Southern California Bird and 

 Mammal Skins and Eg^s. 



Carefully prepared specimens with full data. Price 

 list for stamps. 



CHAS. H. MARSH, 



DuLZURA, San Diego Co., CaLiFouNiA. 



Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



No 1. COQUINA.— The strange shell conglomeration 

 of which the ancient Fort, City Gates, and other 

 structures in St. Augustine were constructed cen- 

 tjiiri6S ciiro* 



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

 hama Islands. . . , 



No :i 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 Bahama Islands, and will 

 mature in the green-house at the North. 



No. .5. BLEEDINM; TOOTH.— Resembling a tooth 

 bleeding — one of tlie most reuiarkable of all the sea 

 shells. 



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

 cotton-field. 



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

 and decorative purposes. 



No 8 EYE STONE.— A calcareous concretion found 



* in the stomach of the craw-ftsh. It will remove all 

 foreign substances fiom the eye, and one sh(»uld 

 always be kept at hand. 



No. 9. "FLEXIBLE CORAL. — (Gorgonia). -Acunous 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation deposited bv a marine animal. 



No. 10. CONFEDERATE .MONEY.— A piece of gen- 

 uine currencv, issued bv the State ..f North Carolina 

 daring the Rebellion, each numbered and signed, an 

 issue f<mnd in but few coll£Cti(ms. 



No. 11. ALLIGATOR'S TOOTH.— From a Honda alli- 



No^rl' 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 iiartitioned box. each 



specimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENT>. 



Address, „ .. . .. -rt, 



FORT MARION STORE, St. Angustine, Fla. 



THE 0RNITH3L0BIST& BOTANIST. 



Devoted to Nature and Sports. 



Published Monthly. - Price per y<^ar 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 

 year if sent in before March 1st; otherwise 50 cents. 



Address, THE ORNITHOLOGIST & BOTANIST, 



Lies Moines, Iowa. 



Taxidermy ^^^ Zoological 

 Collecting, 



A complete hand-book of 3C2 pai^es for the amateur 

 taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum builder, 

 sportsman and traveller. 



Illustrated with twenty-four plates and eighty-five 

 text pictures. 



BY WILIJA.M T. HORNADAY, 

 (For eight years Chief Taxidermist of the U. 

 S. National Museum.) 



RRICE • $2 SO. 



Frank Blake Webster Companv, 



7 Frankliu St., Boston, Miss. 



POH SflllE. 



Mounted Axiixzials 



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

 Otter, Deer, Possum, fSton, Lynx, 



Alligator, Shark, Leather-back 



Turtle, Squirrel, Fox, Martin, etc. 



MOUNTED HEADS. 



Buffalo, Elk, Moose, Caribou, Deer, Sheep, Aiitelo)>e, 

 Fox, Polar Bear, Ktc. 



STUFFED BIRDS. 



Owls, Eagles, Hawkf, Pelicans, Peacocks, Trogons, 

 Pheasants. 



BOOKS. 



Capen's Oologv, ^IH 



Cones' Kev to \. A. Bird*:, 7 



Ridgwav's Manual ot N. A. Birds, 7 



Maynard's Butterflies of N. E. 1 



Mavnard's Butterflies of N. A. 1 

 Harris' Insects, Plain 4.50, Colored 6 

 Packarfl's Guide to Studv of Insects, 



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Packard's Common Insects, 1 



Davies' Egg« of N. A., Paper 1.2.5, Cloth 1 



Maynard s Eggs (Colored 111.), Cloth 2 



Mavnard's M;inual of 'I'axideriny, 1, 



Battv's Manual of Taxidermy, 1 



M;inton's Manual of Tiixidennv, 

 Hornadav's Manual of Taxidermv (the finest work 



in existence), 2 



Trumbull's N lines ind Portraits of fJaftie Birds 

 A. O. U. Check List, 

 Ridjrway Check List, ••'fS 



SUPPLIKS. 



.\11 (Joixls Milt arc rc(inired by Naturalists. 



Birds' Skins, Birds' Eggs. 



Send for our Catalogue. 



TAXIDERMY. 



We are ytrepared to figure on any work reipiired in 

 our line. On large orders for schools we c^aii give very 

 low prices. 



PAPIER MACHE HEADS. 



We are now manufacturing over one hundred dif- 

 ferent sizes and styles of flat heads, suitable for mount 

 ing skins for mats". Our prices are below others and 

 our goods are warrant* d. 



Special offer for 30 days. 



For .f5.00 you may select eggs from our list to the 



amount of ------ .$7.50 



For 110.00 you may select eggs from our li-t to the 



amount of ----- .ifHi.OO 



STUFFED BIRDS. 



We will send anv party, for flO, one dozen nicely 

 stuffed birds, worth from .§15 to $20; su<h as .lays, 

 Woodpeckers, Tanagers, Orioles, Sparrows, Quail, 

 Black Birds, Etc., Etc. This is a fine opi>ortunity to 

 begin a collection. 



BEST OFFER. 



One Beautifully Mounted Pheasant, 

 worth ^[0.00, to any subscnhrr of 

 the Ornithologist and 0.)loj.;i-.t for 

 only S3.50. 



Tiiis is to advertise our work. 



Frank Blak'3 Webster Companv, 



7 Fni'ikliii Street, Boston, .>Iu<s. 



