The Oologist: 



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Vol. XXXVII. No. 7 Albion, N. Y., July 1, 1920. Whole No. 899 



Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, N. Y., and Laexntt III. 



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^ The middle of the summer is here. Bird nesting for 



^ 1920 is almost a thing of the past. Now is the time to sit 



^ down and write up the specially interesting notes of the 



season's work, for the benefit of THE OOLOGIST read- 

 ers. It would be rather selfish to leave them hidden away 

 in a musty note book and not be willing to divide them with 

 other members of the Oological Fraternity. There are few 

 enougli of us at best and with the present laws our num- 





do ber is more likely to decrease than increase. The surest ® 



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^ way to keep up interest is to divide the information con- GO 



fY\ cerning that which interests vou with others and then others ^ 



^ Will reciprocate. Up to this writing the Editor has not ?^ 



m tiken a single egg this season, though he has a number <^ 



too of rare ones laid by his birds in confinement which failed ^ 



^ to hatch. 96 



