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THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



ORNITHOLOGIST 'BOTANIST, 



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Des Moines, Iowa. 



VOL. II. 



FEB., 1892, 



NO. 2. 



EDITORIAL. 



As YOU all know this paper changes 

 to a semi-monthly with the next issue 

 and hereafter the subscription price is 

 $1.00. (Until March 1, we will ac- 

 cept subscriptions as per January offer, 

 repeated elsewhere in this issue.) Now 

 that the collecting season begins this 

 month and realizing that you cannot do 

 much without a pair of climbers, we 

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To EVERY person who sends in $1.00 

 for one years subscription to the Oeni- 



THOLOGIST AND BoTANIST we will give 



free of charge a pair of climbers, pro- 

 vided said subscription reaches us be- 

 fore April 2nd, 1892. This includes a 



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of American Naturalists. 



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Mr. F. F. CoKLESS informs us that the 

 Weekly Oologist and Philatelist has 

 expired. He requests us to state that 

 it died happy, thinking of a resurrec- 

 tion day before Gabriel sounds the call. 



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Can any one tell us whether The 

 Spy Glass met with the same fate as 



the O. and P. 



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OuE Januaby offeb was, that we 

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