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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Manager 

 Albion, N. Y. 



Con-espoudence and Items ot 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 ot Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits 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 

 win be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



Only a few days more to renew 

 your subscription at socts. After 

 March 20 price is $1.00 to all. 



Messrs A. G. and C. L. Howes re- 

 port that they took a set of 2 fresh 

 eggs of Great Plorned Owl at Chaun- 

 cey, N. Y. , Mar, i, '97. Nest was 

 30 feet up in a hickory; new this year. 

 Early nesting this in New York. Most 

 boys have not begun to think about 

 collecting in this locality in March. 



Patronize our exchange column. If 

 you have anything to exchange, sell 

 or wish to bi»y you will find these 

 columns will usually bring you rich re- 

 turns. 



Tell your brother collectors about 

 the Museum. It's the only small nat- 

 ural history journal that comes out 

 fvoy mo7ith, Isn't this so.' Of course 

 we can't compare with the ycung 

 journals just "cutting their eye-teeth," 



but it's fair to assume that most of 

 them will begin to "double up" num- 

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 older. We guarantee you 12 numbers 

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 lar's worth. A great many have writ- 

 ten us that they save several times 

 the price of the magazine by taking 

 advantage of the special offers in 

 its columns from month to month and 

 we believe this to be true. 



Correspondence. 



Interesting letter from Mr. Amos 

 Pyfer, formerly of Nebraska, now of 

 Gallatin county, Montana. 



Feb. 5, 1897. 

 Friend Webb: 



As I promised to write you about 

 the country I will now take the oppor- 

 tunity. 



We did not go on our hunt up the 

 Gallatin river. While waiting on an- 

 other fellow the boys did not get to 

 go at all. I would not have gone as 

 from the third of January I was laid 

 up in the house for three weeks. 



We are situated here in the moun- 

 tains or rather in the foot hills, and 

 surrounded by mountains. The 

 mountains do not look as high as I 

 expected them to, but when a person 

 attempts to climb up, then it is pretty 

 ^ar to the top. They look nice cov- 

 ered with snow and patched and 

 streaked with drab and green, showing 

 where the timber grows. Some places 

 the dead timber stands thick and trees 

 lie in every direction on the ground 

 having been blown down after having 

 died. The trees were killed by fire 

 which would burn over a large scope 

 of country. Frequently large trees 

 will be seen burned to the top. The 

 mountains are generally covered with 

 fir and white pine, but balsam fir 

 grow at places, while the cedar grows 

 iiigh up on the sunny side. Along the 

 streams cotton wood, willow, cedar 

 and quaking asp are found beside 

 shrubs of different kinds. 



The creeks and rivers are perfectly 



