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WANT, FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE. 



Notices in this column may be inserted by subscribers at the rate 

 q/ one cent award, -with a vnnimum of 2 s cents for each insertion. 

 Dealers are referred to our regidar advertising rates. 



An Egg of the Califobnia Vulture has been 

 placed in The Osprey Company's hands to be sold. 



FoK Sale— 4x6 photographs of double nest like 

 cut in January Ospkey, mounted or unmounted. 

 Price, 25c each. Wm. H. Fisher, 1602 Mt. Koyal 

 Ave., Baltimore, Md. 



To Exchange— $10 worth of Al eggs for a few 

 pairs of live quail (any species) or live Noni)areils. 

 Also have $10 walnut egg cabinet will sell for $5. 

 Otto Holstein, Paris, Kentucky. 



Golden Eagle, Duck Hawk, Short-tailed Alba- 

 tross, Mexican Jacana — Above sets offered for sets 

 Swallow-tailed and Everglade Kites and Goshawks. 

 Cash if preferred; state price. Can offer ablg ''bonus" 

 if in other good sets. H. R. Taylor, Alameda, 

 California. 



OoLOGicAL Invention— iJawd JSgg Blow-pipe 

 for blowing and rinsing eggs. A very useful instru- 

 ment. Many unsolicited recommendations. Price, 

 75C, sent prepaid with printed instructions. Dr. M. 

 T. Cleckl^y, 457 Greene Street, Augusta, Ga. (b) 



Must reduce my stock of eggs. List and lowest 

 price ever ciuoted for stamp. No attention paid to 

 postal cards. Here are few sample prices. Sets of 

 Mallard, Pintail Redhead at .08 per egg, American 

 Gukleneye at .15, Western Grebe at .06. 100 smgles, 

 part of same second class, of Ducks, Hawk, Owl, 

 Terns, Gulls, etc., for $2. Edwin S. Bryant, Elsie, 

 Clinton, Co., Mich. 



To Exchange for A 1 sets, with data: Magic Lan- 

 tern with polyopticon attachments ($2); stamps ($2); 

 back numbers of natural history magazines and 

 'Youths Companion,' data blanks and a few sets. 

 V. L. Beed, Hampton, Iowa. 



OsPREYS, AV^ilson's Terns, Xight Herons, other 

 sets, and tine Bird and Mammal Skins for exchange 

 or sale. Correspondence desired.— W. W. Worth- 

 INGTON, Shelter Island Heights, New York. 



For Exchange— a large list of strictly A 1 eggs 

 in full sets with full and complete datas, also Bing- 

 ley's History of animated nature, 1'200 illustrations. 

 I will exchange for sets not in my collection. Send 

 list and receive mine. All letters answered. EiiNEST 

 Marceait, 8(59 Iowa Street, Dubuque, Iowa. 



For Sale— Complete sets of ecgs with data of the 

 following A. O. U. numbers, 332; 343, 347a, 349. 352, 

 853, 354, 356, 358, 359, 362, 504, 505a, 519b, 593b, 594b, 

 663, 714, 746a. These are not dealers' eggs. R. P. 

 Sharples, 91 Times Building, New Y'ork. (b) 



For Exchange or Sale— At low rates, fine sets 

 of following eggs: 293a, 311, 313, 318, 319, 325, 326, 

 335, 348, 362, 410, 417, 419, 421, 487, 594, 666, 706, 707, 

 512. Thos. H. Jackson, 343 E. Biddle St., West 

 Chester, Pa. (b) 



"CouEs' Key;" 4t-cal. XL shot gun and outfit, 

 both new, $10, write. F. A. Colby, Box 74. Hyde 

 Park, Mass. 



Wanted— First-class negatives of North Am'eri- 

 can birds, their nests and eggs from nature. $2.00 

 each will be paid for satislactory negatives. Ad- 

 dress, enclosing prints for inspection, Frank M. 

