THE OOLOGIST'S JOURNAL. 



BRIGHT FEATHERS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. 



Mr. F. J. Jenks, has increased 

 the Rhode Island Avi- Fauna by 

 the capture of a Philadelphia 

 Vireo. 



Mr. R. D. Goss, New Sharon, 

 Pa., has a finely mounted Albino 

 Blackbird and a live Albino Blue 

 Jay, which he highly prizes. 



The American Ornithologists' 

 Union held its Ninth Congress at 

 the American Museum of Natural 

 History in New York City, on 

 November 17, 18 and 19, 1891. 



Dr. Stephen A. Forbes, of the 

 Illinois Industrial University, has 

 been engaged since 1876 in collect- 

 ing the stomachs of various birds 

 to aid him in studying carefully 

 the food of our common birds. 

 The stomachs of ten thousand 

 birds, preserved in alcohol, await 

 opportunity for study in his lab- 

 oratory. 



THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION. 



One of the leading features for 

 Ornithologists at the Worlds Co- 

 lumbian Exposition at Chicago, 

 1893, will be the exhibit of Native 

 Birds. Collections to consist of 

 not less than twenty-five varieties, 

 nor less than one pair i. e. one 

 male and one female of each va- 

 riety. For largest and best Collec- 

 tion of Native Birds, $75.00. 2nd 

 premium $50.00. 3d premium 

 $35.00. 4th premium $25.00. Cor- 



rect names, with all known syn- 

 onyms to be furnished with each 

 Collection, together with history, 

 habits, localities, where found in 

 greatest numbers, and other facts 

 and information of interest. — Col- 

 lector's Monthly. 



Commissioner Capt. G. P. Cot- 

 ton, who is now at San Pedro 

 Sula, Honduras, has secured a col- 

 lection of over 400 varieties of 

 birds, some of which are quite un- 

 known to the outside world, which 

 will be exhibited at the World's 

 Fair with other products of Hon- 

 duras, and the extraordinary col- 

 lection of butterflies and insects 

 will not be far behind. — Oologist. 



THE AMERICAN NATURALISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



If you are desirous of becoming 

 a member of the above association 

 you must have a collection of 100 

 specimens or more and pay 5 cts. 

 per month for publishing name. 

 The object of this list is to protect 

 reliable collectors from being de- 

 frauded by unscrupulous parties 

 who dare not puplish their names. 



Babbitt, James P., Taunton, Mass. 

 Guelf, George F., Brockport, N. Y. 

 Langille, J. H., Kensington, Md. 

 Noe, Fletcher M., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Oldfield, W. A., Port Sanilac, Mich. 

 Peck, Jesse B., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 Raine, Walter, Toronto, Canada. 

 Reed, Charles K., Worcester, Mass. 

 Stack, Fred. W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 Smith, William G., Loveland, Col. 

 Webb, Walter F., Geneva, N. Y. 

 Worthington,W. W., Shelter Island Heights 

 N. Y. 



