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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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Nest and Eggs of Black-capped Chickadee in dead stub, 2 feetfrom the ground —Photo by Thos. H. Jackson The Oologist. Vol. XXXII. No. 11. Albion, N. Y. Nov. 15, 1915. Whole No. 340 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, III.
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Cliff on which poor Billie Crispin died, known as High Rock,near Kintnersvilie, Pa. It is 300 feet high 176 THE OOLOGIST California Fish and Game. California Fisli and Game for Octo-ber, 1915, contains much interestingreading for tlie bird student, a refer-ence to some of whicli may be of in-terest. The disease which is carrying offmany thousands of ducks, waders, etc.,around Great Salt Lake, Utah, is re-ported to have appeared at TulareLake, California. This is a most re-markable disease, which seems to baf-fle all scientists. The Biological Sur-vey through its experts being entirelyunable to ascertain either the cause,or suggest a prevention. It is certain-ly destroying many, many thousandsof birds. H. R. Walmsley is quoted as sayingthat he had not met a single sports-man or farmer in Oklahoma who knewa Mocking bird from a Wren. Thatthe hunters there shot at all seasonsof the year and killed everything withfeathers and fur. That he saw a manthere shooting Cardinals and feedingthem t

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