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WJ5 V/0L/0GI3TT articles as they may deem most valua- 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to ble, if they do not name the whole series 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. there is very little, if any, possibility of 



FRANK H.LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. their being awarded one of the Judges" 



Editor and Publisher. prizss. 



Correspondence and items of interest to the 

 student ot Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited 



1 1 The fine geological collection made 



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crr~Remember that the publisher must be no- Notes on Albinoes- 



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 I read Avith interest, Mr. R. G. Goss s 



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Twelve lines in every inch. Birds and his account recalls to mind 



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Three months or more, per line Ikc the only freak in the bird line I ever saw 



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Albion, Orleans Co., N.Y. fl c Association, however, there are sev- 



„ „ . t , , ~ 7T~~ " I ~ " eral Albinos, of which I recollect the 



*** Articles. Items of Interest and Queries ' ic^unc^L iuc 



for publication should be forwarded as early in following: Green- winged Teal (adult 

 the month as possible. ™ i„\ i\/r i -d a td j o • ! t 

 _ male), Musk Rat, Red Squirrel and 



ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT ALBION, N. Y„ AS S ECOND- CLASS MATTE*. Bdted Kingfishei'; alSO a black {H3.A 



~ r * white American Coot, Rusty Black-bird 1 



Notes, Queries, short items and black- and Gray Squirrel. I will look these 



list will occur in March Oologist specimens up and give a more definite 



description in the near future. Have 

 also seen two live Albino Racoons, a 

 The writers of articles appearing in mounted Crow, pure white with the ex- 

 January and February Oologists knew ception of the tail which was dull black, 

 nothing about the prize article contest all d a snow white Florida Gallinule. 

 at the time of sending in theirMss. White eggs of the Long-billed Marsh 

 Wren are not uncommon here, and the 



Judges in the prize article contest ffct that such eminent ornithologists as, 



Prof. Ridgeway and Capt. Bendire 



