THE OOLOGIST. 



193 



tliut tlu' OoLOGisT is being ])iiiiti'(l in 

 owv of the largest and l)est equipped 

 job printing offiees, outside of lioeiies- 

 ter and Buffalo, in Westei'u New York, 

 viz.: that of Mr. A. M. Eddy, of Albion. 



As Ave go to press we receive the fol- 

 lowing note from our friend, Mr. E. B. 

 Welisterj of Creseo, Iowa, Pul^lisher of 

 the Hawkeye, .Ornithologist and Oolo- 

 gist: 



(_'rest-o, Iowa, Se])t. 28. 



Please announce that the Hawkeye, 

 (). and ()., is discontinued for the pvcs- 

 ent, and that all claims presented now 

 will be lionored in the future. Am 

 coni])]etely Ijurned out. Lost nearly 

 $1000, insurance $225. 22 buildings 

 burned. " Respectfully, 



E. B. Webstek. 



The Hawkeye, O. and O., was one of 

 the best publications of its class publish- 

 ed, and we trust Friend W. will receive 

 sulKcient encouragement to guarantee 

 its early reai)])earance. 



so many of them that a large numb'er 

 were necessarily neglected until wo 

 could take the time to attend them. 

 yVe ]vA\e endeavored to till them in ro 

 tation received, and expect to have all x 

 straight by Oct. loth. Many of 

 our patrons would have had their ex- 

 changes attended to much moi-e prompt- 

 ly had they not neglected to w-rite their 

 names on the outside of the package. 



In our Premium List we stated that 

 if in any instance we failed to mail the 

 OoLOGiST by the 10th of the_ month, we 

 would send oiu- patrons a cfuipon, gcxxl 

 for 10 cents. As yet we have uniiled 

 each issue before that date, and c(mse- 

 (juently cannot be called on to pay the 

 forfeit. The numerous delays and in 

 many instnnces lost 0<)i,OGlsTs;*ha.ve 

 been occasioned in mails after it was 

 beyond our control. We are in no way 

 accountable for, and fail to see an^' 

 nn^ins whereby we can avoid the errors 

 of the clerks iu the employ of the Gov- 

 ernment. Should our patrons not re- 

 ceive their Oologist by the 15th of the 

 month, we will glaiUy mail them an- 

 other co])y. 



From September 10th to Octolx-r 1st 

 much correspondence was ni^cessarily 

 delayed, owing to the fact that our 

 stores at Atlantic City, N. J., and at 

 Chautauqua, N. Y., were still running 

 and that we were obliged to send our 

 assistants fnmi Albion to attend our 

 exhibits at the Buffalo and Detroit In- 

 ternational Fairs. At this date, Oct. 

 7th, we are hard at work straightening 

 out all coi-respondence, (uxleis and ex- 

 changes and if any of oiu' patrons lia\ e 

 not had their orders attended to, with 

 big interest on delay, by Oct. 20th, they 

 will please drop us a line stating full 

 particulai's and we will, if possil)Ie, 

 straighten matters to their entire satis- 

 faction. 



Large Sets. 



During the past two nionlhs we ha\ e 

 been veiy very" busy an<l ha\f l)een 

 obliged to work both night ;tnd day. 

 Our Exchange Extraordinary oll'eis 

 livought us in more answers than \\'e 

 liargaiued for, the boxes and ])ackages 

 came piling in by the "hiuidreds," and 



W. C. H., in the September OoLo- 

 GIST, mentions hnding a set of three 

 Mcnu'iiing Dove's eggs. I have also 

 found the same number. Two were oi 

 the usual size, the third was smallei'. 

 A friend of mine took, last season, a 

 set of three Ru')y-throated Humming- 

 bird's eggs, also a set of Pied Billed 

 Grebes. The following are sonu; of my 

 large finds: Set 16, Virginia Rail; 18, 

 Sora Rail; 12, Blue-winged Teal; 12, 

 Young Kinglishers;0, Cooper's Hawk;7, 

 Bronzed Grackle, 4, Cowbird with 8 of 

 Song Sparrow^ set 10, Flicker; 8, Red- 

 hea(l(>d Woodpecker and six Yellow- 

 headed Blnckbii'd. These are :ill of my 

 large sets, l)ut 1 liaA'e had ver^' good 

 IJlick the past season in getting full sels. 

 W. D. L. B., Minneapolis, Minn. 



