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THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



THE YOUNG OQL OGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



— BY — 



FRANK H. LATTIN, GAINES, N. Y. 



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JOTTINGS. 



F. L. A. H., of Bangor, Maine, found a 

 set of eight ruffed grouse eggs on May 6th. 



C. H. D. Sharon, "Wis., has found a 

 nest of the yellow shafted flicker con- 

 taining ten eggs. 



Some of our southern friends wish to 

 know the correct names for the following- 

 birds : tomtit, titmouse; wheatbird, tea- 

 bird. 



We thank our friends for the many val- 

 uable items they have sent us. On account 

 of space we have been obliged to hold 

 over a large amount of valuable matter for 

 the July number. 



To Editors and Publishers. — We 

 will send The Young Oologist one year 

 to any editor or publisher who will give it 

 a notice, favorable or othervase, and send 

 us a marked copy of his paper containing 

 the same. 



Fraudulent, Patent Medicine, or " Blind" 

 advertisements or notices, will not be pub- 

 hshed in The Young Oologist at any 

 price. Advertisers will please bear the 

 above fact in mind, and thus avoid needless 

 correspondence. 



J. R. S. of Alexandria, Va., writes that 

 in that vicinity there has been recently 

 found a nest of the blue bird which 

 contained five eggs, upon removing the 

 nest it was found to have been built upon 

 an old nest containing two eggs. 



S. J. O., of Ocala, Fla., writes that while 

 on a collecting trip, a short time since, he 

 happened upon an old Indian camp, where 

 he picked up twenty-three flint arrow 

 heads, the mo.st of Avhich were perfect ; 

 and that he also found there several fine 

 specimens of petrified Palmetto. 



One of our western friends sends us a 

 valuable article for The Young Oologist, 

 to which he adds the following : "If the 

 above is worth while, insert in next Oolo- 

 gist and send copy, if not, gently consign 

 to the waste pot without funeral services." 

 Our friend is doubtless an editor. 



Mr. H. B. of Adrian, Mich., has a cabi- 

 net made of walnut, 4 ft. high, 2 wide and 

 1^ deep. It has fourteen drawers, of 

 which nine are two inches in depth ; four 

 six inches, and one three inches. Two of 

 these he uses for books, instrument, etc. 

 The cost of the cabinet was $12.00. 



Our friend, J. M., a leading Taxidermist 

 of Quebec, Can. , writes us that the other 

 day he mounted a Robin which had been 

 kept in a cage for over eleven years. The 

 bird was of good size and in good feather. 

 He also writes that he has a kitten with 

 two heads, eight legs, two tails and one 

 body ; it was alive when born, but died 

 soon after. 



The valuable collection of bird's eggs of 

 Mr. F. M. Carryl, Avondale, N. J., has 

 been placed in the hands of Frank H. 

 Lattin for sale. Catalogues will be issued 

 at once. The collection consists of 450 

 species in sets with data, (besides hundreds 

 of duplicate sets.) CoUetetion valued at 

 over $1,600. 



Mineral Tables., — A 12 mo book, 

 bound in cloth, containing 85 pages by 

 J. C. Foye. This little book is invaluable 

 to mineralogists, it contains complete ta- 

 bles for the determination, description and 

 classification, of minerals. For further in- 

 formation address the publishers, Jansen, 

 McClurg & Co., Chicago, Ills. 



