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Identifier: oist33albi (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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oden beam under a low bridge.The beam was about a foot wide andtwo inches thick but I got the nest asoriginally fastened and also about asquare foot of bridge after bringingthe hand saw into play. I have alsohad difficulty in securing a nest of thegreen heron; the only nests of thesebirds I have found were in hawthornetangles and I have as yet to secureone of these frail structures in pre-sentable condition. All birds have nests; even if theeggs are laid on the bare ground thespot where the eggs rest is the nest.To show that the species nests on theground ,the soil, sand or gravel onwhich the eggs were deposited can,with a little care, be transferred to ashallow box of a size varying with thedimensions of the nest; the eggs afterpreparation being placed in situationas when found. A trowel or spade isnecessary in getting these groundnests. If you live near the ocean,where, as in the case with certainocean birds whose eggs are depositedon rocks, it is, of course, impossible THE OOLOGIST
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60 THE OOLOGIST or impracticable to attempt to take thenest unless you are a prospector andhave mining tools and dynamite towork with. But with the average col-lector who collects near his home hecan soon work up a collection of nestsof much educational value. The nests of birds such as wood-peckers can often be secured withoutmuch difficulty; when these birds nestin fence posts I have often taken thewhole post home, sawed off the sec-tion containing the nest and put therest of the post on the wood pile. Quiteoften some collectors saw a nest holebelow the hole dug out by the birdsto show the bed of the nest and theeggs. This is very satisfactory. Where the nest is small it is wellto place it in your cabinet, as withhummingbirds, vireos, knatcatchersand and some warblers, as nests aregreat dust collectors and should beprotected by the cabinet or a glassshow case when possible. When youroological specimen is rare or you haveno duplicates I should not advise theplacing of the specimens i

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