. Bird lore . -i l • • ^ • ■ • J. -_ usually built, when it is of interest to compare its site i^dter jNests with that chosen for the earlier nest to ascertain how much variation the same individuals may exhibit. (TO BE CONTINUED) Death of Thomas Mcllwraith Thomas Mcllwraith, a member of Bird-Lore S Advisory Council,whose portrait appeared in the last issue of this magazine, died at his homein Hamilton, Ontario, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, on January 31, 1903. Mr. Mcllwraith was born in Newton, Ayr, Scotland, December 25,1824, and came to Hamilton in 1853. Seven years later he publis
. Bird lore . -i l • • ^ • ■ • J. -_ usually built, when it is of interest to compare its site i^dter jNests with that chosen for the earlier nest to ascertain how much variation the same individuals may exhibit. (TO BE CONTINUED) Death of Thomas Mcllwraith Thomas Mcllwraith, a member of Bird-Lore S Advisory Council,whose portrait appeared in the last issue of this magazine, died at his homein Hamilton, Ontario, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, on January 31, 1903. Mr. Mcllwraith was born in Newton, Ayr, Scotland, December 25,1824, and came to Hamilton in 1853. Seven years later he published, inthe Canadian Journal, a list of birds which he had observed in the was followed by a more extended list, published in the Proceedings ofthe Essex Institute for 1866. In 1886 the first edition of his Birds ofOntario appeared, and the second edition of this useful work (1894) isstill a standard. Mr. Mcllwraith was one of the twenty-five founders of *the American Ornithologists What Bird is This? Field Description. — Length, in. Line in front of crown, band behind ears, line over eye, throat andbreast pale yellow, fading into whitish belly; back grayish olive-green streaked with black and whitish, outer tail-feathers, with more or less white; two white wing-bars; sides streaked with black. Note.— Each number of Bird-Lore will contain a photograph, from specimens inthe American Museum of Natural History, of some comparatively little-known bird, orbird in obscure plumage, the name of which will be withheld until the succeedingnumber of the magazine ; it being believed that this method of arousing the studentscuriosity will result in impressing the birds characters upon his mind. The speciesfigured in February is the Saw-whet Owl. (60)
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