24 Biilletiu No. 25. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. C. Junco. C. 



Red-bellied Woodpecker. C. Song Sparrow. C. 



Flicker, C. Cardinal. C. 



Prairie Horned Lark. C. Towhee. 3. 



Crow. .\. Northern Shrike, 2. 



Blue Jay. C. Brown Creeper. i. 



Cowbird. C. White-breasted Nuthatch. C. 



Meadowlark. C. Tufted Titmouse. C. 



. Red-winged Blackbird. A. Chickadee. C. 



Rusty Blackbird. C. Robin. C. 



Bronzed Grackle. A. Bluebird. C. 



Tree Sparrow. C. Total 41. 



Thus it will be seen that of the forty species recorded on March 12, 

 1898, nine were not recorded on March 11, i8gg, while ten were recorded 

 in 1899 which were not recorded in 1898. 



Lynds Jones, Obcrlhi, Ohio. 



A SUGGESTION TO OOLOGISTS. 



Before we enter upon another active campaign of bird nesting, it is 

 fitting that we should pause a moment to reflect upon the true aim of our 

 toil, risks and trouble, as well as delight and recreation. How many of 

 us can define the phrase "Collecting for scientific purposes," which, like 

 liberty, is the excuse for many crimes? 



If it is true, as has been asserted, that oology as a scientific study has 

 been a disappointment, I am convinced that it is not on account of its 

 limited possibilities, but simply because the average oologist devotes so 

 much time to the collection and bartering of specimens" that no time is 

 left for the, actual study of the accumulating shells. In other words, he 

 frequently undertakes a journey without aim or object. 



The oologist has done much toward clearing up the life history of 

 many of our birds, but as observations of this nature can often be accom- 

 plished without the breaking up of the home of the parent bird, it alone 

 will not suffice as an excuse for indiscriminate collecting. After preparing 

 the specimen for the cabinet his responsibility does not end but only 

 begins. A failure to add something to the general knowledge is robbing 

 the public as well as the birds. He who talks fluently of the enforcement 

 of strict laws for the preservation of our wild birds, their nests and eggs, 



