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the same grave with the wild pigeon. 



To check this vandalism is the puf- 

 pose of the Audubon Societies through- 

 out the country. It is the purpose of 

 many movements and organizations 

 among school children, promoted by 

 educators and lovers of nature. It 

 should be the purpose of every true 

 sportsman and every good American 

 citizen. It is time to cease making 

 war on the birds and use all legal ef- 

 forts to stay the hand of the pothunt- 

 ers who are bent on the destruction of 

 the nation's patrimony of beauty — 

 Bloomington Pantagraph, Sept. 25, 

 1914. 



K. B. Squires reports that 'Common 

 Tern are again very plentiful at New- 

 port, Rhode Island, reporting some of 

 the beaches there to be literally white 

 with these birds. We are glad to note 

 the increase. 



Notes From Northern Illinois, High- 

 land Park, III. 



The perseverence of some birds is 

 shown by the following incident. On 

 May 14, 1914 a set of five bluebird 

 eggs were collected from a hole in an 

 old stump. On May 19, another set of 

 five was taken. On June 21, there 

 were five healthy young ones about a 

 week old in the nest. No new nest- 

 ing material was brought in, that in 

 the first nest being used for all three 

 sets. I am sure it was the same pair 

 of birds who had all three sets. 



Although I don't suppose, sets of five 

 Brown Thrasher are uncommon, I was 

 surprised at the large number found 

 by my friend, Mr. W. A. Goelitz, of 

 Ravina, 111., this spring. On May 19, 

 1914 a nest with five eggs was found 

 in some grape vines 8 feet up. On 

 May 22 another nest with five was 

 found on the ground, and on June 7 a 

 third nest with five was found in a 

 willow bush about four feet up. All 

 these were within a radius of one mile. 



I know Towhees raise two broods 

 but I was surprised to find a set of 

 three fresh eggs on August 9, 1914. 



Colin Campbell Sanborn. 

 Highland Park, 111. 



Courtesy. 



One of the older Oologists whose 

 rank is exceeded by none that we 

 know of, writes us, among other 

 things, as follows: 



"I think it might not be a bad idea 

 for the Editor of THE OOLOGIST to 

 preach a little sermon to his readers 

 sometime, on the subject of courtesy. 

 This does not apply to the older mem- 

 bers of the fraternity, as much as to 

 the new and younger brothers. The 

 point being that all answers to adver- 

 tisements should be acknowledged at 

 once, even if the lists sent do not con- 

 tain anything desirable, and that when 

 a request is made that the list be re- 

 turned, such a request should be com- 

 plied with. It is quite a bit of work 

 sometimes to make out a list if one 

 does not happen to be within reach of 

 a typewriter. It means copying by 

 hand, which is tiresome after a while." 



We think the above suggestion is 

 a good one and are sorry to say that 

 we really feel that The Editor himself 

 is sometimes subject to the above 

 criticism. It is a good idea to reply 

 to correspondence of all kinds by re- 

 turn mail, or within a few days. This 

 is especially so where a party sends 

 a list which he desires to be returned 

 to him. We presume there are times 

 when there is a good excuse for not so 

 doing, and with us it is some chore 

 to keep up with a reasonably success- 

 ful law business, do as much work 

 with an egg collection as we do, pub- 

 lish and edit a magazine such as THE 

 OOLOGIST, without at times neglect- 

 ing our correspondence. However, we 

 endeavor ,to do the best we can 



