THE OOLOGIST. 



EXCHANGE:— Skins, eggs, stuffed birds, 

 *eer heads, etc., for skins and sets or offers. 

 Only good specimens wanted or given. JOHN 

 CLAYTON, Lincoln, Maine. 



WANTED AT ONCE:— Good safety bicycle, 

 pair opera glasses and good collecting gun. 

 Can offer large lists of any of the following to 

 select exchange from viz. Indian relics, eggs 

 in sets, minerals, skins, fossils or mounted 

 birds. Will give good exchange. GEO. W. 

 DIXON, Watei-town, S. D. 



WANTED:— Agents for sale of Fishscale 

 Jewelry— a very attractive novelty, sets, pins 

 and scarf-pins. Will exchange for fancy or 

 useful articles, canaries, books, music, plants 

 or bulbs. For terms and price-lists address 

 MRS. W. T. CATHCART, Upper Alton, 111. 



FOR SALE:— Choice sets of eggs valued at 

 about $80.03. Will sell them for $3.=i.0O cash. 

 Have such sets as the rai'e Spotted Owl, Whist- 

 ling Swan, Florida Dusky Duck, Siberian Gull, 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren and 

 others equally as rare. ARTHUR W. BROCK- 

 WAY, Hadlyme, Conn. 



CHEAP SETS with data. Send in vour or- 

 ders at once for the following sets: A. O. U. 

 Nos. 4i6, 735, 731, 729, 67.5, 428 and others of this 

 locality. Send stamp for list stating your 

 wants. W. L. FOXHALL, Tarboro. N. C. 



CAMERA WANTED: -A 5x8 or larger of 

 good make, I can also use a Pocket Kodak or 

 Kombi or perfect Indian relics. I can offer the 

 following fli'st-class skins, also other articles: 

 Red-tailed Buzzard, Marsh Hawk, Pied-billed 

 Grebe. Horned Grebe, American Merganser. 

 Golden-eye, American Bittern, BlacU-crowned 

 Night Heron, Great Blue Heron, RuffedG rouse. 

 Loon, Bald Eagle. L. V. CASE, Geneseo, N. Y. 



George School, April 12, 1896. 

 I put an ad. in your paper last year and it 

 never came out until after I had gone to school. 

 Of course I could not answer any letters or do 

 any exchanging away at school, but I must 

 have received lOO answers. I am very sorry 

 for the parties but I could not help it and if 

 you would say something In the nextOoLOGiST 

 to that effect I would be very glad. It certain- 

 ly is a great advertising medium. REN S. 

 CARPENTER, George School, Pa. 



TO EXCHANGE:— A genuine Dueber gold- 

 filled, hunting case, stem wind and set watch. 

 Made by Dueber Watch Case Co. Fitted with 

 an 11-jeweled Springfield movement, fully war- 

 ranted for five years. Have both gent's and 

 ladies' size, brand new. Will exchange for 

 $45.00 worth of line sets. GEO. W. DIXON, 

 Watertown, S. D. M-3t. 



HAVE JUST purchased over fifteen thous- 

 and specimens of fossils, ores, minerals. Indian 

 and Mound Builders' relics and curiosities. I 

 can give some excellent exchanges. Rare eggs 

 and mound relics especially desired. GEO. W. 

 PITMAN, New Castle, Ind. 



FOR EXCHANGE: Sets and singles for 

 same. A. O. U. 38-*. 412, 441, 4.56. 466a, 467, 488, 

 489, 540, 560, 563. 581. 59«, 618, 613, 614, 616, 652. 704, 

 73.5, 759b, 761, 766. Also a few skins and a C. G. 

 Conn's triple silver-plated cornet cheap for 

 cash or for good Kodak or printing press. G. 

 T. BROWN, No. Turner, Me, 



OOLOGIST'S outfit, value $10, to exchange 

 for rifle, revolver, automatic reel or good fish- 

 ing rod. Wrltj what you have first. D. B. 

 MECORNEY, Lockport, N. Y, 



TO EXCHANGE :— Fine sets of western eggs^ 

 with data for any^large eastern sets. A. J. 

 OCONOR, JR., San Diego, Cal. 



