THE OOLOGIST. 



Naturalists' Bulletin 



Vol. 2, No. 6. May 15, 1897. 

 NOTICE. 



All items in this Bulletin are sent prepaid 

 on receipt of price given (unless marked F. O. 

 B.) if your order amounts to 35 cents or over. 

 Less than 35 cents must include 5 cents extra 

 for postage. All specimens labelled with both 

 common and scientific name. 



If you don't see what you want please write 

 me as I may be able to offer you a fine bargain. 



I^PLEASE OBSERVE. 



Do not send silver coin in letters. 1 prefer 

 Post Office or Express Money Orders and will 

 allow you to deduct the cost of the order. 

 Amounts of less than 35 cents can be fcent in 

 postage stamps. 



BIRDS EGGS. Sets with Data. 



Price per set. 



Gull-billed Tern, set of 2 $ 20 



Am. Herring Gull, 3 a4 



Double crested Cormorant, 4 39 



American Bittern. 3 _ 70 



Least Bittern, 4 20 



Brown Pelican, 4 .^5 



Black-necked Stilt, 4 75 



Killdeer, 4 28 



Bob-white. 8 40 



Texan Bob-white, n 45 



Ruffed Grouse. 12 1 00 



Whip-poor-will, 2 1 20 



Cooper's Hawk, 4 _ 40 



Red-tailed Hawk, 3 



(This is a remarkably fine set) 85 



Red-shouldered Hawk, 4 70 



Florida Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 50 



American Osprey, 3 



(Very nicely marked) 70 



Black Vulture, 2 70 



Screech Owl, 4 80 



Black-chinned Hummer, nest and 2 eggs... 40 



Anna's Hummer, nest and 2 eggs 45 



Allen's Hummer, ne.st and 2 eggs 50 



"Wood Pewee, set of 3 _ 16 



Bobolink, nest and 5 eggs .• 45 



Hooded Oriole, 4 40 



Towhee, 4 20 



Purple Martin, 5 25 



Oven-bird, 5 35 



Cactus Wren. 4 30 



Carolina Wren, 4 20 



Chickadee, 5 35 



California Bush-tit, nest and 6 eggs 45 



Gnatcatcher, 3 25 



Hermit Thrush, 4 45 



SINGLE EGGS. 



Royal Tern $ 12 



Brown Pelican 15 



Whooping Swan 50 



Roseate Spoonbill - 40 



King Rail 07 



Black-neeked Stilt 18 



Mountain Partridge (data) 30 



Sooty Grouse (data) 30 



Fla. Burrowing Owl (data) 40 



Lapwing (data) _ 08 



Wilson's Plover 07 



Sage Grouse _ 18 



Red-tailed Hawk 'iO 



FOREIGN SINGLES. 



Griffln Vulture (extra large) 40 



Partridge 08 



Capercaille 20 



Sand Grouse (rare and curiously marked) 38 



Mongolian Pheasant 10 



Kestrel 1.5 



Penguin _ 25 



3 Special Offers 



IN EGGS! 



ist. For Only 30c I will send you one 

 full set with data of each Lark Sparrow, Mock- 

 ingbird, American Crow, Bronzed Grackle, 

 Mourning Dove. Catbird and Redwing Black- 

 bird. 2t) eggs for 30c postpaid. 



2a. For only 30c I will send you 20 

 varieties lirst-class smgle eggs and checking 

 list. All postpaid. 



3d. Kor only 30c I will send you 10 

 varieties Foreign Eggs, postpaid. 



BIRD SKINS. 



Great Horned Owl (F. O. B.) $ 90 



Screech Owl 35 



Sharp-shinned Hawk _ 25 



Red-shouldered Hawk 50 



American Merganser (F. O. B.) 40 



Golden-eye _ 45 



Herring Gull (F. O. B.) 85 



Woodcock 34 



" Golden Plover 38 



Field Plover 30 



Blue Jay 26 



Redpoll 12 



American Crossbill 35 



White-crowned Sparrow 16 



Snowflake 14 



Cedar Waxwing 12 



Myrtle Warbler 10 



Hooded Warbler 22 



Scarlet Tanager 22 



Indigo Bunting 16 



Brown Creeper 10 



Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 



2 ft. Alligator Skin 90 



Fine Black Squirrel 45 



Any skins marked "F. O. B." will be sent 

 prepaid if your order amounts to $3.75. 



BOOKS. 



Jordan's Manual of the Vertebrates ($2.50) $3 25 

 Hyatt's Insects, 13 plates, 223 figures ($I.2,i) 80 

 Maynard's Butterflies of E. North Am., 80 

 pages, 10 full page 10x13 in., plates with 

 colored figures of about 100 species ($7.50) 5 00 

 Raines' Bird Nesting in N. W. Canada ($2) 1 25 

 United States Geographical Surveys west 

 of the 100th Meridian (Wheeler) Pal- 

 eontology, 586 pages text and 83 full 

 page plates {contains report of vertebrate 

 (fossils of the Southwest with figures $5) 2 00 

 U. S. Geological Survey of Colorado, (Hay- 

 den) .38 plates, 5 maps and 4i cu^s and en- 

 gravings 49d pages text ($2 50) 90 



U. S. Geological Survey of Idaho and Wyo- 

 ming, (Hayden) 88 plates. 710 pages text, 



($3 50) 1 00 



Paleontology of New York, 4th dist. (Jas 

 Hall) 70 plates and 170 cuts, maps.etc.,664 



pages text. (S5) 2 50 



To the person sending me the largest order 

 from this advertisement before June 2.5th, 1897, 

 I will give a premium listing at $1.75. Second 

 largest one, listing at $1 ; third one listing at 50 

 cents; next four each one listing at 25 cents 

 each. \ou can send all at once or in install- 

 ments, but last installment must be mailed by 

 June 25th. Clash with order every time. 

 Address, 



Ernest H. Short, Albion, N. Y. 



