THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



THE YOUNG OOLOGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



— BY — 



rHANK H. LATTIN, GAINES, N. Y. 



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JOTTINGS. 



We now have 1,063 yearly subscribers. 



Back numbers of the Young OoiiOGisT 

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The new edition of Ridgway's Nomen- 

 clature is just out, and we have obtained a 

 new supply from the government. 



In answer to several inquiries we will 

 say that the "Hand-book of the Agassiz 

 Association" is well worth the sum, 54 

 cents, which the author asks for it. The 

 young collector will find it invaluable. 



Hereafter the Young Oologist will con- 

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We want 500 new subscribers before 

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Parties interested in mineralogy or an- 

 tiquities should send 8 cents for a sample 

 copy of the " Young Mineralogist and 

 Antiquarian," an eight page monthly maga- 

 zine published by Mr. T. H. Wise, of 

 Wheaton, 111. 



Our new catalogue of eighty pages will 

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 lectors. The catalogue will be ready for 

 delivery before November 1st, and will be 

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We send out several thousand sample 

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 gist. Should you receive more than one 

 copy, or not care for the copy you do re- 

 ceive, please hand it to some friend whom 

 you think might be interested in our work. 



We have just received a copy of Rev. 

 J. H. Langille's "Our Birds in their 

 Haunts," a^d are delighted with the con- 

 tents. It has been Mr. L's. aim to write a 

 book on birds for everybody in which we 

 think he has more than succeeded. The 

 article on the Bobolink, which we give in 

 this number of the Young Oologist, is 

 only a fair sample of hundreds of similar 

 articles which this work contains. We 

 wish our readers to pay especial attention 

 to Mr. L's. advertisement, which appears 

 in this number- We have been personally 

 acquainted with Mr. L. for several years, 

 and know that he will give our friends 100 

 cents worth of valuable information and 

 valuable reading for every dollar they wiU 

 send him, and furthermore, if any of our 

 readers purchase a copy of "Our Birds in 

 their Haunts" and are not fully satisfied 

 with it, we will give them fifty cents more 

 than they paid for it in exchange. We 

 make this offer in order to aid Mr. L. in 

 the dissemination of his valuable work. 

 Perhaps it Avill be needless to add that we 

 do not expect a single copy offered us in 

 exchange, but if there is we are ready to 

 stand by any offer we may make. 



Late Nesting:. 



P. B., of Atlanta, Ga., finds a nest of 

 the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, containing one 

 fresh %gg on the 24th of August. 



W, B. P,, of Decatur, Mich., found a 

 Quail's nest containing 13 eggs, incubation 

 far advanced, on the 5th of September. 



