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THE MUSEUM. 



With this number we present a 

 number of cuts of shells and Starfish. 

 We had a large number of letters ex- 

 pressing thanks for inserting the few 

 in November Museum; and trust these 

 given with the short notes added, may 

 be of equal interest, We would be 

 much pleased to have our friends along 

 the Atlantic and Pacific shores, or 

 those in distant lands who receive this 

 copy of The Museum, to write up de- 

 tailed accounts of the Mollusca or 

 Echinodermata of their respective ter- 

 ritory. Reliable information on the 

 latter is especially wanted, as there are 

 very few good works on the subject. 



A new feature that we expect to in- 

 corporate in the February Mu'^eum, is 

 a department of Mammalogy, vvhich is 

 to be handled by an experienced stu- 

 dent of this branch of Science, who 

 has had large experience in the field 

 as well as " The closet." His non de 

 plume, will be "Tyro" and all com- 

 munications for insertion under this 

 head, must be addressed "Tyro," 

 care of "The Museum," Albion, N. Y. 

 Just at this period, when all branches 

 of Natural History are making such 

 rapid strides, a guarantee to our read- 

 ers, of interesting notes on Mammalia, 

 will be hailed by all true Naturalists 

 with delight. The Publisher of The 

 Museum, is anxious to make this de- 

 partment a sweeping success, and asks 

 all parties who have made a special 

 study of any kind of mammal, large or 

 small, to write up notes on same, 

 making as brief as possible and yet 

 covering necessary details, and for- 

 ward as above directed. All will be 

 duly acknowledged. 



We have received through the court- 

 esy of Mr. Whitmer Stone, Curator of the 

 Ornithological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Science of Philadelphia, a 

 copy of the Birds of Eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey. The frontis- 

 piece is a fine portrait of Alexander 

 Wilson, taken from a drawing now in 

 the Philadelphia Academy and former- 

 ly the property of George Ord. The 

 work proper consists first of an intro- 

 ductory chapter on Geographical Dis- 

 tribution and Migration, prepared un- 

 der the direction of the Delaware Val- 

 ley Ornithological Club, and illustrated 

 with admirable cuts. Second with 

 descriptions of such birds as have been 

 recorded in the territory under consid- 

 eration, outlining their breeding range, 

 and winter distribution. We note 

 many extremely rare species that have 

 been recorded in Eastern Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey coast, and heartily re- 

 commend the work to all active ornith- 

 ologists. It contains nearly 200 pages, 

 finely printed and bound in neat cloth, 

 Address Whitmer Stone, Academy of 

 Natural Science, Philadelphia, or send 

 Publisher of The Museum $2 bill and 

 we will send book prepaid and a years 

 subscription to the Museum. 



A REVIEW. 



If any of our patrons have received 

 a bundle of circulars recently, in which 

 are outlined so called facts, and extra- 

 ordinary statements, some of which 

 are evidently designed as direct thrusts 

 at the editor of The Museum, and in 

 a later mail read the soap-soapy edi- 

 torials calculated to in a measure atone 

 for past deeds &c. , we will simply add 

 that the whole batch of stuff is char- 



