THE 

 IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST, 



FOR THE 

 STUDENT OF BIRDS. 



"If thou art pained with the world's noisy stir. 



Or crazed with its mad tumults, and weighed down 

 With any of the ills of human life; 



If thou art sick and weak, or mournest at the loss 

 Of brethren gone to that far distant land 



To which we all do pass — gentle and poor, 

 The gayest and the gravest, all alike — 



Then turn into the peaceful woods, and hear 

 The thrilling music of the forest birds. " 



— J. McLellan. 



\/OLUyVlE II. 



SALEM, IOWA. 



DAVID L. SAVAGE, Publisher. 



1896. 



