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 Pub'r, 

 Albion. N. Y. 



Correspondence and items iif interest ou above top- 

 ics, as well as notes on the various Museums of ttie 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to tlie 

 handling; and keeping of Natural Histor,Y material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjecl>s will allow. AH letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



The Museum wishes its many 

 friends and subscribers a Merry Christ- 

 mas and Happy New Year. 



We are pleased to note that our 

 western patrons are quick to recognize 

 the value that our western office is 

 going to be to them. A saving of 

 time and in many cases a great saving 

 of actual cost of specimens and trans- 

 portation. Already our manager 

 writes he has doubled the daily mail 

 anticipated. Remember we have the 

 finest stock of minerals and shells in 

 the west on sale, also a very complete 

 line of Naturalists Supplies, Curios, 

 Corals, Fossils, &c. , iS;c. 



ty souvenir from the Tacoma Academy 

 of Science through the courtesy of Mr. 

 M. S. Hill, the Recording Secretary. 

 Hon. Frank Allyn is President, and 

 Mr. A. N. t'itch is Treasurer. They 

 have established d museum and library 

 which are constantly receiving valuable 

 accessions. 



Mr. Ixobert Moore of Genoa Junc- 

 tian, Wis. writes: "I saw in the last 

 number of The Museum an account of 

 an albino pocket gopher found in Min- 

 nesota. I want to add to the list of 

 albinos, that I mounted a fine speci- 

 men of albino striped gopher in Wis- 

 consin. This gopher was all white 

 excepc a very faint sign of stripes on 

 the head and neck. The gentleman 

 that I mounted it for found his cat 

 playing with it." 



One of our Iowa subscribers sends 

 the following clipping: "While hunt- 

 ing rabbits yesterday a citizen of Mas- 

 on City named C. Gaines discovered a 

 mound of the Indians' or mound build- 

 ers' construction a short distance east 

 of Eldora, near the Iowa river. Upon 

 digging into the pile of earth he found 

 a large number of flint knives, axes 

 and pottery. There are several such 

 mounds in the same locality, and furth- 

 er examination will be made. A great 

 deal of interest is created through this 

 discovery, and many curions are ex- 

 pected to be found." 



We beg to acknowledge a very pret- 



Judging from the flaming advertise- 

 ment of "A Christvias Present'' in 

 one of our exchanges it would seem 

 that our brother takes the great horde 

 of Collectors and Naturalists as either 

 blind, or ignorant. We would feel 



