MAINE ORNITHOLOGIST AND OO'.OGIST. 



The Mains Ornithologist; ^°^®^^°^-^:^__^™_^^^^^^ 



fi^A ftft1rtrm'c«4 ' Since meniioni-i; this fact. I,v request, 



C^XiU WwJLUglidUi i in Jjin. issue of tiu- Maine 0.&6. \vehave 



- — — — ■ liearil from ^inite a miniber oi tiie most 



H. STANION SAWYEE, Garlaid,Me ' P'O'ninent >;aii.rars .tatin- their desire 



; to tovm such d society anti it seems that 

 EDITOK AND PLHLifeHER i wirii SO many, ready and willing to help, 



C. W. HILLMAN, CanisteO, N. Y. itluusncli a society could be easily form- 



{ ed, andcarried on, and would l)e of i^reat 



TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOX 

 Single Subscription, - 2oc. per annum 

 Forei<rn " - 12 cents extra. 



Sample Copies. - • 3crs.eacli. 



ADVKHI'ISING KATES 



One-lialf Inch oue insri'tion 8 .65 



One lu'.-h one insertion ] 00 



'1 wo Inches one insertion 175 



Oie half C(^liiinn oik' insertion 2.50 



OneColuinu one insertion 4.50 



One Paii'e out* insertion 8.00 



10. 15 and 20 per cent disco int on con- 

 tra<*t.«i of ;^. G and 12 months. 



Gorrefiptndence and ilfmsof interest 

 pertnininq to Birds, their Av<!/.<;, and 

 E'jgs^ will he thatikfally rev.eivd. 



E.itered attae Post Office at Garland. Me 

 as second-class mail matter. 



a:,sociate editor. j benefit to coilectors in the Slate. 



The first tliinii. of course, is toappoiivt 

 a place for first nieetin<^. and a plan ihat 

 sii.<;o-ests it-elf is this. Le:. everyone, in 

 the slightest deiiTee interested, drop US a 

 postal staring their preference for tn->fc 

 meetino place, and we will publish the re- 

 sult of the votes m June issue of .\| OX- 0. 

 and the collectors of the tow?» tliat has 

 the lar<;:est number of votes will immedi- 

 ately tall; the matter up and call a iiKet- 

 ing for ofgauzation. In our estimation 

 Rauiror would be the be-t place for first 

 ineeriiig. Let iiy-vy one VDte. 



MISTAKES, — Yes, we make them 

 as well as other folks. Why in our 

 premium list which we mailed only 

 last month, we offered to sive a set of 

 Florida Burrowing Ow), worth $8 00 

 as a premium and only 95cts. additioi:- 

 al. The additional was all right, it was 

 the Owl that was wrong, which should 

 have been Fla Screecn Owl. 



By the way our little Premium Lisl 

 proved quite a success and ^^ e felt en- 

 couraged by the way the subscriptions 

 came in. and especially to find tnat 

 We are informed that Mr. C. W. nearly all of our old subscribers renew- 

 Ilillmau hcts a large illustrated cata- ed their subscription .m reciept of it. 



, p . 1- . • ^ As the collecting season is really be- 



lojrue of nat. historv specimens and sup- . ^ ^- • -n u ' 



^ " ^ ^ gun in earnest, Ave trust it will be an cn- 



plies etc., in preperation. Will be jo,^..^|^|^. ..^^^j ^,.^11^^^]^ ^,j,g t^. j^H^ 



out soon. Profitable, of course does not mean 



'^^ ' ^ all the eggs you can possibly take. biit 



Owing to a delay in getting our en- j the amount of lsno^vledge yfu can ob- 

 graving from the engravers our last tain, as well as fi guDdlv su] ply of >pe( 

 months issue had to be gotten out with- 

 out ilie illustration on first page, but 

 as we have made arrangements that 

 will enable u> to liave tlie engraving 

 bv the first day of each month. The 

 omitvuce of same will not occur 

 ag liu. 



We shall in the ne^^r future pnblish 

 a series of lessons on collecting and pj'e- 

 paring bird skins. 



imens. 



We would he glarl to here fi'<'m anv 

 of our frien<ls at any lime. Avitli r ftes 

 of interest that may haA e come under 

 their observation and that they think 

 would be of interest to others. • 



