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THE OOLOGIST 



side of stream. In caved in gravel, 

 gravel bank by stream, and in a bunch 

 of dried fern leaves hanging over 

 falls. Early nesting commences here 

 early in March, fresh eggs about April 

 6th, but the most likely time for full 

 sets is May the 1st to 10th. 



Walter F. Burton. 

 Victoria, B. C. 



Through the inadvertency the half 

 tone accompanying this article was 

 published in the July 1918 Oologist. — 

 Ed. 



TO MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW 

 OOLOGISTS: 



It is with deep regret that I an- 

 nounce to my friends that I have pract- 

 ically disbanded my collection. Though 

 having two years grace before being 

 drafted I have joined Uncle Sam's 

 forces and am now stationed at Camp 

 McArthur, Texas. Of course I could 

 not leave my collection to the mercy 

 of thieves and bugs so I have donated 

 the larger portion (all specimens that 

 I have obtained through exchange or 

 purchase) to Baylor University Mu- 

 seum, the remainder, (my personally 

 collected specimens) are now packed 

 away in this institution's storage 

 rooms where it will be taken care of 

 until I am discharged from the army. 



I want to thank you one and all for 

 your kindness and also the Oologist 

 for its great help in compiling my col- 

 lection, for although it no longer is 

 mine, personally it is still my pride 

 and it is where it will be of more use 

 scientifically that it was formerly. 



If I owe any one an exchange that 

 I have forgotten I will thank you to 

 kindly advise and I will send it to my 

 friend and have him send you speci- 

 mens from my personal collection if 

 possible. My hope is that the day will 

 not be far off when I will be able to 

 write an announcement in this paper 



that I am prepared to again take up 

 my collection. 



With the best of luck and regards 

 to all of you, I am, 



Your friend and fellow oologist, 



Leverette Fitzpatrick, 



My address is now: Pvt. Archie L. 

 Fitzpatrick, Camp Quartermasters 

 Office, Finance Branch, Camp Mc- 

 Arthur, Texas. 



From a Soldier 



I have failed to keep up with my 

 old friends that I used to exchange 

 with owing to the fact that I have 

 been in uniform nearly two years now. 

 I served on the Mexican Border and 

 now I am after the Kaiser. I am in 

 the Machine Gun Battalion and I think 

 that our new weapon can out-class 

 anything that the "Hun" ever had 

 and from what I have been hearing 

 from my friend and school chum, 

 Lieut. Chas. R. McLendon, who is a 

 subscriber and writes once in a while 

 for the Oologist, he has been giving 

 the "Hun" more than they wanted 

 with their little Rapid Firers. 



Lieut. McLendon says that bird life 

 is no where to be seen in the trench 

 zone but that back of the lines there 

 is plenty of bird life and that he is 

 planning to take a few sets for "keep 

 sakes." He stated in a letter I re- 

 ceived from him, that he took a chance 

 on a Hun plugging him in the head to 

 watch a Lark of some kind sit on barb 

 wire entanglements and sing as if 

 the world- were free from harm. He 

 pictured in a few words a very beauti- 

 ful description of the scene, which I 

 won't attempt, but will leave it up to 

 the reader. 



I have often sat and watched the 

 Hawk, Eagle, Vulture, etc., soaring 

 through the air and wondered how it 

 felt to be a bird and sail through the 

 clear blue sky, and my dream came 

 true not long after I had been assigned 

 to duty with my Battalion. I was onQ 



