THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



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Another deposit, much less in extent but of 

 far more interest mineralogic.il'.y recurs in 

 Iredell county, not. fnr from Statesville. 



These crystals are much larger and are a 

 light brown or chestnut color. But the inter- 

 est lies in the form alone as none that I have 

 seen are clear in any degree. 



They are very interesting crystalographically. 

 Both pyramids are perfect and regular but the 

 prisms instead of presenting the usual number 

 of planes show double the number. Crystals 

 of i}4 inches across the base are found here. 

 This form occurs nowhere else in the state to 

 my knowledge. 



In both the latter deposits groups containing 

 as many as 25 crystals have been found. The 

 crystals from the Iredell county locality com- 

 mand fancy prices, but the others are chea];! 

 and of much interest to the beginner. 



E. H. Harn, 

 Henry, N. C. 



TO THE MEMBERS OF THE N. O. A. 



A COIN OLD AND RARE. 



Lynn Sterns, of Baker City, has in his 

 )iossession a rare curiosity in the shajie of an 

 old gold coin. It is a $5 piece of native gold. 

 On one side in a circle are the words: 

 "Oregon Exchange Company;" on the face, 

 "130 G — 5 D;" on the reverse side, in circle, 

 the letters, "K. M. T. A. W. R. C. S;" 

 below the letters a cut of a beaver and the 

 letters, "T. O.," with date "1849." 



A HUGE PELICAN. 



James Osborn yesterday brought to this city 

 an American white pelican, measuring exactly 

 eight feet from tip to tip, which he killed on 

 Monday afternoon on Geo. B. Sturgill's farm 

 on Lower Powder. It is the first bird of this 

 species thai has been seen in this section, when 

 it was brought to the ground by a single No. 6 

 shot which winged the infrequent visitor. — The 

 Alorning Democrat, Sept. 23, Baker City, 

 Oregon. 



Owing to the fact that the majority of our 

 members have been absent from home for 

 various reasons during the summer months, it 

 was thought best to discontinue our local 

 meetings until the vacation season was over. 

 But now, after our release we must continue 

 our work with renewed energy. Now is the 

 time to embody the results of our summer 

 observations in systematically arranged notes 

 and papers, to be presented in person or by 

 mail at our monthly meetings. 



This i^lan is expedient for as soon as we can 

 demonstrate to the ornithological world that 

 we are a wide awake, hard-working associa- 

 tion of students of bird life, instead of mere 

 mercenaiy egg collectors, then can we be 

 assured of due recognition from the older and 

 more scientific societies of the East, We are 

 not as obscure and insignificant as we some- 

 times feel. We are being hofefuUy watched 

 by many of our chief ornithologists who are 

 waiting to see of what stutif we are made. An 

 extensive, untrodden field is open to us: Let 

 us do what we can to explore it. 



At our next two monthly meetings the 

 following birds will be taken up. 

 Saturday, Oct. 24th., 



Western Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis 

 pacificus). Vigors' Wren (Thryothorus 

 bewickii spilurus). Parkmann's Wren 



(Troglodytes sedon parkmannii). 

 Saturday,. Nov. 2ist, 



Lewis' Woodpecker, Melanerpes tftrquatus). 

 Redshafted Flicker (Colaptes cafei). Northwest- 

 ern Flicker (Colaptes cafer saturatior) All 

 notes for the October meeting should be sent 

 in before October 20th. 



Hoping to see you personally on the evening 

 of October 24th at my residence in Portland, 

 Or., or, if not sooner, at our annual meeting 

 in Salem. 



Wm. L. Finley. 



