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THE OOLOGIST 



Personal. 



Owing to circumstances over which 

 we have no personal control, the Editor 

 has been unable during the past sixty 

 days to keep up with his oological cor- 

 respondence. Many letters remain in 

 the file unanswered and much is un- 

 done that should have been done by 

 this time. We trust our friends will 

 bear with us a little longer and in the 

 course of a short time we hope to be 

 "out of the woods" and again abreast 

 of the times. Of all cranks that abide 

 within our anatomy, that relating to 

 promptness is perhaps as pronounced 

 as any, and it is with regret that we 

 have to confess that we have been un- 

 able during the past sixty days to keep 

 up. But this lack of promptness on 

 our part is no evidence of a lack of in- 

 terest, and as soon as other matters 

 which demand precedence, are pushed 

 out of the way, we will again be in 

 the game. 



For Christmas. 



The December issue of THE OOLO- 

 GIST will go to press about five days 

 earlier than common, and will be truly 

 a holiday number containing more 

 interesting ornithological material 

 than any issue of the year, and 

 some splendid plates. It is our 

 purpose to issue an edition that 

 will be mailed as a sample copy so as 

 to reach every known bird student, 

 fancier and lover in the United States. 



All copy for this number should 

 reach us prior to December 1st. As 

 an advertising proposition this issue 

 cannot be excelled. If you have any- 

 thing which an ornithologist, either 

 scientific or amateur or a mere lover 

 of birds would want, need, or could 

 use, we will reach the people that 

 you want to sell it to. 



Next Year. 



It is our purpose to make THE 

 OOLOGIST during the ensuing year 

 better than ever. In order to do so, 

 we must of course have the support of 

 our subscribers. The larger the sub- 

 scription list, the better magazine we 

 can furnish you. Our readers have 

 been exceedingly loyal to the little 

 OOLOGIST during the months since 

 we took it over. 



We trust their loyalty will extend 

 into next year, and any effort that they 

 can make between now and January 

 1st to increase our subscription list, 

 either by sending THE OOLOGIST to 

 some friend as a Christmas present, 

 or otherwise, will surely be appreciat- 

 ed; and will, we trust, in a measure, 

 re-bound to their own benefit by as- 

 sisting in giving them a better maga- 

 zine than ever. 



About the 24th of March in 1903 a 

 friend found what appeared to be three 

 Killdeer's eggs. They were lying sev- 

 eral feet apart beside a small pond 

 made by melting snow in a pasture 

 near Lacona, N. Y. Snow was all 

 about in patches on the knoll-tops. The 

 eggs could not have been there but a 

 few hours or they would have frozen. 

 Killdeers had just begun to migrate; 

 but here in northern Oswego county 

 they do not begin to nest before the 

 first week of May. For some reason 

 the eggs were not preserved — ^but I 

 saw them then. 



A considerable decrease in numbers 

 of cedar Waxwing, Barn Swallows and 

 Nighthawks in this locality for 1910. 

 Is the first growing less all over the 

 East? R. T. FULLER. 



