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THE OOLOGIST 



C. H. and F. W. Andros of Taunton, 

 Mass., reported 272 species. 



Judge John M. Clark of Saybrook, 

 Conn., 430 species. 



W. Otto Emerson of Haywards, Cal., 

 399 species. 



A. M. Ingersoll, of San Diego, Calif., 

 510 species. 



Thos. H. Jackson, of West Chester, 

 Pa., 482 species. 



E. A. Macllleney, of Averys, Id., La., 

 502 species. 



J. Parker Norris, of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., 503 species. 



Harry G. Parker, Chester, Pa., 388 

 species. 



These figures are iteresting when 

 viewed in the light of the collection of 

 the late Ottomar Reinecke, who at the 

 time of his death, October 1917, had a 

 collection of 510 species, and it would 

 be very interesting to know the num- 

 ber of species represented in the vari- 

 ous larger collections now existing in 

 the United States. We will be glad 

 to publish the same if the owners will 

 send us the figures. — Editor. 



"Marching" 



In your March issue, the Editor ad- 

 vises his disciples to "March." Today, 

 the 27th, was a good day for March. 

 I went to the further end of Grosse 

 Pointe and walked across the two 

 hundred acre farm of Henry Ford. A 

 pair of Marsh Hawks flew back and 

 forth over their old nesting site, and 

 the male was very demonstrative. I 

 approached the thickets and a Blue 

 Jay called in "Red Shouldered Hawk 

 style," (you know how well they 

 mimic this raptor.) When I got into 

 the "dry brush" where the growth 

 consisted principally of sumach, pop- 

 lar, hazel and ash, I saw many Wood- 

 cock signs. In a few minutes I found 

 a nest with three very large eggs. 

 They were Woodcock's and the hand- 

 somely marked group are by the edge 



of a cow path and about twenty yards 

 from the creek. I cut three notches 

 in the side of a poplar and went away. 

 Half an hour later I couldn't refrain 

 from "marching" back to the spot and 

 the Woodcock was at home on the 

 eggs. I had not previously seen her 

 but she mUst have been near by when 

 I first found the nest. She was tame. 

 I did not molest her. Friday I will 

 "march"again and from there to 

 another piece of cover where I know 

 there is another Philohela Minor, be- 

 cause I flushed him today but couldn't 

 find the mate. These birds are fully 

 two weeks earlier here than in the Chi- 

 cago region. 



Gerard Alan Abbott, 

 Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. 



First Nest for Season 1918 



March 11 — The Anna Hummers with 

 their full compliments of two eggs. All 

 three nests placed on outer branches 

 of small cypresses about twenty-five 

 feet from the ground. Nests were 

 usual Anna structures of plant fibre 

 lined with down and covered with 

 lichens. 



March 11 — Small colony of Great 

 Blue Herons in top of tall pines about 

 ninety or a hundred feet from the 

 ground. One nest contained four 

 slightly incubated eggs and the rest 

 were just ready for eggs. 



March 13— Found Dusky Horned 

 Owl at home in old Red-Tails nest. 

 Nest placed at top of live oak at bot- 

 tom of canyon and about forty feet 

 from ground. Upon climbing found 

 only one egg which I left. So if no 

 one. beats me to it will have a set of 

 Duskys to add to my collection. 



March 20 — Anna Hummer ten feet 

 up, on small branches of Cyprus, which 

 overhung a small stream. A very 

 beautiful nest of light grey plant, ma- 

 terial covered very heavily with lich- 

 ens. A few minutes later and in the 



