THE NIDIOLOGIST Ii 
Published and 
Edited by 
Henry R. TAYLOR 
THE PIONEER 
Magazine of 
Illustrated Bird Life. 
Founded at Alameda, California, September, 1893 
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THE N1p’s editor was unable at the time to get away 
to pay a visit to ‘‘Heron Town,” on the ground, so 
that the interesting observations and pictures were 
taken by his brother, Edward K. Taylor, Alameda’s 
City Attorney, who sailed to the heronry in his yacht. 
THE NipoLoctst makes a notable addition to the 
achievements of its fourth volume in presenting in this 
number the interesting discovery, well authenticated by 
accompanying photographs, of the nesting of Arda 
herodias on the ground. Our next number will contain 
an article on the taking of a California Vulture’s egg 
this year, with the first published photographs of the 
nesting home of this rare bird, one picture showing the 
Condor in flight. The egg is the one which passed 
through Charles K. Worthen’s hands, and we are 
indebted to its present owne’, Mr. R. P. Sharples of 
Elgin, Illinois, for the article and valuable photographs. 
The Nip has been fortunate in publishing all the new 
information regarding this rare species securec in late 
years. 
THIS JOURNAL does not pretend to base any special 
claim to popularity on account of its ‘‘pretty pictures,” 
although we have published many very handsome ones, 
There are illustrations and illustrations, and those that 
are merely *‘pretty” are often of least scientific interest 
or value. 
Mr. CHARLES NICHOLS has demonstrated his appre- 
ciation of the Nip recently by presenting us with a 
handsome set of four eggs of the Duck Hawk, The set 
was secured by himself this year from a ledge on a per- 
pendicular cliff, 150 feet high and facing the ocean, 
entailing a dangerous descent by rope which few would 
care to undertake. 
ONE OF THE pleasant incidents of the month of May 
was a visit to the editorial den, of Charles K. Reed, the 
well known taxidermist of Worcester, Mass. Mr. 
Reed came out over the Santa Fe route with his family 
and is visiting relatives at Wrights and a sister in Oak- 
and. He will return soon by the Canadian Pacific. 
DuRING four full years (with the close of this volume) 
we have spared neither money nor pains to please our 
readers, whose friendship and appreciation is our full 
recompense, In addition to publishing what we believe 
to be a valuable periodical for a small price—consider- 
ing the limited field ot a scientitic publication—we have 
given away to our subscribers from time to time works 
of art, desirable sets of eggs, and other premiums which 
have been an added pleasure for the small amount 
invested. On another page we make a very unusual 
‘«presentation’”’ offer, which cannot fail to receive, we 
believe, an early and enthusiastic response. 
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Side Remarks. 
I wON’T attempt to say what I think of the ‘‘Nip.”’ 
It is simply beyond what a few years ago would have 
been the wlldest dream of any Ornithologist. 
B. S. BowptsH, Holley, N. Y. 
Your frontispiece is certainly more characteristic of 
the state from which the Nip emanates than the former 
one, and the pictures inside of California Condor are 
capital. What interests me most, perhaps, is the 
account of the nesting of the White-throated Swift. 
Epmunp S. Ettiot, M. B. O. U., England. 
IF you happen to come across copies of Nos. 3 and 
6, Vol. I, of Nrp I will willingly give $1 each for them 
rather than not have my volume complete. You may 
consider this a compliment to your magazine, and yet it 
is not undeserved. I subscribed, as you remember, 
upon receiving No. 1, Vol. I, and since then it has been 
my most welcome visitor, although I subscribe to a 
number of other natural science journals, some of which 
are most technical. J. K. STRECKER, JR., 
701 South Sixth St., Waco, Texas. 
eS 
A. M. SHIELDs of San Francisco expects to secure 
a set or two of White-throated Swift soon, the birds 
nesting in the tower of an old adobe Mission, 
