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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



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FRANK H. LATTIN. - ALBION, N. Y, 



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Entered at the i'ost Oltice at Albion, N. Y., a? 

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Our Reply. 



A little ainatenr four pap;e sheet published 

 in one of the great cities of the Empire 

 State has seen lit to give the Oologist and 

 its publisher a i^ratnitoixs advertising puff in 

 its editorial cohmius, this puff wo wofild 

 have never discovered, had not some of our 

 friends to whom samples (?) had been sent, 

 written us very kind and flattering words in 

 regard to both the Oologist and its publish- 

 er, and also had we not receive a letter from 

 the publisher of "the sheet" from which 

 we quote — "tmst you will reply to our ar- 

 ticle in last number of our pajier, through 

 the columns of the Oologist." Were it 

 not for these circumstances we voild liave 

 been so busy attending to our own business 

 that the brilliant, suggestive and highly in- 

 structive article would have entirely escap- 



ed our notice; and even if it had not, we 

 should not have considered of sufficient 

 importance to have noticed it, and now be- 

 ing in the midst of the busiest season we 

 ever experienced, we have neither the fimo, 

 nor space to devote to a suitable reply, even 

 if the article had been printed by a publica- 

 tion of standing, but as it is we simply 

 make a few statements which, if not already 

 self evident, we can verify with both facts 

 and figiirea. 



'1st, The writer of the article is not a 

 true Oologist. 



'2d. He does not understand his own 

 business, let alone that of the publisher of 

 the Oologist. 



ord. As long as the publisher of the 

 Oologist conducts his business honestly, a 

 disinterested party should attend to his own 

 afl'airs. 



4th. The actiuil number of paid sub- 

 scri] tions to the Oolcgist is greater than 

 of all other American publications devoted 

 to ornithologj' and oology combined. 



.5th. That the actual average circulation 

 of the Oologist has been tvo thousand Jiiie 

 hundred{2 5Ut))copies each issue for the past 

 six years. 



6th. A subscriber has never yet com- 

 plained to the publisher that he was not re- 

 ceiving the worth of his moLey, 



7th. Hundreds have written sauug that 

 thoy would not be without the Oologist 

 for many times its present price. 



8th. Should the Oologipt have anj' sub- 

 scriber, or subscribers that can honestly 

 claim that they are not receiving informa- 

 tion in regard to birds, their nests and eggs 

 of greater value to them than the amount 

 invested, we will return their money with 

 50 per cent, interest. 



9th. The publisher of the Oologist 

 publishes and agrees to i?ublish eight pages 

 of iui-truclive matter relating to ornithology 

 and oology in each monthly isSue, if more 

 is published it is the subscribers piiin. 



lOth. The advertising pages are printed 

 at the publishers expense, and should their 

 n imbar ever be so great as to jar the more 

 sensitive natures of our subscribers or the 

 jealous ones of our exchanges, it is otir re- 



