The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVIII. NO. 1. 



ALBION, N. Y., JAN., 1901. 



Whole No. 172 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exchanges" "For Sales," lnsert;ed In tills departmect 

 f oj 25c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additional 

 word. No notice Inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted In payment at one-third list rates. 



W^hat's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



No. 172 your subscription expires with this issue 

 175 " " " " Apr., 1901 



180 " " " " Sept., '• 



184 " '• " " Dec, " 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



A RARE BARGAIN!— One fine buffalo over- 

 coat, price SlOO.Oa J. W. PRESTON, Baxter, 

 Iowa. 



1 WILL PAY CASH for heavy marked sets 

 of Red-shouldered and Red-tailPd Hawks. If 

 you have such send description and state price 

 wanted. H. C. HIGGINS, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 



FOR SALE.— Ginseng Seed, the coming 

 money maker, also for exchange Al sets 194, 

 197, 326. 339, 428, 491 and many others. Send for 

 list. J B. HINE, East Onondaga, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Fisher's Hawks and Owls of N. 

 A. (illustrated) for cash, also some back Nos. 

 of Osprey and Nidologist. What have you'^ 

 J. MERTON SWAIN, Waterville, Maine. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Complete file Natural 

 Science News, 66 copies; 2 Columbian half 

 dollars; 12 back Nos. Osprey; Vols. I, II, III, 

 Museum; 1 Bristol Steel Trolling Rod, never 

 used but twice. Wanted birds eggs In sets 

 with complete data. ERNEST L HALEY, 

 Rangeley Maine. 



WANTED AT ONCE.— Osprey Vol. I, Nos. 

 2, 4; Nidologist Vol. I, Nos. 2, 4. 6; Ornitholo- 

 gist Vol. I, No. 6; Oregon Natvu-alist Vol. I, 

 Nos S, 3, 4; Museum, all Vol. VI; Iowa Orni- 

 thologist, Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 4: Vol. II, No. 1; 

 Vol. IV, Nos. 1, 3 and 4; Popular Science News 

 Vol. 32, Nos. 1, 2 and U; Midland Monthly, June 

 and August, '97, and many others. Will give 

 cash or good exchange in sets and singles or 

 books such as "Tenney's Zoology," "Dana's 

 Geology," etc. ALBERT F. GANIER, Bow- 

 mar Ave., Vlcksburg, Miss. 



CHOICE SETS of 499, 581c, 591b and 519 to ex- 

 change for common Eastern sets. Want five 

 or six sets of each species. Lattin's list used. 

 J. S. APPLETON, Simi, Ventura Co., Cal. 



SNAP!— High scoring, pedigreed, Belgian 

 Hare, doe, to exchange for best offer of eggs, 

 skins, mounted birds or curios. South Dakota 

 sets for sets and singles. H. E. Lee. Bryant, 

 S. D. 



MANY FINE EGGS of this locality, such as 

 Hawks, Owls, Vireos, Flycatchers, Wrens and 

 others to exchange for eggs not in my collec- 

 tion. I will have on hand a great many eggs, 

 both sets and singles, this coming season. All 

 egg.s collected by my.'^elf are strictly first class 

 and sets are originals accompanied with full 

 datas. If you wish to make a good exchange 

 here is your chance. Send list and receive 

 mine. Fair dealing. In exchanging I use 

 Taylor's Standard Catalogue as a basis. 

 ADOLF SCHUTZE, 1611 Sabine Street, Austin, 

 Travis Co., Texas. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Over 1000 different stamps 

 including complete set of unused Omaha issue, 

 in large album; some copies of Osprey and 

 about 100 arrow points. For southern or east- 

 em land shells, beetles, gciod mountable bird 

 skins or Al sets. PAUL B. SMITH, Box 2, E. 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



COLUMBIA, HARTFORD and Wolf-Ameri- 

 can Bicycles, new and second-hand; fishing 

 rods and tackle, guns, rifles, cameras, most 

 any article for out door sport and nature 

 study. Prices right. I want strictly first class 

 sets of eggs in part or full payment. Write 

 me stating wants and send list of eggs. Will 

 quote low cash prices. Can save you money. 

 BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Sets of 487. 187, 367, 36 for 

 common sets. Have you my last price lists? 

 If not you should drop me a postal at once. I 

 have everything you need. ERNEST H. 

 SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. 



EXCHANGE —Field or marine glass, cost 

 $16, extension hoods, shoulder straps, leather 

 case, "Leflls, Paris,'' for sets, O. & O. books or 

 cash. Sets preferred. E. R. FORREST, 

 Washington, Pa. 



