THE MUSEUM. 



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— rtews from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Malve articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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We extend our thanks to Mr. Wil- 

 lard N. Clute, of Binghamton, N. Y. , 

 for a copy of "Ferns and Fern Allies 

 of New England" by Raynal Dodge, 

 which he has just published. Mr. 

 Dodge says, "The Fern and Fern Al- 

 lies comprise in New England 82 spe- 

 cies. Including well marked varieties 

 the number would be one hundred. 

 Many arc peculiar to certain districts, 

 some being found on the mountains 

 and others are near the lakes." The 

 little volume contains 52 pages, neat- 

 ly bound in cloth, and we predict will 



be a valuable manual for all Fern 

 lovers. 



An "Annotated List of the Birds of 

 Winnebago & Hancock Counties, la., 

 by Rudolph M. Anderson of Forest 

 City, is a neat little booklet of 24 

 pages just published by the author. 

 The nomenclature of the A. O. U. 

 check list is followed and we note 217 

 species are recorded. Some of the 

 rarer species he has found breeding 

 and taken eggs are Whooping and 

 Sand Hill Crane, Loon, Canada 

 Goose, Wilson's Phalarope, Krider's 

 Hawk, etc. We are glad to see these 

 sectional lists of birds. They furnish 

 much valuable information in the de- 

 termining of the range of species. 



Forestry Notes. 



To THE Editor of the Museum: 



The very interesting notes on the- 

 formation of mounds by the up-rooting 

 of trees, which you have recently pub- 

 lished, recall to my mind some feat- 

 ures of the trees of Western New 

 York, that seemed to me, when I first 

 went to live in that region, worthy of 

 record. 



I observed peculiarities in the forms 

 of trees. In exposed situations trees 

 were noticably unsymmetrical, in that 

 the branches springing from the north- 

 east side of the stem were much larg- 

 er than their fellows of the south-west 

 quarter. Such trees had an appear- 

 ance as if they had received a comb- 

 ing, for every little twig, toward what- 

 soever point of the heavens budded, 

 was now turned about to look into the 

 north-east. In the woods, while the 

 lower trees were not unbalanced by 

 reason of the winds, yet high tups of 

 pines were often peculiarly modified, 

 many pointing with long arms in the 

 direction followed by the prevailing 

 wind. 



I further found that the points of 

 the compass might be easily ascertain- 

 ed simply by inspection of fallen 

 trunks. With few exceptions they 

 lay with heads toward the north-east. 



