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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 7-No. 19 



Eagle and Goose. — Five or six years 

 ago an eagle seized a goose and attempted 

 to carry it oflf. After flying a short dis- 

 tance it was obliged to come down to the 

 ground, the weiglit of the goose lieiug too 

 great for it. The commotion the fowls 

 kicked np about the bana yard attracted 

 the attention of the owner of the goose, 

 who soon discovered the cause on seeing 

 in a field but a short distance away the 

 eagle and goose in a tussle. The eagle 

 was killed before it could extricate its 

 claws from the body of the goose. This 

 happened eight miles west of Jackson\-ille. 

 — W. JI. II. Kiiu/. .Tacksimville, Ills. 



Bird Nesting. — I tried an invention to- 

 day of Moses B. Griffing, of Shelter Island, 

 for finding ground buildei-s in fields, and 

 think it a great success. It consists of 

 two persons at each end of a long rope — 

 which they drag between them over the 

 grass, and by this means the Inrds are 

 flushed from nests as the rope reaches 

 them, and they can be marked down very 

 closely. It also enables two collectors to 

 cover a great deal of ground in a short 

 time, and very few birds are missed. — 



Snowdoii Iloirland, Newport, R. I. 



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Publications-Recent and Otherwise. 



Animal Analysis. — We have before us a 

 book of blank forms wherein the student 

 of nature can keep in compact, and easily 

 accessible form, such analysis of Bii'ds, 

 Fish and EeptUes as he might make. With 

 this book before him the student will be 

 sure to make his descrijjtion fiill and con- 

 cise. We extract the following from Mr. 

 B. W. Everman's letter, which will explain 

 the use of the work now before us: 



" B^ to-day's mail I send you a copy of 

 a little book of mine — Animal Analysis — 

 which has just been published. 



" I have used these blanks in connection 

 with Di-. D. S. Jordan's Manual of Verte- 

 brates in my teachings for some time, and 

 during the present college year Dr. Jordan 

 has made a thorough test of their useful- 



ness, in his classes in the Indiana Univer- 

 sity, and he pronounces i\\en\ just the thing. 



" To bring the book within bounds as to 

 size and price, I have condensed a little 

 more than I liked in one or two instances 

 (in form for Fishes) but I still find it all 

 that is really necessary. The form for 

 Birds I think you will find very suitable." 



We cannot speak too highly of the 

 works of Mr. Everman, for he is one of 

 the most careful students of nature that 

 we know, and knows just what is wanted 

 to facilitate the labors of the student. 

 The work can be had of any bookseller. 

 Price not given. 



" New York Observer " is a large eight 

 page family news])aper, one half of which 

 is devoted to religious matters and the 

 other to secular matters. In this depart- 

 ment will occasionally be found valuable 

 articles on ornithology, and other mattei"s 

 pertaining thereto. Our present object is 

 to call attention to a letter written at Stl- 

 horne by the Rev. Wendell Prime, D. D., 

 desciibing Selborne as he finds it to-day. 

 Of course all our readers must know that 

 Selborne is the home of Gilbert White 

 whose memory is ever fresh in the minds 

 of true lovers of natui-e. Some time ago 

 a series of articles on White's Selborne 

 ajij^eared in the same paper by the same 

 author. The Observer is published at 21 

 Park Row, N. Y., and is sent one year for 

 $3.15. Payable in advance. 



Worcester Spy. — We are indebted to 

 "J. M. W.," of this town, for a copy of the 

 daily Spy of June 15, containing one of 

 Mr. Henry D. Minot's chatty articles on 

 " Our Common Summer Birds." All fa- 

 vors of this kind are fully appreciated by 

 the Ethtor. 



The O. and O. — Vol. VTI is now in its 

 seventh number and is certainly well wor- 

 thy the patronage of every American 

 ornithologist. We think it is the duty of 

 every subscriber to try and induce others 

 to sul)scribe. In this way the cause gains 

 strength and the labor to the many is light. 



