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Title: The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Lattin, Frank H
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Albion, N.Y. : Frank H. Lattin
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t do not con-tain anything desirable, and that whena request is made that the list be re-turned, such a request should be com-plied with. It is quite a bit of worksometimes to make out a list if onedoes not happen to be within reach ofa typewriter. It means copying byhand, which is tiresome after a while. We think the above suggestion isa good one and are sorry to say thatwe really feel that The Editor himselfis sometimes subject to the abovecriticism. It is a good idea to replyto correspondence of all kinds by re-turn mail, or within a few days. Thisis especially so where a party sendsa list which he desires to be returnedto him. We presume there are timeswhen there is a good excuse for not sodoing, and with us it is some choreto keep up with a reasonably success-ful law business, do as much workwith an egg collection as we do, pub-lish and edit a magazine such as THEOOLOGIST, without at times neglect-ing our correspondence. However, weendeavor ,to do the best we can 180 THE OOLOGHST
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—Photo by John G. Tyler Nest and Eggs of the Black-necked Stilt, Showing unusual set of Five Eggs inSitu. Fresno, Calif., May 11, 1914. THE OOLOQIST 181 though at times letters and communi-cations must of necessity lie un-answered for as much as thirty days.This without any intentional lack ofcourtesy on our part. An Unusual Set of Eggs of the Black-Necked Stilt. Himantopus mexicanus (Muller). Throughout all the overflowed pas-ture lands near Fresno, California,one of the most common and by farthe most conspicuous birds is theBlack-necked Stilt. Arriving usuallyin early April and remaining only un-til September this species can be con-fidently looked for at any time duringthe summer months. About seven miles from Fresno is atwenty, acre pasture with a depressionin one end that always holds somewater. Late in the fall it is shallowand stagnant but earlier in the seasona pond is formed that is often four orfive acres in extent. Here I have foundthe Stilts earlier than at any otherplac

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