OOLOGIST'S EXCHANGE. 



OOLOOflST'S EXCHANGE. 



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EDITORIAL. 

 — Tt is somewhat laughable to see 

 those dry, musty magazines, not even 

 issued monthly, proclaim with all the 

 impudence imaginable, that "amateur 

 publications" as they are pleased to 

 term them, " are of no use to the 

 science." The old fossils who edit that 

 literary mummy ought to retire into 

 their shells and try to mend their own 

 defects, as in this winter weather the 

 " wind might blow them away." 



— Many are following the example 

 set by this paper, of giving their read- 

 ers pictorial matter, but who, of all the 

 vast assembly, can show work that 

 reaches even half way up to ours? 



—The New England Naturalist and 

 The Loon, as per letter of Mr. Surber, 

 are now incorporated with this paper. 

 All subscriptions will be filled out by 

 us. Those who are already subscribers 

 will have their subscriptions extended. 



White Sulphur Springs. 

 Pettit Bro. & Co., Ltd. 



Gentlemen. — Under existing circum- 

 stances, and especially owing to the 

 liberal terms you name, I feel that it is 

 to best interest of all for me to act as 

 yon suggest. The Loon is hereby trans- 

 ferred to yon, without conditions. I 

 extend my thanks to all my friends for 

 their support, and trust they will con- 

 tinue to give you the same. 

 Yours truly, 



Thad Surber. 



A COLLECTOR'S SANCTUM. 



BY S. PARSONS, JR. 



Realizing how many collectors are 

 unprovided with suitable places, in 

 which to pursue their branch of this 

 delightful science successfully, I beg 

 leave to explain through these columns 

 how, Avith slight expense, a capital 

 boudoir may be provided for such. First 

 I took an outhouse that had formerly 

 been used as a work house, and with a 

 few touches to the outside it was 

 "weather-proof; then I made a stout 

 table and attached it to the wall, and 

 then made a row of drawers fixed in a 

 common packing box, in which I keep 

 my instruments, such as scalpels, scis- 

 sors, egg drills, blow pipes, etc.; then 

 in arms reach of the operating table I 

 have a home-made book case, in which 

 I stow away on one shelf marked, 

 "Oological ; papers, books, note books, 

 magazines, and everything pertaining 

 to oology; the next shelf and label — 

 Ornithological, and keep same contents 

 under that head as in No. 1. I have an 

 oil stove for use in winter, and to melt 

 glue, &c. I have drawers, boxes. &c, 

 to keep the minutiae in ; my motto is "A 

 place for everything and everything in 

 its place;" I label everything, so I 

 don't have to rum age the whole place 

 to find some trivial article. A few 

 chairs, a home-made, lounge, and other 

 articles of furniture complete the para- 

 phernalia of the sanctum. Thither I 

 repair after my days work in the office, 

 and spend my evenings. I trust this 

 may be of interest to some of my fellow 

 students. 



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