CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVII, NO. 2, FEBRUARY, 1892. 



Notes from Miclngan J. Claire Wood 



A Series of Eggs of the Scarlet Tanager . J.P. X. . 



Habits and Nesting of the Violet green Swallow .. . Clyde L. Keller 



Megantic Fish and Game Club . . .... Italph (rreenwood 



Nesting of Sharp-shinned Hawk Jolui A. Clark 



The Chimney Swift W. S. Strode, iM. D. 



An Early Bird S. R. Ingersoll 



Brief Notes 



New Publications 



J H. Langille 



PRE7VTIU7VY. 



We want to double the subscription list of the Ornithologist duriiii^ 

 the next three months, 



So Make the Following Offer: 



To any subscriber who will send us a new subscriber with the full 

 subscription rate, Si. 00, we will return a credit slip for $0.75 in each case, 

 and the said slips shall be good for payment for any specimens we handle or 

 advertise in the O. & O. during 1892. VVe believe that tiiis opens a way 

 for many of our young collectors to procure a fine collection. 



noaaz trv for it. 



Remember that if you procure 100 subscribers you would be able to select 

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Cl-UB RKTES. 



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Subscription to both, Si. 50. 



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New Catalogue of Specimens. 



On March 20th we shall issue a catalogue of specimens of Natural 

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 for it. 



GrLASS EY^ES. A large shipment will arrive from Thomas Hurst, 

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IlSrSECT PIKS. Three hundred thousand, both bright and japanned, 



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Send in your orders. 



RED LETTER JLIST OF BIRDS^ EGGS. March 20th we shall 



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