THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



The article, now i-uniiing in the Golden 

 Days, "Birds' Eggs and Egg Collecting," by 

 the Rev. J. G. Wood, is very interesting for 

 the American boys to read, but what do 

 they care for the nesting of European bii'ds? 



"We send out 5,000 copies of this issue. 

 Should you receive more than one copy, or 

 if you do not care for the copy you do re- 

 ceive, please hand to some curiosity-collect- 

 ing friend and have them send in their sub- 

 «criptions. 



W. T. C, of Paris, 111., has a fine cabinet, 

 patterned after a cathedral, S^sQ^ feet. He 

 made it during the spare moments of two 

 years with a scroll saw. It has five hundred 

 and twenty-six pieces of thiiiy kinds of wood 

 in its construction. 



Mr. G. G. Pendell, of Edniboro, Penn., 

 writes us that he has a veiy curious speci- 

 men in the geological line. It bears a strik- 

 ing resemblance to a miniature human skull. 

 The eyes, mouth and nose were formed by 

 the action of water. 



Dealers often obtain specimens in large 

 quantities at very low rates. From time to 

 time, as we obtain such bargains, we will 

 give our friends the benefit of these reduc- 

 tions. Bargains in the fossil, mineral, shell, 

 egg and ciuiosity line will be offered in each 

 issue of The Yoxrao Oologist. 



Advertisers may think our rates a trifle 

 high, but we request any advertiser who has 

 anything that is of interest to -wide-awake 

 boys and girls, to give us a trial. We will 

 refund the money for all advertisements in 

 June and July issues thatdo not pay the per- 

 son inserting the same. What pubhsher 

 makes a fairer offer to obtain trial ads ? 



Eveiy collector should have a rubber 

 stamp ■ftith which he can print his name and 

 address on all packages and mail matter he 

 sends out. ■ We have used them for years, 

 and by their use have often saved packages 

 worth three times the first cost of the stamp. 

 Don't fail to send 15 cents to C. J. ConoUy 

 & Co., for their 14:4: page catalogue. See 

 advertisement on page 16. When you wiite 

 lUiention The Young Oologist. 



Queries Answered. 



L. T., Atlantic, Iowa. — Your egg is the 

 Eose-breasted -Grosbeak. 



G. P. B., Tbumansbueg, N. Y.— Cliff and 

 Eave Swallows are the same. 



A. B. W., Clinton, Wis. — April and May 

 are the best months to find nests of the 

 Hawk and Crow. 



E. L. W., MxLWATJKEB, Wis. — Egg No. 1 

 is doubtless Wood Pewee. No. 2, from de- 

 scription, should think egg must be Prairie 

 Hen. 



L. D., LiTCHPiELD, Minn. — The Purple 

 Grakle of the eastern U. S. , and the Bronzed 

 Grakle of the Mississippi valley are each 

 commonly called the Crow Blackbird. 



J. A. H., Whitehall, N. Y.— IngersoU's 

 work describes neither birds nor eggs, but 

 tells you all about how to collect, how to ar- 

 range cabinets, &c. Samuels' Birds of New 

 England is doubtless the book you want. 



J. S. B., Chicago, III. — There are so 

 many of our Sandpipers, Plovers, &g. , that 

 persons, who are not familiar with birds, 

 call Snipe, that we cannot name your egg 

 positively without a more definite descrip. 

 tion. 



' ' Dad, if I were to see a duck on the wing 

 and were to shoot it, would you lick me?" 

 ' ' Oh, no, my son, it would show that you 

 were a good marksman and I would be 

 proud of you." "Well, then, dad, I pep- 

 pered our old Muscovy duck as he was flyin' 

 over the fence to-day, and it would have 

 done your heart good to see him drop." 



' ' You see, grandpa, we perforate an ap- 

 erture in the apex, a corresijonding aperture 

 in the base, and bj' applying the egg to the 

 lips and forcibly exhaling the breath, the egg 

 is entirely discharged of its contents." — 

 "Bless my soiil," cried the old gent, "what 

 improvements they do make. Now in my 

 young days we jiist made a hole in both 

 ends and blowed." 



^^W Now is the time to send in yoiir sub- 

 scriptions for The Young Oologist. 



