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ing the past season and hopes to lo- 

 cate the party before long. 



Editorial Notes. 



Dr. R. L. Jessee, S.S.S., Stansell and 

 Isaac E. Hess of Philo, 111., are con- 

 sidering the formation of an Ornitho- 

 logical and Oological society of the 

 state of Illinois. 



They would like the address of every 

 person in the state who is interested 

 along these lines. 



A True Albino and a Strange Freak. 



An Albino Meadowlark. 



Plumage: Above white; underparts 

 and throat white with yellowish shade; 

 feet white; bill white; iris of eye pink. 



A Freak Crow. 



Natural in every respect except the 

 bill. The upper mandible being li 

 inches and the lower mandible 3 in. 

 Both birds were shot in Oakland coun- 

 ty, Mich. 



Oliver Gartner, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



This last must have been the result 

 of some accident and would certainly 

 interfere with the birds feeding. Has 

 anyone an explanation? 



Notice. 



February Oologist was mailed on 

 February 23d. 



All subscribers have the Editor's 

 sympathy when they try to straighten 

 out the botch on page 22, February 

 issue, and we will all hope that friend 

 Eddy will do better in making up 

 future issues. 



Publications Received. 



Notes from Thicket and Swamp, 

 Guelph Daily Herald, Feb. 5, '04. 



Bulletin of Michigan Ornithological 

 Club. Vol IV., No. 4. 



Nature Study, London. Vol. XIII, 

 No. I. 



Woman's Home Companion, Spring- 

 field, Mass., (Nature Study Class), 

 Vol. XXXI, No. 2. 



Notes from Thicket and Swamp, 

 Guelph Daily Herald, Feb. 19, 1904. 



Book Review. 



Where did Life Begin? G. H. Scrib- 

 ner, (new edition). Chas. Scribner's 

 Sons, New York, $1.20 net. An inter- 

 esting statement of the most probable 

 beginning and spread of life from the 

 lower forms up. Nicely printed and 

 attractively bound in cloth, blue and 

 gilt. 



Boll Weevils and Birds, by Prof. 

 H. P. Attwater, Houston, Tex. A com- 

 prehensive pamphlet on the value of 

 the insect eating birds in the great 

 fight between the cotton growers of 

 the southwest and the cotton boll wee- 

 vil, and a plea for their better protec- 

 tion. Published by So. Pac. R. R., 

 Houston, Tex. 



What an old Patron says of the Oologist. 



Pipestone, Minn., Jan. 7, 1904. 

 Dear Sirs:— You will find enclosed 

 $1.00 for 5 years subscription to the 

 Oologist. " It would be putting it 

 mild to say I am more than pleased to 

 think of having the Oologist a regu- 

 lar visitor at my home again* When 

 you stopped its publication it seemed 

 that all interest along the egg and 

 bird lines and the making of collect- 

 ions along other scientific lines were 

 lost. The exchange columns kept us 

 within touch of all other "Oologists; 

 and filled a sphere that no other pub- 

 publication could fill. " 



A. D. BROWN, 



Taxidermist. 



