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the Study of Bird Migration, I)}- Harry 

 Gordon White. A Study of Bird 

 Waves in the Dehiware Valley during 

 the Spring Migration of 1890, by Wit- 

 nier Stone. Our Present Knowledge of 

 the Neotropieal Avifauna, by Frank M. 

 Chapman. The Case of Colnjitcs mi- 

 ratus and C. cafer, by J. A. Allen. 

 Observations upon the Classitieation of 

 the United States Aecipiircs—h-AiicxX 

 upon a study of their Osteology, by R. 

 W. Shufeldt. Some Observations on 

 the Breeding of Dcndi-oicn vigorsii at 

 Raleigh. N. C, by C. S. Brimley. The 

 Trans-Aiii)alaehian Movement of Birds 

 from the Interior to the South Atlantii- 

 States, Viewed Chietly from the Stand- 

 point of Chester County, S. C, by 

 Leverett M. Loomis. A Further Re- 

 view of the Avian Fauna of Chester 

 County, S. ( '., In' Leverett M. Loomis. 

 Some P/ird Skeletons from Guadalupe 

 Island, l)y Frederic A. Lucas. Tlie 

 Present Status of the Ivory-Billed 

 Woodpecker, by E. M. Hasbrouck. 

 Some Notes Concerning the Evening 

 (Irosbeak, by Amos W. Butler. The 

 Spring Migration of the Red Phalaro])e 

 (Cryinophilits fulicarins), l)y Harry 

 Gordon White. On the Tongue of 

 Humming Birds, l)y Frederic A. Lucas. 

 Insect, Intuition au<l Intelligence, by 

 C. F. Amery. The Habits of the Amer- 

 ican Golden Plover in Massachusetts, 

 i)y (jeo. H. Mackay. Correction to 

 Revised Catalogiie of the Birds of 

 Kansas, l)y N. S. Goss. Second Occur- 

 rence of tile White-Faced Glossy Ibis 

 f Flrr/adis qiKirwiind) in Kansas, by N. 

 S. Goss. Remarks on the Primary 

 Faunal Divisions of North America, by 

 C Hart Merriam. 



At the last meeting of the A. O. U. it 

 was suggested that especial effort be 

 made to secure, for exhibition at the 

 meeting of 1890, a quantity of photo- 

 graphic material bearing on bird.s. 

 The committee appointed to take 

 ■charge of the matter went into it with 

 a good deal of energy and were quite 

 successful. 



One of the interesting and popular 

 features of the meeting was an exhibi- 

 tion of photographic slides from living 

 birds and nests taken by Henry M. 

 Spellman, of Cambridge, Mass. These 

 slides were thrown on canvas and ex- 

 plained by Mr. \Vm. Brewster, of Cam- 

 bridge. — Forest & Stream. 



EXPERT TAXIDERMY. 



Manner of Preserving Seme Deceased Zcologi- 



cal Specimens from Sells Brothers' 



Menagerie. 



Lying on the lloor at the rooms of 

 Oliver Davie, the taxidermist on North 

 High street, yesterday, was seen the 

 carcass of a huge ostrich, which died at 

 Sellsville Monday from the effects of 

 the late cold snap. 



The bird is to be made the subject of 

 Mr. Davie's skill, and will be added to 

 that gentlemen's large collection of 

 specimens. Some idea of the magni- 

 tude of such an undertaking, may be 

 gained when it is known that the os- 

 trich weighs 150 pounds and is over six 

 feet tall. The skin will first be care- 

 fully rt!moved aud subjected to a curing- 

 process, and impressions of the variovis 

 portions of the body will then Ijc taken 

 in pottei's' clay, to secure perfection in 

 form. After being thoi'oughly tanned, 

 the skin Avith its coat of feathers will be 

 mounted on a framework of wood and 

 ircjn, and the body filled out to its nat- 

 ural proportions. The entire job re- 

 quires the work of two men for the 

 greater part of two weeks. 



This is a line specimen of African os- 

 trich. It is a male with I)eautiful black 

 feathers, worth more than their weight 

 in gold when sold as plumes for ladies' 

 headgear. The females are gray. The 

 bird is four years old and has been at- 

 tached to the zoological department of 

 the show for two years. Its legs show 

 enormous strength, the kick of an os- 

 trich being as much to be dreaded as 

 that of a mule. On their native des- 

 erts, when put on the defensive, th?y 

 haV'*' been known to disembowel the 

 Arab piu'suer with one effort of the 

 enormous claw. 



All animals and birds dying during 

 the v.inicr at Sellsville are now turned 

 over to Mr. Davie, and some splendid 

 specimens are thus secured. 



A tapir that succumbed to the weath- 

 er several weeks ago,- was given to Mr. 

 Davie and has been a(lded to his stuffed 

 menagerie, which includes also two ele- 

 phants and a sea lion secured from 

 Sells Bros. 



Mr. Davie's collection is one of th 

 Jinest in the country, comprising many 

 s])ecics of North American birds, like- 

 wise those native to foreign countries, 

 besides a large number of other mem- 

 bers of the animal kingdom, including 

 in all over 1500 specimens. 



