THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Pub'r, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of interest on above top- 

 ics, as well as notes on the various Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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WALTER F. WEBB, 



ALBION. ORLEANS CO., N. Y. 



NOTES. 



We had the pleasure of a personal 

 call a few days since from Mr. C. P. 

 Wilcomb, Custodian of the Golden 

 Gate Park Museum, San Francisco. 

 He is about to loan his entire collec- 

 tion of eggs to their museum. Also 

 Mr. L. I. McCormick of the Glen Is- 

 land Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City. Mr. McCormick intends 

 to spend the winter in the Mediterra- 

 nean collecting. Prof. Henry A. 

 Ward also called on us just before go- 

 ing to press. Prof. Ward, as [many 

 of our readers know, is at the head of 

 the famous Ward's Natural Science 

 Establishment at Rochester, N. Y. , 

 the largest of its kind in the world. 

 He starts in a couple weeks on a big 



collecting tour, stopping at various 

 points on the Mediterranean, Red 

 Sea, Indian Ocean, Calcutta, Singa- 

 pore, etc. We doubt if there is an- 

 other man in the world with as wide 

 experience as a collector, having 

 crossed the Atlantic 28 times on simi- 

 lar trips to this one. 



We here extend an invitation to all 

 Collectors and Teachers coming near 

 Albion to stop off and see us. We 

 are easy of access, having moved the 

 entire business of the late Lattin & 

 Co. into new quarters in the village, 

 the old concern being located two and 

 one-half miles north in the country. 

 We are glad to "take care"' of all who 

 can come. 



Having had various inquiries as to 

 where F. B. Armstrong had gone, 

 the publisher of the Museum having 

 recently bought his entire stock, will 

 say; he is hard at work collecting prob- 

 ably as fine a lot of birds as have ever 

 been taken in Mexico. The bulk of 

 his stock will be advertised in later 

 issues. 



Messrs. Scuthwick and Critchley 

 report a fine specimen of American 

 Egret killed at Seaconnet, R, L, Oct. 

 12, also an immature Duck Hawk at 

 Newport, R. I., Oct. 10. Both birds 

 are very uncommon in that section. 



Mr. Kirk B. Mathes, formerly with 

 Lattin & Co., has gone to St. Augus- 

 tine, Fla. , where he has opened a 

 high class Art and Curio Store. Any 

 one desiring any relics or Florida 



