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THE OOLOQI8T 



whom we have come in contact for 

 many years, is a typical Englishman 

 in appearance and mannerisms, show- 

 ing a cultured and refined personality 

 and the effect of having been well 

 born. He is one of the most enthu- 

 siastic naturalists we have come in 

 contact with for many years, and it 

 was with more than ordinary pleasure 

 that we examined such specimens of 

 his collection (most of it being packed 

 away) as he had in his rooms. The 

 most interesting item of which was 

 a set of eight personally taken eggs 

 of the long-billed Curlew, of course 

 these were the product of two birds. 



In the afternoon we visited the 

 home of A. O. Treganza and met Mrs. 

 Antonette Treganza, his wife, who is 

 almost as well known in the bird 

 world as her famous husband. Mr. 

 Treganza is an architect by profession 

 and lives in cozy quarters of his own 

 planning and building which were full 

 to the brim with material dear to the 

 heart of an ornithologist. 



His collection is extensive and 

 comes from wide boundaries, contain- 

 ing many foreign eggs, and an unusual 

 lot of the rare American specimens, 

 accompanied by the nests; the prep- 

 aration of which, both as to nests and 

 eggs is unexcelled in any collection 

 we have ever examined. Mr. Treganza 

 was especially proud of a series of 

 thirty-six or thirty-seven sets of the 

 Long-billed Curlew, as well he may 

 be, containing as it does one set of 

 eight, many peculiarly marked speci- 

 mens, some malformed eggs and a set 

 of four Western Willett with one Long- 

 billed Curlew egg. Almost the entire 

 afternoon was spent at Mr. Treganza's 

 home, and a more enjoyable after- 

 noon has seldom fallen to the lot of 

 the Editor. The Treganza collection, 

 in which his wife has as lively an in- 

 terest as her husband, and concerning 

 which she is as fully informed, is an 



accumulation of which any advanced 

 ornithologist might well be proud. 



Not the least interesting specimen 

 there, in the eyes of the Editor, was 

 the two-months old, young Treganza, 

 who we hope will grow up and follow 

 in the footsteps of his illustrious 

 scientific sire. 



Monday, owing to disarrangement 

 of train schedules, by storm, we spent 

 a couple of hours at the home of J. 

 W. Sugden, than whom there are but 

 few better known collectors in the 

 West. Mr. Sugden is a 220 pound 

 Americanized Englishman, and one of 

 the best natured persons we have ever 

 met. His collection of eggs was not 

 as large as those of some other col- 

 lectors whose collections we have 

 examined, but is a splendid accumu- 

 lation; first place in which of course, 

 was occupied by a fine series of per- 

 sonally taken Long-billed Curlew. 



However, Mr. Sugden gives more 

 of, his time to the collection of insects 

 than he does to the collecting of eggs, 

 with the result that his collection of 

 insects is one of the best personal 

 collections we have ever seen. It is 

 exceedingly extensive, and so far as 

 local varieties are concerned, is al- 

 most complete. Its preparation and 

 care is as good as any we have ever 

 seen, and the housing*- of which of 

 course is A-1, because Mr. Sudgen is 

 a pattern maker by trade and makes 

 his own cases. 



A GULL TRADEGY. 



Methaul's Lake, Kings County, Nova 

 Scotia, has long been favored as a 

 breeding ground for the Great Black- 

 backed Gull, commonly known as the 

 "Saddle-back." 



The lake, about two miles in length, 

 is studded with boulders and small 

 islands, and is surrounded by a dense 

 wilderness of almost impenetrable 

 swamps and heavy forest. The lo- 



