The JVatiirallsts' Companion. Jfl 
Piiblif>hed Monthly in the interest of the different 
branches of Natural History. 
Subscription Price, 
Single Copy One Year.... ....50 cents 
Two Copies “ .85 
Foreign Ci.untries One Year.00 “ 
Sample Copy . 05 “ 
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We request all of our readers tu send us a deseription of their 
Colleetinj' Exeursions, their Finds, or any items they may think 
will be of interest to the readers of the CO.IIPANIOX. 
CHARLES P. GUELF, 
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 
Brockport, New York, U. S. A. 
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, 
H.F. Thompson, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Office _ of Publication., WarePs Block, 
Main Street, Brockport, Y. 
RANDOM NOTES. 
What has become of tlie Hoosier 
JYaturalist? Wake up, Troiislot. 
A sure sign of winter’s approach is 
a visit from our little feathered friend, 
Junco hyemalis. 
Now doth our feathered songsters 
bid us adieu and take wino- to the sun- 
ny South. Wish the English sparrovv 
would ditto. 
Long winter evenings are approach¬ 
ing, friends, and you will want some¬ 
thing to read. Take the Companion. 
The publishers of the Collectors Sci¬ 
ence Monthly inform us that they will 
continue the publication of their paper 
immediately. 
Mr. H. M. Downs, of Rutland, Vt., 
late publisher of Tidings from Mature, 
is now issuing a weekly publication 
known as Science Series. We wish 
him unbounded success. 
How lonely the woods are now; 
the trees are foliageless; nearly all of 
the feathered tribe have left us; and 
the only sound that breaks the still¬ 
ness is the rap of the woodpecker of 
the occasional chatter of the squirrel. 
We wish to recomniend to our read¬ 
ers Mr. J. M. Southwick, of Providence, 
R. I., whose advertisement appears in 
this issue. We have had considerable 
dealings with this gentleman, and have 
always found him prompt and reliable, 
and his goods are always of the best. 
We have somewhat improved the ap¬ 
pearance of this magazine since the 
last issue. We believe in improve¬ 
ments, and the faster the subscriptions 
arrive, the more the improvements. 
What other magazine has made a bet¬ 
ter record in one year than the Com¬ 
panion ? 
A great deal has lately been said 
concerning the preservation of our na¬ 
tive birds. Various journals attribute 
their very rapid destruction to numer¬ 
ous caus'es, such as the taxidermist, 
the young egg collector, the hawk, the 
milliner, and a variety of other sources. 
We will express our opinion on this all 
important question at a later date. In 
the mean time we would like our read¬ 
ers to express their views on the subject. 
