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much valuable information along this 

 line. 



Prof. Wheeler McMillan, of Ada, 

 Ohio, remembers THE OOLOGIST 

 with a neat little volume of original 

 poems of much merit. 



The report of the State Ornitholo- 

 gist of Massachusetts for 1910, con- 

 tains much of interest, especially re- 

 lating to the protection of the breed- 

 ing colonies of Blue Birds, Martins 

 and Swallows. 



The Warbler, Vol. 5, 1910, issued by 

 John Lewis Childs, of Floral Park, L. 

 I., is a splendid number, especially 

 valuable is the list of Mr. Child's Or- 

 nithological collection. It is truly ex- 

 tensive as well as comprehensive. It 

 is really wonderful how Mr. Childs 

 has built up his collection until it is 

 second to none in this country. 



February. 



The February number of THE 

 OOLOGIST will be devoted largely to 

 that interesting family of birds, the 

 North American Wild Fowl. In this 

 issue, if our plans do not miscarry, we 

 expect to publish photos of living spe- 

 cimens of some of this family of birds, 

 that have yet never been photoed. 

 We would appreciate it if our readers 

 would forward to us any notes they 

 may have at hand relating to this in- 

 teresting family of birds. 



Abnormal Eggs. 



I have a set of Red-tail Hawks con- 

 taining two eggs that I think is un- 

 usually small. They measure 2.18 x 

 1.80, 2.05x1.60. One selected speci- 

 men in my collection measures 2.50 x 

 1.90. 



A set of Screech Owl with five eggs 



contains one that looks like a pigeons. 

 It measures 1.66 x 1.10. 



Another set of four round eggs 

 measures 1.22 x 1.15. 



I have a single egg of the Chat that 

 measures 1.20 x .65, while a selected 

 specimen out of my ten sets measures 

 .82X.63. 



Catbirds eggs measure about .92 x 

 .66. I have a runt egg that is only 

 .61X.48. 



I have 1-9 Flicker with one runt egg 



and 1-11 King Rail with one runt egg. 



E. J. Darlington. 



Among the hundreds of renewals of 

 subscriptions received in December 

 Wias one particularly of interest to Ye 

 Editor. F. T. Pember of Granville, 

 New York, renews his subscription 

 with the statement that he has been a 

 subscriber to THE OOLOGIST from 

 the first number to the present time — 

 a long, long time. Way back in 1885, 

 v/e purchased of Mr. Pember, the first 

 bird's eggs that we ever bought of 

 anybody and had dealings with him 

 along this line for a number of years. 

 At that time he was a regular dealer, 

 and we still have one of his old-time 

 catalogues of about that date. 



Success has crowned Mr. Pember's 

 business career, no doubt based upon 

 the same sterling integrity that as a 

 youth and young man controlled his 

 oological dealings, and he is now Pres- 

 ident of the First National Bank of 

 his town. We extend him congratu- 

 lations. 



"Campbell" 

 Our good friend Campbell of Pitts- 

 ton, Pennsylvania, who never forgets 

 THE OOLOGIST, reports the follow- 

 ing observations which will be of in- 

 terest to all: 



September 2d, A. O. U. 223, a male 

 Northern Phalarope; 281, Mountain 



