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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



THE OREGON NATURALIST. ^'^^ m what regions each bird is found. 

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newal is requested. oi the state. No matter how small an 



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Association. some value. 



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EDITORS. 287 Fourth St. Portland, O., 



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^l ^- C-^U^DUM. Baltimore, Md. ^, ^,^,j ,3,1 attention of readers to 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: the "ad" of Mr' Ed A. Schloth in this is- 



One Year 50 Cents g^g^ advertising South Sea Island Curios. 



To Foreign Countries _- ■ ■ 60 Cents ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^,^^^^^^ 



ADVERTISING RATES: ^nd find him reliable in every respect. 



Space i mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. i yr. 



>^ inch $.25 1.65 fi.io 1.90 THE DWARF HERMIT THRUSH. 



I inch 50 1. 10 1.90 3.10 00^ 



^ page 1.75 4.00 6.40 II. ID While out collecting Jannary 18 1896, I se- 



;^ page 3-40 7-70 12.70 22.00 cured a bird of this species. Is not this a rare 



I page 6.25 15.00 25.00 42.75 



. occurence during winter? It was alone, in a 



Entered at the Post Office at Portland, j^^^^y fjj. timbered spot, taking a bath in a 



Oregon, as second-class matter. , ht t. 



^ small pool. Mr. Pope gives it as rare 



.Articles and items of interest on different in summer. I am sure of its identity, and Mr. 



branches of Natural History solicited from al l. Tjg^k of this place, also identified it as the 



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The Oregon Naturalist. -T- Earl Luduick. 



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February, I 896. Pnce List No. 34, 82 pages, published by 



=^====^=^===^^^=' The Standard Stamp Co. No. 4 Nicholson Place 



N. O. A. St. Louis, Mo. is sent to all applicants. In 



The work of the N. O. A. for April will two weeks another edition, revised, enlarged 



be the study of the Dusky Grouse (Den- and containing 96 pages, will be issued. This 



dragapus obscurus ) and Sooty Grouse finn have been established in the stamp busi- 



(D. obscurus fuliginosus.) ness since 1885. Theii success has been so phe- 



All members are requested to send any nomenal that they publish and distribute ten or 



information they have in regard to the twelve thousand of these Price Lists monthly. 



above species to the president not later 



than April 20, 1896. The Maine Sportsman says; Amos P. Ab- 



We desire to discover any difference in ^°^ of Dexter,^[Me.] recently shot an albino 



the habits of these birds and especially to P^''"'^^' ^'''^ ^'''''^'"' ^^^^'^^^^'y ^'"^^^ '" P'">^- 



