A D VERTISEMENT. 



NOTICE TO COLLECTORS OF BIRDS. 



W. H. Collins' Preseryative Liquid. 



PRESERVES BIRDS FROM DECAY AND DRYING. 



Birds treated with tliis Liquid can be skinned in from ten to thirty days 

 — in warm weather — without trouble. In cold weather it will keep them 

 from drying for three months. Tliey will not spoil. 



My method of injecting preserves the bird entiue, without cutting or 

 removing any part of the bird. On receipt of 10 cents, to pay postage, 

 etc., I will send a prepared bird to any address by mail, to enable collect- 

 ors to see for themselves, what it will do. 

 Price, per I/2 I^int Bottle, . . $ 1.00 ; peu 1 Pint Bottle, . . 1.75 



InJKCTOR, . . 75 CENTS. 



Iiistructloiis with each Bottle. 



Address W. H. COLLINS, 



6i5 153 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



^^=»Chas. E. Aiken, Colorado Springs, Col., is agent for the Pre- 

 servative, and will furnish it to tliose wisliing it in that locality. 



A NKW WORK ON THE 



BIRDS, NESTS, AND EGGS 



OF 



Eastern North America. 



The Birds of Florida with the Water 

 and Game Birds of Eastern North A- 

 merica, to ichich is added an Appendix 

 containing the remaining sjyecies 'not 

 found in the Body of the TForA;, tohich 

 occur between the Mississippi River and 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



Illustrated by sixteen, or more, hand col- 

 ored plates of new or little known species. 

 Also part VI., to be issued in August, will 

 contain a colored plate of many rare eggs. 



The Book will be completed in sixteen parts 

 issued monthly. Price, Eighty-live cents per 

 part, Payable on Delivery. Send for circu- 

 lars. For Sale By 

 C. J. MAYNARU AND COMPANY, 

 Publishers, Nkwtonville, Mass. 



Every collector should have a copy of 



H>The Ornithological Directory,^ 

 Price, 40 cents. Address this Office. 



AN HERBAPvIUM of 100 well mounted 

 plants of Northeastern Illinois, to exch. 

 for Bird skins or eggs, preferably the latter. 

 Address W. H. Ballou, 

 Evanston, Ills. 



OAA ROBINS' EGGS wanted, at fl.OOper 

 OXjyJ bubdred. Must have very small holes 

 in end or side. W. J. Knowlton, 



18 Arch Street, Boston, Mass. 



THE 



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JVovelty IiJgg cBlower^ 



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IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. 



It can be applied to any ordinary 

 Blow-pipe. 



Price OF Blower, WITHOUT Pipe, . $1.00 



Blower, complete, with Drill and 

 Egg Tongs, $1.50 



Sent, paid by mail, on receipt of price. 

 Gi4 W. H. COLLINS, 



152 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Mich. 



