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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



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Walter F. Webb, Editor and Manager 

 Albion, N. Y. 



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NOTES. 



With this number we conclude Vol- 

 ume III of the Museum. We wish 

 first to thank our many subscribers for 

 their continued support and aid, which 

 has at all times been freely given, and 

 has in a large measure helped to make 

 the Museum attain the success it has. 

 We assure you it is fully appreciated. 

 With the November number the be- 

 ginning of Vol. IV, we shall add some 

 new features, one especially which we 

 hope will meet with your approval. 

 Watch for it. We shall also begin 

 with the next number a description of 

 the mammals of North America and 

 hope to present many illustrations of 

 species that are not at all common in 

 collections. We invite notes from col- 

 lectors of mammals, especially small 

 mammals, from all parts of the coun- 

 try. All such will be duly credited in 

 the Museum, and to those who will 

 materially aid us in this work we will 

 remunerate more liberally than 



"thanks." \Ye shall present some 

 good Conchological notes with illustra- 

 tions of species throughout 1898 and a 

 number of our Archaeological friends 

 have promised material of unusual in- 

 terest. Our next number will des- 

 cribe an immense mound in South 

 Texas, from the pen of a collector liv- 

 ing at that point. We invite our or- 

 nithological friends to send us notes 

 from their 1897 collecting. It is sure 

 to help you more than us, for the Mus- 

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 Our Index for \'ol. Ill will appear in 

 the next number. 



Nesting Habits of Krider's Hawk 



HY R. M ANDERSON. 



The Krider's Hawk {Buteo borcalis 

 kriderii) is a geographical variety of 

 the Red-tailed Hawk and is the light- 

 est in color of the five sub-divisions of 

 that species known to inhabit North 

 America, occurring in the region from 

 the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi 

 River, though very seldom found east 

 of the Mississippi. This species is 

 described in Ridgway's Manual of 

 North American Birds as "lighter col- 

 ored than the Red-tail, with much 

 white on upper parts, tail pale rufous 

 (usually without the dusky sub-termin- 

 al bar), the lower parts entirely pure 

 white or pale buffy only on thighs, etc., 

 with little if any spotting on belly. 

 Eggs 2.31 X 1.80. Habitation, Great 

 Plains, Minnesota to Texas; east ir- 

 regularly or casually to Iowa and North- 

 ern Illinois." 



The first record of this species on 

 the Atlantic coast was a specimen 

 taken by W. W. Worthington at Su- 

 pelo Island, Ga., February i6, 1888, 

 identified by Wm. Brewster, (Auk, 

 January, '89). In Southern Minne- 



