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THE BAY STATE OOLOGIST. 



Editorial. 



In commencing this number, (our second) we wish to thank all of you 

 who have helped us in our undertaking and we hope we can repay you by 

 making the Bay State Oologist as entertaining and instructive as possible 

 in the future. 



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You, of course, notice our new appearance this month. We stated in 

 last issue, that there would be an improvement in the next, and we leave it 

 to you decide whether we have kept our promise or not. This is only 

 one of many which will be made this year. Help us by subscribing. 



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Next issue will contain the first of an article on "Collecting and Preserv- 

 ing Birds and Eggs," written especially for the Bay State Oologist by- 

 Prof. J. A. Singley. We can assure you that you will profit by reading it. 



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Publications on Ornithology and Oology are springing up in all direc- 

 tions. We wish them all success and a long life. We desire to ex- 

 change with all papers or magazines interested in these sciences. 



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We are in receipt of a copy of "Key to the Nest and Eggs of North Amer- 

 ican Birds" from the author, Mr. Oliver Davie. We are now able to fur- 

 nish any number of copies of this work, regardless of what the Hawkey e 

 Ornithologist and Oologist stated last month. 



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We wish to record the capture of a Bald Eagle in Berkshire Co., Mass. 

 A full grown Bald Eagle (Haliwetus leucocephalus) was shot at Richmond 

 Pond, a few miles from here (Pittsfield) and was brought here ; and, after 

 being stuffed and mounted, was presented to the Berkshire Athenaeum. 

 We noticed a pair of these birds loitering about Onota Lake last year. 



