THE MUSEUM. 



the industries in which the talents of 

 animals are exercised, under the influ- 

 ence of the same environments, have 

 been reached in the same manner as 

 man, and have formed the same com- 

 binations to protect themselves from 

 cold or heat, to defend themselves 

 against the attacks of enemies, and to 

 insure sufficient provision of food du- 

 ring those times when it is scarce or 

 cannot be procured. Man, of course, 

 excels all animals in his mental devel- 

 opment, yet this development does not 

 differ in kind, only in intensity, from 

 those beings below him in the organic 

 scale. 



Frank C. Baker. 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



Nidorclla aniiata. Gray 



A beautiful species, tlie upper sui'face of 

 which is covered with conical spines which 

 are arranged in (juite regnhir order. Average 

 specimens three to four inches. Frequenting 

 Pacific coast from Lower California south- 

 ward. 



Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Parus hudsoiiicus. — /'orst. 

 I have found these little fellows 

 -everywhere on island and mainland 



that I have been and their cheerful 

 presence has dee-dee-dee'ed away ap- 

 proaching blues more than once. I 

 first met them at Old Fort Island, 

 where they would frequently come 

 and perch upon the roof of the house, 

 and occasionally fly in at the door-way 

 and pick up the crumbs from the floor; 

 they were very tame and would even 

 allow you to catch them without much 

 opposition. Their flight was rapid 

 and being so small in size, they would 

 come and go with the suddenness of a 

 shadow, and one could seldom follow 

 their flight for any distance. They 

 often fly off in a zigzag series of straight 

 lines, as if uncertain in which direc- 

 tion to go, and as often return to their 

 former port, the roof of the house, as 

 if fully aware that that was the safest 

 place after all. I have stood in some 

 open spots of ground, not a retreat 

 near me, and scanned the air every- 

 where about for a sign of life in vain, 

 when suddenly a whirr, a dee-dee of 

 derision or of triumph, and the little 

 fellow had appeared and disappeared 

 without my even having caught a sight 

 of him. Their favorite resting place 

 seemed to be on the roofs of houses. 

 The people of the coast are very fond 

 of them and call them woodpeckers. 

 They would frequently caution me 

 with "now don't you go and shoot my 

 little woodpeckers." I found them all 

 about the islands among the low, and 

 stunted growths of fir and spruce. If 

 I pretended to watch them they would 

 hide in the evergreen, not even chirp- 

 ing, and remain there sometimes for 

 nearly an hour, while I walked about 

 softly and peered around to see them 

 — they running or creeping out of 

 sight or remaining perfectly still be- 



