THE OOLOGIST. 



49 



The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



F. H. LATTIN, & CO., Publishers. 

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Mr Howard CucUip dierl at the home 

 of his father, Washirgton, D. C, in 

 October last 



Mr. J. P. Newell, Jr. of Carthage, 

 Mo. writes of taking 14 eggs from a 

 nest of the Red-shafted Flicker besides 

 leaving four to hatch. 



We are indebted to Messrs. Bradford 

 & Beadles of Mayfield, Ky. for an in- 

 vitation to the Third Annual Supper of 

 the K. K. K. (Hunting and Fishing) 

 Club. The supper was served in old 

 fashioned camp style and the follow- 

 ing was the Bill of Fare: Fish. Crop- 

 pie: broiled, fiied; Trout: broiled, fried. 

 Game. Bear: steak, roast; Venison: 

 steak, I'oast: Quail: broiled; Duck: baked 

 stewed; Squirrel: broiled; K. K. K.: 

 camp stew; Rabbit: barbecued. Breads. 

 Corn Light Bread; Baker's Bread. 

 Crackers, Pickles, Catsup, Onions, Wor- 

 cester Sauce, K. K. K. Coffee, Water. 

 The Menu cards were elegant souven- 

 irs of the occasion. SoiTy we couldn't 

 have been there. 



Wm. G. Smith, formerly of Loveland, 

 Colorado, is now conducting an eating 

 house in Deal, England. If Friend S. 

 mak'^s as good a landlord as he is a 

 naturalist his house will be full to over- 

 flowing at all times. 



Frauds Again. 



I am very sorry to l)e compelled to 

 warn my ornithological brethren 

 against any party who oilers such eggs 

 as:— Pac. Kittiwake, Pac. Fulmer, Pela- 

 gic Cormorant, Arizona Pyrrholoxia and 

 many other such like sub-specific rari- 

 ties. It has painfully dawned upon me 

 that parties who offer such eggs as the 

 above ''in exchange for common spe- 

 cies" are to be absolutely avoided if 

 one would escape mortification and 

 loss. 



Let me em])ellish this warning with 

 a bit of humor. A set of "Rustj'" 

 Grackle offered me with sets of the 

 above showed, when examined with a 

 microscope, some erasures, but the 

 small end of one egg bore, boldly, tha 

 following overlooked i!iseription"3C)0|". 

 This particular egg, then, had at some 

 time done duty as an egg of the 

 "Smoky-fronteil Jay!" Trulj-, there is 

 fun, sometimes, even in failure. 



P B. Pea BODY, 

 Ovvatonna, Minn. 



