. The Oist . und RobinMaryland Yellow-thrtHairy WoodpeckerYellow-breasted ChatPhiladelphia Vireo,Rose-breasted GrosbeakGreat-crested FlycatcrBlack-throated BuntingKilldeer PloverGreen-crested FlycatcrBlack-throated Bunting C. W. Strumberg, Galesburg, Ills. The Hermit Thrush {Turd7ispallasi) isa very abundant bird in the Middle nests in suitable places very near theground : two nests were both within twofeet of the earth, both also built in the topof the dead branches of fallen trees. In oneinstance the female was quite demonstrativeover our close jipproach to her nest, whichcontained
. The Oist . und RobinMaryland Yellow-thrtHairy WoodpeckerYellow-breasted ChatPhiladelphia Vireo,Rose-breasted GrosbeakGreat-crested FlycatcrBlack-throated BuntingKilldeer PloverGreen-crested FlycatcrBlack-throated Bunting C. W. Strumberg, Galesburg, Ills. The Hermit Thrush {Turd7ispallasi) isa very abundant bird in the Middle nests in suitable places very near theground : two nests were both within twofeet of the earth, both also built in the topof the dead branches of fallen trees. In oneinstance the female was quite demonstrativeover our close jipproach to her nest, whichcontained young; in the other, both pa-rents appeared and regarded us silentlyfrom a distance until we had departed. Thenests were composed largely of rootlets andvery small twigs, with leaves and a littledry moss intermingled. Both the nests a-bove referred to were built in rather open,elevated woods. klarch 17 2 eggs April 21 6 30 6 May 8 3 23 4 23 5 26 4 28 4 June 2 4 3 3 5 4 8 4 17 4 26 3 July 22 4 96 THE OOLOGIST. T^fte ©otogi^l FOURTH PUBLICATION YEAR. SUMMER NUMBER, 1879. Bound copies of Volume IV. of this jour-nal may be obtaiued at this office. Price,75 cents. Unbound, 60 cents. Volume V.—Subscribers to Volume terms of subscription expire with thisnumber, are referred to the notice accom-panying this issue. We hope that everyone will renew. We have printed a complete index tothe volume just ended, wliich our readerswill find accompanying this number. Vol-ume IV. contains one hundred pages ofoological and ornithological information,which we feel qualified to pronounce fullyequal in value to the subscription price, notto speak of the engravings which have beenpublished from time to time. SUBJECTS OOLOGIOALLY CONSIDEEED. VI. REFLECTIONS. T^HE season for birds eggs being nearlyat an end, collectors have begun to elab-orate their notes and arrange their are a few species yet to be foundnesting, but with the majority the chirp ofthe birdling announces the w
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