THE OOLOGIST 



9 



papers on the Broadwing Hawk, and 

 his review of the publications of Alex- 

 ander Wilson in the Wilson Bulletin, 

 as well as his "Bibliography of Rare 

 and Unusual Publications" in the 

 Oologist July, 1919. 



The present volume is divided into 

 three parts. Part one being a des- 

 cription of the physical features of 

 Chester County, Biographical notes 

 and an extensive review of the pub- 

 lished faunal lists relating to that 

 County. Part II is an annotated list 

 of the birds of the county giving 247 

 species and a hypothetical list of 16 

 species. Part III is a Bibliography of 

 the faunal lists of the Country and 

 some notes. 



This publication is without doubt 

 the best list extant on the birds of 

 Chester County and the author is to 

 be congratulated on bringing to com- 

 pletion this work which will for years 

 be so useful to students of the birds 

 of that county. 



Editor. 



William Brewster. 



By the death of William Brewster, 

 American Ornithology loses its leader. 

 No one can deny but that this quiet, 

 unassuming, wealthy gentlemen of 

 leisure was at the front of our scien- 

 tijRc bird students when he pased on. 

 As with all ornithologists of note he 

 began by "making a collection of 

 birds' eggs." Wm. H. Dana of Har- 

 vard, (class of 1874) in which Brew- 

 ster also finished his school year fur- 

 nishes this information in an article 

 in The Harvard Graduates Magazine 

 for September, 1919. Collecting birds' 

 eggs as a beginning has produced 

 many great naturalists in the end. 



Editor. 



chased Scheck Island, six miles south 

 of there in the Mississippi River, con- 

 taining 315 acres and will convert the 

 same into a game and bird sanctuary 

 where all bird shooting and hunting 

 and trapping will be for all time pro- 

 hibited. Good! 



Our Place To Rest. 



J M. Welch, a wealthy citizen of 

 Rock Island, 111., has recently pur- 



Turkey Vultures Feeding. 



On March 2, 1917, near Daytona, 

 Florida, I was fortunate in seeing the 

 Turkey Vultures come upon a newly 

 killed pig. It was a young animal, a 

 foot and a half long, which lay in the 

 road, having evidently been struck by 

 a passing automobile. I drew up a 

 short distance away and watched the 

 birds approach. The first bird sailed 

 gracefully over, then, skimming low 

 over the roadway, alighted gracefully, 

 with head held high and tail well 

 raised from the ground. With all his 

 ugliness, the bird looked proud and 

 dignified. He stepped, almost waddled, 

 to the pig, took his stand upon the 

 forequarters and, reaching down deftly 

 extracted the eye from its socket. All 

 his movements were slow and deliber- 

 ate; he attacked his prey with all the 

 precision of a true artist. 



Meanwhile two or three other Vul- 

 tures either sailed overhead or walked 

 near, eyeing the food, but not ventur- 

 ing to come within reach of the feed- 

 ing bird. If they steppped too near, 

 the bird standing on the pig looked 

 up threateningly. 



The point next attacked was not the 

 abdomen (as I had expected), but the 

 region just over the shoulder-blade. 

 In ten minutes, during which time the 

 birds had been driven into the air 

 twice by passing automobiles, most of 

 the spine of the scapula was exposed, 

 and during this period only one bird 

 had been at work at a time. We found 

 another pig not far away on the beach. 

 In this animal also the scapula was 

 denuded and the abdomen still un- 



