The Oologist. 



Vol. XXI. No. 11. 



Albion, N. Y., Nov., 1904. 



Whole No. 208 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 

 OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXI- 

 DERMY. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, 

 ALBION, N. Y. 

 ERNEST H. SHORT, Editor and Manager. 

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The Cerulean Warbler, 



Since Mike's owl experience, des- 

 cribed in June Oologist, he has made 

 a discovery. After concentrating the 

 full force of his mental faculties upon 

 the sum total of our Ornithological 



knowledge he has discovered that too 

 much attention has been given to the 

 "big tree nesters" while the "ground 

 builders" have been neglected. 



Consequently he spent the earlier 

 portion of the season searching for 

 the homes of elusive meadow larks and 

 rare little song sparrows. Being 

 thoroughly conversant with the habits 

 of these little known species he found 

 about 25 nests of the latter and nearly 

 secured, a set of the former. The lark 

 flushed at his feet. He stopped and 

 swept the ground with his penetrating 

 gaze. Then he stepped off the nest 

 and learned that after undergoing a 

 150 pound pressure eggs make poor 

 cabinet specimens. However, he is 

 highly elated with his song sparrow 

 success and takes particular pains to 

 emphaize the knowledge and skill re- 

 quired to ferret out their well concealed 

 nests as compared to a nest the size of 

 a bushel basket in a leafless tree and 

 discernable a mile. Since March 1st 

 he somehow regards big trees with 

 reverental awe. When I ascended the 

 75 feet of limbless trunk on my way to 

 the eagle's nest he sat beneath a 

 neighboring tree and actually pers- 

 pired through sheer sympathy. 



It was no easy task to induce him 

 to accompany me into the "tall tim- 

 ber" on June 5th. I depicted the 

 musical charms of the woodland song- 

 sters, the profusion of wild flowers, 

 the soft carpet of wavey ferns, the cool 

 shade, etc., but it was not until I 

 mentioned finding more than forty 

 nests of the American Redstart there 

 in 1903 and the majority less than 

 eight feet above the ground that he 

 consented. 



