THE ^VEEKLY UOI.OGIST AJ<D PHILATELIST. 



Sayings Of TJie O&P's Funny Man. 



AN OuLOGlCAL EXrEllTENCE 



Tommy( Looking ut a lot of (hiik'niot's 

 eggs.) "What kind of eggn aiv theia?" 



Tommy's Mother( before collector can 

 reply.) "You greeniiorn, don't you know 

 an egg when you se.e it? [aside to colleet- 

 OI-] J was raised on ft farm, and got so 1 

 can tell an egg at a glance." 



COMPARING NOTES 



First Egg Collector "Well I've done 

 pretty well. I f(5und a nice set of four 

 incubated Eobin'a eggs. What was 

 your hack?". 



Becond'^Cc^llector. "A torn coat, 5S>8 of 

 wrath, two autumn leaves an<l one c^g 

 s-h-ell." 



SHt4 WAS OF A MAKRLiGEA- 

 BLE AGE. 



He—" Will you— " 



Bhe — "O John thin is so sudden, yon 

 will have to give me time to think." 

 He — "I was only going to ask you if you 

 would let me have the stamps from the 

 numerous letters you have received from 

 your last advertisement in the Heart 

 and Hand." 



He surprised himself at the rapidity 

 his fest carried him out of tlic door. 



IT MADE THE BABY SICK 



Friend — "I'm sorry to hear tliat your 

 baby is sick. What s--omii to ])e the 

 matter with it?" 



Monster — " I don't know. The other 

 day it _got interest.xl in philately and 

 bsgan to examine my etamp albu]n 

 jit hasn't bejn v";.r/ well since." 



Talk about your 'Dear Old Southern 

 Clime' it's nothing compared to the 

 climl) I ha<l last siunmer after hawks' 

 eggs, and the affectionate way I hugged 

 that tree, 100 feet from the ground, 

 would Ijad a per:-;on to think it was the 

 dearest thing on earMi. 



Notes For The Young Oologist 



Description of a few eggs not often mat 

 with. 



[7] 



LOOX, 



The eggh of this specif s are an orna- 

 ment to any. cc^llection. Tliey an> of a 

 greenish brown color, spotted with large 

 blots of l)lack. In slie^pe tlioy r: senibL^ 

 eggs of t'e.e common C<"(rnior;ait, on a 

 largt; scale; being very long and narrow. 



The nest is usually built of sod and 

 grass, very roughly j)ut togttlier, ano is 

 built on some low flat near tlie A^'iiter. 

 Eggs naeasure al>o\it o.5') by iMH. 



[;^4] DOVEKii: 



The eggs of tliis species are of a p:de 

 greenisli color unsp(^tted.The single egg 

 is placed in holes of roi'.k ; no sign of a 

 nesfc being made. The eggs measure 

 about 1.73 by 1.25. 



WANDERINCJ ALBATROSS. 



It usually bxiilds ii nest of grass etc., 

 up about a foot from tiie ground. The 

 set completement is oni' egg, which is 

 clear white finely dotted with brown. 



The eggs are very large, measuring 

 4.90 by 3.12. 



[1:2] YELhOW-RILLED TROPIC 

 BJRI). 



Nests on the l)are rot-ks. The eggs are 

 of a lirownish color, covered witli line 

 cliocolate spots. The egg lias a \-cry 

 dark ;i])pcai'auce. Ihit one egg is laid 

 lUid tiiat me;;riu\s 2.i() byl.lo. 



(;ir,) F>()()nV. 



The eggs measur>' about 2.;!!) l)y '.')'.) 

 and are of a clialky-v, bite color. One 

 egg is usually laid, altliougli sets of two 

 are frequently met with. Eggs are 

 pla.'ed on tJie b,ure saml. 



Papers (b.^\'ote(.l to stanijis, l)ir-';s' iggs 

 etc., ])lease send me sampb-M-opies, ad- 

 dress F. T. Corl'^ss. L>])anon. Oregon. 



