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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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h Point, Mich.,two miles west of the light house onthe point and thirty or forty rodsfrom the lake shore and in April thehawks gathered there in flocks andduring the middle of the day from oneto three flocks of from twenty-five toone hundred could be seen high inthe air, circling around and apparent-ly staying in the same place as longas I could watch them. They wereseen for a week or two. A boy that lived a few rods from where we were viisting wrote me ayear or two after that he stood attheir front gate and shot 10 SparrowHawks in 10 shots in 10 minutes. TheHawks were chasing Blue Jays andother birds. I saw flocks of Blue Jays there ofa hundred or more flying around likewe see swallows over a pond of water. Delos Hatch,Oakfield, Wis. Indian Arrow HeadsI have found a number of perfectIndian arrow heads in and aroundcamps. The best time that I find tohunt them is after a rain. I just takea stroll over the sand hills and hardlyever fail to find one or more. Ramon Graham,Fort Worth, Tex.
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10 THE OOLOGIST ROBERT D. HOYT The readers of The Oologist willhear with regret of the death of Rob-ert D. Hoyt at his home Twin Oaks.near Clearwater, Florida. Last February he had a stroke ofparalysis from which he rallied andwas better, but a recurrence of tnedisease November 23d last. Mr. Hoytwas an ardent lover of nature, andhis long residence in the state andhis familiarity with its birds, animalsand plants, made him an authorityon Florida fauna. His frequent tripsto the south end of the state, as wellas to the Everglades, brought to hisfine museum many rare birds and theireggs, notably amongst others are finesets of the Kites Everglade and Swal-lowtail. It was the writers pleasure to visitMr. Hoyt in the month of May 1910.I well recollect my impression onseeing his home for the first time.Seven stately Live Oaks, coveredwith great masses of Spanish moss,hanging in festoons of ten to fifteenfeet in length and almost touching theground, formed the setting in whichhis home was buil

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