The Oologist. 



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Vol. XXVII. No. 1. ALBION, N. Y., JAN. 15, 1910. Whole No. 270 



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THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENOLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys, tiuails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stock 

 purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, 

 foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ ct M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry iV: Game Park. Yardley, 

 Pa. 



FOR S.\LE:— A collection of Mexican bird- 

 skins, containing several hundreds of spe- 

 cies: perfect skins with careful data. This 

 collection incUides a variety of Raptores and 

 (lamebirds. Will dispose of same, individ- 

 ually, or as a whole No exchange. AUS- 

 TIN PAUL SMITH, Box HI, Brownsville, 

 Texas. 



WANTED.— Specimens of Black-capped 

 Petrel, Rodger Fulmar, Dark-bodied Shear- 

 water, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black- 

 vented Shearwater. Townsend's Shearwater 

 Readings Petrel, Guadaloupe Petrel. Black 

 Petrel. Blue faced Booby, Blue-footed Booby. 

 Brewster's Booby, Trompeter Swan. White- 

 cheeked (ionse. Elegant and Trudeau's Tern. 

 Surf Rird, Krider's Hawk, Harlan's Hawk, 

 Peale's FaUon, Black .Merlin. Mottled (Jvvl, 

 Masked Bob-white, .\ttwater"s Prairie Hen. 

 We will pay good prices or exchange for any 

 first class specimens of above material. 

 Address. Box 524. New Haven. Conn. 



WANTED. -To buy first class skins of the 

 Hawks and Owls, or will give good exchange 

 in books. Write S. V. WHARRA.M, Geneva, 

 Ohio. 



W.\NTED. — To exchange bird skins of 

 Northern Illinois with somebody for birds 

 from his locality, including western varieties 

 of our common birds if possible. CHAS. K. 

 CARPENTER, 183 Fox St., Aurora, Illinois. 



WANTED.- Skins of all the quails, par- 

 tridges, grouse and pheasants of Mexico, 

 Central and South America, Europe, Asia, 

 Africa and Australia (all over the world), 

 cash or exchange. Write what you have and 

 what you want. J. F. FR.\ZIER. Audubon, 

 Iowa. 



WANTED.— P'irst class skins of Murrelets. 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails, Shore Birds. 

 Grouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and (ireat Gray, and certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern California 

 species, also tine sets of personally taken 

 Heermann's Gulls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY 

 I. OSBURN. Pas.idena, Calif. 



Thirty 1-Airopean birds' skins, good quality 

 and capable of being mounted. Perhaps of 

 twenty species; such as European Dipper. 

 Hoopoe, Wryneck, Kingfisher, etc. $10 for 

 the lot. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box 141, 

 Brownsville, Texas. 



WANTED.-Skins of Masked Bob-white, 

 Eskimo Curlew. San Pedro, Partridge, 

 Spotted Owl. Flammulated Screech Owl. 

 Pribilof Sand Piper, Bristle-thighed Curlew, 

 and any other rare skins. J. F. FRAZIER, 

 Audubon. Iowa. 



COSTA RK^'A SKINS.— Write me your 

 wants. Bird and Manimel skins collected 

 from this locality for cash. HE^NRY F. 

 R^ \"EN. Box 73. Linion. Costa Rica. 



Any collectors having a few good labeled 

 specimens of foreign birds, send list. I will 

 give A 1 skins of Illinois and California birds. 

 Also offer skins of common specimens from 

 Illiiidis for nests and sets of small species. 

 HKXRYK. COALE, Highland Park, Lake 

 Co .. 111. 



A 1 mounted birds of rare eggs in sets to 

 exchange for game head, fur rugs. Address 

 GEORGE SWEZEY. 61071 polk St., Newark, 

 N.J. 



