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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
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, Califor-nia, a lad of sixteen years, while owlhunting with a school companion onthe night of March 23d, in the Puentehills north of Whittier, by crashingover a forty foot precipice into Syca-more Canyon. While walking along the edge of thecliff, Mr. Hill attempted to climb downit. The rocks crumbled beneath himand he fell. His body was found wedg-ed between two great rocks at the bot-tom of the precipice, his skull and leftarm fractured. He was rushed to theWhittier hospital but never regainedconsciousness. THE OOLOGIST extends sympathyto the family and friends of the un-fortunate young man, in their bereave-ment. Golden-fronted Woodpecker. In THE OOLOGIST, May 15, 1914,I asked for information about a set offive eggs that were named Sulphur-bel-lied Flycatcher. I sent the set and data to Mr. E. J.Court, Washington, D. C, and askedhim to compare it with the eggs in theNational Museum. He returned theeggs and stated they were not Sul-phur-bellied Flycatcher and that he THE OOLOGIST 66
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Nesting Cliff of White-throated Swift, Chas. F. Schnackdescending the rope. —Photo by J. B. Dixon 66 THE OOLOGIST was unable to identify them. He un-fortunately lost the data in some wayand to some extent lost its identity. I never gave up hope and have atlast found a man who after seeingthem at once named them Golden-fronted Woodpeckers. This man lives in Texas and knowswhat he is talking about and says itis a typical set of eggs. Mr. B. H. Short saw the eggs buthe failed to give me the informationI desired. I am glad I found out what they arebut am a little surprised that neitherMr. Short or Mr. Court could tell meat first the correct name of them. E. J. Darlington. The New Short List.In recent issues of THE OOLOGIST we ran an ad for Ernest H. Short ad-vertising A Corrected Edition of theLattin 1905 Price List. We bought oneand had we seen the thing before thead. appeared, it never would have beenadmitted to these columns. ThisEdition is nothing more or less thanthe 1905 list with

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