The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXX. No. 4. ALBION, N. Y., April 15, 1913. 



Whole No. 309 



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BIRDS 



WANTED-Live American Wild Trumpet- 

 er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



BIRD SKINS .— Exchange generally. 

 FRAN K S. WRIGHT, 14 Cayuga St.. Auburn, 

 N. Y. <2j>I_ 



WAN TEL;.— To exchange skins, also bird 



F holographing camera for cash. CORNEL- 

 US BUS. Detroit, Mich. (1-p) 



WANT TO BUY— Live wi'd ducks, geese, 

 swan, cranes, stork, Pelican, eagles, (iuinea 

 pigs, and all wild animals. IRL E. BEN- 

 NETT. -Naturalist," Cambridge. Ohio. (1-p) 



TO t-XCHAN(;h;.— A large collection of 

 birds' skins as a whole only for a large col- 

 lection of stamps. No trash wanted. F. T. 

 CORLKSS.so Killingsworth Ave., Portland, 

 Ore. (2-p) 



I desire to exchange bird skins and bird 

 eggs with all collectors; send full list of skins 

 and eggs. D. V. HEMBREE, Roswell, Ga. 

 (1-p) 



EXCMANGE.—Can offer good exchange in 

 skins and eggs to anyone who will mount 

 some dried skins for me, such sets as; Man- 

 dt's GiuUemot, Whistling Swan, Canada 

 Geese, old Squaw, etc. ARTHUR W. 

 PROCKWAY, Hadlyme, Conn, (1-p) 



First clcvss s kins Illinois, California and 

 Costa Rica to exchange for birds from South- 

 ern or Western States, or from other coun- 

 tries. H. K. COALE, Highland Park, 111. U) 



WANTED.— First class skins of Passenger 

 Pigeons, n;ale and female, for which I will 

 give in exchange first class skins of Heath 

 Hens. FRED H. KENNARD, 220 Devonshire 

 St., B oston, Mass. (D 



FOR EXCHANGE. -I have left one pair 

 Passenger Pigeons, (Ectopistes Migratorius) 

 nicely mounted and good condition. Will 

 take part cash and part in rare sets or birris. 

 PHILO SMITH, 1824 Byers Ave., Joplin, Mo. 

 (1-p) 



WANTED.— Extra fine skins for mounting, 

 two Am. Avocets, male, ads., two Am. Wood- 

 cocks, male, ads., two Black-necked Stilts, 

 niMle. ads., and two Boxwhites, male, ads. 

 Offer A 1 Skins or mounted birds. FRANK- 

 LI N .T. SMITH, Box 98, Eureka, Cal. (1-p) 



WANTED. Scientific skins of A. O. U. 20, 

 242, 2H9a, 320, 320a, 327, 3()0, 357, 372a 373a, 373b, 

 373c, 373d, 373e ■.373f, 373g, 373h, 373,1, 373.2, 374. 

 374a, 377, 378a, 37Jt, 379.1, 380 381. Will exchange, 

 for them A. O. p. 34, 380. The Owls must all 

 be the small (Jenra of the Varieties. H. W. 

 AITKEN. 1521 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



(1-p) 



