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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. iS-No. I 



THE 



ORNlTHOLOGISTp^^^OOLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE UF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 



AND TO THE 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editorial Management of 

 FRANK B. WEBSTER, . . . Hyde Park, JIass. 

 J, PARKER NORRIS, . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



PKBLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



' INCORPORATED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



The O. & O. is mailed each issue to every paid subscriber. 

 If you fail to receive it, notify us, . 



In presenting to our reader.s the volume 

 of the "O. & O." of which this is the 

 first issue, the same general plan will be 

 followed as in 1S92. 



While we shall present extracts from 

 other publications and clippings from the 

 press, they will not be used to the exclu- 

 sion of valuable and interesting notes and 

 communications that may be sent in. 



We are continually receiving letters of 

 praise, advice and criticisms from our 

 friends, which are cordially welcomed and 

 carefully considered. We shall endeavor 

 to manage the publication to meet the 

 popular views of the majority of our sub- 

 scribers. 



We again announce for the information 

 of our many new friends, what is well 

 understood by the old subscribers, that the 

 articles and notes that are used are all free- 

 will offerings. 



We do not pay for contributions. 



The magazine is a medium for exchange 

 of practical knowledge between naturalists, 

 and the benefit that is thus obtained is the 

 remuneration. 



We are particularly desirous of having 



notes of interest sent to us from all parts 

 of the country. 



ADVERTISING. 



It would seem needless to call the atten- 

 tion of parties who have specimens for 

 sale or for exchange to the value of an ad- 

 vertising medium of a magazine like the 

 "O. &0.," which is circulated among 

 the class of people who are interested in 

 such goods throughout the entire country. 

 Specimen copies are sent by us to every 

 person whom we know to be interested in 

 natural history, and are not sent out at hap- 

 hazard. 



The following letter is to the point: — 



"Washington, D.C. 

 "Publishers of the ' O. & O.' 



"Gentlemen, — Thanks to my ad. in 'O. 

 & O.,' I obtained a cane gun from a party 

 in Missouri after exhausting all other 

 means of trying to obtain one. There 

 does not appear to be any for sale by deal- 

 ers in such goods, and up to the time of 

 getting an answer from my ad. I had des- 

 paired of obtaining one. E.J. JSrowii." 



'■'■Second-class Postage. — The terms 

 and conditions of the postal law should be 

 so definite as to be easily understood. It 

 works great injustice and loss to publishers 

 to permit the Postmaster-General to con- 

 strue it, as he does at present, according 

 to his own individual wishes. Favoritism 

 and oppression have both been practiced 

 in this particular by the present Postmas- 

 ter-Geneial. This statement is suscepti- 

 ble of positive proof. An opportunity for 

 such arbitrary rulings should be made im- 

 possible." 



The above suggestion to Congress is 

 worthy of attention. For some time past 

 a vigorous protest has been made by a 

 New York publication, "Printer's Ink," 

 against what is claimed to be a gross in- 

 justice. The charge has been of such a 

 clear, positive and ringing character that 

 it would seem as if it was time for the 

 public to insist upon a full investigation. 



