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THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



Tl\c \o^^^, Oi<i\itl:\ologist. 



A Quarterly Magazine devoted to the 



study of Ornithology and Oology. 



DAVID L. SAVAGE, 



Editor and Pl'blishkk. 



Subscription Hates: 



One Year 40 cts. 



Single Copy 10 cts. 



Advertising Kates. 



1 inch $ .45 



2 inches 75 



h column 1.25 



i column 2.25 



1 page 4.00 



Application has been made for trans- 

 mission through the mails as second-class 

 mail matter. 

 Address all communications to 



David L. S.wage, 



Salem, Iowa. 



It is with pleasure that we present 

 to you the initial number of this 

 Magazine. It is published as the 

 Organ of the Iowa Ornithological 

 Association. This is the only Maga- 

 zine, devoted to Ornithology and 

 Oology in the Mississippi Valley, 

 hence it undoubtedly will be wel- 

 comed by collectors and ornithologists 

 everywhere. 



We believe that the first number of 

 The Iowa Ornithologist speaks for 

 itself. As to the future, we are not 

 without enthusiasm, and shall en- 

 deavor to keep up to a standard which 

 will alway make us reliable, and 

 valuable, 



THE OPENING ADDRESS. 



We will have an exchamje cohiinn in 

 the next issue, free for all members of 

 the I. 0. A., so send in your exchange 

 notice in good time. 



By request of President Irons, I 

 have accepted the editorship of The 

 Iowa Ornithologist, bat not without 

 feeling that there are mary in the 

 Association that could do the work 

 much belter than I, because they have 

 had more experience. Yet with the 

 love of nature implanted in my heart, 

 I am willing to accept the editorship 

 of a Magazine devoted especially to 

 Ornithology, my favorite study, for I 

 feel that the happiest moments of my 

 life are when I am in the woods 

 studying my "friends in plumes;" 



Far from the world's dull care 

 With Peace and Nature there, 



Stray I, a boy! 

 Dirds come and sing to me, 

 Ah! they do bring to me — 



Fullness of joy. 



Truly, Byron felt the delights of 

 delving among the secret wonders, 

 with which Nature's storehouses are 

 filled, yes to oveiflowing; when he 

 said: 



"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, 



There is a rapture on the lonely shore, 

 There is society where none intrudes 



By the deep sea, and music in its roar. 

 I love not man the less, but nature more, 



From these our interviews in which I 

 steal 

 From what I may be, or have been before, 



To miugle with the universe, and feel 

 Which I can ne'er exi)rsss, yet cannot all 

 conceal." 



Now, this Magazine is published by 

 the members, for the members of the 

 I. 0. A., hence each member should 

 be personally interested in its wel- 

 fare. We will endeavor to have this 

 Magazine, just what a majority of the 

 active members of the I, 0. A. desire 



