The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDBRMV 



Vol. XXVII. No. 12. 



ALBION, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1910. Whole No. 281 



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BIRDS 



WANTED. -A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster. Mass. 



WANTED. -.\ few good skins of the Dakota 

 Song Sparrow, (Melospiza melodia juddi) 

 THAYER MUSEU.M, 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 it 

 DIPPIE, Calgary, Alberta. 



WANTED. -Skins of birds of the Rocky 

 Mountain and (iulf 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, 

 Oal. 



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. 



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. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Bird skins from north- 

 eastern United States for specimens from 

 other parts of North America. Collectors 

 send their lists in exchange for mine. J. A. 

 WEBER, Palisades Park, N. J. 



I want 1 perfect skin in full breeding plum- 

 age of each of the following species: A. O. U. 

 ,No, 396, 454, 45H, 460, 468, 470a, 471, 477, 48.'^, 495a, 

 498,506.515. 511b. 528. SaOb, 5;i4. 542c. 557. 558. 

 581d. 58:3. 585. 593c. 594. 641. 643, 644, 646, 651, 655, 

 657. 659. 660. 675. 679. 6s0, 681, 683, 685, 715, 757. 

 758a, 761, 725. I have duplicates for exchange 

 of A. O. U. Xo. 373. 495. 498. 507. 529, 558, 559, 601. 

 608, 636, 648, 662, 594, . R. .M. BARNES. 

 Lacon. 111. 



WANTED.— First class skins of -Murreleti. 

 Gulls. Shearwaters. Rails. Shore Birds, 

 Grouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and Great Gray, and certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern California 

 species, also fine sets of personally taken 

 Heermann's (julls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 \\\ reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY 

 I. OSBURN. Pasadena. Calif. 



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 & MACKENSEN. 

 Dept. H. Pheasantry ct Game Pa ' -■''ey. 

 Pa. 



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