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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



BY 



FE INK H. LATTIN. - ALBION, N. Y. 



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Jottings. 



The ();)ij>;;isT t'ni' IM-JO wili l)c wlini 

 its pnti'i'iis nuikc it, ami as in v ais past 

 will .iriuailx l;r cilitc'.l lr\ tiu'iii. 

 Slioiih! Uf- pages fail t<i ti-ciii with 

 iiitcrcsliuj),- items anil notes it will be 

 i;eian.se oiii' jjatrcns fail to send them 

 in. 'I'iie a.Neiage niiniher of copies 

 pi'intiMl of each i.-slU' of ille (^OLOGLST 

 ihiriiifj,- the past vear has been 2250 

 eo))ies and it is safe to say that each 

 issue has been I'ead b_\- over 2()(!0 live 

 eolleetoi-s, eaeli of which eonld relate 

 some incident or coidd take fi'om theii' 

 note-book sonic item that wo'tdd be 

 of more than oi'dinary interest. 



Diu-ing 18'.)0, we want these iteni.s aud 

 notes vvhethei- it lie I'elating to the nest- 

 • ng of some rare sj)ecies; something 



nnnsnal icgai'ding our more coivmion 

 I syccies, or whelliei- it is advise, sng- 

 ! gestions, icceipt^ or descrij^tions of 

 I contrivances of value to the collector, 



we care not, only let it be something 



>i(U\ tirif/i'iial and iuicrcslnKj. W'e do 

 ! not want dcsci'i])tions of common birds 

 or the nestings of t he same, tliese can 

 I l)c oiitained in almost any book on the 



sid>ject — Wi'.ite P>!uebird Eg^.s-Spotted 

 \ Robin Eggs— Hunt Egg.s— Doiibic-yolk- 

 ! ed fjgg.s — Eggs on the ground— I^ong 

 ! lists of birds or dales— h.a\e all been 



U'oi-n oi'.t and aiii of little interc st to 

 j any one — e\'eiy collectoi- has either 

 I had, seen oi' at least heaid of Ihem. 

 j The lix'c collectoi' wanis s(ivic///iii'j 

 1 iicic; and tliis \vilh the ai<l of its fiiends 



is wiiat the ()mi.<)(;isi' pi-o|ioses to give 

 jits readers during i8U0. it is a going 

 I to he "chuck "' fill! of just sucii matter 

 i a.s every collector wants and needs. 

 I The present snbscri])ti()n list and the 



rate at which, new subscriptions and 



renewals are now pouring in for 18!i0, 

 I silently, luit surely, proves that the 

 lOoLOGl.sT is \alued as it is, but with 

 I the aid and heaity co-operation of its 



readers, tiie ])ublislier can make Vol. 



VII. so far a head of prc\ ions ones 



that comparison will be out of the 



(pu'stion. 



A cop\ of the " Wolverine Natural- 

 ist," hailing f lom Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 edited by Moi-ris (rlibbs, M. I)., " tScoJo- 

 pax," a well-known writer on Natural 

 History, is before us. Should its ])ub- 

 lishers reccixc tin- linancial eiicourage- 



nient from collectors that they deserve, 

 its success is unquestionable. 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR 

 CORRESPONDENCE. 



Fioni a long list of notes from Mr. .\. 

 M. Linsley, of Northford, Conn., we 

 take the following: 



May 18th. Road-winged Hawk. Ob- 

 tained 3 eggs from a nest in which there 



