Great Nebraska · Letter, Lawrence Bruner to J. H. Collins, 1905, May 3

Letter, Lawrence Bruner to J. H. Collins, 1905, May 3

identifier/filename: 371-00173b
title: Letter, Lawrence Bruner to J. H. Collins, 1905, May 3
description: Typewritten , attached to Apr. 12, 1905, from Lawrence Bruner to J.H. Collins, "Your favor of April…."
Transcription: Lincoln, Nebr., May 3, 1905. Prof. J. R. Collins, Springfield, Ill. My Dear Sir:- Your favor of April 12 has been "snowed under" on my desk and hence the delay in the reply. I note what you say concerning the so called Jack-o-lantern" or "Will-o-the-wisp" in connection with the various species of herons. While I myself have not definitely determined that the herons are responsible for these mysterious swamp fires, I have obtain- my clue from a remark given in Holden's book on Lights in Nature. If you will examine a heron of any species, you will see upon its breast and other portions of its under side, tracts of downy feathers strongly coated with a powdery substance, the use of which has never been determined. With these few remarks I will leave the subject to your investigation. Yours very truly,
date: 5/3/1905
source/RG#/MS#: MS 0371
isPartOf/Collection: Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
language: English