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265. The Moa at Home. By E. E. H[owell]. Ibid.. II, No. 1, Jan. 
1883, pp. 4, 5, 7, 8. — On the first discovery of bones of the Moa, when 
and how Moas became extinct, their classification, etc., with cuts of four 
Moa skeletons recently sent to the Cambridge Museum of Comparative 
Zoology, and of skin from neck and of a feather of a Moa. 
266. Taxidermy at Home. By “One of the Taxidermists.” Ibid., pp. 
13, 14. — Taxidermy and taxidermists at Ward’s Natural Science Establish- 
ment, Rochester, N. Y. , with cut of the taxidermists’ workroom, and some 
sensible observations on the general subject of taxidermy. 
266 bis. The Century Article. Editorial. Ibid., p. 2. — Corrections of 
article on “The Taxidermal Art” in “Century” magazine for Dec. 1882. 
(See next title.) 
267. The Taxidermal Art. By Franklin H. North. Century Maga- 
zine, XXV, Dec. 1882, pp. 230-239, 10 figg. — Contains references to the 
work of such noted taxidermists as Waterton, the Verreaux brothers, etc., 
the work carried on at Prof. Ward’s establishment at Rochester, N. Y., 
with some account of the difficulties of the art and how they are over- 
come. Of the 10 illustrations 8 relate to birds, and represent pieces by 
F. S» Webster, W. T. Hornaday, J. W. Fraine, and W. E. D. Scott. 
(Mistakes in giving credit for some of the pieces figured are corrected in 
the following No. of the Magazine, XXV, p. 462.) 
268. With the.Birds on Boston Common. By Bradford Torrey. At- 
lantic Monthly, LI, Feb. 1883, PP’ 203-208. — Contains notes on Sfhyro- 
ficus varius and Lanius borealis, and briefer notices of many other 
species. 
The “Ornithologist and Oologist,”* volume VI (March 1881-March 
1882), contains, besides brief notes about common species, too numerous 
and not of sufficient importance for enumeration within our limited 
space, the following (Nos. 269-363) : — 
269. The Oologist. Its History from the Commencement. By the 
Associate Editor [S. L. Willard]. Ornithologist and Oologist, VI, 
PP- i- 3 - 
270. “ That Woodcock ” [with the stick through its breast\. By H. 
Merrill. Ibid., VI, p. 3, cut. 
271. Sfarrotv Hawk. By Jno. H. Sage. Ibid., VI, p. 6. — Breeding 
at Portland, Conn., in a pigeon-hole in a barn ! Also notice of capture 
of Accifiiter fuscus in winter (Feb. 4, 1881). 
* Ornithologist and Oologist. Joseph M. Wade, Editor and Publisher. Norwich, 
Conn. Large 8vo. Vol. VI, March 1881-March 1882, pp. 1-96. For notice of earlier 
volumes of the “Oologist” see this Bulletin, Vol. IV, 1881, p. 47, 48. The volume 
here summarized contains many papers of much interest respecting the breeding 
habits of species not previously well-known. Each number, however, usually contains 
a paragraph of “corrections” of misstatements in previous issues, in addition to cor- 
rections occasionally made by contributors, which seems to show a lack of care on 
the part of the editor in the discrimination of matter. Misprints and other typograph- 
ical infelicities are by no means rare, yet we can but congratulate the editor on the 
steady improvement in these respects which mark the volume, and the increasing 
scientific value of its matter, contrasting as it does most favorably with that of the 
earlier volumes of the series. 
