THE HAWKEYE ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOOIST. 



89 



EDITORIAL. 



1 



Correspondents all speak appreciatingly 

 of our change in form. 



Mr. F. A. Patton of Eosvell, Dakota, 

 promises ns some interesting articles on the 

 birds of that section in the near future. 



Chas. F. Can- of Madison, Wisconsin, 

 who has one of the finest collections in the 

 State, writes us that he intends furnishing 

 us with several articles before long. They 

 will surely be interesting. 



Just before the close of the season, when 

 ooloaists are an xious to make good ex- 

 changes, a new directory becomes a much 

 vamed article. This year Mr. Taylor of 

 Dunkirk. N. Y., intends to supply the 

 want. As it will probably contain some 

 lit'teen hundred names, it bids fair to excel 

 all previous efforts in this line, and should 

 lie in the hands of every working student. 



"We have received the first sixteen pages 

 of Prof. Oliver Davie's "Nests and Eggs." 

 The work is not nearly so condensed as for- 

 merly, giving numerous notes on the nesting 

 habits of the species. Some idea of the im- 

 provement in the work may be had when 

 we say that his article on the "Habits of 

 Some American Grebes" in our Apri 1 num- 

 ber was but a fair synopsis of the notes on 

 these species given in the work. 



Received since last issue: Agassiz Com- 

 panion; Agassiz Record, Badger State 

 Philatelist, Common Sense, Excelsior, Ex- 

 changer's Monthly, Garner, of London, Ge- 

 olo< ' 's Gazette, Leisure Hour, Oologist, 

 Oologist's Exchange, Our Dumb Animals, 

 Scientist, United States Philatelist, World 

 of N? are; but the Bay State Oologist, "oh 

 where, oh where has it gone?" Why the 

 whichness of this Mr. Foote? 



Following are the lucky winners in the 

 prize drawing of Walter Raine: 



1st prize: £ Golden Eagle, ticket 41, Mr. 

 J. C. Sharp, Taunton, Mass. 



2nd prize: \ Bald Eagle; ticket 13; Mr. 

 W. C. Flint, San Francisco. 



3d prize: \ Sea Eagle; ticket 31; Frank 

 Lattin, Albion. 1ST. Y. 



4th prize: \ Merlin Hawk; ticket 2; 

 Messrs. Webster & Mead, Cresco, Iowa. 



5 th prize: \ Rough-legged Hawk, ticket 

 35, Mr. G. Gregory, New Haven, Conn. 



6th prize: \ European Buzzard; ticket 20 

 G. Dexter Gregory, New Haven, Conn. 



7th prize: 1 Fulmar, 1 Puffin, ticket 21; 

 Mr Frank Lattin. 



8th prize: 1-7 European Coot, ticket 39; 

 Mr. J. C. Sharp, 



9th prize: 1 Egyptian Vulture; ticket 46; 

 Wm. J. Parkes, Toronto, Canada. 



We, the undersigned, decWe that the 

 above drawing was done in an upright and 

 satisfactory manner to all parties concerned. 

 E. V. Rippon, 60 Scotland St. 

 Wm. J. Parker, 1 Daiey St. 

 Toronto. 



HOW TO COLLECT AND PREPARE 

 CONCHOLOG1CAL SPECIMENS. 



BY J. A. SINGLEY. 



!3E must take everything he can see — 

 §/ no matter how small, as some of the 

 species are almost microscopic in size. The 

 larger specimens can be cleaned as directed 

 for the H elites. The smaller specimens, 

 as well as all small shells and those of a 

 larger size where the aperture is contracted 

 or filled with teeth, preventing us from • 

 trading the animal, should be put into al- 

 cohol for 24 hours, taken out and wished 

 and dried ; these delicate shells require oa " 

 ful handling, as the sharp lip must not be 

 chipped. In collecting these, it is best to 



