. The oist . y duplicate books and O. & O. pub-lications. Also will exchange bird andmammal skins from this section andsets of raptors, finches and H. Bailey, Miami Beach, ZoolPark and of Natural History,Miami Beach, Florida. Get a CATALOG Before they are All Gone They are going hery fast. Lc«« than 100 copies are left. I The Oologist. Vol. XL. Albion, N. Y. , April, 1923. Whole No. 432 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. BARXES, Albion, X. v., and Lacon, III. TAKE [NOTICE. SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEARExamine the number on the wrapper of >onr Oologist. If it c


. The oist . y duplicate books and O. & O. pub-lications. Also will exchange bird andmammal skins from this section andsets of raptors, finches and H. Bailey, Miami Beach, ZoolPark and of Natural History,Miami Beach, Florida. Get a CATALOG Before they are All Gone They are going hery fast. Lc«« than 100 copies are left. I The Oologist. Vol. XL. Albion, N. Y. , April, 1923. Whole No. 432 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. BARXES, Albion, X. v., and Lacon, III. TAKE [NOTICE. SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEARExamine the number on the wrapper of >onr Oologist. If it corresponds withthe Whole No. above it denotes that your subscription expires with this we must be notified if you wish it discontinued and all arrearagesmust be paid. Entered as second class matter December 21, 1903, at the post oflJice at Albion,N. Y., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. - ■ l^- (J * Nest and Eggs of Solitary Sand Piper, In Situ, Alberta, Canada 54 THE OOLOGIST. Nesting Site Solitary Sand Piper, Peace River, Alberta, Canada. —Photo by A. D. Henderson THE OOLOGIST 55 NESTING OF THE SOLITARYSANDPIPER. June 16, 1914, proved to be rathera notable day for me in the oologicalline. In the afternoon I went outwith the expectation of doing nomore than taking a nest of Broad-winged Hawk, which a little girlfriend of mine had located. On ourway to the nest, she inquired, , is a partridges nest anygood? Oh, no, 1 replied, I haveseen a good many of them. Butthis is one of those black ones, shesaid. My indifference immediatelyvanished, and after taking the set ofthree broadwings, we went on to thenest of the black partridge, whichproved to be the nest of the CanadaGrouse, containing five eggs. Surprises did not end here, for shenext inquired, What kind of a snipebuilds in a tree? I told her as faras I knew no snipe built in a tree; itmust be some other bird. Yes, shesaid, one of the boys found a Snipesnest in a tree, and I have seen


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