For the oologist, the rarer the bird, the more desirable was its clutch of eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hero of Birdland] Reference

This composition hardens like pucca masonry in a very short time, and secures the nest from all marauders except the oologist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference

Besides, the thought of Miss Francis for the work had been sheer sentimentality, the sort of false reasoning which would make of every mother an obstetrician or every hen an oologist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greener Than You Think] Reference

The variations, however, in shape, size, colour, extent, and intensity of markings are very great; and yet, in the huge series before me, there is not one that an oologist would not at once unhesitatingly set down as a Shrike's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference

One oologist (bird-egg specialist) admitted taking 125 sets after halting, and discarding, his guide’s collection made by filling pails indiscriminately with eggs, without reference to sets.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge] Reference

I suppose the birds never expected that such a wild swampy spot as they had selected would be invaded by any oologist. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference

The strange story of an Ostrich egg identity confirmed by oologist Kimball Garrett of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History that ended up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omelet Anyone?] Reference

"The common sandpipers 'eggs assimilate so closely with the tints around them as to make their discovery a matter of no small difficulty, as every oologist can testify who has searched for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference