The 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XV. NO. 12. 



ALBION, N. Y., DEC, 1898. 



Whole No. 149 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exclianges" "For Sales," Inserted In this department 

 for 2.5C per 2.t words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half 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. 149 your subscription expires with this issue 

 150 " " " " Jan,,'99'- 



155 " " •' " June " " 



160 " " •• •■ Nov. " '• 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



TO EXCHANGE,— Fine sets of 11 1-1, 49 1-3, 

 51a 1-3, 202 1-4 1-3, 225 1-4, 269 1-3. 319 1-3, 331 1-4, 

 312 1-3, 375; 1-3, 467 1-3, 595 1-4, 608 1-3, 619 3-5, 624 

 1-3. 673 n-4, 674 1-4. 681 1-4. 687 1-4. 713 1-3, 7.55 2-4. 

 JOHN H. FLANAGAN, 29 Weybosset St., 

 Providence, R. I. 



WANTED.— "Osprey" .Vol. II, combined 

 numbers 6-7 ; for this number, to complete my 

 file, I will give good exchange in prints of 

 nests and eggs, sending list for your seleciion. 

 WM. H. FISHER, 1602 Mt. Royal Ave., Balti- 

 more, Md. 



20 choice Relics, Curiosities, etc., 25c, 10 old 

 coins 18c, 9 varieties of rare Indian Relics ■•37c, 

 100 choice sea shells 35c, spade 18c, hoe 2.5c, 

 chisel 25c. all the above for $1.50. Lists free. 

 WILLIAM P. ARNOLD, Peacedale, R. I. 



WILL PAY CASH for perfect sets of Osprey 

 and Sharp-shinned Hawk. Address JEAN 

 BELL, Ridley Park, Pa. D2t 



FOR Sale or EXCHANGE.— Capen's 

 "Oology of New England" In fine condition. 

 Nine volumes of American Field. Frosts 

 Hunting pictures. C. B. JOHNSON, Red 

 Wing, Minn. D2t 



HORNADAY'S TAXIDERMY and Chap- 

 man's Birds of Eastern North America, bind- 

 ing being somewhat spoiled liy tire, rebound in 

 cloth, good as new, latest edition, to the first 

 one sending me $3.00,' cost I.^S.-tO. Write now. 

 H. E. NEWMAN, New Ulra, Minn., care of 

 College. 



WANTED.— Eggs in sets. Minerals and Ai'- 

 row Points. Can offer first class eggs in sets 

 and singles. Send list and receive mine. H. 

 A. SHAW, Grand Forks, N.cD. 



TO EXCHANGE.— 191. 316, 412, 456, 477, 488. 

 489, 498, 501. 511b. 519. 581b, 704, 70.5, 721, 761. Al 

 sets. OTHO GAY, Camp Point, Ills. 



EXCHANGE.— 1898 Improved Gramaphone 

 with 66 records and case, costing $60. Want 

 camera and photo supplies. Profitable enter- 

 tainments can be given. What offer? C. H. 

 DICKINSON, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. 



EGGS FOR EXCHANGE.— Fine sets with 

 full data of 499 20-3, 519 1-5 1-4, 581 5-3 8-4, 591b 

 3-3 1-4, 622b 3-3, 713 4-3 to exchange for other 

 sets. J. S. APPLETON. Simi, Ventura Co. , 

 Cal. 



WOULD LIKE to have all dealers in Coins, 

 Curios, Minerals, Indian Relics, who read this 

 send catalogues to RIDGELY NICHOLAS, 44 

 Park Ave., New York. 



THE LATEST SENSATIONAL FRENCH 

 PLAY:— Cyrano De Bergerac, by Edmund 

 Rostand, which is being played in this country 

 by Richard Mansfield and In England by Henry 

 Irving, is just brought out in a dainty, 

 cloth-bound volume at the price of 3nc. and a 

 cheap paper edition at 15c., by Hurst & Co., 

 New York, the well known cheap-book pub- 

 lishers. They will send- it postpaid or it may 

 be had at all dealers. 



CFOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.— A $10.00 Cam! 

 era, new, for Coues' Key and other standard 

 works. I also have a high grade bicycle, near- 

 ly new that I will sell at a bargain. P. A. 

 MULTER, 13 Eldridge Court, Chicago, 111. 



MANN BONE CUTTER, new, $22.00; Win- 

 chester repeating rifle, new, 22 short or long, 

 for hammerless 16 or 12 guage gvin, W. C. 

 FARRAR, Peru, Ind. 



EXCHANGE. -I have some good sets of 

 Dakota eggs to exchange for good Taxiderm- 

 ist's Tools and good Work on Taxidermy. 

 WM. A. BOWMAN, Devil's Lake, N. D. 



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