THE OOLOQIST 



We are in receipt of Volume 27 

 (April 1921) No. 328 American For- 

 estry, containing an article "Young 

 Birds and Birds' Eggs," by Dr R. W. 

 Shufeldt, illustrated with ten half 

 tones. Also a separate "Published 

 figures and plates of the extinct Pas- 

 senger Pigeon," by Dr. Shufeldt from 

 The Scientific Monthly of May 1921. 



It goes without saying that both of 

 these productions live fully up to the 

 Literary Standard and Scientific ac- 

 curacy, for which the writer has long 

 been known. It is truly a wonder to 

 us that the doctor can maintain this 

 degree of excellence of so long a 

 period and with such a considerable 

 output of matter. He is truly one of 

 the very remarkable scientific natura- 

 lists of this day.— R. M. B. 



THE NEW CATALOG 



We have received quite a number 

 of communications relative to the 

 question of values in the new Egg 

 Catalog and as to the methods which 

 should be adopted by the committee 

 in arriving by the same. 



It is our judgment that the Oologists 

 of the country having once selected 

 a committee with so large a member- 

 .ship as twenty-five to pass on this 

 question, and being entitled to the joint 

 judgment of the committee it should be 

 left to the committee to determine 

 values. 



While suggestions would no doubt 

 be gladly received by members of this 

 committee, yet we believe that it 

 would hamper the committee and re- 

 sult in no good to the fraternity to 

 open the columns of THE OOLOGIST 

 to a discussion of the various ways 

 and means for arriving at these 

 values. The editor believes that we 

 all have confidence in the ability and 

 fairness in this committee. It is cer- 

 tainly composed of our leading and 

 representative Oologists and when the 



new catalog is produced by it we be- 

 lieve that every member of the com- 

 mittee will have in some form or 

 other passed on every valuation con- 

 tained in it from the Western Grebe 

 at the beginning to the Mountain 

 Blue Bird at the end, and there is no 

 reason we believe why outsiders not 

 members of the committee should be 

 drawn into any discussion of its inner 

 workings. To permit such might do a 

 great deal of harm and would certain- 

 ly result in much delay. It is the re- 

 sult of the deliberation of this com- 

 mittee that the working Oologist is 

 looking forward to and not the means 

 by which such result is attained. 



In our thirty odd years of our active 

 practice of the law we have seen a 

 number of very just decisions rend- 

 ered by our courts seriously impaired 

 by the very bad reasons the deciding 

 Judge gave for his opinion. Go to it. 

 Committee, we are anxiously waiting 

 the finished product of your labor. 

 R. M. Barnes. 



A NEW WAY 



Usually Oologists collect on a nice 

 warm summer day but how many have 

 collected eggs with nests, trees, eggs 

 and everything frozen over and about 

 six inches of snow on the ground. 

 Quite a' difference to collect eggs this 

 way with overcoats on and ear laps 

 down and a hammer and chisel to cut 

 the ice away from the nest while ouL 

 in the Western and Southern states 

 collectors are out sweating and with 

 as few clothes as possible. 



Birds are nesting here the earliest 

 1 ever sscw them and this terrible ice 

 and snow storm of April 15 and 16 

 caught them with nests made and 

 with eggs. A pair of Robins started 

 building a nest about six feet up in 

 one of our apple trees April 10th and 

 by April 15th it was completed and 

 had four eggs in it. 1 got up the next 



