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with this masterly summing-up of the case is to say too little. 

 The matter of the status of sub-species is, too, as important to 

 the Oologist as to the Ornithologist, and it is a fact that has often 

 been asserted that the study of a series of eggs from certain districts 

 often shows that the eggs will at least help to guide in the deter- 

 mination of sub-specific rank. 



Mr. Geo. Scholey, an old and valued correspondent, has been 

 " broadcasting " the results of his latest investigations into the 

 habits of the Cuckoo. 



We would be interested to learn what experiences other observers 

 have had in the case of the deposition of the eggs of the Reed 

 Bunting, as two cases have come under our notice in which there 

 has been an interval of more than a day between the laying of 

 the eggs. Is this usual ? 



As a nevz-comer into the ranks of Ornithological journalism, 

 it ill becomes us, perhaps, to comment on the merit of our contem- 

 poraries. We were asked, however, to name those other papers 

 which interested us most. Unhesitatingly we replied, " The Wilson 

 Bulletin " and " El Hornero." We greatly envy the fortunate 

 position of those responsible for the latter. Not only do ample 

 funds appear to be available for producing a very fine record of 

 South American Ornithology and Oology, but the members of the 

 society of which it is the official journal appear to be more than 

 ordinarily enthusiastic. Funds alone would not suffice to produce 

 the result. The feature of " The Wilson Bulletin " we like so much 

 is the intimate record of the doings of its subscribers, who appear 

 to keep so closely in touch with their deservedly popular Editor, 

 Dr. Lynds Jones. 



The United States is, happily, large enough, and its Oological 

 workers sufficiently spread, that there is not the need for with- 

 holding the results of localized research that exists in England, 

 where few districts, however remote, are a day's journey from 

 anyone interested. Not only so, but in the States the law permits 

 the taking of eggs for scientific purposes in most of the States 

 of the Union. In some States it is difficult to secure a permit and 

 almost impossible to get permission to send specimens away, but 



