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FOR SALE— A tine specimen of tlie rare 

 •Capped Quartz, weighing b<^t\veeu 50 iunl 75 

 lbs. Price $50.00 Without any (juestiou one 

 of the finest pieces of this mineral ev'er found. 

 Small specimens 25c to $1.00. Addrsss, PUB- 

 LISHER MUSEUM, Albion, N. Y. 



PLANT Presses for Botanists. The Queen, 

 finest ever made, complete ready for use $2 50. 

 A cheaper press, of asli, lattice work, size 13x 

 18f, copper riveted, light and durable each 

 $L Same i size for young people 50c. Straps 

 for same, 25c. W.F.WEBB, Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED. — Pupils in shorthand, penman- 

 ship, bookkeeping or Spanish- [ teach all 

 these branches by mail and personally and se- 

 cure good positions when competent. 1 make 

 the securing of good positions for my pupils a 

 specialty. No other school does that. For 

 circulars and information write, W.G. CHAF- 

 FEE, Oswego, N. Y. N3t 



WANTED. — Second-hand copies of Cone s 

 Key, Ridgeway's Manual. Baird's Bievver and 

 Ridgeway's Land and Water Birds, colored 

 edition; for which, I offer anything I adver- 

 tise or part cash. Also can use good second- 

 hand copies of any standai'd words on Oini- 

 tliology, Mineralogy, MoUusca. Geology, etc. 

 Send full list with prices and what you v(iint 

 in exchange to W. F. WEBB. Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED to purchase for cash, first-class 

 full sets of Albati'oss, Swallow-tail, White- 

 tail and Everglade Kites, Golden and Bald 

 Eagles Pigeon Hawk, Duck Hawk, Aploma- 

 do Falcon, Prairie Falcon, Loon, Cranes and 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk. Quotations solicited, 

 and all communications answered. Please 

 name lowest cash price when quoting. C.W. 

 CRANDALL, Woodside, Queens Co., N. Y. 



WANTED. — Correspondence and exchange 

 in Botany, especially from southern states 

 and foreign counties. Would like to ex- 

 change lists of desiderata for next season's 

 collecting. Good specimens only. H. P. 

 CHANDLER, Beaver Dam, Wis. 



FINE complete sets of the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition tickets, eleven varieties, 

 quite similar in stvle of engraving to the old 

 50c sliinplaster. In a few years sets will be 

 very rare. Prepaid for $1. W. F. WEBB, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



COLORED PLA1ES.— These are the latest 

 "things of beauty" in The Nidiologist, 

 which is undoubtedly a better illustrated 

 monthly magazine of Ornithology and Oolo- 

 gy, for one dollar per year, than the scientific 

 world ever saw. The exquisite photograph 

 in colo7's. of an unusually haud-onie set of 

 eggs of the White-tailed Kite, in \hr, Novem- 

 ber number, will delight all Ocilogists. A fine 

 half-tone of a White-failed Kite, and other 

 striking illustration, in same number. Sam 

 pie of this number at usaal price. 10c. Suli- 

 scription, with exchange nocice free, $1. H. 

 R. -pAYLOR, Publisher Nidioloctst. Alanip- 

 'da, Calif. New York Office, ROSS 'I'aY- 

 LOR; 150 Fifth Avenue. 



GUN WANTED.— Parker Bros, latest im- 

 prtjved shot gun, second-hand, little used, 13 

 gauge; or VVinchester repeating shot gun, 

 model 1893, choke bored. Want to buy a 

 good gun cheap for cash, or to give mineral 

 specimens or Indian relics for same. L. W. 

 sriLWELL, Deadvvood, S. D. 



WAN I'ED. — A Dana's large Mineralogy, 

 latest edition, for which I will offer minerals, 

 shells, curios, etc. If you have a copy, drop 

 a line to EDITOR MUSEUM, Albion,' N. Y. 



SI'AMP COLLECTORS!— Look, what is 

 hei'e offered post paid for $1.25. A complete 

 set of the war department, including the 7c 

 and 'JOc ones— catalogue price is $2. Have 

 only a few left, and wish to close them out. 

 Write me for anything you want in stamps. 

 Address HUGH H. LANDIS, 408 Winchester 

 Ave., Chicago; HI. 



WANTED. — Anyone having extra fine min- 

 erals or fossils in quantity, or second-hand 

 Scieniic Books to send list and what is de- 

 sired in return. W. F. WEBB, Albion, N. Y. 



lO EXCHANGE.— Minerals and Fossils for 

 Birds Eggs, Shells or stamps. Illustrated 

 catalogue by mail, 10c. J. W. WIERS, 357 

 West, Van Buren St , Chicago, 111. 



INDIAN RELICS exchanged for Shark and 

 Alligator skulls with perfect dentures. DAN- 

 IEL B. Freeman, D. D. S., 4000 Drexel Boule- 

 vard, Chicago, Ills. 



CORRECTLY named Coleoptera, Land and 

 Fresh Water Shells, fine skulls of Muskrat and 

 job printing to exchange for Coleoptera, shells, 

 eggs in bets, bird and mammal skins and old 

 U. S. and Coufetierafestamps. Send lists and 

 receive mine. Lizards and Salamanders want- 

 ed. W. E. SNYDER, Naturalist, Beaver Dam, 

 Wisconsin. 



TRY the Exchange columns of The Muse- 

 um. The publisher has put forth practically 

 no effort to secure exchanges or ads., having 

 simply i)ut one i-niall ad. in a magazme of 

 .-iniiliar charaitei- lo this, to call attention of 

 the public; what lie intended to issue. The 

 number that ha^e lespondtd to this notice, is 

 sufficient guarantee to any fair minded man 

 of the faith of the collectors in the future of 

 the Museum. It is to be the standard of in- 

 tercouse among all collectors. Let me hear 

 from jou at once with an ad. for the l">ecem- 

 ber issue. W. F. WEBB, Albion, N. Y. 



-j 894 BIRD SKINS at bed rock prices. 

 Beautifully made up with full data and guar- 

 ranteed perfect in every respect. Rose- 

 breasted (.iiusbeak. 25c; Hhie-winged Warbler 

 35; Scarlet Tanager, 40; Prairie Warbler, 25; 

 Baie-headt-d Vireo, 25; Louisiana Water 

 'i'liru.-h, 40; VMiite-ejed Vireo, 20; Yellow- 

 breasted Chat, 25; Wormealing Warbler, 50; 

 Hooded Warbler, 40. And a large stock of 

 others at corresponding prices, list for 2c 

 stamp. Also eggs, shells, minerals, Indian 

 rt-lics, at tirrs, monnted heads, curios, etc. 

 Send 50c for sample skins of three species of 

 Warblers 



A. H. VERRILL, New Haven, Conn. 



