JVotes. 



— The English sparrow is doomed. 

 The colored people in the South have at 

 last discovered that sparrow pot pie is a 

 dish not to be despised. 



— The courage of the Sparrow Hawk is of 

 the most reckless character, for the bird 

 will fly unhesitatingly at almost any other 

 inhabitant of air, no matter what its size 

 may be. 



— Why is the average egg collector like 

 a turtle? 



Every person sending us the correct 

 answer to the above, before April 1, will 

 receive, free of charge, an exchange notice, 

 or eggs to the amount of 35 cents. 



— It is rather remarkable that although 

 the Purple Martin will generally fly at 

 the king-bird, it will make common cause 

 with that bird against the eagle, and unite 

 in a temporary alliance until the com- 

 mon enemy is driven off. 



— The Cormorant can easily be tamed, 

 and in China is employed for the purpose 

 of catching fish. The throat is encircled 

 by a ring to prevent the swallowing of its 

 catch, but when its master's wants are 

 supplied the ring is removed and the bird 

 allowed to satisfy its own desires. 



JVow or Never. 



Collectors awake! In yonder leafless 

 wood, the owl is selecting his abode; or 

 perhaps, even now, in some hollow trunk 

 lies the complement of eggs. While you 

 are dozing around a fire, the process of 

 incubation is going on, and when, in a few 

 short weeks, you rub your eyes, and come 

 to the conclusion that spring is here, what 

 will you find? instead of snow-white eggs, 

 fuzzy young, or perchance an empty nest. 



2 he Rouse Wren. 



Wilson says, " In the month of June a 

 mower hung up his coat, under a shed, 

 near the barn; two or three days elapsed 

 before he had occasion to put it on again; 

 thrusting his arm up the sleeve he found 

 it completely filled with some rubbish, as 

 he expressed it, and on extracting the 

 whole mass, found it to be the nest of a 

 wren completely finished, and lined with 

 a large quantity of feathers. In his re- 

 treat, he was followed by the little forlorn 

 proprietors, who scolded him with great 

 vehemence, for thus ruining the whole 

 economy of their household affairs." 



Send 15 cents for a year's subscription. 



Egg Drills, Egg Drills; 



Embryo Hooks; 



Scissors; 

 Glass Eyes, and Blow Pipes; 



Taxidermist's Instruments. 

 Send stamp for Catalogue. 



FLETCHER M. NOE, 

 130 E. New York St. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Exchanges ani> Wants. 



Notice of Exchange, Wants, etc., inserted in this 

 column at the rate of 25 cents for 25 words, and 

 one half cent for each additional word. No no- 

 tices inserted for less -than 25 cts. 



To Exchange,— Stuffed birds for first-class 

 bird's eggs; also second-class bird's eggs at one- 

 third price, for any first-class sets. FRANK 

 HARRIS, La Crescent, Minn. 



I will give first class bird's egscs in exchange for 

 a powerful field glass. T. VERNON WILSON, 

 Austin, 111. 



I will give first class sets in exchange for a good 

 photographic outfit. JOHN A. LOGAN, More- 

 land, 111. 



Crows rs Sparrows. 



A flock of about 100 crows passing over 

 Cumminsville, O., were attacked the other 

 afternoon by thrice their number of Eng- 

 lish sparrows, who completely routed the 

 big birds. Several crows were disabled, 

 and one was found with both eyes pecked 

 out. — New York Sun. 



— The eggs of the Ostrich are said to 

 be a favorite food with the Egyptian Vul- 

 ture, who is unable to break their strong 

 shells with his beak, but attains his object 

 by carrying a great pebble into the air, 

 and letting it drop upon the eggs. 



—The London Field tells us of a titlark 

 pursued by a hawk flying to a party of 

 salmon fishers and passing under the seat 

 of the boat for refuge. Although perfect- 

 ly uninjured, it allowed the fishermen to 

 handle it, forgetting its dread of man 

 through fear of the hawk. 



Spider's Nests. 



I have just received a nice lot of nests of the 

 Trap-door Spider. These nests are very ingen- 

 iously made and when buried under the spreading 

 branches of some plant, in one of the flower-pots 

 of the home garden, will excite the curiosity and 

 admiration of all who behold it. 



The regular price for these nests is $1.50 but to 

 close out I am sending them post paid for only 

 50 cents each. First come, first served. 

 JOHN A. LOGAN, 

 P. O. Box 299. Moreland, 111. 



