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THE SUNNY SOUTH OOLOGIST. 



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TPIE 



A MONTHLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF 

 ORNITHOLOGISTS AND OOLOGISTS. 



Edited and Published bt 



GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 



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 scriptions of their collecting trips, or any ifems 

 of interest relating to birds, their uests or eggs. 



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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 



With this month's issue I make mv 

 first bow to the Ornithologists and 

 Oologists of America. I refrained 

 from so doing in the first issue as I 

 did not know at the time how m}^ little 

 journal would be received. But, as I 

 have had so many encouraging words 

 from my friends in ever}' part of North 

 America, I will now promise hence- 

 forth to give 3^ou the most reliable and 

 best reading matter obtainable, and 

 shall try my utmost to make this mag- 

 azine a great help in the advancement 

 of that most delightful branch of nat- 

 ural history — Ornithology and Oolog3\ 

 Trusting that my friends will be as 

 well pleased with this and the follow- 



ing numbers, as with the first, I re- 

 main, Yours very sincerely, 



Edwin C. Davis. 



Easter comes this month, so don't 

 fail to look for the ''rabbit" nests. 



Don't fail to read the great offers to 

 "club-getters" on the inside page of 

 first cover leaf 



Our '^Exchange and Want" column 

 is worth the price of a year's subscrip- 

 tion alone to subscribers, in helping 

 them make exchanges. 



We will stick to our first promise ; 

 that is, we will enlarge our paper as 

 soon as we are convinced it will pa}- 

 us. So do not delay, but subscribe a", 

 once. The price is onl}- 50 cents per 

 3'eju'. 



What do you think of the appear- 

 ance (-f ''our" little journal this month? 

 Don't you think you have bes'ii fully 

 repaid already for the sm-dl amount 

 invested — fif^y cents — f.r a 3'ear's 

 subscription ? 



Collectors look for the nests of the 

 crow, chickadee, nuthatch and hawk 

 this month. You will find the chick- 

 adee's and nuthatche's the latter part 

 of the month, while the hawks and 

 crows breed earlier. 



Two Canvas-back ducks were killed 

 near Gainesville, Tex. on the 2i^nd of 

 February, 'rhey were veiy handsome 

 specimens, and a rare avis in this sec- 

 tion. They were the first I think ever 

 seen in this count}^ 



The article written by INIr. Hany 

 G. Parker, entitled "Pennsylvania 

 Birds," is one of great value to Oolo- 

 gisis (old and young) in Pennsylv.ini:i 

 and adjacent states, as it give>^ the 

 correct nesting seasons of birds found 

 in tliat locality, and also tells the na- 

 ture of c luntry in which their nes's 

 are found. This article was compiled 

 for the editor as a special f;iVor, by 

 ]Mr. Parker in Ociober Inst. 



