tributor along botanical lines. I am 

 uninformed in respect to the circula- 

 tion, but there are a number of life 

 subscribers, and it will doubtless be 

 continued by the publishers. Many of 

 the early issues are exceedingly 

 scarce. The ornithological notes ap- 

 peared in the early valumes, and are 

 by L. Belding, F. B. Blaisdell, F. L. 

 Burns, Chette L. Cheney, S. H. Henry, 

 Theo. D. Hurd, J. Warren Jacobs, 

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 & Son, H. R. Sharpies, Frank Ste- 

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Vol. I, Nos. 1-10, Mar..-Dec, 1887, pp. 

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Vol. II, Nos. 1-5, Jan.-May, 1888, pp. 

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Subscription raised to 50 cents, July 

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 and F. A. Carr, ("The Flamingoes" 

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 "J. Bird" associate editor of the dept. 

 ornithology. 



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Vol. I, Nos. 1-3, May-July, 1885, pp. 

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Quite rare, the first issue not ex- 

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 the same name suspended seven years 

 previous. Notes by H. A. Berry, W. 

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136. THE Western Ornithologist, 

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A superior publication, suspending 

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Vol. I, Nos. 1-3, (June-)-Aug., 1893, 

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I have seen only the third issue of 

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 contains a paper by Prof. J. Hobert 

 Egbert. 



138. The Wilson Quarterly. A 

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Vol. IV (4), Nos. 1-2, Apr., July, 

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A well printed little journal, contain- 

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Vol. I, Nos. 1-12, Aug., 1890-July, 

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Unexpired subscriptions filled by 

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