Vje made in Septem- 

 ber. Members be sure to obtain theju all. 



OuK readers are refen-ed to H. T. Jones' 

 advertisement. He has a good supply of 

 drills at plain prices. 



The Am. Naturalist contains an article 

 on the proper scientific name of the Song 

 Sparrow, also a note on the occurrence of 

 the European Tree Sparrow in this country, 

 by Dr Merritt. 



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TifE official re])ort on ornitliologv, by 

 \}\'. Cones, containing notes taken on the 

 birds of our northwestern territoi'y during 

 (he U. S. Geological survey under Hayden, 

 was received recently. It contains many 

 points of interest. 



The Globe, Fishkill on the TTudson, N. 

 Y., we observe, has a department in its (!ol- 

 innns devoted to natural history, under the 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



The following Eggs are all first-class 

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Long-tailed Chat, 40c. Yellow-breast. 

 Chat, 25c. Black Snow Bird, 20c. Ar- 

 kansas Flycatcher, ,30c. Scissor-tail, ,3()c, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 35c. White-rump- 

 ed Shrike, 40c. Carolina Dove, 20c. Yel:. 

 low-bellied Woodpecker, 40c. Least Bit- 

 tern, 35c. White Heron, 25c. Louisiana 

 Heron, 40c. Puffin. 50c. Dusky Oyster- 

 catcher, SOc. Florida Cormorant. 20c, 

 Clapper Rail, 30c. Sandhill Crane, 90c. 

 Man-of-war Bird, f 1 .75. 



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