THE OOLOGIST. 



NEW MEMBERS. 

 John Smart 'Jr., Castleton, Vt. 

 H. E. Kron, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Deception. — As it seems an appropri- 

 ate place, we would make a remark hero 

 that it wonld l)e well for all the members of 

 this society to peruse. 



There has been some deception practiced 

 in Certain towns in some of' the Western 

 States, that is a disgrace, to collectordom. 

 We know of a couple of fellows whom 'twere 

 HO injustice to expose, and who will he ex- 

 posed if they undertake to use the same 

 means of profit again. 



Now we can't see why some collectors 

 will persist in imposing on honest corres- 

 pondents in this way ; it is injurious to all 

 the collectorship, and often creates a dis- 

 turbance among others that is not at all a- 

 greeable. We think that these impostors 

 should be brought to 'light? and "justice" 

 and will be willing to publish the name of 

 anyone who has willfully practiced fraud 

 upon others. The exposer, however, must 

 be responsible for such publicity. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Fred. S. Petkuson.— 1. There is to our 

 knowledge no Western Crow. There may be 

 a so-ealled Western (row, but If so it is mere- 

 ly a variety of the eastern species. If you 

 will inform us where you Obtained the name, 

 probably we could answer your question sat- 

 isfaetorally. 2, There exists no difference 

 between a Red-winged and Red-shouldered 

 Blackbird. The latter is merely a western 

 variety of the eastern 1'ed-wing, inhabiting 

 the Pacific Coast and Colorado River. 3, N o. 

 we are not going to the Black Hills; at least 

 not at present. 



The next time "Buck," please send us a 

 whole sheet, so we can see the address of the 

 paper and the editor's name, if you wish an 

 exchange. We do not notice exchange- in 

 our columns, as the paper circulates among 

 persons who care little about amateurs: we 

 regard your notice in the "Amateur News" 

 column, just as much as if we had reciproca- 

 ted in our paper. Thanks for the scroll card. 



EGGS FOR EXCHANGE. 



I, 15, 25, 38, 44, 

 117, 112, 124, 130, 

 258, 268, 313, 342, 

 451, 4f>4, 484, 485, 

 499, 504, 517, 518, 

 564, 555, 559, 560, 

 587, COO, 616, 617, 

 083, 080, 090, 692, 

 711, 715, 726. 

 0. M. Freeman, Box 1, 



49, 51, 114, 

 135, 151, 233, 

 363, 426, 434, 

 486, 490, 493. 

 543, 552. 558, 

 576, 577. 581. 

 624, 642. 661, 

 695, 698, 709, 

 Address 



Matuelien, N. J. 



PUBLICATIONS HECK I VEJ>. 



MY OLD SUIT OF CLOTHES and KQKFOL* 

 a-babs.— By "lien." W. N. (irubb. Pub. 

 1875. 10c' 



A small amateur 1 k of 1 ti pages in 



which the author makes public his memo- 

 ries and sorrows regarding an "old suit of 

 clothes." The compilation is fair; print- 

 ing ditto. 



We do not like the idea of criticising ex- 

 changes, but are. obliged to say that they 

 rmuti be seat in regularly; if not, we will 

 be under the necessity of striking their 

 mimes from the list. 



As soon as we can get our constitution 

 completed 1 , we intend to organize and put 

 into effect a "correspondent election," that 



h ill enable those living at a distance to vote. 



Wis notice in Mooris Rural New-York- 

 er a series of very interesting articles entit- 

 led "American Game Birds," which are 

 accompanied by engravings; the latter, 

 however, do not display much study and 

 judgment in proportion and markings. 



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