THE OOLOGIST 



CLEAN YOUR EGGS! Pn'f/rSK 



just as good work as 35c ones, at 18c postpaid. 



CLIMBING IRONS. Best "Greeley" irons with 

 forged steel spur and heavy straps, perfectly 

 safe and the best irons made. By express for 

 only $1.95, always previously sold at $3.50. 



THE BIRDS ARE COMING. I now offer for 30 

 days only, the best arsenical soap for skins, al- 

 wavs sold at 45c, for only 35c per pint. By ex- 

 press. 



EGG TRAYS. Any size or color at reduced 

 rates. Write for prices stating what you want. 

 NEW BULLETIN of Eggs, Skins, etc. Just out. 

 Send for copy. Address 



ERNEST H. SHORT, ALBION, N. Y. 



How to do it. 



All you have to do is, enclose in an 

 envelope, 75 cents, stamps or postal or- 

 der. I vpill send to you by return mail 

 a well labeled collection of Shells and 

 Curios from this locality. If you do 

 not find them satisfactory return them 

 and I will return your money. All 

 specimens in natural state. 



W. H. HILLER, 



147 W. 23d St., Los Angeles, Calif. 



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DRIVma LAMP I 



Is about as near perfection as 50 years r 



of Lannp-Making can attain to. It T 



burns l^erosene, and gives a powerful, w 



clear.white light, and will neither blow T 



nor jar out. When out driving with * 



it the darkness easily keeps about two V 



hundred feet ahead of your smartest f! 



horse. When you want the very best a 



Driving Lamp to be had. ask your v 



dealer for the ■■ Dietz." ^ 



We issue a special Catalogue of this A 



Lamp and, if you ever prowl around V 



after night-fall, it will interest you. C 



'Tis mailed free. * 



R. E. Bll^TZ CO., I 



6o lyaigh t St., N ew York. J 



J Established In 1840. ^ 



CALIFORNIA 



CURIOSITIES. 



Mounted Horned Toads, 



Tarantulas, Scorpions. Trap-Door Spiders, 

 5 Specimen Collections, etc. 

 Also Trap-Door Spider's NesLS. 

 Headquarters for Pincushions both from Yucca 

 Palm and Redwood Bark. Lowest prices on 

 Orangewood Goods, such as Napkin Rings, 

 Fancy Paper Cutters, etc. 

 Best work on mounted specimens. No trash. 



Wholesale Illustrated Price List free to 

 "•'^*''6i»^iiir dealers only. J ,-^^_ 



G. W. TUTTLE, PASADENA, CAL. 



NATURALISTS' PRINTING 



of all kinds on 

 good paper 



cheap. Egg labels 15c per 100 small; 25 per lOO 

 large. Fossil 10c per 100, Letter heads 35 per 

 100. Send copy for prices. D. H. EATON, 

 Woburn. Mass. 



Trade Marks 

 Designs 

 Copyrights &c. 



Anyone sending a sketch and description may 

 quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an 

 invention is probably patentable. Communica- 

 tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents 

 sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. 



Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive 

 special notice, without c harg e, in the 



Scientific Hmericdit. 



A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir- 

 culation of any scientiflc journal. Terms, S3 a 

 year ; four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. 



MUNN iCo.36iBroadway. New York 



Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. 



TAXIDERMISTS' GUNS, jaif^t 



Pistols, Gun Cases, Shooting Shot ShelLs; also 



r,;.^3 for SPECIMEN HUNTERS. 



All kinds, all prices from tl.y) to $25.00. List 

 free. Write for Taxidermist's free list. ■ . ■■ t-*^ 



JAMES H. 





JOHNSTON,^ 



PIXXSBURO. PA. 



