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abundant. * 



60. Sialia sialis; B]nehiTd. Only one 

 seen and that at Cotuit. 



61. Passer domesticus; Eoglifh Spar- 

 row. Common resident, thoujih it is 

 not yet present in large enough num- 

 bers to seriously disturb the other bird?. 



Thus we have a list of over sixty 

 birds observed in two weeks. There is 

 certainly no dearth of birds at Wood's 

 Hole and surrounding country, and as 

 they are but little disturbed in their 

 haunts by man it is to be hoped and 

 confidently expected that they will in- 

 crease . 



*Probably the most interesting thing 

 observed about the Robins at Wood's 

 Hole was their particular liking for the 

 fruit of the white mulb'-rry. One of 

 these trees stood about thirty feet from 

 the door of our cabin and from early 

 morcing till dusk a steady stream of 

 new arrivals took the place of those de- 

 parting with satiated appetites, and at 

 any time of the dav at least a dozen 

 Robins could be counted in the tree. 



Not only did the Robins find this fruit 

 very pleasing to their pa' ate, but the 

 Vireos and Catbirds and Warblers also 

 were noticed in large mumiiers, so that 

 we came to call this particular tree "the 

 bird trap." The following is a com- 

 plete list of the birds seen feeding in 

 this tree: 



Merula migratoria. 



Vireo olivacseus. 



Mniotilta varia. 



A.mpellis cedreorum. 



Colaptes aurtas. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis. 



Qaiscalus quiscula. 



Spizella socialis. 



Icterus galbula. 



Trochillus colubruis. 



Seiurus auricapillus. 



Dendroica virens. 



St. Louis Exposition. 



An advance copy of the Classification 

 Book for the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 

 position at St. Louis in 1903 has been 

 received. Fifty-three pages are re- 

 quired for a mere enumeration of the 

 groups and classes of exhibits. The 

 exhibits of the entire exposition are di- 

 vided into fifteen departments as fol- 

 lows: Education, eight groups; art, 

 six groups; liberal arts, thirteen groups ^ 

 manufactures, thirty-four groups;, 

 transportation, fix groups; agriculture, 

 twenty-seven groups; horticulture, sev- 

 en groups; forestry, th^ee groups; min- 

 ing and metallurgy, five groups; fish 

 and game, five groups. [ Three of the 

 classps under one of the groups of this 

 department will be of special interest 

 to readers of the Oologist, viz; 



Group 121.— Products of hunting. 



Class 733, Collections of wild ani- 

 mals; me'^ageries. 



Class 724, Original drawings of land 

 and amphibious animals and birds. 

 Collection of birds and eggs. 



Class 745, Skins and furs in the 

 rough. Skins prepared for the furrier. 

 Taxidermists work, undressed feathers 

 and bird skins ] 



Anthropology, four groups; social 

 economy, thirteen groups; physical 

 culture, three groups The total shows 

 144 groups and 807 classes, and under 

 each class is a possibility for a multi- 

 tude of exhibits. Nothing reflects 

 more clearly in so small a space the va- 

 riety of human occupations or more 

 comprehensively the broad scope of the 

 great exposition which the people of 

 St. Louis are preparing for next year. 

 A place is provided for every conceiv- 

 able product worthy of exhibition, and 

 all nations of the wo Id have been in- 

 vited to take part. Acceptances have 

 been received from many. The work 

 of construction is progressing earnest- 

 ly. The buildings will have an aggre- 

 gate floor space of 200 acres and the 

 grounds a total area of 1000 acres. The 

 monev now available aggregates $15,- 

 OOO.OiiO besides 81 000,000 appropriated 

 by the State of Missouri and various 

 liberal sums from other states. The 

 Classification and the Rules and Regu- 

 lations of the Exposition will be mailed 

 free on application to the Director of 

 Exhibits, World's Fair, St. Louis. 



