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Title: Ornithologist and oölogist
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Pawtucket, Rhode Island : (s.n.)
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at the Great Horned Owl,(lliibo virijinianiis,) laid from three to six eggs, we cannotbut regard the statement as an error. There is no reason tosupiiose that those birds laid more eggs in his day thanthey (h) now, and no one at the present time has ever suc-ceeded in finding more than four. Two and three are thecommon niiiuber. It is a pity, therefore, that Mr. Capenfollows Audubon, and tells lis that as many as six havebeen found, So also is it a mistake to say of the Ued-tailed Hawk, (liatea liiirealin,) tliat the eggs are usuallythree in number, seldom more or less. Two are oftenerfound than three. These are minor faults however, and detract very littlefrom the value of the book. Taken altogether it is a mostcreditable work, and it is to be hoped that Mr. Capen willmeet with sutlicieni encouragement to enable him to go onwith his book and publish other voliiuies, which will, intime, make the book a comiileti history of the oiilogy of.North .\iiierica. .1. P. N. ^^^ X M^Y, 1886. -^
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CONTENTS Vol. XI., No. 5, May, 1886. The Ring Ouzel, (Turdua torquatus) Henry Kerr 65 List of Birds Observed in Vicinity of Santa Barbara Clark Streatob 66 Oology—Series of Eggs of Red-tailed Hawk 67 Curious Set of Eggs of Wood Thrush 69 A Seasons Notes from Bristol Co., Mass F. M. Merck 69 Early Breeding of Annas Humming Bird—The Sequel W. Otto Emerson 70 List of Birds near Philadelphia, and Dates of Eggs Taken Harrt G. Parker 70 Editorial 72 Obituary—Chas. W. Gunn 73 Practical Taxidermy Frank B. Webster. 73 A Penn. Law Against Hawks J. P. N 74 Florida Birds in February A, L. Browne 74 Ornithological Trip to St. Bruno, P. Q Ernest D. Wintle 7.5 Winter Notes from Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimley 76 Notes from Sea Islands Walter Hoxie 76 Winter Notes from Taunton, Mass J. C. Cahoon 77 Entomology—Book Notices S Practical Entomology Wrigot and Bates 78 Sphingidai of New England 79 Spring Notes F. A. Bates 79 Recent Publications—A. O. U. Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of N. A. B

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