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THE OOLOGISt 



Green Warbler (T), May 14, 1916. 

 Myrtle Warbler (T), May 1, 1916. 

 Black and White Warbler (T), May 

 14, 1916. 



Red Eyed Vireo, June 2, 1916. 

 Cedar Waxwing, June 3, 1916. 

 Scarlet Tanager, May 27, 1916. 

 Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, June 8, 

 1916. 



Lark Bunting (T), May 20, 1916. 

 Swamp Sparrow, May 20, 1916. 

 Towhee (T), May 21, 1916. 



Harris Sparrow (T), May 18, 1916. 



White Crowned SparrOw (T), May 

 18, 1916. 



White Throated Sparrow (T), May 

 1, 1916. 



Lark Sparrow (T), May 19, 1916. 



Gold Finch, May 28, 1916. 



Purple Grackle, May 29, 1916. 



Bobolink, May 20, 1916. 



Prairie Horned Lark, March 4, 1916. 



Least Flycatcher, May 21, 1916. 



Red Headed Woodpecker, May 26, 

 1916. 



L. E. Healey. 

 Red Lake Falls, Minn. 



NEWS PAPER ORNITHOLOGY. 

 Hen, Hatches, Woodpecker. 



Pederalsburg, Md., July 14. — It is 

 unusual for a hen to hatch out a wood- 

 pecker, but an instance is reported 

 by Ira Cordrey, a farmer living near 

 here. The hen had been missing for 

 some time. When found she was 

 mothering 11 baby chicks and one tiny 

 woodpecker, which appeared perfect- 

 ly happy to let the hen scratch worms 

 for it, and the hen is paying just as 

 much attention to the woodpecker as 

 to her natural brood. 



The supposition is that a wood- 

 pecker laid an egg in the hen's nest 

 while the hen was looking for food. — 

 American Home Weekly. 

 San Jose, Cal. W. A. Strong. 



A DAY AND NIGHT ON BUCK 



HUMMOCK. 

 By Troup D. Perry., Savannah, Ga. 



Buck Hummock is one of the many 

 islands that dot our South Atlantic 

 Coast. It is about two miles south of 

 Tybee Island, and contains about 75 

 acres of good solid land, covered with 

 thick woods and a fair beach. 



In the years gone by I have had 

 some good collecting and pleasant 

 days amongst the cool woods, but as 

 time changes all things, so it has this 

 place; the storms that have passed 

 through its woods, and the tides have 

 washed away the beach, and left ruin 

 in their wake, but enough still remains 

 to make it a good collecting ground, 

 The woods are thick and a good 

 growth of timber is spread over the 

 hummock, such as Live Oak, Scrub 

 Oak, Pine, Bay, Holly, Wild Olive, Pal- 

 metto and thick vines; the beach is 

 fringed with Wild Oats, Yuca (Span- 

 ish Bayonet), Switch Grass and run- 

 ning vines. Two sides of the hum- 

 mock are marsh. 



One afternoon in June, 1911, I left 

 Savannah on the train for Tybee; got 

 a boat and pulled down to the hum- 

 mock, made my camp for the night 

 and then took a ramble to see what 

 bird life I could find, and the follow- 

 ing came under my observation dur- 

 ing my stay: 



Great Blue, Little Blue, Green and 

 Louisiana Heron, Wilson's Plover,Wi]- 

 lete, Brown Pelican, Royal Tern, 

 Oyster Catcher, Black Skimmer, Bald 

 Eagle Wayne's Clapper Rail, Fish 

 Crow, Warthington's Marsh Wren, 

 Red Winged Blackbird, Boat-tailed 

 Crackle, Black Vulture, Painted Bunt- 

 ing, Chuck-Wills-Widow, Red-headed 

 Woodpecker, King Bird, Cardinal, 

 Brown Thrasher, Carolina Wren, Tuft- 

 ed Titmouse, Blue-gray, Gnat Catcher, 

 Ground Dove, Florida Yellow Throat, 

 Crested Fly-catcher, White-eyed Vireo, 



