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THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



The Nidiologist. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

 DEVOTED TO 



THE STUDY OF 



ORHITHOLiOGY, 



AN)> 



With Special Reference to the 

 flidifieation of r<oi<th Ameriean Birds. 



EDITED BY 



HENRY REED TAYLOR. 



Issued at Alameda, California. 

 SubscHplion (in advance) .... One Dollar. 



Original contributioHs, with or without illustrations, are 

 earnestly desired. 



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Special inducements on contracts for over two months. 



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



We have awarded a set of three eggs of the 

 Gohlen Eagle to C. Barlow, who won first prize in 

 the subscription contest. The second prize goes 

 to W. W. Curtis, Fruitvale, Cal., and the third to 

 M. C. Howe, Monson, Mass. 



Here is a note which shows they like us : "I 

 received the November number of the Nidiologist 

 about half an hour ago. I amdelighted with it, 

 and send one dollar for a year's subscription, begin- 

 ning with number one. The paper fills a ' long 

 felt want,' " etc. Henry R. Buck. 



New Haven, Conn. 



Walter Raine, of Toronto, writes us: "For 

 your January issue I hope to be able to send you 

 an account of my last season's trip to North-west 

 Canada, illustrated with photo-engravings. I took 

 some rare eggs in Manitoba, Assiniboine and the 

 Rocky Mountains, including clutches of over 12 

 species of Ducks. We also took nests, eggs and 

 birds of Lecoute's Sparrow and Nelson's Sharp- 

 tailed Finch. The eggs of the latter bird had not 

 been previously discovered. 



J. L. Ballentine of Alameda, Cal., thought to 

 hatch out California Quail's eggs under a hen. In 

 time the little fellows came out, but they seemed 

 to strangely disappear. The place was carefully 

 inclosed, which deepened the mystery. When 

 only about one little Quail and several unhatched 

 eggs were left a watch was kept. The first young 

 Quail which came out was seen to be snapped up 

 by the old hen and swallowed in a twinkling. Mr. 

 B. thinks the hen took the Quail for spiders ! 



Capt. Charles Bendire, Curator Ooological 

 Department National Museum, writes: "I like the 

 Nidiologist as far as it has gone and think there 

 is an excellent field for it." 



If the editors of some of the minor "scientific" 

 and ornithological publications have souls, we 

 sometimes wonder where they will go when they 

 die. Think of the publisher of one ambitious 

 journal gravely asserting in a "flier" that they 

 will get out an edition of 50,000 copies. Why not 

 say 50,000,000! 



When will the question of "full" sets be 

 definitely settled and a rule adopted hy all alike? 

 A "full set," we believe, means all the eggs which 

 would be laid by one bird in a nest if undisturbed; 

 not all that happen to be in it when found. Eggs 

 of birds which normally lay from five to eight eggs 

 are sometimes listed in exchange in sets of Iwo or 

 three. If these are not single eggs they at any 

 rate are not sets. 



Zoe, a biological journal published for and by 

 the biologists of the San Francisco Academy of 

 Sciences, says of the Nidiologist, ''careless proof- 

 reading is noticed in all three numbers." It is 

 unfortunate for the reputation of Zoc as an eminent 

 and lofty critic on this line that in the same issue 

 in which the above quoted paragraph occurs, in one 

 article — Anthony on the " Birds of San Pedro Mar- 

 tir" — ten (10) typographical errors, or lapses from 

 the journal's own rulings, occur. 



And still they come ! 



H. R. Taylor, Eso. Dear Sir — Congratulations 

 seem to be in order so I will add mine to the 

 numerous and well merited ones you have received 

 in regard to the excellent and very interesting 

 matter contained in the pages of the Nidiologist. 

 I heartily concur in the opinion that such a 

 superior paper as this should be in the hands of 

 every live ornithologist and oologist. 



Woodside, N. Y. C W. Cr.\ndall. 



Among many pleasant things said of the Nidi- 

 ologist, -we cannot refrain from publishing the 

 two following. This is the kindly greeting from 

 the editor of the Oologist: "Henry R. Taylor, 

 Alameda, Calif., Dear Sir: We are in receipt of 

 copies of the Nidiologist. We must compliment 

 you on the neat paper you are putting out. We 

 are confident it will receive the patronage it de- 

 serves. I mail you an October number of our 

 paper from here. Thanking you for the copies 

 sent, very truly yours, F. H. Lattin & Co." 



Mr. F. E. Lux, editor of the Collector, writes : 

 "Accept my hearty congratulations upon the great 

 beauty of your superior publication, and its value 

 to ornithologists in general." 



