87 
This 'I'lrinl Atiiiiui! report ui' tW ZmAots- 
icnl So kty of Pliiliulclphiii m-civi-d. Jt 
(■(HitHiu pliitt'H (if till* cuniivttrn Iniildiii;;, n 
jiiaiml'i ie< Jrirdi'ii. iK-ur pits, monkey liout^e, 
•iviary, ami u i^Toup of iririvftV. The roport 
iiiveri th * iiuiuluT t)f liirds ami niiiiuiils re- 
.riv(*(l .-iiu'c April lOtli. 1.S71. up to Fel». 
Is7'). tluvTUiiulKM*«)n)irtiii* and dcafJis 
ul birds anil auiiualt* for the same period. 
The rep >rt U well pi-inted, besides tdiowin^'- 
thai the (larih-ii is a meoess. 
Wri ar<* ludehted to James Viek, Esqr. 
the ivovhl reiiowiu'd pi'0<lHinan and fiorist, 
.*f Kochvter, N, Y* for coiirtei-iea received 
from hi ik From per>*onal expevienee, we 
i'.rc wiir -anted iu reeomniendiiitr all who are 
ill wnut of flower-rioeds and plants, to Mr. 
\'|ek as A dealer in wlnmi iinplieit confithniee 
nKiy he phieed. He spendn an immense a- 
uiouut of money in printers' ink and always 
jjert'ornH all his card calLs.for. His floral 
pnhlirati-jns are models of typo^^i'aphiiral 
uad elirouiiitie art. No lmu.se where the 
adornme its of finrionlture are nppreeiated 
can well aiford to be without theih. 
Nothinjj: wtadd give better satisfaction, 
we think, to all our eastern membern than 
to eall a convention between now and Auir. 
firyt. at some eentral town. Let us heai 
Irom vou, mems. ! We want the opiniona 
of ail. 
C'oi,lk(.:toks tiikingrare sets dufing the 
comitij: seai^on, are requei^ted that they send 
ns a lirt (d wliat they have tlie fortune to 
(jbtain. in order to compare notes on the 
hreedinu- loeah'ties of nur little-known birds, 
and also on the ahnndaiice of breeding birdn 
iu such localities. 
00 LOGICAL 
SOCIETY, 
OKl-ICKUS : 
Presiden: tfc V. Pros. - - J:S,Hoiddud\ 
Treasure *. ------- H.T. Jonea, 
Secretary. S. L. Willard. 
NEW MEMBER. 
Wm. II. Asliinead, olT) \V. Chelton ave. 
Germuntown, Pa. 
The Sacred Ibis, 
TiiK Sacred Ibis of the ancient Egy])tians 
was reverenced by that half superstitions 
race as a bird of pre<licti<»n. and ^vas I'car- 
ed in the temples and palaces as reliirifnis 
property. one was alloAved to kill an 
Ibis, under penalty of death. On the death 
of an Ibif-', it was emljahned with as nuich 
care as the body of an E;i-yptian, and of 
late, many prcjiared in this way, have been 
discoverol in the ancient caves, placed a- 
way in nuisonry, and in a perfect condition. 
This bird was supposed to have been rev- 
erenced on account of its propensities for 
destroyin^^ re])tiIos. l)nt that was not the 
aulhtntic reason. From bass reliefs, taken 
from various Egyptian antiquarian tenii>;eH, 
it is ascertained that the bird was held in 
I'cverence on account of its ])rediction oi'tlie 
inundation of the Nile. Avhicli to the peophi 
was a proofuosticalion of ^^ood crops. Jt \a 
hedd by the modern Egyptians as an esteem- 
ed article of food, and may be seen iii most 
all of the Cairo markets. 
The First Skau-axnlai- Kepout 
of the Society will l)fi published ne.xt month. 
See that you get the extra. As the otUcers 
were not dccted until late in the season, the 
leport wi ! be made exclusive of their du- 
nes, and .ill names, articles and rules will 
l>e erediied to the Society, as no coinuuttees 
iuive been appr.iat'Jtl on any topic or hnsi- 
Illustrations next month. Subsci-jhc, 
WE want agents all over the Unitfd Stativs 
to sell oiu* oologicul iustnunents. 
There are scores of collectors in goiKl lo- 
calities, who anmially render hnudreds of 
eggs worthlesii. just on aci rmiit of luiviug no 
prescribed method of iu-e|jni-tug theui. A 
conuuissiou of between 15 and 15 per e. givn. 
Our priced catalogue will be otit 1m- the 
middle of March. g. L. Willard & Oo, 
