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THE/ IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST 



THE IOWA ORITHOLOGIST, 



A Quarterly Mag-azine 

 Devoted to the Stud}- of 

 Ornitholog-y and Oolog-}'. 



DAVID L. SAVAGE, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



from 1885 to 1890. Mr. Jones is 

 a close observer and an ardent 

 lover of the birds, and when he 

 removed from the Hawkeye state, 

 we lost one of our most enthu- 

 siastic Ornithologists; however 

 we are g-lad to know that he is 

 still interested in Iowa. 



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Address all communications to 

 David L. Savage, 



Salem, Iowa. 



We desire to extend our thanks 

 to Lvnds Jones, of Oberlin, Ohio, 

 for the kindness of sending- in his 

 notes on the birds under special 

 study. He formerly lived at 

 Grinnell, Iowa, and these notes 

 were collected near that place 

 during- his stay there, which was 



The A^idiohi^is/ is undoubtedly 

 one of the most interesting- pub- 

 lications of its kind. The De- 

 cember issue, which is Vol. 2, No. 

 4, contains six beautiful illustra- 

 tioris of bird life. 



Frank H. Lattin, of Albion, 

 N. Y. writes that on Feb. 2, 1895 

 he will publish the initial number 

 of the Natural Science Ne70s^ an 

 eig-ht-pag-e Weekly Journal, 

 which will be devoted exclusively 

 to Natural History. The sub- 

 scription price will be SI. 00 

 per annum. W^e wish Mr. Lattin 

 the greatest success possible, in 

 his new enterprize. 



The notes on Tyrannidce which 

 are published in this issue were 

 compiled by J. Eug-ene Law, of 

 Perry, la. Those on Alaudich. 

 by Jno. V. Crone, of Marathon, 

 la., and the notes on Icteridic by 

 the Editor, as W. W. Searles, 

 Lime Spring-s, la., did not have 



