The Oologist. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 8. ALBION, N. Y., AUGUST, 1901. 



Whole No. 179 



The Oologist. 



A Monthly Publication Devoted to 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND 

 TAXIDERMY; 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



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The readers of the Oologist will be 

 pleased to learn that Mr. Walton I. 

 Mitchell, who has an almost insatiable 

 mania for rara avis, was successful in 

 the capture of the specimen of his or- 

 nithological career on June 35th at 

 Hajjerstown, Maryland — Miss Blanche 



Crawford — "At Home 534 Summit Ave. 

 St. Paul, Minn., after July fifteenth " 



The entire oological collection of Miss 

 Jean Bell has been purchased by the 

 Hon. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, 

 N. Y. This collection is undoubtedly 

 the finest in the world, composed ex- 

 clusively of North American ppecies. 

 It is made up of over 30,000 eggs, some 

 10,000 perfect set?, covering 850 species. 



Among other species it contains 

 three sets of the California Vulture, 

 fifteen of the Sand-hill Crane, six of 

 the Everglade Kite, ninety of the Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk, three of the Cory's 

 Least Bittern, one Spotted Owl, two 

 Whooping Crane, five Clarke's Nut- 

 cracker, etc., etc. 



A feature of the collection is the 

 many nests of which there are about 

 400 rare and perfect specimens 



It is reported that Miss Bell spent 

 over twenty-five thousand dollars in 

 getting this magnificent collection to- 

 gether. 



Under date of March 25th Mr. O. S. 

 Biggs of San Jose, III., writes: "A 

 friend sent me a fine specimen of a 

 male Passenger Pigeon which was kill- 

 ed Mar. 13 near Oakford, Illinois. It 

 is the first one I know of being killed 

 here in 8 or 9 years. I have it mounted 

 and in my collection." 



The following note from Wm. Cud- 

 ney announcing the death of Mr. D. 

 Priddy was omitted through error 

 from the May Oologist: 



"I wish to announce to the readers of 

 the Oologist the death of Mr. D. Prid- 

 dy of Toronto, whose ad. has appeared 

 in the Oologist from time to time. 



