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What the Birds Accomplish : : : : : : : Golden Days. 



A Superstitious Sailor : : : : : : Golden Days. 



Canadian Sparrows : : : :,:::: Wm. L. Kells 



Bird Philanthropists : : : : : : : : : Golden Days 



American Woodcock : : . : : : : : Will C. Brovvnell 

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A Few Suggestions to Ornithologists and Oologists. : : : "Scolopax.' 



Correspondence : : : : : : : : : : N. F. Posson. 

 Migration Reports. 



How to Collect and Prepare Conch ological Specimens : : : J. A. Singley. 



Care of Minerals ::::::::: W. S. Beekman. 

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