. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . wills of Florida, viewing amongother things, the sights of the famousBird Island, and we are informed, hasbrought home a splendid collection ofphctograi)hs taken during his visit tothat Mecca of all bird lovers. During his stay in Florida he enjoy-ed the pleasure of a visit with Baynard, who is also wellknown to our readers as a discrimi-nating observer of Florida bird life. At Coronado, Florida, a Fish-hawkwas found the other day, in rather anunusual predicament. Someone had set a steel coon trapon a mudbank, bordering o
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . wills of Florida, viewing amongother things, the sights of the famousBird Island, and we are informed, hasbrought home a splendid collection ofphctograi)hs taken during his visit tothat Mecca of all bird lovers. During his stay in Florida he enjoy-ed the pleasure of a visit with Baynard, who is also wellknown to our readers as a discrimi-nating observer of Florida bird life. At Coronado, Florida, a Fish-hawkwas found the other day, in rather anunusual predicament. Someone had set a steel coon trapon a mudbank, bordering one of oursalt marshes. The trap was baitedwith a small fish. The rising tide cov-ered trap and bait. A Fish hawk,seeing the fish under water, diveddown for it, with the result that itwas caught by one foot in the the bird had been held thusfor two or three days. Its plumagewas torn and disarranged, and thebird was so weak and emaciated thatfor half an hour after being liberat-ed, it was unable to fly away. HUBERT J. LONGSTREET. 94 THE OOLOGIST. THE OOLOGIST 95 SAMUEL B. LADD. The older cologists will recognizethis name at a glance. During thelate SOs and nearly all of the 90s and Mr. Thomas H. Jackson,both of West Chester, Pennsylvania,were very prominent in the Oologicalworld. Our old fiiend Jackson is still at Mr. Ladd has drifted away fromthe hobby of early youth and but re-cently Ye Editor has come into thepossession cf the entire collection ofXcrth American birds eggs owned byMr. Ladd. including therein in allprobability, some of the more exten-sive and finest series of North Ameri-can Warblers eggs in existence. For many years Mr. Ladd, ^Mr. Jack-son and J. P. Xorris of Philadelphia,were known to egg collectors through-out the United States as being special-ly interested in the warbler family,and they all accumulated not onlylarge, but esi)ecially well selected ser-ies of the eggs of these minute birds. The securing of this collection isin
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