. The oist . sort to the river hot-toms and the old Magpie nests which,abound here seem to offer them suit-able nesting sites. This is the reasonso many pairs are found nesting soclose together. From here we go to Northern Al-berta to the breeding haunts of theLesser Yellow-legs and Solitary Sand-piper, and after that we intend to pro-ceed to Banff in the Rockies to col-lect eggs of birds that nest in themountains, and expect to be back inToronto about July 1st, when I willwrite you a short account of our west-ern trip. Yours truly,W. RAINE. GAL ONE —Oologist Late Nesting of Song Sparrow. On S
. The oist . sort to the river hot-toms and the old Magpie nests which,abound here seem to offer them suit-able nesting sites. This is the reasonso many pairs are found nesting soclose together. From here we go to Northern Al-berta to the breeding haunts of theLesser Yellow-legs and Solitary Sand-piper, and after that we intend to pro-ceed to Banff in the Rockies to col-lect eggs of birds that nest in themountains, and expect to be back inToronto about July 1st, when I willwrite you a short account of our west-ern trip. Yours truly,W. RAINE. GAL ONE —Oologist Late Nesting of Song Sparrow. On Sept. 3, 190S, I found here a SongSparrows nest containing one youngbird. On Sept. 12th, it was founddead in the nest. Later on Sept. 26th,I found in Sharon a deserted nest ofthis species, containing 1 egg, whichblew as easy as a fresh one, andwhose contents seemed quite egg, it would seem, must havebeen laid this month, as its contentswere not in the least rotten. SIDNEY F. BLAKE,Stoughton, THFl OOLOGIST. 189 Worlds Greatest Collectors Paper Ten cents for three months for the oldest,largest and best collectors monthly for allkinds of Hobbies: Natural History andAmerican Historical Discoveries: Coins,Stamps. Curios. Relics. Photography, Miner-als, Sciences, Illustrated Souvenir PostCards, Rarities and New Finds for all Kindsof Collectors. Over 15,000 Ads, past twoyears. The Philatelic West and Collectors World Superior, Nebraska, U. S. A, Greatest of its kind in the world. Fiftycents entitles you to a years subscriptionand a free fifteen word exchange notice in thelargest exchange department extant. pages in last two years. This Illustrated 100-Page Monthly Was established in 1895, and has the largestcirculation of any collectors monthly in theworld, and in size has no rival. More the WEST than in all other American Col-lector monthlies combined. The best-payingmedium for advertisers. Rates small, re-sults large. One cent a wo-d. It will payy
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