AMERICAN OSP^EY. 



Paul B. Haskell, Editor and Publisher. 



A monthly issued on the first of mch month, devoted 

 totlie study of Ornithology and Oology. 



Entered at the Post Office of Ashland, ky , as second- 

 class mad matter. 



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We solicit all correspondence pertaining to Birds 

 their Eggs, etc. 



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If you have specimens for sale write 

 us with your lowest casta price. 



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A neat amateur publication is The 

 Bugle, Buffalo, N. Y. It makes its de- 

 but this month. 



The Empire State Exchange presented 

 its subscribers and exchanges with an 

 interesting, 32-page paper for October. 



We are in urgent need of a few copies 

 of the June issue of the Osprey. In re- 

 turn for same we will pay five cents each, 

 or will give a small exchange notice." 

 We trust some of our friends will kind- 

 ly respond. 



The O. <fe O. Semi-Annual, formerly 

 published by W. H. Foote, Pittsfield, 

 Mass. has been bought by C. O. Maxfield, 

 Danbury, Conn. Mr. Maxfield says that 

 the name of his magazine hereafter will 

 be The Semi-Annual. The character 

 and size will be continued as heretofore. 

 We extend to Mr. Maxfield our best 

 wishes for the prosperity of his journal. 



(Continued from 1st page.) 

 found, have'been composed almost en- 

 tirely of fine, dry grass blades, lined 

 with the same and sometimes with a 

 little horse-hair. They are placed in the 

 forks of little sapplings and bushes, 

 from four to six ieet from the ground. 



The eggs are usually three in number, 

 sometimes two, and rarely lour. They 

 have a creamy or pale yellow ground 

 color, marked with spots and fine specks 

 of reddish-brown. They are often un- 

 dislinguishable from the eggs of 

 Acadicus. 



A nest which I collected June 22d of 

 the present year from a little maple fork 

 about five feet from the ground presents 

 the following measurements: diameter 

 outside, two and three-fourths inches; 

 inside, one and seven-eights inches; 

 depth outside, two inches; inside, one 

 and three-fourths inches. It contained 

 two eggs in which incubation was well 

 advanced. These measure .76x53, .72x.52. 

 An average of the specimens I have 

 measured is .74x.53. Notwithstanding, 

 the assertion of some, that the nest of 

 Traill's is not so neat a structure as that 

 of Acadicus, those of the former which I 

 have found far surpassed those of the 

 latter in workmanship. 



Few nests of Traill's Flycatcher show 

 loose material hanging from them, as is 

 the case with many of those of the. 

 Acadian. 



Altogether, these two little Flycatchers 

 add much brightness to our woods, and 

 are a pretty little team, although, far less 

 in numbers than their cousin, the Wood 

 Pewee. B. S. B. 



HUMMINGBIRDS. 



Of the many varieties of this family 

 only one species comes east of the Miss- 

 issippi and that is the beautiful little 

 Ruby-throat. 



Mr. C. W. Webber made a great mis- 

 take in his book, "Wild Scenes and Song 



