The Oologist. 



VOL. XX. NO. 2. ALBION. N. Y., DECEMBER, 1903. 



Whole No. 197 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND 

 TAXIDERMY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



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IfNot, Why So? 



(Concluded) 



Deep In nature's elyslum realm there sits a 

 lover of birds and glances about with enthu- 



siasm and love and feels from the depth of his 

 sympathetic heart that nature is most sweet 

 and kind, her teachings most sure and good.— 

 The Opera Olnsfi. 



Far back as the Opera glass adherant 

 can remember, he possessed a deep sin- 

 cere fondness for the freedom of wood- 

 land life and even in the school days 

 this sentiment was a strong protector 

 to the liberty of many birds. As he 

 took them from the nest with intentions 

 of bringint; them home, something 

 seemed to whisper "Remember you are 

 taking the joy out of their hearts for 

 here they were born and here only can 

 they be happy" and invariably they 

 were very carefully and tenderly re- 

 placed and he left them feeling secret- 

 ly pleased with himself that he was so 

 good a friend to these helpless inno- 

 cent little woodland people. This fore- 

 bearance seemed to establish a closer 

 companionship and give rise to a feel- 

 ing of better right to go among them 

 than most of his fellow men because 

 he knew how they should be used and 

 treated them accordingly. There was 

 a proud belief that if all the people in 

 the city were brought into the woods 

 for them to select an individual from 

 to share their wild happy life, every 

 pair of tiny arms would instantly reach 

 out to him as the one they cared most 

 to honor. Their helplessness and to- 

 tal inability to defend home and loved 

 ones against man, and their pathetic 

 consciousness and humble acknowledge- 

 ment of his might and furthermore 

 their timerous solicitation for permission 

 to live unmolested, were ever gentle 

 pleadings to hissenseof right and mercy 

 and reflecting upon these things he 

 often became indignant with those who 



