The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY. ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 5. 



ALBION. N. Y., MAY, 1899. 



Whole No. 154 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



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

 tor 2.V; per 25 words. Notices over 2.=i words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additional 

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



Strictly First-class 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 or 

 will expire. 



No.l.'>4 your subscription expires with this issue 

 155 " •' •' '• June " " 



160 " " " •' Nov. " " 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we hare you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



IMrORT AKX:— The I» r e m 1 u m 

 Offer as made In January oolog^lst 

 In ^vll^cll >ve offer Si.oo -worth of 

 speciuienH, &c., your selection 

 from the hundreds listed, and 

 The t»olaiii»t, -with excliantse cou- 

 pon.- the entire lot for only 50 

 cents, -will hold groodtlll June xst. 



Had good results from last exchange notice. 

 J. C. STOCKWELL, Danville P. Q. 



COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE. -I want one 

 at once, with records and horn. Must be in 

 good condition. Can offer finely mounted birds, 

 telegraph relays, sets of White-tailed Kite, or 

 will pay cash for a bargain. Address at once, 

 C. BARI-OW, Box 13.5, Santa Clara, Cal. 



WANTED.— "Coues' Key" in exchange for 

 U. S. army pistol, 1844; Canadian stamps, old 

 issues, jubilee x-mas. used and unused ; eggs in 

 sets, etc. ; write. J. H. DOAK, P. O. Box 285, 

 Coaticooke, Canada. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— A beautiful rolled-gold 

 scarf pin or a fine specimen of asbestos for 

 €ach complete set of birds' eggs, with data, 

 sent me. JOHN C. STOCKWELL, Danville, 

 P. Q , Canada. 



WANTED.— To exchange Gray's anatomy, 

 calf binding, colored plates, revised edition, for 

 "Coues' Key to North American Birds," latest 

 edition. R. M. COX, Bartow. Fla. 



r WILL EXCHANGE set.s 371}<,, 348J5 for Other 

 sets I can n.'^c such as 2«3. 184, 294. 261, 364, 360, 

 339. etc. E. H. SHORT, Albion. N. Y. 



COLLECTION 1,000 U. S. and foreign stamps, 

 catalogued at over $.W, .500 dup. "Mekeel's 

 large stamp album," international and stand- 

 ard catalogues, vol. I "Am Journal Philately," 

 all for best cash offer. GEORGE C. EMBODY, 

 Hamilton, N. Y. 



WANTED a-1 skins of Sparrows. Vireos, 

 Warblers and Thrushes; fonts of lead type: 

 f'fter genuine Tuscorora Indian Bead Work and 

 Curios, Ostrich eggs. Minerals. Niagara Souv- 

 enier for sale or exchange. F. A. W. DEANS' 

 Nat. Scl. Est., 37 Falls St. Niagara Falls. N. Y. 



EXCHANGE— For $1 in eggs at list, anything 

 listing over 5c each, either sets or singles, 1 

 will send, postpaid, one each of the following 

 odd fossils: Spirifer medlalis, Athyris 1am- 

 ellosa, Athyri.s spiferoides, Hellophyllum Hal- 

 11, Crlnoid Stem and one of the curious Sand- 

 stone-pyrites concretions, giving label and lo- 

 cality with each. ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion 

 N. Y. 



A FINE lOgauge. breech-loading, double- 

 barrel shot-gun. with fine leather carrying 

 case, to exchange for eggs in sets or other good 

 museum specimens that we might need. Make 

 offers. Cor-t $35. It you want any of those 

 Great-tailed Grackle series vou had better no- 

 tify us at once. J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, 

 Refugio, Texas. 



FOR SALE.— Studer's Birds of North Ameri- 

 ca, good as new, $11 cash, sent prepaid, also fol- 

 lowing mounted birds: Pine Grosbeak, 50c; 

 Meadowlark, .50c; .Shrikes, 50c; Killdeer, 50c: 

 Robin, .50c; .Spotted .Sandpiper, -lOc; Downy 

 Woodpecker, ."jfc: White Crowned Sparrows, 

 3.5c; Baltimore (irv le. 50c; Horned Larks, ,3.5c; 

 Hermit Thrush, 40 and others; send for list; all 

 birds .sent prepaid. W. J. WIRT, 295 Connecti- 

 cut street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



A SERIES of twenty-flve of those large, 

 handsome Great Tail Crackles' eggs will be the 

 most attractive addition you could make to 

 your cabinet. It takes hut $2.50 in Sets to secure 

 the series. Don't send in your order too late, 

 but book it now. Send lists from which to se- 

 lect to J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL. Refugio, 

 Texas. 



opm^^H^ ON Other paju:es -we offer tbe biggest Barjfains in 

 M|^^Hr^ Books and Publications, relatin^r to Orniibology, 

 Ww^^P Oology and Natural History, of tbe century. Inves- 

 tigfite and be convinced. 



