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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



The Oregon Naturalist. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Natural 

 Science. 



Edited By 



JOHN WILLIAM MARTIN. 



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The note. "A New Bird for Colo- 

 rado," although .short is very valu- 

 able. It is ail addition to the "List 

 of Colorado Birds" published by Prof. 

 Cooke. This list embraced 360 spec- 

 ies and varieties. 



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Through the courte-S}- of the Pub- 

 lisher of "The Story of the Faral- 

 lones" we are enabled to reproduce 

 the beautiful plate. "Saddle Rock." 

 We hope to publish many such valu- 

 able photographs durintr 1898. 



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Mr. James J. Carroll, of Refugio, 

 Texas, .sends us a very interesting and 

 lenlhy article on the Great-tailed 

 Grackle in Southern Texas. This in- 

 teresting article will appear in our 

 next number. 



We wish to commence a series ol 

 half-tone illustrations at an early date. 

 If any person, whether a .subscriber or 

 not, can furnish us with one or more 

 photographs from life, we will lepro- 

 duce them. 



How MANY of our subscribers wish 

 to see The Oregon Naturalist en- 

 larged ? If our friends will secure us 

 some new subscribers it will be possi- 

 ble for us to do so. 



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We would be pleased to hear from 

 all pel sons who wish to have these 

 improvements made. If a sufficient 

 number of our readers .show an inter- 

 est, we will make an iucreasein pages 

 at once. 



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We hope others will follow the ex- 

 am|)le of Messrs. Carroll, Breninger, 

 Cohen, Kells and those who aid the 

 Oregon Naturalist in various 

 ways. 



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The Oregon Naturalist is the 

 only paper West of the Mi.ssissippi 

 Rivet published in the interest of 

 Natural Science. But few Western 

 people Stem to appreciate the Oregon 

 Naturalist. Almost our entire sup- 

 port conies from Eastern peo])le. We 

 mail a copy of this nuinl)er to every 

 l)er.s()n interested in Natural Science 

 ill the West, and we hope to hear fioin 

 them in regard to the matter of help- 

 ing the Oregon Naturalist. This 

 help may be extended by snb.scribing, 

 inducing others to subscribe and by 

 sending us your observations. 



