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THE OOLOQIST 



A Word Personal. 



March 6, 1915, thirty-two miles 

 Northwest of Los Angeles, the editor 

 fell from a live oak tree which he was 

 climbing for the purpose of investi- 

 gating a nesting cavity into which he 

 had seen a Plain Titmouse go. It was 

 about twenty-five feet from the ground 

 or slightly more, and carelessness 

 caused us to overlook the fact that in 

 February, 1912, our left shoulder had 

 been thrown out of place by a fall on 

 an icy sidewalk in Minneapolis. In 

 shifting position in the tree we inad- 

 vertantly threw our weight on this 

 left shoulder with the result that it 

 went out again and we started hurried- 

 ly for the ground. 



On the way down, struck another 

 limb which broke the left leg of the 

 Editor, as our readers have already 

 been advised, and when we landed, 

 the net damage was a left leg fractur- 

 ed in four places, a broken nose, a 

 broken shoulder and shoulder out of 

 place, beside more or less serious in- 

 ternal injuries. 



We were taken immediately to the 

 Sisters' Hospital at Los Angeles, 

 where we remained for five weeks; 

 then going to a cottage in Hollywood, 

 which we left for home on May 3d, ar- 

 riving here on the 6th. At the present 

 writing we believe we are on the high- 

 road to recovery, and are able to walk 

 about with a cane only, though the 

 shoulder promises to give us more 

 trouble than the leg. 



During our absence, our assistant, 

 Miss Erna Thiedohr, has had charge 

 of this magazine and has done very, 

 very well with it. This is not only 

 the opinion of the Editor, but is com- 

 municated in various letters that come 

 to us from our readers. 



We are now back in the harness and 

 hope our subscribers will endeavor to 

 assist us in making THE OOLOGIST 

 better than it ever had been, and it 



is better now than it has been at any 

 time in the past. 



A magazine, like a person, either 

 goes backward or forward; never 

 stands still, gets better or worse. Our 

 clientele is loyal, extended and learn- 

 ed, embracing ornithologists and oolo- 

 gists of world-wide reputation, as well 

 as beginners. Field workers are those 

 that we especially aim to cater to. The 

 closet naturalist has a proper place 

 in scientific pursuits, but the closet 

 naturalist is sufficiently heard from in 

 The Auk and other ornithological mag- 

 azines. What THE OOLOGIST aims 

 to do is to furnish a mouth piece and 

 mirror for the active field workers, 

 both the ornithologist and oologist, 

 giving special attention of course to 

 the oologist, and it is the only maga- 

 zine devoted to oology published in 

 America and is the best published on 

 the subject in the world. 



It has been made so by those who 

 take it any pay for it. They traverse 

 hill and dale, and farm, woodland and 

 swamp, and give each other through 

 the columns of THE OOLOGIST, the 

 privilege and opportunity of travelling 

 with them and learning what they 

 learn, and seeing what they saw. 

 These are the kind of notes that have 

 made THE OOLOGIST, and these are 

 the kind of notes that we want. 



Ever since THE OOLOGIST came 

 under the present management, the 

 June issue has been devoted to the 

 Warbler family. This, because our 

 subscribers have furnished us ample 

 copy so to do, and it is with regret 

 that we announce that this issue is not 

 devoted to the Warbler family be- 

 cause our readers and subscribers 

 have not furnished us copy sufficient 

 to make a Warbler number. June is 

 pre-eminently the Warbler month. 

 This large family of tiny, beautiful 

 birds is worthy of one issue per an- 

 num, and we trust that those who 



