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THE MUSEUM. 



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. 



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 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

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NOTES. 



Watch for nests of the Great Horn- 

 ed Owl this month. It's cold weath- 

 er here in the North we know, but the 

 Owls won't stop for that. 



It's getting time to look over your 

 tools and supplies, and see what is 

 needed for '96. We can quote you 

 the lowest figures on anything you 

 need. Write us. 



Mr. E. G. Tabor, of Cayuga Co., 

 N. Y. , writes that Pine Grosbeaks 

 have been in his section from Jan. 31 

 to Feb. 27. A number have been 

 shot in our own vicinity between above 

 dates. 



shot in that city. He is not aware 

 that it has been found so far south be- 

 fore and wishes to hear from other 

 Ohio collectors in regard to it through 

 the columns of the Museum. 



Mr. Fred Jorgenson, of Grand Rap- 

 ids, Wis., sends a photo of a fine spec- 

 hnen of a 2-headed calf that he has 

 just finished mounting. We quote 

 from the Centralia (Wis.) Enterprise : 



"The curiosity seekers of the twin 

 cities have been all agog during the 

 past week over the wonderful two- 

 headed calf now on e.xhibition at Fred 

 Jorgenson's taxidermist's shop. The 

 calf is indeed a genuine curiosity. It 

 was born in the town of New Rome, 

 in Adams county, and was owned by 

 a farmer there. It has two distinct 

 heads, joined at the throat at an angle 

 of about ninety degrees. Each head 

 is separate and distinct in all parts 

 except the ears. In that respect there 

 seems to be a double ownership of one 

 of these organs. In other words the 

 calf has two heads, two mouths, four 

 eyes and three ears. For several days 

 after its birth it seemed to flourish like 

 a Green Bay tree, and probably would 

 yet be in the land of the living had it 

 not been for the unaccountable supei- 

 stition of its ovvner, who thought 

 that to let it live would surely bring 

 ill luck or misfortune of some kind. 

 He accordingly killed it. The hide 

 was brought to Mr. Jorgenson, who 

 had to build an artificial frame to give 

 it a natural appearance. He did a 

 very creditable job. The calf in its 

 present mounted state is the property 

 of Mr. Wm. Anderson, of Hazelhurst. 



Mr. Harbron, of Hamilton, Ohio, The ornithologists of Maine have 



writes that about the middle of No- organized into a state association and 

 vember there was an Acadian Owl the officers for '96 are Pres., Jas. C. 



