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THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



The Nidiologist. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

 DEVOTED TO 



THE STUDY OF 



ORNITHOUOGY, 



With Special Reference to the 

 riidifieation of JSIoPth flmepican Birds. 



EDITED BY 



HARRY R. TAYLOR. 



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IT IS to be regretted that we have no more 

 copies of the October or November issues. It is 

 the misfortune and not the fault, of course, of 

 those who put off too long sending in their sub- 

 scription. The October numbers are especially in 

 demand, as they all went some time ago. It is an 

 interesting fact, as showing how much the "Nid" 

 is appreciated, that Mr. A. H. Frost of New York 

 has just paid, for a copy of the October number, 

 ONE DOLLAR, the price of a year's .subscription ! 

 A correspondent suggests that we strike off some 

 more copies. The objection is that the type is 

 distributed and the cost would be something like 

 $40, not warranted by the immediate demand. 



Walter Raine writes us that he is sorry no 

 illustrations accompany this installment of his 

 article which appears in this number. We have 

 now on hand, however, four beautiful "halftones" 

 to accompany his interesting serial in future num- 

 bers. These are : " Bow River, Banff," " Sloney 

 Indian's Tepee," " Nest of Orange-crowned Warb- 

 ler," and "Banff, Rocky Mountains." Other 

 illustrations are promised by Mr. Raine, and we 

 are pleased to announce that he will make another 

 collecting trip to Northwest Canada soon, and 

 furnish the Nidiologist with notes fresh from the 

 field, accompanied by illustrations. 



Otto Emerson, in his article on " A Rookery 

 of the Great Blue Herons" in our October number, 

 refers to what he named the ' ' plum pudding 

 tree," which contained twenty-two nests. While 

 visiting a rookery this j-ear of these tall fellows, 

 accompanied by D. A. Cohen, we found a syca- 

 more tree which, by actual count, held thirty-two 

 nests, all apparently in use. The tree was an 

 immense one, and after climbing, tumbling and 

 crawling for an hour through matted brush, "poi- 

 son oak " and thorns, we found it inaccessible to 

 the climber. If the average number of eggs are 

 laved in these nests, which are safe from intrusion, 

 130 young Herons will there grow up and fly away 

 from that one tree. A great deal is said about 

 bird protection, but the birds themselves have a 

 good idea what it means, and take advantage of it 

 in their own way. 



NOTES AND QUERIES- 



The prize ornithologist has just been heard 

 from . He says : 



All the birds I ever knew, 



Were the Blue Jay and the Catamaroo; 



The Catamaroo he built in a tree, 



And the Blue Jay — did the same, by Gee ! 



Aubrey L. Bishop of Canning, Nova Scotia, 

 writes: "I like your paper very much. I intend 

 writing a note on the drumming of the Ruffled 

 Grouse, for publication some time during the 

 summer." 



A very instructive illustrated article on the Hum- 

 mingbirds has been contributed by Robert Ridg- 

 way to the April and May numbers of the Great 

 Divide. 



The editor wishes modestly to remark that he 

 has not taken the eggs of the California Condor 

 yet. Olive Thorne Miller says it is wicked to take 

 birds' eggs. And besides, business engagements 

 postponed the expedition. 



VANITIES. 



Your paper is growing more and more interest- 

 ing with each issue, especially the articles by 

 yourself and Walter Raine. 



A. M. Shields. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



Every paper on the subject is interesting to me, 

 but my interest in the Nidiologist increases with 

 every copy received. 



Ed. Van Winkle. 



Van's Harbor, Mich. 



I have not received the February or March num- 

 bers of the Nidiologist yet. I would not miss 

 one for the price of a year's subscription. 



Burlington, Mich. Will Wood. 



