THE ORNITHOLOGISIS AND OoLoaists’ SEMI-ANNUAL. 47 
unlimited number of small bird cuts will be scattered through the text. 
We desire to say that we will at once set to work on the July num- 
ber, and will be pleased to receive MSS., exchange notices and adver- 
tisements at any time after Feb. 1st, ’89. We hope you will all con- 
tribute something, as every little helps to make the work interesting, 
the more contributors the better the book. 
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We ask you all as a personal favor to read every advertisement in 
our publication. You will certainly profit by so doing. We have 
had dealings with all our advertisers, and have found them honest 
and reliable in all their dealings with us. We can recommend them 
all to you. When answering “ads” please remember to always men- 
tion where you saw the “ad.” You will help us greatly by following 
this little item. 
PUBLISHER’S NOTES. 
The Hooster Naturalist, Messrs. R. B. Trouslot & Co. of Valpar- 
aiso, Ind., publishers, will in the future be issued monthly instead of 
bi-monthly from Kansas City, Mo. The publishers soon expect to 
make it an eight page monthly—now a four page. 
The Oologists’ Exchange, a four page monthly for young collectors, 
is now under the management of Messrs. Dickinson & Durkee of 
Sharon, Wis. ; 
The Old Curiosity Shop comes floating in, this time from Riverside, 
Cal. With Mr. Haight as editor and proprietor, it will undoubtedly 
be a success. <A journal devoted to Philately, Numismatics, Natural 
History, Antiquities and Bric-a-brac. 
A new magazine for all persons belonging to the Agassiz Associa- 
tion is Zhe Sccenis¢, published by Mr. I. C. Greene, for Chapter 48, 
A. A., Fitchburg, Mass. An eight page monthly of fine appearance 
and contents. 
The Ornithologist & Oologis: of Boston, Mass., comes regularly 
and is without doubt the best of its class. ‘The March number con- 
tained a cut of the nest of the Parula Warbler, described by Mr. Wm. 
Brewster. Two continued articles are now running in it, one on the 
“Birds of Colorado” by Chas. F. Morrison, and the other “Notes on 
Nebraska Birds” by Messrs. Taylor and Vanvleet. 
