The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



WANTS, FOR SALES AND EXCHANGES. 



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 partment 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 i^rst-class specimens will be accepted in payment at 1-3 list rates. 



Vol. XXII. No. 7. 



ALBION, N. Y., JULY, 1905. 



Whole No. 216 



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Entered as second-class matter December 

 21, 1903, at the post office at Albion, N. Y., 

 under the Act o( Congress of .March 3. Is79. 



FUK EXCHANGE. -A fine lot of shells, 

 minerals, curios etc., for American or For- 

 eign stamps new to my collecti(jn. Wish lo 

 correspond with beginners. Will buy collect- 

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

 Westminister Koad, Rochester. X. Y. 



WAXTKD.— 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 manj- common 

 species. EKXEST H. SHORT. Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



FOR SALE.— A large series C"lifornia 

 Murre eggs, fine sets of two and th ee White 

 Pelican and others. Birds nests, >Iounted 

 Birds and ^lamnials. Skulls of small ani- 

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

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

 AL.MOX KIBBE, Mayville. X. Y. 



Los Angeles. California. 

 Dear Friend Short:— I am awfully obliged 

 to you for running my adv. the second time, 

 but for goodness sake cut it out this issue. 

 If I had a thousand sets to trade they would 

 have all been gone before now. I gt)t 54 

 answers to that adv., seven before I had re- 

 ceived the copy of the Oologist containing it. 

 Yours. 



H. H. DUNN. 



PEACOCK.— A magnificent male specimen 

 in full plumage, well worth -110 Will box 

 and ship at purchaser's expense for an even 

 $5. FRAXK H. LATTIX. Albion, XrY. 



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

 zona birds. Will collect to order during 

 season of 1905. First class eggs in sets, skins 

 or insects. Correspondeixe scjlicited. H. 

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



WAXTED.— Fresh skins of the (ireat 

 Horned Owl ( or sub':pecies ), 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? 

 ERXEST H. SHORT, Rochester. X. Y. 



WAXTED.-All kinds of Live Wild Birds 

 and Animals. State prices when writing. 

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

 FREXCH, Xaturalist, Washington, D. C. J12t 



Providence, R. I. 

 Dear Sir:— Please withdraw my ad. from 

 your For Sale column. I have disposed of 

 what material I offered anc ._t,lies to the ad. 

 are still coming in. I read over Iflfty replies 

 from half as many states, whirh speaks well 

 for the "Oologi-t" as an advertising n edium. 

 Very truly yours, 



DR. F. P. DROWXE. 



WANTED.— Ciood photographs of Osprey 

 nests in exchange for tho-e of nests, snakes, 

 mammals.etc. WM. H. FISHER, 

 1-318 Bolton St.. Baltimore. Md. 



"ORXITHOLOGISTS AXD OOLOGISTS." 

 Send stamps for samples of neatest, hand- 

 somest label for Coll. of Eggs or M't'd Birds, 

 printed on fine card board, according to 

 latest A. O. U. Check List. 



PHILO W. SMITH, JR., 

 Jul. 2t Mona House, St. Louis, Mo. 



WAXTP^D.- (iood field glass, microscope 

 and bird skins of other localities. I offer in 

 e" change good five shot lis cal., collecting 

 p.stol, 11 in bbl. shoots shot or ball cartridge, 

 with 2-5 new brass shells, also A. I. Bird 

 Skins and mounted birds frfim this locality. 

 ALFRED T. GARRETT. Waterport, X. Y. 



