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THE OOLOGIST 



MISCELLANEOUS— Continued. 



Exchange of buttertlies wanted. Will col- 

 lect other lines of Natural history for butter- 

 flies. GEO. ROSSITER, 312 13th Av. East; 

 Calgary. Alta. [l\_ 



EXCHANGE. — Send stamp for list of 

 articles to exchange or sell. DAVID PRATT, 

 Box 538 Freefor t. Maine. |1] 



WANTED.— Good photographs of nests 

 and eggs of Mississippi Valley Migrants 

 breeding in north i e.. Warblers, Sparrows, 

 etc. J. F. FERRY, Chicago, 111.. Care of Field 

 Museum of Natural History. 1 1] 



FOR SALE.— Basket w;ork, of ali shapes 

 and patterns, mats, bows, pappoose baskets 

 and other works of art of the "Northern Cali- 

 fornia Indian." Price list free and your 

 money back, if goods bought are not as 

 represented. Address C. IR VIN CLAY, Box 

 353. Eureka. Cal. [1] 



FOR SALE.— 1 large black bear skin with 

 skull, claws and leg bones, well salted. Also 

 1 bull moose with nice pair of Antlers. These 

 skins are first class with full measurements. 

 WM. SIMPSON, Box 4«4 Portage La Prairie, 

 Manitoba. [IJ 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Scientific shells and 

 books, fossils and stone relics. I want good 

 United States and foreign stamps. T. S. 

 HILL, Moodys, Okla. [l] 



FOR SALE.^2 black bear cubs, tame and 

 healthy, about 6 months old, $40.00. 23 live 

 Canada Geese. 1 gandor, a fine breeding pen, 

 $20.00. WM. SIMPSON, Box 4»1, Portage La 

 Prairie, Manitoba. [1] 



If you wish to purchase books on Natural 

 History. Science, Travels, etc., write to The 

 Bulletin. If not in stock, they may be ob- 

 tained for you as the proprietors have ex- 

 ceptional opportunities of buying scarce 

 works. "THE BULLETIN," 4 Duke St., 

 Adelphi, London, England. [1) 



FOR EXCHANGE.- A representative col- 

 lection of Ohio Indian relics, consisting of 

 over 400 arrow heads, 29 celts, 14 grooved 

 axes, spear heads, drills, hammer stones, 

 plummets, chisels, gorget, pipe, stone beads, 

 pestles, flint knives, etc. Want first class 

 eggs in complete sets with full and complete 

 data. Send lists and receive tracings of 

 specimens. B. R. BALES, Circleville, Ohio. [1 



WANTED.— Mounting coudition, otter 

 fisher, marten, wolverine, grey timber wolf, 

 white blazed face, badger, all skulls. Address 

 E. W. CAMPBELL. Taxidermist, 323 

 Wyoming Ave, Pottston, Pa. UJ 



FOR SALE.- Large Flint Lock Pistol, 16 

 inches in length. $6.00; Puritan foot stove tin, 

 with wood frame, $1.50; pair of iron spectacles 

 75c. JAMES O. .JOHNSON, Southington. 

 Conn. [IJ 



FOR EXCHANCiE.— Four by five Premo 

 Film-plate Camera outfit, Stevens' Offhand 

 pistol, 32 calibre Colts repeating rifie; for 

 nature and sporting goods and books. 

 OWEN M. (;ATES, Box 54 Mansfield, Ohio.H 



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The Migrant Shrike. 



J. Claire Wood. 



In THE OOLOGIST for January, 

 1910, Mr. R. T. Fuller of Lacona, New 

 York, desires to know which variety 

 of Lanius ludovicianvis inhabits his 

 state. Beyond a doubt, migrans is the 

 only breeding form and if either ex- 

 cubitorides or true ludoricianus should 

 occur at all it could be only as a very 

 rare straggler. Probably the latest 

 and generally accepted authority on 

 geographical distribution is Prof. 

 Ridgway's "Birds of North and Mid- 

 dle America," and according to this 

 great work, excubitorfdes is not found 

 East of the Great Plains while the 

 range of migrans is given as the great- 

 er part of United States East of the 

 Great Plains; breeding North to New 

 Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Vermont, Northern New York, Quebec, 

 Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota and Southward to midland 

 Virginia and western Carolina, Ken- 

 tucky and eastern Kasas; in winter, 

 southward to Mississippi, Louisana 

 and Texas. The range of true ludov- 

 icianus is given as "Coast district of 

 South Carolina and Georgia to south- 

 ern Florida, and westward over the 

 coastal plain of the Gulf States to 

 Louisiana." 



Excepting borealis, all the shrikes 

 I have collected here are typical mi- 

 grans. My first were taken August 

 10, 1890, and last April, 25, 1909. I 

 have found them in every month of 

 the year except January. 



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