The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



WANTS, FOR SALES AND EXCHANGES. 



Brief Special announcements "Wants," " ELxchanges," " For Sales," inserted in this de- 

 partment for 25 cents pei 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate of 1-2 cent for 

 each additional word. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly first-class specimens will be accepted in payment at 1-3 list rates. 



Vol. XXV. No. 12. 



ALBTON, N. Y., DEC, 1908. 



Whole No. 257 



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 •Oologist. It denotes when your sub- 

 scription expired or will expire. 



Remember we must be notified if 

 you wish paper discontinued and all 

 arrearage? must be paid. 

 257 vour subscription expires with this issue 

 269 •• •' " •• Dec, 1909 



Intermediate numbers can easily be 

 determined. If we have you credited 

 wrong we wish to rectify. 



Entered as second-class inatter De- 

 cembed 21, 1903, at the post ofTice, at 

 Albion. N. Y., under the Act of Con- 

 gress? of March 3, 1S79. 



FOR .SALl'..— My entire collection of 

 anti(iue guns, swords and pistols. Many 

 flint locks. Will send prints and descriptions 

 to interested collectors of fire arms. J. JAY 

 WISLKK. Columbia. Pa. 



W.VNTFD.-Vol. 1 and 2 (complete) of the 

 Condor, in good condition. Will pay good 

 cash price <jr exchange fine sets for same. 

 CLAKFXCK 11. LUTHFK, D. 1). S. Fayctte- 

 ville. Ark. 



TO F.XCIIANGE.-Bird skins, sets of 

 eggs and wild cat skins for Ornithological 

 magazines, bird skins. Ridgways Rirds of 

 North and Middle America, first A vols. 

 Brewster's P.irds of the Cape Region of 

 Lower California, and others. Will also pur- 

 chase the above. \.2.t. II. H. KIMBALL. 

 1527 .M. St.. Fresno. Cal 



FOi; SALE OR KXClIAXriE.-Youman's 

 "Class Book of Chemistry." Pleasonton's 

 "Blue and Sunlights" Hawthorne's 

 "Practices and Principles of .MediriMc." 2nd 

 edition. Second liand copies. Also a few 

 curios. N.2.t. KICHARl) F. MIM.KR. 207:5 

 East Tioga St.. Pbi ::delr)hia. Pa. 



WAXTEl>.-.\t once, copies of Oologist 

 Vol. -\'IV No. .1. .May l«)7: and .\'V1 No. !l, 

 Sept. 1S99 one or more copies. Write stating 

 condition. EKNEST 11. SHORT, .Manager 

 Oologist. Box I7.'J. Rochester. N. V. 



PUBLICATIONS: Several complete 

 volumes of Auk, Oologist, Nidologist. Ameri- 

 can Ornithology, Osprey and other publi- 

 cations, also odd numbers. Lantern slides 

 of birds. Correspondence wanted with those 

 desiring to buy , sell or exchange publications 

 and slides. B. S. BOWDISH. HI Broadway, 

 New York City. N. Y. 



I HAVE FOR EXCHANGE.-For species 

 new to my collection. Choice sets of 327, 316, 

 353, 354, 354a, 358.1, 359.1, 362, 370a, 376, 3.S9, 421, 

 455, 744a, 763, etc. THOMAS II, JACKSON, 

 304 N. Franklin St.. West Chester, Pa. 



WHO will furnish me with first class sets 

 of 10, 28. 67, 113.1, 116, 124, 167, 196, 277, and a 

 352a, 372. 405. 455a. 453a, 463, 5 7, 566, 574a, 597a, 

 627a. 660, 662, 724, 758a, and a whole lot more, 

 A. E. PRICE, Grant Park, 111. S. 2. t. 



BOOKS.-Random Notes, 1,1 to4; II, 3, 4- 

 12: III. 4 to 6, 9 to 11: all inclusive. Oregon 

 Naturalist, vol. I: Oologist, Utica and Rock- 

 ville. vol?I: II, 1 to 3: V, 7 to 9; one or set; 

 Separa eiK^ (in birds from Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. etc. Want to b 'y these and others. 

 Send t^s'ices to W. C. BRAISLIN, 556 Wash- 

 ington Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



FOR SALE OiiEXCHAN(iE FOR SETS.- 

 Vols. 6. 7 and 8 CoiMi'i.KTR. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 of 

 ^'ol. 5 Condor. Wanted Vol. 1, complete. PI. 

 H. P.AILEY, 321-54 St., Newport News. Va. 



W.WTEI). -Jacob's "Summer P.irds of 

 GrcciuM 'ointv. Pa ."and Col ton's "/oology." 

 KICHAIM) F. MILLER, 2073 East Tioga St., 

 N. 2. t. Philadelphia, Pa. 



W.\NTED.— Firss class skins of most of 

 the game birds and birds of prey, also mam- 

 mals in tiesb or skins. Can offer mounted 

 deer beads and birds, skins. Natural History 

 books and publications. (iEO. F. GFELF, 

 Taxidermist. P.rockport, N. V. 



M.ANY RARE SETS can now be secured 

 in exchange for common species. I collect 

 in large series and offer many "artics," etc. 

 This is an unusual opiiortunity. Twenty- 

 five years expci-ienc(!. Scud lists of iill your 

 pci'sonally collected material. \\'ill pay 

 cash for very tine sets. I). 2. t. J. W. PRES- 

 TON, 1411 liilb .Vvc, Spokane, Wash 



