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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



THE OREGON NATURALIST. On May 26, S. v. Wharram of Harp- 



- erstield, Ohio, found a nest of the Phoebe 



OfficialOiganNorth-Westei-n Ornithological bird containing nuie fresh eggs. Female 



. . flushed from the nest. 

 Association. 



A. B. AVERILL, 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 



One Year 25 Cents 



To Foreign Countries - - - 35 Cents 



~ Mr. E. H. Harn, having just returned 



EDITOR, from a long and laborious tour of the 



- Western counties of North Carolina, 



writes that his trip was eminently success- 

 ful in securing some very fine quartzs and 

 other minerals peculiar to the section visit- 

 ed. 



Entered at the Post Office at Portland, 

 Oregon, as second-class matter. 



Articles and items of interest on different 

 branches of natural history solicited from all. 



Address all communications to 



The Oregon Naturalist. 

 146]^ SIXTH ST. Portland, Oregon. 



October, i8q6. 



The next issue of the Oregon Naturalist 

 will contain as a continuation of "Some 

 North Carolina Minerals," "Rutilated 

 Quartz and Zircon" by Mr. Harn. 



The Oregon Naturalist has been sold to 

 John Martin of Palestine, Or., to whom 

 all matter pertaining to the paper should 

 be sent. Mr. Martin will complete all 

 advertising contracts and fulfill all 

 obligations of the paper. It is his in- 

 tention to conduct the paper on the same 

 lines as in the past, and it is hoped the 

 same liberal support and patronage will 

 be given the Oregon Naturalist under the 

 new management. 



The first number of the Osprey, a 

 monthly magazine devoted exclusively to 

 ornithology, published at Galesburg, 111. 

 and edited by Walter A. Johnson and 

 Dr. A. C. Murchison, is out. It bears 

 the stamp of good work throughout. 

 Ornithologists should not wait to see if it 

 is to be a success, but make it a su:cess 

 from the start by sending in their sub- 

 scriptions. A California Department, 

 edited by Donald A Cohen, assures 

 Western collectors that their wants will 

 not be neglected. 



September 7th the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of 

 its foundation. Tablets were erected in 

 honor of its founder, James Smithson, and 

 the regents ordered the issuance of a com- 

 memorative work to contain the achieve- 

 ments and history of this great institution. 



A collector of curios named James Hart- 

 ley, who for many years robbed Indian 

 graves on this coast, has met retribution 

 presumably at the hands of the Indians. 

 He had beeen missing for some time. 

 September 3, his body was found by a 

 timber cruiser on a small island in Dead- 

 man's lake near Mt. St. Helens. The 

 body was found in an old canoe, the feet 

 and hands bound with hazel withes, and 

 fastened to the bow and stern of a canoe 

 with a stake driven through it, just below 

 the breast bone, showing that he had been 

 put to death by torture such as was in- 

 flicted upon white men in the earlv history 

 of this countrv. 



