THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, MoUusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Manager 

 Albion, N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of Interest on above top- 

 ics, as well as notes on the various Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive hat)its of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

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NOTES. 



Any of our subscribers who can give 

 us the address of Mr. O. W. Mont- 

 gomery, formerly of AUentown, Pa., 

 will do us a great favor. 



The Asa Gray Bolletin will be con- 

 tinued by Mr. W. R. Kedzie of Agri- 

 cultural College, Mich. Every botan- 

 ist should send for a copy. iMention 

 The Museum. 



We very much jegret to record the 

 death of Mrs. F. A. Bailey, of Bolton- 

 ville, Wis., who was greatly interested 

 in shells. 



Some new shells reported in De- 

 cember Nautilus are Melania vatensis 

 and Neretina coccinea from the New 

 Hebrides archipelago, described by 

 Mr. C. F. Aucey; also a new American 

 unio describad by Wm. A. Marsh, 

 Unio Askewi being named after H. G. 

 Askew of Austin, Texas. 



A new and more complete list of 

 the Birds of Iowa is soon to be pub- 

 lished. Mr. David L. Savage of 

 Salem, Iowa, is chairman of the com- 

 mittee. 



One of the most interesting collec- 

 tions of Indian Relics of New York 

 State is owned by Mrs. H. M. Con- 

 verse, who is an Iroquois by adoption 

 and an honorary chief of the same 

 tribe. She has her collection at pres- 

 ent on exhibition in her parlors inNew 

 York City where all may see the fam- 

 ous Iroquois National Wampum belts. 

 Through the efforts of Mr. E. G. 

 Richmond of Conajaharic, the state 

 last winter appropriated $5,000 to 

 classify the relics of the State Museum 

 at Albany and it is being done as rap- 

 idly as possible. Mrs. Converse, as 

 well as others in the state, will gladly 

 donate their entire collections if a safe 

 place is fitted up for the same, and 

 thus build up the best collection in the 

 country of all that is left to us of the 

 once powerful "Six Nations" that for 

 centuries held full sway over the Em- 

 pire State, and were the most intelli- 

 gent and warlike of any North Ameri- 

 can tribes. 



The Scientific American of Dec. 5 

 contains a handsome picture of Crater 

 Lake, Oregon, which was described 

 by Mr. J. A. Cottle in the Museum 

 about a year ago. 



Mr. A. W. Anthony has returned 

 from his trip to Lower California 

 where he was very successful in secur- 

 many rare birds and a number of 

 new species of mollusca and marine 

 fauna. 



Any collectors in the United States 

 who are able to collect us Helix (Land 

 Snails) in quantity, please write for 

 particulars. 



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 which we hope subscribers will take 

 note of are: 



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