tributor along botanical lines. I am 
uninformed in respect to the circula- 
tion, but there are a number of life 
subscribers, and it will doubtless be 
continued by the publishers. Many of 
the early issues are exceedingly 
scarce. The ornithological notes ap- 
peared in the early valumes, and are 
by L. Belding, F. EH. Blaisdell, F. L. 
Burns, Chette L. Cheney, S. H. Henry, 
Theo. D. Hurd, J. Warren Jacobs, 
Louis R. Lighton, R. E. Ranchford 
& Son, H. R. Sharples, Frank Ste- 
phens, G. D. Story and H. R. Taylor. 
134. THE WESTERN NATURAL- 
IST. MADISON, WIS. POST 8vo. 
ISSUED BY THE WESTERN GOOD 
TEMPLAR. FRANK A. CARR, Edi- 
tor. The Western Naturalist is pub- 
lished monthly, and is designed to 
stimulate the young people of the 
northwest to an earnest study of the 
various branches of natural history. 
Subs. 25c. a year in advance. 
Vol. I, Nos. 1-10, Mar..-Dec., 1887, pp. 
1-112, and covers last four issues. 
Vol. II, Nos. 1-5, Jan.-May, 1888, pp. 
1-60, incl. 3 pp. covers announcing 
transfer to Prof. E. R. Orcutt’s ‘West 
American Scientist.” 
Subscription raised to 50 cents, July 
1887, at the same time covers were as- 
sumed. Items by Dr. J. H. Burdick 
and F. A. Carr, (“The Flamingoes” 
translated from the French of Henry 
Leturque in New Orleans ‘‘Picayune’’). 
“J. Bird” associate editor of the dept. 
ornithology. 
135. THE WESTERN OOLOGIST. 
Royal 8vo. 
Devoted to the Study of Birds, Their 
Nests and Eggs. Published Monthly 
by F. M. Sherin, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Single Subscription 50 cents per an- 
num, Single copies 5 cents each. 
Vol. I, Nos. 1-3, May-July, 1885, pp. 
(8?)+20, evidently with covers orig- 
inally. 
Quite rare, the first issue not ex- 
amined. It appears that a paper of 
the same name suspended seven years 
previous. Notes by H. A. Berry, W. 
N. Clute, Elizabeth Cole, Fred C. 
Green, W. B. Hull, Chas. A. Keeler, 
Chas. F. Hellewill and Violet S. Wil- 
liams. 
136. THE Western Ornithologist, 
FORMERLY THE IOWA ORNITHOL- 
OGIST. (various half tone eng.) Pub- 
lished by C. C. TRYON, AVOCA, Ia. 
Superroyal 8 vo. 
Bi-monthly. 50 cts. per Year. Chas. 
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Fritz Henning, David L. Savage, As- 
sociate Editors. 
Vol. I, Nos. I-III, Jan. Feb.-May, 
June, 1900, pp. 66+- pl. (p. 45 in dup- 
licate.) 
A superior publication, suspending 
after the third number. Circulation 
“several thousand.” J. N. Clark, C. 
F. Henning, Morton E. Peck, David 
L. Savage, William Savage and B. H. 
Wilson contributing. 
137. Western Reserve Naturalist. 
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A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOT- 
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Vol. I, Nos. 1-8, (June-)-Aug., 1893, 
pp. (24?), unpp. beyond the separate 
numbers. 
I have seen only the third issue of 
this unimportant little sheet, which 
contains a paper by Prof. J. Hobert 
Egbert. 
138. The Wilson Quarterly. A 
Journal of Ornithology. Continuation 
of the Semi-Annual. (eng.) OFFICIAL 
ORGAN OF THE WILSON ORNI- 
THOLOGICAL CHAPTER OF THE 
AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. Med. 8 vo. 
Published by Reuben M. Strong, Ober- 
lin, Ohio; under the editorial manage- 
ment of Lynds Jones, assisted by Wil- 
lard N. Clute. Terms: $1.00 a year in 
advance. Single numbers $ .25. Free 
to all members of the Wilson Chapter 
not in arrears for dues. 
Vol; TVi 14), Nos.> 1-27 Apres, suliy, 
1892, pp. 1-92 incl. 4 pp. adv, covers. 
A well printed little journal, contain- 
ing articles by H. H. Brimley, W. N. 
Clute, W. L. Dawson, Willard Eliot, I. 
C. Green, Lynds Jones, F. T. Pember 
and others. 
139- THE | WISCONSIN NATUR- 
ALIST, | A Monthly Magazine of Nat- 
ural History. | VOL. I. AUG. ’90 TO 
JULY ’91.| MADISON, WISCONSIN: | 
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vance. 
Vol. I, Nos. 1-12, Aug., 1890-July, 
1891, pp. (iv)+188, covers 
Unexpired subscriptions filled by 
the “Ornithologist and Botanist.” The 
most important feature of this neat 
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