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THE MUSEUM. 



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 on 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 ns possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



We again hear from Mr. Da\is, for- 

 merly connected with our estabhsh- 

 ment but now at Jackson's Hole,Wyo. 

 He writes that he has only just recov- 

 ered from a three weeks' battle with 

 the mountain fever. From the fact 

 that he never once mentions "Injuns" 

 we infer that the recent outbreak in 

 that territory has been mostly news- 

 paper talk. 



If you rccei\'e a cop\- of this num- 

 ber and haven't yet sent in your sub- 

 scription, don't delay it any longer, 

 but accept offer in last number and 

 write at once. We have been gener- 

 ous in sending you samples but this 

 can't continue always. 



Mr. H. C. Higgins of Cincinnatus, 

 N. Y., is chairman of the nesting di- 

 vision of the Wilson Ornithological 

 Chapter of the Agassiz Association. 

 This chapter is doing excellent work, 

 as will be seen by the extracts from a 

 paper entitled "The American Crow" 

 prepared by F. L. Burns, which is 

 printed in this issue. 



We have been greatly gratified by 

 the results of the premium offer made 

 in the July number. There still re- 

 mains time to accept the offers there- 

 in made. "A word to the wise, etc." 



During the month we had a number 

 of calls from naturalists in various 

 parts of the country among which 

 were Messrs Slayton of Gratton,Mich. ; 

 C. Cliff, Murray, N. Y. ; G. X. Buffing- 

 ton, Knapps Creek, N. Y. , etc. 



Our photo engravers gave us the 

 slip this month and hence we are with- 

 out illustrations. They will surely be 

 ready for Sept. number. 



Sensitive Movements of Plants. 



Dr. J. M. Macfarlane publishes the 

 results of a series of experiments on 

 the effect of colored screens on the 

 sensitive movements of leaves (Oxalis 

 stricta and several species of Cassia). 

 He finds the exciting agents of the 

 movements to be certain of the light 

 rays. When sensitive plants are plac- 

 ed behind colored screens, the leaflets 

 fold up as in the nyctitropic state, 

 most strongly under red, less so under 

 yellow, only feebly or not at all under 

 green light; while under blue screens 

 the leaflets remain open as in ordinary 

 daylight. In all cases nyctitropic 



