THE 05L0GIST. 



NOTICE 



I have a few sets of American White 

 Pelicau and Double-crested Cormorant 

 for sale, collected at Shoal Lake (see 

 illustration in this Oologist). 



Whit(> Pelican sets of 1 and 3 80 



Double-crested Cormorant 3 and 4 — 18 



W. RAINE. Bleecker St. 

 Canada. 



Toronto, 



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 copy idcts.^Raymer's Old 

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TheNATURALIST 



(Formerly of Austip, Texas.) 



An illustrated monthly devoted to the 

 study of nature. This magazine is rap- 

 idly growing in circulation throughout 

 the United States, its average monthly 

 issue now being oye?-.'^,06'0. What makes 

 this monthly so popular? It is because 

 it contains the most interesting and in- 

 ,<;<r?/c^tye reading matter, accompanied by 



NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 



The December number contains an 

 engraving of the male and one of the fe- 

 male ]'h(L-be; a half-tone, from photo- 

 graph of a nest of the Tarkmaifs Wren 

 in a tin-can; engravings of each the 

 ClitY, Barn and Bank Swallow; an en- 

 graving of Steller's Jay; an engraving of 

 Violets; four examples of eggs, on which 

 contains markings, that represent a 

 duck, abound, a quail and a gull Next 

 number (January) commences Vol. 3, 

 and (luring the year 18U5 the paper will 

 introduce articles by some of the best 

 writers, and will coutain.orer lOO differ- 

 ent illuslrations before it completes 

 Vol. 2. 



"Several prizes will be given to con- 

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Send at once and commence with the 

 January number. 

 Only 50c per year. Advertising Rates Low. 



IKEK K.\rUAN(iK COLr.MN. 



For ever.v one nienilonlng The OOLCfiiST and 

 enclosing a fiiic inone.v order, we will send Tiik 

 Naturalist one year and your selection ol any 

 two of ilie eleven phfiinqraiilix which will be ad- 

 vertised In the .January nuiiiljer of TiiEN.^TrK^i.- 

 ^sv dinA one dozen iiiiilalion qold peim. Address; 

 G. B Cheney, Box 4.07, Oregon City, 

 Oregon, 



SOMERARE BARGAINS 



Look at these prices and then com- 

 pare them with those of other dealers. 

 Having recently purchased a large col- 

 lection of curios of almost every kind, 

 and in order to obtain the address of 

 every hvc collector 1 am selling at actual 

 cost. Every specimen guaranteed abso- 

 lutely perfector money refunded. 

 MARINE CURIOS. 



Atlantic Starlish. 4 in $0 14 



California Starfish 21 



Black Bahama Startish 21 



Mammoth Bahama Starfish 48 



Brittle Startish 19 



Sea Horse, very tine 18 



Sawfish saw, 10 in. perfect 21 



Devil fish Egg 9 



Skates egg 8 



Hammer head sharks egg 14 



Nurse shark egg 36 



Sand dollar 7 



Hermit crab in shell 19 



Key hole Urchin 23 



Sea Biscuit 28 



Sea Fan 12 



Club spined Urchin 19 



Acorn Barnacle 9 



Mammoth Cala. Urchin 20 



Spined Urchin Atlantic 19 



Large Tarpon scales 9 



Florida sea Urchin, small 6 



Pink coral, large spray H 



Branch coral .... 18 



Rose Coral 9 



Honey comb Coral 18 



Venus Coral 99 



Porcupine fish 67 



LAND CURIOS. 



Mounted Horned toad in box 69 



Tarantula " " 43 



" Alligator, 11 inch 75 



" Scorpion in box 35 



Centipede 45 



RARE BEAUTIFUL MINERALS. 



Stalactite from Arizona . . 05 to 50 



Azurite and malachite beauti- 

 ful blue and green minerals, 

 found in an Arizona mine 10 to 50 



Rubellite, California 10 to 50 



Ribbon Stalactite, Arizona.. 25 to 1 00 

 Serpentine N. J., beautiful 



green 5 to 50 



English Calcite. Cluster of 



perfect crystals 10 to 1 00 



Polished Agates. Brazil 10 to 5 00 



Amazon stone, Virginia 5 to 50 



Any of the above will be ^&ni prepaid 

 upon receipt of price. Address, 



KIRKE B. MATHES. 



11 N. St. George St., 



St. Augustine, Fla. 



