. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . lump ofJuniper on the fourteenth of were found with young in 1922,constituting the first breeding recordfor Canada. 674 Oven Bird—^Very No. Yellow-throat—^Common. On the fifteenth of June a nest waslocated with four fresh eggs, situatedin a grass tussock along the river. 686 Canadian Warbler—^Fairly com-mon in deep woods. 037 Redstart—Quite common. 722 Winlei Wren—Occasionally metwith in dark swampy woods. Thisbird ranks with the best as a songster. 735 Chickadee—Common. A nestof young was found on the ninth
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . lump ofJuniper on the fourteenth of were found with young in 1922,constituting the first breeding recordfor Canada. 674 Oven Bird—^Very No. Yellow-throat—^Common. On the fifteenth of June a nest waslocated with four fresh eggs, situatedin a grass tussock along the river. 686 Canadian Warbler—^Fairly com-mon in deep woods. 037 Redstart—Quite common. 722 Winlei Wren—Occasionally metwith in dark swampy woods. Thisbird ranks with the best as a songster. 735 Chickadee—Common. A nestof young was found on the ninth ofJune. 759b Hermit Thrush—Rather com-mon. A nest was found on the eighthof June with four recently hatchedyoung. On the twelfth one was foundwith four slightly incubated eggs. Itwas made of leaves, bark and grasses,lined with pine needles and sunk wellinto the ground on the side of a bankamongst second-growth. The author of the foregoing neg-lected to sign his name to it. Willhe please forward it, that we maygive him the proper credit. R. M. THE OOLOGIST 191 A CAREFULLY PREPARED SCIEN-TIFIC COLLECTION OF BIRDSEGGS OF UNIQUE HISTORI-CAL IMPORTANCE When J. Warren Jacobs was a youthof 14 years, in the early eighties(1883), he began a collection of birdseggs, little dreaming that he wasmore than a nest-robber, a namein which several youngsters shared;and that, some day, he would becalled upon to lay before the world,for its inspection or criticism, theresults of careful and studious work,embracing a section of a magnificientcollection of oological specimens fromall parts of North America. Mr. Jacobs denies, with justifiableproof, that, even as a boy, the termnest-robber fits his case. The acts,however, disapproved by his parents,he hid away his specimens, feelingthat the disobedience was not antag-onistic to an unprejudiced criticism,but rather a desire to show that anhonorable and elevating influence ac-crued therefrom, especially when theincentive came from a
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