l''i;0.\[ time to time we have refeieil to 
J'i'(j1. Davie's lortlicomiiiL;" work on Faxiiler- 
my, several pages of drawings of \n hicli w ere 
submitted to us more tljan two years ago. 
Prof. Davie promi.-.es to .>enil the htt\' taree 
pages of India ink draw ing.> in a lew davs, 
w'lien we will speak of them at length. It 
was originally intendeil to be puiilished in 
twelve monthly parts, at .ft oo per part, l)ut 
if Mr. Davie ean secure 500 bo)iu flde sul)- 
>eribers at §5.00 per copy, the work w ill ap- 
pear complete in une royal octavo volume, 
in Septeml)er ol this year. i"he x\ or.^ lias 
Iseen purely a laljor nf loye \v 1,1 t.ie I'rof. and 
he should receive liberal supp irt Iroiu tne 
Taxidermal I'rofession. file work will l>e 
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Mr. S. A. Mll.l.tR, of Oiiicinnati, Ohio, 
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the names long, dilficult to understand, and 
not unfrequentiv bear upon their face the e\ - 
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words had attempted to make them as ob- 
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nomenclature is once learned the names are 
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