. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . No. 135. Nest and eggs cf Red-headed Woodpecker. —Photo by P. G. Howes. 200 THE OOLOGIST. No. 137. Flickers nest 37 feet up in Dead Sycamore Tree. - —Photo by P. G. Howes. THE OOLOGIST 201 amount of timber taken from the Con-necticut woods during ttie last fiveyears, the woodpeckers are holdingtheir own in this section of the there are many large es-tates in Connecticut upon which thereare large tracts of good old forestland which is now free for ever fromthe lumberman. These tracts will un-doubtedly prove to be
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . No. 135. Nest and eggs cf Red-headed Woodpecker. —Photo by P. G. Howes. 200 THE OOLOGIST. No. 137. Flickers nest 37 feet up in Dead Sycamore Tree. - —Photo by P. G. Howes. THE OOLOGIST 201 amount of timber taken from the Con-necticut woods during ttie last fiveyears, the woodpeckers are holdingtheir own in this section of the there are many large es-tates in Connecticut upon which thereare large tracts of good old forestland which is now free for ever fromthe lumberman. These tracts will un-doubtedly prove to be life savers tothe birds w^hose previous haunts havebeen destroyed, and will also tend toincrease the numbers of those whomake their home in the skeletons ofour forest trees. Let us hope they will continue toincrease, and let us see some othernotes from other parts of the countryabout this family of birds, who can-not fail to interest every ornithologistand agriculturist. Paul G. Homes. After Birds and Eggs. June 3d, 1901 was a lovely day, nottoo warm, but just right for a longramble. Before the sun was up I wason my way to my favorite huntinggro
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