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in his two papers on collecting and preserving birds and their eggs, he 
gives not only good instructions to young collectors but some very ex- 
cellent advice. He says, among other good things, ‘‘In forming a collec- 
tion, the amateur should be satisfied with a pair, male and female, of 
each species; but where the plumage varies greatly with the season he 
may have specimens enough to show the variations., The professional 
ornithologist needs a large series; but such is not the case with the ama- 
teur. Thoroughly work up the birds of your locality before doing much 
exchanging . . . . After you have learned to make a skin do not prostitute 
your knowledge to the making of ‘millinery skins.” That is a depth to 
which the trae collector or taxidermist never falls.” 
‘THE HAWKEYE ORNITHOLOGIST AND O6LoGiIsT,’ of which we have 
received No. g of Vol. I (Sept., 1888), is a quarto monthly of about 12 
pages to the number, edited and published by E. B. Webster at Cresco, 
Iowa. Although mainly ornithological, it is not exclusively so. 
as its title might be taken to indicate. In the number before us Mr. W, 
T. Tegetmier has a good popular article on the anatomy of the King 
Penguin, and there are various pleasantly written articles on more or less 
well-known North American birds. Its list of contributors contains the 
names of several well-known ornithologists of the United States and 
Canada. 
‘THE CURLEW’ of which we have received a sample copy, isa small 
12mo. ornithological monthly, published by O. P. Hauger & Co., at Or- 
leans, Ind. It is said to represent ‘‘the Young Ornithologists’ Association, 
and the Wilson Ornithologicai Chapter of the Agassiz Association, and 
is edited by the officers of these associations.” The number before us 
(Vol. I, No. 3, Dec., 1889) gives the ‘Constitution’ of the Wilson Ornitho- 
logical Chapter, with a well-considered ‘Plan for Observation.” Monthly 
reports are to appear in ‘The Curlew,’ which it is proposed to soon 
‘greatly enlarge’ and otherwise improve. ‘Notes from Wise ‘County, 
Texas,’ by John A. Donald, the opening article of the number before us, 
is an interesting paper, and we cordially wish this new journal a success- 
ful career. 
Mr. GreorGE C. CANTWELL (1215 Chestnut Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.) 
is collecting data for an authentic and complete list of the birds of Min- 
nesota, and has issued an appeal for aid which we heartily second. The 
appeal is especially addressed to Minnesota ornithologists, soliciting 
their co-operation, and asking for concise lists of the birds of their respec- 
tive localities, with notes as to their relative abundance, breeding, and 
migrations, full credit for such aid being guaranteed. It is proposed to 
publish the list about the end of the present year, in the pages of our 
valued contemporary, the ‘Ornithologist and Odlogist.’ A list of the 
character proposed cannot fail to be of interest and value. 
A CALIFORNIA ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB was organized in San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., on Feb. 9, 1889, ‘*for the study and advancement of the orni- 
