THE OOLOGIST 



XVII 



"THE OOLOGIST is dear to the 

 hearts of we old timers and I had 

 feared that it would go the way of so 

 many of the bird publications which 

 have started since 'we were boys'; 

 and I am glad to see its improved con- 

 dition. I always welcome the arrival 

 of every number." 



H. C. Higgens, Oct. 18. 



"I hope you are doing well with 

 THE OOLOGIST; I think it has been 

 improved since you have had it." 



.John Lewis Childs, Oct. 19. 



"I am glad to see the improvement 

 in the paper and wish both you and 

 THE OOLOGIST long continued suc- 

 cess." 



Burtis H. Wilson, Oct. 20. 



"The last number of THE OOLO- 

 GIST is fine; the best yet; and I be- 

 lieve it is now in the right hands." 

 O. E. Baynard, Oct. 20. 



"You are certainly making a real 

 bird magazine out of THE OOLO- 

 GIST." 



J. Parker Xorris. Oct. 20. 



"I do not want to lose a single num- 

 ber as I consider THE OOLOGIST the 

 best periodical published in its field 

 of work. 



John J. Boyle, Nov. 3. 



"You have certainly made a big im- 

 provement in THE OOLOGIST. I 

 hope the good work will go on." 



C. S. Sharp, Nov. 14. 



"THE OOLOGIST is showing mark- 

 ed improvement each month." 



W. Lee Chambers, Xov. 18. 



"You are improving the magazine 

 very much and I wish you a success- 

 ful future. 



D. D. Stone, Oct. 31. 



"Since you acquired THE OOLO- 

 GIST it is beginning to assume the 

 style of former days, both in size and 

 value of its contents, but with better 

 plates than it ever contained. May 

 the good work go on." 



Richard F. Miller, Nov. 20. 



"I wish to congratulate you on the 

 improvement in the paper and hope 

 that it will meet with the success it 

 deserves." 



Alex Whitmore, Nov. 22. 



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 the magazine and I wish to congratu- 

 late you." 



John Lewis Childs, Nov. 30. 



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Charles R. Keyes, Dec. 1. 



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George W. H. von Burgh, Dec. 1. 



Volume 27. 



With this issue we close Volume 27 

 of THE OOLOGIST. For twenty-seven 

 years — the span of an ordinary busi- 

 ness life, this little journal has cater- 

 ed to its special clientage. Beginning 

 in a small way as a school boy's pub- 

 lication devoted to "Birds eggs," it 

 has steadily grown imtil today it is 

 the oldest, best, most widely read bird 

 journal in America. It has a rank as 

 a scientific publication that places it 

 in the permanent files of nearly every 

 large seat of learning, Museum and 

 technical university in the world. It 

 stands today without a peer in its 

 own particular field; surely a fruitage 

 of which those who planted the little 

 seed way back in 1884 may well be 

 proud. 



