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THE OOLOGIST. 



I OFFER: 



I can offer in exchange for any of the above, either in large or small lots, collections scientific 

 for teaching, study or museum purposes, or showy for decorative or ornamental purposes, in 

 any of the foUowlhg departments : Bird skins, bird eggs, minerals, fossils, shells, corals, Ech- 

 inoderms, Indian relic*, (modex-n or stone age,) etc., etc. 



I can also give a complete stock or outfit for 

 a Fair Exhibit or Summer Resort "lay out,' 

 ranging in value anywhere from $10 to $1,000, 

 consisting of .shells, curios, specimens, souven- 

 irs, novelties, etc., etc. (I have sold $50,000 

 worth of these goods during the past ten years 



I also offer about 100 cloth bound books on 

 miscellaneous popular subjects, 



About 200 paper cover novels and pamphlets. 



One set of 86 Vols, of Penna. Geological Sur- 

 vey Reports. 



RowoU's '95 Newspaper Directory. 



Coues' "Key to N. A. Birds," Ed., 187ti. 



MajTiard's "Birds of Eastern North Ameri- 

 ca," (lacks 16 pages.) 



"Institutiones rei Herbarias," 3 Vol., 1719. 

 3 old books valued at $3. f.5 and $2.=) resp. and 

 dated 1747, 1665 and l.o8(). 



Buers"Sea& Land" and "World's Wonders.' 



1 Vol. each Geology and Wis. curious and 

 Owen's Geological Survey of Wis., Iowa and 

 Minn. 



Goldsmith's Natural History. 



I also have a $2n Materia Medica collection, 

 for students in Pharmacy and Medicine. 



A new Surgical Chair. 



A Novelty Printing Press. 



Fishing Tackle, a large assortment of articles 

 required for every day sport. 



About $50 worth of assorted Games, Tricks, 

 Novelties, etc., such as I formerly used for 

 premium purposes. 



Advertising space in Natural Science 

 News or the Oologist. 



New No. S Kodak. 



A Seven-foot Shark. 



Any of the articles offered as premiums on 

 last page of No. 54 of Natural, Science News. 



23 Vols. "Harper's Monthly." bound in Emer- 

 son, s patent binders, cost $56. 



Our Special Easter Sale 



I found on taking an inventory of my stock of Eggs prior to moving into my 

 new quarters, that I had a surplus uf many singles. To reduce this I have de- 

 cided to make the following liberal offers. For every Dollar ($1.00) sent me 

 before Api-il 10th I will send fkepaid, your selection from the following list to 

 value of $3.50. For every $2.00 sent me I will send you prepaid your selection 

 to value of $5.00 worth and inchide.Aee a copy of Latpin's New Standard Cat- 

 alogue. For every $3.50 sent me 1 will send you $(5.50 worth and include free 

 one egg of Chuck-wills-widow and one copy of the Standard Catalogue. For 

 $5.00 I will send $13.25 worth and include /rce an egg of th« Canvas-back and 

 Hutton's Vireo listing at $3.25 and also send the Standard Catalogue if you will 

 mention it. 



Send money in manner most convenient. Stamps not taken in sums over 

 $1.00. Parties sending orders amounting to less than $1.00 can select eggs to 

 double the amount sent. Orders of less than 50e must include 5c e.'^tra for post- 

 age. Remember that this offer expires April 10, 18i)6 and that, while I will fill 

 orders at these rates as long as stock holds out, no extras will be sent after that 

 time. Always mention a few substitutes and address evervthingr plainlv to 



ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. 



*Pied-billed Grebe 



Black Guillemot 



Pigeon Guilemot 



*Murre 



California Murre 



*Razor-billed Auk 



Great Black-backed Gull 



Western Gull 



*American Herring Gull 



•■'California Gull 



Ring-billed Gull 



Laughing Gull 



Caspain Tern 



Royal Tern 



Cabot's Tern 



Forster's Tern 



^Common Tern 



Least Tern 



.8 10 *SootyTern. 



25 *BlackTern 



m -Noddy 



'20 P''iilmar 



20 ■•■= Leach's Petrel 



25 Anhinga 



40 D'ble-crested Cormorant.. 



30 Amei'icau Merganser 



90 Black Duck 



3 J Blue-winged Teal 



25 Pintail 



20 Ruddy Duck 



50 Roseate Spoonbill 



40 * White Ibis..... 



30 "Wood Ibis _ 



10 *Least Bittern 



. 08 *Great Blue Heron 



08 Snowv Heron 



25 Louisiana Heron 12 



10 *Little Blue Heron 10 



50 *Green Heron 12 



75 King Rail 20 



20 *Sora 10 



a5 Purple Gallinule 25 



25 Florida Gallinule . 10 



75 *American Coot 08 



40 Wilsons Phalarope 100 



20 American Woodcock ... 1 25 



30 Bart ramian Sandpiper 30 



35 Spotted Sandpiper 15 



1 00 Killdeer 20 



30 Ring Plover 25 



1 00 Snowy Plover 50 



20 Ovstercatcher 25 



30 *Bob-white 10 



15 Florida Bob-white 15 



