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A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. 

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1878. 
In entering upon a new volume, it has been decided to increase the number of pages in 
each issue of the Bulletin from twenty 'four to forty-eight, 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 for all of the valuable matter contributed to its pages, its enlargement has 
become necessary ; and we trust that the advance in price, accompanied as it is with a cor- 
responding addition of matter, will deter none of our present subscribers from promptly 
renewing their subscriptions, and that they will, as heretofore, use their influence to extend 
its circulation. The gradual increase 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 permanence as an Ornithological Maga- 
zine 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 further 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 
working 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. 
Communications for Volume II were 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 patronage. 
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 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. 
TERMS. — Subscription, $2.00 a year (including postage), strictly in advance ; single 
numbers, 50 cents. The price of Volumes I and II has been raised to $ 2.00 each. 
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. 
