. The Oölogist . y all thiit isbeautiful In Nature. It will pander to no depravedtastes, nor pervert the sports of landand water to those base uses which always tendto make them unpopular with the virtuous andg-ood, and nothing will be admitted to any depart-ment of the paper that may not be read with pro-priety in the home circle. It is the aim of thir,journal to become the medium of useful and re-liable information between gentlemen sportsmenfrom one end of the country to the other, and tothat end it solicits correspondence on any topicwithin the scope of the paper. As an advei-t
. The Oölogist . y all thiit isbeautiful In Nature. It will pander to no depravedtastes, nor pervert the sports of landand water to those base uses which always tendto make them unpopular with the virtuous andg-ood, and nothing will be admitted to any depart-ment of the paper that may not be read with pro-priety in the home circle. It is the aim of thir,journal to become the medium of useful and re-liable information between gentlemen sportsmenfrom one end of the country to the other, and tothat end it solicits correspondence on any topicwithin the scope of the paper. As an advei-tisingmedium there are none better. EVEEY OOLLEOTOE SHOULD HAVE IT. Price, 40 cents a copy. S. L. WiLLARD & Co., Oneida vStreet, Utica, N. Y. C. J, Maynard & Co. A NEW PUrCE LIST OF EGGS, NESTS, ANDSKINS. We are selling lowerthan any one else in the country. Send a stamp for our catalog-ue, and statewhether you have one dated May 11, 1876. No notice taken of postal Address at Newtonville, ISSUED IN BEHALF OF THE SCIENCE WHICH IT ADVOCATES. Volume III, OCTOBER, 1877. Numb 1:1; 8. A Queer Nesting Place. AVING had ample opportunity dur-ing the past few weeks, to observetlie habits of the English Sparrow,I have obtained some knowledge which isnew to me, and may be of interest to oth-ers, since this little foreigner has lately beenso much talked about, pro and con. Onthe 10th inst. I noticed a small flock ofthese birds in a tree, directly beneath mywindow, and, watching them, I saw onesuddenly dart out, pursue and capture, aninsect on the wing, as a true Flyratcherwould have done it. Others of the flockpresently did tlie same thing. I think thisbird has more of the habits of the Insediv-ora, than is generally supposed. On the12th I noticed a pair of Sparrows flyingabout the eaves of the house, evidently look-ing for a nesting place. At length they dis-covered a hole in the wall wheie a brickhad fallen out, leaving an aperture of aboutfour by seven inches. This see
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