THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



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NOTES. 



How many of our readers in eastern 

 U. S. were as successful as Mr. Sav- 

 age of Buffalo, N. Y. in finding the 

 home of the Great Horned Owl. 



With this number we usher in the 

 collecting season in nearly all branch- 

 es of science and in practically all 

 parts of the U. S. We recall with 

 pleasure the many sets of "Red- 

 shouldered" taken in April and the 

 many fruitless searches after "Screech 

 Owl" and the "Prairie Horned Lark." 

 Now is the time to pick them up, if 

 you want fresh eggs. 



birds or mammals, locks, fossils or in- 

 sects, let us have a line from you if 

 only a postal stating anything new 

 you have discovered, or dates speci- 

 mens were taken. Collectors of small 

 mammals send notes and lists of all 

 the varieties taken in your section. 

 We have a large list of "mammal 

 readers." 



We had a pleasant call a few days 

 since from Mr. John Knox of Silver 

 Cre k, N. Y. A more thorough pal- 

 aeontologist is hard to find. Mr. K. 

 is in a splendid locality for collecting 

 such as spirefers, various species; num- 

 erous fossil corals, crinoids, and sev- 

 eral varieties of atheys, — he having 

 sent them all over the world. 



We are indebted to Mr. Frank L. 

 Burns of Berwyn, Pa., for copy of 

 Bulletin No. 5 of the Wilson Ornith- 

 ological Chapter of the Agassiz Asso- 

 ciation, consisting of exhaustive notes 

 on The American Crow (Corz'?(s Anicr- 

 icaniis. Mr. Burns was chairman of 

 a committee on special investigations 

 of the above species, and has made a 

 careful and thorough study of C. 

 Anicricamis for the past four years, 

 with the result that he has now given 

 to collectors doubtless the most com- 

 prehensive treatment of the American 

 Crow ever attempted. We regret 

 that space this issue will not admit of 

 our giving a more extended notice, 

 but may in a later issue publish a re- 

 view of the many interesting facts 

 contained within its pages. 



We want to hear from all our 

 friends in the field this spring with 

 notes on their "takes." Be it, eggs, 



W^e notice one of our exchanges criti- 

 cizes the price we placed on eggs and 

 skins of the California Vulture in our 



