The Oologist. 



Vol. XXXVIII. No. 5 Albion, N. Y., May 1, 1921. Whole No. 409 



Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lorcm, III. 



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THE NEW CATALOGUE 



IT will be good news to tjie Oologists to know that the Edi- 

 tor received the complete report of the final Committee of 

 Review, selected to pass on the work of the Committee of 

 Twenty-five, who were elected two years ago, to arrange the 

 prices for the New Catalogue of North American Birds' Eggs. 

 Two years is a long time for twenty-five men to be engaged 

 in an undertaking, and the class of men composing these com- 

 mittees is a sufficient guarantee that the work was well 

 done. 



We are now endeavoring to arrange with the printers to 

 produce this volume for us, and as soon a-, the contract is 

 let, we will advise all of the readers of THE OOLOGIST 

 through these columns of that fact, and will then be able to 

 notify you what the cost will be. This we hope to be able 

 to do this coming month in order that the Catalogue may be 

 used as a basis for 1921 Exchanges. 



And while on this subject let u.^ repeat the advice we have 

 given ann'tally for a long time to the Collectors of Oological 

 specimen,, not to take any more eggs of the commoner varie- 

 ties of birds than they need for their own personal collection, 

 as there is no market for such specimens, either by way of 

 sale or exchange. 



There is however a very urgent demand for .specimens of 

 rarer kinds. — R. M. B. 



