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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. 



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NOTES. 



With this number we close Vol. i 

 of The Museum. Notwithstanding 

 many of our contemporaries predicted 

 failure on our part, and wrote that a 

 "general" Natural Science Journal 

 could not succeed, claiming that the 

 demand, these times, was for a magazine 

 devoted to some special branch, we 

 feel sure our readers will admit that 

 The Museum is filling a long felt want. 

 For our part, we can best judge by 

 the number of subscriptions received 

 and the entire satisfaction of those 

 using our exchange columns and ad- 

 vertising space. It IS a bona-fide suc- 

 cess, both financially and otherwise^ — ■ 

 during the ensuing twelve months we 

 propose to cover a larger field of use- 

 fulness. Our motto has been and ev- 



er will be, "what we say we do, we 

 do do, "and our subscribers can depend 

 on more interesting and newsy articles, 

 more illustrations and more bargains. 

 Many dealers are now contracting 

 space for the entire twelve numbers of 

 Vol. 2, advising us that the results so 

 far, have far overlapped their most 

 sanguine expectations. Many promi- 

 nent writers have expressed willingness 

 to contribute to our columns in their 

 special line. 



We include an index of contents of 

 Vol. I, including illustrations, which 

 can be easily removed from this num- 

 ber and used in binding. We confi- 

 dently hope to hold every subscriber 

 so far secured and add over Five Hun- 

 dred to commence with the November 

 number who will thereby secure all 

 of Vol. 2. Don't delay but send 

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Geological Society and American 

 Association Meetings. 



By Warren Upham, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Geological Society of America. 



The seventh summer meeting of the 

 Geological Society of America was 

 held in Springfield, Mass., on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, August 27 and 28, 

 1895, under the presidency of Prof. N. 

 S. Shaler, with an attendance of about 

 forty fellows and friends of the Society. 

 The meeting was in the beautiful new 

 building of the Art Museum, then used 



