MAllsK UK.^ITHULOGIST ANDOOLO>IST. 



Exchange Honestly. 



Much has been said on the evils cif 

 iudiscrimiuate collecting, the lack of 

 proper identiticatioD, incompleteness of 

 datas etc., all of which undoubtedly 

 deserve all the unfavorable comments 

 which they receive. But there is another 

 evil which, perhaps more than any of 

 these, deserves the attention of all, the 

 wide spread dishonesty amonir col- 

 lectors which is Fast growing in pop- 

 ularity. 



Thiskindof f'raudis like a two-edged 

 sword cutting friend and toe alihe. It 

 is of ci>urse a direct loss to him who 

 is imposed upon by the dishonest party. 

 The truly honestollector willnot prov? 

 himself an --egg hog." Hewill not take 

 a set of some unlmowu variety of Eur- 

 opean eggs and send thi^m out under 

 the name of European (roose. Re. will 

 not. make out several datas for one set 

 ofeo-gs (which, ])erhap3. are not what 

 he represents them to be, and were not 

 collected where he pretended tli*^y were) 

 and having arranged an exchange with 

 a partv f)r several times their value' 



authority one word of credit for the 

 stolen facts. 



He will not pretend to know a great 

 deal more than he is capable of know- 

 ing. In short, he will not practise any 

 of the dishonesty in daily nse among 

 many O.dogical ColleGtors, 



If a collector ean not make up his 

 mind to be honest with his fellow col- 

 lector and collect for exchange as he 

 would for his own cabinet ; to mal:e all 

 liis datas full and correct ;then he is not 

 wanted in the Oological circle, and he 

 finds that honesty is the best policy. 

 It is best for us all to remember, that 

 we will do better by ourseJves. by 

 o ir brother-collectors, and by tho 

 science, if we""do unto others as we 



would they should do unto us." — B,S.B 



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B ird Life ii: Central M aine. 



For rhc past few weeks the summer 

 residents have been returning to us in 

 small numbers; but at the present writ- 

 ing Apr. 13th. the air is fullofsong .vhich 

 is a pleasant reminder of returning 

 spring. 



Among the first to pnt.in an appcar- 

 sends him the datas, and tries to make ence was the red-c^hTd Hawk .Mar. 24 



him believe that th« eggs have been 



Bluebird .Mar. 2.Tth. ; also Robin and 



sent. He will never send out a data Purple Finch on sane date. Black 

 statino- eo-.rs were collected by him in' Ducks the 31st. Black Suow-hiids 



a state where he has never been. 



He will not L^end out eggs that have 

 been broken, perhups in marking, and 

 then pretend that they must k.ave go' 

 broken in the mails. 



A p;-. 2nd. and on the 7th. i-mall flock of 

 Rusty Graciiles, which are always very 

 plenty herein the sprin.;^ niigratio i. the 

 writer having seen tiiousands in a single 

 flock. (They hretd in larie numbers in 



He will not write an article for a paper the vicinity of .Sehec Lake.) Song, 



the main points of which, are taken di-^ Swamp and White-throated Sparrows 

 rect from* 'Davie" without giving th was first seen Apr. T2th . 



