THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



F. H. LATTIN, & CO., Publishers. 

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Mr Howard Cudlip died at the home 

 of his father, Washington, D. C, in 

 October last. 



Mr. J. P. Newell, Jr. of Carthage, 

 Mo. writes of taking 14 eggs from a 

 nest of the Red-shafted Flicker besides 

 leaving four to hatch. 



We are indebted to Messrs. Bradford 

 & Beadles of Mayfield, Ky. for an in- 

 vitation to the Third Annual Supper of 

 the K. K. K. (Hunting and Fishing) 

 Club. The supper was served in old 

 fashioned camp style and the follow- 

 ing was the Bill of Fare: Fish. Crop- 

 pie: broiled, fried; Trout: broiled, fried. 

 Game. Bear: steak, roast; Venison: 

 steak, roast:Quail: broiled; Duck: baked 

 stewed; Squirrel: broiled; K. K. K.: 

 camp stew; Rabbit: barbecued. Breads. 

 Corn Light Bread; Baker's Bread. 

 Crackers, Pickles, Catsup, Onions, Wor- 

 cester Sauce, K. K. K. Coffee, Water. 

 The Menu cards were elegant souven- 

 irs of the occasion. Sorry we couldn't 

 have been there. 



Wm. G. Smith, formerly of Loveland, 

 Colorado, is now conducting an eating 

 house in Deal, England. If Friend S. 

 rnakf-s as good a landlord as he is a 

 naturalist his house will be full to over- 

 flowing at all times. 



Frauds Again- 



I am very sorry to be compelled to 

 warn my ornithological brethren 

 against any party who offers such eggs 

 as: — Pac. Kittiwake, Pac. Fulmer, Pela- 

 gic Cormorant, Arizona Pyrrholoxia and 

 many other such like sub-specific rari- 

 ties. It has painfully dawned upon me 

 that parties who offer such eggs as the 

 above "in exchange for common spe- 

 cies" are to be absolutely avoided if 

 one would escape mortification and 

 loss. 



Let me embellish this warning with 

 a bit of humor. A set of "Rusty" 

 Grackle offered me with sets of the 

 above showed, when examined with a 

 microscope, some erasures, but the 

 small end of one egg bore, boldly, tha 

 following overlooked inscription"360f". 

 This particular egg, then, had at some 

 time done duty as an egg of the 

 "Smoky-fronted Jay!" Truly, there is 

 fun, sometimes, even in failure. 



P. B. Peabody, 

 Owatonna, Minn. 



