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This is for the Few 



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THE OSFKEY. 



It has been niriiled to ueaily all American 

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 (luoteil below. Among the writers will lie 

 noted some of our most eminent Ornitholo- 

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THK OSPHEY will not he surpassed by 

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Otto Witlniann, 'Mtl Orchard, \lo. 



1 .im 'iighl_\ pie ISC d wiih the hatching pro- 

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Your magazine will surely be a success if it 

 lias pleiitj of iii'imy back of it (It has) 

 A. W. Anthony, San OicjfO, Cal. 



I think that there is plenty of room for a 

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Egg Collectors 

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 ready for new season's collecting, I will sell 

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