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Vol. 1. 



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Danielsonville, Conn., September, 1890. 



No. 2. 



Oh ! nature's noblest gift — my gray-goose quill, 

 Slave of my tliouglits, obedient to my will, 

 .Torn from thy parent bird to forai a pen, 

 That mighty insti-ument of little men. — Byron. 



EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE READER. 



This little volume is intended as a kind of patient friend, who will sit 

 in the corner, lounge upon the table or doze on the shelf, till caU< 1 for. And 

 while it will never obtrude upon anybody's notice it will, on the other hand, 

 never refuse to tell what it knows when applied to, althoi^ .^ it is to be 'ifUed by 

 the sounding title of Oologist's Advertiser. It will be plain spoken -^ , . „ plain 

 way of telling it. I hope and trust it will be convenient for refei e, to keep 

 you posted in Oology, and that it will prove profitable, not only to your pocket- 

 book but for your leisure hours the coming winter evenings. 



Are you going to take 



A monthly magkzine for the study of birds, their nests and eggs. 



voia. it 



Begins with the January number. 



J. WAKKEN JACOBS, 



WAYJ^ESBURG, PE.NJ^. 



