THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY 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 Interest to the 

 student of Birds, their Nests and Kjjgs, solicited 

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Jottings. 



"I heal" from many a little throat 



A warble, interrupted long; 

 I hear the Robin's tlute-like note. 



The Bluebird's slenderer song." 

 "Brown meadows and the russet hill. 



Not yet the haunt of grazing herds, 

 And thickets by the glimmering rill. 



Are all alive with birds." 



We aie in receipt of a line portrait 

 drawing in natural colors of the Coop- 

 er's Hawk from the hand of Robinson 

 Watters, Baltimore, Md. The draw- 

 ing speaks well for Mr. Watters as well 

 as for Accipiter cooperi himself. 



We learn from Prof. B. W. Everman, 

 Terre Haute, Ind., that the ornitholo- 

 gists of the Mississippi Valley are ar- 

 ranging to have a meeting of American 

 Ornithologists at the meeting of the- 

 American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science at Indianapolis next 

 August. He assures us that enough 

 replies have already been received to- 

 insure a profitable meeting. Surely 

 the advantage of such a meeting where 

 ornithologists can get together and 

 become acquainted, is great, aside from 

 the profit and benefit that will be 

 deri^'ed from the papers and discuss- 

 ions given. All, who possibly can, 

 should embrace this opportunity. 



Our contributors should not'beeome- 

 discouraged if their articles do not 

 appear at once and sometimes not at 

 all. If they coidd see the piles of man- 

 uscript that comes before tis monthly, 

 from which we are to select a few of" 

 the most interesting articles and such 

 as are of the most value to the greatest 

 number, they would think it nothing- 

 strange that their articles are some- 

 times overlooked. Remember Ave 

 want articles on the rai'er birds and on 

 novel and unusual occurrences, and 

 then — "If at first you don't succeed,. 

 try, try again." We mean to treat all 

 fairly. 



We have on hand several county 

 lists of l)irds which have been sent us,, 

 and we only regret that want of space 

 prevents us from publishing. Such. 

 lists, while they are of great local 

 value, are not of general interest to- 

 readers all over tlie country, and so we 

 are obliged to omit them. 



Our Question Box. 



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

 tliem in your letter when writing about other- 

 matters. 



H. A. H., Edinburg, Ind.— It is a 

 common occurrence for the Crow to 

 assail Hawks and Owls. It seems to be 

 the Crow's delight to torment these- 

 larger birds. 



