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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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otwhere a pileated had been wreckedand a close inspection showed thetracks of a huge wildcat who had nodoubt caught the big woodpecker onthe ground or on a log. Last fallvery close to this spot I trapped oneof the largest and finest Bay Lynx Iever saw and hope I got the culpritwho made away with one of myPileateds. At present I know of several pairsnearby, but the bird is undoubtedlygrowing scarcei-. R. B. Simpson. This Issue. This issue of THE OOLOGIST isthe largest in point of size and in vol-ume of advertising, and in quantity ofreading matter, as well as one of thebest in quality that has ever been is-sued since the first issue of this jour-nal. We appeal to all old time sub-scribers to compare this issue of THEOOLOGIST with any they can recallin the past. We are demonstrating toyou that THE OOLOGIST is gettingbigger, brighter, newsier and is grow-ing in size, popularity and in infiuence.Everyone of you can help the workalong a little if you will. Merry Christmas. 150 THE OOLOGIST
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THE 00\OGIST 151 The Limpkin.(Aramus vociferus) The Limijkin—a sort of connectinglink between the Cranes and theHails—is the only representative ofits family fonnd in North America. The natural habitat of this peculiarbird, so far as the United States isconcerned, is Florida, though it isoccasionally found as far North asSouth Carolina, and is accidental inTexas. It ranges throughout portionsof the West Indies and CentralAmerica. In some places it is re-garded as a game bird; in others thenatives have a strongly seated pre-judice against using it for food. Thegeneral color is olivaceous umberbrown. It is about 26 inches long,and has an extent of wing of about40 inches. It varies much in sizeand proportions. The natural home of the Limpkin isin the swamps, and its ordinaryhabits are similar to the Rail. Itsfood is mostly snails. Its nest is com-posed of weeds, grass and the like,forming a large mass with a depres-sion in the center. Generally placedamong the tallest grasses not far

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