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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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therewere many suitable places for them tonest in and the environments wereadapted to their needs, according tomy experience with them in Pennsyl-vania. However, in 1912 and 1914 Ifound no Blue-winged Warblers hereduring my camping trip in the sum-mer. Richard F. Miller. Long Tailed Jaeger in Chicago. I. A Long tail Jaeger was shot(November, 1915) in the CalumetMarshes near the Southern Limits ofChicago. It seems too bad that theonly record for this beautiful fork tailcreature should involve the destruc-tion of these long dainty streamersfrom which the species derives itsname. The gunner when shooting thesea wanderer demolished the tail. The remains were placed withThe Field Museum of Natural History. II. Mr. Charles K. Knickerbockerwhile shooting on the Sanganoy Clubnear Beardstown, Illinois, took a beau-tiful albinistic Mallard. The speculumis a slight shade of tan, and elsewherethe feathers all over the body arenearly immaculate white. III. The most curious freak among THE OOLOGIST
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Nest and eggs of Willett in situ. —Photo by D. T. Perry, Savannah, Ga. THE OOLOGIST 185 waterfowl is a cross between a Mal-lard and some variety of Goose. Thebird weighs ten pounds, is coloredprecisely like a mallard drake, includ-ing curled feathers on tail, white ringaround neck, green head and typicallycolored bill and feet. In shape theoutline and general pose is identicalwith Hutchins Goose. This bird wasshot on the Mississippi River nearMinneapolis, during November. The specimen is on exhibition inChicago but taxidermy is a lost artif this game bird represents the workof a professional. Gerard Alan Abbott. occurred about 2:30 a. m. He ventuf-ed the opinion that the birds were at-tracted by the electric lights of thevessel. More Important But Untrue! The following example of news-paper ornithology is the limit. It is from the Philadelphia, (Pa.)Record. Wild Swans Attack Ship. Hundreds of wild swans, which hadapparently lost their way in the fog,dashed against the steamer Ericss

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