VOL. XV. NO. 3. 



ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1898. Whole No. 142 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," "Exchanges" "For Sales," Inserted m this department 

 tor 2.V; per 2.t words. Notices over 2,t words, charged at the rate of one-halt cent per each additional 

 word. No notice Inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted In payment at one-third list rates. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 On the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



No. 141 your subscription expires with this Issue 

 145 " " •' " June, " 



150 " " " " Nov., " 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 "Wish to rectify. 



Xhis month's OOL,OGISX -was 

 mailed subscribers 9Iarcli 12. 



FOR SALE:— Auk vols. 10, 11, 12, 13, $150 

 each; 0. and 0. vols. 6 to 18 inclusive. Make 

 Cash offer for the set. Many others. BENJA- 

 MIN HOAG, Stephentovra, New York. 



FOR SALE:— Live Diamond Backed Rattle- 

 snakes. Large and in fine condition. Also 

 rattlesnake skins, stuffed alligators, saw fish 

 saws and other Florida curios. Sawfish fine 

 .specimen sent postpaid for Socts. Address L. 

 S. MORRISON, Orange City, Fla. 



PREMIUMS:— I will sell, in amounts of 50c 

 or over, any of the premiums offered on last 

 page of this month's Oolo(;ist at i4 price listed 

 for cafih-(e 1. $1 worth for 50c; H worth for $1, 

 ■&C). FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion. N. Y. 



HAND EGG Blow-pipe for blowing and 

 rinsing eggs. Sent prepaid with Instructions 

 for 75c or will exchange one for J.3 worth of 

 Alsets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene 

 St., Augusta, Ga. MUt 



WILD CAT Souv^enlrs from the grandest 

 natural park In W. Ills. A view and lice min- 

 eral or fossil for 'iic. Stamps, minerals, fos- 

 sils, for stamps. HARVEY H. BROWN, Ham- 

 ilton, Ills. 



TO EXCHANGE:— Finely mounted Game 

 Heads, for first class eggs lu sets with datas. 

 Send for full lists of every thing In the natur- 

 alist's line. Address by return mail. WAL- 

 TER E. McLAIN, Taxidermist and Job Print- 

 «r. New Vineyard. Maine. 



REMEMBER:— Lapwing 1-4, 80c; Least Fly- 

 catcher n-3, 15c. Birds, 1897 or 1898, $1.20; 1897 

 cloth, $1.85. Eggs accepted in part payment 

 for Columbia and Hartford bicycles. BENJA- 

 MIN HOAG, Stephentown. N. 5f. 



MUZZLE loading shot guns, Rifles, Revol- 

 vers, Telescope, Birds Eggs, Books, Papers. 

 Coins, everything way down. If you want 

 some bargains write. Enclose stamp, please. 

 C. B. VANDERKOOK, Odin, 111. 



FOR SALE or EXCHANGE;— Two hundred 

 first class sets with data. Cheap for cash. 

 Can use a 12 gauge repeating shot gun. Phes- 

 ants. Pigeons, etc. J. O. JOHNSON, South- 

 ington. Conn. 



WANTED.— Live Goldfinches, American 

 species, either sex; prefer Arkansas and Law- 

 rence. Will give good exchange or reasonable 

 cash price. WALTER C. WOOD. 196 Randolph 

 St., Detroit, Mich. F2t 



WANTED.— Collectors in tne United States 

 and Canada to gather and prepare for me, sci- 

 entifically, birds eggs, in large quantities, in 

 sets with data at a reasonable price. State 

 what varieties in your locality and terms. DR. 

 M. T. CLECKLEY, 4.57 Greene St., Augusta, 

 Ga. F3t 



BOOKS WANTED:— New or 2d hand copies 

 of Davie's "Nests and Eggs" (any editon): 

 Bendire's "Life Histories of N. A. Birds;'" 

 Fisher's "Hawks and Owls" or any standard 

 work or publication on Ornithology or Oology. 

 Will give good exchange or cash. FRANK H. 

 LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR A NEW Geographiscope brass mount- 

 ed reversible lense for either Stereoscopic or 

 Single Views. Chery hood dark chambers lat- 

 est pattern. Magnifies immense, very clear, 

 finely finished with lM finely retouched views. 

 Foreign and American landscapes and comic 

 scenes, &c. All for $5 worth of first class sets 

 not in my collection. Must be Al sets with ori- 

 ginal datas. Send list in A. O. U. Nos. All 

 letters answered. Address GEO. W. MORSE, 

 Care Union Depot Hotel, Omaha, Neb. 



