Mar. 1889.] 



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where he contracted a severe cold, and died 

 of congestion of the lungs. His body was 

 brought home and buried from the residence 

 of his father, Mr. L. A. Bowler. He was a 

 member of Conduskeag lodge, K. of P. 



Brief Notes. 



" V\) like a rocket, down like the stick." 



The Xew York Academy of Sciences requests us again 

 to call the attention of our readers to the proposed Au- 

 dubon monument. It will require about §10,000, of 

 which amount they now have only about 8900. On page 

 8, American Ornithological I'nion Bulletin, No. 2, we find 

 it stated, that under the auspices of the Forest and 

 Stream, the Audubon society had in the first ten months 

 of its existence enrolled 1.5,000 members ; considering the 

 usual spread of contagion, at the rate it started, it must 

 now number several million, and it is presumed that 

 they are mostly crowded in and about the vicinity of 

 Park Row. Xow we suggest that this multitude, whose 

 minds are of one accord, be appealed to ; let thein again 

 go through the formality of signing the document. 

 (They need not fear the promissory note trick as we are 

 assured those stories were merely a naughty guy), and 

 let it this time be a subscription to the Audubon mon- 

 ument. A very small sum from each will accomplish 

 the work. Should this suggestion be followed and the 

 result prove fatal to the organization, perhaps in con- 

 sideration of the attempt, their epitaph would be al- 

 lowed on one corner of the base. We trust that the 

 prospects of our hint being followed will not, however, 

 deter our readers from giving their individual support. 

 Remittances should be made to Dr. N. L. Britton, Col- 

 umbia College, New York City. 



(5^^ Wanted — A Sea Serpent. 



Not what a man earns, but what he saves, counts. 



Andrew Downs has just mounted a O Meadow Lark, 

 taken at Halifax Harljor, Nova Scotia, Feb. 16th. A 

 rare V)ird there. 



A taxidermist who would refuse to give a word of 

 information where it would be of assistance to another 

 of the craft is very narrow minded. 



A J Pintail Duck was killed on Lynn, Mass., marshes, 

 Feb. 21st. There were twelve in the flock. A. M. Tufts. 



Some of our best workmen (in their own estimation) 

 could profit by studying the productions of those they 

 ignore. 



We received from Messrs. Bellows & Son, Littleton, 

 N. H., a series of very fine Stereoscopic views. We un- 

 derstand that they propose to add a series with orni- 

 thological subjects to their stock. 



Great Scott ! Is that so? Birds exterminated in some 

 sections of Florida? 



In last issue we published a clipping from a daily, 

 which is going the rounds, to the effect that there are 

 only five specimens of the Labrador Duck in the coun- 

 try. Now, if we are not laboring under a false im- 

 pression, Mr. C. B. Cory has at least four in his collection 

 in this city, and we do not think that these are all to 

 which our attention has been called. 



We do not believe that there is any practical way of 

 preserving birds for the cabinet except by the use of 

 Arsenical Soap, or the dry arsenic. We perfer the 

 former on the grounds of safty to the users. 



We understand that Mr. Chapman of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New Y^ork, has gone to 

 Florida on a collecting trip. We presume that he will 

 devote some time to the study of herpetology. 



A taxidermist who recently returned from a short 

 trip is very loud in his praise of the courtesy shown to 

 him by Mr. Jenness Richardson of the same institution. 



The strength of a ridiculous law is expended in its 

 making. 



We have, awaiting publication, quite a number of 

 articles, including "Birds of Chester County," C. B. 

 Ressel; "Shore-bird Migration, 1888," J. C. Cahoon; 

 " Colorado Birds," continued, C. F. Morrison. Our 

 limited space necessarily, many times, causes consider- 

 able delay before we are able to insert long articles. 



When this number reaches our readers the collecting 

 season will have opened. Success to you. 



Harry Austen, writing of a day's trip in the vicinity 

 of Halifax, the middle of February, says, "The day was 

 perfect — I saw nine Robins, flocks and flocks of the 

 White-winged Crossbills, aLso numbers of the Pine Gros- 

 beak, Nuthatches, Creepers, Purple Finches, Chicka- 

 dees and Kinglets ; in fact the woods seemed full of 

 life." 



"I cannot do without this valuable magazine of Nat- 

 ural History" [The O. & O.]. Albert Lano. We could 

 fill the entire number with similar expressions. Help 

 us to make it more and more valuable. 



New Publications. 



A catalofjuf of Birds of Nova Scotia, by An- 

 drew Downs, Corr. M. Z. S., edited by Harry 

 Piers, president and treasurer of the Natural 

 Science Society, Xova Scotia. This is a list of 

 240 species,- nearly all of which have come 

 under the author's observation during his 

 sixty-six years of practical field work. During 

 the period of his experience, no doubt, there 

 have occurred many opportunities for making 

 valuable records. Mr. Downs states that he is 

 not a book naturalist, and under such circum- 

 stances, the rendering of the list deserves 

 great credit. While it may be complete so far 

 as his experience reaches, we are inclined to 

 believe that there are a number yet to be 

 added. The report of a Florida Gallinule by 

 Mr. H. Austen in January O. & O., is at least 

 one addition. We hope that some of the otlier 

 ornithologists in the locality will unite their 

 experience with Mr. Downs, and at a future 

 date present a revised list with full statistics. 



Correspondence. 



Editor of O. <t ().: 



Dear Sir: Perhaps it would be of interest to 

 you and the readers of the O. & O. to know 



