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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
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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nk, and on the Wissahickon Creek,in Philadelphia. It still occurs abun-dantly along the latter stream, but israther uncommon on the former. The Acadian Flycatcher has almostentirely disappeared as a breeder onthe Tacony Creek in Philadelphiaand Montgomery Counties but is rareon the Poquessing Creek in Bucksand Philadelphia Counties. It oc-curs in small numbers only on theNeshaniny Creek in Bucks Countyand Crum Creek in Delaware County. According to my observations, it isslowly disappearing everywhereabout Philadelphia except on theWissahickon Creek in Fairmont Park,Philadelphia, where in the extensiveforests that covers the banks of thisstream with both coniferous and de-ciduous trees, the species is appar-ently increasing. The Acadian Flycatcher is notfound or occur rarely on the tide-water streams in New Jersey in thevicinity of Philadelphia according tomy observations. Richard F. Miller. Are Our Birds Becoming Fewer?This is apparently a question hardto solve without a comprehensive
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Quail on Nest Showing Protective Coloration —Photo by Paul G. Howes THE OOLOGTST 201 knowledge of ornitology, universallyspeaking, and one that would requirethe co-operation of ornithologists tosettle definitely, but to localize: thenit is not a hard matter to namespecies that are becoming less abun-dant and rare with each succeedingyear, provided you have a knowledgeof the ornitology of a certain regionfor a large number of years. Themost skeptical bird student cannot re-fute this assertion. In the densely populated regions,but especially in the close proximityof our big cities, bird life is mostassuredly getting scarcer and thecauses are obvious enough to themost casual observer. The steadyand incessant growth and expansionof a city causes the destruction ofbird haunts, as year after year, woodsare felled, thickets cleared, swampsand marshes drained and reclaimed,etc., for building purposes, ruiningand forever wiping out the habits ofbird peculiar to these associations.But no matt

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