MAIKE ORNITHOLfGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



Maine Ornithologist and 

 Oologist. 



K1>IT£D AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

 BY 



H, STANTON SAWYEB, Garland,Me 



Entered at the Post ofi'ice at Garland, Me, 

 as second -class mall matter. 



Gorreapondence and items of interest 

 'pertaining to Birds ^ their I^ests^ and 

 JEggs, will he thanJcfully received. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 

 SiDole Subscription, - 15c. per annum- 

 Sample Copies, - - 2cts. each. 



ADVKR'l'ISJNG KATES 



Send for rAtes . 



Gaklani>, Me. Oct. 1890. 



Have you read the bargius iu birds' 

 eggs in this issue, 



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An e«j;g of the Burrowing Owl and 



this paper one year for only twenty-five 



cents. 



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This paper one year and au egg of the 



Night Hawk for only thirty-five cents. 

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The Osprey Naturalist'^s Directory 



will not be issued until NovSO.th as Mr. 



Biilliet finds it impossible to get it ready 



before that time. He is sparing no pains 



to make this a first class directory. 



It will contain over two thousand names 



and will doubtless be the standard 



directory for the future. Names are 



inserted free of charge. 



We are informed that Mr. J . War- 

 ren Jacobs of Waynesburg, Pa, will 

 not commence the publication of ''The 

 Owl" on Jan. firstas before advertised, 

 on account of other buisness, but will 

 post-pone it for a month or two. All live 

 collectorswiJl write Mr, Jacobs toma/t-e 

 sure of the first No.of his magazine. 



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Good for Maine. We have just recicA - 

 ed a copy of "The Bittern " a new pub- 

 lication published at Damariscotta Me. 

 by Henry E. Berry, Avho is an tirdent 

 oologist, and his new monthly docs him 

 much credit. Success to Berrv and the 

 'Bittern'. New ventures of this kind O.o 

 much to advance the progress of Ornith- 

 ology and Oology and we hope ere long 

 that Maine with its abundance of bird 

 life may rank with the foremost in this 

 science. 



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The Eetum of the Warblers- 



October has come and with it the war- 

 blers from their more northern clime 

 where they have passed the incubation 

 season. 



They are now done with domestic 

 duties and as they journey vSouth are a 

 lively, happy party, tilling the brchards 

 and hedges wi'h life and song. 



Although we recognize each variety 

 that visited us iu the spring, v.e notice 

 that those of a more somber j)lumr)ge 

 predominate. These are theyoun^.and 

 they have all the charHctjri>t cs fo the 

 parent, and can be identitied as well us 

 the old birds by watching their move- 

 ments from a distance. 



In maA;ing their southern journey at 

 this season of the year tlicy all join iu 

 one I ar "re company, thousrh eacli vari y 

 is generally a little apart fiom the 

 other. Especialy is this the case with 

 the Woam-eating Warbler, who seem to 

 prefur their own company to that ol' their 

 neighbors and seldom numbering over 

 half a dozen individuals ; always buifevin 



