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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOG1ST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY and OOLOGY. 



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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V Articles, Items of Interest and Queries 

 for publication should be forwarded as early ir> 

 the month as possible 



The Plain Talk of New York City 

 which "speaks for itself" and is pub- 

 lished "for boys and girls" has been 

 stealing articles from the Oologist for 

 the past few months, and its Natural 

 History Editor has been having them 

 published in full, as original contribu- 

 tions for his department, and seems to 

 have forgotten that the Oologist is in 

 existence, at any rate he gives it no 

 credit in the articles thus appropriated. 

 We are glad to have our brother pub- 

 lishers reprint any of the valuable ar- 

 ticles that appear in the Oologist, but 

 must insist on due credit being given. 



Were we the publisher of a monthly 

 ■"for young people" which we recom- 

 mended "to mothers" as "bright, clean 

 and pure" and one of our editors tilled 

 the space allotted him for his depart- 

 ment by "cribbing" from exchanges 

 without credit, we would elevate Mr. 



Ed. from his position, and if necessary, 

 fire his "department" after him. 



Notes and Queries. 

 We receive many articles from col- 

 lectors on the habits and nesting of rare 

 species, but it frequently happens that 

 the collector is mistaken in his identity 

 of the species — thus making the article 

 valueless. 



F. D. J., New Castle, Del., writes of 

 taking a set of five Red-tailed Hawk 

 and one of six Gt. Blue Heron. 



We are indebted to several corres- 

 pondents for accounts of their collect- 

 ing experiences for '90, but as they are 

 mostly with common species we are 

 obliged to give the space to articles of 

 more general interest and value. 



F. C. Hare, Whitby, Ont.. wants to 

 know a good way to get rid of the 

 English Sparrow, in winter when there 

 are no other birds around. Shot is too 

 expensive. Are there no other means 

 to get rid of this little pest? 



An "Egg within an Egg" of our com- 

 mon domestic fowls are by no means 

 uncommon, as almost every collector 

 has either seen or heard (from reliable 

 quarters) of them. 



F. W. King, Cleveland, O., took a set 

 of three fresh eggs of the Scarlet Tana- 

 ger on Aug. 8th, and thinks the date 

 rather late. 



S. J., Leavenworth, Kan. The bird 

 which you shot on Nov. 22nd, was the 

 Pileated Woodpecker. 



The "Forest and Stream" is publish- 

 ed in New York. We can furnish sam- 

 ple copies at 10c or will receive sub- 

 scriptions and include the Oologist for 

 a year for $4.00. 



The Spotted Sandpiper usually nests 

 early in June. 



H. W. C, Sonoma, Cal., asks: 



"Is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker 



found in California? if so, has it been 



known to nest?" 



F. A. S,i College Park, Cal. In reply 

 to your query as to the matter with the 



