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vast amount of manufactured products. 



In the centre of the Grand Court are 

 the Electric Fountain and Electric Tow- 

 er, both of which lend dazzling bril- 

 liancy to the Grand Court and the 

 grounds at night. 



A number of the counties of the State 

 have ei'ected handsome buildings in 

 which to display their products, and 

 these are a source of great interest to 

 Eastern visitors. The products exhibi- 

 ted are typical of the various sections 

 from which they come. Santa Clara 

 County's prune horse and rider which 

 attracted so much attention at Chicago 

 has been reproduced and each county 

 has some piece composed of its pro- 

 ducts. Visitors will do well to not ov- 

 er look the County exhibits, and all who 

 have a taste for our delightful hobby of 

 ornithology will, as one ornithologist 

 expressed it "head straight for the Ala- 

 meda Co. Building as soon as they get 

 inside the gates." In this building in 

 an alcove just above the entrance, up- 

 stairs, will be found the exhibit which 

 was prepared by Californian Ornitholo- 

 gists, a full account of which will con- 

 stitute my next rambling letter. 



Golden West 



Accidental Death of Birds 



I notice in the Oologist an article on 

 the accidental death of birds which re- 

 calls to my mind an incident that oc- 

 curred at Metamore.Tll. in my boyhood 

 days in which five large Mallard Ducks 

 lost their lives from pure accident. It 

 was late in the Fall when a wire had 

 been run across the street perhaps 50 or 

 60 feet high on which to hang the Amer- 

 ican Flag during the day. There was 

 a tall flag pole on the square also on the 

 top of which was a large loop of wire. 

 The night was dark and the wind blew 

 fearfully during a portion of the time 

 and it was during that period of year 

 when the Ducks were flying plentifully. 

 The wire was not far from my father's 



office and when I went out in the morn- 

 ing I found four dead Ducks in the 

 road not far from the wipe with unmis- 

 takable evidences upon their bodies as 

 to the cause of their death. They had 

 flown or been blown in the darkness of 

 the night against the outstretched wire 

 and killed. On looking up at the pole 

 I saw another dead one hanging with 

 his neck and head entangled in the loop 

 of wire at the top. He had evidently 

 been killed in the same way. 

 C. Leonard Whitemire, (Rush '85) 

 Waverly, la. 



Western New York Naturalises' Association. 



The semi-annual meeting of the West- 

 ern New York Naturalists' Association 

 was held at Rochester, March 17th in 

 the rooms of the Young Men's Christ- 

 ian Association. Two seessions were 

 held. 



The first session was held for the 

 transaction of business. E. J. Botsford 

 was elected to fill the vacancy in the 

 executive board caused by the resigna- 

 tion of E. B. Peck. ' Three new mem- 

 bers were voted into the association 

 and designs were accepted for the offi- 

 cial seal and badge of the organization. 

 A petition was prepared asking the 

 Legislature to offer a bounty »for the 

 killing of English Sparrows. 



At the second session the exhibit of 

 Indian l-elics made by L. V. Case, of 

 birds eggs, by B. S. Bowdish, and of 

 eggs, shells and corals by E. H. Short 

 were examined and discussed. 



The Naturalists' Association was or- 

 ganized in September, 1892, and since 

 that time has been steadily growing. 

 The last meeting was well attended, 

 representatives being present from all 

 portions of Western New York. The 

 Ed. of the Oologist had anticipated 

 much pleasure in meeting with "the 

 boys" but unexpected business engage- 

 ments prevented. 



