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porating.- 
Interesting jiapei's are now being read 
l)efore the members eveiy two weeks on 
the Prehistoric Races of Jackson County. 
Missouri, by Messrs. Wallers. Butts and 
Tidswell. They proi)ose handling the 
subject in a systematic manner and 
when tliey are throngh will liave given a 
very complete history. 
Sidney Hare is also reading asei'ies of 
papers listing and describing all fossils 
known to this vicinity. He is preparing 
with few exceptions, an excellent draw- 
ing of eai^h specii's. 
The ajipointment of Arthur Winslow 
as State Geologist has recently been an- 
nounced. 
As Ml-. Winslow hails from .\rkansaw, 
we presume the commi*sione"s were un- 
able to fiixl a competant person for the 
position, ii. this state, who would accept. 
The assistants however,, remain to be 
appointed, and v.'e know of no one bettei- 
qualified than Prof. Kdwin Walters, fa- 
vorably known as Scientific Editor of 
the Journal, and now Inspector of ma- 
terials for Kausas City, Mo. 
As Prof. Walters is President of the 
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ists are especially desirous that he should 
be s<'ilected as one of Prof. VVinslow's 
Staff', also Irom a political standpoint^ 
f his p(n-tion of Mi^.-ouri should be rep- 
resented. 
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Ihiiloijixt & Ooloijist of Cresco, Iowa, 
ilr. E. B. Webster writes; "Lost about 
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eye is in the soup at inesent. ^Vjll settle 
all claims as soon as possible." 
Mk. W.m. (iCKLEY, of Danville, 111., a 
Geologist of considerable eelebrit\-, re- 
cently spent several days in Kansas <jit3-. 
X goodly portion of his time was appro- 
priated by local geologists. The editor 
of this paper had the pleasure of meet- 
ing him at the residence of Mr. Butts, 
where several of the afore-mentioned 
geologists had already assembletl. 'I'he 
evening was very pleasantly spent in 
compai-ing notes and relating personal 
fossilizing experiences. 
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^tlass. Vol, XIV. No. 8. August. 20 
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single copies, 10 cents. The usual 
amount of interesting reading matter. 
The Ooloijist. Frank H. Lattiii. .\lbion 
N. Y. Vol. VI. No. 9. September. 20 
pages including cover, half of whicli are 
ads. $0.50 per annum. Sample copy 
five cts. 
The Entomologist. West, Newman & 
Co., London. Vol. XXXI. No. ;i!5. Aug- 
nst. 24 pages with full page plate illns. 
trating Atherixihes and paracites. Price 
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Tlie Youth's Companion comes weekly 
with its usual amount of entertaining 
reading matter for all classes. 
The New il/o(/«. a monthly, devoted to 
pure literature and published by the 
New Moon Publishing Co., of Lowell. 
Mass.. at $1 per year, 10 cents a number, 
is all its publishers claim for it. 
The Oologists Exchange, publish, 
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Books Received. 
All books reviewed in tliese eoliunns ai'e 
for sale by the Editor of tlio Natukamst. 
jfhe long looked for book by Prof, 
iver Davie, Nests and Eggs of North 
American Birds^^ has recentl.v material- 
ized much to the satisfaction and enjoy- 
ment of the collecting ()olf)gist. 
It has incseased in size from 184 pages 
to a valuable standai d work of 4G8 pages 
handsomely illustrated with 13 full page 
plates of characteristic nests; printed on 
book paper, typogniphically as perfect 
as it is pos.sible to make a book of this 
magnitude ; arranged and numbered ac. 
coriling to the new A. O. U. noniencla- 
ture; with an introduction by J. Parker 
Norris, we see no reason why this, the 
third edition, should not be practically 
indispensable to all Ornithologists or 
Oologists whether amateurs oi- Natural- 
ists. 
The ]3rice, post paid, in paper, is $1.25; 
eloth .51.75. Orders sent to the Natu- 
ralist will be filled by return mail. 
We are indebted to the Secretary of 
Agriculture, J. M. Rusk, for a copy of 
Bulletin 1. Tlte English Sparvov} in 
North America. Especially in its liela- 
tions to Agriculture. Prepared under 
the directions of Dr. (1 Hart Merriam. 
Ornithologist, by Waltei- B. Barrows, 
assistant Ornithologist. 
It contains an account of the introduc- 
tion, acclimation, increase, spreati, rela. 
tion to other birds and to agriculture, to- 
gethei with a mass of accumilated evi- 
dence from all sections cf the country. It 
is illustrated and has a map of the U. S. 
showing distribution. 
Domesticus is handled without gloves 
and in a manner that will certainly at- 
tr.act pu blic attention. 
Eishy Clippings. 
Wife, looking over bill : "Do you re- 
member, ii;y dear, how man\' bi'ook trout 
you caught on your fishing trip last Sat- 
urday":"' Husband: "Tiiei-e were just 
twelve of -em. all b(^anties; why?" 
Wife: "ihe dealer has made a mistake. 
Only charges f(n- half a dozen."' 
On Sunday M<:(rning. — Miss Travis: 
'•Oh Johnny I I've cangiit you with a 
fish-pole over your shoulder, f shall ho 
and tell youi- father. Wheie is he?" 
Johnny ; ''Down at the loot of the gar- 
den, digging the bait." 
Wear your old "duds" when you go 
fishing. The well dressed and finely 
equipped fisherman rarely catches anj-- 
thing. Fish are especially shy of dudes, 
silver-mounted fishing-rods and all such 
toggery. After all there as been but lit- 
tle inii)i-ovenieiit, on the bent pin. 
A Quarterly Joiirual of Ornithology. 
$J.OO a \ ear. 75 cents a single number. 
Published by the AMERICAN ORNI- 
THOLOGISTS' UNION. J. A. Allen. 
Editor. 
The At' K will pi esent as heretofore, liuic- 
ly and iuieresting' papei's on the subjects to 
wliicli it 1 elates, and its i-eadersniay feel sure 
of heiny kept abreast of the advances in the 
science. The AllK is priniai ilj- intended as 
a conunaniCHlion lielween Ornitholog-ists. 
While necessarily lo some degree technical, 
it contains a fair pro])ortion of matter of a 
popular character. Its notices of recent lit- 
erature cover the whole Held of North .Vmer 
ican Uriiithology, and with the departments 
of "General Notes" and "Notes and News" 
render the Journal indisiiensable to those 
wisliing 1 he latest and fullest intelligence 
of the subject. L. S. FOSTER, Publisher, 
New York City, New York. 
