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THE OOLOGIST 



64. Western Savannah Sparrow. 



65. Grasshopper Sparrow. 



66. Lark Sparrow. 



67. Harris's Sparrow. 



68. White-crowned Sparrow. 



69. White-throated Sparrow. 



70. Tree Sparrow. 



71. Chipping Sparrow. 



72. Clay-colored Sparrow. 



73. Field Sparrow. 



74. Slate-colored Junco. 



75. Song Sparrow. 



76. Lincoln's Sparrow. 



77. Fox Sparrow. 



78. Towhee. 



79. Cardinal. 



80. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



81. Indigo Bunting. 



82. Dickcissel. 



83. Scarlet Tanager. 



84. Summer Tanager. 



85. Purple Martin. 



86. Cliff Swallow. 



87. Barn Swallow. 



88. Tree Swallow. 



89. Rough-winged Swallow. 



90. CedarWaxwing. 



91. Northern Shrike. 



92. Migrant Shrike. 



93. Red-eyed Vireo. 



94. Warbling Vireo. 



95. Yellow-throated Vireo. 



96. Blue-headed Vireo. 



97. White-eyed Vireo. 



98. Bell's Vireo. 



99. Black and White Warbler. 



100. Prothonotary Warbler. 



101. Lawrence Warbler. 



102. Tennessee Warbler. 



103. Yellow Warbler. 



104. Myrtle Warbler. 



105. Black-poll Warbler. 



106. Oven-bird. 



107. Water-thrush. 



108. Louisiana Water-thrush. 



109. Kentucky Warbler. 



110. Mourning Warbler. 



111. Maryland Yellow-throat. 



112. Yellow-breasted Chat. 



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Wilson's Warbler. 

 Canadian Warbler. (?) 

 American Redstart. 

 Mockingbird. 

 Catbird. 



Brown Thrasher. 

 Carolina Wren. 

 Western House Wren. 

 Winter Wren. 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Brown Creeper. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Tufted Titmouse. 

 Chickadee. 



Long-tailed Chickadee. 

 Long-tailed Chickadee. 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 

 Wood Thrush. 

 Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Hermit Thrush. 

 American Robin. 

 Bluebird. 



The omnipresent English Spar- 

 row. 



E. Gordon Alexander. 



In the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia 

 After Birds' Nests. 



Some time ago I was in the egg room 

 of the United States National Museum 

 and talking with its late Honary Cura- 

 tor Dr. William E. Ralph on the sub- 

 ject of oology in general and listening 

 to him tell about Swallow-tailed Kites 

 nesting in Florida, and how they 

 nested in tall pine trees and how he 

 had -secured the beautifully marked 

 and beautifully prepared sets of this 

 species which grace and add beauty 

 and charm to the great national col- 

 lection. When the subject of the 

 great Dismal Swamp Virginia came 

 up. I told about the two trips that I 

 had made there and the nests and 

 eggs I had found. Then I told him of 

 my intention of answering the call of 



