THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



The Young Ornithologist, 



Edited and published monthly by 



Arthur A. Child, 



Boston, - Mass. 



We solicit correspondence on all subjects 

 of Ornithology and Oology. 



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Single Subscription, 50 cents per year. 



Sample Copies, 4 cents each. 



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THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST, 



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Hereafter the Young Ornithologist 

 will be issued in tliis form on the ist of 

 each month, and will contain valuable 

 and interesting information on the 

 science of which it treats. Many of these 

 are written especially for us by well 

 known Ornithologists, and it will also 

 give articles sent us by our correspond- 

 ents from all parts of the country. In 

 short, we shall endeavor to make it an 

 interesting journal of that most delightful 

 branch of Natural History, Ornithology. 



EXCHANGES AND WANTS. 



Will Exchange eggs with all collectors. 

 Send your lists and I will send mine in re- 

 turn. 



John S. Appleton, Needham, Mass. 



Wanted, — ^Every person interested in 

 Ornithology or Oology to send their name 

 and address for a sample copy of the 

 Western Oologist to be issued May 10. 

 Address 



Frank M. Sherin, 

 2806 Wells St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Will exchange birds' eggs, minerals, In- 

 dian relics. Continental money, rare 

 stamps and curiosities, for other rarities, 

 Send stamp for list. 



Harry F. Haines, Elizabeth, N. J. 



To exchange, — -Minerals, fossils and 

 eggs for same. 



E. D. Drown, Welden, Mont. Co. Pa. 



Collectors sending eggs to us, should 

 pack each one in a separate piece of 

 cotton, and then fill the box completely 

 full of the same material. The box 

 should be made either of wood or tin, and 

 have the name and address on the outside. 



Collectors should save all the empty 

 tin boxes, such as mustard, pepper 

 boxes, etc. to send off eggs in. Ci- 

 gar boxes, whole or sawn in two, are 

 very convenient for large lots of eggs. 

 Still another way is to bore a hole in 

 a piece of wood, line it with cotton, 

 insert the egg carefully, and then 

 securely stop up the hole. Small 

 eggs can be safely sent any distance 

 in this way. 



The best material to keep your eggs 

 on is sand, particularly crushed quartz. 

 Cotton, from its elasticity, is apt to 

 cause the eggs to roll around, and 

 get cracked against the partitions. 



