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birds and mammals. We hope that he may 

 have a hearty response. 



R. M. Barnes, Lacon, Illinois, has recently 

 added 1600 eggs, collected by George Noble 

 of Savannah, Ga., to his private collection. 



With the opening of the spring collecting 

 birds' eggs will take a tumble in price. We 

 fear that the day is coming when the collec- 

 tors will not get enough to pay for their salt. 



J. T. Park, Warner, Tenn., asks if any 

 reader can inform him if there is an instance 

 on record where the eggs of the Cowbird 

 have been found south of 35° or 36° in the 

 Mississippi Valley ; or any of the nesting of 

 the American Robin south of 35°. 



Carl Fritz-Henning received a Golden 

 Eagle from Carroll, la., measuring 7 feet 

 and weighing 1214 pounds. 



Also a Bald Eagle from IMontana, meas- 

 uring 7 feet and weighing a little over 10 

 pounds. 



It seems that the authorities at Central 

 Park, New York, have been drifting into the 

 practice of naming the Gorillas, Baboons and 

 Hippopotamus after prominent members of 

 Tammany. Since the November election 

 there has been a grand kick, and now there 

 will be no more Muldoons in the monkeys' 

 cage. 



The latest article of interest to collectors 

 is our new collecting tube, with extractor. 

 It is nicely made, strong and durable. Their 

 shooting qualities have been well tested. 

 One charge of powder such as is used for a 

 i2-gauge shell is sufficient for 6 charges for 

 the tube. They shoot strong and close, and 

 do not tear the specimen to pieces. It is 

 an article that every collector who sees it 

 will want. 



We have before us a photograph of a group 

 of Flamingo, 7 in number, mounted by W. 

 E. Balch, which we pronounce the finest 

 piece of work, with Flamingo for the sub- 

 ject, that we have seen. We would call the 

 attention of all to the fact that the hen l.)ird 



does not sit straddling the nest stiff- legged, 

 as held to by quite a number, and in which 

 we confess we never took much stock. In 

 preparing the mounting Mr. Balch went so 

 far as to obtain samples of the mud, clay, 

 nest material and grass from the locality in 

 which the birds were taken. This group is 

 now the centre of attraction at the Fairbanks 

 Museum. 



Charles I. Goodale, the well-known Boston 

 taxidermist, died at Somer\ille on April 12. 

 Coming to this country in the pioneer days 

 of taxidermy, he associated himself with 

 John Wallace, of New York. From there 

 he came to Massachusetts, and entered the 

 employ of Mr. Vickary, who established him 

 in Boston, where he became the leading tax- 

 idermist for several years, and his little shop 

 on Sudbury Street was the rendezvous of the 

 sporting fraternity. His work was character- 

 istic of the style that was considered remark- 

 able a few years since, and would be criti- 

 cised as not being kept up with the improve- 

 ment that has been made in the art of late. 

 Few could cope with him in the amount of 

 work that he could turn out, nor could any 

 one say that he did not do all in his power 

 to please his host of friends and patrons. 



To the Horned Lark. 



When February yields. 



From lanes and farrowed fields, 



Her billowy drifts of January snow, 



And softening south winds blow ; 



The Lark, with clear, exhilarating notes, — 



As, high in air, she sings, and singing floats 



On poised and fitful wings, — 



Her springtime message brings. 



In stubble fields, at rest. 



She builds her snow-girt nest, 



And, silent, broods her eggs, while March winds 



blow. 

 Yet milder, softer grow. 

 Then feeds her young, frail, clamorous, hungry 



things, 

 Qiiaint emblems of the fruitage simimer brings 

 When showers of April rain 

 Have kissed the growing grain. 



/'. B. Piiilwdy. 



Owatonna, Minn. 



