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THE OOLOGIST 



Adolf B. Covert. 



It may be interesting to some of tlie 

 older ornitliologists to know tliat 

 Adolph B. Covert dropped dead from 

 heart failure in the old Franklin 

 House in Detroit, Michigan, January 

 19th, 1919, aged 65 years. 



Mr. Covert was connected with the 

 Ann Arbor Museum for eight years 

 and while there published a list of 

 birds of Washetenaw County, and 

 after leaving Ann Arbor he was con- 

 nected with various other museums, 

 among some of which were Chicago 

 and Springfield, 111., Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 and Philadelphia and he assisted John 

 Lewis Childs in arranging his collec- 

 tion. He was probably one of the 

 best posted men in ornithology in the 

 state of Michigan, having made birds 

 a study all his life. He was ai one 

 time president of the Michigan Orni- 

 thological Club, and I think he was 

 a member of the Nuttae Club, the Bul- 

 letin of which was followed by the 

 "Auk." He held a position as time 

 keeper at the Michigan Steele Cast- 

 ings Company at Detroit at the time 

 of his death. His remains were 

 brought to Plymouth, Mich., and 

 buried in Riverside Cemetery. The 

 last work he ever done in Taxidermy 

 was to mount three wild Canada Geese 

 for me, for my little museum. It is 

 impossible for me to do him full jus- 

 tice for I have not a full history of his 

 life. But it may be said of him, "He 

 has fought a good fight. He has 

 finished his course." Peace be to his 

 ashes. 



J. B. Purdy, 

 Plymouth, Mich. 



Books Received 



"The Oologists' Exchange & Mart" 

 Number 1, June 1, 1919 isue of this 

 publication by Kenneth L. Skinner, 

 Brooklands Estate Office, Waybridge, 

 England, is here, a four page publi- 



cation of about the size of the Oolo- 

 gist. The issue, of course, being large- 

 ly devoted to preliminary matters 

 with relation to the dates and times 

 of publication and price ($1.00 per 

 annum.) The mechanical make-up is 

 good. A list of subscribers (40 in 

 number), together with their post 

 office address is appended. The pur- 

 pose of this publication as announced 

 in its "Foreword" is well expressed in 

 its title. It is to bring into communica- 

 tion the collectors of Oological speci- 

 mens in all parts of the world, as 

 The Oologist does those engaged in 

 North American Oology; and it is an- 

 nounced "a collector wishing to be- 

 come a subscriber must be proposed 

 and seconded by existing subscriber 

 and must, if required, give to the 

 Editor satisfactory references as to 

 his standing." 



A list of subscribers contains names 

 from Australia, Canada, England, 

 Scotland, United States, France, Trin- 

 idad, Ireland and India. 



The much discussed question of 

 "data" is given a page of space in 

 this first issue. There is perhaps no 

 other question relating to Oological 

 records that has been so much dis- 

 cussed and concerning which so little 

 progress has been made. Brother 

 Skinner suggests that datas be made 

 on standard index cards 5x3 inches, 

 which is but one of hundreds of sug- 

 gestions that have been made in years 

 gone by relative to the adoption of a 

 standard data blank. We hope pro- 

 gress will be made along this line. 



Not the least interesting portion of 

 this publication is a suplement con- 

 sisting of a "private and confidential" 

 list of advertisers issued privately to 

 subscribers only and which we believe 

 will prove of much value if it is kept 

 up in the form in which the first issue 

 comes out. — Editor. 



Nests on Dr. W. L. Abbott's Second 



