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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 
OOLOGICAL COLLECTING. 
Advice to the Boys. 
In the first 
place, learn the 
birds;study them 
in their native 
haunts as much 
as possible. Do 
not take an egg 
you are 
certain of the 
variety of bird 
to which it belong. Further. I would say do 
not take bird nor egg until you have decided 
to make a study of it. Do not take them 
merely on the impulse of a passing fancy, or 
until 
just because some one else has a very showy 
collection. Never make an attempt at collect- 
ing unless you have a natural interest in that 
line. Now, if you wish to make a collection 
of eggs be sure you are pretty well acquainted 
with many of our common birds and can 
identify them by sight, or their song. Then, 
the first thing I would recommend is a note 
boook. Be very careful with this note book: 
make a note of everything you are certain of 
that is likely to prove beneficial for future ref- 
erence, but be very sure you are certain of it. 
Put down uncertainties only for the sake of 
comparison. Keep everything as neatly as 
Do not think you can spend a few 
hours and take a lot of rare eggs, bnt try to 
learn something every time you are out in the 
field. 
You can begin to look for the large owls as 
early as February, the small Owls in March 
and April, the large Hawks in April, and some 
of the small birds will be laying this month, 
May will be the best month for small birds, 
while some of them do not lay until Junes and 
a few can be found in July and even August. 
One variety of the small Flycatcher, and the 
Goldfinch, nest in August and I think the 
Goldfinch has been found with eggs as late as 
September, thus enabling us to get fresh eggs 
at least one half of the year. 
Again I will say be very sure of the bird’s 
identity before taking an egg. 
The wish of a ‘‘bird.” 
Swallow, (C. W.) 
possible. 
A LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 
Collectors of Butterflies and Moths, often 
find that there is some difficulty in determining 
the food plants of various larve and the time of 
the escape of the imago. A slight aid to such 
may be found below. Some variance from the 
list will be found, but in most locations the 
months and food plants will be found correct. 
Food as Lepidoptera. 
SQM12Q) CEC7 OPT Oars s.-=- Ma ereeneseeeaae seatilye 
Samia Promethea...Wild Cherry..June or July. 
TNGHOS JET AD seomoncene obec Wraliuteessceceer August. 
LE CLES LUND EF ALY See te cs Pine@yees.-co-ee August. 
Attacus Cvnthia.,.........Avlanthus..........+ July 
Deilephila Lineata,.......GYAPe.....0+06+ August. 
Hyperchiria Lo...........Maple July & August. 
Philampelus Achemon ...GYape.....0000! August. 
Ceratomia Quadrocarins E\m........++- August. 
Papilio TUrnus,.....0.00% Apple. ..cessccem July. 
PapuvowASterca sine cn ec ee: @aliotss. ce eeeeeere July. 
Papilio Cresphontes...... Prickly Ash...... June. 
Vanessa Antiopa.......... Nettles =tecesseee May. 
Vanessa Atlanta.......... Nettles: jo..seeeem May. 
Eudamus Pylades......... Wild Bean...... June. 
Danius Archippus.,.......Milk Weed...... June, 
As the Butterflies and Moths appear during 
the collecting season now but a few months a- 
way, we would be pleased to hear through the 
medium of this paper of the time of appearance, 
and date of same, as the various species appear. 
R. P. Fruelich. 
WEST COAST COLLECTORS: 
Beware of a party traveling from place to 
place; who claims to be connected with scien- 
tific societies in the East and Cal., answering to 
the several names of Prof. J. H. Lewis, Dr. 
]. W. Hurper, Prof. W. Hartier, Prof. Buck, 
Smith, etc. 
Also claims to be writing articles on Arche- 
ology fora syndicate of papers; and may be 
more particularly identified by a large size high 
Collar, worn to conceal or accommodate a pe- 
culiar Mal-formation on the neck. The above 
person is a good talker and by misrepresentat- 
ion obtains more of less specimens for which he 
makes no adequate returns, We publish the a- 
bove at the request of many collectors who 
have been swindled. Proof of above may be 
had at this office, by any person interested. 
