THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN. ALBION. N. Y. 

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Report of Western Ne^vTork Naturalists 

 Associa n 



TIk; iirst lUimuil nieeiing ol' the W. N. 

 Y. N. A. vva-s held :it Bmc-kport, N. Y., 

 Oct. 0, 1B9-3. The Ijiisiiie.ss meeting 

 was callefl ;it 2:30 j). m. 



The followiug ollicers were elected:* 



E. B. Peck, Pres. 



Harry H. Sargent, Vicc-Pn-;. 



T. K.Taylor, Sec. 



E. H. Short, Trca.s. 



Executive committee; Geo. Guclf, 

 Harry B. Sargent, T. R. Taylor. 



There were seventi-en active and two 

 associate members present. 



The following draft of objects was 

 adopted : 



I- — The object of the Association 

 shall be to alTor.l means for a moi'e 

 detinite, thorough and .systematic study 

 of the Natnral Histoi-y of New York 

 State by ])romoting tlie mutual acqii;un- 

 tance of those interested, :ind by l)ring- 

 ing together and c'>mpariiig notes of in- 

 terest from (lilfcrciit sections and dis- 

 seminating information g.athercd there- 

 from . 



IL — To awaken in the lic.irls and 

 minds of all a truer love ;iii(l deeper 

 interest iu the study of Nature, enab- 

 ling them to "Look through Naliire up 

 to Nat?ire\s God." 



HI. — To promote a truer knowledge 

 of The wonders of Ndnre, by exhiljits 

 of specimens and the reii ling of articles 

 relating thereto. 



IV. — To lend its voire, its inlluence 

 and its labors to insure the protection 

 and preservation of animal life and to 

 ])roinote such measures ,ts shall jjoint 

 to this end. 



Neif. F. Posson, 1 



THUMAN R. 'J'avi.ou. I ,. 

 EuxestH. -iiokt, ■ ''>:""i'>t<'«-- 

 Geo. F. Guei.k, 

 Thirtj'-one new nuMn!)cis were adiled 

 to our roll' 



At the evening s(ssinn— which was 

 open to the piil)ric — the following inter- 

 esting papers were read: 



"Was the Ntn-th Americ:in Indian a 

 descendant of the Mound BuildersV" by 

 T. Harry Derrick; "Tht; Rough-winged 

 Swallow." by Neil F. Poison; "What 

 can we do, and iiow shall we do itP" by 

 Ernest H. short; "The winter birds of 

 Harrison Co. (ieoigia." by B. S Bow- 

 dish. Lecture by 'Irinnaii R. Taylor; 

 Lecture by Harry B. Sargent. 



Several tine collections of Natural 

 Sceiice s|ie( imens were exhibited by 

 the following: ILirry B. Sargent, A. 



