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THE OOLOGIST. 



scription or, at least, ask him to con- 

 tinue sending it. Address. 



ERNE8T H. Short, 

 Mgr. Oologist, Chili, N. Y. 



Mr. Philo W. Smith, Jr. of St. 

 Louis writes us that he will put his 

 fine Collection of Eggs and Skins on 

 exhibition at his Hotel during the 

 World's Fair. 



This and his very reasonable rates 

 (see ad.) will doubtless induce many 

 Ornithologists and Oologist to make 

 their headquarters with him. 



R. T. F. Lacona, N. Y. 



Your bird with dull brown back, 

 gray-brown head and throat and "white 

 outside feathers showing in tail when 

 flying is doubtless Slate-colored 

 Junco. 



F. W. K., Cleveland. 



Jan. 15 to Feb. 15th in West Fla. 

 would do for eggs of Bald Eagle, 

 early nests of Sandhill Crane etc. 

 but is too early for the bulk of Fla. 

 birds. March 1st to April 15th would 

 catch the bulk of shore and water 

 birds. Herons, Ibis; etc. There are 

 still "Gators" to kill if you get well 

 south, 



Publications Received. 



Bulletin of the Michigan Ornith- 

 ological Club. Vol. V, No. 2. 



This is the expected Kirtland's 

 Number with exhaustive articles by 

 Norman A. Wood and Chas. C. 

 Adams. The cuts of Nesting Sites 

 are dissapointing owing to lack of de- 

 tail but we all know the difficulties 

 this work offers the photographer. 



American Ornithology, Vol. IV, 

 No. 4. 



Journal of the Maine Ornithological 

 Society. 



Vol. VI, No. 2. 



An extra large issue containing 

 much that is interesting but especially 

 so to readers of the Oologist is the 

 article on the Yellow Palm Warbler in 

 Maine by O. W. Knight, B. S. giving 



the history of 9 authentic breeding re- 

 cords and a good half-tone of nest and 

 eggs. 



Atlantic Slope Naturalist, Vol. I, 

 No. 6. 



The Amateur Naturlist, Vol. I, No. 2. 



Book Review. 



"Odds and Ends" by Oliver Davie; 

 author of "Nests and Eggs", "Methods 

 in the Art of Taxidermy; etc. 



A collection of short sketches and 

 poems tastfully bound in one volumn. 



As a rule Naturalists are too practi- 

 cal to write good poetry but there are 

 surprises in store for the reader of the 

 Scotch dialect poems in this volumn. 

 A number of typographical error's but 

 otherwise nicely printed. 



In the front appears a good repro- 

 duction of Autograph letter from Ex- 

 President McKinley and a good half- 

 tone of the authors portrait. 



See adv. in other columns. 



Review. 



"The Haunts of the Golden-winged 

 Warbler." 



Being No. Ill of Cleaning's from 

 Nature by the well known Ornitholo- 

 gist, J. Warren Jacobs. 



A treatise on the Habits, Nesting 

 and Eggs of this bird in the vicinity 

 of Waynesburg, Penn. 



Nicely printed tastefully bound and 

 beautifully illustrated from photos. 



It exhibits the same pains taking 

 care in research and preparation as 

 the previous issues of this series and 

 the color plate conforming to Ridg- 

 way's "Nomenclature of Colors", (a 

 work now out()f print); adds greatly 

 to the value of the work. Mr. Jacobs 

 is to be congratulated on the continua- 

 tion of this interesting series and we 

 hope there may be a sufficient edition 

 to meet the demands of his brother 

 Ornithologists. 



