The continuance of the Bulletin beyond the present Volume 
is necessarily contingent upon the pecuniary support it receives from the 
public. We trust that our present patrons will not only all promptly 
renew their subscriptions, but will use their influence to extend its cir- 
culation. We hope it will soon be possible to permanently increase the 
number of pages from twenty-four to thirty-two in each issue. In 
order to do this a considerable increase to our subscription-list will be 
necessary, and we therefore appeal strongly to all friends of Ornithology 
to aid in extending its circulation. This being the only journal in this 
country devoted exclusively to this subject, it is hoped that our appeal 
for pecuniary support will meet with a prompt response. 
In order to assist in defraying the expenses of publication, advertising 
sheets will be issued with future numbers, relating mainly to Natural 
History, and especially to Ornithology. The attention of dealers in 
specimens of Natural History and collectors’ and taxidermists’ materials, 
and of publishers of works relating to Natural History, is hence called to 
the Bulletin as a desirable advertising medium. 
