CONTENTS. 



VOL. I. NO 1, JANUARY. 1888. 



Notes on some Birds of Texas J. A. Single y i 



The White-breasted Nuthatch J. W. Jacobs 3 



Editorial 4 



Nesting of the Traill's and Acadian Flycatchers. . . Philo Smith Jr 5 



The Great Horned Owl ..Albert G. Prill 6 



The Kentucky Warbler E. F. Koch 7 



Protect Our Birds Albert G. Prill. .......... ... .8 



Common California Birds T. E. Barlow 8 



4}!Sr Always mention "The Bay State Ooi.ouist' 1 

 hen answering Advertisements. 



Collectors & Dealers 



Desiring first-class Specimens, would do 

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AND 



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 Harris's Hawk, 3 

 Red-bellied Hawk, 3-4 

 Turkey Buzzard, 2 

 Sparrow Hawk, 6 

 Double-crested Cormorant, 

 Brandt's Cormorant, 

 Baird's Cormorant, 

 Am. Anhinga; Snake Bird, 

 Black Vulture, 

 Swainson's Warbler, 

 Prothonotarv Warbler, 



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