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THE OOLOGISl 



THOMAS H. JACKSON. 



With this issue we present a like- 

 ness of the well known Oologist, Tho 

 mas H. Jackson of West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania. This we do without 

 his knowledge or consent, and with 

 "malice aforethought." 



Mr. Jackson is one of the best 

 known oologists of the United States 

 and is one of the oldest subscribers to 

 this magazine, and is personally known 

 to more collectors of North American 

 birds eggs by correspondence than per- 

 haps any other man in America. 



Our first acquaintance with Mr. 

 Jackson commenced in the late 'SO's 

 as the result of numerous exchanges of 

 specimens then made with him. Since 

 that time we have had more or less a 

 continuous correspondence and inter- 

 change of specimens and notes, and 

 is a pleasure to testify to the fact 

 that we have always found Mr. Jack- 

 son deserving of that sturdy reputa- 

 tion for absolute integrity and fairness 

 in these matters which is know 

 throughout the land. Would that there 

 were many, many more of his kind. 



SUBSCRIBERS. 



Our old friend P. G. Howes, Curator 

 of the Maplewood Museum of Natural 

 Science of Stamford, Connecticut, 

 sends the "wherewith" to pay for two 

 subscriptions and adds., " These sub- 

 scriptions I am paying myself, but 

 am sure that they will both renew next 

 year." 



If every subscriber to the OOLO- 

 GIST would take as much interest in 

 extending the subscription list and do 

 as well as Brother Howes, we would 

 double the size of the magazine and 

 commence the publication of colored 

 plates. 



PASSENGER PIGEONS. 



A flock of fifty-five of the "real 

 thing" passed over my head at Chili 



Center, Monroe County New York at 

 9.30 this morning (August 6, 1909) 

 flying due east at terrific speed, and 

 not over one hundred feet above 

 ground. 



I've been "hearing" about them for 

 four years back, but have only one 

 eyesight record of a pair and young 

 in ten years, imtil this find. 



Ernest H. Short. 



The above note is of special interest 

 to me because on February 5th, 1909, 

 some twelve miles north of Lacon, II- 

 linis, as the editor drove along the 

 road, he observed a flock of six or 

 eight birds which at first he took for 

 Passenger Pigeons, and in regard to 

 which the following entry in our bird 

 journal was made as of that day. 



"Saw a flock of six or eight Turtle 

 Doves up at the mouth of Clear Creek 

 valley; a very unusual occurrence for 

 this time of year. I first took them for 

 Wild Pigeons, and am not yet thor- 

 oughly convinced that they were not. 

 As they passed me going at a very 

 high rate of speed towards the South- 

 east and entered the timber flying 

 among the trees in a compact flock and 

 turning and twisting as I never have 

 seen doves in all my life. They ap- 

 peared large for Turtle Doves." 



Let us hope that the Passenger Pig- 

 eon is not entirely a thing of the past. 

 —Ed. 



LOOK OUT. 



We would advise all our readers 

 against having any dealings with W. 

 H. Boose of Waupun, Wisconsin. 



RUBY THROATED HUMINGBI RDS. 



(Trochilus colubris) 

 Even the greatest and most careful 

 observers sometimes arrive at wrong 

 conclusions. It is in the February 1907, 

 OUTING that John Burroughs, one of 

 America's most faithful naturalists, 



