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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. 



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 World— views from same, dlscoveiies relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Malte articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

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Notes. 



Bulletin No. 3 of the University of 

 Maine, Department of Natural His- 

 tory, treating on "The Birds of 

 Maine," has been kindly sent us by 

 the author, Ora \V. Ivnight, B. S. 

 Mr. Knight of the class of 1895 has 

 risen rapidly and he is main assistant 

 in the Natural History Department of 

 the University. This Bulletin of 1S4 

 pages reflects great credit on the au- 

 thor and cannot fail to be of great 

 value to the ornithologists of Maine as 

 well as throughout the country. A 

 summary of its contents will be of in- 

 terest: The number ol species given 

 in the list as positively occurring with- 

 in the state is 320. Of these some 26 

 species are included among the perma- 

 nent residents, two being introduced 

 and naturalized, viz: the Domestic 

 Pigeon and English Sparrow. The 

 summer residents number 114. The 

 species which occur chiefly or entirely 

 as migrants are 74 in number. The 



winter residents and winter visitors of 

 fairly regular occurrence include 39 

 species. The accidental or casual 

 visitants and stragglers include 65 

 species, while the remaining two spe- 

 cies formerly occurring within the lim- 

 its of Maine are now e.xtinct in that 

 state, viz: the Great Auk and Wild 

 Turkey, the latter being at one time 

 probably a permanent resident but has 

 not been seen in many years. We 

 note among the summer residents a 

 large quota of Warblers, viz: Black 

 and White, Nashville, Tennessee, Par- 

 ula, Cape May, Yellow, Black-throat- 

 ed Blue, Myrtle, Magnolia, Chestnut- 

 sided, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, 

 Pine, Yellow Palm, Mourning, 

 Maryland Yellow-throat, Wilson's, 

 Canadian, etc. The list as a whole is 

 very interesting and valuable. 



We call attention to the ad. of The 

 Osprey in another column. The edi- 

 tors of this enterprising journal are 

 doing everything in their power to give 

 ornithologists and oologists full value 

 for their money. We trust it may 

 continue to thrive for many years. 



In this connection we regret some- 

 what to report the suspension of pub- 

 lication of The Nidiologist of Alameda, 

 Calif., the May number being the last. 

 It was started in August, 1893, and 

 has been fairly regular ever since, 

 has contained many valuable notes 

 and contributions on ornithology as 

 well as illustrations. While we have 

 heard no reason assigned for suspen- 

 sion we surmise it must be from lack 

 of support, due we believe to the evi- 

 dent desire on the part of the manage- 

 ment to cater to the whims of a few 

 rather than the majority. Its attempt 

 to expose frauds won it some popular- 

 ity for a time, but after the efferes- 

 cence had passed off, it was plainly 

 seen that it had been too hasty and of 

 course it had to repent as best it could 

 at leisure. We believe in exposing 

 frauds and have done so to some ex- 

 tent in the past, but before we do so 



