38. 



The Standard Directory. 



A. E. Southworth & Co. have 

 favored us with a copy of their 

 prospectus of the Standard Directory 

 which is to issue on January 1st, 

 1886. This book consists of 100 

 pages of heavy tinted book paper, 

 neatly bound in Japanese antique 

 cover, and will contain the names 

 of over 1000 "collectors of stamps, 

 coins, antiquities, etc., also those 

 interested in Ornithology and 

 Oology and other branches." 



Each department will be complete 

 in itself. It will certainly be one 

 of the most complete Directories 

 ever published, and no active collect- 

 or will fail to send Mr. Southworth 

 25 cts., which is the price of sub- 

 scription, for name, address, special 

 branch engaged in, and whether 

 correspondence is desired during 

 the spring of 1886. Circulars and 

 subscription blanks free on apppli- 

 cation. 



Davie's Egg Check List. 



Prof. Oliver Davie informs us that 

 he has been busily engaged revising 

 for the second edition of Davie's 

 Egg Check List, the whole of the 

 first edition being exhausted except 

 some twenty-five copies in the hands 

 of each of the prominent dealers. 

 The second edition "will be com- 

 plete, giving accurate descriptions 

 of the nests and eggs of all North 

 American birds known to breed. It 

 will also contain ten full page en- 

 gravings as fine as human skill can 

 make them, drawn by Dr. T. Jasper. 

 It will, on the whole, be the most 

 complete and authentic work on the 

 subject published, and, of course 

 the cheapest." Mr. Davie expects 

 to have his book ready for distribu- 

 tion about the first of this month, 

 after which he will issue an "Illus- 

 trated Catalogue" of Taxidermal and 

 Oological supplies. 



OUR TABLE . 



The A. A. Journal, published by 

 W- E. Skinner & Co., Lynn, Mass., 

 is one of the best Natural History 

 papers on our table. 



The Orient, "Devoted to Collect- 

 ors," is a neat exchange from Henry 

 W. Warner, 250 Lexington Ave., 

 New York City. 



The Hoosier Naturalist, publish- 

 ed at Valparaiso, Ind., is one of our 

 latest exchanges. "It is an Illustrat- 

 ed Eight Page Three-column Month- 

 ly Quarto," devoted to natural hist- 

 ory, and makes a very neat appear- 

 ance. The Publishers have our best 

 wishes. 



The chapters on the several pro- 

 minent naturalist's which are aj)pear- 

 ing each month in The Museum, are 

 of the most interesting and instruct- 

 ive nature. The illustrations are 

 excellent. 



The Western Oologist from 2806 

 Wells St., Milwaukee, Wis., is one 

 of out best exchanges. We find it 

 to be one of the most interesting 

 papers that we receive. 



We have been favored with 

 several copies of The Western 

 Plowman, edited by J. W. Warr, 

 of Moline, 111. This is a very en- 

 tertaining paper, devoted to the 

 interests of home, farm and family, 

 and well worth 50 cents per annum. 



The West-American Scientist, 

 edited by C. R. Orcutt, San Diego, 

 Cal., is a 12 page monthly magazine, 

 devoted almost exclusively to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



