THE AMERICAN OOLOGISTS' 



The Museum of Comparative Oology 



OF 



SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 



FOUNDED JANUARY 31st, 1916 



THE COOPERATIVE TiUS'LUM 



The M. C. 0. is the pioneer institution in the realm of 

 Oological Research, and the only chartered public museum 

 paying exclusive attention to the study of birds, their nests, 

 and eggs. 



The M. C. 0. maintains a collection of birds' eggs which 

 aims at cosmopolitan completeness. 



The M. C. 0. devotes especial attention to the preserva- 

 tion of ne'sts-with-eggs, and has perhaps tbe finest collec- 

 tion of birds' nests in existence. 



The M. C. 0. is the official home and depository of a 

 world-wide fellowship of oologists, known as The Members 

 of the Museum of Comparative Oology. This order now 

 has upwards of 200 members who represent 35 states and 29 

 foreign countries. 



The M. C. 0. publishes two journals, one a quarterly, 

 known as The Journal of the Museum of Comparative 

 Oology, devoted to the. interests of the Institution and of 

 its Members, and which de'als with matters connected with 

 the egg-collectors' craft; the other a more pretentious and 

 superbly illustrated annual, The Comparative Oologist, 

 which deals with the scientific aspects, of oology, or em- 

 bodies the most interesting results of field work. 



If you take the collecting of birds' eggK seriously, or if 

 you desire to see the. ultimate outcome of research in this 

 fascinating field, you may cai-e to "belong." Apprentice 

 Members (ages 12 to 17) up io the limit of 100 are also wel- 

 comed and instructed. 



For further information address, 



The Director 



Museum of Comparative Oology, 

 Santa Barbara, California 



