. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . y and at rates from double to five times cashrates. Due Bills and Cards payable In advertis-ing will be honored only at regular rates in forceat the date of issuance of said bill or card. Remittances should be made by Draft, Expressor Po8tofflce Money Order, Registered Letter orPostal Note. Unused U. S. Postage Stamps ofany denomination will be accepted for sums un-der one dallar. Make Money Orders and Draftspayable and addre s all mbicripuons and com-muxi ations to ERNEST H. SHORT. Editor and , Monroe Co., N. Y The D
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . y and at rates from double to five times cashrates. Due Bills and Cards payable In advertis-ing will be honored only at regular rates in forceat the date of issuance of said bill or card. Remittances should be made by Draft, Expressor Po8tofflce Money Order, Registered Letter orPostal Note. Unused U. S. Postage Stamps ofany denomination will be accepted for sums un-der one dallar. Make Money Orders and Draftspayable and addre s all mbicripuons and com-muxi ations to ERNEST H. SHORT. Editor and , Monroe Co., N. Y The Discovery of the First Known Nestof Kirtlands Warbler. of the American oologists than thediscovery of the breeding area of Kirt-lands Warbler in Michiga i by Nor-man A. Wood, taxidermist to the U. ofM. Museum. The bulletin of the Michigan Orni-thological Club for. March appears asa Special Kirtland issue and it ishere that Mr. Wood tells for the firsttime of his excellent success with thisbird which has so long puzzled oolo-gists. Speaking of American warblers. Probably few finds in recent yearshave attracted more interest on the part Norman A. Wood. Ann Arbor, Mich. Discoverer of First Anthentic Nesting of Kirtlands Warbler. in the Auk for October, 1898, Frank says: With the exceptionof several Mexican species just reach- 54 THE OOLOGIST. ing our border we can now write, rarenest and eggs unknown only of Kirt-lands Warbler. At this time butseventy-five specimens were known toscience—55 from the Bahamas, 20from the United States. Since then afew more have been taken, but count-ing Mr. Woods records, we now havea total of 31 from Michigan alone. Mr. Wood struck a small colonyand discovered two nests one of whichcontained one egg. Through thecourtesies of the Editor of the Bulletin,we are able to present to readers of theOologist a halftone of Mr. Wood andmake a few quotations from his arti-cle—Discovery of the Breeding Areaof Kirtlands Warbler. Early in June, 1903,
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