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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



Correspondence and Items of Interest, to tlie 

 student of Birds, tlielr Nests and Kjjgs, solicited 

 from all. 



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Albion, Orleans Co., jn. Y. 



•.• Articles, Items of Interest and Queries 

 lor publication should be forwarded as early in 

 the month as possible 



Tlie Plain Talk of New York City 

 which "speaks for itself" and is pub- 

 lished "for boj's and girls" has been 

 stealing articles from the Oologist for 

 the past few months, and its Natural 

 History Editor has Ikhmi having them 

 j)ul)iishe<l in full, as original contribu- 

 tions for his department, and seems to 

 have forgotten that the Oologist is in 

 existence, at any rate he gives it no 

 credit in the articles thus appropriated. 

 We are glad to have our brother pub- 

 lishers reprint any of the valuable ar- 

 ticles that appear in the Oologist, but 

 must insist on due credit being given. 



Were Ave the publisher of a monthly 

 "for young peo])le" which we recom- 

 mended "to mothers" as "bright, clean 

 and [)me" and one of our editois tilled 

 the spaci! allotted him for his depart- 

 ment by "cril/bing" fiom exchanges 

 ■withoijt credit, we would elevate Mr. 



Ed. from his position, and if necessary, 

 fire his "department" after him. 



Notes and Queries. 

 We receive many articles from col- 

 lectors on the hal)its and nesting of rare 

 species, but it frequentlj^ happens that 

 the collector is mistaken in his identit3' 

 of the species — thus making the article 

 valueless. 



F. D. J., New Castle, Del., writes of 

 taking a set of five Red-tailed Hawk 

 and one of six Gt. Blue Heron. 



We are indebted to several corres- 

 pondents for accounts of their collect- 

 ing experiences for '90, but as they are 

 mostly with common species we are 

 obliged to give the space to articles of 

 more general interest and value. 



F. C. Hare, Whitby, Ont.. wants to 

 know a good waj' to get rid of the 

 P^nglish Sparrow, in winter when there 

 are no other birds' around. Shot is too 

 expensive. Are there no other means 

 to get rid of this little pestV 



An "Egg within an Egg" of our com- 

 mon domestic fowls are by no means 

 uncommon, as almost every collector 

 has either seen or heard (from reliable 

 quarters) of them. 



King, 

 frcsn I 



of three frcsn eggs of the Scarlet Tana- 

 ger on Aug. 8th, and thinks the date 

 rather late. 



S. J., Leavenworth, Kan. The bird 

 which you shot on Nov. 22nd, was the 

 Pileated Woodpecker. 



The "Forest and Stream" is ])iiblish- 

 ed in New York. We can furnish sam- 

 ple copies at lOe or will receive sub- 

 scriptions and include the OoLOGlST for 

 a year for $4.00. 



The Si)otted Sandpiper usually nests 

 earlj- in June. 



H. W. C, Sonoma, Cal., asks: 



"Is tlie Ivory-billed Woodpecker 



found in California? if so, has it been 



known to nest?" 



F. A. S., College Park, Cal. In reply 

 to your query as to the matter with the 



