GIST. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 1. 



ALBION, N. Y., JAN., 1899. 



Whole No. 150 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exclianges" "For Sales," Inserted In this department 

 tor 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 Flrst-claas specimens will be accepted In payment at one-third list rates. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired JOr 

 win expire. 



No. 150 your subscription expires with this Issue 

 155 " " •' " June " " 



160 " " " •' Nov. " " 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



DO YOU WANT unheard of bargains in 

 choiee skins, sets, mounted specimens, etc? If 

 so let me know your wants. 1 may save you 

 money. B. S. BOWDISH, Phelps. N. Y. 



WANTED FOR CASH.-Second: hand books 

 and pamphlets on Ornithology, Oology, etc. 

 Must be cheap and In fair condition. Send 

 list. A. J. MACKAY, Ailsa Craig, Ontario, 

 Canada. 



•'PRUE AND I," George William Curtis' 

 most popular story, which ^a recent writer in 

 the New York Times classes among the twenty- 

 flve best American novels, has just been issued 

 in a very handsome and handy cloth-bound 

 volume, reduced in price from 11.50 to 35c. 

 HURST & CO., 135 Grand Street, New York, or 

 at all book stores. 



TO EXCHANGE.— A set of boxing gloves 

 and a punching bag for a pocket collecting gun 

 or pistol. Will pay cash if cheap. FRANKS. 

 LOW, 14 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC— The celebrated Cyclone 

 Cameras are being used by amateurs and pro- 

 fessionals all over the civilized world. The 

 most compact and least complicated of any in 

 the market. A child can operate them. Plain 

 and complete instructions go with each cam- 

 era. Size of pictures ZVisZVt up to 5x7. Price 

 $3.50 up. Nothing on earth will give you or a 

 friend to whom presented ^more pleasure than 

 one of these Cameras. Write for illustrated 

 Catalogue with full descriptions, prices, etc. 

 MARSH M F'G CO.. fA2 W . take St., Chicago. 



TO EXCHANGE.— for mounted bird or birds 

 < V ■ inithological books one Kombi In Al shape 

 w ii carrying case. GLEN RINKER, Unlon- 



viiif, Mo. 



I PAY CASH tor Osprey. Sept,, Oct., Nov., 

 Dec, 1896; Feb., Sept., Oct., Nov., 1897; Jan., 

 1898. Or win exchange other copies. One com- 

 plete file and odd copies for sale. WALTER 

 A. JOHNSON Associate Editor of The Osprey. 

 137 West 103d Street, New York City . 



I HAVE a number of complete sets of Ben- 

 dire's Life Histories to exchange for first-class 

 sets of Raptores. JEAN BELL, Ridley Park, 

 Pa. 



SEND ME SETS WITH DATA to value of 

 35c and receive postpaid a fine collection of 

 fifteen varieties Minerals, Fossils, Shells and 

 Curiosities. Satisfaction guaranteed. G.JH. 

 BRIGGS, Livermore, Maine. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHADGE for Al sets with 

 data, odd numbers of Oologist, Nidologist, etc. , 

 and a second hand copy of Davie's Nests and 

 Eggs. V. L. BEED, Hampton, Iowa. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE.— We desire to an- 

 nounce that owing to the many Improvements 

 made in the current volume of the Fern Bulle- 

 tin the price of sample copies will now be fif- 

 teen cents. Purchasers of sample copies may 

 deduct that sum from the regular subscription 

 price when subscribing. The January number 

 contains fourteen articles on ferns, many 

 shorter notes and eight pages devoted to the 

 mosses. Send for it. Address THE FERN 

 BULLETIN, Binghamton. N. Y. 



I WILL EXCHANGE Minerals for Indian 

 Relics, those from Eastern States preferred. 

 ISAAC S. KIRK, Fremont, Chester Co., Pa. 



SETS WITH DATA.— 316, 3'30, 320a, 388, 413, 

 433, 453, 47T, 495a, 506, 508, 511, 511b, 513, 552, 593, 

 601, 611, 612, 633 with 495a, 703, 731 for singles 

 with data and postage stamps, GEO. J. KEM- 

 PEN, Box 101, Sequin, Tex. 



WANTED. -Nidologist Vol. I, II, Osprey 

 Vol. I, Nos. 1 to 5, O. and O. Write what you 

 have. Have Youth's Companion, Mekeel's 

 Weekly Stamp News or cash. E. J. WHEEL- 

 ER, 75 Jefferson Ave., New London, Conn. 



TWO HUMMINGBIRDS' NESTS On boughs, 

 fresh, and Daisy printing press and type for 

 large Stamp Album. Transient Leveling and 

 Surveying fnstrument, value $55, for Elk or 

 Moose Head. 



