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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 terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



We are pleased to note that our 

 Western friends appreciate our office 

 located in their midst. Schools will 

 find they can save from \ to \ by buy- 

 ing from us at that point. We are 

 making up very complete collections 

 of minerals, shells, fossils, etc., and 

 carry a fine line of naturalist's supplies. 

 Write us when in need. 



We are indebted to Mr. Richard 

 Mausill of Rock Island, 111., for a 

 copy of his Almanac of Planetary Me- 

 teorology and Weather Forecaster's 

 Guide, being a new system of science. 

 Some of our older subscribers will here 

 find food for deep thought. The price 

 is 25cts. prepaid. 



The Ontario Archaeological Museum 

 of Toronto will please accept thanks 

 for a copy of "Notes on Primitive 

 Man in Ontario." It is a very neatly 

 gotten up pamphlet, highly illustrated 

 and cannot fail to be of great interest 

 to all archaeologists throughout North 

 America. 



A "Naturalist in Mexico" is the title 

 of a neat little book by Frank Collins 

 Baker of the Chicgo Academy of Sci- 

 ence. The tour which Mr. Baker de- 

 scribes was unkertaken by the Acad- 

 emy of Natural Science of Philadel- 

 phia, he acting as zoologist. The ex- 

 pedition was under the charge of Prof. 

 Angelo Heilprin, the object being to 

 collect data and specimens illustrating 

 the fauna, flora and geology of Yuca- 

 tan and Mexico. Mr. Baker gives 

 minute descriptions of the cities and 

 people visited as well as a general 

 idea of specimens collected. An in- 

 valuable help to anyone intending to 

 visit that country. 



Blue Mound, South Dakota. 



In the valley of the James River in 

 South Dakota about two miles north 

 of Forestburg aud rising abruptly from 

 the bed of the river is a small hill lo- 

 cally known as "Blue Mound." The 

 hill is composed almost wholly of clay, 

 and is overlaid with a stratum of sand 

 which varies in thickness from two or 

 three inches to about four feet. In- 

 termixed with the sand is a sufficient 

 amount of loam to support a scanty 

 vegetation. In slope this hill bears 

 some resemblance to a large loaf of 

 bread; and, by a survey made in 1883 

 in which the writer assisted, it was 

 ascertained that the highest point was 

 ninety-eight feet above the river. 



