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Talker has seen a plaster cast of this monster egg at the 

 museum. 



The discovery of these eggs was made by a sea cap- 

 tain who stopped at a port in the southern part of Mad- 

 agascar to trade with the natives. * * * * The 

 price of the original egg offered to the museum was three 

 hundred dollars. At that rate a dozen eggs for break- 

 fast would be rather expensive eating. 



Note — The true dimensions of an egg of fiipyornis 

 maximus are the following: major axis 12* inches, minor 

 axis 9§ inches, weight avordupois 3 lbs. 11 oz. — Editor. 



—NOTES.— 



We have not rec ived enough subscribers from com- 

 petitors in the subscription contest to warrant us in a- 

 warding premiums raid we therefore intend to extend 

 the time to June 1st. Friends, exert yourselves, help 

 us enlarge the Loon. 



We learn that Messrs Menefee & Corless, San Jose, 

 Cala., intend shortly to issue a New Oologists and Or- 

 nithologists Directory. This is just what our collectors 

 ne^d. Judging by the zeal displayed in compiling it, it 

 will be the largest and best ever published. They insert 

 names free. 



