The JYaturaUsts’ Companion. 25 
fublisihed Monthly in the interest of the cUflercut 
branches of Natural History. 
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Collecting Exeiirsioiis^ tiicir Finds,or any items Uiey may tJiink 
will be of interest to the readers of tlie CO.llFAJVlOA', 
CHARLES P. GUELF, 
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 
Brockport, New York, U. S. A« 
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, 
H. F, Thompson, Indianapolis, Ind, 
RANDOM NOTES, 
VV. L. Jtrenholtz, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 
has our sincere thanks for a nnnilier of 
excellent fossils. 
We would like our readers to send in 
a few more short articles, as we are 
i^reatly in need of them, VVe have 
|.)lcnty of serials. 
Prof, TPtvie states that the second 
edition of his Check-List is nearly ex¬ 
hausted. d'hose intending to purchase 
shcjiild send in their outers at once, be¬ 
fore it is too late. 
In South i\merica a plant has been 
discovered which jiossesses electrical 
properties. Birds and insects always 
avoid it. 
Birds have iniilLple stomachs, of 
which the crop is one part and the giz¬ 
zard another, the true digestive stomach 
being another. The food is macerated 
in the crop, ground to pulp in the giz¬ 
zard, and then digested in the stomach. 
Begining with the next issue, we shall 
advance the subscription rate of this 
magazine from 35 to 50 cents. Persons 
wishing to subscribe or renew while the 
price is lowest should forward their sub¬ 
scriptions at once. 
The first snow ot the season occured 
at this place at 8:55 a. m. , Oct, ist. Its 
first occurrence in 1885 was at 11:30 a. 
M. , Oct. 6 ; in 1884, 10 a, m., Oct. 23d. 
According to this it seems as though the 
winters were getting earlier each year. 
Mr. Fred C Lusk, of Holley, N. Y., 
the gentleman who recently inserted a 
page adve’tisement in the Companion, 
says that it paid him far beyond his ex- 
pedfations, and that he would advise 
all parties desiring to secure a good trade 
to place an adverti.sement in oiir journal. 
At the recent fair of the Brockport 
Union Agricultural Society, Air. M. 
Cook, of this place, exhibited a very 
fine collection of taxidermy specimens, 
including foxes, raccoons, squirrels, 
owls, warblers, a large sand-hill crane, 
peacock, etc., etc. 
We hhve just received from Mr. Chas. 
H. Alarsh, of San Diego, Cala., some 
very fine l)ird-skin,s, including one of 
the Road-runner, a^■ery curiously shaped 
bird and a valuable accpiisition to our 
collection. W’e would advise parties 
desiring California skins to deal with 
Mr. Marsh, 
