. The oist . ed back througha wet marshy snow storm. Saw FirstPrairie Hens in Severn years, heardone or two calling. First Jack Snipe,Redtail, nest and two plain eggs inelegant bower nest in tamarack Flicker, one or two Prairie SongSparrow, first Field Sparrow, severalflocks of Warblers. I could not seethem good, 1 Southern Downy, 15 or20 Fox Sparrows, Blue Jays, Robins,Bluebirds, White-breasted Nut Hatch,Crow, first Red-winged Blackbird,several Bronze Grackles and Kill-deers, first European Meadowlark, 4or 5. Thought once I heard a West-ern Meadowlark. April 16, firstMourning Dove;
. The oist . ed back througha wet marshy snow storm. Saw FirstPrairie Hens in Severn years, heardone or two calling. First Jack Snipe,Redtail, nest and two plain eggs inelegant bower nest in tamarack Flicker, one or two Prairie SongSparrow, first Field Sparrow, severalflocks of Warblers. I could not seethem good, 1 Southern Downy, 15 or20 Fox Sparrows, Blue Jays, Robins,Bluebirds, White-breasted Nut Hatch,Crow, first Red-winged Blackbird,several Bronze Grackles and Kill-deers, first European Meadowlark, 4or 5. Thought once I heard a West-ern Meadowlark. April 16, firstMourning Dove; April 21st, Bartram-ian Sandpiper; April 25th, HairyWoodpecker been here all 27th walked out north by river,noted Bartramian Sandpiper, five orsix Mourning Dove, first AmericanBittern, Jack Snipe, Fox Sparrows,first White-crowned Sparrows, prob-ably 5 or 8, first Brown Thrashers,Robins, Blue Jays, Bluebirds, Crows,first Kingfishers. Meadow Larks,Grackle, Flickers; heard either a THE OOLOGIST lol. Near View of Nest and Eggs of Pink-footed Goose at Spitzbergen —Photo l)y W. M. Cosgrove. M. B. O. U. lOS THE OOLOGIST Hairy or Downy tapping, Song Spar-rows. Fine day, cold, light north first heard the Purple Martin April23rd or 24th. George W. H. vos Burgh, Columbus, Wis. ter record of the Sparrow Hawk inMinnesota, as far as I know. Alza D. Brown,Pipestone, Minn. ANOTHER PRODIGAL SON RE-TURNS A communication received early inMay reads as follows: I used totake The Oologist years ago, and myfirst literay effort was published in it,as is the case with so many differentbeginners in ornithology. In this re-spect your paper has a differentfunction from other bird journals andhence deserves the support of us this accompanied by a subscrip-tion remittance.—R. M. B. H. H. Bailey writes that he made atrip to Merritts Island, the home ofthe Dusky Sea Side Sparrow, 460miles, 80 of which was the roughesthe ever traveled and he was success-ful in securing some spe
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