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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 1S-N0.4 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTft^^OOLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE (_*F 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 



AND TO THE 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editorial Management of 

 FRANK B. WEBSTER, . . . Hyde Park, Mass. 

 J. PARKER NORRIS, . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



PUBLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



INXORPORATED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



The O. & O. IS mailed each issue to every paid subscriber. 

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



DAVIE'S NEW WORK ON TAXIDERMY. 



Mr. Davie has still further increased the 

 number of plates for his new work. He 

 now anounces that there will be 90 full- 

 page plates. We have just received proofs 

 from several of the new ones. 



Plate VI. shows the styles of artificial eyes 

 that are used, the sizes being in con- 

 formity with those manufactured by Thomas 

 HuRST. In connection he proposes to give 

 a list of sizes and colors required liy many 

 varieties of Birds and Mammals. 



Plate XVI. is from Hawks, showing the 

 methods of winding. 



Plates XL., XLL, XLII. are from speci- 

 mens mounted by the author. 



Mr. Davie is determined to co\er the 

 whole ground, and the delay in publishing 

 is due to his making the additions that were 

 not contemplated at the beginning. The 

 subscribers will be well repaid for waiting, 

 and those who do not subscribe may wake 

 up to find it too late to obtain a copy at 

 the present price at which it is offered.* 



F. J. Carpenter, Mount Kesco, Me., re- 

 ports the first Oreat lUue Heron on April 10. 



*Subscriplions received by us at $5. 



WANTED-GOOD ROADS. 



We would call the attention of our readers 

 in this State to the great importance of there 

 being a permanent Highway Commission, 

 and request you all to use your influence 

 with your representatives in the General 

 Court to secure the passage of the bill sub- 

 mitted by the Massachusetts Highway Com- 

 mission. A commission composed of men 

 from the various parts of the State would 

 command the confidence of the entire com- 

 monwealth, and this would not be possible 

 if but a single individual was aiipointed as 

 State Engineer to do the work of a com- 

 mission. 



The betterment of the highways is of im- 

 portance to ail, not only in this State but over 

 the entire country. 



Brief Notes, Correspondence and 

 Clippings. 



.4 photograph of Oliver Davie's new 

 museum before us, shows a collection of 

 birds that he has been procuring for the 

 Ohio State Exhibit. The cases have been 

 temporarily removed and the birds arranged 

 on walls and floor in an easy off-hand man- 

 ner. They are set off by some specimens 

 of Mr. Davie's work, such as heads of Buf- 

 falo, Moose, Deer, Peacock Screens, &c. 

 We hope, when Mr. Davie gets fully settled 

 down, to give our readers a description of 

 his rooms and his private collection. 



Now is the time to look out for Dermestes. 

 They are beginning operations, and the in- 

 troduction of Cryst Alba into the cabinets 

 is the proper course to take. 



Manly Hardy, Brewer, Me., writes that a 

 neighbor has a live Troupial which has killed 

 two cats that went to his cage by striking 

 them with its bill. 



Ed Van Winkle, \'an's Harbor, Mich., 

 wishes to correspond with all who have made 

 obser\ation, in the I'pper Peninsula of Mich- 

 igan, in order to make a complete list of 



