24 



THE NIDIOLOGIST 



The Nidiologist. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OP 



ORNITHOLOGY, 



With Special Eeference to the 



NiDIFICATION OF NoRTH AMERICAN BiRDS. 



H. E. TATLOE, Editor and Publisher, 



Associated with Dr. R. W. SHUFELDT. 



WE EXPOSE FRAUDS. 



Official Organ Cooper Ornithological Club of the Pacific Coast. 



Subscription (in advance), $1.00 



{Foreijjn subscribers add 12 cents for post,^ge.) 



Single Copies. 1.5 cents 



Remit bills, money order, draft, or check. 

 The Magazine is not sent after subsci-iplions have expired. 



OUR AGENTS. 



SwANN & Co., 1 & a Bouveiie Street, Fleet Street, London, E. C. 



California — C. Barlow, of Santa Clara, is our agent, and can 

 receive subscriptions, adveHiseiiients, furnish terms, papers, etc. 



Colorado — Frf.derick M. Dille, 406 McPhee Building, Denver, 

 is our .accredited agent for the middle West. 



Canada — Henry O. Trounce, 14 Collier Street, Toronto, is our 

 Canadian agent. 



Original coiitributioDS, with or without illustrations, are desired. 



ADVEUTISIN6 BATES FURNISHED. 



OFFICE OF PUBLICATION, 

 150 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. 



Entered at the New York Post Office as mail matter of the second class. 



A Colorado department will be a new feature to 

 commence in our next number. Mr. Frederick M. 

 Dille, of Denver, the well-known contributor to " O. 

 and O." journals, will edit the new department, and 

 those who know him will look for something «■;>/««/ 

 as well as interesting in the " editorial notes" and il- 

 lustrations. News and notes should be sent to Mr. 

 Dille's address, 406 McPhee Building, Denver, Colo. 



There seem to be a number of Passenger Pigeons' 

 eggs on the market. True eggs of this Pigeon are 

 dicll white. It is to be hoped that all that are offered 

 are authentic. 



OoLOGiSTS send a great many packages through the 

 mail, and a word on this subject may be in order just 

 now. Remember not to seal the package in any way, 

 or the receiver will be made to pay letter rates. A 

 package came to our office recently in which the post- 

 age stamps overlapped the edges of the wrapping 

 paper. The post office officials considered the pack- 

 age as sealed, and collected twenty-five cents addi- 

 tional, at the rates for letter postage. 



The letter from Dr. Elliott Coues, in this number, 

 will be read with interest. It is a subject for congratu- 

 lation that the new check list of North American 

 birds is now in the printer's hands ; and more so that 

 the new list will probably stand in good use for ten 

 years to come. 



A San Francisco paper published the following val- 

 uable (?) notes on a supposed rare bird : " The rarest 

 egg in the world is found on the Farallons. It is de- 

 posited by the Rock Wren, a bird for which ta.Kider- 

 mists have been known to pay a small fortune. Col- 

 lectors are anxious to get the eggs at from $15 to $25 



each, and a nest brings SS- As far as is known the 

 Rock Wren is a native of the Farallons, and has never 

 been seen beyond the home cliffs. In no other part 

 of the world, according to competent authority, is this 

 rare bird found." This is a fair example of news- 

 paper exaggeration in dealing with scientific matters. 

 There are exceptions, but it takes a discriminating 

 eye to find them out. 



A soMEWH.AT ambiguous article regarding egg 

 frauds in Southern California has aroused a very com- 

 mendable anxiety among a good class of collectors 

 lest those who do not know them should consider them 

 implicated. Some of these Ornithologists and 

 Oblogists are personal friends and correspondents of 

 the editor, and members of the Cooper Club, and we 

 take pleasure in assuring them that we know of no 

 frauds with which they have been or are connected ; 

 passing the word of good cheer overland to the fol- 

 lowing honorable protestants : Ralph Arnold, A. M. 

 Shields, E. W. Currier, F. S. Daggett, Evan Davis, R. 

 S. Gamier, Horace A. Gayloi'd, W. H. Hoffman, W. 

 B. Judson, C. E. Givesbeck, Ed. Simmons, Edward 

 Wall, M. L. Wicks, Jr.. E.A.Thomas, Harry Swarth, 

 Joseph Grinnell, H. M. Hall, O. W. Howard, Frank 

 B. Jewett, A. I. McCormick, V. W. Owen, Earle D. 

 Parker, R. H. Robertson. 



Dr. Morris Gibbs (" Scolopax,") of Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., will edit a department in the Nidiologist de- 

 voted exclusively to Michigan birds. Dr. Gibbs has 

 been an attentive student of the birds of his big State 

 for many years, and will make the department inter- 

 esting to all readers, but particularly to Ornithologists 

 and Oologists of Michigan. 



AS TO A "SPECIAL PREniUn." 



The Nidiologist is sending out, post free, as one 

 of our several "special" premiums for new sub- 

 scribers, an elegant picture of a Water Ouzel's nest, 

 being an artistic and carefully executed " proof" on 

 a large sheet of heavy plate paper and designed for 

 framing. The following remarks show what our 

 readers think of it ; 



" Plate of Water Ouzel's nest just received, for whicti 

 many thanks. It is a beauty, and to the uninitiated, 

 like myself, exceedingly interesting and instructive. 

 When you come to see me you will see it framed in a 

 prominent place in my 'den.' J. i\. Bowles. 



"Ponkapog, Mass." 



" Proof of Water Ouzel's nest at hand. I am 

 much interested in these photographs from nature, 

 and think in this one you have caught a fine bit of 

 bird architecture. The ferns and general surround- 

 ings are as natural as can be. Let me congratulate 

 you on so happily choosing such a nice subject for a. 

 premium with the ' NiD.' C. W. Crandall. 



" Woodside, N. Y." 



TO YOU. 



If a "sample copy " comes to you this month 

 please receive it with our compliments. We send out 

 a large number to draw attention to our unusual pre- 

 mium offers. We should like very much to have you 

 take advantage of one of these and join the " Nid's " 

 circle of readers now. There is no " to-morrow," re- 

 member. 



