THE OOLOQIST 



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cess this time. I thought to myself 

 "You have no eyes or else they are 

 'snooting' you." 



Three days later my brother Clyde 

 came to me and told me of finding 

 a phoebe's nest under that bridge. I 

 went back with him and there it was; 

 if it had ben a snake, etc. A strip of 

 bark hung down from the logs that 

 held the bridge, in a rather steep in- 

 cline, and on this the nest hung, con- 

 taining four eggs, resembling noth- 

 ing so much as drift collected there. 



I thought these birds deserved to 

 be let alone, so I did not procure the 

 eggs, and watched that all would be 

 well with them. 



I have the nest now in my collec- 

 tion. 



Ralph Donahue, Taxidermist, 

 Bonner Springs, Kansas. 



A Few Nests. 



To give the readers of THE OOLO- 

 GIST an idea of what can be found in 

 a few afternoon rambles around the 

 suburbs of Boston, Mass., during the 

 breeding season. I give a list of oc- 

 cupied nests found by Mr. E. S. 

 Coombs or by myself during 1916. 

 The number before each species in- 

 dicates the number of nests of that 

 species which we found and does not 

 refer to the number of eggs found in 

 any nest. 



4, Green Heron. 



1. Red-shouldered Hawk. 

 1. Cooper's Hawk. 



1. Sparrow Hawk. 



2. Ring-necked Pheasant. 



3. Crow. 



5. English Sparrow. 



4. Flicker. 



3. Bluebird. 

 1. Chickadee. 



5. Song Sparrow. 



I. Oven Bird. 



II. Robin. 



4. Chipping Sparrow. 



1. Brown Thrasher. 



2. Yellow Warbler. 



1. Golden-wing Warbler. 



3. Maryland Yellow-throat. 



1. Wood Thrush. 



2. Catbird. 



1. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



1. Kingbird. 



1. Redstart. 



1 Phoebe. 



Wakefield, Mass. H. O. Green, 



The Oriole. 



We regret the information contain- 

 ed in the last issue of this splendid 

 little publication to the effect that 

 that issue is the last. That owing to 

 a lack of support on the part of the 

 bird students of the country, the Ori- 

 ole will suspend publication. It is 

 too bad that deserving journals ot 

 this character must cease to be be- 

 cause of a lack of support. We do 

 not believe this grew out of a want 

 of interest on the part of the bird 

 students, but is largely a matter of 

 neglect and carelessnes. 



We find in our own subscription 

 list that many subscribers lose their 

 publication simply through oversight 

 and failure to attend to the same at 

 the proper time. 



The Oriole during the time of its 

 existence was a credit to its creators 

 and management. It was wholesome, 

 clean, newsy and bright, and no pub- 

 lication devoted to ornithology pre- 

 sented a better mechanical appear- 

 ance. 



However, the Oriole has gone to 

 join the very large number of bird 

 publications that have preceded it, 

 and has gone for the same reason. 

 THE OOLOGIST extends its sympa- 

 thy and begs to say that we would 

 be pleased to receive copy from mem- 

 bers of the Somerset Bird Club for 

 publication in these columns at any 

 time. 



