. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ry collection was reachedbidders appeared to have overcomethe reluctance to hid, which made theearlier stages of the sale so tedious,hut with regard to prices they remain-ed unrepentant. Only ten shillingswa soffered for a valuable stuffed go-rilla, while a fine specimen of the blue-faced monkey changed hands for A whole case of tropical birdsof brilliant plumage went for £8 8s. As 2 oclock, the time announced forthe sale of the Great Auks Egg, ap-proached, the room rapidly filled, butit was half-past the hour before them
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ry collection was reachedbidders appeared to have overcomethe reluctance to hid, which made theearlier stages of the sale so tedious,hut with regard to prices they remain-ed unrepentant. Only ten shillingswa soffered for a valuable stuffed go-rilla, while a fine specimen of the blue-faced monkey changed hands for A whole case of tropical birdsof brilliant plumage went for £8 8s. As 2 oclock, the time announced forthe sale of the Great Auks Egg, ap-proached, the room rapidly filled, butit was half-past the hour before themost remarkable feature of the salewas reached. The late Mr. Middle-brook made a quiet corner in aukseggs during his lifetime, and from anaverage of about £76 the price ofthis, his finest specimen, had risen tothe record -sum of £315 ($),when he purchased it by auction in1899. Yesterday, as was expected,there was a conisderable slump invalue, the last bid being £110 ($). An egg of the ^pyornis sold for£30 ($). T. REED, London, OUR NATIONAL FLAG. The official flag of the United Statesbears forty-five stars (one for eaclistate) in a blue field, arranged in sixrows—the first, third and fifth rowshaving eight stars each, the alternateeven rows having seven stars garrison flag of the army is madeof bunting, thirty-six feet fly and twen-ty feet hoist; thirteen stripes, and inthe upper quarter, next the staff, is-the field or union of stars, equal tothe number of states, on blue field,over one-third length of the flag, ex-tending to the lower edge of the fourth-red stripe from the top. The stormflag is twenty feet by ten feet, and therecruiting flag nine feet nine inchesby four feet four inches. The Ameri-can Jack is the union or blue field ofthe flag. The Revenue Marine Ser-vice flag, authorized by Act of Con-gress, March 2, 1799, was originallyprescribed to consist of sixteen per-pendicular stripes, alternate red andwhite, the union of t
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