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THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY 



green, and often show what seems to be 

 a mixture of coloring matter, the blue 

 being in streaks and at other times there 

 are rough spots on the shell. Altogeth- 

 er it is not of so pure a blue as the rob- 

 in's, aud it also lacks the polish of the 

 eggs of the latter species. 



The principal European congener of 

 this species is Cuculns oauorm, or the 

 European cuckoo. This bird, while in 

 family resemblance, it comes nearest to 

 our own cuckoo; yet in its habits it is 

 very like our cowbird Molothrus ater. 

 Rev. J. G. Wood in his delightful book 

 on Natural History says: "The cuckoo, 

 spring's harbinger, has in all ages ob- 

 tained for itself a name at once pleasing 

 and disreputable; pleasing because its 

 well-known notes are a sign that the 

 cold winter is gone, and disreputable 

 beca,use it usurps the nests of other 

 birds." W. H. McNairn. 



Toronto, Ont. 



American Museum of Natural 

 History* 



LECTURES TO MEMBERS. 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore will deliver 

 the following lectures in the Spring- 

 Course of 1892 to the Members of the 

 Museum, on Wednesday evenings at 

 eight p. m.: 



Physical Geography and Geology. — 

 Jan. 6th, "The Great Basin and its 

 Canons. Jan. 13th, California and the 

 Yosemite Valley. 



Zoology and Geography. — Jan. 20th, 

 Food Fishes from Fresh Waters. Jan. 

 27th, Food Fishes from the Sea. 



These subjects will be illustrated with 

 new stereopticon views specially pre- 

 pared for these lectures. Those on Fish- 

 es will include accounts of Prof. Bick- 

 more's travels, particularly in Canada 

 aud Labrador- Each member will re- 

 ceive four tickets available for his family 

 and friends to the present course, and to 

 a like series of lectures next autumn. 



Members pay $ 10 annually, or 

 at one time. Morris K. Jesup, 



President. 



Rare and Beautiful Sets at 

 Popular Prices. 



i have lately received the entire 1891 collecting 

 of my man in the Bahamas, which include a very 

 fine series of the first seven varieties in the list be- 

 low. The balance of the species named are part 

 of a superb collection I am breaking into and 

 the balance will be listed from time to time. Fikst 

 Come, First Served. 



No Exchanges. 



Audubon's Shearwater 

 Noddy Tern 

 Sooty Tern 

 Bridled Tern 

 White-crowned Pigeon 

 Man O War Bird 

 Booby Gannet 

 American White Pelican 

 St. Domingo Grebe 

 Sennetts Thrasher 

 Curve-billed Thrasher 

 Texas Sparrow 

 Chachalaca 

 Sharpe's Seedeater 

 Fosters Tern 

 Common Tern 

 Aleutian Tern 

 Cabots Tern 



White-winged Black Tern 

 Pallas's Herring Gull 

 Siberian Gull 

 Western Gull 

 Great-black back Gull 

 White-winared Gull 

 Glaucus-winged Gull 

 Black-tailed Godwit 

 Lapwing 



Black oyster-catcher 

 Amer. 

 Sage Cock 

 Gambels Quail 

 Sooty Grouse 

 Bald Eagle 

 Ferruginous Rough-leg 



Mo. in set per egg 



1 $ -95 



1 -25 



1 -iS 



1 1. 00 



1 and 2 .75 



1 -95 



1 and 2 1. 00 



3 and 3 .25 



4 and S -3° 



4 -i5 



4 -IS 



4 - 2 5 



3 and 4 .30 



N3 .75 



2 and 3 .11 



3 -°6 



2 and 3 1.50 



2 and 3 .30 



3 .30 



2 and 3 1-25 



2 and 3 1.00 



2 and 3 .20 



2 and 3 .35 



2 and 3 1.10 



2 and 3 1.25 



3 and 4 .40 



3 - 12 



3 1. 10 



3 -55 



7 -3S 

 9 .20 



8 1.25 



1 and 2 3.50 



2 and 3 1-20 



Amer. Rough-legged Hawk 3 and 4 1.50 



Mexican Goshawk 2 3.00 



Harris Hawk 2 .60 



Coopers Hawk 4 .25 



Fla. Burrowing Owl 7 3-°° 



Amer. Hawk Owl 5 1.50 



Fla. Grackle 4 -oS 



Mi x Crested Fly catcher + .25 



Florida Crow 5 -4° 



Northwest Crow 5 40 



Fish Crow S -2o 



Hooded Oriule 4 .20 



Texas Cardinal 4 -35 



St. Lucas Cardinal 4 -75 



Tule Wren 5 and 6 .12 



Can furnish singles oi any of the above varieties. 

 On all orders less than $5.00 postage will be charg- 

 ed. Address all communications Plainly, to 



Walter F. Webb, 



Geneva, N. Y. 



