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 Miiseums of ttie 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to tlie 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



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NOTES. 



Mr. G. G. Fielder of Winchester, 

 Ind. , reports the finding of a hen's 

 nest under edge of rail fence contain- 

 ing four eggs of the Quail. 



Mr. Wm. B. Crispen of Salem, N. 

 J., sends us notes on collecting this 

 season in which he records the finding 

 of several Osprey and Fish Crow sets. 

 A Heronry near his town was entirely 

 deserted as also a Bald Eagle's nest 

 on Eagle Island. The onward march 

 of civilization will soon sweep away 

 the last Herony on the North Atlantic 

 coast and the Osprey is sure to be- 

 come scarce. Speaking of Herons 

 there is a Great Blue Herony within S 

 miles of the office of the Museum, 

 which is remarkable in so thickly set- 

 tled a community as Western New 

 York. Farm houses are only a short 

 distance from the nests of the big 

 birds and while the birds are frequent- 

 Ij' shot at, the eggs and young birds 



occasionally gathered, yet they seem 

 to hold their own. 



New Ornithological and Natural 

 History magazines come to our desk 

 quite frequently of late and we do not 

 much more than review them when 

 they are conspicuous by their absence. 

 We do not wonder that they "fail in 

 getting started " for collectors have been 

 gulled considerably in the past by 

 amateurs trying to conduct natural 

 history magazines on air. It takes 

 $$, which if they fully realized it, 

 would deter them from starting. 



A score of collectors who have sent 

 in their renewals to the Museum for 

 1897-98, write "The Museum con- 

 tinues to be the only natural history 

 magazine that comes out promptly on 

 time." If your subscription is behind 

 renew at once. The price is surely 

 consistant. 



We advertised in May and June for 

 old numbers of defunct magazines. 

 Have you any of our wants.' If so 

 look them up and mail at once and we 

 will allow you all they are worth in 

 Specimens and Supplies. 



Ri-cri-ation- for June notes the ap- 

 pointment of Mr. Frederic S. W^ebster 

 as Taxidermist and Zoological Perfor- 

 ator of the Carnegie Museum at Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. Mr. Webster is well known 

 to Washingtonians, as his place of 

 business was for several years on 

 Pennsylvania Avenue. He did a great 

 amount of custom work as well as 

 making quantities of artistic fur rugs 

 for the trade. He also e.xecuted con- 

 siderable contract work for the U. S. 

 National Museum of the Smithsonian. 

 W^orkmen from his shops are at work 

 in nearly all parts of the country. 



The Fish Commission steamer Al- 

 batross has gone to Alaska. She will 

 meet Professor Jordan and his party 

 at Sitka, and transfer them to the 

 Pribilob Islands. The Albatross has 

 aboard three members of the Fish 

 Commission, who will be engaged in 



