SEPTKMr.EU 1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



14S 



ORNITHOLOGIST.^^'^OOLOGIST 



A Montbly Magazine of 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED To THE STl'DV OE 



THEIR NESTS AND EdGS, 



aiul to the 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Lender the Editorial Management of 



FRANK 1!. WEliSTER, 

 J. PAllICER NORRIS, 

 FRANK A. BATES, 



Hyde Park. Mass. 



Pbilailelpliia, Pa. 



Boston, Mass. 



PUBLI.SIIED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO.MPANY, 



INCi>KPORATED, 



HyDE Park, Mass., U. S. A. 



The O. Sd O. is mailed each issue to every paid suh- 

 scriber. If you fail to receive it. notify us. 



Brief Notes. 



IJut, two more issue.s of this magazine will 

 reai-li our readers before the ('hristnias season 

 will arrive. \i the last minute each one is at 

 a loss what to obtain for presents. If your 

 friends are interested in nature, such works as 

 Ooues' Key, Hornaday's Ta.\idermy, Capen's 

 Oiilofjy, U.ivie.s' Xest and Eggs, and Davies' 

 Taxidermy, which we expect will be ready, 

 will be sure to give pleasure and be found 

 useful. A good, big ostrich egg is just the 

 thing to put into the boy's stocking, while a 

 Snowy or (ireat-horned Owl would jiercli 

 linely on the book-case. We, of course, 

 expjct that J on have a pair of ducks or gr(Uise 

 hung upon the walls of your dining-room. 

 You well know that for a dollar or so you can 

 get a nicely stuffed bird. A finely stuffed 

 I'heisant would be accepted Iiy your poorest 

 neighbor. In fact, there is no end to the 

 things that would prove a novelty, that you 

 can obtain at a natural history store. When 

 the season apjiroaches just think of this. 



We were a little amused a few days since to 

 have four quotations befoi'e us offering eggs 

 sent out by an aspiring youth. The quotations 

 were different. They were sent to different 

 parties, and the price made to us was the 

 highest. Very, very funny. 



Albert Lano of Madison, Minn., calls our 

 attention to an error in Brief Xotes, .July 

 issue, page 108. We gave his address as Wis- 

 consin. He also states that the two birds 

 mentioned were not early migr.ants, but had 

 remained in the locality all winter. 



C. I. Goodale of Boston is now in VVashing- 

 ton. We understand that he has received an 

 appointment from the government. 



E. A. Preble secured a set of five eggs of the 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler this spring. Four is 

 the usual number. 



Frederic L. .Small writes that six young 

 Ruddy Ducks were secured at Provincetown, 

 Mass., Aug. 17, 1891. They were unable to 



rty- 



July O. it O., p. 98, correct to read as 

 follows: They only tell what nature has done 

 for the 'j/rd; leaving all save the clutclier, — 

 and little lie cares, — in ignorance, etc. P. B. 

 Peabody. 



Thad .Surbur, White Sulphur Springs, W. 

 Va. , writes us that he intends to again con- 

 tinue the ])ublication of the Loun. We shall 

 be glad to see it once more. 



We do not copy articles from other publica- 

 tions without giving credit. In one or two 

 cases of late we have been surprised to find 

 articles that would aj)pe.ar to have been copied 

 from our publication, but we have reason to 

 think the writers, in the excessive enthusiasm 

 of youth, have simply sent copies of their pro- 

 duction broadcast. While we are anxious to 

 receive notes and articles of interest we will 

 not publish articles from parties who send the 

 same to others. 



We have recently received word that Chester 

 H. Parkhill, a subscriber to the O. & O., lost 

 his life a year ago. He was camping out with 

 a p.aity of friends on the shore of Lake Cham- 

 plain, being on a hunting and fishing excui-- 

 sion. On the afternoon of August 21, 1890, 

 with two of his friends, he rowed to Button 

 Bay Point, which is opposite Westport, to 

 bathe in the open lake. They all jumped 

 from the boat. They soon discovered that the 

 strong wind was taking the boat from them. 

 Although they were all able swimmers they 

 were unable to overtake it, and finally tuined 

 for the shore, which was but a few rods dis- 

 tant. When lescuing boats from the camp 

 reached them it was found that young Parkhill 

 had sunk, beneath the waves. He had swum 

 strongly, and it is supposed that death was 

 caused by cramp in the throat .and stomach. 

 His bodv was recovered the following morning 

 from thirty-five feet of water, and taken to his 

 home at Cornwall, Vt. Of a bright and prom- 

 ising n.ature, he bade fair to be a leader among 

 the ornithologists in his state, and had a large 

 collection of birds .and reptiles from his 

 locality. 



Harry Austen, Halifax, N. S., was in Boston 

 during the month of August. He hopes to 

 break his record next spring. 



Harry G. White has been forced to neglect 

 some of his correspondence on account of 

 illness. 



The way that a very few of the would-be 

 dealers in eggs are cutting prices just now is 

 sure to react against the interests of the col- 

 lectors. The regular dealers will be obliged 

 to cut down the rate that they will pay in 

 order to meet such cases. 



