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THE OOLOGIST. 



to almost climbing trees, I can now 

 only look ahead next season to hunt- 

 ing alone and it makes me think of 

 one of Nat Goodwin's plays "Lend me 

 your wife." 



J. J. Ryman. 



Awarded a Gold Medal. 



When the State of Pennsylvania 

 was collecting her exhibits for the 

 World's Fair at St. Louis, Mr. J. 

 Warren Jacobs, of this place, was 

 called on for a loan of his birds' egg 

 collection, or that part of it which 

 applied to this state. Mr. Jacobs 

 complied, and selected the eggs of 

 birds known to this state, and placed 

 them in the custody of those having 

 charge of the state's exhibit at the 

 big show. Mr. Jacobs has one of the 

 finest collections of eggs in the 

 country. The collection has been the 

 subject of numerous newspaper 

 articles, and has received honorable 

 mention with illustrations in State 

 publications. When a child Mr. 

 Jacobs made a study of birds, and 

 spent much of his time in the woods 

 studing their habits and securing eggs 

 for what is now the greatest collections 

 in the country, and is in demand for 

 such occasions as the World's Fair. 

 The interest grew on Mr. Jacobs, and 

 doubtless the birds have not a warmer 

 friend than he and he often reproves 

 boys who seek to destroy the birds. 

 He is a well versed ornithologist and 

 has issued several pamphlets on the 

 subject. 



The awarding of the gold medal by 

 the Superior Jury at the St. Louis 

 Exposition is a compliment and honor 

 deservedly bestowed, and Mr. Jacobs 

 will gracefully wear it. The other day 

 he received this notice, "In accordance 

 with the rule, I beg to inform you 

 the Superior Jury has approved the 

 recommendation that you be awarded 

 a gold medal in group 121." This 



notice is signed by David R. Francis, 

 President of the Superior Jury. Mr. 

 Jacobs has been notified by the State 

 Department to go to the St. Louis Fair 

 and be there to superintend the pack- 

 ing of his collection for shipment at 

 the close of the exposition. He will 

 leave in a few weeks. "Independent" 

 Waynesburg, Penn. 



Nesting of the Whip-poor-will in Frank- 

 lin County, Indiana. 



I have been requested by some of the 

 readers of the Oologist and other ex- 

 perienced enthusiastic ornithologists, 

 to relate the experiences attending the 

 taking of a set of Whip-poor-will's 

 eggs by myself in the collecting season 

 just closed. The finding of the eggs 

 was on June 26, 1904, and notwith- 

 standing the fact of being taken so 

 late in the season, the set, two in num- 

 ber, contained only slight traces of in- 

 cubation. 



An accurate description would be a 

 delicate, faint creamy white, slightly 

 intensified at one end, but also show- 

 ing at this end very faint shell mark- 

 ings of small brown spots of different 

 shades. This beautiful set of eggs 

 was forwarded to Mr. Ernest H. Short, 

 editor of this paper. 



The eggs were found at the foot of a 

 hill along Wolf-creek about one mile 

 from my home (Oak Forest, Indiana), 

 the bird when flushed flew across a 

 deep gulch close by and alighted on a 

 bank on the opposite side. I then ap- 

 proached to within about twenty feet 

 of where the bird was sitting, and with 

 the aid of a field-glass I was able to 

 study and observe her at my leisure 

 while in this position, and when I 

 flushed her again she flew back to- 

 wards her nest, slightly passing in 

 front of and about ten feet above my 

 head, giving me a good opportunity 

 to observe the general appearance of 

 its under plumage. 



