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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



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To Editors and PrBLisHERs: We will 

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It is now liigh time for Southern oologists 

 to obtain their Great Horned Owl eggs for 

 'S9, providing they desire them of their 

 own collecting, About tlie middle of 

 February is the time for collectors in the 

 latitude of the Middle and New England 

 States to be on the alert. 



Oliver Davies Egos. Just as this issue 

 of the OoLOGi.sT goes to to press, we have 

 purchased Mr. Oliver Davie's entire stock of 



eggs. A complete catalogue of this collec- 

 tion both of sets and Kinules will be printed 

 in the Feb. Oologist and will be offered at 

 much less than their real value. We jjiedict 

 a big scraml)le among collectors after them. 

 The time will come when the name of 

 '•Davie' will rank among oologists with 

 that of Audubon and Wilson. What will 

 be the value of the specimens that has aided 

 him in compiling his great work at that 

 time ? 



On Jantiary ;^d, ye editor noted the first 

 Horned Lark for 188'J. We reprint the 

 following from the Yoi-ng Oologist of Feb. 

 1885: 



On January 22d, a bitter cold day, brisk 

 west \v)ud, mercury at or near zero, we 

 recorded our first Horned Lark for ISB."). 

 Once, twice, thrice we thought we reco<,- 

 nizul his welcome notes, the last call being 

 to much for us, we started in search of our 

 early visitant. We soon found the little fel- 

 low, only a few rods from our office door, 

 running and skipping merrily over the fro- 

 zen ground, now and then picking up a 

 stray seed, apparently, in spite of the cold, 

 enjoying himself as heartly as if it was a 

 warm, sunny day in April. On Dec. Ist, 

 1884, while going to Wc.-f Kendall, we saw 

 four of these birds; we have observed them 

 every month since last February; can we 

 not soon have thenj recorded as an occimo/uU 

 winter resident in Western New York? 



Although we endeavored to make our 

 Premium List very plain, it appears that 

 to many it is a puzzle, ditiicidt to unravel. 

 Many have the idea Ihat all offers were 

 limited to the 1st of this month. How they 

 could come to this coiu^lusion, we are at 

 loss to understand; for right beneath the 

 date line on the first page we say in bold- 

 face type ' ' The offers made in this List will 

 hold good until Jan. 1st, 1890.' A year 

 hence. Otheis have wiittcn to find out 

 whether they can purchat-e extra premiums 

 or not; while others have sent ns the amount 

 named for postage only, for extra premiums. 

 expi'Cting to receive an article in return 

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 they have sent is only sufficient to pay 

 TTncle Sam for carrying the parcel from 

 Albion to their P. O. Where and how 

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