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Friends of the OspkEy need not be told that all of these g-entlemen have contributed valuable 

 material to the literature of ornithology and the magazine will benefit by their contributions as 

 well as editorial assistance in the future. 



The OSPRKY will also have in future numbers contributions on the Avifauna of the parts re- 

 cently acquired by the United States, the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine 

 Islands. The faunas of all these countries are very interesting, and that of the Philippine archi- 

 pelago very rich. 



Dr. Stejneger will furnish for the November or December number an illustrated article on 

 the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands to which he has given special attention for several years. 



Mr. Bartsch is preparing a series of articles on the Birds of the roadway in which he will give 

 the results of his observations made while coursing on the bicycle on many roads. 



Many contributions have been promised from other quarters. Among such will be articles on 

 the Birds of the Bible by the Rev. W. F. Henninger. 



Some time in the course of the year, or early next year, the Osprey Company will com- 

 mence the publication of a new work on North American Birds. This will appear in the form of 

 monthly supplements and as monographs of genera which may afterwards be combined in syste- 

 matic order, and instructions for binding as well as title pages and table of contents will be fur- 

 nished for each volume, and a complete index to the whole. Provision will also be made for those 

 who prefer not to wait till the completion of the work, but would rather bind the supplements at the 

 end of each volume of the Osprey in which they appear. The series will be abundantly illustrated 

 by portraits of the birds as well as figures of the nests and eggs when procurable. Other illustra- 

 tions, such as those of scenery and places germane to the subjects, will be added in many 

 cases. 



Another feature of the OsprKy- will be the publication, from time to time, of portraits with bio- 

 graphical notices of eminent ornithologists. This series eventually will be of great value, and 

 indexes will be published at certain intervals to enable each one to be found without undue search- 

 ing. The first of these— that of William Swainson— has been already prepared and will be pub- 

 lished as soon as more urgent matter is disposed of. 



Another department that will be commenced, as soon as there is a call for it, will be for the 

 service of those who "want to know" — in other words, a column of "notes and queries". We are 

 frequently applied to by correspondfents for information respecting ornithological matters, and 

 when the desired information shall appear to be of general interest, the questions and answers will 

 be given. 



