THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. 



Taxidermists' Outfit. 



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A t;o''(l rrtxideriiiists' ouint usiuillv oo-ts iroin 

 ^'i.fvo to $'<.m. We have been trying ff)r some 

 lime to obtain ;in outfit for our patrons that all 

 can afford: and it olves us pleasure to announce 

 iluit our elToris have proTen successful, our new 

 outfit contains flie following:: 



1 (;ood ("use with locV; and key. 



1 Ebony handle Scalpel. 



'2 Pairs of Tweezers or Forceps, one lai-ge and 

 one small. 



1 i\ilr Sciss^ors 



1 Set of Chain and Hooks. 



mo .Assorted Taxidermisfs' Labels.and complete 

 insfruclions for preparing the skin of a bird or 

 nr.imnial. 



At usual prices this outfit would cost from .«-2.5'i 

 to *;!. 00 to purchase the articles separately, but 

 by puttins them up in large (inanlirles. we can 

 offer them at the following low rates: 



Price post-paid, f i.-io, or with The oologist one 

 vear. Si.T."). Given for lO subscribers. 



No. 31 GLASS EYES. 



'J'his ])icniiiini will 

 ple'jLse our patrons that 

 arc interested in taxi- 

 de]-niy. We liave put 

 11}) a (lesiraljle assort- 

 ment of blaek and col- 

 ored eyes containing 

 suitable ones for almost 



;tii.vth!iio- front a Hummingbird to the 

 Barred Owl. This a.ssortment at regu- 

 lai" prices comes to oOcts. 



Trice post-paid 3o cents, or with The 

 Ooj.oGisT one year 75 cents. (Jiven for 

 S subscril)ers. 



No. 30 Exchange Notice. 



A card good for one exchange notice 

 in the Oologist, to be used sometime 

 during 1890. The following unsolicited 

 testimonial, will give an idea of the val- 

 ue of this ))i-emium: 



•'Through my exchange notice In the Ooi.ohist 

 T received o^er so letters, and did exchanvflng to 

 1 he value of over SiVo.eo. adding nearly ItiO sets !0 

 my collection, some very rare. Hoping success 

 to vou and the Oologist, 1 remain il. Y. I5KNE- ; 

 DK'T. Stephens Co., Tex. i 



Price post-paid 2") cents, or with The | 

 OoLOGlsT one yeai' oo cents, (iivcii for 

 I subscribi'r . i 



The New Key to North American Birds 



Contains a concise account of every species ol 

 llTlng and fossil birds at present known an the 

 continent north of the boundary line between 

 Mexico and the United States, including Green- 

 land. 



'i'hird edition, revised to date, exhibiting the 

 new nomencUiture of the A. O. U., etc., with 

 which are Incoiporated General Ornitholop', an 

 outline of the structure and clasalflcation of birds 

 and Meld Ornithology. A m.inual of collecting, 

 preparing and preserving iDirds. 



P.y Elliot coues. M. A.. M. U., PU. D. member 

 of tlie National Academy of Science, etc. 



Profu.seiy iiiusf rated. Coues' Key is too well 

 known as a leading authoratlve treatise to re- 

 (luue remark, having for twel»e years held Its 

 piace as the Standard Work of reference for Pro? 

 lesslonal Ornithologists as well as tor students 

 •.ind amateurs. The work contains over 900 pages 

 and is fully indexed with several thousand en- 

 tries. Complete in one stout volume: 



sportsman's Edition, l>ound In limp morocco; 

 the ix'st tor general use. 



Complete desciiptive circular of this work free 

 (0 applicants. 



Price p<j3t-pald. J7..50, or with The Oologist 

 one J ear, 17.15. Given tor .50 sucscrlbers. 



Maynard's Naturalists' Gnide. 



There is no manual on collecting objects of Nat- 

 ural Hiibtory that has met with the success which 

 has been accorded to this work, and tbere are 

 probably tew naturaUsts in this coimtry who have 

 iiuu the wide Held of experience in collecting in 

 all departments of Natural History that the auth- 

 i>r of this book has had, thus lew are better tiiteil 

 •lor the work he has accouiplislied. 



J II order that those wi^o are not acquainted 

 \vii;i inev.uldf. lUiiv understand uiWH vvuat. sub- 

 )«.;,.■> 1. LiViUS. we give Lho loilo.ving syu.j,.'si.s vf 

 liio CMaienls: 



Cul.LKCTINO AND PRESERVING BiKDS— it tCllS 



how to collect, measure, sl:in, determme the sex 

 aiiiply Illustrated.) make llrsc-class skins rapidly 

 •Ai.d niouut birds in all attitudes. 



Collecting .ind I'kesekving M.\mmals.— It 

 tells how to collect, measure, skin, make skins 

 tor scteuilHc purposes and mount niamals. Al- 

 so teaches t anulug skins for tur. 



C01,I,BCT1NU AND PKKSEKVING INSECTS FOR THE 



C.iuiNiiT.— It teaches wiiere to tind, how to col- 

 lect i'.ud how to pi-eserve tieetles, Coleoptera. 

 bugs or Hemlptei;a, Gras-^iioppers, crickets, etc. 

 ov urihoptera .Uoihs and IJuttertlies, or Lepidop- 

 lera. l>ragon Flit-.'-., or Neuroptera, Bees, Wasps, 

 rtc., or llymdoptera, E'nos, Mosquitoes, etc., or 

 Diptera. 



COl.l.KCTINO AND PRESEKVING FiSHES AND REP- 

 TILES.— It teaClleS inuunting t-'l.shes and making 

 i;.is.is of them lor museums: al.so how to mount 

 jei)illes, make skins of tliem. ete. and preserve 

 all animals of boili these cia.sses in alcohol. 



Miscju.LANEGUS COLLECiiNG.— It glves full in- 

 structions about where to hod. collect and pre- 

 serve tTabs or Crustacea, Shells ol Mollusks, 

 Laud, Freshwater and Marine Worms, Animal 

 I).u'as;tes. .Jellyhsh, corals. Sea-anemones. Hy- 

 drolds and Biyozm, Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, 

 liwluiuun.uis. Sixtiiges and Si-aweeds. Pressing 

 sea-iiii«j-es and all other kinds of .Sea-side col- 

 lec'la:^'. .VlrHj how to prepare and mount skele- 

 to^^.^ ail cijwsts of Vertt!brate.s. 



('(^I.LECIl.NG AND PKl-isEKVING EGGS.— It glTCS 



exten.ied instructions In collecting and preserv- 

 ing c'gtiS, method of preparing a book lor record- 

 ing their measurements, packing tor transporta- 

 tion, eic , etc. 



The book contain.s l%'> pages. Is printed on 

 heavy paper, amply Illustrated with ten plates 

 which conraiii twenty-tlii'ee Bgiires,. and la 

 lUiely biuiid In cloth. 



Price post-paid, 11.25 or with The Oologkt, ons 

 year, $i.;^ >. (ilren far 6 subscribers. 



