The OoLOGiST, 



Vol. XXV. No. 12, Albion, N. Y. December, 1908. Whole No. 257 



THE OOLOGIST, 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXI- 

 DERMY. 



FSAlfK E. LATTIN, FubUshei, 



ALBION, N. Y. 



SaVEST H. SHORT. Editor and lUnagex. 



Correspondence and items of interest to the 

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BETWEEN US. 



With the New Year, the ownership 

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 For the past three years it has been 

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of that time has been issued at a pos- 

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During the past year it has been 

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 this issue. 



My many other interests have often 

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 because I could not devote enough at- 

 tention to it to see that it was gotten 

 out in its order after I had sent the 

 copy to our printer; and again errors 

 and oversights, aggravating to both 

 contributors and advertisers, as well 

 as the manager, crept in, usually at- 

 tributable to my not being able to 

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Again too, I am in receipt of much 

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