 Chapman, American Museum of Natural History, 

 New Y^ork City. 



White-winged Sfoters' eggs for sale: Set of 7 

 first class eggs, nest, data; also your choice of a set 

 of either Redhead, Pintail or Mallard sent prepaid 

 for $5. I have 2d class eggs of this Scuter in sets of 6 

 and 7 eggs each at .45 "per egg. All Scoter's eggs 



taken by myself at their only nesting grounds within 

 the LTnited States. Edwin S. Bryant, Elsie, Clin- 

 ton, Co., Mich. 



Competent instruction in ornithology wanted by 

 the correspondence plan. Please address with par- 

 ticulars, W. F. W. care The Osprey. 



A FEW fine, fresh specimens of Massena Partridge, 

 also Scaled and Gambel's. R. D. Lusk, Fort Hua- 

 chuca, A. T. 



For Sale. — A fine skin of a Flamingo, $8, Ridg- 

 way's Ornithology of Illinois, Vol. 1, $1.50. Bromide 

 enlargements of Osprej's nest in October Osprey 

 $1.50. H. S. Hathaway, box 498, Providence, R. I. 



Just Secured.— Fine skins of the Frazer's Oyster- 

 catcher, Guadalupe Petrels, Black Rails, Yellow 

 Rails, Xantus ^Nlurrelets, Baird's J uncos, Guadalupe 

 Juncos, Guadalupe Rock Wrens, (iuadalupe House 

 Finches, Golden-cheeked Warblers, Xantus Hum- 

 mers, Gyrfah'ons, and many rare species. Parties 

 desiring any of these should write at once. C. K. 

 Worthen. "Warsaw, 111. 



Rare Sets of Arizona Eggs: — Strictly first- 

 class in every respect, with full and original data — 

 many with nests, viz. : Elf and Western Horned Owl, 

 West. Red-tailed Hawk, Vermilion. Cones' and Ash- 

 throated Flycatchers, Lucy's Warbler, Arizona and 

 Long-crested Jays. White-necked Raven, Arizona 

 Junco, Palmer's, Bendire's and Crissal Thrashers, 

 Aberts, Canyon and Spurred Towhees, California 

 and Texan Woodpecker, Pygmy Xuthatch, Chestnut- 

 backed Bluebird, Red-shafted and Gilded Flickers. 

 Cactus, Rock and Parkman's Wren, and many others. 

 Also a fine lot of Al skins. Will sell reasonably or 

 will exchange for old U. S. stamps. Parties having 

 such send list when you write. No common trash 

 wanted. Send for full list. Address O. W. How- 

 ard, Bisbee, Arizona. 



WANTED-COLLECTORS 



To send for my latest bulletins of Skins, 

 Eggs, Shells, Curios, etc., which is now 

 ready. I issue the largest bulletins of any 

 dealer in this country. Collectors having 

 nice sets to trade please drop me a line. (15.) 



JAMES P. BABBITT, Taunton, Mass. 



MARINE SHELLS AND CURIOS. 



For only 10 cents I will mail my liandsomely illustrated 

 catalofiue and any one of thefollowiuy; sliowy shells: Crown. 

 Tulip, Lightning, Angle-wiug or Sun. 



J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. 

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is doing for lovers of Botany. You cannot thoroughly 

 enioy Naturf^ without both. The best Botanists 

 write for the Plant World and while the articles are 

 strictly scientific, they are not technical. Send for a 

 free sample copy to 

 WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO,, Publ'rs. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 



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 voted to Natural Science published in the West. 

 Free Exchange Column. Ssunple Copy Free. 



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Palestine, Oregon. 



TAXIDERMY. 



Higli grade, scientific work in all branches. Photos 

 of Mounted Specimens. 15e each: to customers free. 



Bird Skins, Mounted Birds and Mammals. 



Bulletin 5 just out. Send for a copy. 

 GEO. F. GUELF, - BROCKPORT, N. Y. 



