THE OOLOGIST. 



77 



IMPORTANT. 



collectors having eggs ot Bridled Tern that 

 they obtained direct from me, will please l^eep 

 tlie same in their possession until a question 

 which has recently arisen, can be settled. 



My collector on the Bahamas was a man ot 

 experience, an old army captain, and who, for 

 the past dozen years, has spent trom six to nine 

 months annualiv in active held worlc. In 'ss and 

 '89 he brought home Irom the Bahamas several 

 slvins or the Bridled Tern and a lew egsrs which 

 he posUivelv klentiliea as coming from the sati* 

 species. Tliat my collector is honest in his belief 

 in the identity ot tiie eggs, is unquestionable, 

 but one of the best, 11 not the very best Oologlsts 

 in the United states— or the world for that mat- 

 ter—writes me that thev are not the eggs of the 

 Bridled 'i'ern. 



My collector Is now In Central America some- 

 where and this matter cannot be straightened 

 until his return which is not expected until July. 



While I shall refuse to fill orders for eggs of 

 this species until his return, I shall also refuse to 

 redeem any of the eggs that 1 liave sold lor that 

 species during the past eighteen months until 

 the matter can be straightened. Should it be 

 decided tliat the eggs are genuine, or should it be 

 decided otherwise, notice will be given in the 

 Ooi.OGiST and I shall straighten the matter to my 

 patrons' entii'e satisfaction. 



In conclusion, 1 would state that in which ever 

 way it may be decided, that the true eggs of the 

 Bridled Tern are like, that the description of them 

 as given In Davie's "Ivey to the Nests and Eggs 

 of North- American Birr's." is wrong. 

 Faithfully, 



KKAiNiv H. LATTIN. 



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EGGS OF KORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



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ALBION, N. "y. 



