BUI^LETIN^ 
OF THE 
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A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. 
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1878. 
The present number brings to a close Volume II of the Bulletin. With the beginning of 
Volume III, it has been decided to increase the number of pages in each issue from 24 to 
48, and to raise the subscription price to $2.00. The present size of the magazine having 
proved to be far too small to afford space fur all of the valuable matter contributed to its 
pages, its enlargement h's become necessary ; and we trust that the advance in price, accom- 
panied as it is Avith a corresponding addition of mattei*, will deter none of our present sub- 
scribers from promptly renewing their subscriptions, and that they will, as heretofore, use 
their influence to extend its circulation. The gradual inci'ease of our subscription-list 
during the past year, together with the large amount of matter offered for publication, 
shows plainly that the Bulletin meets a long-felt want, and leads us to hope that its per- 
manence as an Ornithol jgical Magazine *is assured. The favor with which this periodical 
has thus far been received leads us to believe that during the coming year it will be possible 
to fiu*tber increase its size without additional cost to subscribers. 
It will be continued under' the same editorial management as heretofore, and the aim will 
be to keep it at such a standard of excellence as to make it indispensable not only to every 
w u'kiijg ornithologist, but to ■every one interested in the progress of American Ornithology. 
A special feature of Volume III will be an exhaustive resume of the current literature 
relating to North American Ornithology, wherever appearing. 
Communications for Volume II have been received from no less than thirty contributors, 
embracing all the leading authorities (of this country) on American Ornithology. With 
such ample literary support, the magazine in its enlarged form cannot fail to be worthy of 
the most liberal pati'onage. 
In order to assist in defraying the expenses of publication, advertising sheets will be 
issued with each number, relating mainly to Natural History, and especially to Orn’*thology. 
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. 
TERMS. — Subscription, $2.00 a year (including postage), strictly in advance ; single 
numbers, 50 cents. 
Subscriptions should be forwarded to Mr. RUTHVEN DEANE, Cambridge, 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 well as advertisements, should be sent 
to Mr. J. a. Allen, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
