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THE OOLOGIST 



ington, one of the leading oologists ol: 

 the Northwest, whereby we came into 

 possession of about 1300 specimens 

 from his very complete collection, in- 

 cluding such examples as eggs of the 

 California Condor, American Crossbill, 

 Clarke's Nutcracker, and many other 

 rare ones. This deal has been pend- 

 ing since way last summer and is just 

 closed, and under date of June 11th 

 Mr. Preston writes us from Cheney, 

 Washington, among other things, as 

 follows: 



"You have my sincere thanks for 

 kindness in the egg deal." — Editor. 



or little, by return mail, and please 

 regard these as preemptory orders. — 

 Editor. 



A Bird Loving Country Editor's Find 

 As Told by Himself. 



While making a "hike" over the hills 

 north of town Tuesday searching for 

 a Turkey Vulture's nest a party of 

 local oologists consisting of Miss El- 

 mina Annegers, Miss Beulah Hires and 

 Will Plank, found a nest of the Chuck- 

 Will's-Widow. This bird, well known 

 but erroneously called the Whip-poor- 

 will, is quite common here but their 

 nests are very rarely found. This nest 

 was in the heart of the woods, as 

 usual and the gray and lavender col- 

 ored eggs were laid on the leaves well 

 rounded in shape of a nest. Three 

 photographs of the nest and eggs were 

 taken and they are probably the first 

 ever taken of this subject. 



The eggs are now at this office and 

 can be seen by all desiring to. They 

 will be scientifically prepared and then 

 placed in a museum. As an example 

 of their rarity neither of the Kansas 

 City public museums contain their 

 eggs and it is doubtful if any are on 

 display in Arkansas or Missouri. — Sul- 

 phur Springs (Mo.) Record, May 28, 

 1915. Will Plant, proprietor. 



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Our Egg Exchange Adv. 

 During the last three or four months 

 we have carried a large advertisement 

 relative to the subject of the exchange 

 of birds eggs, offering what we be- 

 lieved opportunities that have never 

 been before offered, and had expected 

 to commence making these exchanges 

 on about the first of June. But owing 

 to the injuries we received in Califor- 

 nia and the detention from business we 

 have been unable to unpack all of the 

 duplicates that we had. Since the first 

 publication of this advertisement we 

 purchased the Rev. P. B. Peabody col- 

 lection of birds eggs, one of the most 

 noted collections in America, and it 

 will be necessary, before extensively 

 exchanging, if those who exchange 

 with us are to get the benefit of our 

 full exchange list, that this collection 

 also should be unpacked. It will not 

 be possible to unpack and arrange 

 both these large collections, the Beers 

 collection and the Peabody collection 

 before about the first of September. 

 However, between now and then we 

 will send out to those who have 

 answered our advertisement, partial 

 lists, and have no doubt that we will 

 be able to offer them very perfect ma- 

 terial. 



In the unpacking of the Beers collec- 

 tion, it is a pleasure to us to note the 

 extreme care with which Mr. Beers 

 prepared his specimens. The Editor 

 has probably packed, unpacked and 

 catalogued more large collections of 

 North American birds eggs than any 

 man living; perhaps than any man that 

 ever lived, and we can testify that 

 Virgil W. Owens of Los Angeles, Philo 

 W. Smith of Eureka Springs, Arkan- 

 sas, and Fred W. Beers of Stamford, 

 Connecticut, stand pre-eminent as 

 preparators of specimens of this kind. 

 R. M. Barnes. 



