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as luck would have it, the vultures 

 were not at home, the other set was 

 found in a similar location as I was 

 eagerly looking for a vulture's nest. 

 I had just flushed a vulture when up 

 went the Sparrow. She never looked 

 back to tell me hello. I said to myself 

 she flew from right here, and I found 

 that my foot was on half of the nest 

 which concealed the eggs. With one 

 move the eggs would have been 

 broken. On looking them over they 

 were in good shape. Both sets Were 

 incubated and contained four eggs. 

 They were found on the 12th and 13th 

 of April. R. Graham. 



Texas Bob White. 

 Texas Bob Whites were tame when 

 a covy came to the city and was feed- 

 ing in one of the most important resi- 

 dent streets in town. They fed along 

 the streets for thirty minutes. When 

 boys found them their sling shots 

 were made useful so the Bob Whites 

 left, flying over the city. I never knew 

 before that quail or Bob Whites ever 

 migrated. R. Graham. 



The A. O. U. 



The publication in the last issue of 

 THE OOLOGIST of a letter relating 

 to the A. O. U. by H. H. Bailey, seems 

 to have stirred up sohie criticism, and 

 we are sorry we did not refer to the 

 fact that this, or substantially this 

 same letter had been published in 

 The Auk of last year and was replied 

 to later in the columns of The Auk, 

 where persons interested in the mat- 

 ter will find both sides of the mat- 

 ter. 



We are glad to note, however, that 

 the last meeting of the A. O. U. at 

 San Francisco, adopted a rule where- 

 by associate members are permitted 

 to vote in the A. O. U. meetings. It 

 is now up to the A. O. U. associates 

 to attend the meetings and vote. — Edi- 

 tor. 



How Did This Turkey Vulture Live? 

 A Turkey Vulture was host on my 

 brother's farm one Saturday by some 

 boys, breaking his wing he was left 

 to die. He is now traveling overland 

 because he was seen three miles from 

 where he was shot a week after- 

 wards. What puzzles me is how did 

 this Vulture live. If he is still travel- 

 ing I guess he is in San Francisco by 

 now as he was going in that direction 

 when last heard of. R. Graham. 



THE BLUEBIRD. 



We understand that that popular 

 and deserving publication "The Blue- 

 bird," is at present passing through 

 cricis. It has been very well handled 

 by Dr. Swope, whom, we are sorry to 

 say, is in reasonably bad health, but is 

 now getting better. Our understand- 

 ing is that the "Bird Lovers Associa- 

 tion of Cincinnati" has taken over this 

 little magazine and that this organiza- 

 tion is strong enough financially to 

 push it to success. We trust such is 

 the case. 



Preparation. 



In unpacking a collection of eggs, 

 a person can get a general idea of the 

 thoroughness and accuracy of collec- 

 tors, by an examination of the speci- 

 mens. And it is truly a pleasure to 

 come across a set prepared by such 

 experts as Virgil W. Owens, E. J. 

 Court, Fred M. Dille, Henry W. Beers, 

 Oscar E. Baynard, the Treganza broth- 

 ers, and men of that class. 



We present with this issue a photo- 

 graphic half-tone of a set of nine 

 Florida Wild Turkey in situ, which are 

 in our collection through Oscar E. 

 Baynard, and a more beautifully pre- 

 pared set of eggs it would be indeed 

 hard to find. 



We propose during the coming 

 spring months to devote one issue of 

 THE OOLOGIST to a review of differ- 



