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 of interest on above top 

 Ics, as well as notes on the various Museums of the 

 World— views from same, disc(^veries 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 terras as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



The senior member of the firm of 

 Southwick & Critchley, Mr. James M. 

 Southvvick, retires from the business, 

 which will be carried on by Mr. Critch- 

 ley. As many of our readers know, 

 Mr. Critchley is a Taxidermist of abil- 

 ity, having had large experience with 

 all classes of work in his line. We 

 wish him success. 



Now comes an exposition to be held 

 at Montreal in May next. Some of 

 our readers may not be aware that this 

 colony of Great Britain covers more 

 area than the United States. Have 

 we any subscribers in Montreal or any 

 friend of a subscriber, who can repre- 

 sent us.' If so write full particulars. 



A new Natural History Journal will 



soon be n the field. The North American 

 Naturalist, to be published at Newark, 

 N. J. They have our best wishes. These 

 journals that survive the existing hard 

 times will have no trouble when the 

 times are better. 



One of our subscribers sends in a 

 clipping from a Connecticut paper 

 which has the startling announcement 

 that Mr. H. H. Verrill of New Haven, 

 Conn., is a thief of considerable note, 

 having stolen from the Yale Museum, 

 specimens estimated to be worth $io,- 

 000. Mr. Verrill is a son of Prof. 

 Verrill, one of the curators of the Yale 

 Museum and one of the ablest .scient- 

 ists in the world today. We were not 

 much surprised at the information, as it 

 is only two years ago that we received 

 from him some of the rare 

 Hawks, that proved to be colored by 

 hand, and such other products as .Car- 

 olina Paroquet (Kingfisher) eggs. We 

 were surprised recently to see 

 some of our exchanges running his full 

 page ads. and were sorely tempted 

 ourselves to secure some of his bar- 

 gains in Echinoderms, etc., which we 

 knew he could not substitute. Mr. 

 Verrill was a graduate of Yale and was 

 a very bright fellow, and it is unfor- 

 tunate that he has allowed himself to 

 travel in the wrong path. We also 

 beg to warn our subscribers from hav- 

 ing anything to do with one F. H. 

 Carpenter, whose home used to be at 

 East. Providence, R. I. He was prac- 

 tically a stranger to the Editor at the 

 time of publishing the first number of 

 the Museum, and we were tempted in- 

 to accepting and printing an article 

 from his pen. He succeeded in secur- 

 ing quite a lot of specimens from us, 

 which he may or may not have dis- 



