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takes one out into the woods and over 

 the prairie and lakes at a time of year 

 when everything is beautiful. It leads 

 to an intimate knowledge of bird 

 habits. Also it is one of the most in- 

 nocent and harmless of outdoor pur- 

 suits, as little or no damage is done 

 the birds, as immediately a set of eggs 

 is taken, the parents start in to raise 

 another brood. 



This cannot be said of skin collect- 

 ing, however, as a dead bird is a total 

 loss, with all the progeny it might have 

 produced. 



For the reason mentioned, though 

 I agree with Mr. Baynard, I do not In- 

 tend to follow his lead. It won't do to 

 interest the youngsters in any such 

 criminal proceedings; better interest 

 them in bugs, snakes, postage stamps, 

 or soap wrappers, anything but birds 

 under present conditions. 



A. D Henderson, 

 Belvidere, Alberta. 



SHAME! COLORADO 



George E. Osterhout, of Windsor, 

 Colorado, writes, "As far as bird work 

 is concerned I am just about down and 

 out Game laws of Colo- 

 rado are so made that it is not safe 

 for any one to work in ornithology 

 unless he is connected with a State 

 Museum." All of which the editor 

 thinks is an outrage. Little narrow 

 sma'llness, in the making or adminis- 

 trationship of game laws, certainly 

 will be productive of less respect for 

 them, more secret violation of them, 

 and a decreasing public sympathy 

 with them. 



We have always stood squarely for 

 reasonable game laws and for intelli- 

 gent enforcement of the satne, and it 

 is to be hoped that Colorado will see 

 the error of any such system and will 

 change in that respect.— R. M. Barnes, 



THOMAS H. JACKSON 



We have received information from 

 two sources that this well known oolo- 

 gist, one of the best known in the 

 United States, died at his home in 

 West Chester, Pennsylvania, sometime 

 during February, and I have en- 

 deavored to get an obituary notice 

 from some of those who knew him in- 

 timitely, but so far have failed. 



Our own acquaintance with Jackson 

 was limited to long years of corres- 

 pondence and exchange of specimens 

 and to one visit at his home in 1913, 

 when we had the pleasure of viewing 

 his limited though extremely choice 

 collections of specimens. At that 

 time we remember him as a man of 

 medium size, spare built with bright 

 black eyes and hair liberally tinged 

 with gray, reserved and diffident in 

 manner and bearing every evidence of 

 having been born and lived the life of 

 a gentleman. He was one of the most 

 entertaining conversationalists on mat- 

 ters oological that we remember hav- 

 ing come in contact with, as to his 

 scientific attainments along these lines 

 and there was no question, he ranked 

 with the best, and as a collector and 

 student, another of the old guard has 

 gone. What oologist of the rising gen- 

 eration will take his place? 



The Oologist has had few better 

 friends than Thomas H. Jackson. The 

 following articles from his pen have 

 appeared in this publication since we 

 assumed its management. 



The Crow as a Raptore. Vol. XXVI, 

 149. 



Notes of West Chester, Penn. Vol. 

 XXVI, 150. 



The Kentucky Warbler. Vol. XXVII, 



62. 



"Fair Play" — For the English Spar- 

 row. Vol. XXX, 87. 



J. Hoops Mattock. Vol. XXXIII, 28, 



