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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



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Vol. XXII. No. 5. 



ALBION, N. Y., MAY, 1905. 



Whole No. 214 



Take Notice. 



Examine tlie number following your name 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



Remember we must be notified if you wish 

 paper discontinued and all arrearages must 

 be paid. 



207 your subscription expired Oct. 1904 

 209 " ■■ " Dec. 1905 



214 your subscription expires with this issue. 

 219 •■ ■• ■■ '■ Oct., 1905 



221 " " '■ " Dec, 1095 



257 '• " " " Dec, 1908 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



Entered as second-claes matter December 

 21, 190.3. at the post office at Albion, N. Y., 

 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



I HAVE a few very desirable sets for ex- 

 change, such as loons, alabatross. cranes, 

 falcons, kites and other Kaptores, ducks with 

 down, etc. Warblers especially wanted. All 

 answered. A. E. PRICE .Orant Park, 111. stf 



WANTED.— Fine sets of Sharp Shinned 

 Hawks eggs. Will give handsome sets of 

 Aplomado Falcon at reduced rates. T. H. 

 JACKSON. 343 E. Biddle St., West Chester, 

 Pa. 



WANTED.— Eggs in sets, large or small 

 lots. Will give in exchange fine collections 

 of minerals and shells. A few sets and skins 

 and some books. Can use many common 

 species. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE.-A fine lot of shells, 

 minerals, curios etc. for American or For- 

 eign stamps new to my collection. Wish to 

 correspond with beginners. Will buy collect- 

 ions for cash. A. t. f. RUTH WEBB, 202 

 Westminister Road. Rochester, N. Y. 



FOR SALE.— A large series California 

 Murre eggs, fine sets of two and three White 

 Pelican and others. Birds nests. Mounted 

 Birds and Mammals. Skulls of small ani- 

 mals. A fine lot of Guinea Pigs in all colors. 

 Fancy Pigeons. Game Bantams. A. 2. t. 

 ALMON KIBBE, Mayville, N. Y. 



P. S.— Your magazine "The Oologist" is the 

 best bird magazine for the price. Yours 

 truly. A. C. R.. Toledo. Ohio. 



FOR SALE.— A. 1. scientitic skins of Ari- 

 zona birds. Will collect to order during 

 season of 1905. First class eggs in sets, skins 

 or insects. Correspondence solicited. H. 

 H. Kimball, Tucson. Ariz. t.f. 



WANTED.— Fresh skins of the threat 

 Horned Owl ( or subspecies ). Snowy 

 Owl,, Ptarmigan. Mountain Partridge. 

 Hooded Merganser, Wood, Duck, Sets of 

 Cuckoos. Am, Herring (iull. Least Tern. 

 Laughing Gull. Any Sandpiper or Plover. 

 What can you offer and what can you use? 

 ERNEST H. SHORT. Rochester. X. Y. 



WANTED.-All kinds of Live Wild Birds 

 and Animals. State prices when writing. 

 Don't ask me what I pay. DR. C'F^CIL 

 FRENCH. Naturalist, Washington. D. C. J12t 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. -First-class 

 skins, 3, 4-6, 130, 132, 149, lti7, 2-390, 47.S. 4-515, 

 5-534. 5b7, (J24. 728, 735, for good Indian relics or 

 $4.25 cash. GEORGE J. TILLS, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE.-294« Ml, 1-12: .333 2-3, 

 2-4. 1-5; 335 1-2; mh 1-3; .339 1-2; 360a 1-5; 364 1-2; 

 \m 1-4, 1-5, 1-6; 375rf 1-3; 413 1-6: 4746- 2-3; 505r( 2-3. 

 1-4; 508 1-5: 510 1-4, 1-6; 519 1-5; 530n-4; 560 1-5; 

 581f 4-3, 1-4; 591c 1-3, 4-4; 596 2-3; 710a 1-3: 721a 1-7, 

 1-8; 743 a n-6; 429 n-2; iSO n-2; 431 n-2. I want 

 many common sets from all parts of the 

 country, but not series, one set from a local- 

 ity is all I can use. H. H. DUNN, 138 N. 

 Bunkerhill Ave.. Los Angeles. California. 



WANTED.— Old coins and stamps. Have 

 thousands of old Chinese coins and rare eggs 

 for exchange or sale, also American eggs. 

 Gnatcatchers, Vireos. Warblers with nests. 

 ERNEST B. CALDWELL. 1902 Vine St. 

 Highland Park, Tenn. 



G. B. Heron's Nest for $5.00 by freight at 

 buyers expense or will exchange for sets. 

 WM. R. CRISPIN. Salem. N. J. 



MAKE SEPERATE CASH OFFERS for 

 Bendire's Life Histories (both volumes) 

 Fisher's Hawk and Owls. Ridgeway's Hum- 

 mingbirds. Macoun's Canadian Birds and 

 comiilete files of Nidologist and Osprey. 

 DR. I. S. TROSTLER, Orleans, Nebraska. 



