THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY 



The Collectors' Monthly. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study of 

 Ornithology, Oology and Natural History. 



CHARLES H. PRINCE 

 Editor and Publisher, Dan .elsonville, Conn. 



U. S. A. 



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The Empire State Exchange closes Vol. 1 

 with the October, No. New features will 

 be added commencing with Vol. 2. We 

 wish it success. 



Vol. 1, No. 1, of the 'A. A. Bulletin" is 

 before us in the interest of science and the 

 advancement of the Agassiz association, 

 published by the Bulletin, Publishing Co., 

 with W. A. Crooks as Editor. A good 

 begining Bro. Crooks. 



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Taxidermists to give a life like represen- 

 tation to mounted specimens should pay 

 some attention to artistic mounting. By 

 this is meant the surrouding of specimens 

 with appropriate accessories, and it is well 

 exemplified by the new work shown in the 

 natural history museum at South Kensington, 

 where for example, birds are arranged as in 

 a state of nature, feeding or flying to their 

 young, sitting on their eggs, swimming in 

 miniature pools, or preening their feathers 

 whilst perched lovingly side by side, and 

 surrounded by exquisitely modeled foliage 

 and flowers. This, with correct modeling 

 of the specimens, indicates the future of the 

 art, the hope of which lies in the better 

 education of t&xidermists as designers, artists 

 and modelers. 



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 make your collecting friends than a years 

 subscription to this paper, which will be a 

 regular reminder of you, and for your trouble 

 obtain our premium which every collector 

 should have, and no collection is complete 

 without it. 



THE SPARROW. 



A Michigan ornithologist has collected 

 enough stories about the English Sparrow 

 to make a book of 400 pages. He finds out 

 that if a single'pair and its progeny were to 

 live ten years their family would number 

 275716983698. A Sparrow family 



begins to grow April 1st, and its nest is a 

 regular incubator for six months. He cites 

 a case from which an egg was taken for forty 

 five consecutive days, these facts make it 

 look as if bounty law was rather expensive, 

 but if the Michigan law was repealled it 

 would injure the small boys chance for 

 pocket money. 



Eeed G. — 



