The Oologist. 



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Vol. XXVII. No. 3. ALBION, N. Y., MARCH 15, 1910. Whole No. 272 



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BIRDS 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys, quails, 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 cVr M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H. Pheasantry it Game Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. 



BIRDS OF PREY: The skins of the forms 

 of this order, that I can offer from time to 

 time, cannot be excelled in point of quality, 

 and data. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box 141 

 Brownsville, Texas. fU 



WANTED.— A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster, Mass. 



WANTED. -To buy first class skins of the 

 Hawks and Owls, or will give good exchange 

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

 Ohio. 



QUALITY BIRD SKINS.-If you are in 

 need of material from the Lower Kio Grande, 

 southward in Mexico; let me hear from you. 

 My work is gauged by quality, not quantity 

 of output; a fact worthy of your serious con- 

 sideration, when adding to your collection. 

 Series representing the species from the egg 

 to the adult can be arranged for. AUSTIN 

 PAUL SMITH, Box 111, Brownsville, Texas. 



WANTED.-Male and female of Wood 

 Duck, Great Horned Owl, Screech Owl, Spar- 

 row Hawk. Flicker, Baltimore Oriole, Blue 

 Jay and Scarlet Tanager. The first five with 

 nests in section of hollow tree and the latter 

 three with nests and eggs in section of original 

 branches. For further particulars address 

 J. FRIESSER, 5620 Lake Ave., Chicago, 111. 



WANTED. -Skins of all the quails, par- 

 tridges, grouse and pheasants of Mexico, 

 Central and South America, Europe, Asia, 

 Africa and Australia tall over the world), 

 cash or exchange. Write what you have and 

 what you.want. J. F. FRAZIER, Audubon, 

 Iowa. 



WANTED.— First 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 fine sets of personally taken 

 Heermann's Gulls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY 

 I. OSBURN. Pasadena. Calif. 



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 RICA SKINS.— Write me your 

 wants. Bird and Mammel skins collected 

 from this locality for cash. HENRY F. 

 R^^ YEN, Box 73. Limon, 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 

 Illinois for nests and sets cf small species. 

 HENRY K. COALE, Highland Park, Lake 

 Co.. 111. 



TO EXCHANGE. -Finely mounted birds 

 and deer heads, several hundred Natural 

 History and Sportsman's magazines, for 

 bird and mammal skins. GEO. F. GUELF, 

 Taxidermist. Brockport. N. Y. 



WANTED.— All mounted specimens of 

 Woodcock, Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, 

 all Quails and Grouse, for cash. L. MILLER, 

 1129 E, Market St.. Indianapolis, Ind. 



