The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



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Vol. XXV. No. 2. 



ALBION, N. Y., FEB., 1908. 



Whole No. 247 



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WANT.— Eggs in sets and good Indian 

 relics. I offer eggs, shells and showy mount- 

 edbuttertlies. ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 173, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



SUlVKNIi; POSTALS.- Views of Seattle 

 and Pacific Coast country. 10 colored. 25c; 

 10 colored and black. 20c; 10 black. 15c. W. S. 

 ROOT, b:i2 :i2 Ave., N.. Seattle. Wash. 



COI.LKCT TO ORDER. -Very fine ma- 

 terial in the bird and insect line trom south- 

 ern Mexico. Particular attention paid to 

 data. AUSTIN P.\UL S.MITH.Cuernavaca, 

 .Mexico. F.2. t. 



PL(.ET SOUND. SEATTLi; AND.IAPAN 

 CURIOS. — Send 25 cents for s;implc lot. W. 

 S. ROOT. tEi2 :i2 Ave. N.. SEATTLE. Wash. 



Fo|; KX(H.VN(iE. -Violin and outfit in 

 good canditiuii cost $2.i. for \'()ls. of Bcndires 

 Life Histories or Coue's Key fifth edition, or 

 other bird books of e<inal value. .1. K. R.\.S- 

 .\IUSSON. !!<) .^ixth .\ venue. Upper Troy, N" 



W.\NTED.-Eggs of snake*, lizards and 

 turtles. Staff price. .TOS. P. I!AI,L, .M. D.. 

 Frarikford. Phila.. Peim. 



Pure bred buff leghorn, cockerclls, Haines 

 single comb strains, good birds. F. O. B. 75c. 

 each. Extra Birds $1.U0 each. Itegistered 

 cock, 2nd year. {1.50. i;i;NKST II. SIIOKT, 

 €hili. N. V. 



FOR SALE-Auk and Nuttall Bulletin. 

 Complete up to and including 1907. Thirty 

 two Vols, in all. The entire set is bound in 

 half morocco excepting the last two Vols, of 

 the Auk. An extra fine set. Price one hun- 

 dred dollars for the set. PHILIP LAURENT, 

 31 East Mt. Airy Ave., Philadelphia, Penn. 



WANTED.-Birds' eggs from Cuba, Philip- 

 pines, Hawaii and Laysan Islands. Offer 

 cash or exchange. M. KUSCHEL. Guhrau. 

 Germany, Bz Breslau. 



X OR SALE.— Rattlesnake skins, fish and 

 animal skins. Rattle snake skin purses, 

 garters, belts, hat bands, etc. Mounted spec- 

 imens, birds and animals J. E, MAYBURY. 

 Prado, Calif. 



WANTED.-Oologist Vol III, No. 6; Vol. V, 

 No. 6. Will pay $1.00 cash each or $5.00 in fine 

 sets for both. All answered. H.J. KAF'AHL, 

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EXCH A N( ; E— Two folding canvass covered 

 campers cots, good as new. Want old bird 

 hoods or magazes. BENJAMIN HOAG. 

 Stephentown. N. Y. 



FOR EXCHAN(iE.-Finelist of sets and, 

 singles including .ila. 52, IH.l, 147, 172. 177. 348 

 375d, 394b, 411, 419. 46s, 570, ()3sand many others. 

 Also three revolvers and Marlin rifle. I want 

 Eastman kodak and tank developer. Smith 

 it Wesson or Colts revolver or automatic 

 pistol, and books on ornithology and natural 

 history, especially Hornadays American 

 Natural History. X(j postals answered. E. 

 i;. WEST, 226 East 4th St., New Albany. Ind. 



STAMP A r>UU MS. -International, 2 vols- 

 full leather, (iilt edges. Will exchange for 

 old bird books or magazines or eggs in sets. 

 A bargain for .some one. BENJAMIN HOAG, 

 Stephentown, New '^'oik. 



WANTED. ■•I'.irils Ontario," Newton's 

 Dictionery. I'Jva's Birds \'ol. 9, Cambridge 

 .Naliiral History. Stateconditionaiid lowest 

 easti price. BENJAMLN HOAG. Stephen- 

 towii. N. Y. ^^ 



FOR S.VLE. -Land Birds of N. A,. P.aird. 

 Brewer and i;idg<'way. :! vols. 1905 edition, 

 new, price, $7.50. listed $10.00. CHAS. M. 

 •METZ, Claremont, Calif. 



