THE OOLOGIST 



11 



opened. When we left, seven Vultures 

 were sailing overhead. 



Winsor M. Tyler, M. D. 

 Lexington, Mass. 



if the catalogue can be completed in 

 time to be used before July first. 



Editor. 



George M. Sutton. 



With this issue we begin the publi- 

 cation of a series of plates made from 

 drawings by our friend, Geo. M. Sut- 

 ton, of the Carnegie Institute, Pitts- 

 burgh. It is our prediction that in a 

 few short years he will be at the 

 front of American bird artists. Study 

 these illustrations carefully and see if 

 we are not justified in this prophesy. 



Photo Craft. 



Published at No. 2 Nickels Arcade, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich., is one of the very 

 best photographic magazines we know 

 of. It makes a specialty of nature 

 photography and is of much use of 

 those who desire to follow that branch 

 of art. 



E. E. Pope, 



With this issue we present a fine 

 likeness of E. E. Pope, one of the very 

 best of American leading oologists. 

 Mr. Pope was formerly at Colinsneel, 

 Texas, and he is now at Alberquerque, 

 N. Mexico, No oologist known to us 

 excells him in accuracy or painstak- 

 ing preparation of specimens. He is 

 a member of the committee of twenty- 

 five in charge of the new eggs price 

 list. 



The New Price List. 



The new price list of North Ameri- 

 can Birds Eggs moves ahead slowly. 

 The committee of twenty-five in charg 

 of the matter of prices has organized 

 with Dr. R. B. Bales of Circleville, 

 Ohio, chairman and Rev. H. E. Wheel- 

 er, of Fayetteville, Ark., Secretary, 

 The members of the committee are 

 engaged in arranging matters by inter- 

 corr^spondence but it is quite doubtful 



Everybody Late. 



It is a matter of extreme regret on 

 our part that the January number 

 was late. We sent the copy to the 

 printer in November in time to get 

 it out as we thought December 1st. 

 However, when such publications as 

 the "Pictorial Review," with over a 

 million subscribers is compelled to 

 issue a double January-February num- 

 ber and "The Literary Digest" must 

 issue its number without type, it is 

 no wonder our little Oologist was 

 caught in the malstrom of labor 

 troubles. We hope soon, however, to 

 be caught up with schedule time and 

 will do all we can to be out on the 

 first of each month. 



O. W. Emerson, 



Professor Emerson of Berkeley, 

 Calif., one of the nestors of North 

 American Oologist and one of the 

 most loved of all the many California 

 Oologists has recently been engaged 

 in taking moving pictures of birds at 

 Oakland, Calif. We are glad to note 

 that he is still active in the science. 



Story County, Iowa Birds. 



A list of birds observed near Ne- 

 vada, Story County, Iowa during 1919. 



54. Ringbilled Gull. Eight fiying 

 north over ploughed field May 8th. 



77. Black Tern. A flock of about 

 fifty flying northward. May 6. 



132. Mallard. At different times 

 from March 28th to May 2nd; again 

 in fall in large numbers from Oct. 11 

 to Nov. 16th. 



139. Green-winged Teal. March 18- 

 20-21-23-24 and April 2nd, and Oct. 25 

 and 26th. 



172. Canada Goose, Several Y 



