Identifier: ornithologisto111886pawt (find matches)
Title: Ornithologist and oölogist
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Pawtucket, Rhode Island : (s.n.)
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und around Rockvillc, Conn., wereall built alike, of one material, which puzzled me for several■years. At last the material proved to be the slenderbranches of the hemlock, stripped of its leaves. The youngleft this nest in July. You should make a brief note of thisfind so far east.—J. M. Wade. It will soon be time to collect birds forspecimens, and taxidermists, both profes-sional and amateur, are getting ready.There are two methods for disinfectingthe skins before stuffing them, namely,arsenical soap, and what is known as Der-mal preservative. Let all be advised intime that arsenical soap is the only posi-tively sure method yet discovered. TheDermal is a delusion and a snare; wehave used both, and in no case has thelatter proved efficacious, says a correspon-dent.—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. Ueceived.—C. ,S. lirimlcy, Thos. Miller, (I. F. lirrn-ninger, WalterIloxic, Thns. II. Jackson. J. A.Shifilrj/, HarryR. Taylor. They will please accept our thanks. ^ -^ OCTOBER, 1886
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Entered at Boston Post Office as Second-Class Matter. )) CONTENTS. Vol. XL, No. lO, October, 1886. Some Ornithological Explorations in the Dead River Region of Maine F. H. Carpenter 145 Notes on Some Birds of the Great Smoky Mountains A. LeMoyne, M. D 147 Observations on the Development and the Decay of the Pigment Layer of BirdsEggs A.M. MAldowie, M. D 148 Editorial 152 Eggs of White-tailed Kite 153 Field Notes on Some Birds of Colorado Chas. F. Morrison 153 Nesting of Swallow-tailed Kite J. A. Singlet 154 The Florida or White-eyed Towhee Walter Hoxie 155 Nesting of Worm-eating Warbler Thos. H. Jackson 156 Turkey Buzzard in Massachusetts H. G. White 157 Entomology—Sphingadae of New England 158 The Cherry-tree Borer L. E. Hood 158 Preserving Larvae Paul Revere 158 Sea Island Insects Walter Hoxie 159 Correspondence—Destruction of Birds for Millinery Purposes; Amateur and A. O. U 160 Price each. Onr Price.U 00 Century Magazine.,... $3 60 3 00 Christian at Work 2 85 4 00 Harpers Week

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