THE OOLOGIST. 



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Apropos of our New Standard Catalogue. 



It has made a decided hit and proven 

 a complete success. 



Of course there are a few mistakes 

 in typographical errors, five have come 

 to our notice. The worst are the 

 omission of part of the scientific name 

 of 648a, which should be americana 

 usnea; the misprint of price on 722a, 

 this should have been $2.50; and the 

 omission of the star (*) after price on 

 Harlequin Duck which is applicable to 

 foreign eggs only. Owing to lack of 

 information on some of the rare West 

 Coast Birds a few serious errors in 

 price have slipped in. After a careful 

 study of the few adverse criticisms at 

 hand and making due allowances for 

 , difference in point of view we think 

 that following should be changed to 

 read, viz: No. 81, $5; No. 93, $3; 

 544c, $2; 632c, $4; 748a, $5; 754, 3.50; 

 Numbers 520.1, 424 and 544a had better 

 been left unpriced. 



Time will uncover more like these. 

 It is impossible to avoid them as col- 

 lectors always clamor for a price on 

 many species that it is difficult to get 

 authentic infomation about. Those in 

 a position to know often have motives 

 involved that incline them to silence. In 

 this connection would say, I made an 

 effort to get better information on 

 many of the West Coast eggs than any 

 at hand and met with an almost uni- 

 versal silence. One party in admitting 

 that our catalogue will be accepted as 

 the Standard complains that these er- 

 rors will cause endless "bickering" in 

 making exchanges. 



Where does the fault lie? 



ERNEST H. SHORT. 



Still They Come Like This. 



The new standard catalogue of North 

 American Birds' Eggs I have just re- 

 ceived and I am delighted with it. — 

 Very truly yours, JOHN E. THAYER. 



In reply to your letter dated May 8, 

 1905. Beg to advise your catalogue of 

 North American Birds' Eggs, without 

 a question, is the handiest, most 

 reasonable in prices, the most complete 

 extant.— W. S. C. Kansas. 



It is the very best and handiest cata- 

 logue I have ever seen, neatly gotten 

 up and printed in fine type — UR. M. T. 

 CLECKLEY. 



EDITORIAL. 



Mr. G. L. Fordyce of Youngstown, 

 Ohio, sends us cuts from a series of 

 Photos of Nest, Eggs and young of 

 Cooper's Hawk. 



Mr. Fordyce watched this nest close- 

 ly and found the period of incubation to 

 be 31 days. 



Was this a case of delayed incubation 

 or is it more common than has been re- 

 corded? 



It overruns all records by a full week. 



Who knows? 



We have secured for the "Oologist" 

 in the near future description with fine 

 half tone of type sets, of Bachman's 

 Warbler and the best half tone of Cali- 

 fornia Vulture from life that we have 

 seen. 



All will regret the recent death of 

 Walter E. Bryant at Santa Rosa, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Mr. Bryant was one of the best 

 known of Western Collectors. 



He was a Corresponding Fellow of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, an 

 honorary member of the Cooper Club 

 and for seven years curator of the 

 Academy of Sciences at San Francisco. 



He had made successful collecting 

 trips to the Pacific Islands, Alaska and 

 Mexico and leaves a large collection of 

 Ornithological and Oological material. 



