THE OOLOGIST 



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building whicli has since been the 

 Chib's home. 



The object of this Society was, and 

 is the study of birds, in the egg, the 

 field and the cabinet. Any respectable 

 male bird student was eligible to mem- 

 bership, whether — to quote from the 

 club history — "He handled the subject 

 with a gun, the opera-glass, the slap- 

 jack, the pen, the scalpel, the paint 

 brush, the drill or the camera',, and 

 naturally the same conditions hold 

 good at the present time. 



The founders figured largely as col- 

 lectors for the first few years and 

 formed the nucleus of the D. V. O. 

 C. collection -'of mounted birds, nests 

 and eggs at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. This collection is at present 

 a most complete representation of the 

 birds of the Delaware Valley, emorac- 

 ing the states of Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey and Delaware. It contains such 

 local rarities as, — the nests and eggs 

 of the White-throated Sparrow, Gos- 

 hawk, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, 

 Florida Gallinule, etc. 



Introduced to the A. O. U. in 1891 

 by Messrs. Bailey and Stone the club 

 and its work have been endorsed by 

 ornithologists throuhgout the country 

 and are especially familiar to those 

 of the Atlantic Coast. 



From a total enrollment of 180, 

 death has called twelve, among, 

 them being Dr. Woodhouse and Edwin 

 Sheppard, both of whom were noted 

 and respected for their endeavors 

 along the line of ornithological know- 

 ledge. 



Among the noted literature publish- 

 ed by the club are "The Bids of East- 

 ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey," by 

 Witmer Stone; "Abstracts of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the D. V. O. C." and "Cas- 

 sinia." the club annual. 



The meetings are held the first and 

 third Thursday evenings of each 

 month from October to May inclusive. 

 At such times the "adults" and "im- 

 matures" gather and wax enthusiastic 

 about their respective data. These 

 discussions are illustrated by speci- 

 mens of lantern slides, and the spirit 

 of good-fellowship prevails. 



On the evening of January 6, 1910 

 was held the 20th Anniversary. It 

 was a time of rejoicing and congratu- 

 lation; of acquaintances renewed 

 among the less active members. Of 

 impromptu speeches there were many. 



that set forth humorously the trials 

 and tribulations endured by the var- 

 ious members on their field trips. Of 

 course one and all were ready to be 

 "flash-lighted" after which painful op- 

 eration, they retired to the hall to 

 partake of the annual collation, which 

 fittingly brought to a close a memor- 

 able evening. 



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Delos Hatch. 



Few indeed of the older Oologists of 

 the United States but that know Mr. 

 Hatch. Specimens of eggs taken by 

 him can be found without doubt in 

 every large collection in North Ameri- 

 ca and in most of the larger collec- 

 tions of Europe. He is one of the old 

 time oologists that helped make North 

 American Oology what it now is. Re- 

 cently a representative of one of the 

 local papers visited his home and we 

 present herewith his description of 

 what he saw. 



WONDERFUL COLLECTION. 



A De.scription of Interesting Museum 



of Mr. Delos Hatch. 



On invitation of Mr. Delos Hatch, 

 the well known taxidermist and col- 

 lector of curios, of this place, a rep- 

 resentative of the Eagle visited his 

 museum on White street Tuesday 

 morning and spent a very pleasant 

 hour or two. 



Mr. Hatch has his museum on the 

 second floor of a building especially 

 built for the purpose. The large 

 room has a number of windows and a 

 couple of skylights and is almost com- 

 pletely filled with interesting curiosi- 

 ties from actually the four quarters 

 of the earth with specimens of the ani- 

 mal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. 



Most of the mounted pieces are ar- 

 ranged around the room in glass show 

 cases which show off their attractions 

 to the best advantage. The animal 

 section includes stuffed wolves, foxes, 

 porcupines, deer, squirrels rabbits, 

 coons, wild hogs and almost every 

 small wild animal of the American 

 continent. There also may be found 

 in this rare collection a large number 

 of mounted reptiles, fresh and salt 

 fish and animals of all kinds. 



One of the principal exhibits is that 

 of birds and eggs, the collection of 

 v^-hich has been a life long specialty 

 every size, kind and plumage are here 

 of Mr. Hatch and his wife. Birds of 



