. The oist . t themfrom the inclement weather. To dis-turb a Woodcock while laying, or cov-ering an incomplete set, often causesher to abandon the nest entirely, so1 withdrew without Intruding further. A few days later after a warm thaw,she was visited by myself and cameralr:end. The madam had settled downvery complacently and permitted usto make several exposures with thelens only one and one-half feet fromher The rest held four very richlymarked eggs, evenly spotted withchestnut brcwn, one of the prevailingshades in a Woodcocks ALAN ABBOTT. Notice No. 259. With this issue of T
. The oist . t themfrom the inclement weather. To dis-turb a Woodcock while laying, or cov-ering an incomplete set, often causesher to abandon the nest entirely, so1 withdrew without Intruding further. A few days later after a warm thaw,she was visited by myself and cameralr:end. The madam had settled downvery complacently and permitted usto make several exposures with thelens only one and one-half feet fromher The rest held four very richlymarked eggs, evenly spotted withchestnut brcwn, one of the prevailingshades in a Woodcocks ALAN ABBOTT. Notice No. 259. With this issue of The OOLOGISTwe drri) all subscribers from ourbroks whose numbers are below we hate to do but the post officeregulations are imperative. Betterrenew at once and keep in the gameas we will give you a better magazinefor the price than any other in Amer-ica. We hope each one cf our sub-scribers will send us a new subscrip-tion before April 1st. Try and seewhat you can do for The OOLOGIST. 12 THE OOLOGIST. Plate 4. Nest and eggs of American Woodcock, Cook County, Illinois. Photo by George A. Abbott. THE OOLOGIST 13 Some Fulton County, (N. Y.) Birds. During the past two years a fewinteresting birds have been added tothe Avi-fauna of Fulton County, NewYoi-k. These are as follows:Uria lomvia, Linn. Brunnichs Mur-re. A single specimen was shot Decem-ber 1^0, 1908, at Red Bunch, near Mun-sonville. It was sitting on a snowliank, and as the hunters approached,Hew directly toward them, when theyshot it. Larus Philadelphia, Ord. BonapartesGull. A young mounted specimen of thisgull is in the Fulton House at CanadaLake. It was shot on West Lake, inthe fall of 1900. Totanus melanoleucus, Gmel. Great-er Yellow-legs. A mounted specimen is in the Ful-ton House at Canada Lake. It wasshot in front of the hotel, in October,1897. Bartramla longicauda, Bechst. Bartra-mian Sandpiper. On May 6, 1909, and .June 23, 1909,single specimens were observed. 27, 1909, I noted four specimensin a
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