THE OOLOGIST. 



GEM STONES. 



I have in stock nearly a "peck" of small cut and polished 

 semi-precious stones of almost every conceivable form, shape, 

 size, color and style, ranging in size from i inch in diameter to 

 size of illustration. In the lot I notice the following: Carne- 

 lian, Chrysophrase, Heliotrope or Bloodstone, Chalcedony, 

 Clouded Agate, Banded Agate, Fortification Agate, Ribbon Agate, Brown Agate, 

 Red Agate, Black Agate, Moss Agate, Agatized Wood, Nocha Stones, Dendritic 

 Agate, Brecciated Agate, Onyx (in great variety), Micolo, Sard, Sardonyx, Agate- 

 Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Crocidolite (Tiger eye), Fossil Corals, Wood Agate, Labra- 

 dorite, Rock Crystal. Amethyst, Aventurine, etc., etc. Fully one-half of them 

 are suitable for jewel purposes, and if you wanted one mounted to replace a set- 

 ting in a pin, cui? button, watch charm, ring top, or in other jewelery. your 

 jeweler would charge you all the way from 25 cents to $1 for one of these identi- 

 cal stones (jewelers are buying these stones of me for this very purpose). 



While they last I will send you prepaid selected specimens at from 10 to 25 

 cents each, or I will send them p7-epaid, my selection at the following extraordi- 



narily low rates: 



12 well assorted. 



25 



100 



500 



1000 



B 75 



1 25 



4 00 



17 50 



30 00 



By purchasing in quantity a handsome profit can be realized, after making 

 selections for your own collection, by retailing (cash or exchange) to others, they 

 ought to "swap" on an average at fully 25 cents each, and many of them I am in- 

 clined to think would quickly bring three or four times that amount. 



Altho' I've handled specimens for 15 years this is the first lot I have ever se- 

 cured in quantity— previous small lots have always cost me double the price at 

 which I am now willing to sell. Address quick and in full. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, Oileans Co., N. Y. 



Davie's Nests and Eggs 



North AMERICAN birds 



Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an 



Introduction by J. Parker NoiTis, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc., by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D. 



and W. Otto Emerson. 



This work Is descriptive of the Nests and Eggs 

 of the Land and Water Birds of ^forth America, 

 which Includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are Indigenous north of the 

 Southern United tstates boundary, Including 

 Greenland and thepenhisula of Lower California. 



Thp breeding range of each species Is given, 

 the time of nesting, the exact number of eggs 

 laid, their color and size together with the chief 

 characteristics of the bird. 



The arrangement of the work Is according to 

 the nomenclature of the A. O, U. code and 

 Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway's) 

 as used In former editions, are placed to the 

 right of each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be found, 

 and a complete anai,yticj>l index of these Is 

 given. 



An Invaluable book as an aid for the identlfl- 

 catlon of specimens to all those collecting in the 

 field. 



The work consists of 4T5 pages and 12 full page 

 Illustrations. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth $1 75 

 FRA:NK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



METHODS 



IN THE ART OF 



TAXIDERMY, 



BY 



OLIVER DAVIE, 



Containing Ninety Full Page Engravings, over 

 Five Hundred Figures minutely illustrating 

 the most pr.actiral methods practiced in the art. 

 It teaches in detail, step by .step, the Skinning 

 and Stuffing of Birds. Mammals. Crustaceans, 

 Fishes and Reptiles, together with Illustrations 

 of forms and Attitudes of the Animal Kingdom. 

 The text is by Oliver Davie, who has made 

 Taxidermy his life study and profession. The- 

 originals of the illustrations were made in In- 

 ula ink from time to time as the actual subjects 

 could be obtained from which to make the va- 

 rious procedures. They were drawn by the 

 eminent Bird aud Mammal Artist. Theodore 

 Jasper, A. M., M. D., whose experience in the 

 Art of Taxidermy extends over a period of fif- 

 ty years. Every illustration by this artist is a 

 work of art. Among these engravings are re- 

 productions from photosjraphs of actual work 

 by American Taxidermists. Each Copy of this 

 book is enclosed in box for shipment and is 

 sent prepaid upon receipt of price. 



In one Quarto Volume, Silk 

 Cloth, Gilt Top, Untrimmed 

 Edja:es, $7.50. Publisher's price 

 is -$10. 00. 



FRANK H. LATTJN, ALBION, N. Y. 



