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Edited and I'libll.^hed Monthlv bv : ^^'^\^^c^i»^f^ < all your alteiil-nii to tin- 

 H. Stanton Sawvi i:. (i.-irhuul. Me.' i a<^^"^'ei-tisment on the Inst page of this 

 ^^r^^^^^^^^-^r^.^-^.-^.^. .^ ...^,. ..„ . , paper. Mr. Homer i^ an old Taxid- 



CorreepondeneepTtclaingto Bir«-s, their Nests p,.T^-,,'t.f A e • \ 



and E5 g' aad item ot int ercst. Solicited . cm u . p^"*^»i? ^Ua fail tumish m J-nv 1 ai C 



^'......^^.-^^^^..^^.~^^.. ... ...^ x^^^- specin.ens, and curiosities 



ABYERTISLyG ^ATI S \ i^.Ir. Homer has never advertised : 

 One Inch 8 .40 - <*o"-*equentIy nianv of you have never 



'''^'^''> " -''^ j \^^-AV({ of him ; but, if you desiic any 



Half CoUinm 1 .20!fhiiifr in hie 1,*„.> I> . ' -n i 



nnug in nis line, lie will be sure to 

 Colunm 2 .25 



Pa! 



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jplease you. both in i)ri(e, and in qual- 

 lity of specimens. 



— With this issue we send out 2oO(> 

 copies. Xext month we shall send 

 out at Iea««. as manv more 



Stiby'v'i^iptioi) ,)0d. -pci' \cu\'' 



We have often thought that the thick | Advertisers! send in vonr ads early, 

 foliage of the pine Xrcii state afforded 



ample room for the study of Ornithology j 



1 r^ 1 r II- ' *i • f' \\ — ^ '^ have an exchanire column in thi»i 



and L) I) logy lu ottering this our first;. . f 



<• V .%« • /A • 1 1 • 1 isue, it will a]>j)f.*ar in each number 



issue ol the Maine Ornithologist and, '' iiumuLi. 



i\ 1- • , in 7 ^ /••It • Mi»d we hope it will be beneficial to our 



Ooligist we shall endeavor to till m <i ' ,, . , , , 



,, 1 £• 1. !• I I iriends, and collectijrs. 



measure theue.'d felt tor such a paper, j 



We venture out in a meager wjiy. but 



• 1 1 i" \ ' Monson, Maine 



promise a larger and tiucr numb.ir soon. , i .i<^ 



Mr. Homer, Mcnisuii, has just 



received and monted a fine specimen 

 of fhe Great Urey Owl., It was taken 

 at Abbot, .Maine, and is the first and 

 (;uly one known to have been captured 

 in this locality. Snowy. Owls, are tak- 

 en here occasionaHv, one at Hlanc'iard 



The American C)sp!e,' publi-^ln d by 

 Paul 1> IIa>keli. Asliland. Kv. is an 

 interesting little pa])er on Ornithology 

 and Oology. 



The O. & O. puh'isiied by Frank I]. 

 "Webster. 4'M) wasliingt ju St.. Boston. ^ 

 3\L\ss. and the Oologist by Fr;Mik II. ' ^Je. Dec. ^Cth 'ST. A fine spe:-im -n 

 n^attin. Albion, N. Y are very inter- of the Mocking Bird take:; at Monson 

 esting and instructive Journals devote ^ ' Oct, 2ttii'S4. Meadow Lark. ISIay 



to this science. 



iW Sivbsorih e ! >^i t hscri h e !! 



lOt; '8.') S) arrow Owi Fel. lotli '^\) 

 Ba' (le<l t-.r-^'C toed AVo > 1] ec Feb 



th")r.sy. 



