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THE OOLOGIST. 



FOR EXCHANGE:— Jasper Mound Relics, 

 Fossils, War Relics, Old Notes, old time Slave 

 Papers. Wish Copper Cents, Polished Agate, 

 large, also American and Spanish War Relics 

 wanted. H. J. SWENTZEL, 835 W. 6th Street, 

 Wilmington, Del. 



FOR SALE or Exchange:— Over 1600 cigar- 

 ette pictures, representing parts of 38 different 

 collections. What have you to offer? HENRY 

 M. HALDEMAN, Avoca, Iowa. 



WANTED:— Reliable Young Man, good tax- 

 idermist, to take charge of a small museum. 

 Permanent employment. J. L. CHILDS, 

 Floral Park, N. Y. 



SKINS of California birds to exchange for 

 Shore Larks and Song Sparrows. ■ Also 

 want to exchange Reotiles and Batrachians. 

 J. O. SNYDER, Stanford University, Calif. 



INDIAN Relics, bird eggs, minerals, old 

 books, etc. Address. ASHLAND LIBRARY 

 MUSEUM, Ashland, Ohio. 



WANTED:— April, 1899 Recreation for cash or 

 exchange in sets at '4 Taylor's Catalogue or 

 skins at V2 Webster's Catalogue. Sets and 

 skins for exchange. DONALD A. COHEN, 

 Alameda. Cal. 



BENDIRE'S Life Histories, l and 2, bound, 

 half morocco, to exchange for collecting gun. 

 Steven's, or 20 gauge preferred. J. O. SNY- 

 DER, Stanford University. Cal. 



I WILL exchange first class bird and mam- 

 mal skins for such as I cannot get here or will 

 furnish in meat or formalin. C. F. FITE, 

 Denver, Ind. 



FOR EXCHANGE:— New Steregraphiscope, 

 brass mounted, for single and double views, re- 

 versable lenses (very strong) ; also American 

 and Foreign Scenery retouched photographs 

 for strictly first class sets. Write me. GEO. 

 W. MORSE, Box 230, Ashley, Ind. 



ONE Thousand Birds' Eggs, sets and singles, 

 many rare, one thirty-eight calibre collecting 

 gun and one six-drawer egg cabinet, for sale or 

 exchange. Want Camera or Bicycle. List for 

 stamp. All letters answered. G. A. MOORE, 

 552 East 4.3th St., Chicago, 111. 



My notice in the November Oologist adver- 

 tising climbing irons brought a great many 

 orders from all over the country. I regard the 

 Oologist as the best advertising medium 

 when one desires to reach the Naturalists of 

 America. Chas. McGee. Leavenworth, Kas. 



WANTED— To correspond with all interested 

 in New York State Ornithology. DR. MAR- 

 CUS S FARR. State Museum, Albany.N.Y. 164 



TO EXCHANGE:— Odd numbers of Auk, 

 Nutt. Orn. Bull., O. and O., Oologist, and a 

 score of other papers and periodicals, catalog- 

 ues and books on fishes, reptiles, birds, &c. 

 Younger members of my family are interested 

 in philately and I will exchange these books, 

 &c. for stamps. Write for particulai's and 

 state what you have, enclosing stamp for 

 reply. MORRIS GiBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. 



FOR SALE:— Clutches of European species. 

 White Gryfalcon, Gryfalcon, Merlin, Green 

 Sandpiper, Greenshank, Golden Eagle, Gray 

 Sea Eagle, Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk, Honey 

 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon. Hobby Egyptian 

 Vulture. Apply. GORTON, 2 Upper Glouces- 

 ter St. , Pendleton, England. 171 



.SIX 10 and 25c paper covered novels, and 

 Standard works, 80 to 200 pages each, ijrepaid, 

 3.5c cash, or $2. worth eggs at list. BENJAMIN, 

 HOAG, Stephentown, New York. 



HEAR YE! Hear Ye '. Hear Ye! This is to 

 certify that my advertisements in the Oolo- 

 gist have paid me better than have the com- 

 bined ads. in most of the amateur and natural 

 science papers. Ads. in the Oologist always 

 bring returns, and it is safe to say that there is 

 no paper having three times the circulation of 

 this widespread periodical which can give 

 equal satisfaction. MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. 



WANTED :— Skeletons and Skulls, all kinds, 

 in rough and mounted. Bird and Mammal 

 Skins. Reptiles and Batrachians in alcohol or 

 formalin. Desire correspondents in all parts 

 of United States, Mexico and Canada. Back 

 numbers of papers on N atural History and sci- 

 entific books wanted. Offer in exchange fifty 

 species finely prepared invertebrates in forma- 

 lin, eastern bird skins, etc. Correspondence 

 solicited. F. P. DROWNE, 20 Benefit St„ 

 Providence, R. I. 



CHOICE SETS of White Pelican, Laughing 

 Gull, Willet, Wilson's Plover, Foster's Tern, 

 Clapper Rail Black Skimmer, Green Heron 

 and many others for sale very cheap. M. T. 

 CLECKLEY, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. 164 



TO EXCHANGE:— Will ex. my process of 

 Rapid Taxidermy complete. Full instructions 

 for preserving birds, mammals, fish's heads, 

 deer heads, «&c,, &c., with one pound of com- 

 pound, prepared and ready for use, and com- 

 plete directions for dressing skins and pelts 

 with the hair on for rugs, robes and hangings, 

 together with instructions as to starting a 

 class. Will ex. for $3 worth of stamps of an 

 average value of 2c. You to pay the express- 

 age on my package, which will be 30 or 39c. 

 This is the process which I have been selling 

 for $3 cash, but will sell it to you for $1 cash. 

 Remember that I also send" the formula for 

 making the compound, and give every detail 

 connected with this, the most popular style of 

 mounting specimens. Address MORRIS 

 GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



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