The Oologist. 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 12. Ai.bion, N. Y. Dec. 15, 1911. Whole No. 293 



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



Volume JrJTIJr. 



With this issue we close the 28th volume of our little magazine. We have 

 endeavored during the past year to furnish our readers with such bird matter 

 as we believed would be acceptable, and such illustrations as would best 

 illustrate the same. 



Bearing in mind that The Oologist is not published as a money-making 

 matter, but solely for the love of the science, not to say because of a tinge 

 of sentiment attaching to the little journal which appealed to us so strongly 

 in our younger days, not very many American magazines are older than The 

 Oologist. Few, if any, have a more loyal clientele. 



We wish to thank those who have assisted us in the past year, and to 

 beg their further assistance for the year to come. 



During 1912, The Oologist will be published regularly and it will be our en- 

 deavor to keep it up to the standard to which it now attains. To do this, 

 the support of our friends is necessary. We must have subscribers, adver- 

 tisers and contributors. F'or these, our friends, we must look to you. 



R. M. BARNES. 



