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THE OOLOGIST. 



the welcome hand that one bird-lover 

 always extends to another. 



There are many things which we 

 could discuss with profit, far too many 

 to try to enumerate them here. 



Are you willing to meet with those 

 interested in the cause some time 

 within the present year, help organize 

 a club and be an active member? 



May I not hear from you at once, 

 stating when you could meet with us 

 and where you would prefer to have 

 the meeting, that we may accommo- 

 date the greatest number possible. 



Ornithologically yours, 



SIDNEY S. S. STAXSELL, 

 Tonica, 111. 



Editorial Notes. 



An Albino Set of Tufted Titmouse. 



On May 11, 1905, while returning 

 from a successful day's collection trip, 

 I noticed a hole in an old hickory 

 stump on the edge of a clearing. Ex- 

 amination revealed a Tufted Titmouse 

 on nest. She sat so closely I was 

 obliged to remove her with my 

 hand, and on doing so was very much 

 surprised to see a set of eight pure 

 white eggs. 



This is the only Albino set of tnis 

 spi !i ies I have ever taken, and I am 

 interested in knowing it any readers 

 have taken similar sets. 



These eggs were nearly all the same 

 size, and averaged .75x.54 in. 



Incubation was advanced so thai 

 large hob s were necessary in all ex- 

 cept two, which were infertile. 



GEO. H. COLLINS. 



Missouri. 



Reference in January issue to C. F. 

 Stone should have been Yates Co., 

 not Yates, X. Y. 



C. X. Davis, of Branchport, X. Y., 

 reports an unspotted set of four Scar- 

 let Tanager. 



Patil Whistler, of West Haven, 

 Conn., writes that on January 19th, 

 '06, he found a Screech Owl's nest in 

 a hollow apple tree containing four 

 young. 



We had a warm January in the East 

 this year, but the thermometer was 

 4 degrees below zero when this ar- 

 rived. 



R. H. S., Erie, Pa. — Bird sent for 

 identification is the Tree Sparrow. 

 They are found in the United States 

 only in winter dress and may be 

 known by the brownish black spot in 

 center of breast with yellow on lower 

 beak.— Ed. 



Huntingburg, Ind., 



Apr. 30, 1904. 

 W. H. Bingaman, Algona, Iowa. 



Dear Sir: — I see in an old "Oologist" 

 that you desire a set of Woodcock 

 eggs. I have a set of 1-4 which I 

 took last year in Illinois. The eggs 

 are very small, about the size of a 

 Blue Jay's, or a little larger, but are 

 typically marked. Will sell the set 

 for $1.50 cash, or for a set of 1-4 

 Horned Owl. They are first-class with 

 data. They are exactly as described 

 and if you care for them, send by re- 

 turn mail. yours, 



L. E. MILLER. 



To the Readers oF the Oologist. 



Last Tail I received from one L. E. 

 Miller, Huntingburg, Ind., a set of 

 Runt Amer. Woodcock eggs. These 

 eggs were supposed to be perfect in 

 preparation, etc. I gave him some 

 good sets in exchange for them, but 



