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PETRIFIED Moss.— Fine specimens, post- 

 paid, 10. 30 and aX;. Stamps taken. Silver 

 preferred. A.B.ROBERTS, Weymoutb, Me- 

 dina Co., Ohio. 



I HAVE a couple of tine pedigreed hunting 

 dogs to exchange for eggs in original sets with 

 unquestionable data. Send lists and Iwill make 

 liberal offer Many common eggs wanted. J. 

 H. BKOWN. Davenport. Iowa. 



FOR EXCHANGE One three dollar Magic 

 Lantern with eleven slides, will exchange for 

 best offer in birds eggs. All letters answered. 

 Address. THOS. CRONIN. Westtown, Chester 

 Co., Pa. 



ORNITHOLOGISTS of the South and West, 

 wishing to exchange skins of common birds for 

 same of Michigan. Write mc. Florida curios, 

 Mich Igau eggs to exchange. L . W. WATKINS. 

 Manchester, Mich. 



EXCHANGE— Confederate bills and State 

 Issues, foreign coins, Indian relict*, and war 

 tokens, for the same, and C. S. A. stamps. C. 

 S. A. bills are numbered from Massamore's 

 catalogue, ERWIN G. WARD, Palmer, Mass. 



EXCHANGE NOTICE -I am starting a col- 

 lection of U. s. half dollars, and will make the 

 following offer in order to secure a number of 

 the commoner dates. Fen- ever.v h ilf dollar 

 sent, I will return postpaid, a beautiful nest 

 and two eggs of Black-chiuned Hummer, extra 

 choice condition original data. If two are sent. 

 I will add Costa"s nest and two eggs, providing 

 you encio-e five cents extra for postage. Kind- 

 ly have condition good and choose as old dates 

 as possible. Register all letters with an 8 cent 

 Columbian stamp and I will return return 4cts. 

 with data. C. W. CRANDALL, Woodside, 

 Queens Co., N. Y. 



► TO KXCHANGE.— Mexican Opal, cut. value, 

 . $1. for hue Crystals of Amethyst. Tourmaline, 

 Aquamarine. Gar uet. Topaz or other precious 

 or semi-precious stone. B. O. LONGYEAR, 

 Mason, Mich. 



EXCHANGE— Blue prints of small steam en- 

 gine and instructions to make same, for coins 

 books, minerals, curios, eggs iu sets, Indian 

 relics, stamps or Internation 1 album. KUS- 

 SELL KEMNEDY. No. W Pearson St., New 

 Castle. Pa. 



TO EXCHANGE.— M't'd Birds. Skins. Fos- 

 sUrt and common eggs for Coins. Stamps. Pa- 

 p-^r Money. Skins, Eggs and Fossils. All an- 

 swered. WILL A. BRYAN. New Sharon, 

 Iowa, Taxidennist la. Ag'l College. 



WANTED.— ■•Ornithoh>giit and Oologisf 

 vols. 1. 2. 3, 4. ."). 11 and 12. "The Observer." 

 vols. 3 and 4. 117// pay Cash if the price is right. 

 BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. 



THE NIDIOLOGIST is becoming famed far 

 and wide over America, as a strictly o ig nal 

 and high class pniilication for Oologists and 

 Ornithologists. There is no illustrated month- 

 ly magazine like it, and never has Leen, in 

 this country at least. A striking cover, inclos- 

 ing sixteeL pages, devoted to articles of unus- 

 ual interest. s\uiiptuously illustrated with 

 "half-tone" engravings; Jl per year, with free 

 exchange notice and i)remium offer. The De- 

 cember number cnntaiiifd among other inter- 

 esting articles. "Ht-monnling the Great Auk." 

 3 illusi rations by Dr. .Shnfeldt "YonngGulls In 

 Connnem»'nt." by Otto Emerson" Photography 

 Under Difflculties." illustrated, by Egbert 

 Bagg:"AnOdd Nest of California Bush Tit," 

 Illustrated Among handsomely illnstr.ili'd 

 articles in.Ianuarv number will be one byChas. 

