. Ornithologist and oölogist . lyoologists. Itslist of subscri-bers is necessari-ly select. Wehave been fre-(juently remind-ed of the rapidi m ]) r o V e m e n t ■ ^;^^-that has gone on in the journal dur-ing its career of six years: five volumesonly being published, one year being lostin unavoidable suspensions from lack ofmeans and p itronage : and withall we takepardonable pride in its growth, as evidenc-ed by a comparison of number 1 of Vol-ume VI with the corresponding number ofVolume I; and in expressing our desirethat it be mide the best journal of its kindin the world, we must call to
. Ornithologist and oölogist . lyoologists. Itslist of subscri-bers is necessari-ly select. Wehave been fre-(juently remind-ed of the rapidi m ]) r o V e m e n t ■ ^;^^-that has gone on in the journal dur-ing its career of six years: five volumesonly being published, one year being lostin unavoidable suspensions from lack ofmeans and p itronage : and withall we takepardonable pride in its growth, as evidenc-ed by a comparison of number 1 of Vol-ume VI with the corresponding number ofVolume I; and in expressing our desirethat it be mide the best journal of its kindin the world, we must call to our aid theexperience of all working students in ourHeld, and ask our superiors to aid us allthey can: for the editors of the journal, asone of our fellow natxiralists has said, mustnot be expected to know all about or-nithology themselves, but must be able toshape the collected information of othersand distribute it for the benetit of the sci-ence. Descriptions of actual exjurience andobsdrvjition will be fully That Woodcock. At last, through the kindness of ^k S. Wright, of Auburn. N. Y., weare enabled to give the true history of thewounded Woodccxk with the stick throughits breast. Mr. Merrill, of Bangor, Maine,the Taxidermist, w^ho mounted the bird,writes to his friend as follows :—On Octo-ber 9th, 1880, I received a Woodcock inthe fiesh from a friend who shot the samenear this city. The breast of the bird was pierced by a stickabout five incheslong, not fromSide to side^ asstated by someof the local pa-pers, but fromthe front throughthe breast, oiit atthe side, and un-der the wing, (asour illustration,dviwn by , shows.)The flesh of thebird was but lit-tle cut and hadentirely healed, as also had the skin, sothat the stick was fastened into the growth of the bird had apparently beenstunted by the presence of the stick whichwas a perfectly straight piece of the stalkof Golden Rod or some growth of a likenature. This shows that the
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