BULLETIN OF THE NOTTALL ORNITHOLOGIOAL CLUB: 
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OE ORNITHOLOGY. 
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1877. 
As the present number closes Volume 1. of the Bulletin, the first' 
number of Volume II. will appear in January, 1877, and the succeeding 
numbers of the volume will be issued on the first of each following 
Quarter. In closing Volume I. the Publishing Committee take pleasure 
in announcing that the publication of the Bulletin has met with encour- 
aging success. Not only have contributions to its pages been received 
from the best ornithological talent of the country, but subscriptions 
have come in with reasonable frecpiency. Since, however, the continu- 
ance of the Bulletin is necessarily contingent upon the pecuniary sup- 
port it receives from the public, we trust that our present patrons will 
not only all promptly renew their subscriptions, but will use their influ- 
ence to extend its circulation. It is hoped that with the second volume 
it will be possible to 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. 
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. 
The present Volume embraces one hundred pages of original mat- 
ter, contributed largely by leading authorities on American Ornithol- 
ogy. The department of ‘‘General Notes” is particularly rich in notices 
of rare or little-known species, and the volume as a whole forms an 
important contribution to American Ornithology. As the maga- 
zine will continue under its present editorial management, — Mr. J. A. 
Allen acting as Editor-in-Chief, and Professor S. F. Baird and Dr. 
Elliott Cones as Associate Editors, — and as it has the assurance of con- 
tinued support from the best writers, the Publishing Committee do not 
hesitate to announce that Volume II. may be expected to be equally 
rich in important contributions. The Bulletin is intended to be national 
in its character, and for the present will be exclusively devoted to 
North American Ornithology. It being the only journal in this coun- 
trj^ devoted especially to ornithology, it is hoped that our appeal for 
pecuniary support will meet with a prompt response, and that we shall 
be able to enter upon the publication of Volume II. with feelings of 
confidence respecting the permanence of the Bulletin as an Ornithologi- 
cal Magazine. 
Terms. — Subscription, $ 1. 00 a year (including postage), strictly in 
advance ; single numbers, 30 cents. Subscriptions should be forwarded 
to Mr. H. B. Bailey, Newton, Mass. 
Advertising Rates. — First insertion, 30 cents a line (Bourgeois), 
or $12.00 per page; $6.50 per half-page. A discount of twenty-five 
per cent, will be made for each subsequent insertion. 
Communications intended for publication, as Avell as advertise- 
ments, should be sent to Mr. J. A. Allen, Museum of Comparative 
Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
