The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY. ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL XVI NO. 8. 



ALBION. N. Y.. AUGUST, 1899 



Whole No. 157 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exchanges" "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 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. 157 your subscription expires with this issue 

 160 " " " •' Nov. •' •' 



165 " " '• " April ■' 



170 " " •• " Sept. " 



WANTED:— Good egg cabinet in exchange 

 for same. Will give some fine sets collected by 

 myself in this locality. CHAS. W. BOWMAN, 

 De^irs Lake, No. Dak. 



EXCHANGE:— Indian arrow heads and U. 

 S. copper cents for eggs in sets and data No 

 postal cards answered. DR. NEWTON, Union- 

 ville. Conn. 



FINE SKINS of Diamond Back Rattlers for 

 sale from 5 to 7 feet long, $2 to 9i each. A. M. 

 NICHOLSON, Orlando, Fla. 



EXCELSIOR Printing Press, chase 4Mx7X 

 with complete outfit, good as new, also 40 lbs 

 of type, to exchange for bird and mammal 

 skins, eggs in sets or O. and O. books and pub 

 licatlons. W. E. SNYDER, Beaver Dam, Wis. 



HAVE 12C0 cigarette pictures, 3000 used Col 

 umbian stamps, also eggs, to exchange for 

 eggs in sets. FRED A. BLACK, 906 Osbom 

 St., Kalamazoo, Mich, 



WANTED: -Jacob's "Summer Birds of 

 Greene County. Penn."" Will exchange a fine 

 set of 7 Belted Kingfisher's eggs with data. R. 

 F. MILLER. 3473 Amber St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR EXCHANGE:— A "B fiat" cornet, Lyon 

 & Healey make. Value, $7. Want stones axes, 

 celts, pipes or relics not too common. C. H. 

 MAUCK. Appleton City, Mo. 



I WANT a lot of common showy singles or 

 sets such as Murre. Grebe. Tern, Gull. Pelican, 

 Duck Heron. Rail. Coot, Crow, Alligator, etc. 

 Also want a few showy small eggs, such as 

 Catbird, Bluebird. Grackle, etc. I have for ex- 

 Change common Calif, sets. Send me your list. 

 W. H. HILLER. 147 W. 23d St„ Los Angeles, 

 Calif. 



FOR EXCHANGE: 202 8-5 7 4, 387 1-2, 444 1-4, 

 488 4 6, 3-5, 456 1-5, 4.'i2 1-6, 519 1-4, 581, 3-5. 2-4, 598 

 1-3, 612 3-5, 613 5-6 4 5. 652 1-4, 704 8-4, 756 1-4, 755 

 4-4, 76t 4-4. A. D. WOLFF, 584 6th Ave., Lan- 

 singburg, N. Y. 



LIVE ALLIGATORS from 18 in to 8ft. long, 

 50c to $15 each, boxed ; also two nice tame Grey 

 Foxes, $8 for the pair ; four tame Wood Ibis, 

 $6 each. Cash with order. A, M. NICHOLSON, 

 Orlando, Fla. 



EGGS for EXCHANGE :— In first class ori- 

 ginal sets for sets from other localities. Send 

 list and receive mine. J, S. APPLETON, 

 Simi, Ventuia Co., Cal. 



WILL PAY CASH for Albino specimens of 

 either birds or small mammals. Send full de- 

 scription and lowest cash price to J. E. GROS- 

 JEAN, Lima, O. 



CHOICE Southern birds' eggs in full sets 

 with careful data to exchange for large singles 

 and sets. Sets of sea birds for sale very 

 cheap. M. T. CLECKLEY, 467 Greene St., 

 Augusta, Ga. 



ARE YOU a stamp collector? 100 varieties 

 of stamps for 15c ; 200 varieties, .50c ; 2.50 varie- 

 ties and an album $1.40, postoaid. JOHN R. 

 PHILLIPS, 344 E. Court St., "Jacksonville, 111. 



SPLENDID Collection of 1500 genuine U. S. 

 and foreign stamps in nice album to trade for 

 best offer in A No. 1 sets of eggs. Write me at 

 once. RANDOLPH BURNS. 1802 Clay Ave.. 

 Houston, Texas. 



W ANTED 1-3000 J. T. Horseshoe or Drum- 

 mer Tags, in large or small lots. Can offer for 

 same 45c per hundred, eggs in set^i, singles, 

 stamps, climbing irons, bicycle sundries, etc. 

 F. W. COLLINS, Box 431, Garden City, Kas. 



PORTO RICAN CURIOS.— Starfish, Seafans, 

 Sea Urchins. Sea Beans, (brown, grey, and 

 small red), Shells, land and salt-water Crabs, 

 Lizards for alcoholics, natural sponges. In- 

 sects, Bird Skins, etc., to exchange for fine 

 sets— those with nests preferred. Enclose 

 stamp and state wants and list of eggs, or 

 make cash offer. B. S. BOWDIHH. Co. C, Hth 

 U. S. v.. San Juan, Porto Rico. 



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