THE SUNNY SOUTH OOLOGIST. 



TIEHIIE 



Sunny South 



A Monthly Devoted to the Interests 

 of Ornithologists and Oologists. 



EDITBD AND PUBLISHED BY 



GAINESVILLE, TEXAS. 



AVe request all of our readers to send us de- 

 scriptions of their collecting trips, or any items 

 of intesest relating to birds, their nests or eggs. 



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KEFERENCES ." 



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 FIRST NAT'L BANK OF GAINESVILLE. 



Entered at the post-office at Gainesville as 



second-class matter. 



All copy for the April number of the Sunny 

 South Oologist must reach us before March 

 16th. 



Our advertisers are all reliable, and you 

 will get value received for any amount of 

 money sent them. 



Don't fail to read the great offers to sub- 

 scribers and "club getters" on the outside 

 page of cover leaf. 



I will make liberal offers to "club getters," 

 from time to time. Read them this month, 

 and begin work at once. 



Advertisers will find it to their interest to 

 advertise in the Sunny South Oologist, as it 

 has a very large circulation. 



All subscriptions will commence with this 

 number. When remitting please state 

 whether you have received a copy or not. 



Look out tliis month for nests of the owl 

 and hawks. Some of the owls haye already 

 begun nesting as early as Februar3^ 



We had to leave out several interesting 

 articles this month, but will take particular 

 pains in having them in our next issue. 



Mr. J. A. Powell of Waukegan, 111. , will 

 please accept our thanks for a package of 

 Canadian Porcupine quills. They are real 

 curiosities. 



We depend upon you all in making this 

 little journal an interesting monthly, and will 

 gladly publish anything relating to birds sent 

 in by our friends. 



A very large eagle was killed near Gaines- 

 ville a few weeks since, measuring seven 

 feet 6 inches from tip to tip. A rare bird for 

 Cooke county. 



We will not take postage stamps in pay- 

 ment for subscriptions or advertisements 

 under any circumstances. Send by Postal 

 Note or Money Order. 



Mr. W. O. Emerson of Haywards, CaL, 

 reports finding the nest of a Humming Bird 

 containing eggs on February 22d, in that 

 locality. The earliest on record. 



Our columns are open to all. old and 

 young, and we will expect you to send in de- 

 scriptions of your "collecting trips," and anj^- 

 thing interesting about birds, their nests and 



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Two Barn Owls took ciiarge of the cupola 

 of the court house of Gainesville, in the 

 spring of 84, and succeeded in laying four 

 eggs. But they were soon routed, and one 

 of' them captured by a few of our mis- 

 chievous boys. 



Mr. H. G. Spaulding, publisher of "The 

 Michigan Philatelist," and late of Manches- 

 ter, Mich., has removed his office to Battle 

 Creek, Mich., and will, alter March 1st, issue 

 the "Collector's Science Monthly" from that 

 place. Read advertisment. 



Mr. Oliver Davis infcrms me thnt his 

 "New Key" will be delayed somewhat by 

 the destruction of tire of the illustrations at 

 the photo-engravers on Arch steet, Pliiladel- 

 phia, on the morning of the 25111 of Jaiuiary, 

 by fire. The drawings were burned, and he 

 is now having them made oyer again. 



