OCT?:;: 1900 



NOTES ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 

 Vol. I. JANUARY. No. i. 



Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology, a quarterly publication for 

 the purpose of furthering interest in ornithology in the State of Rhode 

 Island. Published and edited bj Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. Address, 

 Longwood, Brookline, Massachusetts. 



Terms, seventj-five cents (.75) a year. Single numbers, twenty cents 

 (.20). 



All material for publication, advertisements, and books for review 

 should be sent to the Editor. 



It has been thought best for the convenience of bibliographers to 

 change the title first proposed for the present publication, " Random 

 Notes on Ornithology," to "Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology." 



The news of the death of Dr. ElUott Coues on Christmas day 

 is received with deep regret. Perhaps the greatest tribute that 

 can be paid him, is to say, that by the merit and usefulness of his 

 many works, so widely has his reputation extended, that to-day 

 his name, even to the most casual and humble student of birds, 

 has become that of a friend. 



'THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM JEFFERAY, 

 GENTLEMAN.' 



From the reviews of a book lately published ' The Journal of 

 William Jefferay, Gentleman,' we were led to look forward to a 

 work containing matter of ornithological interest, at least of a 

 bibliographic nature, to Rhode Island ornithologists. The vol- 

 ume, however, now examined, appears in a new light, and unless 

 carefully read might perhaps be misleading. 



' The Journal of William Jefferay, Gentleman ' is but the title of 

 a book, spoken of as edited, but really written by John Osborne 

 Austin. For some reason or other, the author has seen fit to 

 write this delightful volume of fiction in the form of a journal ; 

 ' A DIARY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ' as he calls it. It is supposed 

 to be the Journal of one, William Jefferay, a true character, but 

 not a diarist, who lived in Rhode Island from 1650 to 1675. 



