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building which has since been the 
Club’s home. 
The object of this Society was, and 
is the study of birds, in the egg, the 
field and the cabinet. Any respectable 
male bird student was eligible to mem- 
bership, whether—to quote from the 
club history—‘He handled the subject 
with a gun, the opera-glass, the slap- 
jack, the pen, the scalpel, the paint 
brush, the drill or the camera’,, and 
naturally the same conditions hold 
good at the present time. 
The founders figured largely as col- 
lectors for the first few years and 
formed the nucleus of the D. V. O. 
C. collection ‘“‘of mounted birds, nests 
and eggs at the Academy of Natural 
Sciences. This collection is at present 
a most complete representation of the 
birds of the Delaware Valley, emprac- 
ing the states of Pennsylvania, New 
Jersey and Delaware. It contains such 
local rarities as,—the nests and eggs 
of the White-throated Sparrow, Gos- 
hawk, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, 
Florida Gallinule, ete. 
Introduced to the A. O. U. in 1891 
by Messrs. Bailey and Stone the club 
and its work have been endorsed by 
ornithologists throuhgout the country 
and are especially familiar to those 
of the Atlantic Coast. 
From a total enrollment of 180, 
death has’ called. twelve, among, 
them being Dr. Woodhouse and Edwin 
Sheppard, both of whom were noted 
and respected for their endeavors 
along the line of ornithological know- 
ledge. 
Among the noted literature publish- 
ed by the club are “The Bids of East- 
ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” by 
Witmer Stone; “Abstracts of the Pro- 
ceedings of the D. V. O. C.” and ‘‘Cas- 
sinia,’ the club annual. 
The meetings are held the first and 
third Thursday evenings of each 
month from October to May inclusive. 
At such times the “adults” and “im- 
matures” gather and wax enthusiastic 
about their respective data. These 
discussions are illustrated by speci- 
mens of lantern slides, and the spirit 
of good-fellowship prevails. 
On the evening of January 6, 1910 
was held the 20th Anniversary. It 
was a time of rejoicing and congratu- 
lation; of acquaintances renewed 
among the less active members, Of 
impromptu speeches there were many, 
that set forth humorously the trials 
and tribulations endured by the var- 
ious members on their field trips. Of 
course one and all were ready to be 
“flash-lighted” after which painful op- 
eration, they retired to the hall to 
partake of the annual collation, which 
fittingly brought to a close a memor- 
able evening, 
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Delos Hatch. 
Few indeed of the older Oologists of 
the United States but that know Mr. 
Hatch. Specimens of eggs taken by 
him can be found without doubt in 
every large collection in North Ameri- 
ca and in most of the larger collec- 
tions of Eurone. He is one of the old 
time oologists that helped make North 
American Oology what it now is. Re- 
cently a representative of one of the 
local papers visited his home and we 
present herewith his description of 
what he saw. 
WONDERFUL COLLECTION, 
A Description of Interesting Museum 
of Mr. Delos Hatch. 
On invitation of Mr. Delos Hatch, 
the well known taxidermist and col- 
lector of curios, of this place, a rep- 
resentative of the Eagle visited his 
museum on White street Tuesday 
morning and spent a very pleasant 
hour or two. 
Mr. Hatch has his museum on the 
second floor of a building especially 
built for the purpose. The large 
room has a number of windows and a 
couple of skylights and is almost com- 
pletely filled with interesting curiosi- 
ties from actually the four quarters 
of the earth with specimens of the ani- 
mal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. 
Most of the mounted pieces are ar- 
ranged around the room in glass show 
cases which show off their attractions 
to the best advantage. The animal 
section includes stuffed wolves, foxes, 
porcupines, deer, squirrels rabbits, 
coons, wild hogs and almost every 
small wild animal of the American 
continent. There also may be found 
in this rare collection a large number 
of mounted reptiles, fresh and salt 
fish and animals of all kinds. 
One of the principal exhibits is that 
of birds and eggs, the collection of 
which has been a life long specialty 
every size, kind and plumage are here 
of Mr. Hatch and his wife. Birds of 
