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88 ORNITHOLOGIST 
TH E 
ORNITHOLOGIS® 
OD AO a: 
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 
NATURAL. S0DS TORY; 
ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 
BIRDS, 
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. 
In place of Mr. Webster's continuing 
chapter in “Practical Taxidermy,” we give 
another method of making specimen’s for 
cabinets, by a valued correspondent. Mr. 
Webster will continue his articles in the 
following issue. 
vare Mr. Oliver Da- 
vie's revised edition of his Aey to the 
Nests and Eggs of North American 
Birds, and consider it a very valuable 
work for all oologists who desire an aid to 
the prosecution of their studies. 
We have read with 
Through the courtesy of the Secretary, 
Mr. A. W. Butler, we have received the 
Bulletin of the Brookville Society of Nat- 
ural History. Of especial interest to our 
readers, we notice a list of birds of Frank- 
lin County, Ind., by Amos W. Butler. This 
list gives annotations of 235 species, duly 
representing the local ornithology of that 
vicinity, and reflecting credit upon the 
compiler. 
Mr. Charles F. Morrison, Vice President 
of the Bristol County Ornithological Club 
is at Fort Lewis, Colorado, where in that 
almost unexplored (ornithologically) coun- 
try he will study the avi-fauna diligently 
and systematically, We congratulate our 
selves upon the fact that we are to receive 
the reports of his labors, which we can 
assure our readers will be interesting and 
valuable, for it is seldom that a country 
so abundant in little known birds receives 
the investigations of such a competent Or- 
nithologist, as we know Mr. Morrison to be. 
With this issue we close the first half 
year of our connection with this maga. 
zine. Our relations with all concerned 
have been most pleasant, and we have en 
deavored to merit the kindness, so freely 
shown by the subscribers, by upholding 
their legitimate interests, in the face of ap- 
parently overwhelming opposition; which 
has in many cases had the effect of bring- 
ing communications, with personal dispar- 
aging remarks against us, but in every 
instance reminded us of the adage; “A hit 
bird flutters.” 
We know we have defended a most wor- 
thy class of naturalists, and we take the 
liberty of asking a reciprocation. The 
season of active field work with muy is 
now at its height, or a little past its prime, 
and a period of study and reflection upon 
the season's observations should follow. 
Every one can find in his notes something 
of value to science, and such should be 
given to public notice. The OrnxirHoLoaist 
and Ooxoaist invites such communications 
and offers its columns for such purposes, 
and by such means it can be proven openly 
—that which we already know—that the 
clientele of the O. and O. stands ahead 
of any other ornithological magazine pub 
lished in this country. 
We are not pleading for manuscript for 
publication; in fact, we frankly state that 
we have at the present time sufficient man- 
uscripts to occupy the O. and O. for the 
remainder of the present year, and we owe 
apologies to the many contributors whose 
articles have failed to appear, and hope 
they will continue to favor us, for by such 
means we can select such notes as are of 
the most general interest to our readers. 
