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THE OOLOGIST 



Married. 



Emerson A. Stoner is now engaged 

 in the Benicia Arsenal of the United 

 States government in California and 

 we also learn that he has recently 

 been married to Miss Myrtle Eleanor 

 Henderson. We hope he will have 

 peace at home and will make himself 

 felt in the war with Germany. 



Resigned. 



Harold H. Bailey has resigned as 

 District Inspector for the District of 

 Columbia and Virginia under the new 

 Federal Migratory Bird law taking ef- 

 fect September 15th. We are advised 

 "The High Cost of Living and the low 

 salaries paid by the bureau made the 

 resignation necessary." In losing Mr. 

 Bailey the department has lost a valu- 

 able bird man. 



Candidate. 



Dr. F. H. Lattin, the founder of the 

 OOLOGIST, and erstwhile leading 

 oologist of the U. S., has recently been 

 re-nominated for the legislature in his 

 home district at Albion, N. Y. While 

 the editor does not see things through 

 the same political glasses as does the 

 Dr., yet were we a voter in his dis- 

 trict would certainly support him for 

 old times sake and also because we 

 believe his record entitles him to a 

 return to the assembly. Capable, hon- 

 est and industrious men are all far 

 too rare in our state law making 

 bodies. 



The Wild Goose. 



When, in the gray of dawn, 



The first streaks of day arise in the 

 east, 

 There, in the crisp, cool air of morn, 



Feed the wild geese. 

 And by the weedy lake, 



Where grow the wild herb and 

 water oats, 

 There, of nature's food do ye partake, 



With your long, glassy throats. 



Then, as the day grows hot, 



For the salt, sea air thy instinct 

 raves, 

 Then, dost thou seek a cooler spot, 



On the cold ocean waves. 

 There, though the long noon-tide, 

 When the sun's at his hottest in the 

 warm mid-day, 

 On the rolling Avaves dost thou gently 

 ride, 

 And indulge in sportful play. 

 When the day is nearly gone, 



And the last faint gleams are still 

 in the west, 

 Then back to the weedy lake of cy- 

 press pond, 

 Dost thou spend the night in rest? 

 And in the warm Spring times, 



When a new set of feathers adorns 

 thy breast, 

 Then dost thou seek the far northern 

 climes, 

 To build thy lonely nest? 

 Far o'er the distant hill, 



The wavering V-shape lines appear, 

 With loud resounding cries that fill, 



The balmy, vernal air. 

 But when the cold north wind, 



Blows o'er the frozen main, the 

 fleecy snows, 

 Then a warm southern home dost thou 

 find, 

 Away from fears and foes? 

 Then South again they pass, 



O'er the rough temptestous sea, and 

 meadows bare 

 O'er naked, windswept hills of wither- 

 ed grass, 

 Through the chilled September air. 

 — Payson Willard. 

 Wilmington, N. Carolina. 



Notes. 



George W. Friedrich notes the col- 

 lection of a female Baltimore Oriole 

 in full male plumage June 15, 1918. 

 This is certainly a most unusual oc- 

 currence. — Editor. 



K. L. Skinner of Brooklands Estate 



