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THE OOLOGIST . 



ton, Mass. writes: "While collecting 

 oQ the 11th of Jaue, I found a nest of 

 the Yellow-billed Cuckoo containing 

 seven eggs. The nest was 4ifeet up in 

 a barberry bush, and made of twigs, 

 leaves and a few weed-stalks, lined 

 with dried leaves and pine and spruce 

 needles." 



The Jan. and Feb. Judges contests 

 promise to be the mostly hotly contest- 

 ed ones on record but we doubt if five 

 Judges, either month, will name the 

 winning articles in their exact order. 



Under date of Jan. 1, Prof. A. B. 

 Call, of Townseud, Vt., writes: "\Vlieu 

 building the file this morning, I saw 

 the first Ijird for 1893, a Winter Wren. 

 I have identified 94 species the past 

 year anil hope to identify more this 

 year as I expect to spend my winter va- 

 cation ani'jng the winter birds on the 

 coast of Maine, and my summer Aaca- 

 tion in Northern and Southern Maine." 



It has been rumored that "The Nat- 

 uralist's Publishing Co.," the "Des 

 Moines Naturalist's Supply Bureau," 

 the "American Naturalist's and Sports- 

 man's Supply Co.," the "Rev. Joel P. 

 Ashford & Co.," and that "Anti-Emby- 

 ro,""Dr. L. B. Allie,"allof Des Moines, 

 Iowa and into much of an embryonic 

 stage of development to be pro lerly 

 classified — that "I^etson Balliet" 

 will cover the lot. Is this a case of 

 mistaken identitvv 



Any name appearing on the OoLO- 

 <;iSTS exchange or advertising pages who 

 deals, or has dealt dishonestly or crook- 

 edly with any of our patrons, is a prom- 

 ising candidate for our slumbering 

 "Black List." We now have two or 

 three parties "on the string" — if you 

 have ani/. write the editor of the Oolo- 

 GisT, stating full jtarticulars and en- 

 closing what evidence you have, this 

 Ave will thoroughly sift, and Avill freely 

 and gratuitously ailvertise the deserv- 

 ing ones. 



We are now receiving enough A No. 

 1 Mss. to make the Oologist a 50 or 

 CA'en 100 paged monthly magazine, 

 this howeA'er is out of the question 

 but we Avill make it 32 pages each 

 month, 24 of reading matter, if each 

 of our present subscribers will send in 

 a single new subscription, or by in- 

 creasing the subscription price Ave 

 might also enlarge its size. W^e prefer 

 to receive the new subs: and let the 

 price remain at 50 cents i)er year. 

 What shall we do about it? 



That new edition of the "OoLOGIsts 

 Hand-Book" Avhich Ave have been talk- 

 ing about for the past tAvo years, and 

 for Avhich Ave have nearly four hundred 

 (400) advance subscribers, Ave are pleased 

 to state promises, to mat rial ize in the 

 near future. One of our Oiilogical as- 

 sistants has been for the ! past four 

 Aveeks iminterruptedly at Avork com- 

 piling and condensing the MSS. We 

 are now in hopes of having the copy 

 completed and placed in the bauds of 

 our printer not later than March 1st. 



Good practical articles on cabinet 

 making, or fullj' explaining Iiow, in 

 connection Avith any of the necessities 

 of the oologist and ornithologist — 

 such articles should be accompanied 

 Avith draAvings if necessary — Avould 

 have a tendency to strike the editor 

 favorably, Articles on common every 

 day species, occurences, collecting trips, 

 etc., possessing only ordiuaiy merit 

 and local lists are not solicited and will 

 rarely, if ever, be used. 



Oliver Davie, of Columbus, O., in a 

 IctVer of recent date, in speaking of his 

 ueAv Avork — "Methods iu the Art of 

 Taxidermy, "says: "The book will now be 

 gotten up in the following style — blue- 

 green silk cloth binding, uncut edges 

 and gilt top; each copy will be placed 

 in a handsomelj' decorated, open sided, 

 paste-board box. The book Avill be 

 about two inches and a half thick, royal 



