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i'iie Hawk eye Ornithologist and Oologist. 



Our readers will notice that in this 

 issue we coiumence the publication 

 of a valuable article on Conchology, 

 by J. A. Singley of Giddings, Tczc.z. 

 If a person has a hobby, he geueiall;" 

 rides it well; therefore we make no 

 hesitancy in saying that Mr. Singley's 

 article will prove of much value and 

 interest to the conchological student. 



HOW'S THIS? 



We would respectfully call the at- 

 tention of the Bay State Oologist to 

 the following: 



Columbus, O., Nov. 17, 1888. 

 Webster & Mead, 



Gentlemen: — ***** 



* * I have copies left of 



the present edition (a copy of which 

 I send you by to-day's mail) which 

 you may have at per cent off. * 



* » Oliver Davie. 



March 8, 1888. 

 AVebster & Mead, 



Gentlemen: — * * * * 

 I note what Mr. Foote says in regard 

 to my '-Nests and Eggs." When 1 



sent you the copies they were all 



I had in stock — at least I thought so, 

 for it was all I could find in the closet 

 where I kept them. In turning over 

 a large number of ornithological 

 books for reference, I found a pack- 

 age of eight copies, one of which I 

 sent- Mr. Foote and quoted prices, 

 but he did not take them and I sent 

 them to Mr. Lattin who was entirely 

 out of them and wanted them and 

 500 more if he could get them at 

 once. Mr. Foote has not purchased 

 a single copy of the work from me. I 

 now am entirely out until the third 

 edition appears. I have notified Mr- 

 Foote to that effect, * * * 

 Yours truly, 



Oliver Davie. 



Mr. Foote's article, which you have 

 probably all seen, was decidedly un- 

 gentlemanlj T , to say the least. 



BERNADOTTF, ILLINOIS. 



BY DR. W. S. STRODE. 



FIRST NO. NEXT WHFN 

 NAME SEEN SltEN SEEN COM., 



Cedar Waxwlng 2— 3 2 



B. -throated Bunting 2— 5 7 2—13 



Am. R.-legged Hawk 2—7 2 



Red-tailed " 2—7 1 



Mourning Dove* 2—11 1 



Wild Geese 2-18 7 



Bluebirds 2-19 23 3-5 



Brown Creepert 2 — 26 1 



Ducks— on river 3 — 1 



Robin 3-1 1 3—11 , 



Killdeer 3- 1 3 



Ducks— Old Squaw 3-3 11 



Flicker 3—3 1 



Ked-w. Blackbird 3- 4 12 



Meadow Lark 3—8 3 



Cooper's Hawk 3 — 11 2 



Pileated Woodpecker 3—14 2 



Purple Grackle 3-15 7 



Phoebe 3-18 1 3—19 



Am. Sheldrake 3-18 



Sparrow Hawk 3—19 3 



House Wren 3—19 2 



*ln company with a large number of Juhcas 

 and Song Sparrows; and near some straw sheds 

 had probably been left during the fall migra- 

 tion. 



tFound dead at foot of a tree, ill very poor 

 condition. 



^Numerous on the river; a friend shot three. 



Great-horned Owl— found first nest Febru- 

 ary 8, containing three eggs. 



Hed-tailed Hawk— took first eggs, y,, on 

 March 3. 



Crows— counted 20H Hying northwest to roost 

 eight miles away, on March 5; on the 17th 

 found new a^id finished nest. 



I have made no mention of our winter resi- 

 dents, such as Junco, B. C. Chickadee, Tufted 

 Titmouse, Song Sparrow, Am. Goldfinch, 

 Crows, Jays, Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied 

 Woodpeckers, Cardinals, etc., for scarcely a 

 day of the period covered by tins record has 

 passed in which I have not observed more oi 

 less of all of them; and also have seen nearly 

 every day, in my twenty to forty miles ride, 

 more or less of some of the following more 

 rare permanent residents: Great Horned, 

 Barred and Screech owls. Am. Rough-leggeO 

 and Red-tailed Hawks, Prairie Hens, Huffed 

 Grouse and BoBwhlte, and occasionally a wit 

 Turkey would cross my path. 



