THE OOLOGIST. 



71 



THE OOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 

 NEIL F. POSSON, MEDINA, N. Y. 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



Correspondence and items of inteiest to the 

 student of Birds, tlielr Nests and Kggs, solicited 

 from all. 



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*»* Articli's. Items of Interest and Queries 

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 tlie month as possible anrl can be mailed to either 

 the Publisher or the Associate Editor, as you may 

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Jottings- 



The Query Coluiuti promises to be 

 largely pati"onized, judging from the 

 number of queries already I'eeeived. 

 Send them along. 



We do not desire to publish articles 

 that have already appeared in some 

 other paper. The Oologist wishes to 

 furnish its readers purely first-hand 

 matter. 



Pine Siskins have been ainindant 

 tliooughout the westei'n part of the 

 county, during the entire wintei- just 

 past. 



Look out for nests of the Prairie 

 Horned Lark ! It is already getting 

 late for them in New York State. 



Editorial. 



From ye associate editor. 



There was something said in the last 

 Oologist about a ''surprise" that 

 would await its' readers in the April 

 number'. 



, Well, here it is. The associate editor 

 has no apology to offer foi- his appear- 

 ance and nothing to say, except that 

 he has appeared. 



He feels at once the importance of 

 his undertaking and realizes the honcjr 

 he has conferred upon him by being 

 offered the associate editorship of a 

 j(jurnal so well-known and widely-cir- 

 culated as the Oologist. 



He only wishes to state that it shall 

 be his highest endeavor to assist in 

 making the little journal more and 

 moi'e interesting each month, and that 

 not only the Jjml number, but that 

 eve7-(/ number shall pro^■e a genuine 

 "surprise" to all its friends and readers. 



Queries Answered. 

 Queries to- be answered in the^e columns should 

 be written on a postal or slip of paper— never mix 

 them in your letter when writiiig about other 

 matters. 



H. G. H., Beloit, Col.— Your "Wliite- 

 wingt^d Blackbird," having white spots 

 on the shoulders, and nesting on the 

 ground, laying five blue eggs, and 

 whose song is similar to tiie Bobolink's; 

 is doubtless the Lark Bunting. 



J. P., Kansas City, Mo.— Would like 

 to know if parent birds carry wat^r to 

 theii' young, or if the j'oung birds do 

 without water. Here is a nut for the 

 readers of the Ocjlogist to help us 

 crack. 



W. CM., Albany, N. Y.— The time 

 of Ijreeding of the Screech Owl in Ncav 

 York is about the same as that of the 

 Crow, that is to say, eggs may be found 

 from about tlie loth or 20tli of April 

 along into the fore part of May. 



