AmericanL Ornithology. 



A MöLgaLzine Devoted Wholly to Birds. 



Published monthly by ChaS. K. Reed, 75 Thomas St., Worcester, Mass. 

 EDITED BY CHESTER. A. REED, B. S. 



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COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY CHAS. K. REED 



VOL. IV DECEMBER. 1904. NO. 12 



With this issue we close our fourth volume of American Ornithology. 

 We are gratified foi the support that our friends have given us in the past 

 and hope for a continuance of them as we want to make 1905 our banner 

 year. With the lessening of his labors in other directions, the editor will 

 be able to devote more attention to this magazine and he desires the Co- 

 operation of all our readers in the matter of supplying notes and short 

 stories. With the material and photographs that we already have in 

 band, we can State that our magazine will be second to none during the 

 ensuing year, and we trust that our readers will aid us bycallingthe atten- 

 tion of the magazine to all their friends and by renewing their subscrip- 

 tions promptly. Special offers of A. O. in combination with other books 

 will be found on the advertising pages. We have in preparation a note 

 book f or bird observations that will be novel in many respects. It will be 

 ready by Jan. ist, and will be sent to all our subscribers. 



We have bound in this number, the Title Page and Frontispiece for this 

 volume. It can be removed in one sheet by bending up the binding wires, 

 and bound in the front of the bouk. 



We wish to call the attention of our readers to the Association of Cam- 

 era Hunters that is being formed. It will be for the interest of everyone 

 interested in bird photography or protection to be identified with this 

 association. It will mean much tovvards the preservation of our wild birds. 

 It is being formed by Mr. LeRoy Melville Tafts of Farmington, Me. See 

 notice among our ads. this month. 



