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THE OOEOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



fcEIL F. POSSON, MEDINA, N. Y. 

 ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



CorresponrlPiice and Items of liiteiest to the 

 student of i'.irds. their Nests aud liij'gs. sulK.-iied 

 Irom all. 



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It is with imieh regret that we are 

 ()i)liged to inform the readers of The 

 OoLOGiST that the Assoeiate Editor sev- 

 ered his eonneetion with our little 

 monthly last September — we have been 

 very tardy in making this announce- 

 ment as we thought it barely possible 

 Mr. P. might be either coaxed or driven 

 into reconsidering his withdrawal and 

 continuing with us for at least another 

 year as the marked improvement in the 

 OoLOGiST during the past season has 

 been largely due to Mr.Posson's efforts. 

 During the summer months he was both 

 Editor and Associate. In severing our 

 connection with Mr. P. we lose a valu- 

 able co-helper and while it will be nec- 

 essary for us with the co-operation of 



1"he Ool( gist's thousands of readers. 

 to place our "shoulders a little firmer 

 to the wheel" in order to make the; 

 little monthly for '91 wliat it might- 

 have been with his assistance. Wliile 

 we are making this extra eflfort to make 

 The Oologist for '91 better and more- 

 interesting than any previous volume,, 

 we can congratulate otu" Friend Posson 

 upon acquiring and faithfullj' perform- 

 ing the duties of a Government official 

 which from a pecuniary stand-point 

 must be hxUy as substantial as the 

 honor and glory he obtained in his con- 

 nection with us. Mr. Posson has agreed 

 to keep '"windv.ard ej'e" on The 

 Oologist ai;d to (>ccasion;illy "help u.S! 

 out"(?). 



Nothing at All. 

 {A la "The Old Oaken Bucket .'^ } 



I 



How fresh in my -.hop.ghts are those days of 

 collectiiifr. 



Since in endless success:' on they return to my 

 mind.— 



Iiow, through orchard and meadov,'. with shot- 

 gun and egg-box. 



I searched every nook for the eggs I might 

 find. 



jVnd when, in mv ran^.bles through forest and 

 thicket, 



I'd chance on a nest which my own I might 

 call. 



Kow I'd rush to the spot, and.— oh what disap- 

 pointment 



To find that that nest con^aiiied nothing at all : 

 Contained simply nothing, 



not n single thing in it. not even an egg-shell, — 



no. nothing at all. 



II 



Then I'd gaze toward the tree-tops and mur- 

 mur at fortune. 



And replace the cover on my egg-box of tin ; 



And comfort my troubled and discouraged, 

 spirit 



With the sad consolation that '-It might have 

 been." 



Yes, I daily i-emember those deep disappoint- 

 ments ; 



And my hopes and ambitions almost instantly 

 fail 



To the soles of my gaiters with each recollec- 

 tion 



Of the many nests found that contained noth- 

 ing at all. 



The Hawk's nests, the- 



Wren's nests, the nests of the Warblers, and 



the many odd nests that contained nothing at 



aU. 



Ill 

 Flow fresh in mj' memory is that day in the- 



summer. 

 When a nest of the Cerulean Warbler I found ;: 

 In the henrt of a woodland, in a large, branch- 

 ing oalc-tree. 



