THE OOLOGIST 



109 



Prothonotary Warbler, 1-1 and Blue 

 Bird 1-1. 



ODD MIXTURES. 



Robin 1-3 and Turtle Dove 1-1. 



Summer Yellowhead 1-1 and Wil- 

 son's Thrush 1-1. 



THE COW BIRD. 



595 1-1 and Hooded Warbler 1-3. 



595 1-1 and Yellow Breasted Chat 

 1-4. 



595 1-1 and Maryland Yellowthroat 

 1-4. 



595 1-1 and Mourning Warbler 1-3. 



595 1-2 and Kentucky Warbler 1-1. 



595 1-1 and Louisiana Waterthrush 

 1-6. 



595 1-1 and Prothontary Warbler 

 1-6. 



595 1-2 and Prothonotary Warbler 

 1-4. 



495 1-3 and Prothonotary Warbler 

 1-2. 



495 1-1 and Warbling Vireo 1-3. 



495 1-2 and Warbling Vireo 1-2. 



495 1-2 and Red eyed Vireo 1-3 . 



495 1-1 and Indigo Bunting 1-2. 



495 1-2 and Song Sparrow 1-4. 



495 1-1 and Song Sparrow 1-4, 



495 1-1 and Field Sparrow 1-2. 



495 1-1 and Chipping Sparrow 1-3. 



495 1-1 and White Crowned Spar- 

 row 1-4. 



495 1-1 and Purple Grackle 1-5. 



495 1-1 and Prairie Horned Lark 

 1-2. 



495 1-2 and Bronzed Grackle 1-4. 



All of these "odd mixtures," and 

 Cowbirds except the Hooded Warbler, 

 Mourning Warblers and Louisiana 

 Waterthrush, were taken by myself. 

 The Turtle Dove's egg was found in 

 a Robin's nest, and the Wilson's 

 Thrush's egg in the Summer Yellow 

 bird's nest in a small bush about two 

 feet above the ground and a way deep 

 in the swamps out of reach of the 

 small boy and surely was left there 

 by Mrs. Thrush herself. 



These scientific facts are recorded 



not out of a spirit of mere display or 

 bragadoccio but for comparison with 

 other collections as beyond question 

 all collectors sometimes find "queer 

 things." 



R. M. Barnes. 



The foregoing was prepared by the 

 editor to be sent to the Osprey many 

 years before the editor had any idea 

 or notion that he would ever own and 

 publish that magazine. It recently 

 came to light and we thought it worth 

 while giving our readers the benefit 

 of it but we are now able to say that 

 we now know that sets of 6 eggs of 

 Blue Bird are very uncommon. We 

 have now several sets of Pied Cardi- 

 nal, many sets of 6 Bronze Grackle, 

 Meadowlark, Orchard Oriole, Common 

 Crow (and also 1 set of 9 of these) 

 Copper Hawk and a number of sets 

 of 5 of the Red Shouldered Hawk, 

 besides a very large number of runt 

 eggs of various species and abnormal- 

 ly shaped and colored eggs not shown 

 in the above list, besides our Cowbird's 

 eggs have extended to more than 

 double the number of species above 

 shown. 



Editor. 



We are in receipt of the announce- 

 ment of the graduation of Lyle D. Mil- 

 ler, from the Chardon Ohio High 

 School. He is a subscriber and a good 

 friend of the Oologist at Ei Claridon, 

 Ohio. We join with our readers in 

 sending him our best wishes. 



KILLING OFF THEIR FRIENDS 



A fruit grower in Wisconsin recent- 

 ly had the value of owls impressed up- 

 on him in such a way as he will never 

 forget. It was a bitter experience 

 for him and a good object lesson not 

 only to orchardists, but to every one 

 who does not recognize the usefulness 

 and importance of their "friends in 

 feathers." 



