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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 13-]^o. 12 



Editorial. 



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AFTER A subscription HAS EXPIRED, EXCEPT 

 BY RE(,)UEST. AS A MAJORITr OF THE SUB- 

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Ill i)reseiiting tliis our closing number ot Vol. 

 XIII, we add another service stripe and are 

 again reminded of the flight of Old Time. Of 

 our success in endeavoring to establish the 

 O. & O. in the friendship of the American Or- 

 nithologist we must leave it to them to judge. 



Has it been of practical assistance to them in 

 the advancement of their knowledge of Bird 

 Life? If so, tlien those who have labored feel 

 repaid. 



We vvlio sit at the desk and guide the repro- 

 duction of the relations of you who are in the 

 field wish you one and all ttie compliments of 

 the season. 



May you live long and be happy. 



Again we are called upon by a friend and 

 supporter of the O. & O. to publish a warning 

 to our readers in regard to the transactions of a 

 certain collector. The writer claims that two 

 sets of rare eggs, which the collector claimed tu 

 have taken himself, were bought, one by a friend 

 and the other by himself. A careful investiga- 

 tion and comparison showed them hath to be 

 spurious. He also sends a list of other eggs 

 sold under an alias. In the past, we have de- 

 clined to publish the names and details of simi- 

 lar cases, when apparently the perpetrators 

 well deserved to be made examples of, but 

 may be compelled to in the future, we have fre- 

 quently received sets of eggs wrongly identi- 

 fied, but have always found the senders inno- 

 cent and eager to be corrected. It is very nat- 

 ural that such mistakes should occur, but when 

 they have been pointed out, to repeat it witli dis- 

 honest intentions is an outrage. 



We know that there exists to-day in the hands 

 of prominent ornithologists, a list of names of 

 several, that it only requires a trifle of addi- 

 tional proof to cause them to be shown up to 

 the public. Should that course be pursued they 

 would he placed emphatically on a retired list. 

 The honest collector, who we know to be in the 

 majority, has nothing to fear from an honest 

 mistake, but let the dishonest one take warn- 

 ing. 



ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



Camden, N. .T. Oct. 1888. 

 Mr. F. B. Webster:— 



Dear Sir, — Having received the Ornithologist 

 and Oologist for the past two years, it gives me 

 pleasure to speak of it in the highest terms. I 

 know of no publication of its scope and 

 character, so well adapt.'d to the wants of those 

 interested in the matters on which it treats. 

 Although I am not an Ornithologist in a strict 

 sense, but only a lover of birds in general, I do 

 not see how anyone at all interested in birds or 

 their habits, can attbrd to be without it. It is 

 one of the most readable books of the kind I 

 have yet seen, and in typographical appearance, 

 paper, and general make-up, it has no superior. 

 Yours truly, 



('HAS. A. Blake, 



Member of tlie Academy of Natural Scieuce, and 

 American Entomological Society. 



Our Exchanges for i888. 



The Auk, [a quarterly,] L. S. Foster pub- 

 lisher. New York City. The official organ of 

 the .\iueriean Ornithological Union. It is de- 

 voted to the study of bird-life from a scientific 

 standpoint and is an ornament to American lit- 

 erature. We heartily recommend it to our 

 readers, 



The Forest and Stream, New Y^ork City, 

 [a weekly] devoted to the entertainment of 

 American sportsmen. During the present year 

 considerable space has been devoted to Natural 

 History and discussions of many topics of 

 interest to ornithologists. 



Wade's Fibre and Fabric, Boston, A re- 

 cord of new industries in the cotton and woolen 

 trades. Published by .Tos. M. Wade, [formerly 

 editor and proprietor of the Ornithologist 

 Oologist] we daily expect that friend Wade 

 will iutroduce an Ornithological column. 



The Scientist, Fitchburg, Mass, [Publica- 

 tion discontinued.] 



The Canadian Entomologist, London, On- 

 tario, Canada, [monthly] This magazine imiu- 

 bers among its contributors, some of the first 

 entomologists in the country, and deserves a 

 place on the table of every student of this much 

 neglected science. 



The Agassiz Companion, Wyandotte, Kan- 

 sas, Will H. Plank, editor and publisher, 50 

 cents per annum. We wish this publication 

 success. We notice that it is publishing a 

 series of articles on entomology by Louis 

 Leighton. 



