. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . are very even. Incubationwas advanced. The measurementsare x One summer day in 1900 while I wasdriving along the dusty road a fineadult male of the species flew close byme and alighted in a small willow,where he sat looking about for a littletime, then flew swiftly out across thefields and he was gone, the last one Ihave seen, and this creature of thepassing time, like his native groves,has disappeared. An Egg Collecting Trip in Frankiin Co.,Indiana. The morning of May 21, 1902, equip-ped with a complete set of oologica
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . are very even. Incubationwas advanced. The measurementsare x One summer day in 1900 while I wasdriving along the dusty road a fineadult male of the species flew close byme and alighted in a small willow,where he sat looking about for a littletime, then flew swiftly out across thefields and he was gone, the last one Ihave seen, and this creature of thepassing time, like his native groves,has disappeared. An Egg Collecting Trip in Frankiin Co.,Indiana. The morning of May 21, 1902, equip-ped with a complete set of oologicaltools, I started out for the White WaterRiver, which is about four miles frommy home, (Oak Forest, Franklin Co.,Indiana.) It was a bright, beautiful May morn-ing, not a breath of air stirring, thegreen grass covered the ground, thetrees and flowers were in their fullbloom and splendor, the birds weresinging sweetly from every bush andtree, while the females were busilyengaged in their household affairs. The object of this trip was to secure THE OOLOGIST. 71. Photo by L. S. Horton, Hyde Park. N. Y. NEST AND EGGS OF COOPERS HAWK 45 FEET FROM THE GROUND, PHOTOGRAPHEDFROM THE TOP OF ANOTHER TREE, 15 FEET AWAY OX A CLOUDY, WINDY DAY. 72 THE OOLOGIST. an egg of the Least Bittern (Ardettaexilis) of which I observed a pairbuilding a nest a few days before, andupon arriving at the nest which waslocated near the river in some tallgrass, the female was flushed and thenest contained but one egg, which isnow in my collection. In the same locality a short dis-tance away I came across an AmericanCoots nest with ten spotted eggs, oneof which went into my collecting box,the remaining ones were left in thenest, as my collection consists only ofsingle eggs. My next find was four nests of theLong-billed Marsh Wrens {Cistothoruspalustris) which appeared more likemouse-nests than anything else Icould compare them with, and onlyone of the nests contained five eggs,one of which I preserved. I next s
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