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America," also some of his large plates and engravings 

 and portrait of himself with autograph, are now in 

 possession of Rev. W. MeCiilloch, D.D., Truro, Nova 

 Scotia. They were presented by Audubon to the late 

 Prof. McCulloch, of Dalhousie College, Halifax, who 

 became acquainted with the naturalist when the latter 

 visited Nova Scotia in 18;«. Prof. McCulloch was also 

 deejjly interested in ornitliology and presented Audu- 

 bon with several specimens from his own collection. — 

 [Tt)ronto Mail. 



"1 will aive fifty dollars to have the O. & O. cease 

 publication." This was an actual offer. iVe suggest 

 the way to keej) it out of sight wi>uld be to buy it up 

 monthly at 10 cents per copy. 



Mr. Albert Lano wishes us to inform his friends that 

 he has removed to Ma<lison, Minn. 



Mr. R. 15. Simpson, of Warren, I'a., reports a Belted 

 Kingfisher on Jan. 27th, and a Killdeer on Feb. 8th. 



From the German: Old Professor B., director of 

 the Museum of Natural History at Berlin, a very enthu- 

 siastic collector of birds' eggs, was searching for a 

 long time for a nest of a rare species of Hawk, and 

 finally discovers his quest way uj) in a high iree. In 

 his an.xiety to secure the prize he forgets his great age, 

 and despite the great size of the tree buckles his 

 climbing irons to his feet and climbs the tree with 

 great difficulty and danger ; while two boys, who have 

 followed him at a distance wondering what in heaven's 

 name the old jirofessor is running about and looking 

 for, stand, with open mouths and distended eyes, 

 watching his movements, and the following colloquy 

 ensues : 



F7-cd. Come quick, Peter. Look! Look! The pro- 

 fessor is jtuttingon his skates in the summer. 



Peter. Don't go near him, Fred ; he is mad. The old 

 fellow is climbing with his skates up yonder tree. 



Fred. My ! See ! He is taking out the Hawk's eggs ! 

 What the devil does he want them for"? 



I'eter. You sheepshead ! What will he want them 

 for? He will bake Hairkpannkake for himself. Ottilie 

 Borris. 



Notes from Lake Mills, Wis. 



-Mar. 5, one single robin seen flying north. 



tian. 26, first Shore Larks put in an appearance and 

 were common by first of Feb. 



.Ian. 28, Cedar Waxwings; common ever since. 



Mar. 4, a single Mourning Dove was captured here— 

 Something very unusual. 



Evening Grosl)eaks arrived Nov. .5, 188:), and have 

 been common ever since, have a fine old male alive in n 

 cage. 



A Flicker was seen on .Ian. 20. 



Nov. 188.1, Bohemian Waxwings, flock of five found 

 feeding on .luniper l)erries — have l)een seen on several 

 occasions since. 



Along the beach of the lake I collected Baird's Sand- 

 piper (Sept. 20, 188!)), Black-bellied Plover (Oct. 2, 1889), 

 .Sanderling (Oct. 3, 188!)). Also f(mnd both the Yellow- 

 legs and Killdeers abundant. Over the water could be 

 found Ronaiiarte's (JuUs. Common and Forster's 

 Terns and numbers of little Blai'k Tern. Also secured 

 a tine specimen of the Osjirey. White- wing. Surf 

 Duck, American (lolden-eye, White Pelican, Trumpeter 

 Swan and Double-crested Cormorants were seen at 

 various times. Red-i)reasted Rails were found (piite 

 numerous in tlie wild rice swanq)s. 



Great-blue, Green, Night and Snowy Herons were 

 also noticed during the* fall months. 



Horned and Red-bellied (irebes anrl Loons remained 

 till the lake froze up. 



Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings could be 

 found most any time in certain marshes. 



Feb. 20. Killed an Evening Grosbeak with a yellow 

 patch on the side of the head, and several others that 

 had the under m.iudible longer and the tip turned over 

 the u])per one. 



An ad. Swainson's Hawk has remained here at a cer- 

 tain place all winter and refuses to be made a specimen 



of. 



The winter has been very mild here, but on Mar. 1 a 

 heavy snowstorm set in and drove huge flocks of Shore 

 Larks, Snow Buntings, Longspurs and Redi)oll right 

 into town and along the streets, in order to find a liv- 

 ing. I threw a quantity of bird seed out the liack 

 door of the house and soon hail an army of Redpolls 

 around. 



On the latter jiart of Feb. made a call on Chas. F. 

 Carr of Madison, and enjoyed a •' bird talk" with him. 



Will begin work on the " List of birds of Minnesota" 

 in a day or so. 



Here is a fish story to mate Mr. Harrison's deer story. 

 " A young man from this place went fishing in the 

 lake and all he caught was a small 'chub' about two 

 inches long. Disgusted he was about to throw the 

 thing away, wli?n ha thought he might as well get even 

 with the fi -h in some way, so he tied a whistle to his 

 tail and let him go. Next year he went fishing again 

 and caught the same identical fish. The fish was the 

 same size, but the whistle had grown into a fog-horn." 



(i. G. Cantwell. 



New Publications. 



New Work on Taxidermy. 



By the kindness of the author, Mr. Oliver 

 Davie, of Columhus, Ohio, we have had the 

 pleasure of examinino- tlie orioinal plates of 

 this foithcojniuf;' work. 



;Six years ago, Mr. Davie, feeling- that there 

 was a need and a desire of a more complete 

 work on the art, conceived this book, and at 

 that time commenced his labors, which have 

 now culminated in a most brilliant success. 



The text was written by Mr. Davie, and the 

 illustrations have been drawn by Dr. Theodore 

 .Jasper, well known to everyone worthy to be 

 called a natuialist. 



It was the original intention to produce this 

 work in 12 monthly parts, at .-fiLUO each, but 

 the plan of protluction hns been changed and 

 it will be issued as an edition (It^ lii.re, royal 

 octavo, tastefully bound in cloth, with 

 uncut edges and gilt top, at .$.5.00 per copy, 

 provided that 500 bona fide subscribers can be 

 secured. Alxuit 100 of this number have been 

 secured. There are fifty full page plates with 

 several hundred figures representing every 

 style in the skinning and mounting of birds, 



