flMH^ICAH OSPi^EY. 



Paul B. Haskell, Editor and Publisher. 



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BIRDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY 

 WISCONSIN. 



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Quail were formally very abundant 

 here, but are scarce ever seen now. 

 About ten years ago we had a flock of 

 Quail, numbering about one hundred, 

 that we fed every morning and evening 

 by our straw stack, but a neighbor shot 

 them all oil" during the fall, in a sneak - 

 thief way. I have never found a Quail's 

 nest that I know of, but have seen many 

 a mother Quail and her five, six or so^. en 

 little babies sitting in a row on a fence. 

 I have but one first-class Quail egg in 

 my collection. 



The Belted Kingfisher is not very 

 abundant, but within my time of collect- 

 ing I have found several nests one con- 

 taining fourteen eggs badly incubated, 

 of which I saved one, which is second- 

 class, the only one I have. It is nearly 

 round and white and measures 1.32x1.06. 

 Geo. W. Vosburg, 

 Columbus, Wis. 



BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



Corvus frugivorus (Bartr.) Common 

 Crow. — Of alb the birds that seem to 

 have any thing to do, the Crow seems to 

 be the busiest. He has +o keep the 

 Hawks straight, and has to keep a watch 

 on every body that comes in sight, and 

 make himself useful (?) in general. In 

 this locality, Crows build in the highest 

 pines available, and make their nests of 

 sticks and twigs with a layer of mud 

 and lined with finer material. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Bobo- 

 link. — Some springs the Bobolinks are 

 very numerous while in others not one 

 can be seen. Transient visitor. 



Sturnella magna(Linn.) Meadow Lark. 

 — The Meadow Lark is a very pretty 

 bird, (according to my notion) with its 



