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THE OOLOGIST . 



ton, Mass. writes: "While collecting 

 on the 11th of June, I found a nest of 

 the yellow-billed Cuckoo containing 

 seven eggs. The nest was 4£feetupin 

 a barberry bush, and made of twigs, 

 leaves and a few weed-stalks, lined 

 with dried leaves and pine and spruce 

 needles." 



The Jan. and Feb. Judges contests 

 promise to be the mostly hotly contest- 

 ed ones on record but we doubt if five 

 Judges, either month, will name the 

 winning articles in their exact order. 



Under date of Jan. 1, Prof. A. B. 

 Call, of Townsend, Vt,, writes: "When 

 building the file this morning, I saw 

 the first bird for 1893, a Winter Wren. 

 I have identified 94 species the past 

 year and hope to identify more this 

 year as I expect to spend my winter va- 

 cation among the winter birds on the 

 coast of Maine, and my summer vaca- 

 tion in Northern and Southern Maine." 



It has been rumored that "The Nat- 

 uralist's Publishing Co.," the "Des 

 Moines Naturalist's Supply Bureau," 

 the "American Naturalist's and Sports- 

 man's Supply Co.," the "liev. Joel P. 

 Ashford & Co.," and that "Anti-Emby- 

 ro, ""Dr. L. B. Allie,"allof Des Moines, 

 Iowa and into much of an embryonic 

 stage of development to be pro «erly 

 classified — that "Letson Balliet" 

 will cover the lot. Is this a case of 

 mistaken identity? 



Any name appearing on the Oolo- 

 gists exchange or advertising pages who 

 deals, or has dealt dishonestly or crook- 

 edly with any of our patrons, is a prom- 

 ising candidate for our slumbering 

 "Black List." We now have two or 

 three parties "on the string" — if you 

 have any, write the editor of the Oolo- 

 GiST, stating full particulars and en- 

 closing what evidence you have, this 

 we will thoroughly sift, and will freely 

 and gratuitously advertise the deserv- 

 ing: ones. 



We are now receiving enough A No. 

 1 Mss. to make the Oologist a 50 or 

 even 100 paged monthly magazine, 

 this however is out of the question 

 but we will make it 32 pages each 

 month, 24 of reading matter, if each 

 of our present subscribers will send in 

 a single new subscription, or by in- 

 creasing the subscription price we 

 might also enlarge its size. We prefer 

 to receive the new subs, and let the 

 price remain at 50 cents per year. 

 What shall we do about it? 



That new edition of the "Oologists 

 Hand-Book" which we have been talk- 

 ing about for the past two years, and 

 for which we have nearly four hundred 

 (400) advance subscribers, we are pleased 

 to state promises, to mat. rialize in the 

 near future. One of our Oological as- 

 sistants has been for the ipast four 

 weeks uninterruptedly at work com- 

 piling and condensing the MSS. We 

 are now in hopes of having the copy 

 completed and placed in the hands of 

 our printer not later than March 1st. 



Good practical articles on cabinet 

 making, or fully explaining how, in 

 connection with any of the necessities 

 of the oologist and ornithologist — 

 such articles should be accompanied 

 with drawings if necessary — would 

 have a tendency to strike the editor 

 favorably, Articles on common every 

 day species, occurences, collecting trips, 

 etc., possessing only ordinary merit 

 and local lists are not solicited and will 

 rarely, if ever, be used. 



Oliver Davio, of Columbus, O., in a 

 litter of recent date, in speaking of his 

 new work — "Methods in the Art of 

 Taxidermy, "says: "The book will now be 

 gotten up in the following style — blue- 

 green silk cloth binding, uncut edges 

 and gilt top; each copy will be placed 

 in a handsomely decorated, open sided, 

 paste-board box. The book will be 

 about two inches and a half thick, royal 



