THE MUSEUM. 



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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 same, 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 possiblf^ and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



Many parties have written us for 

 small traps for catching mammals. 

 See ad elsewhere which is the best ar- 

 ticle we have seen. 



Mr. R. P. Sharpless of Illinois, re- 

 recently secured a stt of nine eggs of 

 the rare Snowy Owl from the sale 

 recently held in London, when two 

 Great Auk's eggs sold at such a high 

 price. 



How many of our readers envy our 

 correspondent, Mr. Davis, who is "Rust- 

 ling in the Rockies" — Jackson's Lake 

 on the bank of which he is living, is 

 well-known as one of the richest of 

 collecting grounds. 



We call your attention to our branch 

 stores for the summer of '95. If any 

 collector gets near either place during 

 July or August, or in fact our "head- 

 quarters" at Albion, don't fail to give 

 us a call. 



As many of our readers will doubt- 

 less spend July and August at some 

 summer resort, we have included in 

 this number directions for collecting 

 various kinds of Natural History Spec- 

 imens. These instructions will be 

 found to be reliable, and we hope a 

 source of both pleasure and profit. 



Houghton, Mifflin & Co. are pub- 

 lishing a new edition of Minots, Land 

 and Game Birds of New England, to 

 be edited by Wm. Brewster. Mr. 

 Brewster's name is a guaranty that the 

 second edition will be far superior to 

 the first. It will be 8vo — gilt top, 

 and we can furnish to our subscribers 

 at $3.50. 



The collecting of quartz, in all its 

 varied forms says the Mineral Collect- 

 or, seems to have become a positive 

 "fad" among mineralogisrs. Within 

 the past few months I have come 

 acro-s a score of collectors who have 

 stopped collecting everything but 

 quartz, and some are selling or ex- 

 changing all their other specimens in 

 order to make room and raise funds 

 for new quartz specimens, and I sup- 

 pose the dealers will, ere long, be sell- 

 ing nothing but quartz. 



One dollar pays for The Museum 

 a whole year. 



