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THE OOLOQIST 



the owl cavity was a Hairy Wood- 

 pecker nest and four young. 



The results of the season, so far as 

 owls were concerned were far above 

 my expectations. The total numbers 

 were: two Barred Owl, one Barn Owl, 

 one Long-eared Owl, and four Screech 

 Owl nests. 



Ravina. 111., Dec. 1916. 



1916 Nesting Record. 

 Following are the nests found by 

 me during the nesting season of 1916: 



191. Least Bittern 2. 



201. Green Heron 2. 



202. Black Crowned Night Heron 

 2. 



316. Mourning Dove 1. 



339. Red Shouldered Hawk 1. 



360. Sparrow Hawk 1. 



373. Screech Owl 2. 



388. Black Bellied Cuckoo 1. 



390. Belted Fingfisher 1. 



412. Flicker 2. 



444. Kingbird 4. 



456. Phoebe 8, one nest had 6 eggs. 



467. Least Flycatcher 1. 



477. Blue Jay 1. 



488. Crow 2. 



493. Starling, abundant, did not 

 keep record of them. 



495. Cowbird, eggs found in 4 

 nests in all. 



498. Red Winged Blackbird, abun- 

 dant. 



501. Meadowlark 1. 



511. Purple Grackle 14. 



560. Chipping Sparrow 2. 



563. Field Sparrow 4. 



581. Song Sparrow 1. 



587. Towhee 1. 



595. Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1. 



617. Rough Winged Swallow 1. 



562. Yellow Warbler 2. 



659. Chestnut Sided Warbler 1. 



681. Maryland Yellow Throat 1. 



683. Yellow Breasted Chat 2. 



687. Redstart 1. 



704. Catbird 2. 



705. Brown Thrasher 2. 



721. House Wren 4. 



725. Long Billed Wren 25. 



756. Veery 1. 



761. Robin, abundant. 



766. Bluebird 2, 40 species, 107 

 nests. 



Cowbird eggs found in nest of the 

 Field Sparrow. 



Chestnut Sided Warbler. 



Yellow Warbler. 



Yellow Breasted Chat. 



Not so bad considering I have only 

 Sundays and holidays to go out. 



Nelson E. Wilmot. 

 West Haven, Conn. 



The Phoebe. 



The Phoebe is a common bird in this 

 locality. They arrive about the time 

 of the King Bird, or the last of March 

 or the first of April. 



I found ten nests last spring and 

 summer (1915), under bridges, cul- 

 verts, rock ledges and barn eves; the 

 nests were composed of rootlets, gras3 

 and feathers cemented together with 

 mud. I have found four, five and even 

 six pink-whitte eggs, bloched with a 

 few brown spots on the larger end. in 

 the nests. 



One day, toward the last of April, I 

 was out looking for possible nesting 

 sitesa and I did not fail to notice that 

 under bridge that spans the intake of 

 the Lake of the woods would be a fine 

 place for Sayornis Phoebe, and so one 

 week later found me in that locality 

 again. Sure enough, as I came near, 

 a pair of Phoebes flew out. "Ah ha" 

 says I "Here's where I take a look at 

 your fine nest, my hearties," but no 

 nest could I find high or low and all 

 the time these birds sat on a small 

 bush close by, occasionally uttering a 

 shrill twitter. I did not understand it 

 and so two days later I was back 

 there again; the birds were there as 

 usual but I met with no better sue- 



