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THE OOLOGIST. 



RE CENT P UBLICA TIONS, 



Devoted to Birds and Birds' Eggs 



THIRD PUBLICATIOX YEAR. ' 



S. L. WILLAED, EDITOE, 



Assiocecl by able Associate Editors. 



TERMS: 

 Forty cents a Year in advance, postage paid. 



Items on Oriiitliology and Oology solicited. 

 |@=*Those wishing to dispose of birds' eggs 

 or skins will find The Oologist the best 

 means of communicating the tact to a large 

 class of collectors of any pai^er published. 

 Specimen copy for stamp. 

 Address all communications to 



THE OOLOGIST, 



Utica, X. Y. 



Oneida Street, 



FEBRUARY, 1878. 



A Collecting Box. — We have recently 

 obtained a sample collecting box for eggs, 

 invented by a naturalist of this city, which, 

 so far as convenience and portability are 

 considered, is a very desirable requisite of 

 the collector's outfit. It is made of block 

 tin, and when not in use folds up to a size 

 small enough to be easily accommodated in 

 the pocket ; opened, it is strong, light, and 

 sufficiently capadous for a number of small 

 eggs. Drill and blowpipe may be carried 

 safely in the space provided for them. For 

 prices see our advertisement. 



Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower 

 Rio Grande of Texas, by Geo. B. Sennet, 

 edited, with annotations, by Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, U. S. A. — Mr. Sennett has given 

 us a valuable addition to accounts of the 

 birds of little known portions of the United 

 States, in the above pamphlet, and the whole 

 compendium is written in a concise and in- 

 teresting manner. He has pushed forward 

 his researches vigorously, and has made 

 notes on many birds of which our knowl- 

 edge is very limited. His observations on 

 the nests and eggs of the Yellow-headed 

 Titmouse, Hooded Oriole, Great- tailed 

 Grackle, Chaparral Cock, Ferrugiueus 

 Buzzard, Red-billed Pigeon and Bronzed 

 Ibis are interesting. The description of a 

 new Warbler (Farula nigrilora), named 

 after the author, and also of the Bronzed 

 Cow-bird {Moluthrus cejieits ), appear in 

 this pamphlet. 



Hand-book for Young Sportsmen, by 

 "Will Wildwood."— This is a handy little 

 work for the tyro, and gives some valuable 

 suggestions in fishing, the use and choice 

 of a gun, game birds, etc. The general 

 recipes and list of sporting journals are use- 

 ful. It can be obtained of Mr. D. H. Ea- 

 ton, Peotone, Ills. 



March, 1878. — With the close of this 

 volume, we will have given our readers the 

 benefit of one-hundred pages of ornitholog- 

 ical and oological facts. And we have sup- 

 plied this, together with several fine illus- 

 trations, for the nominal sum of forty cents ! 

 We propose to increase the value of our 

 journal, beginning with the March number, 

 to a sufficiently meritorious basis to deserve 

 an increase over our present subscription 

 price. Our proposed plate of eggs will be 

 of the highest character, each specimen rep- 

 resented having been taken from original 

 designs. Extra copies of this plate may be 

 obtained at twenty cents each. 



