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THE OOLOGIST. 



])(^rni<:d to Birds and Birds' Eggs 



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THE OOLOGIST, Utica, N.Y. 



that they wei'c kept in cases ibv the pur- 

 pose. Granting, however, that they ar*' 

 on our brains, may we inquire Avhether our 

 friend, — who, by tlie way is a geologist, — 

 has •' stones on the brain"? 



May we not be interested in our branch 

 of popular study with asmucli vehemence, 

 as scores of pati'ons of other scien<*es : ge- 

 ology, botany, philately, zoology, etc.? Ii 

 is our "hobby," and as as siu-h. we mnsr 

 give it the attention others do to other 

 studies. Our primitive researches indnceil 

 us to believe that our future interest would 

 be developed from ornithology, and wo. fol- 

 lowed it. We are not sorry neitlier. No. 

 The farther we progress, the greatei- 

 our a\i(lity, or in other words, our 

 excitement. There are very many who 

 look upon an egg-shell as merely an adorn- 

 ment to the parlor bracket ; otliers who n-- 

 gard an egg as an object worthy no atten- 

 tion whatever. As much lies in the stud} 

 of a simple e'^^, as in the classification aiul 

 analvsis of a mineral substance, aiul we re- 

 gard it in the same light as do advocates of 

 those sciences. 



MARCH, 1S7G. 



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rlmertccLTh cQircis. 



The Mexican Trogon. 



Trogon luexiran us. 



(See illusti-ation on first page.) 



OW someone says that we've ''Egg- 

 shells on the brain." Sony, we are 

 sure, thafwe are in so h()peless a case as 

 this. Our informant advises us to throw 

 lip such ■ trashy nonsense, and engage in 

 " something indicative of manliness." It 

 would gratify us very inuch to please our 

 friend, but when one is accused of having 

 egg-shells on the brain, we hardl}^ know 

 "what to say ; it always Avas our conviction 



-ME family of Trogons are all very 

 <^t'tl beautiful birds, but for puiity and 

 -f perfection of plumage, and graceful- 

 ness of form and motion, the Resplcndenr 

 Trogon stands pre-eminent among ouV 

 North American — or rather American^ — 

 birds. The American Trogons jnstly de- 

 serve the credit here, usually accorded the 

 Birds of Paradise of Oceanica, and have 

 often received the appellation of American 

 i Birds of Paradise, from the position they 

 : occupy as a group. The Trogons inlialill 

 ; the tropical climates of all countries, tluMigli. 

 singularly eiiough, but one species is ar 



