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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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t atnoontime for a few minutes, standingstill on one place. During the rest ofthe time the Turnstone is in constantmotion from morn to sundown. Dur-ing flight he is equally restless. In the early part of September theymigrate to the southern climate andfinally winter in the Gulf States andSouth America. At this time they havechanged their bright colors to a dark-grayish color. Of this kind I have aspecimen which I shot on the stonepier near the Starchworks belowBlackrock a great many years ago onElection-day. This is one of the most interestingbirds and a great many of our gun-ners have undoubtedly shot them with-out knowledge what a rare specimenit is for the Naturalist. Mounted specimens in Spring andFall plumage and a fine set of 4 eggscan be seen in my collection. Ottomar Reinecke. Junco-h-Carolinensis.(Carolina Junco.)Most oologists associate a Juncosnest with the ground, and so did I untilthe summer of 1913. A long protract-ed return attack of my tropical fever €2 THK OOLOGIST
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THE OOLOGIST 63 made me seek the high altitude aboutMay 15th, and in company with myfather, who is still very much an ac-tive collector, we settled in a hereto-fore unworked section at 4500 ft. alti-tude. We were a little late for firstsets of Junco, the majority havinglarge young, but we were glad to findat last actual nesting birds, thoughthey had long supposed to have bredin this State. By July 1st we wereelated to find numerous handsomesecond sets, and it is one of thesesecond sets in particular I shall referto. Cold and rainy weather, and oftensnow, is prevalent at this altitude dur-ing their first setting, April 10th to25th, consequently the birds maketheir nests under the overhangingrocks and road banks, giving the great-est amount of shelter from drippingwater above. By the middle of June,the woods are carpeted with a luxuri-ous growth of woodland ferns, grassand greens of every description. Thefarmers of the adjoining lowlands takeadvantage of this pasture for theircattle and

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