. The oist . ongs which char-acterize the singing of the maturesongster, but a continuous flow oftouching minor measures. I took itto be the first attempts of the young-ster to attune his vocal mechanism tothe lyrics we love to hear in the ver-nal season. While the promising youngsongster practiced his measures, themother bird kept within a suitable distance, uttering approvingly the well-known chick, and quivering herwings and tail with all the fervor ofmaterial admiration. Yes, Mr. Editor, there are manystrange and interesting things we cansee and hear in birdland if we onlylisten and look f
. The oist . ongs which char-acterize the singing of the maturesongster, but a continuous flow oftouching minor measures. I took itto be the first attempts of the young-ster to attune his vocal mechanism tothe lyrics we love to hear in the ver-nal season. While the promising youngsongster practiced his measures, themother bird kept within a suitable distance, uttering approvingly the well-known chick, and quivering herwings and tail with all the fervor ofmaterial admiration. Yes, Mr. Editor, there are manystrange and interesting things we cansee and hear in birdland if we onlylisten and look for them. P. M. , Illinois. Index for the year 1912 THE OOLO-GIST published contributions from 89different contributors, and 50 illustra-tions, and published observations re-lating to 420 different species of Oologist, Eh? The OoLOGiST. XXX. No. 5. Albion, N. Y. May 15, lfil3. Whole No. 31© Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, A Ibion, N. Y., and Lacon, IIU. O. E. Baynard, of Florida 14 THE OOLOGIST California Condor. Friday, February 14, 1913, while mywife and I were strolling across a fieldin the valley of Eagle Rock, California,some seven or eight miles northeast ofLos Angeles, I casually glanced sky-ward and the next instant nearly frigh-tened my wife to death with a startledcry of Condor! Condor! It was afew moments before she caught thedrift of my cry, but when she did therewere two of us standing in that fieldwith some queer emotions in ourbreasts. The great bird was directly over-head, at the time, and very low down,about two hundred feet, as near as Ieould judge; and flying very slowly,so it seemed at first, but neverthelesstraveling out of sight in a surprisinglyshort time. Its method of flight wasseven or eight wing beats and then aprolonged soaring, and the light color-ed areas under the wings were veryplain, as was its entirely naked general color seemed to be a rustyblack; but could not tell this positi
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