MAINE ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



Maine Ornithologist and 

 Oologist. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

 BY 



E. STANTON SAWYER, Garlaiid,Me 



Entered at the Post offioe at Garland, Me. 

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Correspondence and items of intereU 

 pertaining to Birds^ their li/ests^ and 

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Garland, Me. Sept. 1890. 



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Among the many publication that 

 came to our desk for August, was a copy 

 ofthe Wisconsin Naturalist, Vol. INo I 

 from Madison, Wis. We are glad to 

 see any new venture in this sciciico 

 and as it is a firsL-clabs publication, we 

 trust may have a long and •succepyfiil 

 career. 



In our next issue we shall be able 

 to quote prices for birds eggs in sets 

 that will suprise you. 



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We are in receipt of a box of specimens 

 from G. W.Tuttle, Pasidona, Cul,, con- 

 sisting of lloraed Toad, Tarantula, 

 and Scorpion, all are mounted and 

 boxed and show the excellency of Mr. 

 Tuttle's work. 



From Central Mainoi. 



While passing through an old pasture 

 a few days ago, I was somewhat sur- 

 prised and much! interested to gee a 

 King-bird capture a large butterfly and 

 devour it with as much relish as it does 

 its favorite food, the honey bee. 



It spied the butterfly from a distance 

 of" nearly fifteen rods, and darting from 

 the fence stake on which it was perched 

 it sailed along near the ground, caught 

 rhe butterfly in true Flycatcher fashion 

 and returned to the fence stake from 

 which it started. Some time was spent 

 n killing it before devourint; it. 



