UNMOUNTED PHOTOBRAPHS. 



Labrador Duck, young male, 25 c. 



We have on hand a large assortment taken from 

 mounted specimens of animals, heads, birds, etc., 

 which we can furnish at $1.20 per dozen. 



Frank Blake Webster Co. 



Hyde Park, Mass. 



Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



No. 1. COQUINA.— The Strange shell conglomeration 

 of which the ancient Fort, City (iates, and other 

 structures in St. Augustine were constructed cen- 

 turies ago. 



No. 2. WHITE BRANCH CORAL. —From the Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



No. 3. COTTON SEED.— A mammoth variety from 

 South Carolina. Will grow in the Northern garden. 



No. 4. SEA BEANS.— Four varieties. These curious 

 productions of nature grow upon vines in sandy soil 

 bordering the ocean on the liahama Islands, and will 

 mature in the green-house at the North. 



No. 5. BLEEDING TOOTH.— Resembling a tooth 

 bleeding — one of the most remarkable of all the sea 



No. 6. COTTON BOLL.— Picked from a Southern 

 cotton-field. 



No. 7. PECTEN SHELL.— Much used for ornamental 

 and decorative purposes. 



M*).^. kV£ STOXlil— 4?cftlcMreo«« coDcreUqn.f^UBd 



'Ih the st'in)ach'bf'Tfi8*cri»\v-flsh"." ' Tt 'wTl1.,removc aVT 

 foreign substances from the eye, and one should 

 always be kept at hand. 



No. 9. FLEXIBLE CORAL. — (Gorgoiiia). -Acurious 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation deposited bv a marine animal. 



No. 10. CONFEDERATE AK^NEY.— A piece of gen- 

 uine currency, issued bv the State of North CaroMna 

 during the Rebellion, each numl>ered and signed, an 

 issue found in but lew collections. 



No. 11. ALLIGATOR'S TOOTH.— From a Florida alii 

 gator. 



No. 12. VEGETABLE SPONGE.— A specimen of this 

 curious native growth, called in Spani.'^h "Estra 

 Pajo," grows freely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire collection in strong partitioned box, each 

 specimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTS. 

 Address, 



FORT MARION STORE, St. Angasline, Fla. 



THEORNITHOLOBIST&BGTANISL 



Devoted to Nature and Sports. 



Published Monthly. - Price per year 50 cents. 



CLIMBING IRONS, $1 PER PAIR. 



One year's subscription given to each purchaser of a 

 pair of climbers. Without the climbers, 25 cents a 

 vear if sent in b.efore March 1st; otherwise 60 cents. 



Address, THE ORNITHOLOGIST & BOTANIST. 



Des Moines, Iowa. 



Taxidermy ^ Zoological 

 Gollecting, 



^.M eemfil*(« Jka,tt<!)^ook of m JIM$9 (%I|9 •oxaMm 

 "taxidermist, collector,' osteologist, museum builder, 

 sportsman and traveller. 



Illustrated with twenty-four plates and eighty-five 

 text pictures. 



BY WILLIAM T. HORN ADA Y, 

 (For.eiglit years Chief Taxidermist of the U. 

 S. National Museum.) 



PRICE • $2. SO. 



Frank Blake Webster Company, 



7 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. 



FOf^ SflliE. 



Mounted Anissaals 



Buffalo, Black Bear, Rocky Mt. Goat, Coyote, Wild Cat, 

 Otter, Deer, Possum, Coon, Lynx, 



Alligator, Shark, Leather-back 



Turtle, Squirrel, Fox, Martin, etc. 



. . , MOIiNTfiJO HEADS. 



Buffalo, Elk, M008C, Caribou, Deer, Sheep, Antelope, 

 Fox, Polar Bear, Etc. 



STUFFED BIRDS. 



Owls, Eagles, Hawks, Pelicans, Peacocks, TrogoDS, 

 Pheasants. 



BOOKS. 

 Capen's Oology, $15, 



Cones' Key to N. A. Birds, 7, 



Hidgwav's Mnniial ot N, A Rirds, 7 



Maynard's Buttertlies of N. E. 7, 



Mavnurd's Butterllies of N. A. 1 



Harris' Insects, Plain 4..50, Colored C 



Packard's (juide to Study of Insects, 5 



1 



Packard's Common insects, 



Davles' Egg< of N. A., Paper 1.25, Cloth 1, 



Maynards Kggs (Colored III.). Cloth 2 



Maynard's M;inual of Taxidermy, 1. 



Hatty's Manual of Taxidermy, 1 



Mjinton's -Manual of Taxidt-rmy, , 

 jlloru^U^X'ji M^tu^ oi T.^iatitjaoy H^^ iiaect work 



iif existence), 2. 



Trumbull's Names and Portr.aits of Game Birds, 2 



SUPPLIES. 

 All Goods that are rpipiired by Naturalists. 



Birds' Skins, Birds' Eggs, 



Send for our Catalogue. 



T.VXIDERMY. 



We are prepared to figure on any work required in 

 our line. Ou large orders for schools we can give very 

 low prices. 



PAPIER MACHE HEADS. 



We are now manufacturing over one hundred dif- 

 ferent sizes and styles f)f flat heads, suitable for mount- 

 ing skins for mats. Our prices are below others and 

 our goods are warranted. 



Special offer for 30 days. 



For $5-00 you jnay select eggs from our list to the 



amount of - - ' - - - $7..')0 



For 110.00 y<m may select eggs from our li.->t to the 



amount of ----- $16.00 



STUFFED BIRDS. 

 We will send any party, for ^10, one dozen nicely 

 stuffed l)irds, worth from $15 to $20; such as Jays, 

 VVoodpeckers. Tanagers, Orioles, Sparrows, Quail, 

 Black Birds, Etc., Etc. This is a fine opportunity to 

 begin a collection. 



One Beautifully Mounted Pheasant, 

 worth $10.00, to any subscriber of 

 the Ornithologist and Oolo^ist for 

 only S3. 50. 



This is to advertise our work. 



Frank Blake Webster Company, 



7 Fni'iklin Street, Boston, Mu<s. 



