OOLOGIST'S EXCHANGE. 



OOLOGIST'S EXCHANGE. 



ARTHUR E. PETTIT, 



Chairman. 

 Published Monthly at 20 Cents per Tear. 



TerivTs of Advertising. 



Five Lines $0 50 



Half Column 3 50 



One inch $1 00 



Column 7 00 



Address all communications to Oologist's Ex- 

 change, P. O. Box 2060, New York City. 



Entered at the Post Office in New York as second 

 class matter. 



EDITORIAL. 



"With this issue we take up, for a short 

 time, the subscription list of The Ex- 

 change. Messrs. Bunker and Park have 

 been so busy of late with their Naturalist 

 Supply and Taxidermy business that 

 they could spare no time for their mag- 

 azine. They will, as soon as the rush is 

 over, resume the publication of The 

 Exchange and greet their subscribers as 

 cheerfully and heartily as of yore. 



The large outfit of the Hawkeye O. & 

 O. was entirely consumed in the recent 

 disastrous conflagration at Cresco. The 

 chief scene of the disaster was in the 

 business portion of the city where Mr. 

 Webster had his large printing establish- 

 ment. We extend our sincere sympathy 

 and trust ere long to see it, Phoenix 

 like, rise from its ashes and in better 

 condition than ever. 



The Curlew has been transferred to 

 W. H. Foote of Pittsfield, Mass. The 

 subscription list will be filled by his 

 semi-annual. 



The Naturalist will, we are informed, 

 be issued shortly, and the volume already 

 started, of which two numbers (January 

 and February) have come to hand, be 

 completed. 



We offer a few suggestions to our 

 contemporary. We regret we cannot pre- 

 fix esteemed to him. First, change the 

 name of his nondescript, advertising 

 sheet to The Ornithological Blizzard, and 

 explain the mission of his nondescript as 

 follows : — 



The Ornithological Blizzard is the only 

 recognized medium of the Egg Hog. We 

 especially desire to make the acquaint- 

 ance of all animals of this species. We 

 have on hand a lot of old junk which 

 we cannot sell or throw away, and 

 which the city authorities prevent our 

 putting in the ash barrel, and we there- 

 fore offer them as premiums to subscrib- 

 ers to our nondescript. " Subscribe at 

 once." Indian Relics:— We manufac- 

 ture all our relics, such as arrow heads, 

 pottery, hatchets, etc., on the premises, 

 thereby insuring to the purchaser a su- 

 perior quality and finish of goods. The 

 old fashioned prejudice against imita- 

 tions is fast fading away, and we would 

 advise all to fill up on our Jim Cracks as 

 very few will be able to tell the differ- 

 ence between genuine and imitations. 



We guarantee our job lots to be of the 

 old junk that we cannot get rid of, even 

 as premiums to our nondescript. 



The editor and proprietor of The Or- 

 nithological Blizzard desires to say that 

 he shall make it his business to jump 

 down the throat of anybody who kicks 

 against his method of doing business. 

 He does business to suit himself and 

 pocketbook only, and if his customers, 

 on whom he occasionally bestows the 

 title of patron, are afraid to demur he 

 sees no reason why an outsider should 

 attempt to rectify the evil. Therefore 

 he deems it his business to make state- 

 ments of doubtful veracity against any 

 one who dares to attempt showing him 

 up. Further:— We have printed a large 

 number of borrowed, or rather appro- 

 priated, articles, and generally forgot to 

 give the papers from which the articles 

 are snatched credit for them, until the 

 grandest kind of a fuss is made. Then 

 we discovered that it is all owing to our 

 defective memory. 



We shall, from time to time, offer 

 other suggestions to our contemporary. 

 We feel sure they will be appreciated. 



W. B. Russel, Esq., saw a Bald Eagle 

 shot at Sturbridge town, in the vicinity 

 of Snellville, Mass., measuring six feet 

 seven inches from tip to tip of wings. 

 We understand Bald Eagles are some- 

 wha trare in that portion of Massachu- 

 setts. 



Menefee & Corlees have issued their 

 new Directory. They deserve credit for 

 the manner in which they surmounted 

 the large number of difficulties which 

 opposed their efforts. 



