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THE OOLOGIST. 



POCKET KEY OF THE BIRDS OF THE NORTH- 

 ERN UNITED STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAINS, Apgar. With a glossary of Terras 1893, 

 64 pp. Cloth only M cents prepaid. FRANK H . 

 LATTIN, Alliioh, N. Y. 



FOR ONLY 50 cents. $rm Confederate Mon- 

 ey (assorted^ llOO Confederate Bond and 6 rare 

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

 EN, luka, Miss. 



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 siating 

 your lowest exchange price and give me an 

 idea of about what you would like in return. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To corresDond with those who 

 have a few dollar'? 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 oi' April, May and June among the 

 birls of N. Dakota and Manitoba. It you wish 

 sets of Ducks eggs in their ne>ts of down let us 

 hear from you. Correspondence with taxider- 

 mists desired in regard to supplying fresh pli- 

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

 Duck. White Pelican, etc. BRYANT & MUM- 

 MERY, Davison, Mich: 



COAST and winter birds for sale in the flesh, 

 also mounted birds, deer heads and Fox skin 

 mats. \LVAH G. DORR. Taxidermist and Fur 

 Dealer, Bucksport. Me. J.Sw 



TO EXCH4NGE.-New Cedar Cabinet. 100 

 drawers with ,S.(X)0 trays. $100 worth of flrst- 

 class sets, bird's skins, climbing irons, drills, 

 &c. Wanted, a first class bicycle, skeleton rifie, 

 sets of eggs. Indian relics. CLARENCE H. 

 WATROUS. Chestc r. Conn. 



Agassiz Association Botanical Courses: 



Elementry Botany, Ferns and thsir Allies, 



Composite Flowers, Common Trees. 

 With 2.' to 4'. specimens. Fees, $2.00. Circulars. 

 Address ALEX E. WIGHT. Wellesley Hills. Mass. 



FOR SALE. 



Formula for the mak- 

 ing of a liquid that pet- 

 rifies all organic objects immersed in it. Many 

 very curious petrifiactions can be made which 

 will sell readily. Price $i.oo. 



W. H. TRASTER, M. D., Summitville, Ind. 



RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY is guaran- 

 teed to cure Piles and Constipation, or money 

 refunded. ."iO cents per t)ox. .Send two stamps 

 for circulars and Free Sample to MARTIN RU- 

 DY. Regi.stered I'harmacist, Lancaster, Pa. 

 No Postals Answered. For sale bv all first- 

 class druggisis everwhere, and in Albion, N. 

 Y. by George W. Barrell. 



EGGS. 



From the Ori(n/ and Asxam 'Malakka) In- 

 dia. Australia, Africa, ftc. correctly named 

 at moderate prices, also European and exotic 

 Birds skins. HERMANN ROLLE, 



Emdener St.. 4. Berlin. N. W.. Germany, 



Wonderful '''^:^i^r^t^:^ 



Ecchester, N. Y-, will bring. 



Ornithology and Oology.— I want to ob- 

 tain a quantity of back numbers of various 

 publications relating to Birds and will allow 

 prices as follows for the same. Will accept 

 any number of copies not to exceed 10 of the 

 same issue. All must be coinplete and clean. 

 "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club" 

 and • -The Auk" sects, per copy. '-The Oolo- 

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

 Conn., 1875-81): 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 cts. per copy. I will allow the above 

 amounts in payment for, specimens, instrum- 

 ents, supplies or publications or if you prefer 

 will send credit check for the amount. All 

 publications must be seat prepaid (you can 

 mail them as "second class mail matter ' @. 4c 

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

 otherwise specified in catiilogue. I can also 

 use the following second-hand books on same 

 conditions at prices quoted prepaid. Must be 

 in A No. 1 condition. Coues' "Key to N. A. 

 Birds" W.tO: Ridgeway's -'Manual of N. A. 

 Birds" S3.75: Davie's "Nests and Eggs of N. A. 

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

 65 cts; oVuQv standard publication will be accep- 

 ted at one-halt publishers prices. This notice 

 will remain in force until Feb. 15, 1895. After 

 that date write what you have to offer before 

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



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, 1 also de- 

 sire copies of my old 1885 "Oologist Hand- 

 book." For eac"h and every copy of the above 

 publications mailed me not later than February 

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

 vertise or offer for sale, or will send credit 

 check good for the amount I will also allow ^ 

 lUc each for f^e following ntmibers, viz:— June- ^ 

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

 clean, and in good condition. Address at once. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



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

 Guns, manufrctured by the Hunter Arms Co., 

 Fulton, N. Y. : for .&6 each, list price ol which 

 is $.55. Fine London Twist barrels. Walnut 

 stocks, full pistol grip, 10 or 12 gauge, oO or Z'i 

 inch barrel, 7!/" to 11 pounds. All new and in 

 good condition. Address ELIAS BEE, Sterl- 

 ing, Kans. D3t 



SILVER and GOLD.— Something everybody 

 wants, something all can get by securing a 

 copy of Vick's Floral Guide for 1895. 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, $iO0 for a name for a New Doub- 

 le Sweet Pea, etc. If at all interested in seeds 

 or i)lantssend 10 cents at once for a copy of 

 Vick's Floral Guide, which 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. 



WAR : STAMPS ! WAR : Ftae sets ofi var- 

 ieties of unused Venezuela stamps only M cts; 

 s sets. 2.5cts. 10 mixed used foreign stamps, 

 10 cts: 100 varieties of stamps, catalogue value 

 over V,. only $1.2 var . Confederate bills. lOcts ; 

 entire 4c war envelopes on blue used. 8cts each; 

 entire sheet of "j M. unused Port Rico stamps, 

 2i>cts. Try me once, address. J. E. HAND- 

 SHAW. Smith town Branch. N. Y. N4t 



