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NOTES. 



Hereafter the Ornithologist will 

 be issued in this form on the 1st of 

 each month, and will contain valua- 

 ble and interesting information on 

 the science of wiiich it treats. 

 Many of these are written especially 

 for us by well known Ornithologists, 

 and it will also give articles sent us 

 by our correspondents from all parts 

 of the country. In short, we shall 

 endeavor to make it an interesting 

 journal of that most delightful 

 branch of Natural History, Orni- 

 thology. 



Advertisers! Give us a trial ad. 

 We have a large circulation, con- 

 stantly increasing, and an ad. in this 

 paper will certainly pay you. 



Notice C. H. Marsh's ad on Page 

 4 of cover. 



Wild canary is the name frequent- 

 ly applied to the American Gold- 

 finch which breeds so commonly in 

 many localities during the months 

 of July and August. Its nest is 

 placed in trees or bushes, and is com- 

 posed of some soft, downy mater- 

 ial, usually thistle-down. It lays 

 from four to six bluish white 

 .65 bv .52 inches in size. 



Collectors! You should not fail 

 to procure a catalogue of Minerals, 

 Precious, stones &c. from W. S. 

 Beekman, West Medford, Mass, be- 

 fore making purchases elsewhere. 

 See ad on page 2 of cover. 



Having a large number of miner- 

 al collectors among our subscribers 

 we have decided for their benefit to 

 add a Mineralogical Department to 

 The Ornithogist and will hereafter 

 devote ample space to that subject. 

 W. S. Beekman, West Medford, 

 Mass. has kindly agreed to take 

 charge of this section of our paper, 

 and all communications on that sub- 

 ject must be addressed to him. 



Mr. Beekman is an old collector 

 and possesses one of the finest col- 

 lections in the state of Mass. being 

 so well versed in mineral lore we do 

 not doubt that under his manage- 

 ment "Mineralogy and Geology" 

 will become the most interesting 

 portion of The Ornithologist. 



In the last issue of The Orni- 

 thologist, our printer made L. W. 

 Stilwell's ad read "Draw-Mica" 

 and " in Granite' 1 '' instead of " TJran- 

 Mica a bright greenish canary in- 

 crustation in brown TJranite." The 

 specimen we have received of this 

 (TJranite incrusted in Uran-Mica is 

 certainly one of the finest in our 

 collection, and we take pleasure in 

 recommending it to other collectors 

 desiring rare and showy cabinet 

 specimens. 



