THE OOLOGIST 



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Preliminary List of the Birds of Ten- 

 nessee. 

 By A. F. Gainer, Curator Tennessee 

 Ornithological Society. 

 This is a twenty-eight page publica- 

 tion, compiled under the direction of 

 the Tennessee Ornithological Society 

 accompanied by a topographical map 

 of that state dividing it into the west- 

 ern, middle and eastern divisions 

 which are referred to as each species 

 is enumerative as residents, summer 

 residents, winter residents, winter vip 

 itor, migrant or accidental. The ar- 

 rangement of this list is quite differ- 

 ent from that of any other local list 

 we have seen and ample space is left 

 for pencil notations opposite each 

 species and it is a very desirable pub- 

 lication to be possessed by one in a 

 position to make notes on the birds of 

 that state. Two hundred and seventy 

 species being the number listed. 



the birds of a different specie, upon 

 another. 



Noble W. Field. 

 Bement, 111. 



War in tiie Air. 

 Last summer I witnessed an aerial 

 dual between a Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker and a Hummingbird. They 

 fought for about three minutes. I first 

 thought the red-head would pick a 

 hole in the little humming bird, but 



the little fellow seemed to have the 

 situation well in hand and kept above 

 the woodpecker as much as possible. 

 The Hummingbird finally resorted to 

 strategy by dashing into the thick 

 foliage of a nearby tree and instantly 

 emerging from the other side. This 

 incident impressed me with the fact 

 that the red-head must have a fero- 

 cious nature, for I cannot see how a 

 Hummingbird could interfere with a 

 Red-headed Woodpecker's business. 



I was within fifty or sixty feet of 

 the birds as they fought, so am sure 

 of their identity. I would like to read 

 in The Oologist of similar attacks of 



Speed Cop Shoots Bald Eagle and Is 

 Arrested. 

 Portland, Ore. — State Biologist W. 

 L. Finley swore out a warrant for the 

 arrest of County Motorcycle Officer 

 George Lockwood, who recently shot 

 and killed a great bald eagle that was 

 circling over Crown Point on the 

 Columbia River highway. After the 

 shooting, Lockwood caused himself to 

 be photographed holding the dead 

 bird, and pictures were printed in the 

 Portland papers. The bald eagle, 

 which feeds upon dead salmon and is 

 protected by the Oregon Game Law, 

 has been almost exterminated among 

 the cliffs of the Columbia gorge. — San 

 Jose Mercury. 



W. A. Strong. 

 San Jose, Cal. 



Notes. 



Fifteen thousand birds have been 

 trapped and tagged with metal mark- 

 ers. These birds represent two hun 

 dred and seventy-six species. Only 

 two hundred and twenty-five have 

 been caught a second time. This ex- 

 periment is of great value in deter- 

 mining routes of migration and other 

 matters of bird life. — The Classmate. 



W. A. Strong. 

 San Jose, Cal. 



The natives of Hawaii eat immense 

 numbers of albatross eggs, which are 

 gathered in the island of Layson, near 

 the Hawaiian group. The eggs are so 

 abundant there that they are gathered 

 in wneelbarrows and carried to the 

 shore in boxes and loaded on a small 

 industrial railroad — The Classmate. 



W. A. Strong. 

 San Jose, Cal. 



