MAINE OR^^JTiiOL^GIST AND OOLOGJST. 



Maine Ornithologist and txo seis of wna Turkey. 



VWAWg*M¥« -pj.g t^nrcTj; [Jjat 1 H lu about to desciib 



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EDITED AND PUBLISHKD llONTHLY '"'^^'^^ ''''']''^ '^-^'^ "^'^" engaged iu CUttiug 



i and hauliug railroad cross-lies, lie fouud 



E. STANTON SAWYER, Garland,Me ' ''"""';^''' nnexpe,.e.iiy wi.iie lookiug 



— , over the woods tor scattered ties. 



Entered utthe Post office at Garland. Me. 



as second-elas? mail matter. 



The nests were very naueh the same, 

 and \^re situated in an open place and 

 Correspondence and lUmsoj interest • consisted onlv of a tew leaves collected 

 vtrtnininq to Birds, their Aests, aitd^ , 

 V- -7; 1 .7 7 • ;j -7 tojj-ether. 



iLggs, will be thankfully receited, f^ 



-' _i The first were found nipy 21st '90 and 



TERMS or SUBSCRII'TIOX ■contained nine egg with incambation 



Single Subscriptior. - lor. perannum- i i -u- i. i 



^ , ,, . ^ ' '*""""" advanced He broke one ana on 



Sanxple Copies. - - 2cts.each. 



. . 'finding them unfit to eat gave them 



ADVKIiTISlK(j HATES ' to another man who carried them home 



8«nd for rates ■ ^^^^ ^A^iyn] them on his mantle for orua- 



"^GariL.nd,~Me. Nov. l^<l)0. ^" ^"^^^- ^h ^<'^^i'^ '^^ A Smiti.wick. 



^- -^ - - - --- ^ - hearin<j!: of the tind ;it unce found this 



,. 3 , , .man and bar^aisntd with him for them 



birds, but now the wood.-, seL'ined di-s- : . , , ,. , • , 



^^'t^A c..,-.^ fV^.. . M.. .. i,» r^ II 1-1 lorthe ample sum ».it ten cents and with 

 erteo, save tor a 1: uri)le Grral-.ie. which, ^ . 



mounted on the higiiest twig of a loUv \ <^<i"<^ sucveedud in uaking first cltiss spe- 

 maple gave voice to some of the queer- cimeas of them. 



est productions that ever came fromthe Tl,,3 <et now consists of eight egg^^thcv 

 throatofaGralile. They wvre. som.- ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^.^^-^^ .^,^^1,, speckled all 

 Avhal lil'.e tne sounds whieh Crows oc- ' . ," , " , , , 



casionallv mal-.e. ! ^^^^' '^'^'^' rusty-brown and lavender^ 



In the' distance souiuU-d the clatter ot ! '^'i^" subdued shell markings they pre- 

 a White-breasted Ntitliatch and a Fiich- sent the following average measure- 

 er lighting in a tree close by gave one meiit. '2,53 o-^ x 1,87 1-2. 

 excited cry and flew away. * As ' wend- -^^j^'^, .^.^.^^^^j ,^.t consisted of 'eleven eggs 



ed mv wav hnme again tlirouijh an <.>]>( u , ,. , , , i • i 



,.,^,wU ,.. T, ; I *• ^ 1 ^^ . and was louud three days later lucuba- 



meadow, 1 recieved my tarewo.! irom "^ 



' tion being advanced, these he also 



th« throat of a Grass Finch wh.ich i ' ., ,., ,„ .„ i,, 



, ,. , ''Lv'e to auiOiU-jr man \> no 



mountuiLi to the top of an r.ppK' tree. " "" 



gave fortius cheery a song as though ' V^'^ '^'^'''- '^^^^"^^ '' '^'-'" ^\' ^'.^ matched. 

 summer was once mor.- wiili us. ■'^h' ^'^^^'-^i ^^^-^J heare of tjiis set and ob- 



B, 8. BowDTSii, Vln-'ps. N. Y-taij^d them and made nice specimens 



^ . ;■ , *•••* ol tliem tiiev are light creamy and aro 



Uwing to lacl: ot space wciJYe unjihie , . , , " .. i • , . i 



^^^ >.•" I ► I- ► r 1 II • ' ^o thick V spotted with rustv brown as 



to puhiiMi a complete list ot [he collectii»n • ^ 



spol'.cn of in last lisue. but wiil jjub. ^" obs.-ure tiie ground, with a few light 

 he r miind^r iu D»-ceiijl;cr i.rsi e. p.aohvis Oa eaeii egg. 



