THE OOLOGIST. 



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I SEND postpaid twelve 5i^ specimens, fos- 

 •8ils. minerals, curios ti'om all parts U. S. with 

 full description of eacli for -^bc. GORDON L. 

 ELLIOTT, Allison, la. 



INDIAN RELICS and old almanacs in ex- 

 change for eggs in sets or singles also eggs 

 from other localities in exchange for eggs from 

 this locality, GEO. A. SMITH. Oakfleld. Gen- 

 ■esee Co., N. Y. 



I have received over one hundred replies to 

 my adv. in March No. of the Oologist. It is 

 worth 10 times its cost to any one. WILL D. 

 LORD, Burlington. Mich. 



IOWA Oi'nithologists who are interested in 

 forming an Iowa Association of Ornithologists 

 please communicate with DAVID L. SAVAGE, 

 Salem. Iowa or ERNEST IRONS, CouQcil 

 Bluffs, la. 



WANTED.— Specimens of Wood. Orange, 

 Lemon, Camphor, Sandal, Olive, Rose, Citron 

 or any native southern or foreign wood. Will 

 exchange Indian relics for above. CHARLIE 

 P. HAZLEHURST, Brantford, Ont. 



WESTERN Bird Skins.-Choice Minn.. Colo, 

 and Pacific coast species. Also 4x.'5 detective 

 camera, will exchange for photographic sup- 

 plies. S2 S. & W. double actii<n or hammerless 

 with reloading set, or good VJ ga. shot gun that 

 are in fine condition only, no worn out guns 

 wanted at any price. Views on Natural His- 

 tory subjects for same. GEO. G. CANTWELL. 

 Puyallup. Wash. 



THE TARANTULA or ti'ap door spider's 

 nest is perhaps the most curious as well as the 

 most wonderful piece of Insect work known. 

 The ne«t is closed with a water tight trap door 

 having an elastic hinge. The inside of-" the 

 door, as well as the tiibe itself is beautifully 

 lined with a silken web. It is a valuable cu- 

 riosity, and a great addition to any cabinet, and 

 will be sent postpaid to any address on receipt 

 of only 2r)C. Agents wanted. Address, C. M. 

 HATFIELD, Los Angeles. Calif. 



FOR S.A.LE or Exchange.— Birds Eggs from 

 here v'ery fine specimens of pure White 

 Quartz (g: .^-lO-2f> and .tO cts., a few colored spec- 

 imens at same prices. One very large hand- 

 some pink and white .striped Feldspar or 

 Quartz stone 12. .iO. Want other fine showy 

 Minerals. Petrified Woods and good Indian Rel- 

 ics. Al'^o one new copy each of Cones' Key of 

 N. A. Birds and Maynard's Eggs of N. A. Birds. 

 Parties asking questions please send stamp for 

 reply. GEO. W. DIXON. Watertown, S. D. 



IT. S. STAMPS wanted in ex. for following: 

 Davie's Nest and Eggs of N. Am. Birds, cloth 

 bound, new: Scott's complete works, 12 vol.. 

 paner bound : one doz. Monroe Ink Erasers. 

 HENRY A. LAFLER. Albion, N, Y. 



A SERIES of Gala. Murre Eggs is what you 

 want. They show wonderful variation in color 

 and marking aud catch the eve. We can fur 

 nish beautiful series of from 1 to 100 at aston- 

 ishing low rates. Send stamp for our attrac- 

 tive circular. .Tu«t out. It tells all about them 

 BARLOW & OSGOOD, San Jose, Calif. 



TO EXCHANGE— Am. Side-.snap single gun, 

 I'iga.. good condition for bt'st offer in tir.-tclass 

 Bird, mammal skins and skulls and Books on 

 Ornithology and Mammalogy. Will pay cash 

 for Jordan's Manual '92 and "Zoology of Mexi- 

 can Boundary Survey. J. O. DUNN. 3(50 39th 

 ist., Chicago. 



CALIFORNIA Birds and Eggs.— Extra fine 

 skins and mounted birds at bedi-ock prices. 

 Mounted collections furnished on short notice 

 at great discount. Eggs in sets for sale cheap. 

