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THE OOLOGIST 



shouldered Hawk in which the young 

 had already pipped the shell, and 

 blown them as fairly first class speci- 

 mens, by the careful use of caustic 

 potash and patience. I took a set of 

 Scarlet Tanager in which the young 

 had feathers formed and injecting 

 caustic potash and occasionally shak- 

 ing, the contents in three days became 

 transparent, and save for the feathers 

 blew out, thin, almost as water. I 

 have also saved sets of both large and 

 small eggs in first class condition by al- 

 lowing them to stand a day or two with 

 water in, in -the absence of caustic 

 potash. 



I wish I might have an expression of 

 opinion on this consideration from my 

 fellow students, not a hasty, biased or 

 prejudiced one, but the result of care- 

 ful, honest consideration from all its 

 aspects. 



:: Particularly I would like to see ex- 

 pressed the views of those students 

 whose work extends over sufficient 

 time to give them the guidance of ex- 

 perience. 



B. S. BOWDISH, 



Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 

 May 18, 1901. 



Pan-American Notes. 



On and after June 1st, as time and 

 "patients" will permit, ye Editor in- 

 tends to take an occasional day off and 

 do the Pan-American— all exhibits and 

 portions of exhibits containing anything 

 of special interest to the readers of tne 

 OoLOGiST in the specimen and curio 

 line will be carefully noted, in order 

 that the many who visit the Exposition 

 with a limited amount of time at their 

 disposal, will surely see all pertaining 

 to their favorite hobby. 



For the past five years we have spent 

 the bulk of our time in BufEalo and are 

 fairly well acquainted with the Pan- 

 American city and its accommodations. 

 We have many personal friends and 

 acquaintances, who are taking roomers 

 and boarders during the season and 

 in case any of the Oologist readers 



intend visiting the Exposition and 

 have no biding place in view, we will 

 gladly turn them over to the tender 

 mercies of a friend. Write exactly what 

 you want and how long you intend to 

 stay etc. 



The following regarding the wonder- 

 ful exhibit of the Smithonian Institution 

 and the National Museum at the Pan- 

 American Exposition, is rehashed from 

 an interview with Dr. Frederick W. 

 True, chief curator of the Bureau of 

 Biology of the Smithsonian Institution 

 and Government Commissioner of the 

 Institution to the Pan-American: 



The display is the finest ever made 

 by the Institution and the National 

 Museum, not excepting Chicago. While 

 the quantity of the exhibit at the Pan- 

 American may not exceed that of Chi- 

 cago, the quality will far excel it. 



It forms one of the largest exhibits in 

 the Government Building. Every 

 bureau of the Institution is represented, 

 but, as is naturally to be expected, the 

 National Museum makes the most ex- 

 tensive display. 



The Institution has several exhibit 

 illustrations of its history as well as 

 some showing new developments in 

 the work it also shows the will of 

 James Smithson, the founder of the es- 

 tablishment, and copips of his scientific 

 writings. Pictures of the chancellors 

 and secretaries of the Institution is 

 also shown, with views of the build- 

 ings, offices, the Hodgkins fund medals 

 and publications, and, finally, a com- 

 plete set of all the publications of the 

 Institution and all its bureaus from the 

 year 1846 to the present, comprising 

 hundreds of volumes. 



The National Zoological Park is rep- 

 resented by a large relief model show- 

 ing all the natural features of the park 

 and the animal houses, ponds, bridges 

 and other matters of interest. This 

 model has been worked out with great 

 care and will show every important de- 

 tail with exactness. The model will be 

 supplemented by many interesting pho- 

 tographs of picturesque points in the 

 park. 



The exhibit of the National Museum 

 consists almost entirely of new objects 

 not shown at any previous exposition. 

 The Pan-American idea runs through 

 the entire exhibit, and very little that 

 is not American will be shown. The 

 plan has been to select large and strik- 

 ing objects and exhibit them singly. 