GREAT BARGAINS IN CURIOS: -Photo- 

 graphs of Warner's Cobweb Palace, 5'/4x7(4 in., 

 2.5cts. each.— One of the greatest cruiositics in 

 California— old saloon festooned with natural 

 cobwebs, never cleaned; Chinese Joss Punk 

 Sticks, 15cts. pkg.. also Chinese Ornamental 

 Masks 2.5cts. each. Elk Teeth for Charms $1.50 

 each. Address E. W. CURRIER. Taxidermist 

 and Curio Dealer, No. 427 Sutter St., San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif. tf 



WANTED to exchange with advanced Oolo- 

 gists the present season. Can offer southern 

 sets. Choice sets for singles of H5. 104, 112, ^H^i. 

 188, 204, 205. 20B. 328, 3-ie. 353, 3,56 and Emeu. 

 DOCTOR M.T. CLECKLEY, 457, Greene St., 

 Augusta, Ga. A-3t. 



CHEAP FOR CASH:— A first-class 4x5 Kodak 

 all latest improvements. Just what every 

 collector needs. Also Pocket Kodak for sale. 

 CoiTespondence solicited from everyone desir- 

 ing a good camera. GEO. GRAHAM, care 

 Florida Business College, Jacksonville, Fla. O 



FOR EXCHANGE.— I will exchange a secret 

 for traping foxes by scent which will call them 

 Vo mile to the trap. The scent has to be made 

 in April and it costs you nothing to make it, 

 and until May 15 I will exchange the secret for 

 $10 cash or $12 worth of such things as I can 

 use in the line of Microscopes, Telescopes or 

 Field Glasses, Mounted Birds, Rare Eggs, 

 Books and U. S Stamps. No cards answered. 

 Address. WALTER E. McLAIN. Box 70. New 

 Vineyard, Maine. 63-3tO 



"AUKS" Wanted.— I will allow .50c each for 

 any back number of the '-Auk" you may have, 

 if in good condition and sent prepaid. You 

 to take your full pay in Bird okins. Egg,-,, 

 Shells (showy or scientific). Corals, Echino- 

 derms. Fossils. Minerals, Indian Relics, Cu- 

 rios or Novelties as listed in the Premium 

 List Supplement. I can also use on same 

 terms the following Numbers of the Oolo- 

 GIST at prices quoted: June, 1888, 25c; July- 

 Aug.. 1886, 15c: Jan. -Feb., 1887 or Dec, 1886 with 

 same attached, 20c; June-Sept.. 1887, 15c; Apr., 

 1889, 12c. All must be complete, clean and in 

 good condition. I will also accept back No's 

 of the Ornithologist and Oologist or Nidiologist 

 any issue and in any quantity at 5c per copy 

 on same terms, f can also use books on sub- 

 jects pertaining to Natural History if in good 

 condition and cheap, also A No. 1 sets of eggs 

 with data at V^ 'Standard" rates. Lists of 

 books and eggs must be submitted for my se- 

 lection or approval before sending. Address 

 at once FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



SNOWY OWLS, to be sold: Live bird, ciuite- 

 white, sound, eats well, $5 net. Bird in meat, 

 nearly immaculate, in perfect condition, $5 net. 

 Bird mounted, a pure white specimen. $7 net. 

 P. B. PEABODY. St. Vincent, Minn. O 



I WANT AT ONCE the following A. O. U. 

 Nos.: 5, 31, 35, 47. 76, 108. 117, 130c, 133, 133b. 172, 

 187, 208, 216, 226, 258. 2r4. 2S1. 288. 293, 293a, 328,355,. 

 356,366,402,408,399, 418, 428. 434, 449, 474c, 478, 

 480, 482, 481. 486. 492, .537, 571. 575a, .588, 587a, 629, 

 630,637,615,654,662,667, 671, 685. 686, 707a, 711, 

 716a. 734, 741a, 7.52, 768. All singles. Rare ones, 

 to be accompanied by data as to locality and 

 collector. Sets taken where one constitutes 

 the set. For any of these I will give good ex- 

 change in other eggs, showy shells, minerals^ 

 curios, etc. Address ERNEST H. SHORT. 

 Albion, N. Y. O- 



