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THE OOLOGIST. 



is really deplorable, aud I should very 

 much like to dilate, but I forebore, consid- 

 ering the valuable space in the Oologist. 

 Could not you discountenance this egg-col- 

 lecting craze, and add your mite to revolu- 

 tionizing the system ? The Audubon So- 

 ciety is rapidly spreading, and will no 

 doubt do much good work in stamping out 

 the skin hunting and egg collecting, to 

 satisfy fashion and a " craze." 



With many good wishes for all doing 

 honest work in this line, I remain, 

 Very truly yours, 

 J. A. Melsheimer, M. D., 

 Hanover, Pa. 



Cuckoo Egg in Wood Thrush's Nest. 



July 29th, 1885, I found an illustration 

 of the well known fact of a Cuckoo depos- 

 iting its eggs in the nest of some other bird. 

 The nest in question was a Wood Thrush's, 

 containing three eggs, two Wood Thrush 

 and one Cuckoo, (species unknown.) The 

 nest had been deserted by the parent. It 

 was situated on a horizontal limb of a 

 beech tree, about eight feet from the 

 ground. H. A. Koch, 



College Hill, Ohio. 



How Money will Assist. 



Editor Oolo(ji<it : 



What has been accomplished towards 

 making the Oologist a monthly '? You 

 stated that it should be done just as soon as 

 the new subscriptions would justify, aud 

 I presume by that, subscriptions are coming 

 in slow. Now it seems to me if all present 

 .subscribers would go to work, and each 

 send in a new subscriber, by fall we might 

 see the Oologist a monthly, which would 

 be welcome news to many, as we find it 

 very instructive to egg and curiosity col- 

 lectors. I will do my share, and will 

 guarantee to send you ten new subscribers 

 next mouth, and I hope others will lend 

 a helping hand. C. H. M., 



San Barnardino, Cal. 



July 21st, 1886. 



Exchanges and Wants. 



Brief special announcements, " Want^," " Ex- 

 changes," inserted in this department for 2^ cents per 

 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate 

 of one-half cent per word. Xo notice inserted for less 

 than 25 cents. Xotices which are merely indirect 

 methods of soliciting cash purchasers cannot be ad- 

 mitted to these columns under any circumstances. 

 Terms, cash with order. 



C. W. FORBES, Clyde, N. Y. A pair of Nickel 

 Plated Roller Skates, with bag and oil can, for a 

 canvas tent or a canoe. 



F. C. LUSK, HoUey. N. Y., will exchange first- 

 class bird skins for the same ; twenty species of 

 Warblers, Tanagers, Rose-breasted-Grosbeak, Wax- 

 wings, Sac. 



To Exchange. — I desire to exchange with collec- 

 tors, birds' eggs in sets or single. Address, with list, 

 J. W. JACOBS, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa. 



To ExcH.'iNGE. — A pair of almost new "Ideal" 

 roller skates, cost $3, for a good pair of climbing irons. 

 Address JOS. TRAVIS, Fisher, Polk Co., iMinn, 



To Exch.ange. — 2,500 first-class South-western 

 birds' eggs in sets, with data, and single, to exchange 

 even for others at Lattin's Hand-book prices, Large 

 eggs especially desired. Good e.xchange will be given 

 for books on Ornithology, Lists sent on receipt of 

 same. Address, WILL W. PRICE, Riverside, San 

 Bernardino Co., Cal. 



To Exchange. — I will exchange the famous blazon 

 Creek fossils for first-class curiosities for cabinet, 

 especially sea curiosities. Good specimens sent and 

 desired in exchange. Correspondence desired. No 

 postal cards wanted. Address, L. J. THAYER, 

 Morris, Grundy Co., 111. 



To Exchange. — Will exchange two volumes "Boys' 

 Own Annual," also a scroll saw, for books about birds 

 —or birds' eggs in sets with data. P. PARKER, 

 St. Thomas, Ont. 



To ExCH.^NGE. — Birds' eggs, minerals, shells, sea* 

 urchins, star-fish, skate's eggs, sand dollars, sea moss. 

 Flosida moss, specimens of wood, stamps, post-marks 

 etc., for birds' eggs in full sets, with nests, and fuU 

 data, also minerals and shells. GEO. M. ELLISON, 

 16 Summer St., Lynn, Mass. 



To ExcH.^NGE. — First-class eggs, single or in sets, 

 with any collector. Send for lists to F. E. BIRCH, 

 Chatham, N. Y. 



To Exchange. — "Davie's New Key." books and 

 papers relative to Oologj', set of Buzzard's eggs, fifty 

 other eggs, for a small printing press with tj'pe. A 

 bargain. OLIVER HAUGER, Box 173, Orleans, Ind. 



AUSTRALIAN 



BIRDS' EGGS. 



Rare! Cheap! Haiidsovie ! 



Send stamp for new catalogue of -\.mer- 

 ican aud Australian Birds' Eggs, for sale by 



S. W. A' W. D. DENTON, 



Wellslev, Mass. 



