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ORNITHOLOGIST 
[Vol. 7-No. 19 
Eagle and Goose. —Five or six years 
ago an eagle seized a goose and attempted 
to carry it off. After flying a short dis¬ 
tance it was obliged to come down to the 
ground, the weight of the goose being too 
great for.it. The commotion the fowls 
kicked up about the bam yard attracted 
the attention of the owner of the goose, 
who soon discovered the cause on seeing 
in a field but a short distance away the 
eagle and goose in a tussle. The eagle 
was killed before it could extricate its 
claws from the body of the goose. This 
hajipened eight miles west of Jacksonville. 
— ir. II. II. Kinr/^ Jacksonville, Ills. 
Bird Nesting.— I tried an invention to¬ 
day of Moses B. Griffing, of Shelter Island, 
for finding ground builders in fields, and 
think it a great success. It consists of 
two persons at each end of a long rope— 
which they drag between them over the 
grass, and by this means the birds are 
flushed from nests as the rope reaches 
them, and they can be marked down very 
closely. It also enables two collectors to 
cover a great deal of ground in a short 
time, and very few birds are missed.— 
Snoirdon Howland, Xewport, 11. I. 
Publications-Recent and Otherwise. 
Animal Analysis.— We have before us a 
book of blank forms wherein the student 
of nature can keep in compact, and easily 
accessible form, such analysis of Birds. 
Fish and Reptiles as he might make. With 
this book before him the student will be 
sure to make his description full and con¬ 
cise. We extract the following from Mr. 
B. W. Everman’s letter, which will explain 
the use of the work now before us: 
“ By to-day’s mail I send you a copy of 
a little book of mine — Animal Analysis — 
which has just l)een published. 
“ I have used these blanks in connection 
with Dr. 1). S. Jordan's Manual of Verte¬ 
brates in my teachings for some time, and 
during the present college year Dr. Jordan 
has imule a thorough test of their useful¬ 
ness, in his classes in the Indiana Univer¬ 
sity, and he pronounces thera.;«.s( the thing. 
“ To bring the book within bounds as to 
size and price, I have condensed a little 
more than I liked in one or two instances 
(in form for Fishes) but I still find it all 
that is really necessary. The form for 
Birds I think you will find very suitable.” 
We cannot speak too highly of the 
works of Mr. Everman, for he is one of 
the most careful students of nature that 
we know, and knows just what is wanted 
to facilitate the labors of the student. 
The work can be had of any bookseller. 
Price not given. 
“New York Observer” is a large eight 
jiage family newspaper, one half of which 
is devoted to religious matters and the 
other to secular mattei-s. In this depart¬ 
ment will occasionally be found valuable 
articles on ornithology, and other mattei-s 
pertaining thereto. Our iiresent object is 
to call attention to a letter written at Sel~ 
borne bj' the Rev. Wendell Prime, D. D., 
describing Selborne as he finds it to-day. 
Of course all our readei*s must know that 
Selborne is the home of Gilbert White 
whose memory is ever fresh in the minds 
of true lovers of nature. Some time ago 
a series of articles on White’s Selborne 
appeared in the same pajier by the same 
author. The Observer is published at 21 
Park Row, N. Y., and is sent one year for 
S3.1.*). Payable in advance. 
Worcester Spy. — We are indebted to 
“ J. M. W.,” of this town, for a copy of the 
daily Spy of June 15. containing one of 
Mr. Henry D. Minot’s chatty articles on 
“ Our Common Summer Birds.” All fa¬ 
vors of this kind are fully appreciated by 
the Editor. 
The O. and O. — Yol. VII is now in its 
seventh number and is certainly well wor 
thy the patronage of every American 
ornithologist. We think it is the duty of 
every subscrilier to try and induce others 
to subscribe. In this way tlie cause gjiiiis 
strengtli and the labor to the many is light. 
