S4 THE -V^LLEUT IsT^.TTJ^^LIST. 
engravings, as well as a list of the latest rev- 
enue stamps, and much other valuable mat- 
ter. A specimen copy can be secured by 
addressing the editor— E. F. Gambs, 621 S. 
Fifth Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
The New Rocky Mountain Tourist, 
just from the press, is indeed an artistic gem. 
Handsomely illustrated with our most sub- 
lime Western mountain scenery, it is a fit 
companion to Picturesque America in any 
gentleman's library. Specimen copy may 
be had without cost by writing to W. F. 
White, Topeka, Kansas. 
We notice that Mr. Bernhardt has decided 
to devote a column or more of his paper— 
the Temperance Vedette, published at Ter- 
rell, Texas — to natural history. And judg- 
ing from the run of articles appearing in the 
last two or three issues, he gives Ornitholo- 
gy the preference, the articles mainly treat- 
ing of birds of Northern Texas. 
Lb Eatujraliste Canadien, M. L'Abbe 
Provancher, Editor, Cap Rouge, Canada. 
We have received the " Mai " number of 
vol. 10 of this magazine ; it is printed entire- 
ly in French, and contains in the present 
number articles on Botany, Entomology and 
Mineralogy. 
Bulletin of the Brooklin Entom- 
ological Society. This is a new publica- 
tion, and deserves some credit, it contains 
a good many engravings of new beetles, lar- 
vae, etc. discovered by some of the members 
of the Society. 
Fourth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture, of the State 
•of Georgia. For the year 1878. We have 
received the above report from the Commis- 
sioner, Thomas P. Jaynes, Atlanta Ga. 
The Oologist, a monthly journal devoted 
to the study of birds and their eggs. With 
the March issue it dons a cover, greatly im- 
proving its appearance. It is published at 
Utica, N. Y. 
The Botanical Gazette, published at 
Logansport, Ind., has enlarged and also dons 
a cover, which of course improves the ap- 
pearance of all 8vo. publications. 
The Naturalists' Leisure Hours and 
Monthly Bulletin, published by A. E. 
Foote, Philadelphia, Pa. It is principally 
devoted to Geology and mineralogy. 
The Western Oologist, devoted to the 
study of birds, their nests and eggs. We 
have received number 2 of vol. 1 of this am- 
ateur paper; it is published at Milwaukee, 
Wis. 
Notes. * 
Dr. Hambach will start West on a col- 
lecting expedition about June 15th. 
Ws are always glad to receive notes of 
recent discoveries in any branch of science. 
It is rumored that an effort will be made 
next year, to introduce botany as a regular 
study in the Washington University. 
At the great day of judgment never let it 
be brought up against you that you didn't 
subscribe for this paper. It will be a dam- 
aging charge. 
Mr. Saunders has recently discovered 
that the larvae of clisiscampa mature early 
in the fall and hybernate in the egg, waiting 
for the warmth of spring before eating their 
way out. 
California will send five hundred tons 
of ores to the Paris Exposition, to astonish 
the old world with the vastness and variety 
of her mineral resources. How many tons 
does Missouri propose to send? 
Persons receiving copies of the Natur- 
alist who are not subscribers, will please 
regard it as an invitation to subscribe. From 
all interested in natural science we earnestly 
solicit a subscription. 
Prof. R. S. McCulloch, who occupied 
a chair at Princeton before the war, and sub- 
sequently at Washington and Lee, has ac- 
cepted the professorship of Chemistry and 
Natural History at Louisville State Univer- 
sity, Baton Rouge. 
Albino Opossum.— Just as we go to 
press, we received a photograph of a beau- 
tiful Albino Opossum from M. Tandy, Dal- 
las City, Ills. It was taken in the vicinity of 
Ednia, Knox County, Mo. We published a 
notice of its capture in the January number 
of the Valley Naturalist. 
We are called upon to record the death, 
after a brief illness, of a bright young natur- 
ist— Mr. E. L. Hudnut, of Orange, N. J. 
He was well known to collectors of birds' 
eggs, and was deeply interested in his col- 
lection, which had attained a size equaled 
by few with his experience in this country. 
— {The Oologist. 
Professor J. H. Kerr, of the Colorado 
College, at Colorado Springs, has discovered 
some fossils of unusual size, in the locality 
known as the " Garden of the Gods," at the 
foot of Pikes Peak. The length of one of the 
animals, whose remains have been found is 
estimated at 117 feet. The formation is cre- 
taceous, the bones are easily broken and the 
animal figures are in part represented by 
casts. 
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[Under this heading we shall publish the 
Name, Address and branch of Natural His- 
tory, at the rate of ten cents per line, single 
insertion. Discount on long-time advertise- 
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Calkins, Wm. W., Chicago, 111. Conchol- 
ogy, Botmy. 
Davie, Oliver, Columbus, Ohio. Orni- 
thology. 
Fernald, Prof. C. H., Orono, Me. Gen. 
Nat. His. , Entomology. 
Heiligbrodt, L., Bastrop, Texas. Entom- 
ology, Beptiles. 
Jones, Wm. L., Lebanon, St. Clair County, 
111. Ornithology. 
Owen, Richard, Prof. Ind. State Universi- 
ty, Bloomington, Ind. Geology. 
MOiSTELL, J., Mo. Botanical Gardens, Saint 
Louis, Mo. Botany, Entomology . 
METEOROLOGISTS. 
Nipher, Prof. F. E., Washington Univer- 
sity, St. Louis, Mo. 
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