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THE OOLOGIST. 



uted that perhaps I would be unable to 

 say anything new respecting it and so 

 will rest myupen. 



Neil F. Posson, 

 Medina; N. Y. 



Oologists' Association News. 



During the year just past our associa- 

 tion has acquired ten new members 

 ■(not many, but all of them of a kind 

 that adds strength and stability to an 

 organization such as ours), as follows: 

 J. ParkerNorris and J. Parker Norris, 

 Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; A. H. Frost and 

 R. C. Woodhouse, New York City, N. 

 Y.;W. A Davidson, Detroit, Mich.; J. 

 W. Daniel, Jr., Lynchburg, Va.; J. 

 Warren Jacobs, Waynesburg, Pa.; W. 

 J. B. Williams, Holland Patent, N. Y.; 

 C. F. Stone, Branchport, N. Y.; and 

 Verdi Burtch, Penn Yan, N. Y. 



March 15th last, the Executive Com- 

 mittee published Bulletin No. 1, the 

 contents of which is known to you and 

 which aided materially in securing the 

 new members. The edition numbered 

 500 copies, and there remain only about 

 3.5 of same yet in the hands of the Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer and myself. 



In my annual report of Jan. 1, 1897, 

 I appointed Jos. A. Dickinson, Gres- 

 ham, Neb. to prepare and compile 

 notes upon the order Baptores, but for 

 some reason there was no response 

 from the members in the way of notes. 

 In view of this I hereby continue this 

 work until such time as Mr. Dickinson 

 shall have sullieient material to justify 

 the preparation of a report such as this 

 Association should be able to issue. 

 Please send copy of all your notes upon 

 the subject as soon as possible. If you 

 have nothing to report send him copies 

 of data of sets of Hawks and Owls in 

 your collections; these in themselves are 

 valuable to show breeding dates, range, 

 €tc. 



The proposition to amend the con- 



stitution of this Association as submit- 

 ted in the November Oologist having 

 received a two-third vote in the affirm- 

 ative is adopted. Please change your 

 copy of the constitution to conform 

 with same. 



As our organization is now establish- 

 ed upon a sound footing, it is advisable 

 to take up a work for which there is a 

 very urgent need. One of the prime ob- 

 jects of the Oologists' Association is to 

 protect oologists against fraudulent, 

 unscrupulous and dishonest individuals 

 in the exchange or purchase of speci- 

 mens, etc., and with that end in view I 

 hereby appoint Brothers J. ParkerNor- 

 ris, Jr., 723 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; W.J. B. Williams, Holland Patent, 

 N. Y. and Jno. W. Daniel, Jr., Lynch- 

 burg, Va., as a Committee on Frauds. 

 This committee will receive all com- 

 plaints and reports of fraudulent or dis- 

 honest dealings, investigate same and 

 report a list of those found guilty to 

 the Executive Committee of the Assoc- 

 iation. This list will be published in a 

 forthcoming bulletin. It behooves 

 everyone interested in the welfare of 

 our favorite study to at once send full 

 particulars to this committee of any 

 dealings wherein there has been dis- 

 honesty, and all the members should 

 help to make this very important 

 branch of our work a success. 



At the I'ecent election of officers (Dec. 

 1 to 20, 1897) all the present officers 

 were re-elected. 



On account of the amended constitu- 

 tion there is a vacancy in the Executive 

 Committee, and I hereby appoint Robt. 

 C. Woodhouse of New York city as Ex- 

 ecutive Committeeman for the term 

 commencing Jan. 1, 1898. 



Edward Arnold, Battle Creek, Mich, 

 and Dr. R. L. Jessee, Philo, Ills., have 

 been elected to membership in the As- 

 sociation. 



ISADOU S. Trostler, President. 

 Omaha, Neb. 



