THE OOLOGIST 



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Nest and Eggs of American Hawk Owl in Situ. (Stub cut open to expose 

 eggs for a photographer. — Photo by A. D. Henderson). 



was packing the eggs, one of the 

 birds returned to the nest, and climbed 

 down, head first, ad remained sitting 

 in for about a minute and then left. 

 The other bird came and had a look 

 but did not enter. 



This ended my first successful 

 season with the American Hawk Owl 

 and I have not been out for their nest 

 since those enjoyable daj^s but hope 

 to renew their acquaintance in the 

 season of 1919. 



A. S. Henderson, 

 Belvidere, Alberta, Canada. 



The Bartramian Sandpiper 

 By H. H. Johnson, Pittsfield, Maine 

 It is with a degree of sadness we 

 view the annual departure each year 

 of the autumnal migration of our bird 

 friends. We make a close acquaint- 

 ance each summer of some family, 

 likely a different one each year. We 

 have watched their daily life. Noted 

 the loving courtship, the interest 

 taken by both in the erecting or build- 

 ing of the new home. The care and 

 anxiety of the mother in the laying 

 of the eggs and rearing the young, 



