THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY and OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. L.ATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



NEIL F. POSSON, MEDINA, N. Y. 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



Correspondence ami items of Interest, to tlie 

 student ot JJirds. their Nests and £ggs, soU<i!ed 

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Editorial Notes. 



We are in receipt of a leaflet explana- 

 tory of a proposed trip to Mount Whit- 

 ney', the highest peak of the United 

 States. It is proposed to organize a 

 party to spend the snnnner vacation in 

 visiting the mountain and making a 

 .seientitic study of it and tlie adjacent 

 country as regards Ornithology, Bot- 

 any, Geology, Mineralogy, ete., and to 

 make collections, which study Avill be 

 under the guidance of comiJt'tent in- 

 structors. Prof. Charles Hitchcock, of 

 Dartmouth College, one of tlie most 

 eminent geologists of the eonntrj', is 

 tixpected to be with the i)arty. Tlie 

 (;ost of the proposed trip is placod at 

 $100 per individual. Those desiring to 

 join the class, should address Rev. F. 

 H. Wales, Principal San Joaquin Val- 

 ley Polytechnic Institute, Tulare Cit^', 

 California. 



As enthiisiasti!' a recommendation as 

 the OoLOGiST has received in some 

 time comes to us from one of (mr cor- 

 respondents. After vividlj' protra^ing, 

 in a sad manner, the ignorance' and. 

 rapacity of some "young collectors" in 

 his locality, he exclaims Avith energy: 



"Young collectoi-s, tlirown down 

 your pins, and shake five cents out of 

 your bank and send it for a copy of the 

 OoLOGlST which will tell you hmv to 

 heartily enjoy and profit by egg eollect- 



The number of queries received 

 monthly are continually^ on the in- 

 crease. It is true that the l!)th ceutuiy 

 is an era of interrogation points. 

 Send them along. 



In the article on the Chinese or Mon- 

 golian Pheasant in the May numljer, by 

 a mistake of the Editor, that bird was 

 given as occurring in Idaho. The 

 writer of that article, 'Mr. McNamee, 

 resides in Idaho, but all of his observa- 

 tions on the Mongolian Pheasant were 

 made in Oregon, and he informs us 

 that that bird is not found in Ichiho. 



We make haste to amend the error, 

 which was in confounding the ])lace of 

 observation with the phue of residence 

 of the observer. 



Natural History Camp of the Worcester Nat- 

 ural History Society. 



Unknown to many, although its fame 

 is rapidly spreading in all directions, 

 there exists, on the shores f>f Lake 

 Quinsigamond, near Worcester, Mass., 

 an institution, which, in originality, 

 nature and scope of the work, and the 

 object held in view, is one of the best 

 and most worthy of imitation generally, 

 that has been brought to our notice. 



This is tlie Natural History Camp, 

 established in 1885, by the Worcester 

 Natural History Societj-. 



It is a summer camp for boys, and a 

 similar camp for girls has recently been 

 instituted at Tower Hill, on the shores 

 of the same lake and promises to be 

 fully as successful as the Boj-'s Camp 

 has been during the live years of its 

 establishment. 



The full plan and .scope of the work 

 may be obtained from the Prospectus, 

 which Ave publish in this Oologist. 



All Avho are at all interested in any of 

 the branches of Natural History, will at 



