THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



The NlDlOLOGlST. ^r. Doe, replying to a letter from Mr Barlow 

 was wilhnji; to receive the Hawks eggs back and 



J^r n TTJ^'i-k-ATFn xrONTrnv \ftC.i7INE f?ive others in exchange, or would pay hitn one- 



AN ILLUSJkAJLD MUNIJJH M.\U.\Z.lJ\l. j^^^j- ^j^^ catalogue value in cash, but refused to re- 



i.HvoTK.) TO THK sTLu.Y .,K tum tlic Petrcl's cgg. Havlug no confidence in 



ORNITHOLOGY, Mr. Doe's eggs he has accepted the cash alterna- 



Wiih Special Reference to ilie tive. ]Mr. Doe does not mention the Broad-winged 



NiniKiCATiON OF North American Birds. Hawks' eggs at all in his reply, limiting his re- 



marks to stating that the American Rough-legged 



H. R. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Hawk Ijreeds as far south as Vermont, and making 



Issued at Alameda, California. but a lame defense of himself. 



Subscription (in advance) $1.50. '^HK NiDIOLOGIST is satisfied that these eggs 



Six Months 80 cents. reputed to be Broad-winged Hawks' and American 



Single Copies 15 Cents . Rough-legged Hawks', collected according to the 



New YORK OFFICE. ROSS TAYLOR, ISO FIFTH AVENUE. data by C. E. Doc, werc scut out bv him knowing 



FOREIGN AGENT. H.T. BOOTH, 38A upcEHNE ROAD. CHELSEA, LONDON tlieuito l)eotherthan wliatlie reprcscnted thcui 



Original contributions, with or without illustrations, are earnestly to be, and it therefore becomes our unpleasant 



desired. duty to publish Chas. E. Doe as an unreliable 



wrE7pOSE"F^AU08 OolOgist. ^ . , . , , . 



; ^ American Ornithologists and Oologists must be 



ADVERl'lsiXi; RATES. protected, and no man, no matter how large his 



(Terms, Cash with Order.) 11 i- i_ 11 1 1 i. 



. , , f u I T collection or how well known he uiav be, can 



I page (outside, 17 inches) Each insertion, $10 oo ir r • r • j i- 1' j.i.- 



I page (inside).. .. " " 800 couut himself Safe lu Unfair dealing SO long as this 



^ page (8J^ inches) •' " i, oa journal is publi.slied and we are satisfied of inten- 



P" '"'^'' " ' °° tional crookedness. 



Entered at the Alameda Post-office as second class matter. 1" a recent letter Mr. Doe admits that the set of 



Broad-wings' are "probably a set of small Red- 



/\ tot:* ttst t3T> rr^T:* shouldered." He speaks of them as having been 



A RAISK lis PRlLr!/ collected by some one else. It is interesting to 



note that O. P. Silliman, of Watsonville, Cal., also 



FOR .\ YF;AR and four months we have been has a set of American Rough-leg from Mr. Doe, 



giving fully or more than double the value of collected in Minnesota. 



our subscription price of one dollar. Hun- 



dreds of letters from our friends and subscribers 

 assure us of this fact. We there^'ore feel that no 

 apology is necessary in raising the price to 

 $1.50, or $.80 for half a year. "^e have been 

 splurging on the line of illustrations, and we in- 

 tend to keep up the "splurge." Also, as soon as 

 possible, we will enlarge. Beginning with this 

 number we are using a more co.stly stock of paper, 

 on which our half-tones show up better. Nothing 

 to equal the number and general .style of The 

 NiDioi.oGi.sT's illustrations have even been pre- 

 sented in a similar magazine, in this country at 

 least. .\nd, as a prominent English naturalist re- 

 marks in the Yorkshire Weekly Post, "there is 

 nothing like the Nil), in England, France or Ger- 

 many." While on the subject of half-tones, we 

 may be permitted to remark, confidentially, for 

 the benefit of those unacquainted with their cost, 

 that two of the illustrations to go with a i)a])er hy 

 Dr. vShufeldt in tlie January number cost us just 

 $12. Tlie aggregate annual outlay accompanying 

 our enterprise in this direction is not inconsider- 

 able, and we are sure none of our readers will ob- 

 ject to the slight "raise," knowing what we have 

 accomplished and what we will accomplish for 

 them. 



Recently Mr. C. Barlow of vSanta Clara, Cal., 

 exchanged to Mr. Chas. ¥,. Doe of Providence, 

 R. I., an egg of the Ashy Petrel and some otliers, 

 receiving in return an alleged set each of .American 

 Rough-legged Hawk antl Broad-winged Hawk. 

 To ascertain if these eggs were correctly named 

 Mr. Barlow sent them to a recognized authority 

 on North American eggs, who has jjronounced 

 them frauds. "The eggs of the Broad-winged 

 Hawk," says this gentlemen, "are certainly well 

 enough known by this time to see at once that 

 these are frauds." 



We have read the Illustrated Home Guest, the 

 sixteen-page paper, offered/ri?^ to our new sub- 

 .scribers, with the book "Twenty Complete Novel- 

 ettes," and find both the paper and the book all 

 that is claimed for them. The book itself is easily 

 worth 25 cents, and contains the most interesting 

 of famous tales and stories. 



A PERvSONAIv COMMUNICATION. 



OAIvL YE jolly good friends and corre.spon- 

 (lents — beware! O all ye ".sample copy 

 fiends," who .should have subscribed and 

 haven't (yet) — take care ! Watch your Whip- 

 poor-will grounds zealously, Williamson and Chad- 

 wick ! And have a care f'or that Magpie rookery, 

 Dille, and for that Red-shouldered Hawk circuit, 

 C. L. Raw.son ! I'ence in your breeding grounds 

 of the Prothonotary, W. E. Loucks, and watch 

 where the Bittern "booms" carefully, Dr. Murchi- 

 son ! And you vour Parula Warbler preserve, 

 J. H. Bowles^ 



Why? Becau.se Taylor, collector of P^gles' eggs 

 and incidentally editor of the NiD., is coming East. 

 But to relieve the tension, I shoulil say that Cali- 

 fornia Ivagles lay early, and I must be back to 

 take in the rents: so, while leaving here probablv 

 in January, I will return in early spring. I will 

 go first to New York City and then "around," 

 and anticipate with pleasure meeting " in the 

 flesh " many whom I have known through the 

 medium of pen and ink. Remittances and gen- 

 eral Nil), correspondence should still be .sent to 

 me as usual to -Manieda. For .several weeks my 

 address in the Ivist will be care Illustrated Africa, 

 150 Fifth avenue, New York city. 

 I remain, faithfully, as ever. The Ed. 



