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THE OOLOGIST 



"Billy", The First Snow Goose ever Ra.ised in Confinement, and His Nurse 

 Lizzie Lynch. — Photo by Jay Myers 



"BILLIE" 



The above is a picture of Billie. He 

 is the first Blue Goose ever raised in 

 confinement. It was talien at the ad- 

 vanced age of about six weeks. Billie 

 owes his life to the careful nursing of 

 IVliss Lynch, for whom he formed the 

 closest friendship. It was with much 

 ph'asnre that we noted the first moult 

 of I his \inusual l)ird. The first white 

 feathers began to show on the head 

 in hite December, and it was mostly a 

 white head and neck tliat he took out 

 into pasture April 1st, though there 

 is still a streak of dark feathers run- 

 ning lip tiie back of the neck to the 

 to]) of his head, even at this late day. 

 hue, we think that the little Oologist 

 may perhaps be excused for an oc- 

 casional delay of a few weeks. Only 

 publishers know what those engaged 

 in such undertakings have l)een up 

 against since 1915. 



Tiiis issue of Cassina No. XXI II- 

 liHt), is good as usual — a splendid por- 

 ti-ait of Wni. L. 15ail(>y, Sr., is the 



first offering followed by a short oc- 

 count of his life by his nephew, Wm. 

 L. Bailej', which is a very entertain- 

 ing sketch covering 12 pages; this 

 issue also includes half-tones of a 

 nest and 13 eggs of the Wild Turkey 

 in Situ and a PileatedWoodpet^ker, at 

 its nest hole, and a fine paper on tlic 

 latter bird by Samuel Scoville. Jr. .\n 

 exaustive report tabulating the Mi- 

 gration Schedules of 46 observers fol- 

 lowed by an abstract of the proceed- 

 ings of the D. V. O. C. for 1919. A 

 Bibliography of Papers relating to the 

 Birds of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 

 and Deleware, in which The Oologist 

 often appears. This followed by a 

 list of Club Members and an Index to 

 Species, complete this most excellent 

 issue. 



He never seemed to associate with 

 the other Wild Geese much but 

 stayed mostly with the ducks, a trait 

 1 have noticed also in a Lesser Snow 

 Goose that we raised. Billie is now, 

 .hin. 1. 19:21, IS months old and per- 

 fectly healthy. Editor. 



