A M ERICA N ORNI THO LOGY. 



109 



American Ornithology. 



A MAGAZINE DEVOTED WHOLLY 

 TO BIRDS. 



Published monthly by Chas. K. Reed, 

 75 Thomns Street, Worcester, Mass,, 

 Edited by C. Albert Reed. 



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 Single copies five cents. 



To all countries in the International 

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 postpaid. 



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Copy must be received not later than 

 the loth of preceding montli. 



Entered at the Post Office at Worcester, Mass., 

 as second-class matter, Jan i6, iqor. 



This number will be received at 

 the period of the year that is the 

 most interesting to the bird student. 

 For a short space of time, you can 

 study the birds in their home life. 

 Think what inveterate travellers 

 they are. Only at home for about 

 three months in the year. 



All of our readers, who are able, 

 ought to take a walk in the country 

 every pleasant morning now. Be- 

 tween half past five and seven is 

 the best time, and it will not inter- 

 fere with your work. Those who 

 have not been out do not realize 

 how pleasant it is early in the 



morning, and how much jollier a 

 bird's song is at this time than it is 

 later in the day. 



No matter how many books 

 you have, or magazines you read, 

 you must go out and become ac- 

 quainted with the birds themselves. 

 Books are a great and necessary 

 help, but Nature is the real in- 

 structor. Learn to know the birds 

 by their song as well as by sight. 



We have heard many expressions 

 similar to this, "if I had only taken 

 my camera along with me, I could 



have got a fine picture of ." 



I hope our readers will not have to 

 make this remark. Take your 

 camera with you always, it may 

 be a bother, but you will not regret 

 it afterwards. 



The August number of A. O. 

 will contain descriptions and illus- 

 trations of Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

 Savanna Sparrow, Pied-billed 

 Grebe, Dusky Grouse, and Calif. 

 Purple Finch. 



Send in any items of interest in 

 retiard to anv of these birds. 



We are in receipt of a copy 

 of "The Birds of Springfield and 

 Vicinity" by Robert O. Morris, 

 This is a fifty-four page, cloth 

 bound book, and the neatest local 

 list that we have seen. It is pub- 

 lished by Henry R. Johnson of 

 Springfield, Mass. 



