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THE OOLOGIST. 



New Standard Catalogue 



OF 



f^orth /\merican ^irds ^ggs 



COMPILED BY 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Assisted by Capt. Chas. E. Ben(Hre, 



J. Parker Norris. E.'>q , rind 



the l(di. Cit.pt B. F. Oo^s. 



ft gives ilie <'omnion and scientific name of 

 ■^very North Am^ iIchu Bird according to the 

 A. O. U. NomwnclaMire. It al-^o gives the A. O. 

 IJ. Numbers as well as those of both roues' and 

 Rldgeway. and last but not l^ast It gives the 

 ■value ot eegs of nearly every species, over one 

 iundred of »\ lil^h never appeared on any print- 

 ed list before. 



It Is not a personal catalogue of any one 

 Dealer or Collector, as there Is not a Collector 

 In the entire World who has or could lurnlsh 

 all the spt'cles whose values are given, and 

 there Is not a Dealer who could fuinlsh over 

 from 50 to 7.T per cent of the speeds priced. 



Price 35 cents per copy. 3 copies for $1.00. 



F. H LATTIN & CO. Albion, N. Y. 



Davie's Naturalist's Manual- 



In '85 we editorially mentioned this 

 T30ok as follows, — 



"Atr. Oliver Davie of Columbus, Ohio has our 

 thanks for sample copies ot his Naturalist's Man- 

 ual, it Is a neat little work, and well merits the 

 -attention of our oologlcal friends The work is 

 intended especially for the young naturalist. 

 Mr. D. gives liistructlohs for colleci mg and pre- 

 serving blids, eggs, nests, and Insects and tor 

 the benetit of the oologlst he has compiled, from 

 leadln.^ sclentiHc works artescrlptlon ot the nests 

 and eggs of American Birds from the Thrushes 

 to the Tanagers, Inclusive (No. i to 1H4 Rldge- 

 way's Nomeucl iture) to which he has added orig- 

 inal notes on the species with which he Is lamll- 



The -'Naturalist's Manual" can be obtained by 

 .addressing Mr. D. Price, paper covers, ".i cents." 



The book was published at 75 cts per 

 •copy and was worth the money. It 

 contains 180 jjages, illustrated. 



In ad'(itii>n to points mentioned 

 above, it contains paragraphs or chap- 

 ters on the lollowing: — 



Cabinets. Choice of Guns and Ammu- 

 nition, Measuring Speciuieus,Arseuical 

 Solution, Skinning Birds, Sewing Wings 

 in Proper Place, Filling Skins, Drying 

 Board, Removing Blood and Grease 

 from Skins, Rendering Feathers Insect 

 Proof, How to Soften Dry Skins, Mount- 

 ing Birds, (well illustrated), Recipes for 

 Preserving Small Birds Entire, Glue for 

 Feathers, Arsenical Soap, Anneal Iron 

 Wire, To make Artilical Rocks and 

 Branches, etc, etc. 



We have purchased all the copies left 

 of this valuable work and until May 1st 

 will mail you a copy for Only 25 cts. 

 F. H. Lattin & Co., Albion, N. Y. 



BSTABLISHBD IN 1873. 



CHAS. K. WORTHEN, 



Naturalist and Taxidermist, Warsaw, Ills- 



Also dealer in Bird and Mammal Skins, and 

 Geodes, new and rare species of North Ameri- 

 can Birds a specialty. Enclose stamp for prin- 

 ted catalogue. Desideratas for many of the 

 rarer species filled ou short notice. Refer to 

 any of the more prominent Ornithologists, Col- 

 lectors and Institutions In the United States. 



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BIRDS of MICHIGAN 



By A. J. COOK. 



n 



A list of three hundred and thir- 

 ty-two (332) birds, 150 pages. 



WELL ILLUSTRATED. 



Profuse notes. Bibliography complete. 

 It is in fact a work on the Birds of the Great 

 Lake Region, and will interest every Ornithol- 

 ogist in America. 



Price, Postpaid, '75 cents. 



Address 

 F. E. LATTIN & CO., Albion, N. Y. 



Davie's Nests and Eggs 



North AMERICAN birds 



Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an 



Introduction by J. Parker Norris, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc., by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D. 



and W. Otto Emerson. 



This work is descriptive of the Nests and Eggs 

 of the Land and Water Birds of North America, 

 which Includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are Indigenous north of the 

 Southern United States boundary. Including 

 Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. 



The breeding ran^e of each species Is given, 

 the time of uebting, the exact number or eggs 

 laid, their color and size together with the chief 

 characteristics of the bird. 



The arrangement of the work is according to 

 the nomenclature of the A. O. U. fode and 

 Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway's) 

 as used in former editions, are placed to the 

 rlghtor each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be found, 

 and a oomplkte anal\'tic/>l index of these Is 

 given. 



An Invaluable book as an aid for the Identlfl- 

 catlon of specimens to all those collecting in the 

 field. 



The work consists of 4T5 pages and 12 full page 

 lUustratloiiS. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth $1.75. 



F.H. Lattin* Co., Albion, N.Y. 



