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We told each other our gains and trou- 

 bles and he would advise me as to 

 what I should do. 



He died on August 7, 1915, at his 

 home, 2301 Monroe street, after a pro- 

 longed sickness and his loss was much 

 bereaved by his friends and family. 



less." Do you think really that you 

 can find this ad in this issue? — Editor. 



R. P. Sharpies of West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania, sends us the following, 

 relative to Mr. Darlington: 



"Mr. E. J. Darlington, a prominent 

 oologist of Wilmington, Deleware, died 

 on August 7th of this year. He had a 

 fine collection of over five hundred 

 species and sub-species of eggs and 

 was an enthusiastic collector. Among 

 his other treasures is a set of four 

 Bald Eagle eggs taken near his home. 

 He also had for exchange every spring 

 sets of Ferruginous Rough Leg, Prairie 

 Falcon, Osprey and one or two other 

 raptores. Mr. Darlington has been in 

 failing health for over a year, though 

 he kept up his interest in the egg col- 

 lecting until the close of his life." 



Joys of Editorship. 

 Sometime since one W. L. Brow- 

 nell of New York City wrote to ascer- 

 tain if we desired to buy certain back 

 numbers of THE OOLOGIST. W^e re- 

 plied that we did not at this time. A 

 later mail brings a postal card reading 

 as follows: 

 "Dear Sir: 



"Apparently then your publica- 

 tion is worthless, in that case 

 kindly discontinue my subscrip- 

 tion. You may publish this if you 

 care to do so." 



The subscription has been discon- 

 tinued and THE OOLOGIST will con- 

 tinue to be published! 



Since receiving the above a later 

 mail brings an advertisement to be 

 published in this issue offering these 

 same back numbers for sale. Strange 

 that a person should want to adver- 

 tise for sale something that is "worth- 



Large Sets of 1915. 



1. April 9, 1915, Lake Co., 111.— 

 Crow, seven eggs. Nest made of 

 sticks with thickly felted lining of 

 grass and horse hair; placed against 

 the main trunk of a slightly leaning 

 oak tree. 



2. May 1, 1915., Piatt County, 111.— 

 Tufted Titmouse, seven eggs. Nest 

 about forty feet up in a hollow limb of 

 a White Oak tree. The cavity was 

 ten inches deep and the lining was 

 composed of weeds, grass, feathers, 

 hair, snake skin, and many of those 

 round scales which spiders make to 

 cover their eggs. It took me ten min- 

 utes to get the female off the nest and 

 as much more to hook the seven beau- 

 tiful eggs up with a crotched twig. 



3. May 1, 1915, Piatt Co., 111.— Tuft- 

 ed Titmouse, seven eggs and one Cow- 

 bird. Nest ten feet up in cavity in the 

 under side of a leaning Ash tree on a 

 river bank. I pulled out a little nest- 

 ing material to get at the eggs which, 

 to my sorrow, dislodged the whole set 

 of eggs and sent them splashing into 

 the water below. 



4. May 2, 1915, Piatt Co., 111.— 

 Caroline Chickadee, eight eggs. Nest 

 two feet above the ground in a half- 

 dead Ash stub four inches through. 

 Lining composed mostly of rabbit 

 hair upon which lay the eight, nearly 

 round eggs. A good set sparingly spot- 

 ted with medium sized, reddish-brown 

 blotches. 



5. May 8, 1915, Piatt Co., 111.— 

 PhcBbe, six eggs. Nest was usual 

 structure of moss, mud, hair, and grass 

 situated in a small culvert probably 

 two feet wide and three high. The 

 six white eggs were too badly incubat- 

 ed to save. 



6. May 13, 1915, Champaign County, 

 111. — Field Sparrow, five eggs. Nest 



