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THE OSPREY. 



An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted 

 Excusively to the Interests of 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



EDITED BY 



WALTER A. JOHNSON. 

 DR. A. C. MURCHISON. 



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Notes and News of a relevant nature, and original contributions 

 are respectfully solicited, and should be addressed to Editors 

 at office of publication. 



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THE OSPREY CO., 



217 Main Street, GALESBURG, ILL. 



It is deemed no introduction will be needed 

 in this initial number. Our ornitholog-ical 

 friends have been acquainted with our purpose 

 and watched the hatching- process in our April 

 prospectus. 



In the succeeding months' the young- Osprey 

 has matured into a strong- bird, and naturally 

 of a cosmopolitan spirit, will use its inherited 

 wing- power in collectings the best of food to 

 keep its feathers brig-ht and its ej-es from drows- 

 iness. No partialitj^ or predilection will be 

 shown ZLViy reg-ion, nor will this Ospkey be un- 

 like the species in its txnquarrelsome disposition. 



The Osprey is not a monej'-making- scheme, 

 as has been the case with manj^ like journals; 

 nor is its life wholl)' dependent on the first 

 3'ear's receipts, althoug-h the sttpport already' 

 profl"ered indicates no great financial loss. 



We have before us a circular sent bj- the 

 United States Department of Ag-riculture, Divi- 

 sion Biolog-ical Survej', advising- a "Bird-day" 

 in schools ixnd.er the same g-eneral plan as 

 "Arbor-day." This appeal has been sent 

 broadcast to the school principals of the coun- 

 try, and it is hoped this will obviate to some 

 extent the shameful neg-lig-ence of the past, as 

 to instruction in the value of our native birds 

 and means of protecting- them from destruc- 

 tion. 



The appointment of W. T. Hornadaj' as su- 

 perintendent of the proposed Zoolog-ical Gar- 

 den in New York lends interest to the article in 

 the JuU^ Scribner's by J. Carter Beard, the ani- 

 mal painter, on taxidermy. He describes Mr. 

 Hornaday's work as showing the best existing 

 specimens of the art. 



A Card, 



To THE Readers of The Osprey: 



It is with regret that I feel compelled to an- 

 nounce ni)^ retirement as editor of the Califor- 

 nia Department of The Osprey. Since the 

 issuance of the Prospectus, matters at that 

 time unforseen have arisen, and hampered by a 

 serious lack of time in which to do justice to 

 such a department, I have deemed it to the best 

 interests of all concerned to resign the task to 

 other hands. 



Mr. Donald A. Cohen, of Alameda, Cal., has 

 been installed as editor of the California De- 

 partment, and as one of the foremost workers 

 and keenest observers of the Golden State, 

 there can be no doubt of a successfully-edited 

 and interesting column. In laying aside the 

 newly-acquired editorial pen, I feel that this de- 

 partment has been placed in the best possible 

 hands. 



Chester B.\rlow. 



Santa Clara, Cal., Aug. 1st, 1896. 



■We take pleasure in giving our readers 

 the latest portrait of our Mr. Donald 

 A. Cohen on pag-e 15. This portrait will 

 have an interest to devotees of our science aside 

 from the fact of Mr. Cohen's acceptance of the 

 "California" editorship. 



Messrs. Johnson and Fyfe are said to be the 

 only collectors fortunate enough to visit the 

 Farallone Islands this year. Mr. Barlow says 

 the United States lighthoitse inspector declined 

 to issue permits to persons desiring to visit the 

 islands, earlv in the season. 



Owing to the illness of Mr. Walter A. John- 

 son the first issue of The Osprey was delayed 

 from early spring- until the present tiine. We 

 now feel that the extra time has been well 

 spent and that we are in better shape to give 

 our readers the best to be had. 



Our camera prize was awarded to Mr. E. S. 

 Rolfe, Minnewaukan, N. D., and subscription 

 given to Mr. E. E. Masterman, New London, 

 Ohio. 



"Bkudder Johnsing" duly acknowledges 

 Brother Taylor's superiority in dialect. But if 

 Brother Taylor would "read up" he would find 

 his question in the June-July issue of the A7c/- 

 ologist unnecessary, for all good Ospreys hatch 

 about April or W-s^y . 



The manj' friends of W. S. Cobleigh, Canton. 

 111., will regret to learn of the death of his in- 

 fant son, which occurred a short time since. 



A New Petrel, 



We have received notice that Prof. Loomis 

 has discovered a new Petrel on the Farallone 

 Islands. It is said to resemble Leaches. This 

 will cast a doubt on all Petrels' eggs taken 

 there unless by reliable collectors. Mr. Barlow 

 does not think it has made its home on the 

 Islands more than a few years, and he is 

 fortunate in having taken most of the birds 

 with his sets, thus rendering their identity 

 certain. 



