THE OOLOQI8T 



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A WORD PERSONAL 



As this issue of The Oologist is made up and forwarded to 

 Albion, N Y., for printing, we also make up the August Issue 

 and send it forward likewise the later containing the Index of 

 Volume XXXVII of The Oologist. 



As this work leaves our desk we close the lid and start again 

 for Hollywood. California, where the mother of the Editor lies 

 ill, and we will not again be at our office in Lacon before 

 about September 1st, so do not worry if your correspondence 

 addressed to us is not promptly replied to. 



The getting out of these two issues has about completed 

 our copy box and we truly hope that upon our return, to find 

 the mail filled with good things, written by the friends of The 

 Oologist and its readers for the benefit of the later 



In closing we cannot refrain from extending our thanks to 

 friend Abbott, for the splendid contributions appearing in this 

 issue. 



Sample copies of The Oologist will be continued to be 

 mailed from Lacon, Illinois, on postal card request, and be 

 sure and write addresses plainly. — R. M. Barnes. 



A Young Oologist. Near Audubon's Old Hon-,e. May, 1921 



—Photo by G. A. Abbott. 



