O. MISCELLANEOUS. 665 



A catalogue of its collections, occupying sixty-two pages, 

 has lately been published, in which a list of the principal ob- 

 jects is presented, with some illustrative remarks. The mu- 

 seum proper consists of a large number of cases filled with 

 natural-history objects, among which is a very complete col- 

 lection of the birds of the Pacific coast of the United States. 

 In the menagerie are numerous living animals, among them 

 the sea-lion, the leopard-seal, the fur-seal, etc. Grizzlies, 

 black bears, tigers, monkeys, kangaroos, camels, llamas, buf- 

 faloes, etc., are to be met with in considerable number. The 

 aquaria recently erected and placed on exhibition are said to 

 contain a very interesting series of marine animals of the 

 coast. 



" FOREST AND STREAM," A NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL. 



We welcome to the ranks of natural-history journals in the 

 United States a new weekly periodical, edited by Mr. Charles 

 Hallock, entitled Forest and Stream. The first number of 

 this liandsomely printed quarto contains several interesting 

 communications from ofiicers of the United States army and 

 navy, and numerous suggestions in connection with practical 

 natural history. It is intended to be more especially the or- 

 gan of the sportsman, whether hunter or fisherman, and will, 

 to a certain extent, occupy a portion of the ground of the 

 famed Spirit of the Tiraes^ especially as it was under the ed- 

 itorship of Colonel Porter. 



There has long been a need of precisely such a journal as 

 this in the United States, and we trust that it will meet with 

 such a measure of support as to secure its permanency. It 

 will contain a special column of military and naval news, 

 which, of course, will give it an additional interest to ofiicers 

 in these branches of the service. 



CATALOGUE OF THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. 



A bill is now before Congress providing an appropriation 

 of $20,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the 

 purpose of having printed, at the government printing-ofiice, 

 one thousand copies of the "Descriptive Anatomical Catalogue 

 of the Army Medical Museum." Should this sum be granted, 

 the rich treasures of this great collection can be made as 

 well known to the world at large as they are to those who 



