THE OOLOGIST. 



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March 31 — Set d, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in f* sycamore, 75 feet np. Incuba- 

 tion, 7 days. 



April 2 — Set e, 2 oggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an elm, 70 feet up. Fresh. 



April 6 — Set/, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 58 feet up. Incubation, I-. 



April 9— Set g, 2 eggs; Red tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 70 feet up. Advanced. 



April 15— Set 7i, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 65 feet up. Advanced. 



April 24 — Set i, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in a wild cherry- 45 feet up. Fresh. 



April 6 — Set a, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder 

 . Hawk; nest in a sycamore, 50 feet up. 

 Incubation begun. 



April 15 — Set b, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder 

 Hawk; nest in an oak, 50 feet up. Ready 

 to hatch. 



April 17 — Set A-, 3 eggs; Red-shoulder 

 Hawk; nest in 



April 15 — Set a, 2 eggs; Tvu-key Buz- 

 zard; nest in a stump, on the ground. 

 Fresh. 



April 21 — Set b, 2 eggs; Turkey Buz- 

 zard; nest in hole in a sycamore, 40 feet 

 up. Fresh. 



April 23 — Set x, 2 eggs; Turkey Buz- 

 zard; nest in hole in a sycamore, 20 feet 

 up. Slight. 



February 5, 1887 — Set b, 3 eggs; great 

 Horned Owl; nest in a stump, 25 feet up. 

 Fresh. 



February 10 — Set c, 2 eggs; great Horned 

 Owl; nest in an oak, 50 feet up, in a Red- 

 tail's nest. Fresh. 



March 17 — Nest with 2 young Horned 

 Owls, in an old Red-tail's nest, 70 feet up. 



March 19 — Nest with 3 broken eggs of 

 Horned (3wl, in an old Red-tail's nest, 40 

 feet up. 



March 12— Set j; 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 60 feet up. Fresh. 



March 12— Set k, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 55 feet up. Fresh. 



March 19— Set I, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in an oak, 30 feet up. Slight. 



March 21— Set m, 2 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in a scaly bark, 60 feel up. Incuba- 

 tion, i. 



March 21— Set 7i, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in a scaly bark, 75 feet up. Incuba- 

 tion, i. 



March 28— Set o, 3 eggs; Red-tail Hawk; 

 nest in scaly bark, 65 feet up. Slight. 



I also have about .six more sets of Red- 

 tails in view and four sets of Buzzards. 

 Philo Smith, Jk., 



Greenville, Ills. 



The Agassiz Association and Its 

 Work. 



It is probably unnecessary for me to ex- 

 plain how the A. A. came, or why, or 

 what its work is; yet I cannot refrain from 

 saying a word or two about it. 



The second number of The Stoiss Cross 

 lies before me. As I devoured its contents, 

 my mind went back to Mr. Ballard's inm- 

 .tation in the St. Nicholas for Nov., 1880, 

 comprising the present status of the asso- 

 ciation with the beginning, I am fairly 

 astounded. Then there was a little Natural 

 History society in " the Berkshire Hills of 

 old Massachu.setts ; " now there is an 

 organization with a thousand chapters and 

 ten thousand members, and that little 

 Lenox chapter has ' ' put a girdle round 

 about the earth." 



The object of the association as set forth 

 by its constitution, is, "to collect, study 

 and preserve natural objects and facts." 

 An eminent authority recently wi-ote that 

 for some time yet natural history must be 

 a study of almost pure observation. Ob- 

 servation alone can at present further our 

 knowledge of nature. No one doubts the 

 truth of this; and it naturally follows that 

 the best work for training the ohserving 

 powers is natural History. 



The value of this work as a trainmg for 

 the observing powers of chiklren is being- 

 more fully recognized every day. The 

 children accumulate facts and develop 

 language, but they also learn to use their 

 eyes and ears intelligently . The eyes and 

 the ears are the most dirtict channels to the 

 brain. 



Further, natural objects are the natural 

 handiwork of the C'reator: a bird is the 



