. The oist . ocality would be worthwhile. I have been on speaking termsfor quite a few years, with the Yel-low Breasted Chat, and I havewatched and listened for the Song ofthe Chat, at all times, but I have paidparticular attention to his night sing-ing. During the past season, there havebeen at least three pairs nesting with-in a quarter of a mile of my home,and their song was to be heard almostevery hour. During the nestingperiod I have heard them sing onseveral moonlight nights, and theirsong was as long as during the day,but not as frequent, as during the daytime. I have noticed the night
. The oist . ocality would be worthwhile. I have been on speaking termsfor quite a few years, with the Yel-low Breasted Chat, and I havewatched and listened for the Song ofthe Chat, at all times, but I have paidparticular attention to his night sing-ing. During the past season, there havebeen at least three pairs nesting with-in a quarter of a mile of my home,and their song was to be heard almostevery hour. During the nestingperiod I have heard them sing onseveral moonlight nights, and theirsong was as long as during the day,but not as frequent, as during the daytime. I have noticed the night singing ofthe Chat for several years and havepaid strict attention to their nightsinging. During the past season Iheard a Chat singing very loud andfrequent juft before a thundershower, and it was very dark andcloudy. He is a strange songster andone whose habits and songs I like tostudy. I noticed a new call during the pastseason. It was the shiver of thescreech Owl. J. Earl Harlow,Texico, Jefferson Co., Too Scientifically Scientific In our mail of November 15th, Ifind a communication relative to anobservation printed in the OctoberThe Oologist, which reads as follows: Your description i. e. scientificallyscientific is very well put. Many ayoung bird student has found theplain simple facts regarding his ownobservations reproduced in the Oolo-gist, which is the most democraticbird publication. How great a delight every ad-vanced ornithologist take in review-ing the days of his boyhood days which preceded his highereducation and the trips which in-volved nothing in the way of surplusbaggage. With undiminishing inter-est.
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