The J\‘afurah\sfT (hnupu nioii. Go 
iinitatc(l by his art. if you desired the 
lo'oduetion to be exactly as you describ¬ 
ed: but you would nssist descri])tioii 
by something in like circumstances 
that is more [)owerful than words—a 
plan, a i>icture, or a model. 
Your kind P^ditor would be most 
happy to give illustrations with all con¬ 
tributions that would be materially 
benetited tlius. It is not the Editor’s 
fault that they are not forth coming, 
but your own. If every subscriber 
would secure a subscription from at 
least one of their friends, this valuable 
magazine would be one hundred per 
cent, better off, and with such an ad¬ 
vancement, what rapid strides toward 
even excelling wdiose journals which 
are now considered superiors. As you 
have thus far failed to do this, be con¬ 
tent to know that the specimen is beau¬ 
tiful because we say so, and glean what 
you may from the inadeipiate descrip¬ 
tion following. 
To be concluded in our next issue. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
F. B., Rochester, N. Y,—Both drawings 
sent are of arrowheads; your imagination 
pictured the face. 
L. N. A., St. Paul, Minn.—Specimens 
sent for identification are : i, flint; 2 ser¬ 
pentine; 3. calcite; 4, quartz; 5, orthoclase. 
W. N. S., Geneva, N. Y.—Egg sent are: 
Wilson and Wood Thrush, respectively. 
C. D. O., Waco, Tex.—Can some of the 
readers tell me from this description the 
name of the bird here described. Head, 
throat and upper part of breast, browui; 
lower part of breast and underparts, white; 
back, brown; wings, brown and white; tail, 
brown with white margin; the white on the 
tail is very conspicuous when flying. The 
eye is red; bill, almost black; length, 8 in¬ 
ches; spread, 9 V2 inches. 
H. C. O., Waterloo, N. Y.—The nest and 
eggs described were, as you thought, of the 
Golden-crowned Thrush. 
In October issue, Mrs. L. W. asks for col¬ 
or of Barred Owl’s e3'es. Live specimens 
that we have had have the iris a blue black 
or smoky black; so dark as to seem nearly 
black. Taxidermists use dark hazel eyes 
for mounted specimens, but of late we have 
been using the smoky black color, which 
is much more natural. These were furnish¬ 
ed by Mr. F. B. Webster, of Boston. 
Dickey & Allen, Ackworth, N. H. 
We have a few specimens on hand which 
we will identify as soon as possible. 
We wish to thank our readers for 
the many excellent articles recentl}" 
sent us. ('ome again. 
EXCHANGES. 
THIS coluDiii it) open io all ttuljitcribei't;, n^hu in i y insert 
exchanges free of charge. i\0 advertisements aduiittid to this 
column under any circumstances, and ive shall reserve the 
right to insert no exchanges wliicii are merely intended lo se¬ 
cure casli purchasers.--Ed. 
Fkaxk Bot.L, to Montrose St., Roch¬ 
ester, X. Y.—Would like some sand 
from Sandwich Islands: will.give any 
thing of equal value. 
G. E. Guelf, Brock port. N. Y.—I 
have a large quantity of choice miner¬ 
als to exchange for birds’ skins. Send 
list of skins for exchange. 
W. H. Phillips, 19 Bigelow ave., 
Cincinnati, O.—5 Cincinnati fossils, 
named, for 10 philatelic or natural his¬ 
tory papers. Put name preceded b}^ 
‘‘Prom” on package and receive fossils 
next da}'. 
W. S. Beekman, W. Medford, Mass. 
—Books papers, magazines, curious, 
sea curiosities, minerals, fossils and a 
lot of useful things that will be given 
in exchange for books, minerals, fossils, 
fountain iien, etc. 
