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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 18-N0. 10 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTp,^^OOLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 



AND TO THE 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editori^tl iM aiiagemcnt of 

 FRANK D. WEBSTER, . . . Hyde Park, Mass. 

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



rnRI.lSHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



1NC0RP0R-\TED, 



HVDE PARK, MASS. 



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

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



The next thing in order will be the Nov. 

 and Dec. " O. & O." 



sportsman. Mr. Plummer was engaged in 

 the leather business in Boston. For eight 

 years he has been a constant caller at our 

 office. During his last call he said, " One 

 of the greatest pleasures I have is the time 

 I devote to my collections." 



Being of a kind, bright and genial dispo- 

 sition, he had many friends who will mourn 

 his (lei)arture. 



GORDON PLUMMER. 



Gordon Plummer died of pneumonia at 

 his home in Brookline, Mass., on November 

 25. He was well known by the sportsmen 

 and the older naturalists in this State. 



Mr. Plummer was early in the field, send- 

 ing a collector to California in 1882. At 

 the time of his death he possessed a collec- 

 tion of skins that are remarkable for their 

 perfection of plumage and make up. He 

 also possessed a collection of mounted birds, 

 the work of nearly all the leading taxider- 

 mists of Massachusetts and New York city. 

 It was his rule, whenever he saw a specimen 

 that was superior to his, to procure it and 

 discard the inferior one. The result was 

 that his collection is the finest private one 

 that we ever saw, not large in numbers, but 

 gilt edge. During the past year he devoted 

 his leisure time to making a collection of 

 eggs and was displaying the same care in se- 

 lection. A Labrador Duck from his collection 

 was purchased in 1892 by Rothchilds. In the 

 November, 1892 "O. & O." " Muskeget Is- 

 land " fully represented his feelings as a 



Brief Notes, Correspondence and 

 Clippings. 



We are in want of the following skins for 

 a special purpose. If any of our readers 

 have them among their duplicates for ex- 

 change we would be pleased to hear from 

 them: A.O.U. Nos. 315. 293. 353> 37 ', 372, 

 373e, 373d, 374, 37Sa, 379. 379<i, 381, 382, 

 392, 417, 650, 658. 



Archie Van Leer writes that he thinks the 

 Play House of the Satin Bower Bird in the 

 Smithsonian display at Chicago was one of 

 the best things that he saw. He also says 

 that Kansas made the best display of tax- 

 idermy. 



Winter birds have been scarce thus far. 



We have just had a Coati Mondi placed 

 in our hands for sale. It is tame and is 

 quite a pet. 



Any of our readers who have Albinos that 

 they wi.sh to dispose of will please send par- 

 ticulars at once. 



Wanted, a set each of the eggs of Corn 

 Crake and Ruff. 



A subscriber asks if we can furnish a pet 

 Coon? Who has one? Another one wants 

 a stuffed Whale, to use out west to exhibit 

 next summer. 



Wanted, A i skins, Hoelboels Grebe, Short- 

 billed Gull, Am. Golden Plover; all males 

 in full plumage. .Also two females Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler. 



