The Oologist. 



Vol. XXXIII. No. 12. Albion, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1916. Whole No. 353 



Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, III. 



A MERRY CHRISTMAS 



With this issue Tlie Oologist closes 

 the year 1916. It has not been all we 

 had hoped for, but has been better 

 than we feared it might be at times. 

 The Editor desires to express his ap- 

 preciation for the aid and support ex- 

 tended us during the year just closing. 



The Oologist is only what its 

 friends make it. They can make it bet- 

 ter or worse as the case my be. The 

 Editor is only the medium through 

 which they work. The Oologist is not 

 a commercial proposition. If it were, 

 it would not now be. It would have 

 ceased long, long ago, before we took 

 it. 



The sole object in keeping the Oolo- 

 gist alive is that we niay all have a 

 common source to which we may all 

 go. Students, amateurs, ornitholo- 

 gists and oologists alike; for the lat- 

 est and best in those lines. Sentiment 

 also plays a part. Many of us older 



oologists have been tied to the Oolo- 

 gist for many long years. The tie is 

 hard to sever. If it were not for the 

 Oologist where would the oologists of 

 America be? Just think of that for a 

 moment! The year 1916 is the only 

 year since we took over The Oologist 

 that the subscription list has not 

 shown a net gain. The loss this year 

 is small, but it is up to our friends to 

 see to it that it does not continue. 



Paper, cuts and everything that 

 makes up The Oologist have gone up 

 in price. The subscription remains 

 the same. All money received by The 

 Oologist for subscription and adver- 

 tising goes into the magazine expenses. 

 The more we receive the better maga- 

 zine we can have and the revenue is 

 likewise true. 



Mr. Subscriber,- think this over, 

 AND THEN ACT.. . 



R. M. Barnes. 



