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NATUEAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



248. Sanderling. Calidris arenaria. Occasional migrant on the 

 lake shore. 



254. Greater Yellow-legs. Totanus melanolcucus. Common mi- 

 grant. Solitary in its habits during migration. 



255. Yellow-legs. Totanus flavipes. Migrant not as common as 

 last. 



256. Solitary Sandpiper. Totanus solitarius. Rare migrant. One 

 shot at Chili, Monroe Co., in May, 1889. 



261. Bartramian Sandpiper. Bartramia longicauda. Migrant and 

 rare breeder. Found an old bird and four newly hatched young in the 

 latter part of June, 1890. 



262. Buff-breasted Sandpiper- Tryngites subruficollis. A very 

 rare migrant. Davison reports one found among Golden Plover at 

 Lockport. 



263. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Common summer 

 resident and breeder. 



265. Hudsonian Curlew. A T umcnius hudsonicus. A rare migrant. 

 Usually with Plover. 



266. Eskimo Curlew. Numenius borealis. Like the last, a rare 

 migraut with Plover in the fall. Mr. Davison reports a specimen se- 

 cured by F. H. Hill of Lockport while shooting Plover. 



Family CH ARADRIID/E. — Plovers. 



270. Black-bellied Plover. Charadrius squatarola. Migrant. 

 Not as common as next. 



272. American Golden Plover. Charadrius dominions. Common 

 migrant. 



273. Killdeer. .-Egialitis vocifcra. Common summer resident and 

 breeder. 



274. Semipalmated Plover. yEgialitis semipalmata. Occasional 

 migrant. 



Family AMPHRIZID/E. — Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



283. Turnstone. Arenaria intrepres. Migrant on the lake shore. 



Order GALLING. Gallinaceous Birds. 



Ftmily TETRAONID/E. — Grouses, Partridges and Quails. 



289. Bobwhite. Colinus virginianus. Resident. Breeds. Not as 

 common as formerly. 



300. Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus. Common resident in heavy 

 timber, becoming scarce as you approach the cities and large towns. 

 Breeds. 



Order COLUMAiE. Pigeons. 



Family COLUMBID/E.— Pigeons. 



315. Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migrator his. Migrant and very 

 rare summer resident. Breeding in some localities. 



316. Mourning Dove. Zenaidura macroura. Common summer res- 

 ident. Breeds. 



[to be continued.] 



Nature's Museum. 



There are a great many people 

 who dislike to go out into the 

 country, for, they say, there is 

 nothing new to be seen there; to 

 them it is always the same uninter- 

 esting picture; they would prefer 

 to take a walk along the busy 

 streets of a large city, where they 

 can look into the shop windows, 

 and constantly find something new 

 to interest and amuse them. But 

 you will find that the people who 

 make these, and similiar remarks, 

 have no acquaintance whatever 

 with Nature. A flashy and showy 

 woman at first seems exceedingly 

 pretty and attractive, but upon ac- 

 quaintance it is discovered that her 

 charms are not what they at first 

 seemed to be. It is the retiring, 

 modest woman who improves upon 

 acquaintance, and the more we 

 learn of her character the more 

 beautiful she appears to us. It is 

 the same with Nature. At first 

 she seems plain and uninteresting, 

 but the better we know her, the 

 more we appreciate her charms. 



It is not necessary that a person 

 should have a large collection of 

 Natural History objects to know 

 Nature, and enjoy the country; 

 nor is it necessary to take up the 

 study of any particular branch of 

 Natural History to enjoy country 

 life. Tne main thing is to have 

 the eyes and ears open, and inter- 

 esting objects will soon show them- 

 selves -that never before were seen. 



I once went out into the coun- 

 try to gather mushrooms with a 

 man who made mushrooms his 

 hobby. Although I had my eyes 

 wide open for them, he would pick 

 them up from under my feet, and 

 from off the tree against which I 

 was leaning, while I had difficulty 

 in finding any, Since that I have 

 kept my eyes open for mushrooms, 

 as well as other objects, and have 

 found many beautiful and interest- 

 ing forms I never before dreamed 

 existed. 



The country is the greatest Nat- 

 ural History museum we can find. 



If you wish to know Nature, take 

 frequent walks to the country, with 

 a large opera glass in one hand 

 and a magnifying glass in the other; 

 with your eyes open for new sights, 

 and your ears alert for every sound. 

 You will then enjoy your walks and 

 improve your mind as well as your 

 health. 



W. S. Johnson, 

 Boonville, N. Y. 



