THE MUSEUM. 



49 



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 ou above top- 

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

 World— views from sanie, 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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NOTES. 



We learn through the Batavia Nctvs 

 of our own county, of the capture of a 

 Golden Eagle alive in a brush heap near 

 that place. The bird seemed dazed 

 and was evidently sick as it was easily 

 caught but died during the night. 



One of the most interesting exhibits 

 we had the pleasure of seeing in the 

 Mines and Mining building at the 

 World's Fair was that of Mr. A. B. 

 Crim, Middleville, N. Y. It was of 

 the noted Herkimer Co. Quartz Cry- 

 stals. The case contained over 14,000 

 in all the varied forms in which they 

 are found. His ad. will be seen in 

 this number of the Museum. 



Philadelphia collectors and those 

 nearby should not fail to see the collec- 

 tion of minerals, relics, etc. , now on 

 exhibition at John Wanamaker's. It 

 embraces a particularly fine lot of Crys- 

 tallized minerals, especially Calcites 

 and Barites, and a large number of 

 polished Agates, Opals, etc. Two 

 cases of stuffed birds, two of shells, and 

 a variety of fossils and corals are in 

 the same exhibit, which is well worthy 

 several hours examination. 



We have a very interesting letter 

 from J. L. Davison, the Naturalist at 

 Lockport, N. Y. Mr. Davison has 

 been sojourning up in the northern 

 part of New York and reports finding 

 some very fine pockets of the rare Cap- 

 ped Quartz. Also a fine lot of Iceland 

 Spar, Tourmaline, Tremolite, and par- 

 ties desiring any of these had better 

 write him, or address us and we wall see 

 the matter has attention. 



Needed. 

 Mk. W. F. Webb. 



Dear Sir: — Have received the first number 

 of your Museum, and am very well pleased 

 with it. We have long needed it in the East. 

 Please allow me space in your magazine to 

 remark, in connection with that Whip-poor- 

 will article, that a friend of mine once saw a 

 Nighthawk remove a single egg from the roof 

 of a mill by means of its mouth. It had been 

 frequently disturbed. 



Fraternally, 

 Arthur M. Farmer. 



Well Pleased- 



Mr. Walter F. Webb. 



Dear Sir: — No. 1 Vol. 1 of "Museum" at 

 hand today. Am so pleased therewith I en- 

 close post-office money order for $1.25 for 

 which please send it to me regularly for a 

 year, and renew my exchange notice in Dec. 

 number as printed in present number. 



W. E. Snyder, Naturalist. 



