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The two species of birds selected by the 
North-western Ornithological Association 
for their August work, are Vigors Wren 
and Western Winter Wren. 
We have articles on ‘‘Chinook Jargon, 
‘Humming Birds, ‘‘German Song Birds 
in Oregon, ‘‘Among the Stone Implements 
*“A Collecting Trip for Fossils, ‘‘Entom- 
Geography, ‘“‘Whatare Bacillariz, ‘‘What 
I Found on Memaloose and ‘“‘List of Birds 
of Oregon”’ that will appear shortly. 
Twenty-five copies of ‘‘Davies Taxider- 
my”’ are to b2 given away, and any one 
who will get up a clu for the O-ezon Nat- 
uralist can secure one. In anothercolumn 
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stand point of a practical taxidermist, that 
“Davies Taxidermy”’ is one of the best, 
containing as it does in the text all that is 
to be found in other works, besides much 
that is new and of practical importance to 
all that would master the art. As a work 
of art on this subject it stands with out a 
rival, containing ninety full page engray- 
ings so thoroughly illustrating the work 
that it can be easily comprehended by the 
youngest tyro. 
At Woodlawn a suburb of Portland, Ore- 
gon. The Bob-white are heard and seen 
in considerable numbers, considering the 
fact that previous t> this season none 
have been known to be there. 
Eggs with embryo well advanced may be 
safely blown by first drilling a good size hole 
in the shell, which should be reinforced by glue- 
ing over the hole, a circular piece of thin cloth 
having a hole in the centre and slit in several 
places on the outer edge, so that it will lie 
smoother. It should now be laid away for sev- 
eral days, when the embryo can, with care, be 
Lastly :inse with a weak sol- 
utlon of carbolic acid (1 to 40) and invert on 
blotting paper to dry. 
easily removed. 
