Verms ( 'scd in Ta/kiiiii to Doviesiic Anivials. 6jf 



coo' (Va.); 'sook, sook," also 'sookey' (Md.); ' sookow ' (Ala.); 

 'tlon, tloii ' (Russia); and for calliiiir horses, ' kope, kope ' (Md. 

 and Ala.); for calling sheep, ' konanny ' (Md.); for calling hogs, 

 "chee-oo-oo' (V'a.). 



The undersigned is desirous of collecting words and expressions 

 (oaths excepied) used in addressing domesticated animals in all 

 parts of the United States and in foreign lands. 



In particular he seeks inlormation as to: 



1. The terms used to start, hasten, haw, gee, back and stop 

 horses, oxen, camels and other animals in harness. 



2. Terms used for calling in the field: cattle, horses, mules, 

 asses, camels, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, and other animals. 



3. Exclamations used in dri\ing from the person, domestic 

 animals. 



4. Any expressions and inarticulate sounds used in addressing 

 domestic animals for any purpose whatever (dogs and cats). 



5. References to information in works of travel and general 

 literature will be very welcome. 



Persons willing to collect and forward the above mentioned 

 data will confer great obligations on the writer; he is already in- 

 debted to many correspondents for kind rej)lies to his appeal for 

 the Coiintiyis:-ont Rhymes of Chilaren, the results of which have 

 been published in a volume with that title. (Elliot Stock, London.) 



To indicate the value of vowels in English please use the 

 vowels-signs of Webster's Unabridged, and in cases of difficulty 

 spell phonetically. 



All corresjiondence will be gratefully received, and materials 

 used will be credited to the contributors. 



Yours truly, 



H. Cat ringtoji Bolton. 



New York Citv. University Club. 



EDITORIAL. 



We present a preliminary statement in this issue of The West 

 American Museum of Nature and Art. which will probably be an 

 incor[)orared institution by the time this reaches our readers. The 

 importance to be attached to the proposed establishment can 

 hardly be over-estimated, and we hope to receive the assistance 

 and co-operation of every scientist on the coast. The proposal 

 has tiuis far met with most unqualified approval from leading men 

 which is quite gratifving to us and we look forward to the com- 

 plete success of the undertaking, \ast as its scope surely is. 



We have to acknowledge the compliment paid us in this num- 

 ber by Dr. S. Hart Wright, the well-known botanist and con- 

 chologist, who dedicates a new Unio from Florida to the editor — 

 a courtesy which we appreciate. 



