THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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in January number have been continued 

 and we will accept advertisemeijts at 

 those rates until April 1st. That ex- 

 tends the time just one month. We re- 

 peat the table of rates elswhere in this 

 issue and it will be to your advantage 

 to look them up. 



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 It seems that most of the amateur 

 papers have some faults and we suppose 

 we have them too. Now if any reader 

 of this article will mention any of them 

 we will try to remedy it. As for typo- 

 graphical errors, we do read a proof, 

 but our type setters are not scientists 

 and xyzrqs would mean as much to them 

 as many of the scientific names. Some 

 of the manuscript is so poorly written 

 that we must guess at what some of the 

 letters are. When writing, please write 

 plainly and we will guarantee fewer 

 errors of this kind. 



We ake now in receipt of some ex- 

 cellent articles on birds and flowers by 

 some of the worlds best authors. Here- 

 with we submit a few to you; now don't 



you think it time for you to subscribe? 



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Our advebtisers are among the best 

 and most reliable dealers the world af- 

 fords. Try an ad with us. The result 

 is sure to please you. We will this 

 month only continue our February 

 rates to advertisers. 



Advertisers and exchanges remem- 

 ber that we circulate 2500 copies every 

 month, and figuring the way all pub- 

 lishers do; each paper goes into a fam- 

 ily of five (the average number) and is 

 once borrowed into another family of 



five, thus making ten readers of every 

 copy. This makes 25,000 readers. 

 Try an advertisement with us please. 



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Parties wanting a reliable collector 

 in Iowa will please remember that 

 Letson Balliet collects to order during 

 the season of 1892. 



SuteSGEiPTioNS have been coming in 

 so fast that we have had an average of 

 one every twenty minutes of the twenty- 

 four hours of the day, allowing twelve 

 hours for sleep. We can read just eight- 

 een more letters containing $1.00 for 

 one years subscribtion, every twenty 

 minutes. Subscribe now. 



Why not organize in au organization 

 that is sure to have for its members all 

 the leading naturalists of the world 

 among its members as well as the ama- 

 teurs. Only reliable collectors will be 

 allowed to join. Here is your chance. 

 We will give a certificate of membership 

 to every person who sends $1.00 for 

 one years subscription to this magazine 

 before April 1st, 1892. 



The League of American Naturalists 

 is a new organization that will have the 

 names of all the leading as well as the 

 amateur naturalists of the day among 

 its members. It is conducted on a new 

 plan that is bound to succeed. Pull 

 particulars giyen in this issue. 



Wm. S. Sandford & Co., have sold 

 both the canoes offered in the last issue 

 and they give perfect satisfaction. 

 They make them now as they are or- 

 dered, 14 feet long covered with the 

 the best canvas, with folding rain 



