6 THE NATURALISTS’ COMPANION. 
A MONTHLY PUBLISHED IN 
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The snowlall on the Italian Alps 
last winter was the heaviest within 
the memory of man. 
A pair of locked deer-antlers were 
found in the Coeur d’Alene Moun¬ 
tains some time ago. The ground 
gave evidence of there having been 
a terrible struggle between the ani¬ 
mals to whom they belonged. 
It is our intention to make this 
paper one of the leading journals on 
natural history, and to do so we 
must use illustrations. Now it our 
readers will work faithfully between 
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a reasonable number of subscriptions ' 
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Prof. Dana says in his^^New Text 
Book of Geology,^’ that the field 
geologist should know accurately the 
measurements ofhisbody;his height, 
length of limbs, step or pace,that he 
may use himself whenever needed 
as a measuring-rod. Will man he 
convert next into a shot-gun or a 
telescope ? 
The Raihvay Herald says 
that a valuable mica mine has recent¬ 
ly been discovered about fifty miles 
from Cheyenne. Large sheets of 
mica, clear as glass, are found in 
large quantities. 
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that they have the free use of our 
question and exchange columns. 
Items on natural history will be 
thankfully received at all times. Of 
course we wdl reserve the right to 
publish only those which will meet 
with the most approval. 
In looking over our collection 
this spring we found a number of 
birds’ nests which were in poor con- . 
dition, among them the nest of a 
chip] 3 ing sparrow which we threw 
out ot the wundo^v, the nest falling . 
in a goose-berry bush. About a 
week afterward 5ve passed by the 
hush, and, glancing in the nearly 
destroyed nest,wm beheld the egg of 
the cowbird. Has any one heard of , 
such an occurrance before? 
