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THE OOLOGIST. 



from the study of the captives, gleamed 

 much about their feeding grounds and 

 drinking places that otherwise would 

 have remained unknown. He also ex- 

 perimented with the opera glass in the 

 field and concluded it an excellent thing 

 —at the theatre. But we must pass 

 along content with having merely 

 skimmed the surface beneath which lie 

 volumes, for the intention has been to 

 simply show that the Ornithologist has 

 learned a few things that only the ac- 

 quiring and handling of actual material 

 ogether with a desire for knowledge in 

 every branch of his chosen science 

 could teach. 



J. Claire Wood, 

 Detroit, Mich, 

 (to be continued.) 



World's Fair, St. Louis. 



St Louis, U. S. A., Sept. 9, 19C2. 

 Editor, 'Oologist", Albion, N. Y. 

 Dear Sir: — I take pleasure in sending 

 you herewith a copy of the first Circu- 

 lar of the Fish and Game Department of 

 the World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904. 

 The Exposition authorities desire very 

 much to secure full and comprehensive 

 displays of the animal life of all coun- 

 tries at the Exposition. The plan of 

 the Department includes exhibits of liv- 

 ing animals and plants, literature based 

 upon animal and plant life, the equip- 

 ment and methods employed in the col- 

 lection and utilization of such natural 

 resources, the life histories of animals 

 and plants, the appliances and methods 

 for natural and artificial increase, and 

 many other important subjects to which 

 reference is made in the Circular. 



The Fish and Game Department is 

 collecting a Library of natural history 

 books and papers for reference during 

 the pre-exposition period, and for such 

 final disposition as authors and publish- 

 ers may direct. Publishers of such 

 literature are earnestly requested to be- 

 come exhibitors. It would please me 



greatly to receive the "Oologist" as a 

 part of this collection. Your co-oper- 

 ation in carrying out this plan will be 

 greatly appreciated. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Tarleton H. Bean. 

 Chief, Department of Fish and Game. 



[We have considered the above letter 

 and accompanying circular of sufficient 

 interest to our readers to print in full. — 

 Ed.] 



department of fish and game 



circular 1. 

 St. Louis, U. S. A., May 12, 1902. 



By proclamation of August 20, 1901 r 

 President McKinley invited the nations 

 of the world to unite in the Internation- 

 al Exposition to be held in St. Louis 

 in 1904 in commemoration of the pur- 

 chase of the Louisiona Territory from 

 France in 1803. 



The Exposition will be opened May 

 1, 1904, and close November 30, of the 

 same year. It is to be situated in For- 

 est Park, in the western suburbs of St. 

 Louis, and will occupy an area of about 

 1200 acres. The amount of exhibit 

 space will be more than 200 acres, or 

 more than twice as much as at any pre 

 vious exposition. The cost of the Ex- 

 position will be approximately forty 

 millions of dollars. It is intended to 

 illustrate the resources and industries 

 of the world, theis progress in civilizat- 

 ion, and to give a retrospective view of 

 their development. 



Fish and Game. — Owing to the liberal 

 scale upon which the Exposition is pro- 

 jected this Department will have ample 

 space aud unexampled facilities for 

 showing the fishing and hunting re- 

 sources and industries in a great build 

 ing, which it will share equally with 

 Forestry. Every effort will be made to 

 display not only resources and indust- 

 ries, but also the methods and applian- 

 ces involved therein. The hearty co- 

 operation of great industrial associat- 

 ions, as well as individuals associated 

 with fish and game interests, assures 



