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WARD'S 
Jitaral J|mnxj ^ullctin. 
PUBLISHED AT 
WARD’S NATURAL SCIENCE ESTABLISHMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS: 
BAKER, A. B.,— Invertebrate ZoOlog.v, OOlogy. 
HORNADAY, WM. T.,— Zoology, Taxidermyand Col- 
lecting. 
HOWELL, EDWIN E., A. M.— Geology, Mineralogy 
and Palaeontology. 
LUCAS, FREDERIC A.,— Vert. Zoology, Osteology. 
STH38NER, F. W.,— Mineralogy and Chemistry. 
WEBSTER, FREDERIC S.,— Ornithology. 
When the first number of the Bulletin 
was issued it was expected that this num- 
ber would be prepared under the personal 
supervision of Prof. Ward, but as he has 
been greatly delayed in his tour, and will 
not return till the last of January, we must 
forego this advantage, and do the best we 
can in his absence. 
With this number the Bulletin begins 
its regular publication as a quarterly. The 
paper will be conducted during the year on 
the same general plan which has been fol- 
lowed in this and the previous number, 
with any slight changes which may tend 
to increase its value. It will contain mainly 
original matter; articles from the various 
contributors on subjects connected with 
their particular departments, observations 
on specimens received at the establishment, 
and interesting notes from collecting natu- 
ralists in the field. There will be given 
from time to time many useful hints on 
the collecting, preparation and care of nat- 
ural history specimens, and valuable recipes 
for compounds necessary for the collector 
and practical, working naturalist. For the 
benefit of those who may desire informa- 
tion on any particular points in Natural 
History, a column will be opened for que- 
ries and answers. 
Illustrations will be used whenever they 
will be of value, and no efforts will be 
spared to make the paper both interesting 
and profitable. 
The Bulletin will occupy an entirely 
new field, and will, we trust, make a place 
for itself with all lovers of Natural Science, 
and receive their hearty support. 
The price of the Bulletin will be 50 
cents per year; single numbers, 15 cents. 
The first number of the Bulletin will be 
sent to any subscribers who may desire it 
to complete their series. 
^ • » : — 
CATALOGUES 
of Natural History Specimens now on hand 
and for sale: 
HEP" These Catalogues are not mere price-lists, but 
contain much interesting matter: but as they are 
intended to be free to our clients, the money paid for 
them will be credited on the first order. To teachers 
expressing an intent to purchase specimens, they will be 
sent gratis. 
Price. 
Minerals — 60 pages, 20 
Special Collection of Minerals — 40 pages, . - .10 
Lithology and Geology— 52 pages, .20 
Special Lithological Collection— 25 pages,. .10 
Collection of New York State Rocks — 44 
pages, _ .20 
*Casts of Fossils— 228 pages ; 284 wood cuts, $1.25 
School Series of Casts — 60 pages ; 68 wood 
cuts, .20 
Academy Series of Casts — 86 pages; 130 
woodcuts, .30 
College Series of Casts — 144 pages, .75 
Osteology— 64 pages, .25 
Skins and Mounted Specimens (with Alco- 
holic Specimens) — 104 pages, .40 
North American Birds’ Eggs— 12 pages,.. .10 
Foreign Birds’ Eggs — 12 pages .10 
Invertebrates— 112 pages; 121 wood cuts,. .50 
Human Skeletons and Anatomical Prepara- 
tions — 24 pages, 15 
Glass Models of Invertebrates — 24 pages,. .10 
Restoration of Mammoth — 42 pages, .15 
Notice of Megatherium Cuvieri — 34 pages; 
Illustrated, .50 
*This Catalogue is now out of Print, but a new 
edition will shortly appear. 
For any of the above, address, 
Prof. HENRY A. WARD, A. M., 
No. 2 College Ave., 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Letters concerning Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, ( 
Address to WARD & HOWELL. I 
Songs of the Sciences. 
Punch. 
Oh ! merry is the Madrepore that sits beside the sea. 
The cheery little Coralline hath many charms for me ; 
I love the fine Echinoderms of azure, green and gray, 
That handled roughly, fling their arms impulsively 
away; 
Then bring me here the microscope and let me see 
the cells, 
Wherein the little Zoophyte like garden floweret 
dwells. 
We’ll take the fair Anemone from off its rocky seat, 
Since Rondeletius has said when fried ’tis good to eat ; 
Dyspeptics from Sea Cucumbers a lesson well may 
win, 
They blithely take their organs out and then put fresh 
ones in. 
The Rotifer in whirling round may surely hear the 
bell, 
With Oceanic Hydrozoids that Huxley knows so well. 
You’ve heard of the Octopus, ’tis a pleasant thing to 
know, 
He has a ganglion makes him blush not red, but white 
as snow ; 
And why the strange Cercaria, to go a long way back, 
Wears ever, as some ladies do, a fashionable “ sack ; ” 
And how the Prawn has parasites that on his head 
make holes, 
Ask Dr. Cobbold, and he’ll say they’re just like tiny 
soles. 
Then study well zoology, and add unto your store 
The tales of Biogenesis and Protoplasmic lore ; 
As Paley neatly has observed, when into life they 
burst, 
The frog and the philosopher are just the same at first. 
But what’s the origin of life remains a puzzle still, 
Let Tyndall, Haeckel, Bastian go wrangle as they will. 
It was Prof. Ward’s intention to reach San 
Francisco on his return early in November, but 
owing to unforeseen delay he will not arrive there 
till late in January. Concerning the causes of 
this delay he writes as follows: “The Austra- 
lian ports on the east coast have been full of 
small pox, and every steamer was started late, 
delayed by the way, and sometimes permanently 
stuck in quarantine. I escaped the latter, but 
was held back outrageously. When we struck 
Java there was cholera, and we suffered much 
the same embargo. When at last we reached 
Singapore, I might have taken three hours there 
and then gone on by steamer, which if it made 
exact time, and if not quarantined at Hong Kong 
would connect me at that city with the through 
steamer for San Francisco. 
With the uncertainty of catching that steamer 
and the certainty of missing all this part of the 
world, I concluded to stay.” 
After reaching San Francisco, Prof. Ward 
will be joined by Mi-. Howell, and they will 
remain there several weeks to arrange a large 
exhibit, nearly $20,000 of material having been 
sent on from here. 
