AJVIE^ICAfl OSPf^EV. 



Paue B. Haskelt,, Editor and Publisher. 



A monthly issued on the first of each month, devoted 

 to the study of Ornithology and Oology. 



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BIRDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY 

 WISCONSIN. 



We acknowledge the receipt of a com- 

 plete file to date, of the Ornithologists' 

 and Oologists' Semi-annual, a 50-page 

 illustrated magazine. This handsome 

 magazine cannot fail to please all who 

 patronize it and we heartily commend it 

 to our patrons and others who are inter- 

 ested in this beautiful science. 



The Scarlet Tanager, (Pyranga rubra) 

 i^ I think one of our most beautifulsum- 

 mer birds. The male is deep scarlet 

 with glossy black wings and tail, and 

 the female olive green, with lighter 

 under parts. It builds its nest in some 

 high tree in the woods, or some low 

 branch in an orchard, it is built of small 

 tough rootlets, and is a very frail struct- 

 ure. The eggs number from three to 

 five, are light blue, spotted and blotched 

 with pale reddish-brown, with pale 

 markings of lilac. Average size .95x.G5. 



The Ruby-throated Humming-bird. 

 (Trochilus colubris) This is one of our 

 summer birds, or our little fairy. lean- 

 not give a correct description of its 

 colors. I have a nest and one egg of 

 this bird. The nest is made of moss ami 

 cottony substance with litchen glued all 

 over it. The egg is white and measures 

 .44x.33 in. There were two eggs when 

 the nest was found, but the boys who 

 found it divided the eggs between them, 

 and I succeeded in getting only one egg 

 and the nest. 



Whip-poor-will, (Caprimulgus vocifer- 

 us Wils.) one of our noctural birds is 

 about seven inches long and very 

 plump; its co'lor is sooty-black spotted 

 with white. It has a very short wide 

 beak, which is black, the feet and eyes 

 are also black. The Whip-poor-will 

 lives on insects which it catches while 

 on the wing. The eggs are laid on the 

 ground in the woods, on some leaves 

 near a clearing. I have never found any 

 nests, but know a boy who has found 

 three nests of two eggs each. I have a 

 second-class egg which 1 was told is a 

 Whip-poor-will's egg; it is china white 

 faintly spotted with brown and lilac; it 

 is elliptical in shape, size about 1.20x.80. 

 (To be continued.) 



Geo. W. Vosburg, 

 Columbus. Wis. 



