. The oist . Nest and Eggs of - Virec ii .._- JJy P. G. Howes THE OOLOGIST. Nest and Eggs of Yellow-throated Vireo —Photo By P, G. Howes 116 THE OOLOaiST a couple of old time ornithologistsand oologists, Frank I. Harris, whowas one of the best known of westernbird students from 1885 to 1893, andWhit Harrison. Both are now advanc-ed in years, Mr. Harrison being theolder. While there we learned from that he was dismantling hishome in the country with a view ofmoving to the village of La Crescent,and that he had disposed of his largecollection of bird skins sometime ago;whereupon we pro
. The oist . Nest and Eggs of - Virec ii .._- JJy P. G. Howes THE OOLOGIST. Nest and Eggs of Yellow-throated Vireo —Photo By P, G. Howes 116 THE OOLOaiST a couple of old time ornithologistsand oologists, Frank I. Harris, whowas one of the best known of westernbird students from 1885 to 1893, andWhit Harrison. Both are now advanc-ed in years, Mr. Harrison being theolder. While there we learned from that he was dismantling hishome in the country with a view ofmoving to the village of La Crescent,and that he had disposed of his largecollection of bird skins sometime ago;whereupon we promptly made a dealwith him for about one-half of hiscollection of eggs—getting a littleover 2000 specimens. It is his purpose to rearrange the residue of hiscollection and donate it to some pub-lic institution. One of the really remarkable thingswe observed in his den was a mountedwild cat which for size, exceeds any-thing we have ever seen, and the his-tory of which is unique in that yearsago Mr. Harris trapped the animaland desiring to preserve it for mount-ing purp
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