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Man-c-War Birds' and Boobies' eggs 

 from the isluiids of tlie South Paci- 

 tic. and all kinds of Sea Birds' eggs 

 ii-c:ni the Arctic regions, as well as 

 eggs of Eagles, Vultures, Hawks, 

 Swans, Geese, Cranes and Pelicans 

 from icil i)ai-ts of the world. 



One case contains fifteen specimens 

 of nests and eggs of Wild Ducks and 

 Geese, collected by Mr. Raine amongst 

 the lonely lakes of Northern Canada 

 and I'^uiope. 



Of special interest is a fine series of 

 one hundred Humming Birds' Nests, 

 and as specimens of bird architecture 

 a great variety of beautiful and cur- 

 ious nests are shown, the pretty and 

 neatly constructed nests of the Hum- 

 ming Birds, Warblers, Gnatcatchers, 

 Finches, Bush Tits and Wrens making 

 a contrast to the carelessly made 

 nests of the Doves, Marsh Hawks, 

 Plovers and Sandpipers. 



This exhibit covers a space oO x 5 

 feet, and yet only comprises one-tenth 

 part of the immense collection Mr. 

 Raine has been twenty years in get- 

 ting together. 



Please note the location, under the 

 Giand Stand, West end, as we feel 

 sure the Natural History Exhibit will 

 prove interesting to all visitorn. 



The New A. O. U. Check List. 



"All things come to him who waits." 

 At least strange as it may seem, after 

 many promises, disappointments, ex- 

 planations, delays, etc. this produc- 

 tion has made its appearance, and the 

 students of birds may now (providing 

 he has the price) acquire a complete 

 list of the birds, included in the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union Check list. 

 But by so doing, he will acquire in 

 addition thereto the misfortune of own- 

 ing a book, which, if he is to keep it 

 up to date, will require an endless 

 amount of erasures, interlineations, 



additions and subtractions, if not mul- 

 tiiilicaticn and division. 



It is to Ix' hoped that some day, 

 whenever Ih-if (hiy is, if it ever arrives, 

 tluit we may have a list of bii-d names 

 that will be as jjermanent as that of 

 the Robin, which, though the Latin 

 name has undergone many transforma- 

 tions, is still known as the Robin. 

 Certainty and permanency in names 

 as in all other things is one of the 

 most highly desirable of conditions; 

 and we trust that the hair-splitting 

 closet naturalists will ultimately 

 either arrive at the end of their string 

 or carry their peculiar eccentricities 

 to such an extent as to totally dis- 

 credit themselves along these lines, 

 and that a day will soon arrive when 

 the name of a bird will be as perma- 

 nent and as recognizable as the name 

 of any other one thing. When that 

 day comes, confusion worse than con- 

 founded, will be a thing of the past. 



One of the most ominous things not- 

 ed in the new check list is the threat- 

 ened assault on the permanency of 

 the common names of our birds. Many 

 of these are changed and if this di- 

 sease spreads as rapidly as it did 

 among the scientific names, we will 

 never be able to recognize many of 

 our old friends in a few years. Let 

 us hope it will not be. 



From the National Conservation Con- 

 gress at Minneapolis, Minn. 



FAVORS BIRD CONSERVATION 



Naturalist Tells of Good Done by 

 Feathered Tribe. 



Frank M. Chapman of New York 

 city, curator of birds in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, address- 

 ed the conservation congress last even- 

 ing on "Practical Bird Conservation." 



?.Ir. Chapman referred to birds as 

 the conservators of our forests and 



