The OoLOGisT. 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 9. Albion, N. Y. Sep. 15, 1911. Whole No. 290 



Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Lacon, Illinois. 





NEW CONTRIBUTOR 



Above we publish the first contribution troni our very youngest contributor. 

 The half tone is from a photo taken by Richard Barnes Stith of Los Angeles, 

 California, the seven-year-old nephew of the Editor. 



It is of a small rock off the the coast of Catalina Island, Southern Califor- 

 nia, locally known as "Bird Rock" or "Bird Island," and is the home of a mul- 

 titude of sea birds. The white markings showing in the picture are the guano 

 stains of the bird. 



