. The Oist . -mau-ger^ike, they did not nest there themselves. % W. T. Warwick. Jlcccnt ^xtMications. Notes ON Certain Species of New EnglandBirds, with additions to his catalogue of theBirds of New England : by T. M. Brewer.—Since the publication of his list of theBirds of New P^ngland, in 1875 ,Dr. Brew-er has found it necessary to issue a supple-mentary list. There is no portion of NorthAmerica as thoroughly studied and inves-tigated in ornithology as New England,and the seeming rivalry existing among thenaturalists of those States, forms a meanswhich rarely fails to bring to notice the oc-
. The Oist . -mau-ger^ike, they did not nest there themselves. % W. T. Warwick. Jlcccnt ^xtMications. Notes ON Certain Species of New EnglandBirds, with additions to his catalogue of theBirds of New England : by T. M. Brewer.—Since the publication of his list of theBirds of New P^ngland, in 1875 ,Dr. Brew-er has found it necessary to issue a supple-mentary list. There is no portion of NorthAmerica as thoroughly studied and inves-tigated in ornithology as New England,and the seeming rivalry existing among thenaturalists of those States, forms a meanswhich rarely fails to bring to notice the oc-currence of a doubted species, if proven bythe capture of a single specimen. Dr. Brew-er enumerates twenty-one species in thislist, making a total of three-hundred andfifty-six species known to occur in the NewEngland States. Among those whose pres-ence in this part of the country is of muchinterest, are Audubons Warbler, the Lou-isiana Tanager, Chestnut-collared Bunting,Oregon Snow Bird, Scissor-tail, 5ldgi^> Vol. IV. JUNE, 1878. No. 4. That Nondescript Egg. BY JAMES S. BAILEY, A. M., M. T>. fN reading the leading paper of thelast issue of The Oologist, entitled,A Nondescript Egg, I was puzzledas well as the discoverer, to know whatkind of an egg he had found, but I thinkone fact will be sufficient to upset the the-ory that the nondescript eggs had been laidby its foster parent, the Eobiu. If it were possible for the ? Robin tohave mated with the Blackbird and her eggsto have been fertilized by the same, so faras external appearances are concerned theeggs would not have been changed in as-pect, but the chick would probably not re-semble either parent, or might partake ofthe characteristics of one or both. If thishybrid should not prove to be sterile, hereggs might not resemble those of the Robinor Blackbird. The young would, therefore,have cleared the mystery, had the eggs beenallowed to have gone on to incubation. In 1871, a strange hybrid came into mypossession
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