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. 



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I SECOND-CLASS MATTER. 



Editorial Notes- 



We are in receipt of a leaflet explana- 

 tory of a proposed trip to Mount Whit- 

 uej, the highest peak of the United 

 States. It is proposed to organize a 

 party to spend the summer vacation in 

 visiting the mountain and making a 

 scientiflc study of it and the adjacent 

 country as regards Ornithology, Bot- 

 any, Geology, Mineralogy, etc., and to 

 make collections, which study will be 

 under the guidance of competent in- 

 structors. Prof. Charles Hitchcock, of 

 Dartmouth Colh^ge, one of the luost 

 eminent geologists of the country, is 

 expected to he with the party. The 

 cost of the proposed trip is placod at 

 $100 per individual. Those desiring to 

 join the class, should address Rev. F. 

 H. Wales, Principal San Joaquin Val- 

 ley Polytechnic Institute, Tulare City, 

 California. 



As enthusiastic a rccDiiimciulatidn as 

 tlie OOLOGIST liiis fct'i'ivrd in s(.)n!c 

 time conies to us from one of our cor- 

 respondents. After vividly protraying. 

 in a sad manner, the ignorance and 

 rapacity of soiue "young collectors" in 

 his locality, he exclaims witli energy: 



"Young collectors, thi-own down 

 your pins, and shake live cents out of 

 your bank and send it for a copy of the 

 OoLOGiST which will tell you how to 

 heartily enjoy and protit by egg collect- 

 ing." 



The number of queries received 

 monthly are continually on the iu: 

 crease. It is true that the 19th centurj- 

 is an era of interrogation points. 

 Send them along. 



In the article on the Chinese or Mon- 

 golian Pheasant in the May number, by 

 a mistake of the Editor, that l)ird was 

 given as occurring in Idaho. The 

 writer of that article, Mr. McNamee, 

 resides in Idaho, but all of his observa- 

 tions on the Mongolian Pheasant were 

 made in Oregon, and he informs us 

 that that bird is not found in Idaho. 



We make haste to amend the error, 

 which was in confounding the place of 

 observation with the place of residence 

 of the observer. 



Natural History Camp of the Worcester Nat- 

 ural History Society. 



Unknown to many, although its fame 

 is rapidly spreading in all directions, 

 there exists, on the shores of Lake 

 Qiiinsigamond, near Worcester, Mass., 

 an institution, which, in originality, 

 nature and scope of the work, and the 

 object held in view, is one of the best 

 and most worthy of imitation generally, 

 that has been brought to our notice. 



This is the Natural History Camp, 

 established in 1885, by the AVorcester 

 Natural History Society. 



It is a summer camp for boys, and a 

 similar camp for girls has recentlj* been 

 instituted at Tower Hill, on the shores 

 of the saiue lake and promises to be 

 fully as successful as the Boy's Camp 

 has been during the live years of its 

 establishment. 



The full plan and scope of the work 

 may be obtained from the Prospectus, 

 which we j)ublish in this Oologist. 



All who are at all interested in any of 

 the branches of ¥atural History, will at 



