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FOREST AND STREAM: 
[JUNE 30, 1900. 

THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. 
Nearly 1500 in use. 
250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. 
WORKS: RED BANK, New Jersey. 
Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone Address: 599 Cortlandt. 
THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER COMPANY, 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
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Variety of models. Prices from $28, up. Prompt delivery. 
Send NOW for free illustrated catalog, 
OLD TOWN CANOE COMPANY 
9 Middle Street, Old Town, Maine. 

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Houseboats and Houseboating 
BY ALBERT BRADLEE HUNT. 
A volume devoted to a new outdoor field which 
has for its purpose three objects: 
First—To make known the opportunities American waters 
afford for enjoyment of houseboating life. 
Second—To properly present the development 
houseboating has attained in this country. 
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houseboating in so truthful a manner that others 
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The book contains forty specially prepared articles by 
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beautifully illustrated with nearly 200 line and _ half-tone 
reproductions of plans and exteriors and interiors. A 
most interesting chapter is devoted to houseboating in 
England, 
The book has been carefully prepared by Mr. Albert 
Bradlee Hunt. 
The work is printed on extra heavy coated paper, and is 
bound in olive green buckram. The price is $3 net. 
Postage 384 cents. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 

JUNE BIRDS’ NESTS. 
(Continued from page 1030.) 
herself of the labor and sorrow which follows 
the hatching of cow bunting’s eggs. While, as 
a rule, the character of the eggs laid by any species 
of bird is nearly constant, there is now and then 
a striking variant. We once found a yellow 
warbler’s nest with eggs which were spotted 
around the small ends in confluent rings. Eggs 
so marked are uncommon. 
We intended to look in the swamp for cusha’s 
nest, but the overflow from the pond prevented 
this. This family of herons are regular. summer 
visitors, and’ we recognized one who had been 
here before; she (?) has a peculiar voice; the 
rest all cry “sque-ock;’’ she answers “‘scow”’ in 
a low tone. We are pleased to note that the 
persecution of these interesting birds has nearly 
ceased; except when they disturb trout farms 
they are rarely shot. Their nest is a flimsy struc- 
ture, a mere platform of loose twigs, seemingly 
of such unsubstantial character that it could not 
last through one season’s use. Six light-blue eggs 
are about the usual number; we once found nine 
and have known of only four being laid. These 
birds arrived here April 25. 
Not seeing many birds that seemed to have any- 
thing on their minds, we entered the woods and 
followed the swamp; a thrush was singing in the 
maples. Imagine a musical sound produced or 
accompanied with something like marbles poured 
slowly through a reed. This bird, while fond of 
swamps, chooses dry ground for its resting place. 
The tawny thrush builds a nest in open woods, 
where grass grows, and lays four light blue eggs. 
It is later in coming than its handsome cousin, 
the wood or song thrush. 
A pair of tiny, peculiarly-marked birds seemed 
very much distressed by our approach, and we 
soon located their nest in the fork of a low mock 
huckleberry bush. It was a dainty structure of 
singularly bleached grass and asclepias bark, lined 
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Paddles, all lengths, - - - 
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We are exclusive New York agents for E. M. 
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Ask any Maine guide what canoe he paddles—ten to 
one it’s a ‘White.’ Prices begin at $28.00. 
Tents, Camp Stoves, Sleeping Bags, Fishing Outfits, 
Hunting Clothing, shoes and all kinds of outing goods. 
Let us send catalogue No. 364. 
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1” Warren Street, New York. 








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