THE OOLOGIST. 



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onto. The readers of the Oologist de- 

 siring a valuable addition to their libra- 

 ry will wisely procure Mr. R.'s work, 

 or at any rate send for complete circu- 

 lar announcement. 



Amerioan Microscopical Society. 



We have before us a "special circu- 

 lar" briefly outlining the fourteenth 

 annual meeting of the above Society — 

 at Washington, on Aug 11-14. 



In conclusion this circular says: 



D "It is hoped that all members will 

 use their best endeavors to make the 

 aims and purpose of the American Mi- 

 croscopical Society known to those of 

 their friends or acquaintances who do 

 or should take an interest in microsco- 

 pical study or investigation, and to in- 

 duce them to join. The dues are so 

 small, and so much is to be gained by 

 association in such science, that we 

 should have on our role, every one in 

 the United States, who uses a micros- 

 cope . By a small effort on the part of 

 each member, a large accession of new 

 members can be obtained at the next 

 meeting. 



It is difficult for the secretary of the 

 Society to find out in our great coun- 

 try, the names of all those, so numer- 

 ous, who are interested in the micros- 

 cope, and who would be likely to be- 

 come members of the society, if its 

 character and work are made kuoAvn to 

 them. It is therefore particularly de- 

 sired, that every one who knows and is 

 favorably disposed towai'd the society, 

 will make known to the secretary, the 

 name and address of any who may be 

 induced to become members, so that 

 the secretarj - can send them the circu- 

 lars, etc., published from time to time 

 by the society, and that they may in 

 this way become acquainted with it and 

 be induced to join it. 



Blank applications for membership 

 may be obtained by addressing the sec- 

 retary Dr. W. H. Seaman, 1424 11th St., 

 Washington, D. C." 



Fremde Eier im Nest. 

 {Another Bird's Eggs in tlie Nest.) 



The above is the title of an unique 

 work recently published by Dr. Paul 

 Leverkuhn, C. M. A. O. U.,C. M. Z. S., 



etc., of Munich, and offered to Ameri-. 

 can collectors through his agent, Mr. 

 A. E.Pettit, Box 2060, New York. The 

 volume contains 212 pages bound in pa- 

 per and as the heading suggests, is 

 printed in German, price prepaid, $2. 



This work is not a money making 

 scheme and the Dr. desires to sell copies 

 only sufficient to pay actual expense of 

 publishing, and only one hundred 

 copies have been alotted American Or- 

 nithologists. We especially recommend- 

 the work to our German patrons and 

 to our many bird-loving readers who, 

 are or have been students of ■ the 

 German language. A German friend 

 kindly reviews the work for us as fol- 

 lows: 



The author, well-known in Germany 

 as an Ornithologist, discusses what is to 

 us a somewhat novel ornithological sub- 

 ject: The behavior of parent birds ag- 

 gainst eggs not deposited by themselves 

 in their nest, but introduced by other 

 birds of the same species or another 

 one, or by men. He gives a mass of de- 

 tails under each head of the four divi- 

 sions, into which he divides his theme 

 and he takes many from the Amei'ican 

 iterature, which he knows in a sur- 

 prising manner. All little journals are 

 earched and investigated. Our broth- 

 er ornithologists in Europe spent the 

 highest pride and acknowledgement to, 

 the work so to the Edinburgh News- 

 paper the "Scotsman" writes in his re- 

 view of books: 



"Mr. Paul Leverkuhn has studied the 

 matter with a care that goes to th& 

 ground of it and seems to leave nothing 

 to be done by a successor." 



Similal criticisms appeared in the 

 Ibis, Zool. Gard., Orni'th. Monthly, Na- 

 ture, Feathered World, Helios and 

 many other periodicals. We recom- 

 mend the handy volume, printed in, 

 large Cicero type on good paper to 

 all our readers. 



READ THIS. 



When suffering from Malaria or Bil- 

 ious Fever, don't wreck your general 

 health with quinine or other nauseous 

 drugs. Humphreys' Specifics Nos. Ten 

 and'Sixteen effect a speedy and perma- 

 nent cure. 



