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THE 00 LOG I ST. 



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JANUARY, 1881. 



EXCHANGE PRICE LIST. 



IN the exchanging of eggs we discover 

 the necessity of a unifonn list of 

 values properly graded as to quality, 

 condition, and number of eggs in a set, 

 and whether the workmanship is well 

 or slovenly done. An extreme set, or a 

 set nicely marked and carefully cleaned, 

 are worth two or three times the value 

 of an ordinary set, and yet no provision 

 is made for this in any list we have yet 

 seen. It is absolutely necessany that a 

 proper list should be got out without 

 delay, at least for the use of those ex- 

 changing, but the same list would an- 

 swer equally well lor dealers and col- 

 lectors, as a proper discount could be 

 allowed where eggs are bought in large 

 quantities. We should be glad to hear 

 from those interested, and also to re- 

 ceive a copy of any Printed list issued 

 by any of our re&.ders. 



Corrections Called For. 



In a private letter from Mr. Kobert 

 Ridgway, of Washington, D. C, refer- 

 ring to the last few numbers of the 

 Oologist, we make the following extract 

 as it is extremely desirable that our col- 

 lectors should make no mistakes, and 

 when mistakes do occur it is very im- 

 portant they should be corrected as soon 

 as possible : 

 ' " I find very much interesting reading 



in the numbers before me, and also some 

 information that astonishes me not a 

 little, e. g., W. T. Allen's remarks on the 

 Great Gray Owl in Virginia, (No. 9, p. 

 66) and W. H. Collins' account of the 

 finding of the eggs of Hernicla brenta 

 in Michigan, (No. 9, p. 65); also, with 

 regard to Pica nuUali in Colorado, (see 

 No. 9, p. 70): but then in the latter case 

 P. hudsonica was probably intended, 

 instead of P. nuttali ; as to the others 

 there is quite certain some mistake 

 which should be corrected." 



An Expensive Hobby. 



Mr. Manly Hardy, dealer in Furs and 

 Skins, Brewer, Maine, a writer not un- 

 known to our readers, has set liimself 

 the task of collecting and mounting with 

 a few exceptions all the birds of North 

 America. This is really a life work for 

 one man, and will cost no small amount 

 of money, time, and patience, but it will 

 repay in a continual pleasure and grati- 

 fication not only tro himself and family 

 but such a collection furnishes a free 

 museum to the neighbors for miles 

 around. Mr. Hardy writes us as fol- 

 lows : " Am aware I have undertaken 

 quite a task to mount the birds of North 

 America, but so far have over 260 kinds, 

 and from two to four of a kind of many 

 of them. Among them are some of the 

 rarest kinds, such as the Golden Eagle, 

 Cinerous, Pigmy and Richardson's Owls, 

 Harlan, and Gray Buzzards, Caracara 

 Eagle, Harlequin, and Fulvus Tree 

 Ducks, Ivory bill, and other Woodpeck- 

 ers, etc., etc. I do not intend to col- 

 lect Swans, Geese, &c., or every western 

 variety of our eastern species." We wish 

 Mr. Hardy all success in his entei-prise, 

 and commend hiuj to our collectors in 

 the west, south, and south-west who 

 may have rare specimens to exchange 

 for such as are found in the state of 



Maine. 



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