Southern California Bird and 

 Mamma! Skins and Eg^s. 



Carefully prepared specimens with full data. Price 

 list for stamps. 



CHAS. H. MARSH, 



DuLZUKA, San Dikgo Co., CaLiFortNiA. 



Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



Nfo 1 COQUINA.— The straiifie shell conglomeration 



of which the ancient Kort, City Gates, and other 



" structures in St. Augu&tine were constructed cen- 



NoM'^NvHITE 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 Bahama Islands, and will 

 mature in the green-house at the North. 



No 5 BLEEDINU TOOTH.- Resemhling a tooth 

 bleeding — one of the most remarkable of all the sea 



No. G. ''cotton boll. — Picked from a Southern 

 cotton-ttehl. , , ^ , 



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

 and decorative purposes. 



No 8 EYE STONE.— A calcareous concretion found 

 ill the stomach of the craw-flsh. It will remove all 

 foreign substances from the eye, and one should 

 always be kept at hand. . , . • „ 



No ') FLEXIBLE C(MIAL. - (Oorgoni.a). -A curious 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation deposited by a marine animal. 



No 10 COXFEl)EU.A.TE .M(,NEY.-A piece of gen- 

 uine currency, issueti by the State of North C arohna 

 during the Rebellion, each numbered and signed, an 

 issue found in but few collections. . 



No. 11. ALLIGATOR'S TOOTH.- From a Florida alli- 



No^'2"^" VEGETABLE SPOVGE.— A specimen of this 

 curious native growth, cabled in Spanish ''Estra 

 Paio " grows f reel v in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire collection in stnmg partitioned box. each 



spocimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTb. 



Address. „ ... <• th 



FORT MARION STORR, Sf. Aiignsline, Fla. 



THE ORNITHOLOGIST & BOTANIST. 



Devoted to Nature and Sports. 



ONLY $1 .00 PER YEAR,$1 ONLY. 



CLIMBING IRONS ONLY $1 PER PAIR. 



Both Given for a $1 bill. 

 ONLY $1. ONLV. 



Address, THE ORNITHOLOGIST & BOTANIST, 



Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Mention the O. & O. 



Taxidermy ^^ Zoological 

 Collecting, 



A complete hand-book of 362 pages for the amateur 

 taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum builder, 

 sportsman and traveller. 



Illustrated with twenty-four plates and eighty-five 

 text jiictures. 



BY WILIJA.M T. HORN AD AY, 

 (For eijflit years Chief Taxidermi.st of the IT. 

 S. National Museum.) 



RRICE • $2 SO. 



Frank Bkke Webster Companv, 



7 Franklin St., Boston, Miss. 



POH SflllE. 



Mounted Axxixxxals 



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

 Otter, Deer, Possum, Coon, Lynx, 

 % Alligator, Shark, Leather-back 



Turtle, Squirrel, Fox, Martin, etc 



MOUNTED HEADS. 



Buffalo, Elk, Moose, Caribou, Deer, Sheep, Antelope, 

 Fox, Polar Bear, Etc. 



BOOKS. 



Capen's Oologv, |15. 



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



Ridgwav'8 Manual of N. A. Birds, 7 



Maynard's Riiltertiies of N. E. 7. 



Mavnard's Butterflies of N. A. 1, 

 Harris' Insects, Plain 4..'>(), Colored 6 

 Piickard's (Juide to Study of Insects, 



1 



Paper 1.2.'>, Cloth I 



Cloth 2 



1 



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..50 

 .75 

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 .25 

 ..50 



50 



.50 

 35 



Packard's Common Insects, 



Davies' Egg< of N. A., 



Maynard's Eggs (Colored III.), 



Maynard's Manual of Taxidermy, 



B;itty's .Manual of Taxidermy, 



Manton's .Manual of Taxidermy, 



Ilornaday's Manual of Taxidermy (the finest work 



in existence), 2. 



TriMnbuU's Names and Portraits of Game Birds, 2 



A. O. U. Check List, 

 Kidgway Check List, 



NEW GOODS. 



1 Large Caribou, fine antlers, in ])iakk> ready to 



stuff, 

 1 Medium Caribou, fine antlers, in pi(^kle, ready to 



stuff, 

 1 Cow Caribou, fine antlers, in pickle ready to 



stuff, 

 1 Spotted Fawn, in pickle ready to stuff, 

 1 Hair Seal, small, in i>ickle reafly to stuff, 

 1 Live Paracpiet, talks, fine bird, $15.00 



Live (Jreen Snakes,' each, .25 



Live Turtles, each, .10 



Fancy Stands, new style, 25, 35 and ..'iO 



IN A MARINE COLLECTION, 



Rose Coral, L'ink Coral, Kidney ( or;.l. Branch 

 Coral, H<»rse-foot Crab, Fiddler Crab, Sea 

 Snail, Codfish, Bone Sea I'ri-hiii, 

 Star Fish, Spider Crab, Whale's Tooth, ail 

 sent by mail for 



1 Fruit Bat.from India, fine skin, 



12 Assorted Sea Mosses, neatly mounted, small 

 size, 



12 Assorted Sea Mosses, neatly mounted, 3x4, 



A few Claws of the (Jrizzly Bear, large, each, 



" " " " " Bengal Tiger, each, 



1 White Crow Skin, 



> Albino Phoebe, $2.00; Albino Texas Cardinal, 



1 Albino Rustv Black Bird, f2.00; English Sparrow 



1 Large Pitta Skin, 



I Arrow Point, mounted, for scarf pin, 



1 Shark Tooth, from Nantucket, scarf pin, 



1 Fossil Shark, scarf pin, 



Brazilian Beetle Pins. 



1 Tii^er Eve, scarf pin, 



10,000 Peacock Feathers, per 100, 



1 set Golden ?:agle Esrgs, 1 set Acadian Owl's, 



1 lot of Loggerhead Turtle's Eggs, 



1 Alligator Card Receiver, 7.50; 1 Monkey Ci.rd 

 Receiver, 



1 Monkey Card Receiver, $8.00; 1 Fox Card 

 Rccci vcr, 



Schluter's Insect Pins, bright and black, 



A new lot of Artificial Heads, several new styles, 



jsi.OO 

 3.00 



.20 



..'•)(» 



.30 



1.00 



10.00 



3.00 



, 1.00 



2.0O 



1.25 



1.25 



1.25 



1.00 



.75 



.75 



10100 

 12.00 



Frank Blake Webster Companv, 



7 Fijriklin Strict, Hoslon, Ma^s. 



