The Oologist. 



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Vol. XXVII. No. 4. ALBION, N. Y., APRIL 15, 1910. Whole No. 273 



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BIRDS 



WANTED.— For cash in mounting con- 

 dition; skins of Ivory-billed Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. L. A. PARRE. Batavia. 111. d' 



WANTED.— A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster. Mass. 



WANTED.— One first set each of Sandhill 

 and Whooping Crane, one pair of skins of 

 Whooping Crane. Will exchange specimens 

 from Northwest Canada. MACK AY A- 

 DIP PIE. Calgary. Alberta. 



WANTED. -Skins of birds of the Rocky 

 Mountain and Oulf states, also a few rare 

 Eastern. Can offer material from Baja Cali- 

 fornia (Mexico) and good exchange in well 

 made Western skins. Please send complete 

 lists. PINGREE I. OSBURNE, Pasadena, 

 <Jal. 



TO EXCHAN(iE. -Finely mounted birds 

 and deer heads, several hundred Natural 

 History and .Sportsman's magazines, for 

 bird aiid mammal skins. GEO. F. GCELF. 

 Taxidermist. Brockport. N. Y. 



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 of small species. 

 HENRY K. COALE. Highland Park. Lake 

 Co., 111. 



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, 5t;2U Lake Ave., Chicago. 111. 



WANTED.— I'o buy first class skins of the 

 Hawks ■ nd Owls, or will give good exchange 

 in bor Write S. V. WHARRAAl, Geneva, 

 Ohio. 



WAN'. 'ED.— First class skins of Murrelets, 

 Gulls, t hearwaiers. Rails, Shore Birds, 

 Grouse. Hawks. Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and (jreat Graj*, 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, Pasadena, Calif. 



QUALITY BIRD SKINS.— If sou are in 

 need of material from the Lower Rio Grande, 

 southward in Mexico; let me hear from you. 

 My work is ganged by ijuality. 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. ALSTIN 

 PAUL SMITH, Box 111, Brownsville, Texas. 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys. <iuails. rabbits, deer, etc. for stock 

 puri)0.ses. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, 

 foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ it MACKENSKN, 

 Dept. H. Pheasantry ct Game Park. Yardley, 

 Pa. 



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