THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, MoUusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. \A^ebb, Editor and Manager 

 Albion, N. Y. 



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 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

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NOTES. 



Mr. J. J. Carroll of Te.xas is on a 

 trip e.xploring some mounds in the ex- 

 treme south of Mexico. He expects 

 to find some nice things; will collect 

 in other branches of natural history. 



Numberless inquiries have been sent 

 us inquiring after "Lattin," where he 

 is, etc. The Natural Science News 

 having been sold out and the Oologist 

 having gone "where the woodbine 

 twineth" collectors are wondering 

 where the "editor" hath gone. From 

 best advices we learn he is in Buffalo, 

 N. Y. , studying medicine. Further 

 than this we have been unable to learn 

 anything more than that he is out of 

 the Natural History Business. 



Mr. E. H. Forbush has a very in- 

 teresting article on the Aixierican Crow 

 in the Bulletin for August of the Mass- 

 achusetts Board of Agriculture. It 

 treats on migration, gregarious habits, 



mating and nesting habits, digestive 

 capacity, food, protection of crops and 

 "is he a friend.'" 



Mr. P. A. Tavernier of Ontario who 

 has an article in this number an- 

 nounces the capture of a Sharp-tail 

 Grouse near Beaumaris, Muskoka Lake. 

 It was killed Oct. lo by a farmer. 

 Only one was seen. He says as far as 

 he knows it is the first taken east of 

 Sault Ste Marie, Mich. 



Have any of our readers collected 

 the eggs of the Little Brown Crane in 

 Northwest Canada.' Do you know of 

 anyone who has taken them there.' If 

 so we would consider it a personal 

 favor for their name and address. 

 There seems to be a difference of opin- 

 ion as to its breeding there. Some re- 

 liable collectors advise us of seeing and 

 taking its eggs there and yet other 

 competent authorities positively state 

 it does not breed there. One party, a 

 particular friend of ours, received a 

 set from there this year with skins and 

 as a test sent it to Washington, D. C. 

 It was returned marked as doubtless 

 the Numidian Crane. We should like 

 to get the exact breeding range of the 

 species. 



Some things have been printed of 

 late by our contemporaries that we are 

 sorry to see. Circumstantial evidence 

 should not be printed and circulated 

 against any collector, official or insti- 

 tution. It only reflects with double 

 force on its author, especially when it 

 comes to be proven as all false. 



We acknowledge receipt of Bulletin 

 No. I of the Geological and Natural 

 History Survey of the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Science, treating "The Lichen- 

 Flora of Chicago and \'icinity, " by 

 William Wirt Calkins. 



Errata: In article Tonareuna, in 

 the Museum for September, page 259, 

 second column, fourth line from the 

 bottom, for Mohawk Museum, read 

 National Museum. Also on page 260^ 

 for Siluvian, Silurian. 



