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THE OOLOGIST 



a line set of seven eggs which are at 

 present in my collection. 



The pair lingered around and after 

 tlra usual lime deposited a second set 

 which was taken June 14th. 



The birds centered about the place 

 until autumn, During that winter the 

 portion of the stack was removed. 



The Flickers returned the following 

 spring and after a brief sojourn they 

 left for parts unknown. 



I never have been quite able tn un- 

 derstand the philosophy of their choice 

 of this nesting site, for woodland is 

 abundant here. A wooded creek was 

 less than a half mile' distant while 

 large orchards and groves abound on 

 every hand. Was it not sheer laziness 

 on their part? 



Will A. Bryan, 

 New Sharon, la. 



"Western New York Naturalists' Association. 



At the last meeting of the Association 

 it was decided to hold the next meeting 

 in Rochester, the third Saturday in 

 March next, forbusines outy. 



It has occurred to me that as the 

 more important business will before 

 then have been cared for by the board, 

 U be advisable to provide for a 

 public meeting, presentation of papers, 

 exhibition of specimens etc., and I 

 should be pi from each 



member as to what they think about if. 

 also to receive any suggestions. 



Yours Sincerely 

 B. S. Bowdisit, 

 Chairman Arrangment Com. 

 Phelps, N. Y., 12-21 



A Few Hints About Climbing. 



Use, with spurs, a strong pliant, 

 three-fourth inch rope, G feet long, 

 with ends knotted. Wear buckskin 

 gloves. Pass rope around tree. II 

 trunk is quite uniform take a single coil 

 of the rope about each hand, adjusting 

 hands far enough around the trunk to 



draw the body quite well up to the tree. 

 As you rise and the trunk get- smaller, 

 wrap more coils around one hand, or 

 both. If there is a big crotch to pass, 

 get good spur hold, cautiously unwind 

 coils, hug one hand to the tree, bend 

 back a little, draw the other hand, keep- 

 ing rope taut, around and up into the 

 crotch. Always carry a light ten foot 

 roj>e in a pocket. If a tree trunk bends 

 toward you, part way up, make a spiral 

 and get on the other side. In a poplar 

 thicket of small trees climb two trees, a 

 foot on each. P. B. Plabody. 



Death 



OBITUARY. 



of Austin F.- Park — A 

 Wide Attainments- 



Scientist of 



The death of Austin Ford Park oc- 

 cured Sept. 25 at his residence 62 

 Seventh Street, Lansingburgh, N. Y. 

 after an illness since August from ty- 

 phoid, fever. The deceased had been a 

 resident of this city more than fifty 

 3'ears and was widely known as one of 

 the most devoted and best informed or- 

 nithologists. 



Mr. Park was the possessor of one 

 of the finest collections of birds in the 

 country. The collection, many speci- 

 mens' of which were found, by himself, 

 embraced nearly every species of bird 

 life in North America, and even now, in 

 its apparently perfected state, was con- 

 sidered by Mr. Park still unfinished, so 

 devoted was he to his wish for a collec- 

 tion that would be second to none. It 

 was not. an uncommon thing for him to 



he seen trampi 

 and mar.-: 

 of new sp 

 almost infinite 

 rmmerning the 

 of 

 to 



ig through the woods 



:ality in search 



He possessed an 



fund of information 



habits of the denizens 



the air. His collection is estimated 



be worth from • $8,000 to $10,000. 



[ W T e are indebted to Mr Harvey C. 



Campbell, Lansingburgh, N. Y. for the 

 above clipping. Fu.] 



The famous German ornithologist, 

 August Karl Edward Baldamns, died 

 at Wolfenbuttel, Germany, a short 

 time since. He was 82 years old, and 

 the founder of the German Ornithologi- 

 cal society. Baldamns had one of .the 

 largest collections of birds' nests and 

 birds' eggs in Europe. He wrote a 

 number of books on birds. 



