THE OCLOGIST. 



153: 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



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

 ALBION. N. Y. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, WALTER F. WEBB, 

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Messrs. Frederick Warue & Co., 'New 

 York, will immediately commence the 

 publication of the "Library of Natural 

 History," the first instailm'piits of which 

 will compose The Royal Natural His- 

 tory, to be edited bv Mr. Richaril 

 Lydekker, B. A., F. G. S., F. Z. S., who- 

 is already well knowu to naturalists as. 

 an able scientist and the author of sev- 

 eral works on Mammals, etc. This will 

 form, when complete, an entirely new 

 General Natural Histoiy, thoroughly 

 abreast of the age; ful'l, -iccurate and 

 readable, anecdotic, and conveDieutly 

 arranged. It will contain some 1.600 

 illustrations by the most eminent 

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We are indebted to Messrs J. Parker 

 Norris and J. Parker Norris Jr., of 

 Philadelphia, for a catalogue of their 

 Oological Collection. It has twice been 

 the privilege of the Editor to "go- 

 through" and '-feast his eyes" on this 

 wonderful collection and "he has long 

 intended and still intends to "some- 

 time" have more to say in relation to it. 

 For the present, however, the following 

 taken from the preface of the catalogue 

 must suffice: "This collection at the 

 present date— January 1, 181)4— consists 

 of 573 species, 5002 sets and 20,388 eggs. 

 It was the desire of its owners to pro- 

 cure full and complete series rather 

 than to obtain new species, hence the- 

 large number of sets in proportion to- 

 the number of species. It is especially 

 strong in series of Warblers, Hawks,, 

 and Owls, to which particular attention 

 is invited. No eftort has been made to 

 obtain the eggs of the- Water Birds as 

 it is practically impossible to secure a 

 good representation of them. Rid<T. 

 way's Nomenclature has been retained 

 as far as possible, as the collection was 

 already numbered and arranged in ac- 

 cordance with it long before the A. O. 

 U. Nomenclature was published." 



