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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 i)f interest on above top 

 ics. as well as notes on the vari'ms Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of varlou.s species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

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NOTES. 



Mr. Arthur Wright of Somers, N. 

 Y. writes: "On the 20th of Decem- 

 ber last while looking for some mal- 

 lard ducks I had shot in a small lake 

 north of here a mile the day before, 

 my brother shot a Cinnamon Guillemot 

 or Murre. I could find nobody who 

 had ever seen one here before. We 

 ako got a female Mallard. They are 

 very uncommon here. On the lOth 

 of March 1 took a set \ of Barred Owl's 

 eggs. They were in a nest that had 

 been occupied the year before by a 

 pairof Red tailed Hawks. In October, 

 I did not put down the day, I saw a 

 large liock of snow buntings. I shot one 

 and have his skin now. . We had no 

 cold weather up to that time and they 

 very seldom come here only in the 

 coldest winters. 



George Pitman has purchased the 

 collection of minerals and relics of the 

 late Rev. J. B. Ludwig. He estimates 

 that there are more than 15,000 speci- 

 mens in the collection which is one of 

 the finest in this part of the state. 

 Mr. Ludwig spent years in gathering 

 the specimens. Some of the gems in 

 Indian and mound builders relics are 

 very line. Mr. Pitman takes great 

 pride in his new acquistion. — A^c^c 

 Castle find.) Dcuiocj-at. 



Since the April number was mailed 

 we have moved our entire establish- 

 ment to another part of our village in- 

 to new and commodious quarters, a 

 building of our own fitted out wholly 

 for the Natural History business. We 

 are prepared to execute every want of 

 the naturalist and collector. 



May 1 0th we were treated with a 

 pleasant call from Mr. Richard Man- 

 sill of Rock Island, Ills., one of the 

 Museum subscribers from the first. 

 Mr. Mansill for the past 40 years has 

 been a close student of geology and 

 paleontology with a special leaning to- 

 wards the latter. There is hardly a 

 corner of the United States that he 

 has not explored in quest of specimens. 



Our new catalogue recently publish- 

 ed contains a very neat list of shells 

 and minerals. Write for it enclosing 

 stamp to either Albion, N, Y. or Keo- 

 kuk, Iowa which ever office is nearest 

 }-our home. 



On page 162 of .April Museum the 

 name Wm. B. Carilk should be Wm. 

 B. Caulk. 



Just before going to press we were 



