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THE OOLOGIST. 



BIRD-L.ORE 



For February, the first number of Volume II, contains a full-page portrait of the late 

 Elliott Coues, a list of over 50 prominent ornithogists, residing throughout the United 

 States and Canada who have consented to aid bird students by responding to their re- 

 quests for information and advice, and, among others, the following articles: "Con- 

 cerning Birds' Tongues," (12 illustrations) by F. A. Lucas; "The Economic Value of 

 Gulls," (illustrated) by Frank M. Chapman; "Bird Study at Oberlin College." by Lynds 

 Jones; "Every-day Study of Birds for Busy People, including a method of Recording 

 Notes," by W. H. C. Pynchon;" "The Season's Flight of Crossbills," (illustiated) from 

 notes by William Brewster, J. N. Clark, and others; "The Blue- winged Warbler in 

 Southern New York in January," by Elizabeth G Britton;" "Where the Grebes' 

 Breasts Come from," by Vernon Bailey. 



20 cents a copy. One Dollar a year. 



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The Young Naturalist's Marvelous 

 Collection. 



A truly "Marvelous" collection and moBt ap- 

 propriately named for the class for whom it's 

 Intended. The collection contains the follow- 

 ing specimens, which retail at from 1 to 10c 

 each: 



Card of Marine AlgEea. 1.5 Foreign Stamps, 

 Sand Dollar, Chinese Coin, Tusk Shell, "Wam- 

 pum " Organpipe Coral, Red, Yellow and 

 Brown-banded Sea Beans, Branch Coral, E. I., 

 Spearhead or Arrowhead, Money Cowry, Pink 

 Coral, Alligator Tooth, Worm Shell, Sand 

 Shark or Skate Egg, Limpet, Bloody-tooth 

 Shell, Inflated Olive Shell, Egg Capsules of 

 Periwinkle. Piece of Tapa Cloth, Chinese Horn 

 Nut, Yellow Coral, Campaign Badge, Satin 

 Spar, Peanut or Rope Shell. Gum Pine, Dove 

 Shell, Leaf from Japanese Book, Thorny-nosed 

 Murex, Scaphifes nodosus. Precious Coral, 3 

 Cassia Beans, Fiddler Crab, Egg of Red-winged 

 Blackbird, Beetle, Lynx Cowry. Japanese 

 Eburna, Pelican's Foot Shell, Liver Bean. 

 Piece of Mexican Pottery, Copper-stained spec, 

 of Calcite Stalactite, Valve of Radiated Scallop 

 Shell, Branch Coral, W. I., Sertularia, Piece of 

 Sea Fern. Price $1.00. 



If sent prepaid 15 cents must be sent to pay 

 for same otherwise it goes by express at pur- 

 chasers expense. 



Special:— Until June 1st I will send one of 

 the above collections prepaid for only 40 cts. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



The Student's Shell Collection. 



This Collection contains Forty Small Shells 

 collected from all quarters of the Globe, all of 

 which are numbered to correspond with a cat- 

 alogue, which gives their proper, common and 

 scientific names, with the locality where found. 

 These shells when purchased individually and 

 properly labelled would cost from 2 to 25 cents 

 each. The following are the specimens found 

 in this collection: 



Scorched Murex, Thorny-nosed Murex, Fish 

 Basket, Gem Shell, Inflated Olive, Lettered 

 Olive, Rice, Dove, Thunder Storm, Pelican's 

 Foot, Ringed Cowry, Snake-head Cowry, Money 

 Cowry, Rye. Porcelain Rump, Boat," Worm, 

 Brown Snail, Yellow Pea. Beaded Tower, Tow- 

 er, Bloody Tooth. White Tooth, Zebra, Wheel. 

 Venetian Snail, Key-hole Limpet, Many-lined 

 Bulimulus, Hunch backed Partula, Black- 

 mouthed Tree Snail. Banded Tree Snail, Little 

 Agate, Silk Worm, Pea Nut, Banded Melam- 

 pus, Indian Wampum. Angel Wing. Sun, Scal- 

 lop and Jingle- Price $1.00. 



If sent prepaid 6 cents must be added to pay 

 postage on same— otherwise it will go by ex- 

 press at purchaser's expenses. 



Special:— Until June 1st will send one of 

 the above collections prepaid for only 31 cts. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



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