M,\IN'K ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



Maine Ornithologist and 

 Oologist. 



ltDIT£D XSD PUBLIi^HKD MONTHLY 

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Tr.e Ai.iericnii Natu''a:ist's Directory 

 formerly "■ Fhe Osprey N.'i turn list's hi- 

 reetory" which was to be published by 



I'aul B. Haskell, has been transferred j 

 to us. It is now com|)leted and wiDbe! 

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Received :*The Collectors' Monthly''' 

 for Dec , »'nd note an interesting ar- 

 ticle on Botar^y by our friend L'-tson 

 Balliet. It aiso contains interesting 

 notes on "The Birds of Long Island^-' 

 by W. W. \Yorthin-;ton. 



Coidiniied from first page, 

 a half irom tip of beal: to extrenaity 

 of tail. The female is about the same 

 size as the male but she is not so grace- 

 ful or so beantifull ia color. 



It is quite common for the Farmers 

 to pro^ ide a box for the Blue Bird's ne*-t 

 and in this locality it is ireuerally taheu 



entire posession of by English Sparrows. 

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Among the improvemeut^ in the 



M. O. & O are the illustrations that 



w ill accompany the pieces by Kobert 



R.Scorso, the well known Natur«,list of 



A ftoTU N'J. who will v.i-ite each 



nionili. Mr Scorso's subject f )rJ'Kn. 



will be ''The Bird of Paradise' He will 



also write articles on the MochingBird 



and Ilumuainj,- Birl. 



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The Delettante^ an amateur moiTthfy 

 ofgi-eat n'lei'it, edited by vS. J. Sieinberg, 

 Indianapolis, I'mI,, has bt-en receievd. 



Tho Delettante is one of uumy f)f 

 its kind, I nbhshed by members of the 

 Xatioiial Ainateur Press As.'^ociation. 

 a society of about fiv^e hundred voliin- 

 teer Jonrnali.st?, Essayests, and Editors 

 who wor'; to:ether for mutual benetit 

 and the good of the cause of Amateur 

 Journalism. 



A mong them are writers of good se- 



riel stories, who not only show zest for 

 their wm-k ; but a knowledge of the ques- 

 ,i. 'US of the daythat make ^\'vy-^:vr-<^--'- 

 rious of the higliest value. . /'Our Vt-ni- 

 uroan amateur pap-^rfor which girlsonly 

 are asked to cojtrihnle is an p■nt•cr^•>iT>- , 

 ing little sheet. Ai"! as it veiKui-e-^ ont 

 with commendable ?viaiden reserve :we 

 feel bound to wish it the best of succors. 

 Edited month 'v by Rosa B, Steinberg^ 

 438 S. Illini>i* St., Indianapolis^^ Ind. 



