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G. K. Smith of South Bend, Ind., sends 

 us the following item taken from the 

 Sunday Register of that place: "A line 

 specimen of the cormorant family was 

 killed at Fish lake on Wednesday by W. 

 L. Casaday, and will be taxidermized by 

 Schuyler Martin. Mr. S. adds that this is 

 the first of its species that has been found 

 in that vicinity, and that a Pelican was 

 wounded and captured at South Bend 

 sometime ago." 



"We have received a box of handsome 

 Minerals from A. E. South worth & Co., of 

 Woodstock, Ills., samples of those adver- 

 tised in another column, and if these are 

 fair samples of the specimens which they 

 send out, we must say to our friends, 

 if they desire to obtain showy and desirable 

 specimens at reasonable prices, give the 

 firm at least a small trial order. 



The competition for the sixty valuable 

 presents offered by the publishers for ob- 

 taining subscribers for the Young Oologist 

 up to December 1st, has been very light ; 

 only two or three parties have sent in over 

 three subscriptions each. With this com- 

 petition there will be no postponement, and 

 all subscriptions intended to count towards 

 one of the valuable presents we offer, must 

 be sent us before January 1st. On the 

 morning of January 12th we shall forward 

 to each prize-winner the premium they 

 may win, and in February issue, a list of 

 the lucky competitors will be published. 

 Every Person who sends us one or more 

 subscriptions will doubtless receive a prize. 

 Only thirty more days. Improve your 

 time. 



Gaines is a small village of less than 

 three hundred inhabitants, and receives at 

 present only one mail per day. We are 

 four miles from a railroad station, and 

 over thirty miles from the city where we 

 transact the most of our business, and have 

 the bulk of our printing done. These 

 inconveniences cost us several hundred 

 dollars per annum in fares, valuable time, 

 etc. Our business is rapidly and steadily 



increasing, and in the future, we have con- 

 cluded to devote our energies almost ex- 

 clusively to the handling of Oological 

 Specimens and Naturalist's Supplies, both 

 Wholesale and Retail, and to the publishing 

 of the Young Oologist, we, in order to 

 close out our large stock of Curiosities and 

 Natural History Specimens, shall offer 

 them in lots from time to time, (beginning 

 with Stamps and Coins in this No.) until 

 the entire stock is sold, which will neces- 

 sarily take at least eight or nine months, 

 and as soon as our stock is reduced down 

 to .)ur specialties, we contemplate removing 

 to some town or city that will furnish us 

 with better facilities for conducting oui' 

 business. 



Librarian W. L. Scott has our thanks 

 for a copy of ' ' Transactions No. 5, of the 

 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club." This club 

 of 120 members is doing a large amount of 

 good Scientific work, and as their name 

 indicates, the summer months are devoted 

 to field work. The Transactions, a 

 pamphlet of 152 pp., is a desirable acquisi- 

 tion to any naturalists library, and gives 

 able papers and good reports on the six 

 branches of natural Science to which the 

 club is devoted, viz: Geology, Botany, 

 Conchology, Entomology, Ornithology, 

 and Zoology. We are inclined to believe 

 that Canada has more good working Field 

 Clubs than the United States. Whether 

 the Transactions can be purchased or not, 

 we were not informed. 



The Young Oologist as an Advertis- 

 ing Medium. 



A publisTier well known to Scientists 

 throughout the world adds unsolicited testi- 

 mony. 



Peabody, Mass., Nov. 21st, 1884. 

 Mr. F. H. Lattin. 



My Dear Sir: — I am greatly pleased with 

 the result of your notice of the Directory. 

 It was a good investment. As I have not 

 seen the notice, will you kindly .send me a 

 copy. 



Yours respectfully. 



S. A. Cassesto. 



