NEO aTE. 
THE articles comprising this volume having 
been previously published in various periodi- 
cals of the country, I would desire to tender 
my grateful acknowledgments to the several 
publishers and editors for their uniform cour- 
tesy in permitting me to reprint the papers. 
My observations on birds have been made, 
except when otherwise indicated, in various 
haunts in and about Springfield, Ohio, —a 
region well adapted for ornithological research 
or pastime. 
eo See Ke 
AUGUST, 1894. 
