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THLC NIDIOLOGIST. 



The Nidiologist. 



SOME COMMENTS OF NATURALISTS 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

 DEVOTED TO 



THE STUDY OK 



ORNITHOUOGY, 



\ N ) ) 



Willi Special Reference to the 

 flidifieation of flopth American Birds. 



EniTED BY 



HENRY RKED TAY'LOR. 



Issued at Alameda, California. 

 Subscription (in advance) .... One Dollar. 



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Special inducements on contracts for over two months. 



Entered at the Alameda Post-office as second class matter. 



Exchange notices, advertisements, or contribu- 

 tions should reach us by the 25th of each mouth 

 to insure insertion in the following issue. 



The photograph from which we made our illus- 

 tration of young Mallards was secured through the 

 kindness of Mr. Otto Emerson. It was taken in 

 Dakota. 



Among valuable illustrations to appear in our 

 next issue is a "half tone," from an excellent 

 photograph, of a nest of the Golden Eagle in 

 Sauta Clara Count}-, California. 



Say'S a correspondent : "I am glad to see that 

 you are to publish an engraving of Dr. Gibbs. It 

 is a fine idea and I, for one, would like to see 

 portraits of a number more of our prominent 

 ornithologists. 



We would like it understood \.\\?i\. frauds are not 

 in favor with us. Don't attempt to work the 

 "something for nothing" scheme upon the 

 NiDioLOGiST, or any of our subscriljers, or some- 

 thing will drop, and drop hard. 



We are anxious to receive articles or short notes 

 on bird life from observers everywhere in 

 America. Let us all have the benefit of your 

 experience and study. We will reproduce sketches 

 or photographs desirable for illustrations. 



A few people have the idea still in their heads 

 that we are publishing a western magazine, in the 

 restrictive sense. Don't imagine it for an instant ! 

 The N1DIOLOGI.ST is the only paper of the kind 

 published in all America, and there is abundant 

 room for us. 



The following letter, from the Curator of Birds 

 at the Smithsonian In.<;titution, and one of the 

 greatest living authorities on American Ornithol- 

 ogy, speaks well for this journal: 



"Dear Sir: I inclose |i.oo, for which please 



send me the Nidioi^ogi.st for one year 



I like your magazine verj' much. The illustra- 

 tions are particularly valuable, and I trust you 

 may be able to continue them. With best wishes 

 for your success, I am, yours truly, 



Robert Ridgwav." 



"The Nidiologist fills a long-felt want, and its 

 true worth and enterprise are bound to be appre- 

 ciated. Wilfred H. Osgood." 



"Inclosed please find $r.oo, for which enter me 

 as a subscriber to the Nidiologist. I am much 

 pleased with the sample copy you sent me. 



Troup D. Perry'. 



"Savannah, Georgia." 



"Have received two numbers of the new maga- 

 zine and am very much pleased with it. 



Egbert Bagg." 



"Dear Mr. Tay'LOR: The second number of 

 the Nidiologist is at hand. I found it, like the 

 first, absorbing. Attracted by the familiar names 

 of the contributors, I read, with keen pleasure, 

 the fresh, bright articles. The incidents enumer- 

 ated gave pleasure; and the illustrations, delight. 

 I am sure this feature of your new venture will 

 make it swim. 



"The best indorsement of your paper is a year's 

 subscription. Accordingly, I inclose %i.oo — which 

 you may find of use. Very sincerely, 



P. B. Peabody. 



"Owatonna. Minn." 



"The second issue of the Nidiologist has just 

 come to hand, and with both it and the first issue 

 I am well pleased, and wish it success and long 

 continuance. Wm. L. Kells. 



"Listowell, Ontario." 



"Copies of your valuable magazine to hand. Am 

 very much pleased with its appearance, and the 

 articles were very interesting. 



"Inclosed find $1 for a year's subscription. 

 "Very respectfully, J. Warren J.\COBS. 



"Waynesburg, Penn." 



"You say that your aim is to publish a first- 

 class ornithological magazine; and you have cer- 

 tainly succeeded, if you continue to do as well in 

 the future as you liave already done. 



Wm. C. Averv, M.D. 



"Greensboro, Alabama." 



"Having just returned from a nearly three 

 years' term of work on the State Geological Sur- 

 vey, I have not kept up with ornithological litera- 

 ture ; but I hunted up your Nidiologist, and 

 mu.st candidly say that it is first class in every 

 respect. Prof. J. A. Singlev. 



"Giddiugs, Texas." 



"The two numbers sent me of the Nidiologist 

 I have found very interesting, and, to be taken as 



