THE OOLOGIST. 



Exchange Extraordinary! 



I want, at once, tlie following eggs, eitlier set or singles -A. O. U. Nos. 



1 to 315, 320, b20a, 324 tO SSC, 392 tO 495, 40T, 408 to 

 411, 416 to 443. 415, 446, 448, 458, 461, 462, 464 tO 4T6, 

 4TS to 4S7, 490, 491, 494. 505. 50,5a, 512 to 528. 530 to 

 539. 512a, 545 tO 551, 5.540, .563 to 580, 584, 586, 5Sr to 

 594b, .599. 601, 602 tO 607, 616. 617, 619, 620. 623 to 

 651, 653 to 703, 706 tO ViO, 722 to 728, 730 to 754, 75S, 

 759b, 768. 



For these I will allow full rates (Lattln's -93 

 Staadard Catalogue) In exchange for the Speci- 

 mens and Supplies mentioned below at the prices 

 quoted. All others taken at X rates. For full 

 sets with complete data I will allow lO per cent 



No exchange of less than $1.00 will be accepted 

 unless 10 cents extra Is enclosed for postage and 

 packing. 



I also want many foreign species. Write what 

 you have and wish in exchange. 



SUPPLIES. 



Small egg drill $ OS 



Medium egg drill 15 



Large egg drill 20 



White metal blowpipe 25 



<3 checking lists 15 



SPECIMENS. 



SHELLS. 



Columbella mercatorla. dove shell $ 05 



fulgurans. lightning shell 05 



" cono:dalls 10 



Triton rubecula 35 



Patella cerulea 20 



Oyprea helvola. a beautiful small cowry 15 



Helix muscarum, spotted snail 15 



zebuensis. radiated snaU 20 



Kad-banded snail 25 



Creen-banded snail 30 



Partula glbba. hunch-backed agate shell.. . lO 

 Orthalicus fasclata, banded tree snail, a 



beautiful shell 30 



Achatinella splrazona, a beautitul hiuall 



agate shell 15 



Tapes cochli, tapestry shell, fine 25 



Cytherea pulchra, purple clam 20 



Leader shell Collection, 61 species S8 oo 



ECHINODERMS. 



Serpent starfish, great curiosity $1 00 



Spider starfish, gieat curiosity f 



Echlnaster sentus, black starfish 75 



Basket fish, many armed l 00 



Archaster agazzl. rare, very fine l 25 



Asterias ochracea, lace starfish i 00 



Ilellaster kublngil. 20 or more arms l 00 



Nidorella armata, spiked starflsh 50 



Hlpponce esculenta, wbite-splned urcnia l 00 



Strongylocentrotus fi-anclscanus, a fine large 



Cala. urcbln i 00 



Metalia pectoralis, a large, rai"e sea beaver. 3 00 

 Sand dollar 10 



CORALS. 



Pink Coral, fine spray no 



Red coral 30 



Sea Fan l }0 



sea pen l 00 



Sea pen, Giant 3 50 



MINERALS. 



Polished carnelian agate, suitable for ring 



setting $ 25 



Polished tiger-e.ve, Crocidolite, do 25 



chalcedony, do 25 



" Bloodstone, do 25 



" onyx, do 25 



Electric stone, a great curiosity, emits 

 sparks when scraped with harder sub- 

 stances, a fine specimen 1 00 



Flexible sandstone, from Georgia, very cur- 

 ious, can be bent with ease: a fine speci- 

 men 1 00 



Collectien of 25 varieties of named minerals. 2 50 



FOSSILS. 



Shark Teeth 10 



Scaphites nodosus, extra fine I 00 



Sea urchin 25 



Collection of 15 varieties of named fossils .... 250 



CURIOS. 



Scorpion, in box 100 



Red sea beans, >^dozen 20 



Yellow sea beans, ,'i dozen 26 



Brown banded sea bean 10 



Liver bean 15 



Chinese horn-nut 10 



Gun flint, Revolutionary relics 20 



S. Am. Porcupine quill, fine 20 



Egg of Hammerhead shark, 25 



Egg of skate 15 



Acorn barnacle, single 15 



Sea Horse 50 



Hermit crab in shell 75 



Lucky tooth from cod 10 



Alligator tooth 25 



Marine alg£B, fine spray mounted on card. . . 10 



BIRD SKINS. 



Snowflake 35 



Blue-winged yellow warbler 35 



Yellow warbler 30 



California Quail, fine 2 OO 



Bright-colored S. Am. bird 50 



birds, 5, all different.. 2 00 



BIRDS EGGS. 



American Herring Gull, M 

 Series of singles, each 



FOREIGN EGGS. 



Capercaille 75 



Montagues Harrier 1 00 



Siskin 1 00 



BOOKS. 



Cook's Birds of Michigan 75 



Stearns' Bird Life in Labrador 95 



Steams' Natural History of Labrador 1 00 



Short's Birds of Western New- York 20 



Davies' Taxidermy 15 00 



All eggs must be s.tr\cn^' first-class in erenj particular, if they are not I will take out eggs to live 

 times the actual cost of return postage for same and trouble, and return the balance. 

 This offer expires OCTOBER lOth, and will not be repeated. Pack your eggs carefully and send to 



ERNEST H. SHORT, ALBION, N. Y. 



