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THE OOLOQIST 



cold for comfort and I waded on 

 across in record time. In fact I had 

 to go on across because I had thrown 

 my climbers over before risking the 

 submarine. After some fifteen 

 minutes of running around like a 

 locoed Comache I managed to get 

 warm enough to try the climb. 



As I started up, the hawk sailed off 

 the nest with a shrill scream. By the 

 time I was half way up I was again 

 chilled and my clothes were beginning 

 to freeze, but I continued the attack, 

 nevertheless. Continuous thoughts 

 filled my mind that the set wouldn't 

 be complete, that they wouldn't be 

 well enough marked, or that I wouldn't 

 be able to hold them in my cold hands 

 even if they were worth collecting so 

 that all my work and discomfort 

 would be for naught. My fears were 

 soon set at ease when the nest was 

 found to contain a whole rabbit and 

 still better, a beautiful set of three 

 eggs. Now, if I could only get down 

 safely I would be alright. By that 

 time my clothes rattled like a coat of 

 mail every time I moved or the wind 

 blew strongly. I got back to earth 

 safely and then there occured another 

 fifteen minutes of calisthenics to warm 

 up again. 



But troubles were not yet over for 

 I still had the overflow to cross. Logs 

 had no temptation this time and the 

 water was no colder than I was so I 

 bravely, of necessity, waded through 

 and then sprinted three miles to the 

 station at White Heath from where I 

 took the interurban back home. No 

 ill effects having been contracted I 

 now look at that fine set and laugh 

 over my unwelcome, icy bath. 



Walter A. Goelitz, 



Ravinia, Illinois. 



taken on February 12th, 1918, Lin- 

 coln's Day, in the vicinity of Telford. 



Bob-White. A single bird was 

 flushed near a few wheat sheaves 

 placed in a wood by the local branch 

 of the Bucks County Game Associa- 

 tion. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. One was seen 

 making several unsuccessful attempts 

 to capture Tree Sparrows. 



Hairy Woodpecker. Two were seen. 

 They are rather uncommon in this 

 region. 



Downy Woodpecker. They Were 

 frequently seen. 



Flicker. .Three seen in the woods. 

 An irregular winter resident with us. 



Blue Jay. Six or seven seen. My 

 first record for this species for 1918. 

 Had left us on Thanksgiving day for 

 a more southerly home. 



Crow. Very common. 



Purple Finch. A flock of four males 

 and eight females were observed at 

 close range. 



Tree Sparrow. Common everywhere. 



Slate-colored J unco. One flock of 

 eighty individuals were seen on a 

 wooded hillside. 



Song Sparrow. Rather common. 

 Three or four heard singing. 



Brown Creeper. One seen in com- 

 pany with Nuthatches. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. Five seen 

 in the woods. 



Tufted Titmouse. A pair were seen 

 and heard whistling in true Chickadee 

 fashion. 



Bluebird. One noted near a dense 

 stand of hemlock. This is my earliest 

 record for the spring migration of the 

 Bluebird by fifteen days. My whistled 

 calls were answered repeatedly. 



Claude A. Butterwick. 



BIRD CENSUS 



The following is an account of the 

 birds observed on a six-mile walk 



THREE TO ONE 



In June a few years ago while tak- 

 ing an outing with an Indian Girls Or- 

 chestra at a lake in Southern Minne- 



