The OoLOGiST. 



Vol. XL. No. 12. Albion, N. Y., Dec, 1923. Whole No. 440 



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VOL. XL, 1923 



With this issue of THE OOLOGIST. we close Vohime 

 XL, the oldest Ornitholog-ical publication in the W^est- 

 ern Hemisphere, but one. 



We likewise close the year 1923, which, to the editor, has 

 been the most annoying, unpleasant and unsatisfactory of our 

 existence. It is to be hoped that the turn in the River will 

 soon come. 



THE OOLOGIST will l)e pulilished in the ensuing year 

 1924, and make its regular monthly visits to the Bird Loving 

 Fraternity, and we appeal right now to our friends to help 

 us to make it a better OOLOGIST than we have ever had. 

 and this can only l)e done by a united effort. We arc trul\ in 

 need of good coj^y right now. — R. IVI. Barnes. 



