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THE OOLOGIST. 



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Photo of Woodcock on nest taken by Edward Reinecke, April 13, 1902. 

 It admirably illustrates the effect of protective coloration in natural haunts 

 of the bird. Only the closest scrutiny will bring out the bird in the picture and 

 it would be even more difficult to pick her out in reality with a constantly 

 changing light and the natural blending of harmonious colors. 



A Sunday Morning Ramble. 



As we are not all blessed with a lot 

 of worldly treasures, we cannot always 

 pick the days that we best like .for a 

 stroll in the woods, but must take 

 that stroll whenever we can get it. So 

 that is why I am here to record a 

 "Sunday's Ramble." 



On April 17th of the present year, 

 I found myself up early and on my 

 way to the depot to board an electric 

 car for a chain of sand hills at Lynn- 

 haven Inlet on Cheaspeake Bay, 

 ranging from one quarter to half a 

 mile in width. One side being fring- 

 ed by a small stream along the bank 

 of which, in some places, the sand is 

 very steep, but in other places spots of 



wooded land, with marshy clamp soil 

 is found, while on the hills we find 

 only scrub pine, farther from the 

 beach, scrub oak becomes plentiful, 

 and much of the sand is grown over 

 with grapevines and briers. Here we 

 find Cardinals but no nest, may be 

 they escaped my notice as I did not 

 search very lon^ for them. 



My little friend, the Carolina Wren 

 is also here for I can hear the song of 

 at least three at once, but they keep 

 pretty well out of sight. Perhaps they 

 are nesting by this date, but have not 

 found any eggs. Without moving 

 any further I can hear the pleasant 

 song of a Pine Warbler as he swings 

 gently, to and fro, on the topmost 

 bough of a small pine. Here is his 



