THE OOLOGIST. 



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lluit du' Ooi.ixtIsi' is lieiiig ])rintt'»l in 

 one of the hirgcst and best ('(luipjx'd 

 job printing offices, outside of Kochcs- 

 tcr :ind Buffalo, in Western New Yoi-k, 

 viz.: that of Mr. A. M. Edily, of Albion'. 



As we go to press we re(,-ei\ c the fol- 

 lowing noti' from our friend, Mi". K. B. 

 Webstei', of ( 'reseo, Iowa, I'ulilisher of 

 the Ilawkeye, Ornithologist and Oolo- 

 gist : 



Ci'esco, Iowa. Sept. '28. 



Please announce that the Hawkeye, 

 (). and ()., is <list'ontinued for tiie j)res- 

 ent, and that all t'laiins prc.sentetl now 

 will be honored in the future. Am 

 coiupletely burned out. Lost nearly 

 $1000, insurance $225. 22 buildings 

 i)urned. Kespectfully. 



E. B. VVebsteh. 



The Hawkeye, O. and C)., was one of 

 thr best puldications of itsela.ss i)nl)lish- 

 ed, and we trust Friend W. will receive 

 suflicit^nt encouragcnieiit to guarantee 

 its e:irly ieaj)i)earance. 



so many of them that a large nund)er 

 were necessarily neglected until we 

 could take the time to atteiul theut. 

 We have etideavored to till them in i( - 

 tation received, and ex])ect to lune all 

 .straight i>y Oct. loth. Many of 

 our ])atrons would have had their e\- 

 changt's attended to mui-h more prompt- 

 ly had they not neglected to write their 

 names on the outside of the ])ackage. 



In our rremiinu l^ist we stated that 

 if in any instaiu'c we failed to mail the 

 OoLOGlST by the 10th (tf the month, we 

 would send oui' patrons a coupon, good 

 for 10 cents. As yet we have mailed 

 each issue before that date, and t-onse- 

 ipiently cannot be called on to i)ay the 

 foifeit. The numerous delays and in 

 many instances lost OoLOGlsTS, have 

 l)een oi-casioiied in mails after it was 

 beyond oiu' control. We are in no way 

 accountable for, and fail to see any 

 means wheivliy we can avoid the errors 

 of the clerks in the em])loy of the (io^- 

 ernmeiit. Should our ])atrons not re- 

 cei\c their OoLoGlST by the l.-jth of the 

 month, we will gladly juail them an- 

 other coi)y. 



Duiing 1 he ]iast t\\ o moni lis we ha\ i' 

 been very wvy Im.sy and ha\ c been ! 

 oblige(l to work both night and day. 

 Oui' Exchange Exlraordiuaiy oilers 

 lirought us in more answers than we 

 iiargaincd for, the boxes and packages 

 caine piling in by the "hundreds,^' ;ind | 



Fidui September lOtli to October l.-t 

 nnu'li correspon«lcnce was necessarily 

 .delayed, owing to the fact that our 

 st(jres at Atlantic City, N. J., and at 

 Chautauqua, N. Y., were still running 

 and that we were obliged to send our 

 a.ssistants fiom Albion to attend our 

 exhii)its at the Buffalo and Detroit In- 

 ternational Fairs. At this date, Oct. 

 7th, we are hard at work sti'aighteniiig 

 out all corresj)oudence, orders and I'x- 

 changes and if any of our patrons ha\ e 

 not had their orders attended to, with 

 big interest on delay, by Oct. 20th, they 

 will please drop us a line stating full 

 particulars and we will, if po.ssible, 

 straighten matters to their entire satis- 

 faction. 



Large Sets. 



W. C. H., in the Scptcudjcr OoLo- 

 GIST, mentions (inding a set of three 

 Mourning Donc's eggs. I ha\t' also 

 found the sanu' nundier. Two were of 

 the usual size, the third was smaller. 

 A friend of mine took, last season, a 

 set of three Kub.y-throated Humming- 

 bird's eggs, also a set of Pied Billed 

 Grelies. The following are some of my 

 large limls: Set 10, Virginia Kail; 18, 

 Sora Rail; 12, Bluc-wingi'd Teal; 12, 

 Yt)iuig Kinglishers;(5, Cooper's Hawk; 7, 

 Bronzed Crackle, 4, Cowbird with 'S of 

 Song Spari'ow; set 10, Fli( kcr; 8, Red- 

 headed Woodpecker and six Yellow- 

 headed Blackbii'd. These are all of my 

 large .sets, but I ha\i' had vei-y good 

 liu-k the past season in getting full sets. 

 W. P. L. B,, Minneapolis, Minu. 



