. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . erly Secretaryof the Toledo, Ohio Bird Club has re-sided in the Isle of Pines for the lasttwo or three years, and was careful not to leave at home in Toledo, hislove of the birds. To his investiga-tions and published articles, the orni-thologist owes much; for little indeedof a scientific nature has been pub-lished regarding the birds of the Isleof Pines prior to Mr. Reads goingthere, and his contributions to the col-umns of THE OOLOGIST are indeeda welcome addition throughout thescientific world to the knowledge re-lation to the
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . erly Secretaryof the Toledo, Ohio Bird Club has re-sided in the Isle of Pines for the lasttwo or three years, and was careful not to leave at home in Toledo, hislove of the birds. To his investiga-tions and published articles, the orni-thologist owes much; for little indeedof a scientific nature has been pub-lished regarding the birds of the Isleof Pines prior to Mr. Reads goingthere, and his contributions to the col-umns of THE OOLOGIST are indeeda welcome addition throughout thescientific world to the knowledge re-lation to the birds of that far awayisle. Ourselves, as well as our readers,are under much obligation to Mr. Readfor the time and effort expended byhim in accumulating and recordingthe large amount of information onthis subject, which we have from timeto time published in THE OOLOGIST,We have devoted this issue of THEOOLOGIST almost exclusively to thebirds of this island, for the purpose ofgrouping as much as possible, the in-formation at hand on this subject. THE OOLOGIST. THE OOLOGIST / Bird Life of a Small Pond at McKin-ley, Isle of Pines, Cuba. Mr. Bridgen, the Isle of Pines Com-panys photographer and myself whilesurveying a tract in McKinley the lastday of May ran into a little pond whichwe thought worthy of was formed by being the lowestspot in a comparatively level countryabout a quarter of a mile from the riv-er. The pond was circular and dur-ing the rainy season covered perhapsan acre although now it is only aboutone-fourth as large. It is surroundedby an inpenetrable jungle of inter-wo-ven trees which reminds one of themasses of mangroves near the trees were in blossom and werevery pretty with their white, sweet-smelling flowers. A pair of Southern Green Heronswere very much at home and acted asif they had a nest nearby. The CubanCrackles as is always the case nearwater at this season were very muchin evidence. The Cuban Green Woodpeckers, Ori-oles and P
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