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THE OOLOOIST, 



Tfte ©oto^ist 



FEBRUARY. 1881. 



OUR NEW VOLUME. 



WITH the commencement of Vol. 

 VI of The Oologist we intend to 

 introduce some improvements. Its 

 name will be changed to The Ornith- 

 ologist AND Oologist. The paper 

 will be somewhat enlarged and of a bet- 

 ter quality. The type will be new, and 

 the press-work tirst class. Illustrations 

 will be used when necessary to illustrate 

 new subjects. It will contain a record 

 of observations and discoveries in Or- 

 nithology and Oology ; also experiences 

 with Ornithological specimens as Pets, 

 Travels of Collectors, &c., ifcc. It will 

 avoid the technical part of the science 

 as much as possible, only using scientific 

 terms in addition to the English names. 

 It will aim to be as near original as pos- 

 sible, most of its contributors being act- 

 ual collectors. 



The editor has accumulated a large 

 amount of original material and draw- 

 ings by J. J. Audubon, Alex. Wilson, 

 and others of our early Ornithologists, 

 which will appear, if support sufficient 

 is given to warrant the expense, of fine 

 engravings, A department of " Ex- 

 change'^ will be added in which subscri- 

 bers can offer single sets of eggs, or 

 single articles of any kind for exchange, 

 free of charge. Advertisements will be 

 received at 10 cents per line, or business 

 cards of four lines or less will be insert 

 ed at three dollars per annum. 



We solicit contributions from collect- 



ors and others for publication. Give us 

 the facts carefully verified, and they will 

 appear in proper shape. 



Subscription per annum, payable in 



advance, $1.00, postage prepaid. 



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"The Oologist." 



The March number of this journal 

 will contain a complete history of its 

 career from its establishment in 1875, 

 to the present date. We believe this 

 review will be especially interesting to 

 young Oologists, and desire that the 

 number containing the history be 

 placed in every collector's hands. The 

 opening of X^'olume VI. will also form an 

 important turning point in its existence, 

 and it is for the interest of all ornithol- 

 ogists to preserve the numbers and have 

 them bound for future reference. 



" Cash in Advance." 



In the last number of the Oologist 

 we inserted a slip announcing the change 

 in our publication, with the following 

 statement : " No paper sent until paid 

 for^and discontinued at the expiration of 

 time!'' From a long and costly exper- 

 ience we know this to be the best plan 

 for all concerned, and yet we expected 

 some would feel sensitive about it, but 

 we are happy to say that our announce- 

 ment has met with a prompt response, 

 even better than we had reason to ex- 

 pect. One of our subscribers indorses 

 our plan as follows : " The ' cash in ad- 

 vance' plan is the only just and satisfac- 

 tory one for both publisher and subscri' 

 ber, the other method indicates and pro- 

 m,otes the anprosperous condition of the 

 publisher, and is dem,oralizing to the 

 subscriber.^* This extract so covers the 

 ground that it is needless for us to write 

 more on the subject. We intend to 

 make our paper worth all we ask for it, 

 and we shall hope for a liberal support 

 and prompt remittance. The time that 

 would be required to keep books will 

 be devoted to the interest of our readers. 



