THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



93 



changing from folio to magazine form. 

 As theObserver is devoted to all branch- 

 es of natural history, it is becoming de- 

 servedly popular. 



Perrine Bros., Eden Valley, N. Y., 

 have again started the Empire State 

 Exchange. The appearance of the mag- 

 azine is much improved. 



Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., of Bos- 

 ton, Mass. , have just issued a new edition 

 of Nuttall's Ornithology in two handsome 

 volumes. For some years this work has 

 been out of print, being classed among 

 rare books and sold at a high price. The 

 present edition is intended as a "pop- 

 ular and untechnical hand-book of Amer- 

 ican Ornithology." It is based on Nut- 

 tall's ' ' Manual " and has been carefully 

 revised by Mr. Montague Chamberlain, 

 who has succeeded in making a very in- 

 teresting and valuable work. Everything 

 of value in the original work has been 

 .retained, and much new matter added. 

 In several instances where Nuttall de- 

 scribed the old and young birds as two 

 different species, the author has retain- 

 ed both side by side, giving a good idea 

 of the state of ornithological knowledge 

 at the time Nuttall wrote. The nomen- 

 clature of the American Ornithologist's 

 Union has been adopted but Nuttall's 

 pleasing descriptions occur as he ar- 

 ranged them. An interesting feature 

 of the work is Mr. Chamberlain's notes 

 which are printed at the end of each de- 

 scription. These supply any informa- 

 tion that is lacking in the original, bring- 

 ing the knowledge of each species down 

 to date. All the common names of the 

 birds have been added and the descrip- 

 tions of plumage have been rewritten in 

 clear and concise language. In short, 

 the work is a complete manual of the 

 ornithology of Canada and the eastern 

 United States, and includes all species 

 and sub-species that have been discover- 

 ed since Nuttall wrote, as well as all 

 naturalized species and stragglers from 

 other regions. The first volume is de- 



voted to the " Land Birds '' and the other 

 to "Game and Water Birds." Each 

 contains a colored plate besides numer- 

 ous illustrations in the text. The price 

 of the two volumes, bound in cloth and 

 gold is $8.00. Specimen pages can be 

 procured from the publishers. The name 

 of Thomas Nuttall will always remain 

 one of the brightest in American Ornith- 

 ology, and his writings be mentioned 

 with those of Audubon and Wilson. 

 The size and make-up of this new edi- 

 tion will recommend it to all lovers of 

 natural history and its low price will 

 place it within the reach of everyone. 



AN OPEN LETTER 



To the 7-eaders of the Ornithologist and 

 Botanist. 



The right to publish The Ornithol- 

 ogist AND Botanist has been transfer- 

 red from the present publishers, to the 

 Ornithologist and Botanist Publishing 

 Co., of Des Moines, Iowa. Volume II 

 will be enlarged and the subscription 

 price raised to fic'ty cents a year. All 

 who subscribe or renew before Febru- 

 ary 1, 1893 may do so at the old rates. 

 The magazine, in its enlarged form is 

 well worth fifty cents ; this is your last 

 chance to secure it for thirty-five. Sub- 

 scriptions should be sent to Letson Bal- 

 liet, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Very Respectfully, 

 The O. & B. Publishing Co., 



Des. Moines, Iowa. 



A CORRECTION. 



On page 88 of the last issue, the word, 

 sixty, in first line, third paragraph, of 

 "Flora of DuPage Co., 111.," should 

 read, six. Mr. Moffatt writes, "I vig- 

 orously and emphatically disclaim any 

 personal knowledge of the flora of Du- 

 page County, or any other portion of 

 this planet as it existed twenty years 

 before I was born." 



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