THE JOURNAL 



of the Museum of Comparative Oology 



Copyright, 1919, by William Leon Dawson 

 Intended eventually to be issued as a S^uarterly y but now put out as an ANNUAL 



VOL. I DOUBLE NUMBER NOS. 1 and 2 



A free copy of this issue will gladly be furnished upon request to any 

 ornithologist or oologist, whether amateur or professional, or to any educa- 

 tional institution, museum or library, which may have been omitted from our 

 mailing list. Additional copies 25 cents each. 



MANUSCRIPTS intended for future publication, inquiries, suggestions 

 or offers of exchange and co-operation should be addressed to the Director, 

 Museum of Comparative Oology, Santa Barbara, California. 



CONTENTS 



Frontispiece: Portrait of Rowland Gibson Hazard 2 



Foreword 3 



The Museum of Comparative Oology: Who and What 4 



Our Location 8 



Our Present Equipment 9 



The Associated Bodies 11 



Museum Functions: A Declaration of Policy 14 



The Season of 1916 20 



How to Collect and Preserve Birds' Nests 26 



An Abstract of M. C. O. History 29 



To the Scientific Collector of Birds' Eggs 32 



In Memoriam — R. G. H 34 



The Museum of Comparative Oology 



A chartered public institution, devoted to the study of the Birds 

 of the world, their nests and eggs 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



Edward Payson Ripley, President Caroline Hazard 



Joel Remington Fithian, Vice-President Etta A. Dawson 



Clinton B. Hale, Vice-President Fred H. Schauer 



William Leon Dawson, Secretary Rev. George Francis Weld 



George S. Edwards, Treasurer John R. Pemberton 



Ellen S. Chamberlain Frank C. Willard 



Clinton P. McAllaster Cadwallader Washburn 



Published March 26, 1919 



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