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ORIGINAL BIRD NO 7 ES. 



March 26, 1887, I found a nest of the Shore Lark containing 

 four eggs. Incubation was far advanced, showing that the nest 

 must have been commenced early in the month. I think this is 

 the earhest nesting on record. — 6*. H. Henry, Bonaparte, loiva. 



On the 17th of January, 1887, I saw a chimney swallow here- 

 It remained about fifteen minutes. 



Heniy R. Shafples, West Chester, Pa. 



On Chestnut Ridge, Mount Pleasanton, Pa., a pheasant was 

 shot, whose feathers were of the purest white, excepting a few 

 brown feathers on the wings and tail. G. D. Story. 



Here is a list of the arrival of some of our birds at Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas: January 13th, robin and blue bird ; February 20th, 

 the blue jay; February 22nd, black bird, meadow lark and barn 

 swallow. Lonis R. Li^hton. 



The Purple Linnet. This beautiful and cheerful little song- 

 ster arrives from the south about the beginning of April. Its 

 head, breast and rump are of a deep lake color, approaching to 

 crimson, and fading into rose color underneath. The feathers on 

 the back are brownish lake, fringed with ash, producing a spotted 

 appearance; wings and tail dusky, edged with reddish-white, tail 

 forked, length six inches. Their nests are usually built on cedars, 

 firs, or other evergreen trees. The eggs are a bright emerald 

 green. These birds are often tamed and kept in cages where they 

 sing very sweetly. W. A. A. 



EDITORIAL. 



Owing to an oversight, several articles in the December issue of 

 this magazine, taken from the Collectors' Illustrated Magazine, 

 then in press, were not properly credited, but appeared as original. 

 We refer to the articles by Rev. Stephen Bovvers and H. R. Tay- 

 lor especially in this connection. The Collectors' Ilbistrated 

 Magazine is a new monthly, edited and published by E.M.Haight, 

 our agent at Riverside, Cal., and we would not do him injustice 

 in this manner. 'How the Platypus breeds,' from the Australian 

 Exchange, together with the editor's note, we are indebted to the 

 same source for also. 



Vol. IV should have commenced with our last issue, but as the 

 paging was continued for Vol. Ill, we are compelled to begin the 

 fourth volume with the new year. 



The Old Curiosity Shop, formerly published at Jamestown, 

 N. Y., will hereafter be issued from San Diego by the editor of 

 this magazine. Will M. Clemens, the former editor, will con- 

 tinue in that position. 



The example set by the organizing of a chapter of the Agassiz 

 Association at the office of our contemporary, the Santa Clara 



