Identifier: ornithologisto121887pawt (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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ce justly enti-tles him to be considered an authority on the subjectof which the book treats. The volume is 8vo. in sizeand contains ten colored plates and seven plates ofoutline illustrations. The colored plates very clear-ly illustrate the various colors used in descriptiveOrnithologj and the accompanying text, fully ex-plains the combination of colors which produce an-other. The book also contains a glossary of technicalphrases, which are of use to a novice, but containssome superfluous terms outside of natural history vo-cabulary. The volume supplies a need to Americannaturalists and should meet with the success it de-serves as a valuable aid in identifying color. F. H. C. Mr. F. L. Glezen of Providence R. I. shot atCharlestown beach in that state on September■28th, 1886, a Yellow Rail. (Porzana novebora-(■(^H.s/.s), a rather rare species here in l^ew Eng-land, and was a capture which reflects credit onthe collectors observations. ^^ ^^^^ MA_RCH, 1887. i^ I VOL. XII. NO. 3. ~^
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CONTENTS.Vol. XII., No. 3, March, 1887. An Oriiilhologists Summer in Labrador M. A. Frazar 33 Field Notes ou some Birds of Colorado Chas. F, Morhison 35 Winter Notes Irom Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimley 3(5 Historical Ground W. Hoxie 37 Nesting under Difiaculties 38 Nesting of the Red-bellied Hawk J. A. Singlf.y 38 Editorial 40 City Singers J. M. W 40 A Trip to the Farralone Islands H. R. Taylor 41 Nesting of the Kentucky Warbler Thos H. Jackson 43 Some Birds of Heron Lake, Minn J. W. Preston 44 The Number of Eggs laid by the Robin S. W. Denton 44 Heuslows Sparrow L. JoNhS 45 Entomology — A few Field Notes L; E. Hood 45 Sphingidse of New England Wright & Bates 40 Early Spring Collecting Paul Rkvebe 46 Collecting on the Amazon 47 Correspondence — A. O. U. and the Amateurs. Bristol County Onithological Club 48 Egg- Drill—No. 1, 3-32 in. burr $ .22 Fine Scissors, Cheap % .o2 No. 2, 5-32 53 Extra 50 No 3, G-32 .50 Curved 75 No. 4, 8-32 75 Best 1.50 No. 5, 12-32 1.00 Glass Egg Blower

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