TEE HAWK EYE OBNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



Barn Swallow 



3-30 



20 



Whooping Crane 



3-30 



* 



Kingfisher 



4- 1 



2 



Green Heron 



4- 2 



8 



Brants 



4- 3 





Great Blue Heron 



4- 3 



2 



Am. Woodcock! 



4- 3 



3 



Crow Blackbirds 



4- 3 



* 



Whippoorwill 



4- 7 





Brown Thrasher 



4- 7 



* 



Gt. Northern Diver 



4-12 



1 



Double-c. Cormorant 



4-12 



4 



Turkey Buzzard 



4-13 



3 



Wood Thrush 



4-15 



1 



Ruby-c. Kinglet 



4 16 



* 



Song Sparrow 



4 16 



* 



*More or less numerous. 





tShot two. 







♦Shot a female. 







HOW TO COLLECT AND PREPARE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



Of the Brants a large flock containing a few 

 white ones was seen going north; shot one for 

 skinning and identification. 



At this date the Horned Larks which have 

 been numerous since Feby. 5th have about all 

 departed for their breeding grounds further 

 north. 



Could you not have mistaken the Red-headed 

 Woodpecker for the Red-bellied, reported 

 seen at Cresco. The Red-bellied much re- 

 sembles the Red-headed, and is a winter resi- 

 dent, while the Red-headed is not. It has not 

 yet appeared here. 



Mr. Pratt's four Sparrow Hawks of Feb. 22 

 must have been something else. They did not 

 appear here, 200 miles further south, till nearly 

 a month later. 



My Black-throated Bunting in April H. 

 AND O. should have been Horned Lark. 



MEDINA, NEW YORK. 



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REPORTED BY NEIL F. POSSON. 



Pine Goldfinch* 

 Common Redpoll* 

 Bluebird 

 Song Sparrow 

 American Goldfinch 

 Meadow Lark 

 Mourning Dove 

 Cedar Waxwing 

 R. and b.-s. Blackbird 

 Purple Grackle 

 T.-shafted Flicker 

 Red-tailed Hawk 

 Grass Finch 

 Field Sparrow 

 Killdeer 

 White-r. Shrike 

 Purple Finch 

 Chipping Sparrow 

 Cowbird 

 Marsh Hawk 

 Black Snowbird 

 Pewee 

 Chewink* 

 Ruffed Grouse 

 Hermit Thrush* 

 Canada Goose 

 *Rare visitants here-. 



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3-18 



2-24 



3-21 



3-21 



3-24 



3-24 



3-25 



3-26 



3-27 



3-30 



3-31 



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3-18 

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 4- 7 



BY J. A. 8INGLEY. 



Qj^FTER this digression, I return to my 

 Jm^. subject. A cabinet for specimens is 

 a necessity. The handiest thing I know of 

 — and cheap — is the thread cabinets of the 

 dry goods stores. They can be had every- 

 where and will hold any but a few of the 

 largest shells. A specimen large enough 

 can have the label pasted on it and be laid 

 in the drawer. The smaller species — and 

 these comprise three-fourths of a collection 

 — can be put in pill boxes of various sizes 

 and the label put in the box with the shell. 

 A little experience will soon teach you the 

 best method of arranging your collection. 



The North American land shells, or 

 snails, live mostly in the forest, sheltered 

 under the trunks of fallen trees, layers of 

 dead leaves and in the soil; from this hint 

 the collector will know where to look for 

 them. 



The Helices are the largest family, the 

 majority of them being large, and some of 

 them very beautiful shells. After collect- 

 ing, the larger species as well as small ones 

 with a large aperture should be boiled for 

 two or three minuter when the animal can be- 

 jemoved with a pin or piece of wire, and 

 the shell washed off with a soft brush,, 

 rinsed out and laid away to dry. 



The aperture of nearly all species has a. 

 thickened peristome, or lip, when mature,, 

 often armed with denticles, or teeth; and af- 

 ter the beginner learns to differentiate be- 

 tween immature specimens of the species 

 that assume the thicked lip with maturity 

 and those that do not have the thickened lip 

 at any stage of their existence, he should 

 not collect the former until the lip is per- 

 fect. Dead shells that are weathered or 

 bleached are not admissable under aiiv cir> 



