. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . to nest about cities andtowns,, also farms. Eggs four andfive. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virgin-OOLOGIST—FIVE. ianus). This noble bird stays with usall the year around and while we aretoasting our feet around a good hotfire through a cold February snap, ac-companied by a northwest blizzard,mamma owl is sitting high in somegreat nest in some tall tree not faraway perhaps, maybe deep in theforest, patiently brooding a fine setof eggs, that almost any oologist wouldbe glad to add to his collection. Theyfeed on poultry, game birds to a g
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . to nest about cities andtowns,, also farms. Eggs four andfive. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virgin-OOLOGIST—FIVE. ianus). This noble bird stays with usall the year around and while we aretoasting our feet around a good hotfire through a cold February snap, ac-companied by a northwest blizzard,mamma owl is sitting high in somegreat nest in some tall tree not faraway perhaps, maybe deep in theforest, patiently brooding a fine setof eggs, that almost any oologist wouldbe glad to add to his collection. Theyfeed on poultry, game birds to a greatextent, alsoon mice, rats, rabbits, andother small mammals, and some birdsand insects. These birds are fairlycommon, though not numerous. Ihave collected sets of two, and sets ofthree, of their eggs. Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea). TheSnowy is altogether a straggler fromthe far north. I have noted themonce or twice. The last time I sawone sitting on the ground in a plowedfield; could have easily shot him. Geo. W. H. vos City, 111. THE OOLOGIST 27. TttB OOLOOtgT The Lure of the WUd, and the BachelorNest of the Bald Eagle. On January 23, 1912, my partner andmyself left Salem, N. J., for a trip inthe Southland on business and pleas-ure, my pleasure was to be on thelookout amongst the feathered tribe,and also to meet our brother oolo-gists in the places we touched. Pro-curing our passage on the SteamerLexington of the Merchant and Min-ers Transportation Co. we left Phila-delphia, Pa., bound for Savannah, Ga. On the morning of the 24th, when weawoke we had cleared the copes andout to sea. The ocean was as placidas the waters of the lake. During thejourney noted Herring gulls flying andfeeding in the wake of the ship andprobably a Leachs petrel. On the 25th, toward evening threeMyrtle Warblers struggled to the shipapparently exhausted, we being fromfifteen to twenty-five miles from landopposite Charleston, S. C. I followedone about the boat from time to once i
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