The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXlDeRMY 



Vol. XXXI. No. 1. ALBION, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1914. Whole No. 318 



brie:f special, announcemeivts 



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We will not advertise the skins, n 

 North American Birds for sale. These 

 to make bona fide exchanges of such 

 ses onlv. — EDITOR. 



Entered as second-class matter De- 

 cember 21, 1903, at the post office at 

 Albion, N. Y., under the Act of Congress 

 of March 3, 1879. 



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BIRDS 



WANTED-Live American Wild Trumpet- 

 er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



I-"<)R S A L E'— 'i'horoughbred .Muscovy 

 Ducks; ('.lossy black, white winged birds, 

 white head niarkiiitrs $5.00 a pair. K. M. 

 HA KXES. Lacon. 111. (l-p) 



VVANTKD. Pair skins each. Bob- White 

 and Ruffed (Jrouse. Offer climbers, Stevens' 

 Target Pistol, 22 Cal ilidgway's "Birds North 

 and Middle America." part 4. publications. 

 .TOnX (i.TVLKi;, 1114 Belmont Ave., Fresno, 

 Calif. 



l^'oi: l-:.\('llAN(;i;.-()iie pair Woodcock 

 taken in liU.j. full plumiige, perfect condition. 

 I'Miicly Smotuitcd in dust proof case, glass 

 front, hand painted b;i(l<ground. I want 

 skins of shore birds that will relax and 

 mount. <i. A. Ai'.l'.O'l'T, itl5 Maniuctte Bldg. 

 ('Iiira'jo. 111. 



WANTED. -One pair each of the following 

 ("alifornia Candor: i'assenger Pigcun, Caro- 

 lina Paragute, Swallow Tailed Kite. Miss 

 issiippi Kite, Everglade Kite, Ivory billed 

 Woodpecker, (iaudoloup Caracara, Trumpe- 

 er Swan, Whooping Crane and other rare 

 specimens. If you have only one write me. 



I can use skins suitable for mounting. But 

 both skins and mounted specimans nmst be 

 first class in every way. R. M. BARNES, 

 Lacon. 111. 



EGGS. 



In !4eniIiiiK' in y<mr exchauj^f notices 

 for nests, skins nntl e^'^^s, ^ve \vonld ap- 

 preciate it if you would arranse the 

 numerals in your exchange notice in 

 (heir numerical order, and not tumble 

 (hem tojiether hit and miss, as some of 

 our readers are coninlaininj;, and we 

 think justly so. 



KXCHAX'iE.— Personally collected sets of 

 Mississippi Kite 1-2 1-1, complete data, fifty 

 eggs; for best offers. H. S. SO W K R S, 

 Brownell, Kan^ (l-p> 



EXCHAXCJK.— I''our well marked complete 

 sets of two Ked-shouldered Hawk. What 

 sets have you to offer for them? C. (i. II Ai\ l\ 

 East Berlin, Comi. (l-p) 



KXCII.VNGK.— I'"or every Sandpioer, Bol) 

 White, (ircen Heron, Oriole or 5 Brown 

 Thrasher, or 5 Cardinal eggs, exchange 2ic 

 Tercentenary stamps. W. D. INGRAM. 

 Brampton, Ont. (l-p) 



