3o8 Notes and Comments. 



OLD SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINES* : THE ORNITHOLOGIST. 



In March, 1896 appeared No. i of ' The Ornithologist, a 

 monthly Magazine of Ornithology and Oology. Edited by H. 

 Kirke Swann,' with six assistants well known in the Ornithol- 

 ogical world. It was printed by John Bale and Sons, published 

 by Eliot Stock ; 8vo, 20 pages, and was sold at 6d. The 

 publication was illustrated, and in many ways it had characters 

 in common with the later publication covering the same ground, 

 namely British Birds. The Magazine appeared monthly until 

 October, occasionally with extra pages, and then the part 

 ' Nos. 9-12,' covering the period November to February, 1899, 

 appeared, price 2/-, which seems to have been the last 

 of this interesting periodical that was pubhshed, as in the 

 Preface the editors ' regret that with the completion of the 

 first volume the publication of the Ornithologist is suspended.' 

 I am indebted to Mr. Kirke Swann for a set of this interesting 

 Magazine. 



ANIMAL WORLD. 



In addition to the series described in The Naturalist for 

 1917, p. 355, the Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to 

 Animals published an earlier series entitled ' The Animal 

 World, a Monthly Advocate of Humanity.' This measured 

 10 in. X 14I in., consisted of 16 pages, and was sold at 2d. It 

 commenced in 1869 in this form, and was published without 

 interruption till the end of 1905, when the new series com- 

 menced. The Magazine was well illustrated, and printed in 

 double columns. 



SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRER. 



Referring to the note in The Naturalist for December, 

 p. 390, through the kindness of Mr. F. W. Mills, I have now 

 obtained a complete set of this publication, from which it is 

 evident that the editor had originally decided to cease publica- 

 tion from the second volume, which consisted of 242 pages. 



THE SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



No. I, Vol. I. (New Series)! of The Scientific News for 

 General Readers was published on January 6th, 1888, was 

 printed in double columns, 4to, and sold at 3d. weekly, each 

 part containing 24 pages. The first Volume was completed in 

 June, 1888, with a total of 624 pages. Vol. II., from July to 

 December 28th, 1888 (664 pages) completed this series, as we 

 read on page 641 that ' A year's experience has shown that, 

 though the number of readers has increased, the rate of increase 

 has not been sufficient to justify the continuance of the Journal.' 



* Continued from The Naturalist for Dec. 1917, p. 391 • 

 ■j- In the ' Notices' at the end of each issue of the New Series, ' Vol. I., 

 First Series,' bound in cloth, is offered for sale at 7/6 ; the title-page, 

 index, and binding cases for this Vol. I. are also offered. 



Naturalist, 



