ADVERTISEMENT OF 



^OLT JME IX -1884. 

 Commencing a New Series with the No. for 



J-A.N". 1884. 



ENLARGED TO 12 PAGES, COMPOSED, AS HITHERTO, OF 



Original Matter, 



FURNISHED FOR THE MOST PART BY COLLECTORS AND ORIGINAL 

 WRITERS ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



AS A SPECIAL FEATURE FOR 1884, ATTENTION IS CALLED TO 

 THE VALUABLE INVESTIGATIONS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. 

 W. W. COOKE, ON THE 



Mississippi Valley Migration. 



A SERIES OF ARTICLES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS SOURCE 

 WHICH WILL REPAY CAREFUL PERUSAL BY ALL INTERESTED IN 

 THE THOROUGH AND SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION OF BIRD LIFE. 



IT IS INTENDED, AS SOON AS THE LIST OF OBSERVERS IS COM- 

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 INQUIRY, WITH REFERENCES TO THE STATIONS WHERE OBSER- 

 VATIONS ARE BEING MADE. INTENDING OBSERVERS WILL 

 PLEASE SEND IN THEIR NAMES, AT ONCE, SO AS TO ASSIST MR. 

 COOKE IN MAKING UP HIS LISTS. 



COMMUNICATIONS ARE INVITED CONTAINING ORIGINAL NOTES 

 AND OBSERVATIONS ON BIRD LIFE. INQUIRIES ON ANY QUES- 

 TIONS RELATING TO THE SPECIALTIES OF THE MAGAZINE, WILL 

 RECEIVE CAREFUL ATTENTION AND INVESTIGATION. 



TO MAKE THE NEW SERIES SUCCESSFUL, A LARGE INCREASE 

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