 E. Doe: "Notes ou the Osprcy." Send In your 

 subscrlp»i(m noir and get the back numbers 

 while thev last, or send 10 cents, silver, for 

 sample copy. Address. H. R. TAYLOK, or 

 NIDIOLOGIST, Alameda, California. 



I HAVE eggs of the Caspian Te-n and Amer- 

 ican Herring (iull to exchange for Eggs .Skins 

 Curios, etc, ED. VAN WINKLE, Vans Har- 

 bor, Mich. 



EXCHANGE— I have a collection of North 

 DaUota sets and singles, tirst-dass. with com- 

 plete data, and worth at catak)gue i)rl«es. $7,5. 

 Will exchange for gold watch, watch chain 

 gun. revolver, jewelry, or anything you have 

 that I want. Also a Coues' Key for cash. .Send 

 for list. All answered. W. C. PELTON, 

 Dickinson. No. Dak. 



WANTED Canceled Columbian stamps. 

 Denominations. l.=ic. and upwards to ijft Issues, 

 in exchange for first-class sets with full data' 

 All answered. H.L. HEATON. Oberlin, Kan*. 



TO EXCHANGE-f).W varieties of foreign 

 stamps in 30c. nlbuin for U. S. stamps or casii 

 FRANK OWENS. Box 4J, Brookijm. Iowa. 



TO EXCHANGE-AboutS-^iO stamps, wanted 

 books ou Taxidermy, shooting or hunting. All 

 answered Address. HOWARD M. GILLET, 

 Lebanon Springs. N. V. 



TO EXCHANGE-A Four Pronged Fish 

 Spear and a small Printing Press for the best 

 offer of Singles or Hummer Skins and Nests. 

 GEO. H. DAVIS, 129 Washington St., Paines- 

 villH. Ohio. 



"BIRDS OF THE ST vTE OF NEW YORK, 

 hy DeKay. Complete in one thick volume. 4to| 

 cioth. 3H) pages, text, illustrated with 141 finely 

 engraved full page plates, beantifullv colored 

 by hand, showing .'iW figures. This' work Is 

 very scarce-. It was published in 1844. as one of 

 the vols, of the "Natural History af New York" 

 and is usually sold at from *!rt to fc.') per copy. 

 This copy needs rebinding and has the common 

 names of birds written underneath each figure 

 —otherwise clean and iu good condition. Our 

 price. prep;iid, only %\'i. F. H. LATTIN & CO 

 Albion. N. Y. 



OOi OfilSTS WANTED.-We want at once, 

 conies of the Of H.OGIST as follows; .luly-Aug- 

 ust. IHSii; .lanuary-Febmary. 1KS7 or Dec". |HH«, 

 with the former uttached: .June, 1HSH; April' 

 18.SW; March. lH.*a; and April. iHici We also de- 

 sire copies of our old IH.H.'i "Odi.oriisTs Hand- 

 book." For each and every copy of the above 

 publications mailed us not later than February 

 1. isiit. we will give l.'>cts worth of anythim; we 

 adverti.ie or otTer for sale or will semi credit 

 check good f ir the amount. In addition to the 

 abf)ve we will forward a "World's Eair Alma- 

 nac" for each of the first ten copies of each of 

 th> six No's of the Ooi-ocisT desired, also the 

 HvvdMook. (TO Almanacs In all.) Addressat 

 ou •>'. F. H. L.\TTI.\' & CO.. Albl<»n. N Y. 



Fine Egg Cabinets. 



Have 1'.' of the above on hand. S drawers $7 

 to 9v each. Cases and cabinets to order. Ash 

 Deer Shields, best Ihilsh 7.V. A. W. IIANA- 

 FORI). Taxidermist and Manufncfurer of Nat- 

 uralists Wood Workln,' Sui)i)lles. i;w W. Fulton 

 street. Grand Rapl<ls. .\li« h. 



