The oist (1910) (14747152421) - Public domain zoological illustration

Identifier: oist27albi (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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surements: Depth out-side 4 1-2 inches; depth inside 3 3-4inches; diameter outside 4 inches; di-ameter inside 3 inches. Composed ofgreen moss externally and lined withfeathers of the Oven-bird, Canada Jayand Ruffed Grouse, with the quillspointing downward, almost forming anarch over the eggs with the shafts. The nest contained eight nearlyround rich creamy eggs on June 10th,1909. Other birds nesting in the same lo-cality were Saw-whet, Owl, PileatedWoodpecker, Canadian Spruce Grouse,Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warb-ler and American Woodcock. Stanley G. Jewett. Notice No. 260. With this issue of THE OOLOGISTwe drop all subscribers from ourbooks whose numbers are below 260.This we hate to do but the post officeregulations are imperative. Betterrenew at once and keep in the gameas we will give you a better magazinefor the price than any other in Am-erica. We hope each one of our sub-scribers will send us a new subscrip-tion before April 1st. Try and seewhat you can do for THE OOLIGIST.
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34 THE OOLOGIST The Carolina Wren in Philadelphia. The Great Carolina Wren is assured-ly again on the increase throughoutNorth Philadelphia, where it used tobe a common bird. Previous to theyear 1900 it was not at all rare, thoughI could not regard it then as commonas my records will attest, but for somereason, it practically disappeared andmy note books contain no record ofits occurrence from the above yeartill May 30, 1907, when one was seenat Cheltenham, Montgomery County,Pennsylvania, just across the Philadel-phia County line. It is such a noisybird that I could not have overlookedits occurrence if it was here duringthose seven years. During IBOS and 1909 I have seenenough of these birds as to warranta belief that they are becoming com-mon again, and as such I so regardthem now, and sincerely hope thatthey will continue to increase. I cannot offer any explanation as totheir disappearance during the sev-en years, but am glad that they arehere to enliven the winter, for theyare one