. The oist . which he uses In another article on notes uponthe distribution, habits and nesting ofthe Black-capped Vireo Mr. Brewsterstates From the above it will appearthat to William H. Werner is due allcredit for discovering the first authen-tic nest of tlie Black-capped Vireoknown to science. Later near the endof the page in a foot-note is writtenMr. Werner has sent me for exami-nation an exquisite little study inwater colors of a pair of Black-cappedVireos with their nest and egg, takenfrom specimens in his fine many who visited the Cen-tennial Exhibition at Philadelph
. The oist . which he uses In another article on notes uponthe distribution, habits and nesting ofthe Black-capped Vireo Mr. Brewsterstates From the above it will appearthat to William H. Werner is due allcredit for discovering the first authen-tic nest of tlie Black-capped Vireoknown to science. Later near the endof the page in a foot-note is writtenMr. Werner has sent me for exami-nation an exquisite little study inwater colors of a pair of Black-cappedVireos with their nest and egg, takenfrom specimens in his fine many who visited the Cen-tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia willremember seeing there his exhibit ofseveral groups of mounted birds, allmasterpieces of taxidermal skill. Mr. Werner made a number ot mar-vellous collections of birds and ani-mals. His first collection for any in-stitution was made for the KutztownNormal School. According to recordsobtained from Dr. Charles Boyer, headof that school, a committee was ap-pointed to confer with Mr. Werner on THE OOLOGIST. Partial View of the Kunstman-Werner Exhibit at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, Pa., 1876(The present Editor of The Oologist viewed this exhibitand remembers it well. It was a splendid tiling of its kind 10 THE OOLOGIST March 2, 1888. This committee finally-purchased the collection on April 6,1888. Dr. Boyer says, I have usedthis collection personally for years toteach zoology and specialize birds. must have made it many yearsbefore we purchased it. It is still opento visitors. Mr. Werner also sold to Lehigh Uni-versity at South Bethlehem a fine col-lection of birds and animals in theirnative haunts. This has not been wellcared for and is not used any were also made for L^-tayette College at Easton and forAllentowii but these two last namedwere very unfortunately destroyed byfire. Mr. James L. Schaadt of Allen-town has very kindly given me some■nfcrmation regarding the collectionthere He says in part: The city ofA!lentown maintained a
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