THE OOLOGIST'S JOURNAL. 



OUR BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS. 



A SPECIAL OFFER. 



1 am about to issue a new edition 

 of "Our Birds in Their Haunts." 

 The points claimed for this work 

 are: 



1 . That it is a complete treatise 

 on the birds of Eastern North 

 America at a very low figure, $2. 50 

 being the retail price of the new 

 edition. 



2 It makes a specialty of oology 

 and nidification. 



3 It contains much new matter 

 not found in other printed works. 



4 It is prepared with special re- 

 gard to the pleasure of the reader, 

 that is, readableness is a prime 

 consideration. The birds are 

 grouped in relation to season and 

 locality, are studied "in their 

 haunts," the question of habitation 

 receiving particular attention. 



The second point given above, 

 has never been sufficiently em- 

 phasized in any notice of the work. 

 The location, composition, and 

 structure of the nest ; the size, 

 form and color of the eggs are all 

 noted with the utmost interest 

 and care. To the author oology 

 has always been one of the most 

 charming features of bird study. 



Under the third item, the points 

 particularly new, are contained in 

 the distribution of certain species, 

 and especially the history of the 

 water birds on the great fresh 



waters of the interior. It is safe 

 to say, that no other book on 

 American birds, will duplicate 

 many of the facts here given ; and 

 that technical ornithologists have 

 passed this line of facts by with- 

 out due attention, simply because 

 the book was in popular style. 



The special offer is, that all per- 

 sons sending in subscriptions, or 

 bona fide applications by March 1st 

 can have the book for $1.60 includ- 

 ing postage, provided that the 

 number of applications be sufficien t 

 to enable the author to bring out 

 the work on the present plan. 

 The number of names pledged 

 should not be less than 450. If 

 the number sent is not adequate 

 no one will be holden for his appli- 

 cation. 



J. H. Langille, 



Kensington, Md., or Smith- 

 sonian Institution, Washington, 

 D. C. 



***To any reader of the Oologist's Journal who 

 will write to Mr. Langille for a blank and properly fill 

 the same, stating to him that they subscribe for his 

 work, through the recommendation of the publisher 

 of the Oologist's Journal, we will, if you are not 

 more than pleased with the work when published. 

 give you $1.75 in cash for your copy and present you 

 with a year's subscription to the Oologist*s Journal. 

 for your trouble. 



Bald-headed Eagles are daily 

 seen about the mouth of Wappin- 

 gers Creek. Generally speaking it 

 is a sign of the breaking up of the 

 ice. — Eagle. 



