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mounted. The bird is a cock, and is about the size of a 

 game rooster of middle weight. The feathers on the top 

 of the head are gray, encircled by a band of white. Two 

 small tufts of green feathers project back of the ears. 

 The eyes are surrounded by fine feathers of deep crim- 

 son, below which the neck feathers are green. A band 

 of white marks the junction of the neck and body. The 

 breast is a rich bronze and the wing and body feathers 

 are mottled brown, bronze and black being the prevail- 

 ing hues. The tail feathers are brown, crossed with black 

 bars, the two chief plumes being eighteen inches in 

 length. 



— o XOTES.o— 



April LOON will be out April 1st. This number will 

 have a very large circulation and will therefore pay any 

 wide-awake dealer to Imve his ad. therein. MS. should 

 be in by March 2 2d. 



The Literary Companion, Will H. Plank, Editor, Kan- 

 sas City, Kansas, Vol. 1. No. 1. Feb'y 1889 received. It 

 is a monthly review of Popular Science and Philately. 



WEBSTER, publisher of the H. 0. & O., has had plac- 

 ed at his disposal a collection of 300 species of Am. Birds' 

 Eggs, comprising 3000 specimens, and is raffling it oft*. 

 Send for full particulars without delay. 



