March, 1893.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



47 



Brief Notes, Correspondence and 

 Clippings. 



The British Guiana government will make 

 quite an exhibit at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion. U7f// a hcalthv climate, \i properly 

 opened up this country will reveal surprising 

 sources of wealth. A few years since, gold 

 was discovered, and now a large column at 

 the exhibition will show the bulk that has 

 already been mined. 



Sugar raising is another important industry. 

 J. J. Quelch, Esq., the commissioner, will 

 spare no pains to show our people what is 

 south of them. The country teems with 

 animal life. Mr. Quelch, who is a sportsman 

 and a naturalist, is curator of the govern- 

 ment museum. Through his persistent per- 

 sonal effort he has secured a collection of 

 the mammals, and brought them for the ex- 

 hibit. 



Collecting in that country is a very dif- 

 ferent matter from doing it in our climate. 

 It is with difiiculty that the specimens are 

 secured, and harder still to cure them. 

 Good collectors are not as plenty there as 

 in our country, and the natives have to be 

 brought into the ser\dce. The character and 

 style or form of the animals are so different 

 from what we see that it excites curiosity at 

 once. There will be over a hundred speci- 

 mens, consisting of Tapir, Jaguar, Ocelots, 

 Ant Bear, Ant Eaters, Manatee, Otters, Alli- 

 gators, Coon, Fox, Deer, Possoms, Arma- 

 dilla, Squirrels, Monkeys, Sloths, etc. Mr. 

 Quelch has also brought many of the rarest 

 and brightest bird skins of the country, and 

 we would advise our readers, when visiting 

 the exposition, to call on him. 



The Pine Grosbeaks have been very num- 

 erous at .Vndover this winter. Every time 

 that I go out I meet with one or more flocks 

 of from 5 to 20 feeding in the ash, pine and 

 apple trees. The seeds of the ash are their 

 principal food, but they also feed on the 

 apples that remain frozen on the trees. 



November 30 I first saw them, but there 



had been one or two others shot a few days 

 before. 



I have shot 13 specimens, 4 of which were 

 males and only one in the red plumage. 

 There had been 8 or 10 others in the red 

 plumage shot here. I hope that other col- 

 lectors are having as good success. 



E. Woodi-iiff. 



Elkhart, Ind., January 16, 1893. 

 Editor Ornithologist atid Oologist: 



In looking over some recent numbers I no- 

 tice in the September number, 1892, Mr. 

 Brotherton's article on the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak in Oakland Co., Mich., and asking 

 for information as to what other parts of that 

 State this bird is found in. 



Perhaps my notes are somewhat late, but 

 may be of some use. 



During the first week in June, 1892, I 

 went with a party of campers from this place 

 to Benton Harbor, Mich., floating down the 

 St. Joseph River, collecting and observing 

 the birds as we went. 



We found Rose-breasted Grosbeaks com- 

 mon during the entire trip, especially so in 

 the central part of Berrien County, from Niles 

 to a point a few miles north of Berrien 

 Springs. Took a set of two half- incubated 

 eggs near Berrien Springs, and saw several 

 other nests. 



The birds seemed to be fully as common 

 here as they are fifty miles farther south in 

 Indiana. 



Herbert IV. McBride. 



On December 22, 1892, I saw a Baltimore 

 Oriole on our grape arbor, pecking at some 

 frozen grapes. It was in good plumage. It 

 was a keen, sharp morning, with snow squalls 

 in the afternoon. I approached cjuite near 

 to the bird. .Although I have kept a sharp 

 lookout, I have not seen it since. 



Charles H. Neff. 



Portland, Conn. 



The communication in February issue, 

 "A World's Fair Suggestion," was from 

 Albert Lano. 



