THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 

 Editor and Publisher. 



Correspondence and items of interest to the 

 student of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited 

 from all. 



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ANEW SCHEME.— The Publisher of 

 the Oologist desires a lot of short, 

 pith}', boiled down articles based on 

 cold unvarnished facts of your own 

 practice, experience or observation up- 

 on any subject of value or interest 

 "to the student of birds, their nests and 

 eggs." We want you to send ns one of 

 these r rticles during the month of 

 March and we want you to write the 

 same on the back of a Postal Card (any 



size)and mail to us. Give the article a 

 short suitable heading and at the end 

 sign your name and address, Should 

 you prefer to write on paper you can 

 do so but the paper used must be a 

 single sheet the exact size of a Postal 

 Card and written on one side only. 



To every subscriber of the Oologist 

 fulfilling our request by mailing us one 

 of these "Postal Card Articles" during 

 the month of March we will reciprocate 

 by sending gratis, a copy of our new, 

 35 ct., ''Standard Catalogue of North 

 American Birds Eggs." 



The following clipped from au article 

 in the Buffalo Courier, of Jan. 31, may 

 prove of interest to the readers of the 

 Oologist-. 



"Secretary George T. Smith of the 

 World's Fair Commission of this, the 

 Eighth Judicial District, concurred in 

 saying that it is most difficult to secure 

 space for exhibits. As far as New York 

 State, is concerned, Mr. Smith saj's, the 

 Fair is a success, and though the space 

 for exhibits is far short of the demand. 

 the room allotted thus far to th s district 

 insures a good showing. Mr. Smith 

 gave to the Courier some of (he more 

 important exhibits that probably will 

 go to the World's Fair from Western 

 New York . 



One of the largest local exhibits, and 

 one that it would-be hard to duplicate/ 

 outside of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 will be made by Frank H. Lattin of Al- 

 bion. Mr. Lattin is a naturalist in 

 everything that the word implies, ami 1 

 hiscollection of ornithological specimens 

 are world-famed. He proposes to take 

 to Chicago an extensive col lectio a of 

 birds eggs, sea shells, stuffed animals. 

 and natualists and taxidermists' sup- 

 plies. Space has been given to him to 

 the extent that he will be able to exhi- 

 bit a pair of birds of every species known 

 to North America and show their man- 

 ner of nesting, whether on tree, bush, 

 ground, cliff, beach, or marsh. This in 

 some ways will be the most interesting 

 as well as valuable exhibit coming from 

 the Buffalo district." 



We will hasten to plead "not guilty" 

 to all that is said or implied in the above 

 interview and at this date, (Feb. 24th,) 



