>"neYear 25 Cents Single Copy 3 Cents 
Published by the Wisconsin Audubon Society at Appleton, Wisconsin 
Entered as second class matter, May 16, 1904, at Appleton, Wis., uuder the act of Congress of Mar, S. ’79. 
^)L. x! ~ DECEMBER, 1907. No. 6 
Editor of By the Wayside. 
Dear Sir:— 
You have asked me to write you an 
iccount of our exhibit of birds at the 
nuseum and I am very glad to comply 
vith vour request because of the added 
nterest it may give vour readers in our 
exhibits. These exhibits fall naturally 
mder nine heads: 
First, There is a selected series of 
mounted skeletons of birds illustrating 
;he osteology of typical members of the 
various orders. 
I Second. A series of foreign birds, sys¬ 
tematic in arrangement, giving a general 
Liew of the ornis of the world and ex¬ 
hibiting manv of the better known and 
more striking species. The ostrich, cas- 
jsoway, albatross, penguin, and series of 
humming birds and birds of paradise 
are among those attracting most general 
interest. 
Third. A systematic series of the 
birds of North America, represented as 
far as possible by mounted specimens of 
adult, male and female, and of one young 
of each species. These are labeled to 
give the commqn name, scientific name, 
habitat, locality and date where and 
when the individual was taken. 
Fourth. Collection of North Ameri¬ 
can Birds’ eggs, mostly shown in sets 
and in a number of instances also accom¬ 
panied by nests. 
Fifth. The birds known to occur 
within a radius of twenty-five miles of 
Milwaukee represented usually by adult 
males. This series consists of three di¬ 
visions (a) one containing birds that are 
permanent residents of the region, (b) 
another comprising species that are prop- 
erlv migratorv, like the robin and red- 
