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THE OOLOGIST. 



Wirt! Again. 



Our old friend, W. Wirt of Orleans 

 County, New York, addresses at dif- 

 ferent points under different dates, 

 has evidently fallen back into his old 

 habits. 



We gave him a free "write-up" in 

 June, 1904, but after receiving protes- 

 tations of reform, etc., finally rein- 

 stated him on our subscription book 

 in 1905. 



I fear that like the old Hebrew, he 

 is "joined to his idols" and therefore 

 have expunged his name from our 

 book for the last time and advise 

 others to "let him alone", as I shall 



do. 



E. H. SHORT. 

 March, 1909. 



Fraud. 



It will be a pleasure to us to expose 

 any improper, unscientific or fraudu- 

 lent practices, on the part of any one, 

 relating to the sale or exchange of 

 specimens; of failure of anyone to 

 square accounts in such matters. 

 These things should be conducted 

 along honorable lines 



R. M. BARNES 



That Militant Campaign. 



The militant campaign announced 

 with such a flourish of trumpets in 

 the April issue of OUTING as about 

 to be undertaken by that publication 

 against the small boys of the country 

 for desiring to start a modest local 

 collection of the nests and eggs of 

 our native birds, to which we referred 

 in our last issue, has come to an in- 

 glorious end. 



It was stated in the press dispatches 

 of April 12th that a receiver was ap- 

 pointed for the OUTING Publishing 

 Company by the United States Court 

 at Syracuse, New York on that day. 



We extend our sympathy to the 



OUTING people in this, their hour of 

 trouble, but it should be a warning 

 that it is an impossibility to carry 

 water on both shoulders. In their 

 case, this they tried to do, by en- 

 couraging in every way the sale of 

 the most murderous implements for 

 the destruction of the bird that laid 

 the egg, while OUTING itself was con- 

 ducting a militant campaign against 

 the boy who took the egg. 



To our mind it is far more impor- 

 tant that the bird be not desnuj-ed. 



Exchange Notices. 



After the mailing of this issue of 

 THE OOLOGIST, no exchange notices 

 of later date will be honored for pub- 

 lication unless issued and signed by 

 the present proprietor of this maga- 

 zine. They ,will all be consecutively 

 numbered, and a careful record of 

 them kept. 



It is our wish to build up the ex- 

 change department, for from past ex- 

 perience we know its great value to 

 collecting naturalists. This we can- 

 not do alone, however, Mr. Subscriber, 

 you can assist us by advertising your 

 duplicates and wants. You ought to 

 do so, particularly, when it costs you 

 nothing extra. These specimens do 

 you no good lying idle in your cabi- 

 nets. They may be just what your 

 neighbor wants. 



Special Notice. 



Inadvertantly in the last issue, there 

 appeared a number of advertisements 

 signed by Ernest H. Short, as Mana- 

 ger. Mr. Short has no longer any con- 

 nection with this magazine. All cor- 

 respondence should be addressed to 

 THE OOLOGIST, at Lacon, Illinois. 

 The undersigned is the sole owner, 

 proprietor, editor and manager of this 

 publication. 



R. M. BARNES. 



