THE OSPREY. 



WANT, FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE. 



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 oj one cent a word, with a minimum 0/25 cents for each insertion. 

 Dealers are referred to our regular advertising rates. 



Wanted, for cash.— Nidologist No. 2 of Vol. I, 

 October, 1893. Write, stating price. A. P. Reding- 

 TON, Santa Barbara, California. 



P\)R Sale Cheap.— Publications of Bureau of 

 Ethnology and Mammologv, Insect Life, Vols. I to 

 IV., (Oceanic Icthyology. M. A. Carriker, Jr., 

 Nebraska City, Neb. 



Al Sets of Florida Burruwiug Owl eggs, 85 cents 

 per egg for no less than twenty-tive eggs; 50 cents per 

 egg per single, sets. Snowy Heron 5c per egg of 25 

 eggs or more. Sandliill Cr.mi .ffLOO per egg. Florida 

 Cormorant 10 cents. Also firsi-class skins of Carolina 

 Paroket «5.00 per pair. Florida Duck $4.00 per pair. 

 Swallowtail Kite 15.00 pair. Florida Bur Owl *3.00 

 per pair. Sandhill Crane $6.00 pair. Complete data 

 with all. Also some tine Diamond Balk Rattlesnakes 

 and olliers. A. M. Nicholson, Orlando, Fla. 



Wanted.— To purchase for cash, or the best of 

 exchange if preferred, first-class complete sets of the 

 following species in a?i]/ (luantity. All species of 

 Eagle, Kite, Falcon, Crane, Loon, Tropic Bird and 

 Albatross, Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, Roseate 

 Spocmbill, Flamingo, Sharp-shin Hawk, Broad-wing, 

 Saw-Whet Owl. Prairie Falcon, Duck Hawk, Whip 

 poor-will. Chuck-wills-widow. Parauque. and any 

 other species new to my collectiim. especially species 

 of Petrels, Auk lets, Murrelets, Warblers, Waders. 

 etc. All sets must be Al with full data. 1 also desire 

 the following species in ian^ic <iu,<intiUes, for which 

 I will otter choice sets from' my series, or will give 

 rare or comm<m foreign in sets or singles or series if 

 desu-ed. A. O. U. Nos. 6. 27, 64, 67, 77. 106. 139. 140, 

 190, 191. 202, 214, 21H, 263, 273, 289. 294, 337. 339, 347a, 

 36S, 373 375, 387, 388, 390, 394. 452. 461. 467, 471, 494, 498, 

 501. 507. 554, 560, 611, 619, 622, 624, 628, 702, 703, 704, 

 743a, 761. Many others are want(!d too numerous to 

 mention. Have also many rare and desirable singles 

 on hand and can alwuys otter a very full list of 

 prime sets, either Ami-rican or foreign. Have over 

 :-!()() papers and periodicals to offer including complete 

 volumes of the Auk, O. and O., Nidologist, Osprey, 

 OoUxjist. etc. I also reciuire many back numbers to 

 complete my files. Will be glad to answer all com- 

 munication.*!. C. W. Crandai.i,, Jjock Box 3, Wood- 

 side, Queens Co., New York. 



Exchange Extraordinary.— Southern, North- 

 ern and Canadian bird.s' eggs in fine sets with full, 

 original data to exchange for desirable Al sets and 

 large singles. Dr. M. T. Ci.eckley, 457 Greene St., 

 Augusta, (4a. {21h) 



OoLOGiSTs Attention!— Extra fine sets for pri- 

 vate collections for sale at reasonable prices. Com- 

 plete list for stamp. Finest corps of competent col 

 lectors in the South. Dr. M. T. Cleckley, 467 

 (Jreene St., Augusta, Ga. {21b) 



Opera Glasses Wanted.— We offer extra good 

 exchange in specimens for several pairs of Opera 

 glasses and Field glasses. If you have one or more 

 pairs to exchange, write us. The Osprey Co., 141 

 E. 25th St., New York City. 



Eastman No. 4 Folding Kodak, 4x5, cost $50, 

 made to load with roll of 100 films (or less); fine lens, 

 and all in Al condition. Will exchange for eggs or 

 skins or both. J. P. Bap.bitt, Taunton, Mass. 



To Exchange.— Fine sets of Mallard, Cinnamon 

 Teal, Avocet, Black Stilt, Red Head and White-faced 

 Glossy Ibis. The latter can be supplied in series of 

 from one to one dozen sets. Send your list excluding 

 eggs catalogued at 25 cts. or under. A. M. Shields, 

 Crocker Building, San P'rancisco. 



California Condor— A fine pair of fresh skins 

 of this species for sale, or would take part payment in 

 desirable rare skins. F. 11. Holmes, Berryessa, Cal. 



For Sale.— a fine, perfect egg of the California 

 Condor, taken when fresh, neatly blown one hole 1-16 

 of an inch in diameter. Full data. Also other rare 

 sets. .Wanted, eggs of all Rap tores for cash. Wal- 

 ter F. Webb, Manager, Albion, N. Y. 



Back Numbers of the 'Auk,' 'Ornithologi.st and 

 Oologist,' 'Oologist,' 'Nidologist," "Osprey." and 

 other ornithological publications for sale or exchange. 

 W. S. Johnson, Booaville, N. Y. 



WANTED, 



A good copy of Baird. Brewer & Ridgeway's "Land 



Birds'* (3 vols. ), and " Water Birds" (2 vols). 



ALL WITH COLORED PLATES. 



Address, with ]>articulars as to condition, the lowest 

 cash Price, etc., 



WM. T. HORNADAY, 69 Wall St., NEW YORK. 



Features o\ the Pennsulvania Limited. 



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 a Parlor Smoking and Library Car with barber shop 

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 the supremacy of the Pennsylvania Limited as the 

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 Clark Street, (Jhicago, will furnish full particulars 

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is doing for lovers of Botany. You cannot thoroughly 

 enjoy Nature 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 lo 

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



Fine Sets irom Norm DaRota. 



Have just returned from expedition cov- 

 ering 500 miles in a rough, wild country, 

 and can offer finely marked sets of 3, 4, 

 or 5 eggs of 



T116 Ferrucjinoiis RouQli-l6cj[j6d Hawk 



at 7r>c. i>er Kkk- 



Canada G00S6, 1-6, 17,1-8, wM Clown 



at ."iiOc. per Kfjji. 



Enclose .stamp for price-list of choice North 

 Dakota sets iiersonally collected. No ex- 

 changes. Vols. 1. 2 and 3 Nidologist bound 

 in one volume, $5.00 net 



Eua6n6 S. Rolte, Minnewaukan, N. D. 



