THE OOLOGIST. 



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In this organization let lis have no 

 discrimination regarding sex, race or 

 color. 



But let us have one great brother- 

 hood, — rememheriug that we all belong 

 to the great Brotherhood of man. 



And let us each remember that we as 

 scientific investigators are but students 

 i)f the great book of the works of God, 

 the great Creator of all things, and we 

 ]n\t His children. What we now need 

 most to bring about such an organiza- 

 tion is enthusiasm and earnest A\ork. 



It can be done. Let us go at it, Fel- 

 low-workers in the lield of sciencel We 

 are bi'others! Let us recognize our I'c- 

 lationship and combine together that 

 we may pi'otect ourselves and build 

 each other up, as well do more to en- 

 lighten our fellow men. Let us hear 

 from all. 



WiLFlJED A. BrOTHERTON, 



Rochester, Mich. 



A Trip to Cobb's Island- 



May 19, 1891. 



Arrived at the island this afternoon. 

 Dn the way out from the mainland stop- 

 ped in New Marsh for the afternoon 

 shooting, which we found t(j be very 

 poor. 



Saw a good manj' Curlew, but they 

 would not decoy. Killed two Gray- 

 back, seventeen Turn.stone, three Black- 

 Ijellied Plover, one Greater-Yellow legs, 

 ten Red-l)acked Sandpiper and a lot of 

 smaller fry. 



May 20th. This morning I walked up 

 the beach about two miles, and put out 

 decoj's on edge of surf. Bagged a pair 

 of Black-belUed Plover and four Turn- 

 stones, when I had to pack up and 

 make tracks for home on account of a 

 heavy thiimler stonn. Saw a gn'at 

 man}' American Oyster-catchers near 

 the ui)per end of Island, l)ut did not 

 have time to look for their nest then. 



May 21st. Left Coljb's early this 

 morning and .^ailcd down to Smith's Is- 

 land after Great Blue Heron. On the 



way down we i)asscil Mockhorn Island, 

 where there were hundreds of Willet 

 l)reeding. 



Saw a great many Curlew, and about 

 a dozen Cormorant. 



At Smith's Island there is a large 

 heronry of the Great Blues, but all the 

 nests were in tall dead pines, which (as 

 we had no "irons" with us,) we were 

 unable tcf climb. 



There were also a great many Fish 

 Hawks' nests on the island. 



May 22d. As this was to be mj' last 

 day on the island, and the men had re- 

 ported a few Robin Snipe as having 

 lieen seen, I took ray gun and a dozen 

 tin decoys and walked up the beach. 



About a mile up, I stooled out on the 

 edge of the surf, and in a very short 

 time had nineteen fine i^lump Robin 

 Snipe inside my blind. 



Along with tho.se I bagged about two 

 dozen Plover and smaller birds. After 

 putting u]) my decoj's and game, I walk- 

 home through tlie marsh, and lilled my 

 hat with Clapper Rails eggs. 



During my whole trip I saw very few 

 Terns or Gulls of any kind. Also found 

 Yellow Legs very scai'ce. 



One peculiarity about the island, and 

 a very good one, is the total absence of 

 the English Sparrow. 



Wm. H. Fisher, 



Balto, Md. 



One of Indiana's New Laws- 

 The Ornithologist has wonaiulis hap- 

 py. Indiana has at last got a law that 

 if the Ijirds could read, would make 

 them feel very secure. I thouglit that 

 perhaps the reailers of the Oologlst 

 would like to hear this law and lind 

 how they can get a permit. The fidloW' 

 iiig is the law in full: 



Section 1. IJh It enactecl by the (Juneral As- 

 .lenibly of the Slate of liuliaiui. That It shall tw 

 unlawful for any per.sou to kill any wild bird 

 other than a ),'anie bird or purrha.se. olTer for 

 sale any such wild bird after it has been killed, 

 or to destroy the nest or egg« of any wild bird. 

 Sec. a l''or the pun'o^e "f th'** sw^t the follow- 

 ing .shall be cousklered game bird.i: the Anatl- 

 diie. commonly called swaus, geese, brant, and 

 river and sea ducks; the KalUdae, commonly 



