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RANDOM NOTES ON NATUBAL HISTORY 



Specialties in Museum Hardware. 



A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. 



$3.00 A YEAR. 



75c. A SINGLE NUMBER. 



PxMinhed for the American OrnithologiatK'' Union. 

 J. A. ALLEN, Editor. 

 Elliott Coces, ) 



Robert Kidgway, f AFSociate 



WiLL[AM Brewster, I Editors 



Montague Chamberlain, ; 



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The undersigned manufactures the Patent 

 Monitor Locks and Improved Brackets and 

 Eacks for adjustable shelves, and adapted to all 

 styles of Museum Cases. 



Special new and improved machinery for cut- 

 ting and polishing minerals, petrified wood, 

 etc., on hand or made to order. 



Adopted and recommended by the principal 

 museums in the United States. 



Full information given on application to 



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Plj-niouth Co. :>Ill>DL,EBOKOUGH, 3IAS.S. 



Please ruentiou this paper lu correspoudeuce. 



The Auk will present, as heretofore, timely 

 and interesting papers on the subjects to which 

 it relates, and its readers may feel sure of being 

 kept abreast of the advances in the science. 

 The Auk is primarily intended as a medium of 

 communication between ornithologists. While 

 necessarily to some degree technical, it con- 

 tains a fair proportion of matter of a popular 

 character. Its notices of recent literature cover 

 the whole field of North American Ornithology, 

 and with the departments of " General Notes " 

 and " Notes and News " render the journal in- 

 dispensable to those wishing the latest and full- 

 est intelligence of the subject. 



L. S. FOSTER, Publisher, 

 35 PINE STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 



INDIAN AND CHINESE 

 CURIOSITIES. 



IVOKY SKULL. 

 A very rare curiosity, carved by 

 the Japanese. Perfect in form, and 

 about the size of the engiaving-. 

 Each $l..oO. post-paid on receipt of 

 price. Illustrated price-list sent on receipt of 2 cent 

 stamps. 



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Oakland, California. 



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A NEW TOOL FOR TAXIDERMISTS. 



We liave finally obtained Scissors that combine good material and powerfnl lever- 

 age. Can be nsed to cut all small wires, but will be particnlaily useful for breaking 

 bones. Length seven and three-quarter inc hes. Price 81.25, prepaid, by mail. 



YY /\. J^ i xiJL/. No Cabinet should be without Ihein. Two of one 



I size just equal one of the next. They are the best pos- 



■ I sible partitions. Easily changed about, easily cleaned. 



_ -. , CIl • Jl T^ Samples by mail for five cents. 



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