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THE OOLOGIST. 



THE OOLOGIST. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY 



FRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of interest to the student 

 of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited from all. 



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FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



JOTTINGS. 



Our correspondence during the month of 

 August has been unavoidably neglected, 

 but everything will be "straightened" dur- 

 ing the first of September, with interest. 



Do not fail to see our exhibit at the 

 Chicago Exposition, Sept. 1st to Oct. 16th. 

 Our brother will have charge of this ex- 

 hibit, but we expect to assist him from the 

 last of September until the close of the 

 Exposition. Should you happen in Chi- 

 cago during the time do not fail to vi,sit 

 " Lattin " and his display in the Exposition. 



If you happen in South-western New 

 York during the month of August do not 

 fail to visit Chautauqua. "Lattin" will 

 be found 'mid a big stock of the " curios " 

 in the Dock Building. 



" The Birds of Chester County," as given 

 in the 29th and 30th Quarterly Reports of 

 the Penn'a Board of Agriculture, by C. J. 

 Pennock, Esq., of Kennett Square, is of 

 no small value, and as the article will prove 

 of interest to so many of our subscribers, 

 we are in hopes of having space to reprint 

 it in some future (;)ologtst. 



Use our new Checking List. They will 

 save anjr collector or dealer a big printer's 

 bill. We claim them to be the neatest and 

 handiest Checking List of N. A. Birds ever 

 issued. They are printed on extra heavy 

 paper, eight pages, three foldings, and will 

 go nicely into a No. 6 envelope. This list 

 contains both Ridgeway's and the new A. 

 O. U. C. lists. Sample, 2c. ; 12 for 20c. ; 

 100 for $1.50. See sample page in this 

 issue of The Oologist. 



We call our readers' special attention to 

 the advertisement of Mr. W. C. Brownell of 

 Plymouth , Mich. In the latter part of June 

 Mr. Brownell purchased of us an immense 

 stock of eggs and has paid us $2,500.00 for 

 them (no doubt, by far the largest sale of 

 "egg shells " ever made at one time by any 

 dealer in America, if not the world). Our 

 business relations thus far have been of the 

 most pleasant nature, and knowing Mr. 

 B.'s stock to be one of the best we have no 

 hesitancy in introducing him to the read- 

 ers of The Oologist and, if in need of any 

 of the specimens Mr. B. offers, in recom- 

 mending them to give him a trial order. 



Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co. have in 

 press a "Manual of North American 

 Birds," by the eminent ornithologist, Prof. 

 Robert Ridgeway, curator Department of 

 Birds, Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. The author has had unrivalled 

 advantages for the preparation of a treatise 

 of this character, arising from his own 

 field experience, as well as his connection 

 with the National Museum and the free 

 access which has been granted him to vari- 

 ous other public and private collections of 

 birds, both in this country and Europe. 

 The work is to conrain some 425 illustra- 

 tions suitably executed, and will conform 

 to the geographical limits, cla.ssification, 

 numeration and nomenclature adopted by 

 the American Ornithological Union. We 

 doubt not it will be one of the most im- 

 portant, thorough and original contribu- 

 tions to the literature of the subject which 

 has appeared, and presume that naturalist 

 and sportsman alike will find it an invalu- 

 able aid. 



