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THE OOLOGIST. 



Publications Received. 

 Am. Ornithology. Vol VI, No. 34: 

 The "West," Vol. XXXII, No. 1, 2; 

 "The Warbler," New Ser., Vol. II, No. 

 1; Bulletin Penn. Div. of Zoology, Vol. 

 Ill, S and 9; JournalMe. Orn. Soc. 

 Vol. VIII, No. 1; Amateur Naturalist. 

 Vol. II, No. 6; A. S. of C. C. Bulletin, 

 Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 2; "Condor," Vol. 

 VIII, No. 2; "Coin Cabinet." Vol. I. 

 No. 3. 



Editorial. 

 Mr. Leiblesperger of Fleetwood, Pa., 

 reports a nest of Baltimore Oriole oc- 

 cupied immediately after construction 

 by a House Wren ,who drove Madame 

 Oriole away and built her own nest 

 within. He reports sets of 3 Mourn- 

 ing Dove, (the Editor's third record), 

 5 of Wood Thrush and 9 of Crested 

 Flycatcher. 



We note from other sources that 

 Rev. Peabody, of ornithological fame, 

 is preparing an exhaustive work on 

 Nesting Habits of North American 

 Birds. It's sure to be good. 



Rev. E. C. Mitchell of St. Paul, has 

 donated his superb collection of In- 

 dian relics and coins to the Minnesota 

 Historical Society. We note that they 

 are duly grateful. Who wouldn't be? 



Our attention has been called dur- 

 ing the past few months to the death 

 of two taxidermists, from what was 

 said to be arsenical poisoning. Mr. G. 

 F. Breninger of Phoenix, Ariz,, once 

 prominent as a California bird man, 

 and Louis F. Senso, of Laporte, Ind., 

 an ambitious young naturalist. There 

 seems to be a great difference in the 

 susceptibility of people to this drug, 

 but perhaps the use of the dry pow- 

 dered arsenic is not advisable in any 

 case. Always be careful about cuts 

 and sores and keep your finger nails 

 cleaned out. 



We note the A. S. of C. C. is issu- 

 ing their Bulletin as a monthly in- 

 stead of irregularly, as before. Suc- 

 cess to them. 



In the last issue of Condor, Mr. Nel- 

 son Carpenter mentions a runt Hum- 

 mingbird egg of infinitesimal size. We 

 have seen a runt Canary's egg of ap- 

 proximately same dimensions and 

 think it still in existence. 



From current issue "Am. Ornithol- 

 ogy": 



Circular of Inquiry with reference 

 to the Present Status of the English 

 Sparrow Problem in America. 



1. Are you familiar with Bulletin 

 No. 1, The English Sparrow in Amer- 

 ica, published by the Agricultural De- 

 partment in 1889; and do you agree 

 with the facts there presented and 

 with its conclusions? 



2. Is the English Sparrow present 

 in your locality? How numerous? Are 

 they increasing or decreasing in num- 

 bers? 



3. What is being done to exter- 

 minate them? Please outline methods 

 which you deem effective. 



4. What influence have you ob- 

 served the English Sparrow to have 

 upon native birds? 



5 Would public opinion in your 

 locality favor the adoption of effective 

 measures to exterminate this species? 



6. Please state facts and argu- 

 ments, pro and con, which decide this 

 problem in your own mind. 



Everybody interested is requested 

 to send replies to the above ques- 

 tions before June 1, if possible, to the 

 undersigned. It is proposed to gather 

 a concensus of opinion from all parts 

 of this country and Canada. The data 

 will be made public as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



Mar. 5, 1906. 



Signed. A. H. ESTABROOK. 



Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



Newspapers please copy. 



