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FALL MIGRATION 



Grinnell, la 



Ottawa, Ont. ... 

 Toronto, Ont. . . . 

 Glen Ellyn, 111. . . . 

 St. John, New Brunswick 



Pittsfield, Me 



Hartford, Conn 



Southeastern New York . 



Renovo, Pa 



Berwyn, Pa 



Raleigh, N. C 



New Orleans and vicinity 



No. of years' 

 records 



Average date of last 

 one seen 



September 20 

 September n 



September 28 



September 24 

 October 13 

 October 7 

 October 8 

 October 15 

 October 10 

 October 18 



Latest date of last 

 one seen 



September 21, 188 

 September 13, 1 8S 

 September 28, 1 8c 

 October 1, 1897 

 September 17, 18S 

 September 30, 185 

 October 20, 1900 

 October 12, 1891 

 October 12, 1901 

 October 31, 1893 

 October 14, 1890 

 October 26, 1800 



SENNETTS WARBLER 



Breeds in northern Mexico and along the lower Rio Grande in Texas. 

 It winters in Mexico and has been taken the last week of February, 1880, 

 on the Rio Grande near Hidalgo. 



The Amount of Science in Oology 



Editor Bird-Lore: In your May- June issue is published an article 

 by Thos. H. Montgomery, Jr., that is so unreasonable and so narrow in its 

 ideals that we feel called upon to protest against it. His statement that 

 the great majority of oologists do not deserve the name of scientist, and 

 that the subject of dead egg-shells admits of very limited scientific treat- 

 ment, is hardly borne out by either the law or an enlightened public opinion. 

 He sets up an argument of his own design, based on inaccurate, so-called 

 facts, and then carefully tries to knock it down, proving conclusively, to his 

 own satisfaction, that the study of embryology is the only branch of oology 

 worth attention, and that as practically none of the oologists care a rap about 

 embryology, therefore they are not conducting scientific research and should 

 not be granted a state license to make a collection of eggs. 



He wants to know how many oologists are acquainted with Wolf, 

 Pander, Packer and Balfour, and other embryologists. The writer has been 

 a bird student for nearly fifty years and owns a good library, yet is free to 

 confess that he never even heard of any of the above gentlemen before. 

 Has Mr. Montgomery ever heard of Chas. £. Bendire, Spencer F. Baird, 

 Oliver Davie or Dr. B. H. Warren ? The Smithsonian Institution, at least, 

 does not think they have lived in vain. 



I have personal acquaintance with quite a number of oologists and egg- 

 collectors, and can say that they are doing good, clean, scientific work in 



