
8 ORNITHOLOGIST [ Vol. 11-No. 1 
THE survived a decade of years with a yearly 
financial loss, together with such marked 
ORNI THOLOG cw improvement, as the O. and O. It being 
—AND— 
COLOGISS. 
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 
HATURAL History, 
ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 
BlrEDS, 
THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 
DESIGNED AS A MEANS FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF NOTES 
AND OBSERVATIONS ON BIRD AND INSECT LIFE. 
FREDERIC H. CARPENTER, Editor, 
REHOBOTH, MASS., 
FRANK B. WEBSTER, Publisher, 
409 WASHINGTON, ST., BOSTON, MASS. 
Editorial. 
With the present issue THe OrniTHOLo- 
Gist AND OoLoaist enters upon its eleventh 
year of publication, and greets its readers 
with hearty wishes for a happy and pros- 
perous new year to all. 

As will be noticed, a few changes have 
been made. The kindred science of Ento- 
mology has been accorded a department, 
under the supervision of competent ento- 
mologists. 
Oology, as a special branch of the study 
of Bird Life, has many students who do 
not particularly care for the ornithological 
science in general. This department is 
under the immediate charge of a gentle- 
man who has made Oology an especial and 
life-long study. 
This will necessarily incur to us addi- 
tional labor, time and expense, and we can 
but ask a reciprocation on the part of our 
readers, urging them to endeavor to in- 
crease our subscription list, which by a 
very little individual effort, would be suf- 
ficient to reimburse the publisher for the 
deficiency. 
We dislike to constantly refer to this 
latter fact, but we doubt if there is in ex- 
istence at present, & magazine that has 
the intention of the present editor to co- 
operate with the publisher in securing for 
the O. and O. a financial basis, we deemed 
it not out of place to mention the above 
in our salutatory. 
Articles of interest to our readers are 
invited, and we will be pleased to make 
space for any communication which shows 
itself to be a truthful record of careful ob- 
servation, in any department of natural 
history, but principally, as the name of this 
magazine announces, we shall devote our 
columns to the science for which it was 
founded, and the purpose it has ever kept 
in view during a half score of years, and 
with which it proposes to keep apace in 
the future. 
Ornithology and Entomology are kindred 
sciences, and can be studied in conjunction 
with advantage. Our bird life, its scarcity 
or abundance, depends largely upon its 
supply of food, which in the great majori- 
ty of species consists of insect life in its 
various formsfrom the larvee to the perfect 
development. A correspondent in this 
issue gives some timely suggestions to 
which we refer our readers. 
The particular line of investigation 
should prove of interest, even to the strict- 
ly ornithological student. We would like 
to hear from others upon the same subject. 

Publisher’s Editorial. 
The flight of time is marked by import- 
ant events of the past. <A brief sketch of 
the O. and O.’s career was given in a pre- 
vious number, and to-day we add another 
page to its history. With the completion 
of Volume X, Mr. Eaton Cliff retired from 
active connection with the magazine. As- 
suming the editorship as successor to Mr. 
Wade, for two years he has borne the bur- 
den, without renumeration, devoting more 
time than he really had at his command. 
Entering upon his duties unacquainted 
