THE OOLOGIST. 



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Davie's Nests and Eggs 



Nof^TH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an 



Introduction by J. Parker Norris, and FuU 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc. by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D.. 



and W. Otto Emerson. 



This work la descriptive of the Nests and VggB 

 M the Land and Water Birds of North America, 

 which includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are Indigenous north c* tha 

 Southern United States boundary. Includlncr 

 Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. 



The breeding range of each species is given. 

 the time of nesting, the exact number ol egga 

 laid, their color and size together with the ctolel 

 characteristics of the birds. 



The arrangement of the work Is according to 

 the new nomenclature of the A. O. U. Code and 

 Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway'8). 

 as used in former editions, are placed to tbe 

 right of each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be f(»uKl. 

 and a comfi^etb amalyticax. ind£X of these la 

 given. 



An Invaluable book as an aid for the Identlfl- 

 eatlon of specimens to all those collecting In tbe 

 Oeld. 



The work consists of 4TS pages and 13 full page 

 Illustrations. 



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BBIDLEl) TERN EGGS. 



In April ">KI Ooi.ociisT. we published the fol- 

 lowinjr notice: 



•■Collectors having eggs of Bridled Tern that 

 they ()t)t;iiued direct from me. will please keep 

 the same in their posession until a question 

 which h;is recently arisen, can l)e settled. 



My collector on the Bahamas was a man of 

 e.xperieiice. and old army captain, and who. for 

 the ])ast dozen years, has spent from six to nine 

 mouths annually in active Held worlt. In 'H8 

 and 'f<9 he brought home from the Bahamas 

 several sldns of the Bridled Tern and a few eggs 

 which he poxticelij iihnliflfd as coming from 

 the same species. That niy collector is honest 

 in his belief in the identity of the eggs, Is un- 

 questionable, but one of the best, if not the 

 very best Oologists in the United States— or 

 the world for that matter— writes me that they 

 are not the eggs of the Bridled Tern. 



My collector is now in Central America some- 

 where and thi.s matter cannot be stniightened 

 until his retern which is not expected until 

 July. 



While I shall refuse to fill orders for eggs of 

 this species until his return. I shall also refuse 

 to redeem any of the eggs that I have sold for 

 that species during the past eighteen months 

 until the matter can be straightened. Should 

 it be decided that the eggs are genuine, or 

 should it be decided otherwise, notice will be 

 given in the Ooi.ogirt and I shall straighten 

 the matter to my patrons' entire satisfaction.' 



The ejrps have proved to be those of some 

 other species, but we now have, however, a 

 stock of gmiiiiie Bridled's and our patrons hav- 

 ing the spurious specimens ohlauud direcdy- 

 from ua can return the same and we will send a 

 genuine sjjecimen by next mail. 



Faithfully, 

 rP/>K H. I AT TIN. 



Carr's Natural History and Bird Stores. 



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New Catalogue will be out in Oct.— "90 Cata- 

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C. R. CARR. 

 Jetf Madison, Wis. 





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