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'THE OOLOGIST. 



Special Collections of 



BIRDS' EGGS 



At Unheard of Prices to Close Out. 



All specimens are first class, side-blown, 



true to name. Safe delivery guar 



anteed. 



Collection No 1 Contains : 



Wood Ibis, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Heron. 

 Black-crowned Night Heron, Green Heron, 

 American Coot, Lapwing, Killdeer, Bob-white, 

 Florida Burrowing Owl, Flicker, American 

 Crow, Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Tri- 

 colored Blackbird. Orchard Oriole, Purple 

 Grakle, Boat-tailed Grakle, House Finch, 

 American Goldfinch, Gray -tailed Cardinal, 

 Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Mock- 

 bird. Catbird. Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush 

 American Robin, Ringed Pheasant. 



Twenty-nine specimens, one each of the 

 above species, worth $5.60. My price only $1.35 



PREPAID. 



Collection No. 2 Contains : 



Murre, Razor-billed Auk, White-faced Glossy 

 Ibis, Louisiana Heron, Little Blue Heron, 

 Whimbrel, Black-billed Cuckoo, Belted King- 

 fisher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Kingbird, 

 Phoebe, Mexican Horned Lark, Fish Crow, 

 Meadowlark, Arkansas Goldfinch, Sharp-tailed 

 Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, California Shrike, 

 Red-eyed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler,Amer- 

 ican Redstart, House Wren, Chickadee. 



Twenty three species, one specimen of each 

 of the above, worth W 93. My price only 81.35 

 prepaid. 



Collection No. 3 Contains: 



Pied-billed Grebe, Western Gull, Arctic Tern, 

 Shoveller, Northern Eider, Scoter, Curlew, 

 Black Vulture, Swaiu.son's Hawk, American 

 Sparrow Hawk, Burrowing Owl, Road-runner, 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Chuck-wills-widow, Flor- 

 ida Night-hawk, Traill's Flycatcher, Least 

 Flycatcher, Prairie Homed L^rk, V'lue Jay, 

 Bullock's Oriole, Lark Sparrow. Song Spar- 

 row, California Towhee, Barn Swallow. Tree 

 Swallow, r^oggerhead Shrike, Carolina Wren. 

 Bewick's Wren, Wilson's Thrush 



A single specimen of each of the above 35 

 species is worth $8 21. My price for entire lot 

 prepaid is only $2.50. 



European Eggs : 



Moorhen. Blackbird, White-throat, Red- 

 start, Yellow Bunting, Chaffinch, Hedge Spar- 

 row, Greenfinch, Robin. Sand Martin, Willow 

 Warbler, Tree Sparrow, Song Thrush and 

 House Sparrow, 



My price for one .specimen of e'ach of the 

 above 14 European species is only 36c prepaid. 



Specials in Single Eggs : 



Emeu, pi-epaid, only $ 77 



Ostrich " " 63 



Alligator " '■ 14 



Swan " " 48 



Wandering Albatross, prepaid, only 2 46 



Eggs in Sets : 



Wood Ibis 1-3, Black-crowned Night Heron 

 1-4, Florida Burrowing Owl 1-2, American Crow 

 1-4, Yellow-breasted Chat 1-3, Mockingbird 1-4. 

 Brown Thrasher 1-4, White-throat 1-4, Euro- 

 pean Redstart 1-4, Chaffinch 1-5, Greenfinch 1-5. 



The above 11 sets catalogue at over $8.00. 

 Entire lot prepaid for only $1 75. 



American Starlings: 



Red-winged Blackbird 1-4, Tricolored Black- 

 bird 1-4, Orchard Oriole 1-5, Boat-tailed Grakle 

 1-3, 



The above 4 sets worth %\.2h,prepaid for only 



35 CENTS, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N, Y. 



BIRD SKINS. 



Worth double my prices but will close them 

 out at prices quoted prepaid. The following 

 are in pairs and prices given are per pai/-.' 



My price 

 Worth. Prepaid. 



Royal Tern .$5 00 $2 60 



Common Tern 2 00 1 2» 



Anhinga (female poor) 5 25 2 70 



Wood Ibis 8 00 4 00 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 5 00 2 60 



Snowy Plover 2 00 1 05 



Florida Red-shouldered Hawk 3 50 1 90 



Desert Sparrow Hawk _ 2 00 1 10 



Mexican Jacana 3 50 2 00 



California Partridge 2 00 1 10 



Steller's Jay 3 50 1 50 



Cerulean Warbler 1 25 65 



Black-throated Gray Warbler.. 1 .50 70 



Townsend's Warbler. 4 00 1 75 



Vigor's Wren t 50 70 



Western Winter Wren....! 1 09 50 



Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 .59 60 



Tree Sparrow 50 40 



Snowflake 70 30 



Of the following I offer single skins only— 

 usually male specimens : 



My price 

 Worth, postpaid. 

 Yellow- crowned Night Heron, 



poor female $1 00 60 



Pink-sided Junco_ 50 35 



Rock Sparrow 1 00 50 



Blue Jay 35 25 



Oi-egon Towhee 40 25 



Slate-colored Junco 25 15 



Anna's Hiimmingbird •. 75 45 



Phainopepla 1 00 50 



Rusty Song Sparrow 50 30 



Snowflake 35 15 



Parula Warbler 25 SO 



Black-throated Blue Warbler. 35 25 



Myrtle Warbler 25 20 



Audubon's Warbler 50 30 



Black-poll Warbler 25 20 



Black-throated Green Warbler 30 20 



Mourning Warbler. 75 40 



Red Squirrel 5J 35 



On an order of $5.00 or over at my special 

 prepaid prices I'll allow an additional discount 

 of 10 per cent. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



Collectors, Dealers, Everybody. 



Take Notice. Owing to my change of loca- 

 tion to Rochester, N. Y. June 1st I am offering 

 unheard of bargains in Glass Eyes, Instru- 

 ments, Birds Eggs, Bird Skins. Minerals, 

 Shells, etc. Send for list quick. Offer limited 

 to month of May. Address ERNEST H, 

 SHORT, Albion, N, Y, 



