THE OOLOGIST 



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ery was severed in her forehead and 

 Mrs. Calvary lost so much blood be- 

 fore beating the cat off and making 

 her way to neighbors that doctors 

 have no hope of her recovery. — Amer- 

 ican Home Weekly. — W. A. Strong, 

 San Jose, Cal. 



Eagles in Pennsylvania 



In the July issue there is a photo 

 showing the nest of a Bald Eagle on 

 the Susquehanna River, Penn., which 

 reminds me that on April 25, 1916, I 

 saw a pair of Eagles fly across this 

 river at Liverpool, Penn. 



My attention was called to them by 

 the excited cries of a Hawk wwhich 

 was following them. They flew slow 

 and steady and didn't give the Hawk 

 any notice, although he went up close 

 and kept up his sort of squealing- 

 whistling noise right behind them. 

 The Hawk turned back when he got 

 over the river and the Eagles dis- 

 appeared over to the other side and 

 among the hills north of the town. 



I had a pretty good view of these 

 birds and as neither of them had the 

 white head of a mature Bald Eagle, I 

 take it that they were either young 

 birds or Golden Eagles. 



I walked a short way down the rail- 

 road tracks and a Fish Hawk flew up 

 from the edge of the river as I turned 

 a bend. 



M. J. Hofman. 



Taxidermist Supplies and the War. 



The European war has sent up the 

 prices of many articles a taxidermist 

 uses especially tow, sheet lead, ar- 

 senic, felt and glass shades. 



Supply dealers say they see no 

 prospect of a decline while the war 

 lasts but probably still further ad- 

 vances, and that there are few articles 

 which can be sold at former cata- 

 logue prices, into which metal, glass, 

 chemicals, drugs or dye-stuffs enter. 



Most dealers mail circulars to their 

 customers advising them of the ad- 

 vance but some do not and it causes 

 delay before the balance is remitted 

 and sometimes bad feeling. It is for- 

 tunate the increase in material when 

 figured per specimen is very small or 

 he would be forced to raise the price 

 for mounting. 



M. J. Hofman. 



December Dreams. 



December is a poor month for the ac- 

 tive Oologist to indulge in his hobby 

 over the greater part of these United 

 States, even in so favored a locality 

 as Southern California where a few 

 ambitious individuals of certain bird 

 groups start housekeping before the 

 advent of the New Year. Such in- 

 stances, however, are too rare and un- 

 certain to be counted upon. 



But there is a charm in retrospec- 

 tion in loking backward to triumphs 

 (and incidentally the disappointments 

 of the past season) and in planning 

 trips for the next year. Now comes 

 the time for rearranging our cabinets; 

 for making exchanges; for renewing 

 acquaintances with old correspond- 

 ents and forming acquaintance with 

 new ones; for filling in and complet- 

 ing our data-books and records; and 

 let me earnestly urge that this last be 

 not neglected, for sending in as "copy" 

 whatever items from our store of ex- 

 perience in the ornithological line may 

 seem of general interest. 



Let not our Editor's cry for notes 

 go unheeded, for after all its we read- 

 ers that need this little journal, and 

 it behooves each and all of us to put 

 our shoulders to the wheel and do our 

 part. Of what value are our exper- 

 iences and discoveries unless they 

 are properly recorded so as to be 

 available for reference and study by 

 those unfortunately prevented from 

 making similar notes at first hand? 



