The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



WANTS, FOR SALES AND EXCHANC^S. 



Brief Special announcements " Wants," " Exchanges," " For Sales," inserted in this de- 

 oartment for 25 cents per 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate of 1-2 cent for 

 each additional word. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly first-class specimens will be accepted in payment at 1-3 list rates. 



Vol. XXII. No. 6. 



ALBION, N. Y., JUNE, 1905. 



Whole No. 215 



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Examine the 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. 1904 



215 vour subscription expires with this issue 

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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-class matter December 

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

 tinder the Act of Congress of March .3, 1879. 



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. 



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. 



TO EXCHANGE.-O and O Vols., VI. VII. 

 VIII. condor. Vols. IV, etc Want bird 

 skins or books. F. B. KECHNIE, Ponkspog, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE.— A large series California 

 Murre eggs, fine sets of two and three White 

 Pelican and <jthers. Birds nests. Mounted 

 Birds and Mammals. Skulls of small ani- 

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

 Fancy Pigeons, Game Bantams. J. 2. t. 

 ALMON KIBBE, Mayville, N. Y. 



A FINE collection of 180 varieties of birds' 

 eggs also several hundred varieties stamps 

 for best offer in curios, Indian relics or coins. 

 J. R. RALPH, 3253 Colfax St., Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



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. scientific skins of Ari- 

 zona birds. Will collect to order during 

 season of 1905. Urst class eggs in sets, skins 

 or insects. Correspondence solicited. H. 

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



WANTED.— P'resh skins of the Great 

 Horned Owl ( or subspecies ), Snowy 

 Owl,, Ptarmigan, Mountain Partridge, 

 Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, Sets of 

 Cuckoos, Am, 'Herring Gull, Least Tern, 

 Laughing Gull, Any Sandpiper or Plover. 

 What can you offer and what can you use? 

 ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester. N. Y. 



WANTED.-All kinds of Live Wild Birds 

 and Animals. State prices when writing. 

 Don't ask me what I pay. DR. CECIL 

 FRE NCH. Naturalist. Washington, D. C. J12t 



FOR EXCHAN(jE. -Telegraph instru- 

 ment, receiver and transmitter, for birds' 

 eggs, shore birds preferred. Also language 

 text-books, lexicons, etc.. for eggs. R. No. 3. 

 JACOB BOSTIAN, Statesville. N. C. 



Los Angeles. California. 

 Dear Friend .Short:— I am awfully obliged 

 to you for running my adv. the second time, 

 hut for goodness sake cut it out this issue. 

 If I had a thousand sets to trade ' ^y would 

 have all been gone before n v. " got 51 

 answers to that adv., seven befc 3 I lad re- 

 ceived the copy of the Oologist c ntaining it. 



Yours, 

 H.H. DUNN. 



WANTED. -Sets of Am. Osprey, also 

 Sharp-shinned, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered 

 and Swainsonis Hawks if ruell marked. Can 

 offer fine sets of Harris' and White-tailed 

 Hawks, Aplomado Falcon. Merrill's Parau- 

 que. Chuck-will's Widow, Whippoorwill, 

 Arizona .Jay, Hooded and Magnolia Warb- 

 lers, La- Water Thrush, Black-throated Spar- 

 row, Gray-tailed Cardinal, Verdin, Rock, 

 Baird's and Cactus Wrens. Curve-billed and 

 Sennetfs Thrashers. Great Black-backed 

 Gull, Corn Crake and others. Address DR. 

 T. W. RICHARDS, V. S. Navy. U. S. Ship 

 Arkansas, care Postmaster. New \ork City. 



