RME^ICAfi OSP^EV. 



Paul, B. Haskeli,, Editor and Publisher. 



A monthly issued on the first of each month, devoted 

 to the study of Ornithology and. Oology. 



Entered at the Post- Office of Ashland, Ky , as second- 

 class mail matter. 



Advertising rates furnished on application. 



We solicit all correspondence pertaining to Birds, 

 their Eggs, etc. 



Subscription, 25c. per year. 



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With this issue we complete the" first 

 voluinn of the Osprey. Hoping we 

 may hear from our old friends and many 

 new ones during the new year and thank- 

 ing those who have lent us a helping 

 hand in the past, we wish you a Merry 

 Christinas and Happy New Year. 



We are soon to issue a neat phamplet 

 with colored cover, explaining "Smith- 

 wick's Celebrated Method of Taxidermy 

 Treatment." It can he obtain e 1 of J. W. 

 P. Smith wick, San Souci, X. ('. at twcnt\ - 

 five cents per copy. Be sure to get a copy. 

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We call especial attention to the "Spec- 

 ial Bargains" on last page of C. W. Hill- 

 man, proprietor of the Natural History 

 and Art Store, of Canisteo, N. Y. You 

 will reap a rich reward if you send him 

 a trial order. If you do not wish to pur- 

 chase any articles at present, send your 

 name on a postal card for one of his val- 

 uable catalogues, which is sent free. 

 Remember, before you purchase any- 

 thing, compare his prices with his would- 

 be competitors. We herewith return 

 thanks for specimen received some time 

 since from the above mentioned house. 



Notice our exchanges in next column. 

 Perhaps you have something to exchange. 



We have been urgently requested to 

 obtain, for a subscriber, the first six is- 

 sues of the Osprey. For the same, we 

 will pay three cents each for each issue 

 except January number, for which we 

 will pay five cents. We will consider it a 

 favor if you will kindly respond. 



One of the most handsome holiday is- 

 sues of any amateur publication yet re- 

 ceived is The American, ol Easton, Md. 

 It had a neat cover artistically printed 

 in three colors. Its twelve pages are 

 filled with interesting articles. 



THE RED-BREASTK!) 

 NUTHATCH. 



(Continued from 1st page.) 

 falling, I leaped over a fence into a 

 woods, having little hopes of seeing any- 

 thing interesting on such a day. As I did 

 so, I became aware of bird-life in a hem- 

 lock standing just before me. There 

 were five or six Chickadees tilting this 

 way and that, lisping and whistling to 

 each other; then came the loud sonorous 

 "quauk" of the White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch; and then, another note similar to 

 the last, but not so loud and in a higher 

 tone. Then a Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 came in view from out the thick foliage 

 of the hemlock, and presently, another. 

 They seemed to be gleaning food from 

 the recesses of the hemlock-, and were 

 very intent on their work. 



This smaller species of the Nuthatch is 

 not much larger than the Chickadees, 

 being about five inches in length. The 

 upper colors on head and back resemble 

 very closely the corresponding colors of 



