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THE OOLOGIST 



F. T. Pember. 



The above half-tone represents a 

 Public Library and Museum present- 

 ed to the town of Granville, New York 

 lay Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Pember. 



Mr. Pember, many years ago, was 

 one of the best known oologists in the 

 country, taking up the study of birds' 

 eggs when a boy; arriving at manhood 

 lie prosecuted a successful business 

 career in the city of New York and 

 now resides on "East Street," spend- 

 ing his winters in Florida or Calif or 

 nia and his summers where he will. 



During all his career, Mr. Pember 

 never lost his interest in the birds 

 and with the splendid building above 

 shown, he presented a magnificent col- 

 lection, containing thousands of speci- 

 mens gathered from all parts of the 

 world, of birds, eggs, and curios of 

 many kinds. 



"Of late years, he has given much at- 

 tention to botany and now possesses a 

 fine collection of the plants of the 

 Eastern and Middle states, and a prac- 

 tically complete collection of all the 

 known ferns of North America. 



Edward Freganza. 



Edward Freganza, the seventy-year- 

 old father of the well known A. O. 

 Freganza, the oologist of Salt Lake 

 City, Utah, is one of the most active 

 bird investigators in that far av/ay 

 state, though his name is seldom if 

 ever seen in print. 



He is an ardent collector of oologi- 

 cal specimens and like the Editor is 

 very much opposed to killing the bird 

 that lays the egg. He writes us that 

 in the last six years of collecting, he 

 has had occasion to, and has killed but 

 eleven birds, for the purposes of iden- 

 tification. This is truly a splendid 

 record. 



Books Received. 



"Cassinia" for 1910, the publication 

 of the Delaware Valley Ornithological 

 Club is at hand, and is up to its usual 

 high standard. Included therein are 

 articles of William Gambel, by Whit- 

 mer Stone; a heretofore unpublished 

 poem dedicated to a Hawk in Confine- 

 ment by Alexander Wilson; "The 

 Breeding of the Raven in Pennsyl- 

 vania," by Richard C. Harlow; a pros- 

 pectus setting forth the future work 

 of the Club; "The Wood thrush" by 

 Cornelius Weygandt; "Nesting of the 

 Blackburnian Warbler in the Poconos" 

 by David E. Harrower; "Recollec- 

 tions of the Wild Pigeons of South- 

 eastern Penna, 18G4-81" by John G. 

 Dillin; "Report of Spring Migration 

 for 1910" compiled by Vv'^hitmer Stone; 

 "An Abstract of the Proceedings of 

 the Club for 1910"; "Bibliography of 

 papers relating to the Birds of Penna, 

 N. J. and Del."; a few club notes, and 

 a list of the members; in all making a 

 very interesting and desirable issue of 

 this first class publication. 



The First. 



Dr. T. W. Richards and E. J. Court 

 of Washington City, opened the sea- 

 son February 22d with a set of 1-3 

 Bald Eagles. This year seems to 

 have been productive of large sets of 

 this species. See communication of 

 B. J. Darlington in this issue. 



We are glad to note that Mr. Court 

 is again in the field. We have a very 

 large number of sets in our collection 

 received through W. Lee Chambers, 

 and taken and prepared by Mr. Court, 

 and can truly say that but few of the 

 specimens in our very large assem- 

 blage are equal to his in preparation; 

 we specially admire the neatness and 

 beauty of his India ink markings for 

 the purpose of identifying each set. 

 These are markings that cannot be 

 tampered with, and are very neatly 

 and accurately placed. 



