THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY 



The Collectors' monthly. 



k Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study of 

 Ornithology, Oology and Natural History. 



CHARLES H. PRINCE, 



Editor and Publisher, Danielsonville, Conn. 



U. S. A.. 

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Walter K. Webb, of Geneva, N. Y., whose Col. 

 adv. you will notice elsewhere, was the first one to 

 respond to our call tor volunteers to take a column 

 advertisement foi one year. Watch for his ad. in 

 every issue, he intend-; to give you great bargains, 

 "there's room for more." If you want to make a 

 •collection or dispose of one. you must advertise, — 

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We hope the readers of the Collectors' Monthly 

 will hear with us if they meet with a few typogra- 

 phical errors. We know you wouldn't say a word 

 if you could only see a few letters and MSS. we 

 are constantly in receipt of and try to read them. 

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 selves accordingly. 



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To our many readers we send our best wishes tor 

 the year eighteen hundred and ninety two, with the 

 hope that it may bring us into close, friendly and 

 business relation, with each other. And hope that 

 the end of the year 1S92 may find you prosperous 

 and happy, doing a profitable business with us. 



We feel it our duty and pleasure to say just a 

 word in commendation of Col. N. S. Uoss great 

 work, "History of the Birds of Kansas," perhaps 

 there may be some one who knows nothing of Col. 

 Goss accomplishments, to those we would say, he 

 was a life-long, "Naturalist," a member of the 

 council of "Am, Ornithologist Union, "a recognized 

 authority on his chosen subject. 



The authors aim has been 10 present to the gener- 

 al reader as well as to the student interested in 

 bird life, a book containing the latest knowledge 

 in regard to the habits etc., of our birds. It em- 

 braces 343 species, and sub. species — and the Photo- 

 gravure illustrations, represents 529 mounted birds 

 (Mr. Goss own work) in the Goss Ornithological 

 collection and contains 693 pages. 



Every collector, who is interested in bird lore, 

 should not lail to obtain a copy at once. W r e can 

 testify to its merits — we have never seen its equal, 

 and consider it Standard authority on the birds 

 represented— a valuable addition to any ones library f 

 as it is printed on best paper, handsomely bound 

 in full cloth, with gold back and sides. The Pub- 

 lishers who are deserving of great credit and to 

 whom to much cannot be said in praise of the man- 

 ner in which they have executed the work, 

 have been honest and prompt in all our dealings 

 with them. We would recommend to all Natura- 

 lists Collectors and others the Firm of Geo. W. 

 Crane & Co., Topeka, Kansas, who are equalled 

 by few and excelled by none as publishers and 

 Honest men. 



C. H. Prince. 

 Dear Sin : — Please find thirty cents inclosed for 

 which renew my subscription. 1 rind that 1 cannot 

 be without the Collectors' Monthly and wish it 

 both success and long-life. 



Yours Truly, 



' H. E. Miller. 



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The Bayo bird of India spends his night catch- 

 ing fire-flies, with which he plasters his nest. The 

 bayo does not kill the fly, but simply attaches it to 

 I his nest by means of a piece of moist clay. On a 

 I dark night a bayo's nest has the appearance of an 

 I electric street lamp. 