 Send stamp for price lists. Satisfaction gviar- 

 anteed. F. I. ATHERTON, Box 60, Los Gatos, 

 California. A2t 



OF INTEREST to Stamp Collecters.— 600 dif- 

 ferent cheap set* for sale; for instance 6 Chili 

 .5c. : 4 Costa Rica .3c. : 6 Ecuador be. ; b Guate- 

 mala .5c. ; 6 Hong Kong 7c. ; 7 Japan f)C.; 3 Lib- 

 eria 12c. ; b Salvador lUc. ; 8 Simoa, current is- 

 sue, 50c. and many others. Send for dull price 

 list. W. BELLSCHOPP & CO., 108 Stockton 

 St.. San Francisco, Cal. A3t 



WE WILL give specimens of any kind, adver- 

 tising space in the Oologist, and for extra good 

 offers anything we offer tor sale or possibly 

 CASH for lirst-class Indian Relics, or lor new or 

 'iA hand boojcs on Natural History, in good condi- 

 tion, ornithology or oology preferred— a set of 

 the "Natural History of New York" and copies of 

 "Cones' Key" especially desired. F. H. LATTIN 

 & CO Albion, N. Y. 



A NEW method of mining, milling, roasting 

 and smelting different kinds of ores has been 

 successtuUy demonstrated in Germany, and Is 

 now being Introduced with unprecedenied suc- 

 cess. The slow and cumbersome methods here- 

 tr fore employed will be discarded, and the cost 

 of various ores In treatment or conversion into 

 metal, especially Leads. Zinc and Silver Ores, 

 Nickel, Cobalt and Copper, greatly reduced. All 

 ttie matter of the latter, which was heretofore 

 sent to Germany, is now being refined in the 

 United states. THE HARTSFELD GERMAN 

 MINING SYNDICATE Of NEWPORT, KY. in- 

 vites correspondence. (See their advertisement.) 



TO EXCHANGE.— Specimens of Fossil 

 Palms. Ferns, Leaves from Coal Mines of N. 

 E. Penna for Fossils, Indian Relics or Miner- 

 als. H. MYERS, Archbald, Pa. A-M 



STAMP.S on Approval.— iO per cent. Commis- 

 sion. f)0 varieties stamps including Japan 10c, 

 lOO varieties including Siam 15c, 200 varieties 

 including Monaco and Hayti .50c, 7 varieties 

 Ecuador unused 10c, MEEKER-TOWE 

 STAMP CO., P. O. Box 296, Bridgeport Ct. A3t 



FOR THE Magnifying glass.^Gold mixed 

 with black sand under good glass appears large 

 as nuggets, sample, postpaid 2.5c. For any sea 

 bird eggs, coins, bank and Confed. bills (value 

 20c.) sent me, I will send good receipt for clean- 

 ing finger marks, etc. from surface of eggs. 

 Wanted to ex. first-class eggs with data for any 

 of the following: Eggs in sets,large field glasses, 

 sheet music, short hand instruction books, 

 stamp and coin collections. All letters an- 

 swered. THOS. STANLEY, Bauner, Sxn 

 Diego Co., Calif. 



WANTED.— Small holed, authentic sets not 

 disfigured with datas or large numbers; with 

 detached data: 1891 collecting preferred, A. O. 

 U. No's 27. 31. 49, 51a, .5.'^ 54, .58, 59, 63, 70, 71, 72, 

 74,7.5.80,106,117, 118, 119. '20, I20a. 120b, I20c, 

 122, 132. iZi 1.S6, 139, 140, 141, 146, 148, 154, 1.59, 160, 

 164, 167, 184. 186. 193, 194, 19.5, 196. 197, 198, 199, 203, 

 210, 211, 211a, 213. 218. 220. 229. 24.3. 2.52, 258, 2.58a, 

 260, 373, 275. 276. 278. 285. 286. 889. 389a, 289b, 293a, 

 294, 294a, 295. SIX), 305, 332, 336. .-358.1. 3,S7a,.S90, 407, 

 408, 409, 413. 413a. 420a, 421. 423. 443. 448, 462, 464, 

 474c. 474d. 474f, 476. 481,488a. 489. 490. 494. .'■)08, .511. 

 511a. 517, 539, .529a. .530a. .531. .540a, 540b. 542a. .542b. 

 546. .546a. .552. .56,3a. .567, .573, 581d, .587, 601, 612, 616, 

 687, 694, 698, 703, 704, 710. 719a. 721b, 7i5, 730, 7.3,5, 

 743, 746. 7.58, 7.59b. 760, 761a, 765, 767. 768. Must be 

 A 1 and reasonable. H. B. HOLLIS, Wellesley 

 Hills, Mass. 



