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THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



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 ou above top- 

 ics, as well as notes on the vai'ious M^lseums of tlie 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of variour. species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possibl-^ and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



Our subscribers will please note we 

 have sold our entire stock of Natural- 

 ists supplies to Messrs. Kerr & Perham 

 of Blencoe, Iowa and Sandwich, 111. 

 This enterprising firm have stores at 

 both places and are prepared to fill 

 orders for all kinds of supplies needed 

 by naturalists. Give them a trial. 



We offer our entire stock of miner- 

 als and fossils for sale at a very rea- 

 sonable figure. We intend to devote 

 our entire time to shells and must have 

 the room taken by these departments. 

 Our minerals occupy some 125 mam- 

 moth draws and we have from 8000 

 to 10000 good fossils on hand. Any 

 one interested please write us at once. 

 There is only one house in the U. S. 

 that we know of putting out good sys- 

 tematic collections of minerals, rocks 

 and fossils. Many firms handle min- 

 erals and put out collections but every 

 High School and higher University 

 want and must have a systematic col- 



lection of minerals, and with it collec- 

 tions of rocks showing the geological 

 formations, and of fossils showing the 

 life on the earth during each period. 

 Any one who would get out a good 

 collection of minerals, rocks and fos- 

 sils as above outlined to sell at about 

 $50.00 to schools could sell hundreds 

 uf them. There is no such thing on 

 the market. To be successful one 

 must have a taste for the work he en- 

 gages in and while we are a great ad- 

 mirer of all scientific material we have 

 our special choice the same as every 

 one else and have firmly decided to 

 carry a more complete stock of one 

 line rather than a less complete stock 

 in many lines. 



If you have a desire to engage in 

 the sale of minerals, rocks and fossils, 

 it would pay you to come on here and 

 see what we have 



We wish to thank our many patrons 

 for their generous purchases in fine 

 shells during the past few months. 

 They have far e.xceeded our expecta- 

 tions. Our stock is still very fine and 

 we can offer some choice specimens. 

 We are negotiating for two new col- 

 lections also have an order in for a 

 big lot of choice polished shells 

 from Europe. All polished shells 

 come from Europe where labor is 

 cheap. We are ^buying in big quan- 

 tities direct from headquarters and 

 paying no jobbers profits. We can 

 sell to you as low as any dealer in 

 America for tlic same grade of goods. 

 Of some shells there are as high as 10 

 sizes and grades. Uon't condemn 

 prices, never, where they come from a 

 reliable house until you see the speci- 

 mens. 



We have an interesting letter from 

 Mr. F. P. Drowne of Providence, R. 

 I. relative to his recent trip to the 

 Gallapogos Islands with the Rothchild 

 -expedition. We quote at some length 

 from it in another column. 



Through oversight our article in last 

 months number on the Migration of 



