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No. 63. Set Black Vulture's eggs with runt. 



-Plioto by O. E. Baynard 



Charles K. Worthen's Collections. 



Some time since. Oologist volume 

 26, page 126, we advised our readers 

 of the death of Charles K. Worthen, 

 the well-known scientist of Warsaw, 

 Illinois. His going took from us the 

 last of the large dealers in scientifical- 

 ly prepared bird skins and eggs, num- 

 bering as he did, museums througliout 

 the world as his customers, and being 

 in contact with collectors of rarer ma- 

 terial in all parts of the globe. He 

 was a medium through which nearly 

 all public institutions acquired much 

 of their material; and above all, his 

 rank and standing for absolute integ- 

 rity as well as scientific authenticity 

 was without a rival. 



At the time of his death, he left a 

 stock of something like seven thous- 



and bird skins, including well rounded 

 series of many of the rarer varieties, 

 such as Swallow-tailed Hawk, Yel- 

 low and Black Rail, Carolina Paraquet, 

 Passenger Pigeon and the like, all of 

 which are practically unobtainable at 

 this time. For some reason unknown 

 to us these were sold to New York par- 

 ties at a ridiculously low price, with- 

 out an opportunity being given or 

 knowledge brought home to the gen- 

 eral collectors throughout the country 

 of the coming disposition of this rare 

 accumulation. 



:\Ir. Worthen's stock of North Amer- 

 ican birds eggs and nests has been on 

 the market since his death, and has 

 but recently become the property of 

 the Editor of THE OOLOGIST, 



