THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Research in Natural Science. 



Vol. VI. 



ALBION, N. Y., MARCH 15, 1900 



No. 5 



JTIEJ^USEUM^ 



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 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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Notes. 



Mr. Willard N. Clute, of Bingham- 

 ton, editor of the Fern Bulletin and 

 other journals, is spending the spring in 

 Jamaica. 



Mr. H W. Kerr and wife, of Blen- 

 co, Iowa, visited the Museum office 

 recently. Mr. Kerr is the editor and 

 owner of the Naturalist, Farm and 

 Fanciers' Review, a spirited monthly 

 publication devoted to the interests of 

 the topics indicated in its name. 



The quarterly journal of ornithology, 

 to be edited and published by Mr. John 

 W. Daniel, Jr., of Lynchburg, Va., 

 Washington, D. C. , et. al., does not 

 seem to appear very fast. It was ap- 

 parently on the verge of appearing 



some two years ago, but Mr. Daniel 

 was called to war, and the time of 

 publication was deferred. What the 

 reason is now no one seems to know. 

 From all we can learn the journal is 

 being backed very largely by wind, and 

 is liable to be blown away before it 

 fairly gets started. Our subscribers 

 will do well to be careful. 



Our little check list of the land 

 shells of North America seems to be 

 very well received, both in this country 

 and abroad. Many flattering letters 

 have been written us by the prominent 

 collectors in this country and abroad, 

 fully a thousand copies having already 

 been ordered. It being the first time 

 such a list has ever been published in 

 this country, in a small, neat and con- 

 venient form for enclosing in letters, 

 and the fact that all species are priced 

 as accurately as was possible to judge 

 of their value relatively and collective- 

 ly, by our best authority, ic is little 

 wonder that it is thoroughly liked and 

 appreciated. Other check lists of the 

 American Strepomatidae and of the 

 Unios may follow during the year. 

 Suggestions in regard to same will be 

 very thankfully received from our pat- 

 rons. 



The time will soon arrive in our 

 northern states for the collecting of 

 our land shells, as it is already well 

 under way in the south. Collectors 

 who will give some time to this branch 

 of natural history this season, may be 

 surprised at the results obtained. Care- 

 ful attention should be given to the 

 small and very minute species. Send 

 us samples at any time for verification, 

 and if we cannot satisfy ourselves as to 

 their correct names, we will submit 



