. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . e winged and KentuckyWarblers, Orchard Oriole, Redstart,Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Gros-beak, Florida Gallinule, Least Bit-tern, Hairy Woodpecker and Starling has increased in aston-ishing numbers during the past sev-eral years and at the present rate ofits increase and dispersion bids fairto soon rival the House or misnamedEnglish Sparrow in numbers andabundance. The Yellow Warblerprobably shows a bigger decrease innumbers in this region than any ofour smaller birds. The Caroline Wrenwas beginning to increase her
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . e winged and KentuckyWarblers, Orchard Oriole, Redstart,Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Gros-beak, Florida Gallinule, Least Bit-tern, Hairy Woodpecker and Starling has increased in aston-ishing numbers during the past sev-eral years and at the present rate ofits increase and dispersion bids fairto soon rival the House or misnamedEnglish Sparrow in numbers andabundance. The Yellow Warblerprobably shows a bigger decrease innumbers in this region than any ofour smaller birds. The Caroline Wrenwas beginning to increase here butit has again become scarce in thelast four years, altho it was nevercommon. The Black-billed Cuckoo,never a common bird in this vicinity,has practically disappeared as Ihave not seen any during the pastthree years. These as well as other speciescould be cited to show how all birdshave increased or decreased in thevicinity of Philadelphia and the con-ditions are probably the same inother cities everywhere. Richard F. Miller. 202 THE OOLOGIST Nest and Eggs. gust l, 1913, Long Ridge, by Paul G. Howes THE OOLOGIST 203 Birds Famous in History andMythology. Old Abe. The Jail-bird. Plinys Dove. The Dicky-bird. Minervas Owl. Shelleys Shylark. The Dove of Peace. The Cranes of Ibycus. Coleridges Albatross. Bryants Water-fowl. The Immortal Phoenix. Jackdaw of Pheinis. Sacred Imis of Egypt. Barnabys Rudges Raven. The Great American Hen. Robinson Crusoes Parrot. Footless Bird-of-Paradise. The Raven released from the Ark. The Sacred Ibis of the Stymphal-ides. The Raven that fed Elijah in thewilderness. The Vulture that preyed upon theliver of Prometheus. The Pigeon into which Semiramiswas turned into. The Peacock that once containedthe soul of Pythagoras. The Roc which laid an egg as bigas an ordinary hogshead. The Gray Goose one of the flockwhose cackling saved the Romancapitol. Richard F. Miller. DR. R. W. SHUFELDT. The readers of the Oologist are tobe congratulated upon the
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