May, 1892.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



79 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTj.^'^OOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine of 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 

 and to the 

 -INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editorial Management of 



FRANK B. WEBSTER, 

 J. PARICER NORRIS, 



Hyde Park, JNIass. 

 Philadelphia, l*a 



PUBLISHED AT THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OI'- THE 



FIIAXK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



INCORPORATED, 



Hyde Park, Mass., U. S. A. 



The O. & O. is mailed each issue to every paid suh- 

 scriher. If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



Brief Notes. 



Ou April 13, 1892, 1 took my lirst eggs of 

 the season with Mr. J. C. Wood. It was a set 

 of live eggs of tiie lled-sliouhlered Hawk from 

 a nest in an oak about fifty feet up. Tlie eggs 

 were smaller and rounder than the usual 

 tyiJBs. Of twenty sets taken this is the only 

 set of live eggs 1 ever saw. KSaw a fine male 

 Bald Eagio April 4, near the city. B. H. 

 Swales, Detroit, Mich. 



R. H. (Jarr took a Blue Jay at Brockton, 

 Mass., with mandibles crossed. He claims 

 that it is a Crossbill. 



A i3ure white Robin was shot April 11 by 

 H. O. Butterfield at Stafford Springs, Conn. 



A collector in this state writes us that one 

 of his neighbors has complained of him as a 

 nuisance because he has a collection of native 

 snakes. We advise him to pay no attention to 

 it. If it is pressed it will be a good oppor- 

 tunity to test the question, and we will head 

 the paper to pay expense. Massachusetts 

 collectors are not to be bluffed. 



Alexander Wilson. — I have just received 

 and added to my collection of Wilson material, 

 the receipt book of Alexander Wilson, which 

 he carried while publishing the American 

 Ornithologist. It contains forty-nine auto- 

 graphs and as many receiijts for the payment 

 of money for copper, printing, engraving, 

 coloring plates, etc., etc.; each receipt being a 

 historical link in his eventful career showing 

 cost of each part in his great work. 



Jos. M Wade. 



Outing for March opened with a description 

 of wild sport in Ceylon's tangled forests. 

 Under the title of "A Marauding Leopard" 

 F. Fitzroy Uixon gives an interesting account 

 of the killing of a great spotted cat whicli had 

 for long been a terror to the herds of the 

 natives. Beautiful illustrations by J. Carter 

 Beard embellish the article. The wliole num- 

 ber is an exceptionally good one, both in text 

 and illustrations. 



Ostrich eggs, artistically painted in a prize 

 competition, are to be a feature in the exhibit 

 made by Cape Colony, South Africa, 



Carl Fitz Helming captured six young 

 wolves on Easter Sunday. Wish we had been 

 with him. 



We have just received a pet skunk from 

 A. E. Kibbe. The little animal is very gentle 

 and is now making itself quite at home in our 

 show windows. Hundreds stop as they pass, 

 and many can hardly be convinced that we 

 can keep a real skunk. 



We received quite a number of snakes in 

 April: black green and striped. They sold 

 readily for pets. Those who could not make 

 up their minds to take a live one indulged in a 

 paper one. 



In the last issue of Shooting and Fishing, 

 Boston, May 12, 1892, there is a copy of a 

 photograph of the antler or Virginia Deer that 

 has seventy-one well developed points. This 

 deer was killed by cow-boys about 140 miles 

 north-west of San Antonio, Texas. It is the 

 property of E. Dosch, who describes his 

 collection .-of horns. Any person who wants 

 to see the greatest curiosity in this line should 

 send at once for a copy of the paper. 



A Ptarmigan was shot just north of Bangor, 

 Me., in April. It was sent to Messrs. Holt 

 and Morrill of that city to be mounted. M. 

 Crosby of that city had a black fox in 

 January. 



N". Vickery, who called a few days since, 

 related the circumstance of selling a Labrador 

 Duck a few years ago lor a mere song. He did 

 not know what the bird was at the time. 



E. A. Capen left Boston for Wyoming, where 

 he will remain a few weeks; quite likely he 

 will do a little egging. 



War-whoops from the Gypsy Moth exter-3 

 minators still curdle the blood of the natives 

 of Maiden. 



Will C. Colt is with them. Colt is a good 

 collector, and is now comtemplating a trip in 

 the near future to some northern locality. If 

 he goes he will be sure to render a good 

 account. 



There is bound to be a change in the price 

 of birds' eggs. Tiie cutting that has been dtme 

 lately by a few small dealers can result in but 

 one thing — a regular reduction, and the 

 collectors will be the ones who will suffer. 



