28 



AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



American Ornithology. 



A MAGAZINE DEVOTED WHOLLY 

 TO BIRDS. 



Published monthly by Chas. K. Reed, 

 75 Thomas Street, Worcester, Mass,, 

 Edited by C. Albert Reed. 



SUBSCRIPTION R.ATES. 



In the United States, Canada and 

 Mexico, fifty cents a year postpaid. 

 Single copies five cents. 



To all countries in the International 

 Postal Union, seventy-five eents a year 

 postpaid. 



Entered at the Post Office at Worcester, Mass. 

 as second-class matter, Jan i6, igoi. 



Probably all are aware of the 

 difficulties that beset a new pub- 

 lication, especially one on birds. 

 Hundreds have started only to 

 give up the struggle in a few 

 months. The reason for this has 

 been that until recently there has 

 been very little interest among the 

 people in regard to bird life. 



Our magazine is entirely eiffer- 

 ent from anything hitherto pub- 

 lished, in that we propose to give 

 the life history or four or five birds 

 each month, the illustration of the 

 birds being of sufficient size to be of 

 value, and the eggs of each bird 

 illustrated full siie. 



The time is now ripe for just 

 such a publication, owing to the 

 great and increasing interest in 

 nature study, especially in the 

 schools. The time is coming when 

 one of the qualifications required of 

 a school teacher will be to have a 

 fair knowledge of our birds. 



Judging from the numerous let- 

 ters of commendation that we have 

 received, we shall surely have a 

 successful career. Anyone who 

 subscribes to our publication from 

 the start will have a work on 

 North American birds that will be 

 of great value to any library, and 

 will represent an enormous amount 

 of labor, skill and expense. 



The March number will contain 

 Screech Owl, Great Crested Fly- 

 catcher, Mountain Partridge, Great- 

 er Yellow Legs and White Ibis. 



The April number will contain: 

 Gambel's Partridge, Long-crested 

 Jay, White-throated Sparrow, Au- 

 dubon's Warbler and Wood Duck. 



Any notes of interest in regard 

 to these birds will be greatly ap- 

 preciated by the subscribers as 

 well as the editor. 



We have received a copy of Vol. 

 1, No. I, of The Petrel, published 

 by J. H. Martin, Palestine, Ore. 

 It is an attractive appearing mag- 

 azine and contains interesting 

 matter. We wish it success. 



We note a great improvement 

 in the January number of The 

 bittern, in the size, print, paper, 

 and general appearance. The pub- 

 lisher, G. M. Hathorn, Cedar Rap- 

 ids, Iowa, has our congratulations. 



Bird Lore, The Osprey and The 

 Condor, copies of which we have 

 received, still maintain their high 

 standard of excellence. 



