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VOL. XIV. NO. 12. ALBION, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1897. Whole No. 139 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," "Exclianges" "For Sales," Inserted In this department 

 for 2.5c per 25 words. Notices over 2.5 words, charged at the rate of one-halt cent per each additional 

 word. No notice Inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted In payment at one-third list rates. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 On the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



No. 139 your subscription expires with this issue 

 140 •• " " " Jan., 1898. 



145 " " " " June, " 



150 '• " '■ " Nov., •• 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



How dear to our hearts 



Is cash or subscription. 

 When the generous subscriber 



Presents It to view, 

 But the man who don't pay. 



We refrain from description. 

 For perhaps gentle reader. 



That man may be you.— A'x'. 



CAMERA Bargain. — Excellent 1897 Vive ; 

 printing frame; 11! sensitized paper; 25 cards 

 and instructions. $4.00--holds 18 glass plates, 

 4x4. DR. TROTTER, Camp Point, Ills. 



FOR SALE.— Several royally bred Llewellyn 

 Setters, pups and broke dogs, and some high 

 ..scoring silver laced Wyandotts. DUNZIL W. 

 COE, Carthage, Mo. 



EXCHANGE.— Eggs of Bald Eagle, skins of 

 Florida Screech and Burrowing Owl, Audu- 

 bon's Caracara, A 1 with data, for Standard or 

 International Dictionary with patent index. 

 A new pocket kodak for $4.00. D.D.STONE. 

 Lansing, N. Y. 



OOLOGICAL Invention. Hand Egg Blow- 

 pipe for blowing and rinsing eggs. A very 

 usei"l instrument. Many unsolicited recom- 

 mendations. Price 75 cents, sent prepaid with 

 printed instructions. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY. 

 457 Greene Street, Augusta, Ga. J2t. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Fine skins of Mexican 

 Raven and Prairie Falcon, also tine New Mexi- 

 co Opals ready for mounting or in the rough, 

 ior flrst-class sets,, skins or Instruments. 

 WALTON I. MITCHELL, Box No. 170, East 

 Las Vegas. New Mex. 



WANTED:— Ridgeway's Manual, first class 

 treatise on taxidermy, or any reliable work on 

 ornlthologv, in exchange for first class eggs 

 with complete data. WINFIELD S. CATLIN, 

 Annapolis, Ind. D2t 



WANTE D : Singles of Golden andBald Eagles, 

 Duck Hawk, Stormy Petrel, Parauque, Swal- 

 low-tailed Kite. Sandhill Crane, Roseate 

 Spoonbill, Albatross, Penguin for cash, choice 

 Southern sets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, 45T 

 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. D2t 



STAMPS AND BILLS cheap! 10 varieties 

 of square cut used obselete U. S. stamped en- 

 velopes, catalogue price 75c, only 20c; 3 varie- 

 ties entire oltlcial size, catalogue 52c, only 13c; 

 set of 1 1 Austrian stamps, 1 to 50kr, catalogue 

 value 26c, only 9c; 10 varieties of old paper 

 money 2.5c to $100, genuine originals, only 30c ; 

 a $10 bill and catalogue of over 150 varieties 8c; 

 2 Indian arrows from N. C. 8c. J. E. HAND- 

 SHAW, Smithtown Branch, N. Y. N3t 



WANTED.— A 20 gauge shot gun— I will give 

 a high-grade bicycle nearly new and rare sets 

 and eggs. I will pay cash for Indian relics. C. 

 H. WATRONS, Chester, Conn. 



I WILL exchange 100 varieties of foreign 

 and native woods for Sargent's Botany, or 

 Andrews S. Fuller's Practical Forestry. 

 LOUIS W. HAHN, Box 360, Silver Creek, Chau- 

 tauqua Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— A Marlin or Winchester rifle, 

 field glass, a small tent, relics, coins, watch, 

 and sets of eggs. I will give a good trade for 

 the above in rare seta and skins, volumes of 

 the Osprey, Nidologist and Oologist, auxilliary 

 barrel! and outfit for 12 gauge gun, also a high 

 grade bicycle. C. H. WATRONS, Chester, 

 Conn. 



WHITE FOX.— First-class skin suitable for 

 rug or mountiner. Will sell for $6.00 cash. 

 ROBERT BURNHAM, No. 143 Gallup St., Prov- 

 idence, R. I. 



EXCHANGE.— A first-class 22 rifle to ex- 

 change for a kodak in good condition. Write 

 for particulars. J. R. DAVIDSON, Box 4, Mil- 

 ton, Wis. 



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