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Identifier: oist09albi (find matches)
Title: The oist
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Albion, N.Y. : Frank H. Lattin
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ed Thrush.... 15 iOlive-backed Thrush 40 JHermit Thrush 40 iAmerican Robin 02 iWestern Robin 15 Red-spotted Blue-throat.. 60 Bluebird 02 Western Bluebird 15 Mountain Bluebird 15 English Sparrow 01 European Tree Sparrow.. 15JYellow-billed Tropic Bird 8 00 iMan-o-war Bird 2 00 Canvas-back 1 25 tW^ilsons Phalarope 1 25 Mountain Plover 1 25 Canadian Rnffed Grouse.. 50Whith-crowned Pigeon.... 2 00Fla. Red-shouldered Hawk 1 50 Western Bobolink 50 Bronzed Cowbird 60 JChestniit-coUared Long-spur 75 iMcCowns Longspur 1 25 FOREIGN EGGS. Ostrich (25c xtra if prepd.) S 00 Barbary Partridge 25 Chuckar Partridge 25 Black-headed Gull 25 Ruddy Sheldrake 35 Ringdove 15 Song Thrush 10 Blackbird 10 Egyptian Goose 1 00 Egyptian Vtilture 3 00 Bul-bul 50 Black-headed W^eaverbird 50Sun Bird 1 00 MISCELLANEOUS. iGopher 35 Python 2 00 Skate 05 Shark 15 Hammerhead Shark...;... 20Fossil Fish Eggs, per doz. 10Egg (;ase of Pciiwmkle .. 25Hummingbird Nests each15. 25. 35 and .50c ac-cording to conditionand beauty.
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\ CKWKW-^no A Pair of Screech Owls (Megascops asio) at Home. TOL. IX The Oologist. ALBION, N. Y., MAR., 1892. NO. 3 ZOOTOMY. THE DOMESTIC PIGEON. (Co7itimieclfrom February J^umber.) Cut open the proventriculus, onInner side, with the aid of lensmake out openings of gastric glandbisect the gizzard as shown in cut VI, ;*notice thick muscular walls; why so?its horney epithelial lining; use lens;notice contents of gizzard; the tubeleading to, much larger then tube lead-ing from: is this difference in size of•any use to birds? Cut out small sect-ion of duodenum, open out by a longi-tudinal slit, and after very carefullycleaning under water examine withlens before removing from clean water;notice villi; examine different parts ofintestine; now look for the spleen, anoval body near the proventriculus; canyou tind a duct leading fiom it? whenyou have opportunity, examine the di-gestive aparatus of womi and insecteating birds; fish-eating birds and samein small mammals; now turn your at-tent

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