THE NIDTOIvOGIST. 



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- Writes C. Barlow of Santa Clara, Cal.: 



' 'The copy of the NiDioi^OGiST was received to- 

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 I am highly pleased with it, and so is everyone 

 who has seen it. I hope it will receive the hearty 

 support of collectors everywhere. The make-up 

 is interesting and spicy, while the illustrations are 

 excellent. . . .The set of Golden Eagle's eggs is a 

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 competition. But regardless of premiums I know 

 that all the ornithologists in this section are desir- 

 ous of giving the NiDioivOGiST their hearty sup- 

 port." 



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 "The Nidioi^ogist came duly to hand, and I 

 am pleased with it. It is especially valuable, be- 

 cause its articles are written by amateurs and 

 experts, and based on original observations. 

 "San Diego, Cal. John D. Parker." 



Writes Mr. A. H. Verrill : 



"I received your first number of Nidiologist 

 containing my 'ad.,' and was more than pleased 

 with the magazine. You surely ought to succeed 

 with it if you keep the standard up to the first 

 number. I inclose 'ad.,' " etc. 



We can say to Mr. Verrill, and all our friends, 

 that this magazine will steadily improve. It will 

 continue to be fully illustrated in every number, 

 and will be in every way indispensable to all nat- 

 uralists and ornithologists who aim to be 'up to 

 date." But we meant to let our friends talk in 

 this column, and here is something to the point 

 from W. Otto Emerson of Haywards, Cal. : 



''I think the NiDioi,OGisT does credit to our 

 Pacific Coast ornithologists and uidiologists, and 

 will live to tell many a tale of interesting bird 

 life. It will be different from anything of the kind 

 in America." 



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Mr. S. S. Brewster of Iron Mountain, Mich , 

 writes : 



''I have read the specimen copy with much in- 

 terest and consider it a number of great merit." 

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From Dr. R. W. Shufeldt of the Smithsonian 

 Institution we have received the following : 



"I beg you accept my thanks for the copy you 

 sent me of your excellent journal. I read it 

 through with interest, and recognized the names 

 of a number of my old friends and correspondents. 

 You are to be congratulated on the name selected 

 for the paper; the field it enters, and the truly 

 good work it can do. I heartily extend to you my 

 best wishes for its success, and feel sure it has a 

 very useful career before it." 

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"Monson, Mass. M. C. HowE." 



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A DESPERATE ADVENTURE. 



The following good stor}' on Capt. Chas. 

 Bendire, the well-know^n oologist, is im- 

 portant if true: 



Capt. Bendire, a well-known ornitholo- 

 gist, was riding along the banks of Rillitto 

 Creek, Arz., when he saw a big black 

 Hawk. He followed the flying bird and at 

 length came up with it, perched on a limb 

 of a tall Cottonwood tree. The mate of 

 ^ Hawk the Captain had been following 

 was sitting on the nest. 



Hoping to secure a trophy, Capt. Bendire 

 climbed up to the nest, in which he found 

 a single pale-blue egg. The parent birds 

 circled around, manifesting their anger at 

 the intrusion by shrill screams, but the 

 Captain took the egg. He put it in his 

 mouth for safe keeping, as he required both 

 hands for descent. 



Suddenly, from his elevated perch, he 

 caught sight of several Apache Indians 

 crouched in a small canon, about eighty 

 yards distant. They were evidently watch- 

 ing him. 



He was awake to his danger in an in- 

 stant, but he manifested no signs of alarm 

 and descended to the ground in a leisurely 

 manner. Had the Indians perceived that 

 they were discovered, they would have 

 been waidng for the egg-hunter at the foot 

 of the tree. 



As it was the Captain reached the ground, 

 mounted his horse and started on a gallop 

 for the camp five miles distant. 



In a moment the Apaches broke cover 

 and pursued. They chased him nearly 

 to the camp, but he reached it in safety— 

 the egg still in his mouth. It was unbroken. 

 Owing to its large size, the captain had 

 difficulty in removing it from his mouth 

 without injuring it. His jaws ached for 

 some time afterward. 



Wilfred H. Osgood of San Jose informs us that 

 in a crevice in the sida of a Golden Eagle's nest in 

 Santa Clara county he found, this year, a nest of 

 the Western Kingbird. The young Kingbirds 

 were just leaving the nest. 



