OIINITUOLOGIST 



[Vol. 6-No. 1. 



ORmHOLO&isT and mm. 



A MOXTIILV MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STIDV 

 OF BIRDS. THEIR NESTS AND E(;US. 



JOS. M. WADE, 

 S. L. WILLABD. 



E<Uti,r 

 - AsxH Editor 



Witli the co-operatiini of alilc OniitlKiliigical 

 Writer.s and Collecturs. 



$1.0<> per aiiniiui. lO feiits siiigle fOi>y. 



Adilress 



JOS. M. WADE, 



Rockville, Conn. 



The Oologist has done its. good work, 

 has closed its monthly visits to our read- 

 ers, many of whom have learned to look 

 anxiously for its appearance. Our associ- 

 ate, Mr. Willard, who established the mag- 

 azine, has given in another part of this is- 

 sue a very concise history of it from the 

 commencement to the end of volume five. 

 This should bs read by all our readers, but 

 more especially the boys, for it will show 

 them what can be done by perseverance. 

 We are well aware that the Oologist is a 

 small magazine, but it contains much that 

 will be sought for years hence. It wili be 

 one of the scarce works among book col- 

 lectors. It has closed its career and we do 

 not knoAv of a single volume for sale. We 

 stand ready to purchase every volume of- 

 fered in fair condition, even to the last one, 

 and pay original cost. For the first three 

 volumes we will pay double the original 

 cost. Is there another magazine in the U. 

 S. that will do this ? 



The Ornithologist and Oologist is now 

 before our readers. The editor while pub- 

 lishing the last eight numbers of the Oolo- 

 gist, has made many congenial acquaint- 

 ances and corr(!spondents, and they will no 

 doubt desire to hear something of the pro- 

 posed future of the little magazine. Many 

 of our readers no doubt look upon it as 

 they do other magazines published for 

 money, iu this case they are mistaken. 

 Money does not enter into the considera- 

 tion. It is published out of pure love of 

 the science of Ornithology and the pleas- 

 ure of corresponding with naturalists. We 



have our hands full of business during the 

 daytime, our magazine receiving our atten- 

 tion in the evening, often into the "wee 

 sma hours" of the night. We desire pat 

 ronage enough at least to pay all expenses, 

 and as much more as possible. Whatever" 

 is received will be exi"'ended on the maga- 

 zine. Those disposed to help in securing 

 subscribers can say that if any one at the 

 end of the year is not satisfied they can re- 

 turn the numbers in good condition and 

 have their money returned. 



4-'>-0-<*-*- 



Correction. 



In the January number of the Oologist' 

 you call for a correction in reference to my 

 finding the nest of the Bernicla brenta on 

 Saint Clair Flats, Michigan. I have no 

 correction to make. I found the nest and 

 eggs and saw the birds as there described. 

 I have had fifteen years experience in col- 

 lecting and mounting birds and am not 

 easily deceived. I do not know of any 

 bird that could be mistaken for the Brant. 

 If Mr. Ridgway would like to examine the 

 eggs found by me, I will send him one for 

 that jDurpose. This is the only evidence I 

 can o£fer until next season, when I am in 

 hopes of repeating this year's experience. 

 I am confident there are some birds breed- 

 ing at the Flats that have not previously 

 been found in the United States, from ob- 

 servation of my own and statements made 

 to me by men who have accompanied me 

 on my triijs. Several have mentioned see- 

 ing a pair of strange birds that had the ap- 

 pearance of wild geese but were not much 

 larger than Mallards. 



W. H. Collins. Detroit, Mich. 



[Since the above was in type Mr. Col- 

 lins writes us that he lias sent an egg to 

 Mr. Robert Ridgway for identification, who 

 decides that it is either the Brant, or a small 

 variety of Hutchins goose. If the latter, 

 it is new to science. In either case it was 

 certainly a ''good find." — En.] 



Great Gray Owl. — In reply to Mr. 

 Ridgway's doubts about the Great Gray 

 Owl being found in Virginia Mr. Wm. T. 



