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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, MoUusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Pub'r, 

 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 tenns as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



With this number we commence 

 Volume II, and herewith desire to ex- 

 tend thanks for the large number of 

 renewals sent in, as well as new sub- 

 scriptions. Surely The Museum is 

 appreciated. This number we give 

 over to illustrating some fine species 

 of shells. Have a number of equally 

 interesting illustrations for the De- 

 cember number. We regret the illus- 

 trations for Prof. Elrod's article came 

 too late for insertion this month. 



We call attention to the ad. of Mr. 

 Mcllhenny of Louisiana. He has a 

 fine lot of Southern eggs, and offers 

 them at very reasonble figures. He's 

 "all right" and will do as he agrees 

 every time. 



Collectors wishing to get a notice in 

 the December number must mail same 

 on receipt of this paper, to insure in- 

 sertion. We shall publish a large 

 Christmas edition, and it will probably 

 be mailed by the 5th or 7th of the 

 month, at the latest. 



On another page will be seen an ad. 

 relative to the new Western office we 

 have opened at Keokuk, Iowa. We 

 cordially invite all our patrons who live 

 nearer to this office than the home 

 office to write us at that point for any- 

 thing they need. Our stock is so large 

 and varied we cannot attempt to list 

 everything for some weeks to come, 

 but promise a large and complete illus- 

 trated catalogue in the near future, 

 rivaling anything that has heretofore 

 been issued in the Natural Science line. 



Mr. P. A. Tavernier of Guelph, 

 Ont., under date of Oct. loth writes: 

 "I beg to announce the taking of a fe- 

 male Wheatear at Beaumaris, Muskoka 

 Lake, Ont. I believe this is the first 

 record of this bird being found in On- 

 tario. I took it Sept. 25, 1894, and sent 

 it to Mr. R. Ridgway of Washington, 

 D. C, who identified it as above. The 

 bird was in company of a large flock 

 of Titlarks, and when I shot it, took it 

 to be an albino of that species. It 

 was not at all shy. The only note I 

 heard it utter was a loud -'kuck" like 

 the Crow Blackbird gives as it flies 

 over." 



Mr. E. Kroy of Hallock, Minn., 

 writes as follows:- — "I saw in a recent 

 number of The Museum, your cut of 

 Albino Muskrat from Michigan. Also 

 in the last issue of The American 

 Field is an account of an albino Red- 

 wing Starling, killed near S. Paul, 

 Minn. Now Minnesota comes again 



