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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 7-No. 24 



ORNITHOLOGIST 



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OOLOGIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 

 THE STUDY OP BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 



JOS. M. WATiE, EDITOR, 



With the co-operation of able Ornithological 

 Writers and Collectors. 



Subscription — $1.00 per annum.. Foreign suixcnp- 



timi SI. 25 — including pontage. Specimen 



Copies Ten Cents. 



JOS. U. WABE, Boston, Mass. 



Rare Books. — We have jnst sold to Dr. 

 G. W. Russell, 490 Main street. Hartford. 

 Conn., and now travelling in Europe a 

 copy of Andnbon's Quadrupeds, Royal 

 Folio, 150 plates, bound iu three vohimes, 

 half Red Morocco, a perfect copy. Price 

 $200. The Dr. also owns the Robert Ha- 

 vell copy of Audubon's Birds, double Ele- 

 phant Folio. This copy cost $1150, and 

 the table and roller drawers in which to 

 kee^J it, $100 more. Some years ago we 

 presented the Dr. a letter from Robert 

 Havell to one of Audtibon's sons stating 

 that every plate of his cojiy was carefully 

 selected as he was coloring the work, 

 making it one of the best, if not the best 

 copy known. The Doctor's library also con- 

 tains Audubon's seven volume octavo edi- 

 tion, also the three volume edition of Quad- 

 ruijeds. Fauna Boreal! Americana, and a 

 large quantity of other rare ornithological 

 works, making it one of the rarest Orni- 

 tholog-ical libraries in the State. May the Dr. 

 live long to enjoy his rare books and through 

 them render enjoyment to his friends. 

 Some time ago we sold a copy of Fauna 

 Horeali Americaiia. Vol. 2. Birds, in the 

 original leather binding, to Rev. C. M. 

 Jones, Eastford, Conn. This work is now 

 very scarce. 



Orchard Orioles. — W. E. Saunders iu 

 Canadian SjJortsman states that Orchard 

 Orioles are very common in Kent Co., and 

 not rare in London, Ontario, he knows 

 nothing of them further east. 



Close of Volume VII. 



With this niimber Vol. VII closes. We 

 started it with hopes of a larger circulation 

 which has not been realized. We receive 

 application for large numbers of sample 

 coijies, but few subs, in proportion. We 

 presume they weigh it in the scales against 

 such trash as the N. Y. Weekly and tiud it 

 light. It is judged by its size and not by 

 its contents. We hope our readers will 

 renew promptly, and when possible, solicit 

 some one to join them. Even- subscription 

 except four expires with this number, and 

 one of those is paid \xp to 1880. It will be 

 noticed that we have gained two extra 

 numbers so as to close with the year. Our 

 readers must understand that where full 

 addresses are given we virtually give away 

 our advertising space, except to dealers, so 

 that from that soiu'ce there is no income. 



Brief Newsy Notes. 



Wood Pewees seem to breed only in Lo- 

 cust trees. Orchard Orioles in Apple 

 trees in Orchards. Goldfinches have a 

 preference for Silver Poj^lars. 



Baltimore Orioles — Usually in Elms, 

 but one in an Apple tree in an orchard and 

 one in a Hickory tree in the deeji woods. 



Crow Blackbirds mostly in orchards or 

 isolated AiJjjle trees and Cedars. 



Carolina Doves anywhere from the 

 gi-ound to the top of a stump or fence 

 post. A good many breed in Cedars, but 

 mostly in Orchards near houses. Nests 

 generally not more than twenty-five feet 

 from the ground. 



Song Sparrows seem for preference to 

 build in Honeysuckle \'ines against the 

 sides of houses in town. — F. A. Small, Ila- 

 garstown, Mel. 



Wanted to Know why the eggs of Sand- 

 pipers and Plovers are so much larger in 

 proportion to the size of the bird than the 

 eggs of other birds ? 



Why the Bull. Nutt. Orn Club is adver- 

 tised as '• the only periodical publication in 



