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THE MUSEUM. 



dermy work, so nicely executed, in 

 this he has placed the birds in the var- 

 ious positions to correspond with the 

 facts, to illustrate: 



The Orchard Oriole ('/. spurius) is 

 used to illustrate plumage, correalated 

 with age, the nest and eggs show nest- 

 ing habits. 



The Scarlet Tanagers {P. rubra) are 

 used to illustrate plumage correalated 

 with season, one bird about May 5th 

 in bright scarlet, another May loth, 

 part scarlet and part olive green, and 

 another Sept. ist, in bright olive 

 green. 



The Marsh Hawk {C. hiidsoiits), is 

 used to illustrate plumage, correalated 

 with sex, as well as the Hawks which 

 build a nest on the ground. The two 

 birds in this group are an original pair, 

 taken with the nests and eggs in a low 

 meadow, two miles west of Ann Arbor. 

 The male is perched on a stump, the 

 female stands by the nest. 



The Whip-poor-will {A. vociferus), 

 is to illustrate protective coloration, it 

 being very difficult to distinguish the 

 pair of birds from the old logs which 

 they are near, one is perched upon a 

 log, the other upon some leaves. The 

 nest and eggs are also shown, the ac- 

 cessories are idenical. 



The Hawks that build nests in a 

 tree are illustrated by the Red-tail 

 Hawk, birds mounted by Covert and 

 Wood. 



The Grouse group shows a pair of 

 birds, nest and eggs, in a brush pile, 

 near a stump, with sheep near by, 

 birds by Covert and Wood accessories 

 by Wood. 



The groups of King birds. Yellow 

 Warblers, Yellow-billedCuckoo, Grass- 

 hopper sparrow represent important 

 facts. 



Groups not yet completed are the 

 Loon, Green Heron, Spotted Sand- 

 piper, Carolina Rail, Ivill Deer, Plover, 

 and Ptarmigan in summer plumage. 



The Common American Crow is 

 placed in a corn field and is at his bad 

 habit in pulling the corn. Near him 



is an Albino Crow. Birds and wax 

 work by Mr. Wood. 



The Ptarmigan {L. albns) four in all, 

 in winter plumage, and mounted in 

 different positions, are used to show 

 protection, and coloration. The aces- 

 sories are very fine and represents a 

 winter scene. Artificial snow, rock 

 work, ferns, ground pine are used. 



The Para Jacana is used to show 

 the birds which run upon water lily pads 

 and other aquatic plants, and artificial 

 water rushes and water lillies in full 

 bloom make a very pretty scene. 



The Sparrow Hawks {F. Sparcrins) 

 are used to illustrate the Hawks that 

 nest in a hole in a tree. 



There are many other groups in 

 cases, some of which have been men- 

 tioned, and it will not be long before 

 the museum is built over on the group 

 plan. 



J. Foster. 



Diary of an Arctic-Horned Owl. 



Abib *I; B. C, 2348. 



Today I received the latest Museum. 

 In it was the following "ad.": 



WANTED.— Seven live and first class speci- 

 mens of each species of clean beasts and the 

 fowls of the air, ALSO a pair each of all un- 

 clean beasts. This is positively our last call. 

 All who wish to be saved must be aboard the 

 barque Ark by April 17. PROF. NOAH, A. 

 B., M. A., L. L. D., M. D., etc. 



I knew what it meant. All the pa- 

 pers have been full of Prof. Noah's 

 prophecy. Many don't believe it, but 

 I do, and I am going to be on deck. 

 Will start tomorrow. 



This diary was lately found on Mt. 

 Ararat, along with it was a copy of 

 Lattin's pink catalogue and an O. and 

 O. Manual. It dates back to the time 

 of the flood. Thus, all the modern 

 scientific researches go to substantiate 

 the Biblical account of the creation. 



Ne.-vr the Ark, Abib 10. 



Yes, here I am. Just got here this 

 morning. There is an awful crowd — 



* The Hebrew month about corresponding 

 to March. The other months used here are — 

 Jan. (May) and Adai (Feb.) 



