So few exchange notices were received in time to be published in this issue that we have decided to hold them for the next.

Persons receiving sample copies of this issue, will oblige us greatly by acknowledging the receipt of same. We received so many replies from those complying with the above request, last month, that we thought it best to try it again. If you cannot subscribe, we like to know that you received the copy sent you, and what you think of our magazine.

The May “Hoosier Naturalist” published by R. B. Trouslot & Co., Valparaiso, Ind., will contain much matter of interest to all Ornithologists and Oologists. A sample copy will be mailed free to all applying to the publishers. We can furnish you with a year’s subscription each to the “Hoosier Naturalist” and the “B. S. O.” for 50 cents, the regular price of the latter.

The April number of the “Hawkeye Ornithologist and Oologist” reached us just before going to press. We are sorry to see that the editors as well as Mr. Oliver Davie are laboring under a wrong impression. In the February issue when we published that notice regarding “Davies’ Key,” we meant exactly what we said, as Mr. Davie, in a letter dated Jan. 26, ’88, said: “I can furnish you copies of my Key in quantities at —— per copy.” This notice was inserted simply to allay a wrong impression, which would likely arise after reading the notice in the Jan “H. O. & O.,” and not as a “hit.” As regards not having purchased any copies of Mr. Davie, we would say we had a number of copies on hand we wished to dispose of, and we were greatly surprised to see Mr. Davies’ letter, after having written him explaining the reasons of our not ordering copies from him.