THE MUSEUM 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Research in Natural Science. 



Vol. IV. 



ALBION, N. Y., NOVEMBER 15, 1899 



No. 1 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, 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 Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 te chnical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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Notes- 

 Just five years have passed away 

 since we sent out the first number of 

 the Museum. How time flies. It 

 seems but yesterday that No. i was 

 published and mailed and last month 

 we sent out No. 60. We take this 

 opportunity to thank our many pat- 

 rons who have staid with us from the 

 first and the many who have joined 

 the ranks since. 



We are well aware that the Muse- 

 um does not amount to much as com- 

 pared with the big monthlies that give 

 a volume of reading matter each 

 month for 10c. or less by the year, 

 but on the other hand, if you want to 

 exchange with other collectors in some 



favorite line, or have something you 

 wish to dispose of, or have noted 

 some particularly interesting thing in 

 your "walks and talks with Nature," 

 there is no easier way to bring it be- 

 fore the collector public of this coun- 

 try than through the Museum. 



The price, 50 cents; seems a large 

 one when compared with the journals 

 furnished in other lines for this same 

 figure, but with them you pay the 

 price for a simple 12 numbers, while 

 with us, if you are actively collecting 

 and have duplicates to exchange, or 

 if you are anxious to purchase speci- 

 mens in any particular line, by avail- 

 ing yourself of the exchange coupons 

 which we mail you free with each sub- 

 scription you are able to dispose of all 

 of your surplus material. Practically 

 anything can be exchanged or sold 

 through the Museum. It has surpris- 

 ed me, time and again, to see how 

 collectors have written in and told me 

 of the success they have attained from 

 a small notice. 25 to 50 letters are a 

 common result, still some have sent 

 notices that have brought no results 

 and they were dissatisfied. The sim- 

 ple fact is they were offering some- 

 thing they did not want themselves 

 and that no one else wanted. 



This leads me to another line of 

 thought, viz: A specimen or a lot of 

 specimens that would not be available 

 for your own cabinet is not likely to 

 be available or satisfactory with oth- 

 ers. Some collectors I have met 

 seem to think that the specimens that 

 are too poor for their own cabinet are 

 fit only to exchange off to some other 

 collector. I call this practically dis- 

 honest dealing, for it invariably causes 

 dissatisfaction. On the other hand, 

 I have correspondents who only send 



