THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



W^alter F. Webb, Editor and Pub'r 

 Albion. N. Y. 



Corrftspondence and items of interest on above top 

 Ics, as well as notes on the varii>us Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive hahits 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. 



Mr. T. Hewitt of Monmouth, Ills. 

 writes, "A Good Mouse Trap" — Mar. 

 20, 1896 being out of feed for my cat- 

 tle I went into the field after corn fod- 

 der, that had been left in the shock all 

 winter. I noticed a kingbird perched 

 on the fence close by, and said to my 

 friend, Mr. Powell, let us watch that 

 bird and see what he is going to do, 

 as the bird seemed to be interested in 

 us. As soon as I commenced to load 

 the fodder on the wagon the bird iiew 

 high in the air. It hovered around 

 fully 50 feet over our heads, and about 

 the same time a little mouse ran from 

 under the shock. Quick as a flash the 

 bird darted down down, siezed the 

 prey in its bill and then took flight 

 [We should like to 



hear further from Mr. Hewitt, whether 

 he is sure this was the species men- 

 tioned. This is an unusual proceed- 

 ing for a Kingbird but quite the habit 

 of the white-rumped shrike. Then 

 too March 20 is pretty early for King- 

 birds to be in Illinois. — En. 



A white crow is one of the latest 

 acquisitions of Mr. Fite of Denver, 

 Ind. He secured it on Sept. 10,1894, 

 the shot disabling the point of one 

 wing. The bird is lead-colored white, 

 slightly barred in the breast. He has 

 it in a cage with a black crow, which 

 causes no end of comment. 



The enormous circulation of such a 

 magazine as the Ladies Home fourjial 

 can, in a sense be understood when it 

 is said that during the last si.x months 

 of 1895 there were printed, sold and 

 circulated over four" million copies. 

 (In exact figures 4,058,891 1. Figures 

 such as these give one some idea of 

 the influence which may be exerted by 

 even a single one of the modern maga- 

 zines. 



and was gone 



The Museum don't expect to get 

 4,000,000 circulation but we do hank- 

 er after 5,000. If we could by any 

 amount of urging or coaxing, or offer- 

 ing premiums get every subscriber to 

 to send us right off, within 48 hours 

 after they read this notice, three to 

 five names of friends, acquaintances, 

 or correspondents, that are collectors 

 or greatly interested in Natural Science 

 who in their judgment would subscribe 

 if a sample copy were sent them, and 

 possibly a letter outlining the scope of 

 a year's numbers, we have no doubt 

 that we would have pretty close to 

 5,000 paid subscribers within 60 days 

 from now. You may say, "what good 



