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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodemiata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Pab'r 

 Albion. N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of interest on above top 

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 handling and keeping of Natural History material. 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

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Malse articles as btief as possible and as free from 

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NOTES 



We are in receipt of a neat little 

 pamphlet entitled "Birds of Franklin 

 Co., Iowa, " from the pen of Frank 

 H. Shoemaker of Hampton. 151 

 species are recorded. 



Mr. H. Chamberlain of Canton, 

 Ohio, under date of June 24th. writes: 

 "I noticed in the May number of the 

 Museum an article on Hair Worms. 

 I have given some attention to them 

 and can it be that I am altogether 

 mistaken.' I have supposed they were 

 in some way, either an offspring or 

 parasite of the cricket as I have seen 

 them emerging from the cricket at dif- 

 ferent lengths varying from an inch to 

 ten or twelve inches, in pools of water 

 and on the grasses about them. As 



you know the cricket i.s a very much 

 better swimmer than the grasshopper 

 and quite fond of being ntar the wat- 

 er. May I not be right in my theory 

 that it is a parasite of the cricket.'" 



We shall be pleased to hear from 

 some of our subscribers as to their 

 views on the subject. 



We call the attention of our readers 

 to the large advertisement of Mr. 

 Robert I^urnham in this issue. Mr. li. 

 carries a very tine line of gems and 

 minerals, especially in opals. We 

 have seen some nf his fine Australian 

 and Hungarian opals and they would 

 be hard to beat at the low prices 

 charged. Write him at once, men- 

 tioning the MusKUM. 



Mr. Tappans article in this issue on 

 the Netsuke will doubtless interest 

 many. A great nutnber of our sub- 

 scribers that we are personally ac- 

 quainted with have had the advantage 

 of foreign and home travel and could 

 give us very interesting notes. Put 

 your thoughts r)n paper and sei il them 

 to ve editor of The Museum. 



"Geol g}' and Micrcscop}" is the 

 title 1 f a valuable work bv Richard 

 Mansill, author of various works jier- 

 taining to ge ilogy and astronomy. It 

 is richly illustrated with several hund- 

 red fine cuts of fossils just the kinds 

 one would be apt to get and not know 

 the names of. The illustrations are 

 arranged to show the remains found 

 in every group and formation, and at 

 a glance show in unmistakable evi- 

 dence the gradual development of 

 creation. Part 1 of the work is de- 

 voted to Astronomy; Part 2 to Geolo- 



