THE OOLOGIST. 



ALIVE A ten inch live alligator sent pre- 

 paid to any address in U. S. for $1.00. K. B. 

 MATHES, St. Augustine, Fla. 



TO EXCUANGE.— Skins, mounted birds, T 

 perches also orders for above for coming seas- 

 on. Want skins, eggs, lepidoptera, beetles, 

 showy shells foreign to Mich. Send lists with 

 prices. A. W. HANAFORD, 139 W. Fulton St., 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Bicycle, a 54 inch Col- 

 umbia Light Roadster, ordinary, scarcely used, 

 for best offer in opera glasses, rifle, shot gun, 

 .shell box or gun implements. H. S. DAY, 

 Fremont, Ohio. 



FIRST CLASS Eggs in original sets with 

 data to exchange for same of A. O. U. No's to 

 No. 400. G. GORDON SCHANCK, Libertyville, 

 Ills. 



FOR SALE.— A few Hue Indian Stone Toma- 

 hawk Pipes. Dance Knives and Pipes. Send 

 stamp for desci'iption and prices. Also large 

 fossils from S. D. GEO. W. DIXON, Lock 

 Box 381, Watertown, S. D. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Fine Obsidian and Gem 

 arrow points and common arrow and spear 

 heads for fine cabinet specimens of minerals 

 and curios, and rai"e birds eggs in sets. Send 

 lists. GEO. W, DIXON, L. Box 381, Water- 

 town. S. D. 



SILVER and GOLD.— Something everybody 

 wants, something all can get by securing a 

 copy of Vick's Floral Guide for 18y.5, a work of 

 art, printed in 17 different tinted inks, with 

 beautiful cotored plates. Full list with dis- 

 cription and prices, of everything one could 

 wish for vegetable, fruit or flower garden. 

 Many pages of new novelties, encased in a 

 chaste cover of silver and gold. Unusual and 

 astonishing offers, .such as Sweet Peas for 40 

 cents a pound. $300 for a name for a New Doub- 

 le Sweet Pea. etc. If at all intei-ested in seeds 

 or plants send 10 cents .at once for a copy of 

 Vick's Floral Guide, wnich amount mav be de- 

 ducted from first order, to JAMES VICK'S 

 SONS. Rochester. N. Y.. and learn the many 

 bargains this firm is offering. 



MICHIGAN.— I desire correspondence with 

 every collector of Lepidoptera and with every 

 person, especially ornithologists, interested iii 

 faunal distribution in tho state of Michigan. 

 ROBT. H. WOLCOTT, M. D.. 133 Clinton St.. 

 Grand Rapids. Mich. Temporary address till 

 June. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Neb. 



WANTED.— To corresDond with those who 

 have a few dollars to invest the coming season 

 in Mounted Birds, skins or eggs in sets. We 

 are booking orders from some of the best well- 

 known collectors In America. We will spend 

 the months or April. M;iy and June among the 

 biris of N. Dakota and Manitoba. If you wish 

 sets of Ducks eggs in iheir nei?ts of down let us 

 hear from you. Correspondence with taxider- 

 mists desired in regard to supplying fresh pli- 

 able skins of Franklin's CJuU. Terns. Geese. 

 Duck. White Pelican, etc. BRYANT & MUM- 

 MERY, Davison, Mich. 



FOR SALE. -The following flr.st-clasH. small- 

 holed singles with comi)li!te data;Sooty fJrouse, 

 30c; Oregon Ruffed Grouse, 2l)c: Tri -colored 

 Blackbird. 5c: Gambels" Sparrow, 5c: Oregon 

 Towhee, lOc: Violet-green Swallow, l.'ic; Mac- 

 Gillivray's Warbler. :*)f: American Dipper, 50c; 

 Parkman's Wren, :>c: Western Robin, rxr. West- 

 em Bluebird. .=>c; Mougolian Pheasant. \hc. No 

 order accepted for less than liOc. ARTHUR L. 

 POPE. Sheridan, Oregon. 



FOR SALE.— A lot of L. C, Smith Hammer 

 Guns, manufrctured by the Hunter Arms Co.. 

