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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUiM 



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 varimis Museums of the 

 World— views from snme, discoveries relvitive to the 

 handling and Keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possiblf> and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly auswered. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 



Single Subscription $1.(X) per annum 



Sample Copies 10c each 



ADVERTISING RATES 



Twelve 



5 cents per Nonpareil line each insertion, 

 lines to the inch. No discounts. 



Cash must accompany all f)rdei'S. 



Remittances should be made by Draft, ICxpress or 

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Unused U. S. Postage Stamps of any denouination 

 accepted for small amounts. The if l.(XJ Columbian 

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WALTER F. WEBB, 



ALBION, ORLEANS CO., N. Y. 



NOTES. 



Look out for the Great-horned Owls 

 this month. Now is the time to ' 'cor- 

 ral" their eggs. 



Reports are coming in from various 

 parts of the country, of Evening Gros- 

 beaks being taken in quantity during 

 the past winter. 



Some new arrivals in bird skins, the 

 past month, are Long-crested, Wood- 

 house, and Pinon Jays, American Mag- 

 pies, Dusky Grouse, Sage Hens, < ir. 



If some of our readers are of an ar- 

 tistic turn of mind, we would invite 

 them to submit to the editor a design 

 of a cover for The Museum. By this 

 time you will have seen something of 

 its scope, which should be to some ex- 

 tent delineated in the design. Use 



white paper, and pen or India ink — 

 latter preferable. To all who compete, 

 we will send, gratis, a fine leather 

 bound copy of the O. and O. Maiuial\ 

 and if any should be found available 

 we will give a due bill good for $5.00 

 worth of anything we advertise. We 

 trust this will be sufficient incentive for 

 many to put forth their best efforts. 



We wish to call the attention of ev- 

 ery reader, to our new Ornithologists' 

 and Oologists' Manual. This is now 

 all finished and ready to mail. It has 

 been made convenient to carry in the 

 'pocket and handy for quick reference. 

 The prices are standard in every de- 

 tail, and will be found to be up to date 

 in every way — combining, as it does, 

 the prices of Eggs, Bird and Mammal 

 Skins, approximate number of eggs 

 laid by every family of N. A. Birds, 

 how to skin and prepare all Bird and 

 Mammal skins, how to prepare Eggs 

 tind Nests, prices of Heads, mounting 

 all kinds of iSirds and Mammals, large 

 and complete lists of Tools, Books, 

 etc., making a volume of 100 pages, 

 at the nominal price of 25 cents, or 50 

 cents boutid in red llexible leather, 

 round corners, etc., it makes a work 

 no collecior can afford to be without. 

 Various schemes have been started in 

 the past for a manual of this character, 

 the orifiinators usually soliciting the 

 price of the work and after getting 

 same, publish it or not, as they see fit. 

 We have not adopted this method, but 

 at a large expense, ha\'e gotten the 

 matL-rial together and published it, not 

 soliciting or a hertising it for sale until 

 ready to mail, but now offer a manual 

 to our su*>scribcrs, or anyone that de- 

 siies it, aiid can fill tluir order the 

 same day as received. Glad to hear 

 from \(>n nil 



