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THE OOLOGIST. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



PRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. 



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Jottinsrs. 



Davie's "New Key and Egg Check List" 

 has been promised "sure" some time in 

 October. 



Our patrons we fear are becoming too 

 much accustomed to "unavoidable delays." 



This Oologist is a double number and 

 although dated "Aug. and Sept.," is issued 

 Oct. 8th. 



It has taken so much of our time dur- 

 ing the past month to attend to other 

 matters, that the prize winners of the 

 "New Subscriber" contest have not been 

 determined. We will endeavor to an- 

 nouce the result in Oct. Oologist. We 

 might add that every competitor will re- 

 ceive a prize. 



The result of the prize "article" contest 

 we will endeavor to announce in the Novem- 

 ber Oologist. We know that the delay 

 must be very annoying to our friends, but 

 it is necessary in order to give all a 

 a r chance. 



October Oologist is now in press and 

 will be mailed about the 15th. 



Jim. 



The sun has long since disappeared below 

 the western horizon, far off in some distant 

 part of the woods the merry tinkle of the 

 cow-bell can be heard mingled with the 

 meloncholy Avail of the Whip-poor-will and 

 a series of other strange noises. In the tam- 

 arac swamp, just beyond the clearing, the 

 chery whistle of the Screech Owl is heard, 

 while from the deep timber beyond issues 

 the sharp bark of a prowling fox. A rabbit 

 springs up at your feet and disappears in 

 the darkness, some bird disturbed from his 

 slumbers, utters a cry of alarm and flutters 

 away among the bushes. An Owl from a 

 tree near by, glares at you with eyes gleam - 

 ing out strangely in the darkness. Sudden- 

 ly borne upon the breeze, comes the whistle 

 of a steam-boat, and soon the distant glim- 

 mering of electric lights reminds the hunter 

 that home is not so far away after all. 



I had been Patridge huntingand was now 

 returning with six brace of these handsome 

 game birds, just as I emerged from the 

 thick timber a distant caw, caw, reached my 

 ear, glancing along the margin of the forest 

 I beheld two crows flying toward me, to 

 step back into the under brush and hastily 

 sling a cartridge into my breech-loader, was 

 but the work of a moment, then crouching 

 as near the ground as possible, I awaited 

 their approach. I could not see the birds, 

 but judging from their occasional caws, 

 should say they had arrived within a few 

 hundred yards, when the stillness was brok- 

 en by the report of a gun. Looking out of 

 my place of concealment I was just in time 

 to see the female, (as was afterwards proved) 

 turn a graceful sumersault and plunge 

 head foremost into the under-growth. The 

 male, without stopping to learn her fate put 

 all the power he could muster into his clum - 

 sy wings and dashed forward, but the next 

 moment, as if apprehending danger, turned 

 and started across the fields. It was a long 

 shot, but my only chance, so taking a hasty 



