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THE OOLOGIST 



Only one set of three was recorded. 

 Not until 1906 did he commence to 

 make any unusual records in the way 

 of securing the eggs. From 1906 to 

 1912 he was most active in the field 

 and took on an average over 100 eggs 

 each year. 



His records show that he took 20-L 

 36-2, 262-3, 22-4—340 sets. I have the 

 last set he took, marked in ink 430-3, 

 found May 2, 1913. 



Of the 22-4 he found, he kept 12-4 for 

 himself. I never was able to purchase 

 but 1-4 from him in all those years. I 

 had four sets altogether in my collec- 

 tion, but three sets were secured by 

 other means. 



That left 6-4 he parted with to 

 others, showing how hard it was for 

 anyone to secure from him sets of 

 four Osprey which he considered rare, 

 and difficult to get. 



Nearly one-half of these Ospreys 

 were taken in Delaware; the balance 

 in New Jersey. Since his death there 

 have been no Ospreys taken that I am 

 aware of in or near his locality. 



The record of securing nearly 1000 

 Osprey eggs may not be a subject to 

 blow about, especially now when all 

 eggs may not be a subject to blow 

 about, especially now when all egg 

 men are keeping mum about the num- 

 ber of sets they get. But at the same 

 time, I believe that Billy Crispin got 

 more Osprey eggs in seven years of his 

 most active work than any other col- 

 lector did in the same time. 



The farmers love to see the Fish 

 tiawks flying around and strongly ob- 

 ject to anyone robbing their nests. 

 They are of no benefit to man as far 

 as I can see, living on fish, like the 

 Great Blue Herons. 



They lay a second set when their 

 nest is molested, so what's the objec- 

 tion to us taking their eggs, that are 

 so beautiful in various shapes and 

 colors? B. J. Darlington. 



Wilmington, Del. 



Hunters Beware. 



We noticed in the Shrewport Times 

 recently where the United States mar- 

 shal has made an arrest for killing a 

 woodpecker and two arrests for killing 

 wood ducks. These are migratory 

 birds and Uncle Sam says you must 

 let them alone. 



A Hog. 



A good example of a bird extermin- 

 ator was revealed to me today. I 

 was talking to a man about the birds 

 and in the course of our conversation 

 he mentioned that in one day he had 

 killed as many as eleven Curlews and 

 eighty-two Yellow-legs. He also men- 

 tioned that the people who made laws 

 to protect the birds did not know what 

 they were doing as the birds did not 

 do any good and were, in fact, ruinous 

 to the farmers. I tried to reason with 

 him but when I found that he was 

 beyond reason I left him in disgust. 

 Instead of people preventing the col- 

 lecting of eggs, they should attend to 

 bird-butchers like him. 



B. M. Kenworthy. 

 Wilmington, Del. 



A Complaint. 



We are in receipt of a conrplaint by 

 C. W. Chamberlain of 36 Lincoln St., 

 Boston, Mass., against certain dealings 

 had by him with Mr. G. W. Stevens, 

 formerly of Alva, Oklahoma, and we 

 have written and re-written Mr. Ste- 

 vens without getting any reply to our 

 communications. The complaint made 

 by Mr. Chamberlain seems to be based 

 upon sufficient foundation, and we are 

 very sorry to have to call the attention 

 of our advertisers to this misunder- 

 standing. But the dealings referred to 

 arose because of advertisements in- 

 serted by Mr. Stevens in these col- 

 umns. — Editor. 



Just Remarks. 



I am noticing in the October issue 



