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BRIDLED TEEN EGGS. 



In April '00 Oolcgist, we published the fol- 

 lowing notice : 



•'Collectors uaving eggs of Bridled Tern that 

 they obtained direct from me, will please keep 

 the same in their posession until a question 

 which has recently arisen, can be settled. 



My collector on the Bahamas was a man of 

 experience, and old army captain, and who. for 

 the past dozen years, has spent from six to nine 

 months annually in active field work. In '88 

 and '89 he brought home from the Bahamas 

 several skins of the Bridled Tern and a few eggs 

 which he postively identified as coming from 

 the same species. That my collector is honest 

 in his belief in the identity of the eggs, is un- - 

 questionable, but one of the best, if not the 

 very best Oologists in the United States— or 

 the world for that matter— writes me that they 

 are not the eggs of the Bridled Tern. 



My collector is now in Central America some- 

 where and this matter cannot be straightened 

 until his retern which is not expected until 

 July, 



\v hile I shall refuse to fill orders for eggs of 

 this species until his return. 1 shall also refuse 

 to redeem any of the eggs that I have sold for 

 that species during the past eighteen months 

 until the matter can be straightened. Should 

 it be decided that the eggs are genuine, or 

 should it be decided otherwise.- notice will be 

 given in the Ooix>gist and I shall straighten. 

 the matter to my patrons' entire satisfaction." 



The eggs have proved to be those of some 

 other species, but we now have, however, a 

 stock of genuine Bridled's and our patrons hav- 

 ing the spurious specimens obtained directly 

 from us can return the same and we will send a. 

 genuine specimen by next mail. 



Faithfully, 

 FRANK H. LATTIN. 



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