 Fulton, N. Y.: for Swift each, list price ot which 

 is $rtn. Fine London Twist barrels. Walnut 

 stocks, full pistol grip. 10 or 12 gauge. 30 or 3-3 

 inch barrel, TJi to 11 pounds. All new and in 

 good condition. Address ELIAS BEE, Sterl- 

 ing, Kans. D3t 



OOLOGISTS WANTED.— I want, at once. 

 copies of the Oologist as follows: July-Aug- 

 ust, 1886: January-February, 1887 or Dec, 18S6, 

 with the former attached: June, 1888, I also de- 

 sire copies of my old 188.T "Oologist Hand- 

 book." For each and every copy of the above 

 publications mailed me not 1 ater than February 

 \f>, 1895, 1 will give 15c worth of anything I ad- 

 vertise or offer for sale, or will send ci-edit 

 check good for the amount I will also allow 

 10c each for f^e following numbers, viz:— June- 

 Sept., 1887: April, 1889. All must be complete, 

 c^<»a«, and in good condition. Address at once. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion, N, Y. 



WAR ! STAMPS I WAR I Fine sets of 6 var- 

 ieties of unused Venezuela stamps only la cts; 

 s sets. 25cts. 10 mixed used foreign stamps. 

 10 cts; 100 varieties of stamps, catalogue value 

 over $3, only $1 , 3 var . Confederate bills, lOcts; 

 entire 4c war envelopes on blue used, Sets each; 

 entire sheet of '4 M. unused Port Rico stamps, 

 25 cts. Try me once, address, J. E. HAND- 

 SHAW, Smithtown Branch, N. Y. N4t 



I AM building up a general scientific collec- 

 tion, embracing all departments of the Natural 

 Sciences and if you have anything truly desir 

 able to offer in exchange for anything I may 

 have in stock or if you have any standard 

 books or publications" that you wish to dispose 

 of I shall be pleased to correspond with you. 

 When writing give full descriptions stating 

 your lowest exchange price and give me an 

 idea of about what you would like in return. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR ONLY .50 cents. $500 Confeierate Mon- 

 ey (assorted*. $100 Confederate Bond and (5 rare 

 Arrow Points. Catalogue 3 cents . J, F. BOW- 

 EN, luka. Miss. 



Ornithology and Oology.— I want to ob- 

 tain a quantity of back numbers of various 

 publications relating to Bikds and will allow 

 prices as follows for the game. Will accept 

 any number of copies not to exreed H) of the 

 same issue. All must be complete and clean. 

 "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club" 

 and '-The Auk" .30 cts. per copy. "The Ooi.o- 

 GIST" (published at Utica, N. Y. and Rockville, 

 Conn., 187.5-81): the "Ornithologist and Oolog- 

 ist;" and "The Nidiologist;" "Random Notes 

 on Natural History" Prov.. R. I. 5c per copy. 

 "Wisconsin Naturalist:" "The Taxidermist;" I 

 will allow 3 I'Ls. i)er copy. I will allow the above 

 amounts in payment for. specimens, instrum- 

 ents, supplies or publications or if you prefer 

 will send crtuit check for the amount. All 

 publications must be sent prepaid (you can 

 mail them as •second class mail matter ' («■, 4c 

 per lb.). "Returns" will be sent prepaid unless 

 otherwise si)ecili('d In catalogue. I can also 

 use the following second-hand books on same 

 conditions at prices ciuoted prepaid. Must be 

 in A No. 1 coiiilillon. (Roues' "Key to N. A. 

 Birds" $4.50; Kidgewav's "Manual of N. A. 

 Birds" $.3.75; Davie's "Nests and Eggs of N. A. 

 Birds, 3d or 4th : editions, cloth, 85 cts. paper 

 55 cts; ot\wvxliiiid(trd publication will be accep- 

 ted at one-half iiulilishers prices. This notice 

 will remain in force until Feb. 15. 18a->. After 

 that date write what you have to oiler before 

 sending. FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion, N. Y. 



