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THE OOLOGIST. 



THEOOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



fcEIL F. POSSON, MEDINA, N. Y, 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR. 



ConvRponrtence anfl Items of lntere><t. tfl tlie 

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ND-CLASS MATTER, 



It is with much regret that we are 

 <)!)liged to inform the readers of The 

 OOLOGIST that t!ie Associate Editor sev- 

 ered his connection witli our little 

 nionthlj' last September — we have been 

 very tardy in making this announce- 

 ment as we thought it barely possible 

 Mr. P. might be either coaxed or driven 

 into reconsidering his withdrawal and 

 continuing with us for at least another 

 year as the marked improvement in tlu; 

 OOLOGIST during the past season has 

 been largely due to Mr.Posson's efforts. 

 Diiringthe summer months he was both 

 Editor and Associate. In severing our 

 connection with Mr. P. we lose a valu- 

 able co-helper and while it will be nec- 

 essary for us with the co-operation of 



The Ooi.( gist's thousands of readers, 

 to place our "shoulders a little firmer 

 to the wheel" in order to make the 

 little monthly for '91 what it might, 

 have been with his assistantte. While- 

 we are making this extra effort to make 

 The Oologist for '91 better and more, 

 interesting than any previous volume,, 

 we can congratulate our Friend Posson 

 upon acquiring and faithfully perform- 

 ing the duties of a Government official 

 which from a pecuniaiy stand-point 

 must be fully as sul.i^tantial as the 

 honor and gloiy he obtained in his con- 

 nection with us. Mr. Posson has agreed 

 to keep ''windward eye" on The 

 Oologist and to occasionally "help u.sj 

 out"(V). 



Nothing at All. 

 {A la ''The Old Oaken Bucket.'''' ) 



How fresh in my Thoughts are those days of 

 coUectinff, 



Since iu endless success' on they return to my 

 mind.— 



How, through orchard and meadow, •with shot- 

 gun and egg-box, 



I searched every nook for the eggs I might 

 find. 



A.iid when, in my rambles through forest and 

 thicket, 



I'd chance on a nest which my own I might, 

 call. 



Plow I'd rush to the spot, and,— oh what disap- 

 pointment . 



To find that that nest contained nothing at all I 

 Contained simply nothing, 



not a single thing in it, not even an egg-shell, — 



no, nothing at all. 



II 



Then I'd gaze tovs'ard the tree-tops and mur- 

 mur at fortune. 



And replace the cover on my egg-box of tin ; 



And comfort my troubled and discouraged 

 spirit 



With the sad consolation that '-It might have 

 been." 



Yes, I dn,ily remember those deep disappoint- 

 ments ; 



And mv hones and ambitions almost instantly 

 fail 



To the soles of my gaiters with each recollec- 

 tion 



Of the many nests found that contained noth- 

 ing at all. 



The Hawk's nests, the 



Wren's nests, the nests of the Warblers, and 



the many odd nests that contained nothing at 



all. 



Ill 



How fresh in my memory is that day in the 

 summer, 



When a nest of the Cerulean Warbler I found ; 



In the heai't of a woodland, in a large, branch- 

 ing oak-tree, 



