October, 1S92.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTRi^^OdLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



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, Mass. 

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



PUBLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



INCORPOR.\TED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



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

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



a very winning way and was so honest 

 that we trusted him. 



Result, $0, but Wisdom. 



Brief Notes, Correspondence, and 

 Clippings. 



The subject of the trouble of collecting 

 small accounts from parties scattered over 

 the country has caused quite an interest, 

 we should judge, from the letters that we j 

 have had come in since our last issue. 

 We have replied to many that we have 

 now adopted the plan of spot cash — and 

 only send goods when the requisite amount 

 accompanies the order. We do not see 

 that any other way of dealing with strang- 

 ers should be expected. 



It is natural to wish to do all the busi- 

 ness that one can, but any one had far 

 better have their goods on hand than an 

 unpaid account against at least about fifty 

 parties now on the black list at our office. 



ANOTHER CASE. 



F. B. W. Co. : 



Gentlemen, — We return herewith your 



claim against R. — . as worthless 



and uncollectable. Debtor is a worthless 

 sort of a fellow and never pays when he 

 can help it. We see no way of collecting 

 it. 



, Ohio. 



Sept. 16, 1S92. 



This "worthless fellow 



wrote to us in 



Those of our readers who are fond of 

 shooting with shotgun, rifle, or revolver; 

 who ride a bicycle ; who class themselves 

 as fishermen ; who fence, box, play base 

 ball, cricket, or lawn tennis, or who in- 

 dulge in any form of outing or field sports, 

 should write Shooting and Fishing, of 

 Boston, Mass., the old established sports- 

 men's journal of New England, for the 

 remarkable Fall premium list they have 

 issued, a copy of which has just reached 

 us. 



Many a shooter would love to own a 

 good gun or rifle but can't afford it. They 

 will not own a cheap gun, and they are 

 not able to spare the money for an expen- 

 sive one. Shooting and Fishing makes 

 a present of as fine a gun, rifle, or revolver 

 as money can buy, on conditions which 

 any bright young sportsman can easily 

 comply with. On the same conditions, it 

 offers any one of the popular makes of 

 bicycles (from the lowest to the highest 

 priced), also shooting coats, gun cases, 

 rifle cases, pleasure and hunting boats, 

 ammunition cases, fencing foils, fishing 

 rods and reels, photographic cameras, 

 hunting boots, boxing gloves, base ball, 

 cricket, and lawn tennis outfits, and an 

 hundred other valuable articles belonging 

 to a sportsman's equipment. 



We have seen many premium lists 

 ofTered, but none so complete and gener- 

 ous in their conditions as the ones before 

 us. The full list, with instructions as to 

 how any of these handsome premiums 

 may be obtained, without the cost of a 

 dollar to the sportsman, will be mailed to 

 any of our readers, on application to 

 Shooting and Fishing, 20 Devonshire 



