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THE OOLOGIST. 



I had previously secured several 

 good abnormal sets from him and was 

 much chargined to find him to be a 

 fraud. 



A. E. Price, Grant Park, 111. and 

 Gerard A. Abbott, Chicago, 111., also 

 got nipped by him. 



This is the first time I have seen his 

 exchange notice in the Oologist since 

 he entered the "farming and stock 

 raising business." 



Yours very truly, 

 J. Warren- Jacobs. 



Waynesburg, Pa. 



[As the publication of such matters 

 as these is the most unpleasant duty 

 the Editor encounters he held this 

 communication for further investig- 

 ation. This only resulted in a torrent 

 of complaints, some of them worse, 

 from other prominent Oologists and 

 some damaging evidence, including 

 some unequivocal statements in regard 

 to sets examined by the Smithsonian 

 Institute at Washington, D. C, there- 

 fore the Editor sees no better course 

 than to publish the above as a warning. 

 -Ed.] 



That New Edition of Lattin's "Standard 

 Catalogue. 1 ' 



In the next issue of Oologist we run 

 the A. O. U. Numbers, revised to data, 

 with temporary Exchange values for 

 all eggs of N. Am. Birds as far as it is 

 possible to set any value. 



All advanced collectors are requested 

 to mail the Editor a list of any changes 

 in values they think advisable giving 

 reasons if possible. Due credit will 

 be given. 



We desire that this fifth edition shall 

 be the Standard and solicit the co- 

 operation of all to that end. 



This new edition will contain 149 

 new species and subspecies, 300 

 changes in nomenclature and as many 

 changes and additions to values. 



Mr. C. W. Prier of Appleton City, 

 Mo. , reports a set of 5 Red-tail Hawk 

 taken April 3d, this year. Ye Editor 

 has examined the eggs and there is no 



question as to identity In another 

 issue we will give half tone of a set 

 taken this year by A. E. Price of Grant 

 Park, 111. These sets are the first I 

 have heard of in 10 years of this size. 



While beating an open glade in the 

 great Cedar Swamp near Scottsville, 

 N. Y., on Decoration Day this year, 

 the Editor observed a pair of Passenger 

 Pigeons feeding a single young bird 

 not yet able to fly more than a few rods. 



This is the first time I have noted 

 them breeding and no records have 

 come to my notice for Western New 

 York for 20 years. 



Review. 



North American Birds Eggs by 

 Chester A. Reed. 



This work, now ready for delivery is 

 a triumph of the printer's art and is in 

 many respects the best work on N. Am. 

 eggs ever published. 



333 pages and index, profusely illus- 

 trated both with figures of the eggs and 

 70 plates of nests and eggs in situ. 



Owing to the fine quality of paper 

 used the illustrations make a fine 

 showing. 



The binding is both tasty and strong, 

 an important point with works of 

 reference. 



The only adverse criticism the Editor 

 would suggest is the omission of the 

 figures giving ordinary range of sizes 

 for each species. An average size, 

 only, is given. ' 



As the work has been brought fully 

 up to date it is for the time being the 

 only up to date complete check list 

 available. 



Publications Received. 



Nature study, Huddersfield, Eng- 

 land. Vol. XIII, Nos. 1, 2. 4 and 5. 



American Ornithology, Vol IV, No. 

 5. Condor, Vol VI, No. 3. The Ama- 

 teur Naturalist, Vol. I, No. 3. 



