THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



THE J^TJIC, 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY. 



ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: 



J. A. ALLEN, Museum op Comparative Zoolgoy, Cambridge. 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS: 



T^T T TOTT COUPS ) 



ROBERT RIDGEWAY \ Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 



WILLIAM BREWSTER, Cambridge. 

 MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN, Saint John, N. B. 



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All Articles and Communications for publication should be sent to J. A. Allen, 

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The Adk, while thoroughly scientific, aims at popularizing Oi'nitholog3% and its pages 

 are open to the field-observer and amateur, as well as to the scientist. 



Besides the leading articles, and the review of books and papers, it has departments 

 devoted to Field Notes, to Correspondence, and to Notes and News, thus cover- 

 ing the whole field of Ornithology in a waj' to make the Magazine indispensable to all 

 classes of students. 



Each number contains about 100 pages, and the illustrations occasionally include 

 colored plates. 



"This Journal has the best of American Ornithologists in its editorial corps. It promises, as its pages 



show, to be attractive to the popular reader, as well as to the scientific, and should have a laro-e circulation." ■ 



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^ ANNOUNCEMENT TO 00L06ISTS. ^ 



SOMETHING NEW. 



We beg leave to announce the publication of Davies ' ' Egg Check List of North 

 American Birds," and that it is now ready for delivery. This work contains accurate 

 description of the Color and Size of the Eggs, and locations of the Nests of the Land 

 and Water Birds of North America, together with "Notes" and Directions for Collecting 

 Birds' Eggs and Nests. 



It is intended that this work will enable the collector to identify Eggs while in the 

 field, and will take the place of those expensive works which are usually beyond the 

 reach of manj^ collectors. 



No Oologist or Collector of Eggs, be he amateur or professional, can do without 

 this work. 



It is printed in large type, on heavy, tinted paper, and bound in antique, Japanese 

 paper cover. 



PRICE BY MAIL 60 CENTS. 



Liberal Discounts to Agents and the Trade. Money refunded to every purchaser not 



more than pleased with it. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Sole General Agent, 



GAINES, N. Y 



