Publications at the time informed collectors on bird species. Many articles were written by collectors, ornithologists, naturalists, and oologists. They placed advertisements looking for bird skins or eggs to purchase or to sell and/or exchange. These journals can be found on the Internet Archive or the Biodiversity Heritage Library websites and are:

The Oologist, a monthly journal devoted to the study of birds and their eggs – established in 1875. (March 1875 to October 1879) published at Utica, NY. It was edited and published by S.L. Willard & Co.

The Ornithologist and Oologist,  a journal devoted to the study of birds, eggs and nests (1881-1893). Publisher/Editor Joseph M. Wade, Norwich, Conn (1881-Mar 1882), Boston, MA (Apr 1882-1884) and Frank Blake Webster, Pawtucket, RI (1884-1885) Boston, MA (1886-1890) Hyde Park, MA (1891-1893)

The Young Oologist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs (1884-1885). Published by Frank Haak Lattin, Gaines, NY

The Oologist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs (1886-1941). Published by Frank Haak Lattin, Albion, NY (1886-1909) “Devoted to Birds, Their Nests and Eggs” – 1899… Devoted to Oology, Ornithology and Taxidermy. Published by Richard Magoon Barnes, Albion, NY and Lacon, IL (1909-1941)

The Nidiologist (1893-1897) An illustrated monthly journal on the study of Ornithology with special reference to the nidification of North American birds. Edited and published by Henry Reed Taylor, Alameda, CA, and NY

Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876-1883), published by the Nuttall Ornithological Club. The journal then became The Auk (1884-2019) published by the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) from 1884-2016.  The Auk has been published continuously since 1884 and was recently recognized as one of the 100 most influential journals of biology and medicine over the past 100 years. The Auk became The Auk: Ornithological Advances in 2014 to emphasize its revised focus on basic science.  Since 2016, it has been published by the American Ornithological Society (the result of a merger of the AOU and the Cooper Ornithological Society). The journal was officially retitled Ornithology for its 138th volume in 2021.