Americarv Ornithology 



A Magazine Devoted Entirely to Birds. 



Published monthly by Charles K. Reed, 75 Thomas St., Worcester, Mass. 

 Edited by Chester A. Reed, B. S. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE in United States, Canada and Mexico, One 

 Dollar yearly in advance. Single copies ten cents. Vols. I, II, III, and 



IV, $1.00 each. SPECIAL Vols. I, II, III, IV, V and subscription 



for 1906, $4.00. We can supply back numbers at ten cents per copy. 



FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS, $1.25. 



-Copyright, I9O6 by Chas. K. Reed. 



VOL. VI JANUARY. 1906. NO. 1 



We wish all our readers the best of success during the year I9O6. May 

 it bring many new admirers for our feathered friends, as well as increase 

 the interest of those that are already devoted to their welfare. ThePresident 

 of our country is interested in the protection of our native birds and has 

 caused a number of islands to be made into public reservations for breeding 

 places for wild fowls ; let each of us add our mite in the great work. Feed 

 the birds when their natural food is scarce and protect them from their ene- 

 mies, especially when they are nesting. 



We want to make this magazine just as interesting as we can to all our 

 readers and we ask you all to co-operate with us. A wide-awake person rarely 

 goes into the woods or fields without seeing some interesting phase of bird 

 life; make notes of these and write them up and send them to us for others 

 to read. Of course we are always glad to receive any suggestions as to how 

 we can make any improvement. If j'ou think any special departments would 

 be of interest to the majority of our readers write and tell us so; we shall 

 be pleased to adopt any feasible requests that may be made. 



Our supplements to be colored have hit a popular chord, and judging by 

 the number received and the quality of the work, our country will not in the 

 future find a lack of competent artists. We received 235 of the Bluebird 

 pictures and many were exceptionally good, so that judging them was a dif- 

 ficult matter. We finally made the following three awards from about 25 of 

 practically equal merit: 1st., Rosemary Hopkins, Cincinnati, O.; 2nd., 

 George Gerald, Rosedale, Toronto; 3rd., Armand R. Tibbitts, Waukesho, 

 Wis. 



