. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . resence of observers;but I have only once seen the bones of ihe fish are usually regurg-itated after the carcass is digested, afterthe manner of the Owls process of get-ting rid of the bones of small mammals 134 THE OOLOGIST it has eaten. These bones when ejectedin the burrow are carried away fromthe nest as the birds are very cleanly intheir sand house. These anglers of the lake and streamare not confined to a diet of fish, thoughI believe that they prefer minnows toanything else and they are found aboutstreams and
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . resence of observers;but I have only once seen the bones of ihe fish are usually regurg-itated after the carcass is digested, afterthe manner of the Owls process of get-ting rid of the bones of small mammals 134 THE OOLOGIST it has eaten. These bones when ejectedin the burrow are carried away fromthe nest as the birds are very cleanly intheir sand house. These anglers of the lake and streamare not confined to a diet of fish, thoughI believe that they prefer minnows toanything else and they are found aboutstreams and lakes at all times. Theynot rarely pick up the larger insects andthey often eat grasshoppers, and I onceobserved one catch and swallow a small frog. It is said that in Arizona andother arid districts, the Kingfishers livemainly on insects and lizards, presum-ably from the lack of suitable waters atcertain seasons. It is well that a birdof a fish-eatiog habit can accommodateits ways to the means offered in a desertland. Morris Gibbs, M. (To be Continued ). MISS JENNY. ME. CHUPES. The Dramatis Persons. From Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny.(Copyright, 1901, by The Baker & Taylor Co.) THE OOLOGIST. 135 Pan-American Notes- A fine lot of Pueblo pottery and relicsof different sorts is shown in the Eth-nology building of the Pan-AmericanExposition. The Pueblos, who weredwellers in the plains and in the c iffsas well, are one of the most interesting,from an archaeological point of view,of all prehistoric people. Their civil-ization was remarkable, and their in-genuity in pottery making, basketweaving, bead work and many otherthings, very great. They had many peculiar customs,ceremonies and symbolic rites, andtheir pottery is ornamented with fig-ures the significance of which puzzlesthe novice and expert alike. One oftheir peculiar symbols was a broken in-stead of a continuous line drawn abouta bowl or other dish, suggesting per-haps the finite character of life. Abowl shown in the exhib
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