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Title: The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Lattin, Frank H
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Albion, N.Y. : Frank H. Lattin
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interesting occurrence, for iuwoods the majority of the birds ob-served and shot have been males. The thicket being situated along theriver, one mile inland, and the onlyavailable resting place for birds untilthey reach the other side of the city(Philadelphia), a distance of about ten.miles, migrate on their way South inthe fall, following the course of the 68 THE OOLOGIST Deleware, probably drop in, realizingthe necessity of rest by perceiving tbeweary miles of city wilderness beforethem. This has been suggested to meby a friend as a probable cause of thebirds occurrence in the thicket, but itseems like a poor suggestion, as ashort flight would carry the tired wan-derers across the river into Jerseywoods. Nevertheless, it is the only ex- impossible to obtain of them in thewoods. RICHARD F. MILLER. Lost. Strayed or Stolen. The long promised new edition ofthe A. O. U. Check list. Can any ofour readers tell us when, where or howwe can get a glimpse of this much ad-vertised ignis fatuus?
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Plate No. 40—Nest and Eggs of Orange Crowned Warbler in Quebec, Prov-idence, Canada. planation that I can assign to thebirds occurrence in such a place. Inthe Spring they presumably drop in,accepting my friends theory as theTight cause of their occurrence, aftera fatiguing flight across the city. Anyhow, whatever the cause of theirappearance here, I am glad of it, forthey have afforded me many hours ofinteresting study that would have been We have recently added to our col-lection of native wild fowl, seven spe-cimens cf the extremely rare Rosssgoose, apparently in perfect condition,showing the warty growth about thebase cf the bill to perfection. Theyare but little larger than a Mallardduck, and have a low plaintive notelike the subdued lowing of a cow ata distance, and not musical. THE OOLOGIST 69 History of a Double Nest of the Yellow Warbler. While climbing over a fence, oneday in May 1899, I noticed in a WildRose bush at my feet a nest of theYellow Warbler. It was placed aboutt

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