. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ze. Some are near-ly round, others are greatly elongated,the average size being about inches. The ground color rangesfrom light greenish-gray to darkbrown. The surface markings of cho-colate brown, lavender and black aresometimes confined to light pen-scratchings lengthwise of the egg, andin other cases appear as heavyblotches that quite obscure the groundcolor. The variations are endless,every set seems to present a differenttype. But one brood is reared in a lasts two weeks, the youngleaving the nest
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ze. Some are near-ly round, others are greatly elongated,the average size being about inches. The ground color rangesfrom light greenish-gray to darkbrown. The surface markings of cho-colate brown, lavender and black aresometimes confined to light pen-scratchings lengthwise of the egg, andin other cases appear as heavyblotches that quite obscure the groundcolor. The variations are endless,every set seems to present a differenttype. But one brood is reared in a lasts two weeks, the youngleaving the nest at the end of threemore, and five weeks of excitement isabout all that our Blackbird can spite of his irritable disposition heis a bird well worth knowing. D. I. Angeles, Cal. Phalaropus lobatus at Nigger Slough. A large flock of Northern Philarope(Phalaropus lobatus) was observedwith intense interest on October 12,1915, at 8 a. m., feeding at the edge ofNorth Nigger Slough in Los AngelesCounty, Southern California. We THE OOLOGIST 181. U_
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