M.VINK OUNITHOLOGIST AND OULO'ilST. 



7h3 Mains Ornitliologist 

 and Oologist. 



H. STAN .ON SAWrES, Sarla.id.Me 



EDITOR AND I'LHLIbHK.: 



C. W. HI :.Li:AN, Canisteo, N. 7. 



ASSOCIATE EDITOK. 



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Corre^prndonce and ilp.nisof interest 

 pTt lining to Birds., their \ests^ and 

 E'jrjs^ luill he thaakfaUii recelv'd. 



Entered :itt,.ie Post otficent (iailand. Me 

 as second-class mail matter. 



We have received letters from several 



of <.»;ir subsci'ibers st.itinu: tnat tin'vliave 



not received all the nntiihers of the 



MviMRO&().. Conies so'.ne times <;et | 



lost thron;j:ii the mails vvliicii of cour^.;e I 



is l)3vo:id o ir conti-ol : bnl if you <lo 



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lenitii of ti.a3. let iis know and we w.ll 



cheerfullv rorward a dn| lie ite. ! 



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Witli this is^MC we b'gin a series of 



mte>on birds of Iowa, by Krnest S 



Park. Tiie series will C);npri e fifty 



sp3:.'ies a-^id wiM h*^ of interes as a 



sttuWof tlie birds of that locality. 



The "Western World" offers seme 

 inducements to subsorib*. i s that seems 

 to sound like the biu wesr and Chicairo 

 but they are reliable see tl eir ""Prem- 

 ium Offers'^ on cover. 



On Feb 24th. I lie.ird mv first Robin 

 also a Bluebird oothesamedate -As Ed. 



We would like to hear from some of 

 ourFla. an 1 Ual. subscribeis that would 

 li!:e to collect Bird Skins for us . "^kins 

 not to be put upscieuiifically, butsimply 

 painted with our liquid |»rep<iratiou r.iiu 



forwarded lo us. 



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To OUR "rUBSCiilBEKS. For eve^y new 

 subscriber tl»al you will send us bef,>re 

 Api'il 1st. we wiitj^ive you an exchange 

 notice of 30 words in the April issue 

 which will be the hirgest issue of the 

 season an 1 an exchange nctice ^n this 

 would bring big retuius. 



We are glad to hear from uur Bitter n 

 publi-her at last, even in. the shape of 

 a smooth editorial. We are sorrv hoAv- 

 ever to find the Bittern chicking in 

 March but when we remember that she 

 h;;s set since De( ember we d(m't wonder 

 at ir. We were glad to be on liar.d in 

 time to preve-it t<;tal paiahisis. But 

 setting .-eems to be a characteristic trait 

 and we object to being set or. 



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8til!. moke improvement, and W3 

 hope to keep im^)rovitig and enlargeing. 

 This being thefirst volumn on our second 

 year we shall celebrate its opening with 

 an Assojiate Editor, Our reasons 

 can be named as follows : first bnsires^ 

 presses : second it is the style just now ; 

 a id third Mv. Hillman would'nt take no 

 for an answer, so we thought him just 

 the stuff to make an editor off. 



Mr. tii 1 nan is an enthusiastic oologist 

 and lover of birds ; and we hope Avitli 

 his help to make out li'tle jouinal 

 so inteiestsiiig aiifi ii i-li iuli\ e that y cu 

 cau not possibly do without us. 



