The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



WANTS, FOR SALES AND EXCHANGES. 



Brief Special announcements "Wants," " Exchanges," " For Sales," inserted in this de- 

 partment for 25 cents per 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate of 1-2 cent for 

 each additional word. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly first-class specimens will be accepted in payment at 1-3 list rates. 



Vol. XXIII. No. 2. ALBION, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1906. Whole No. 223 



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 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



Remember we must be notified if you wish 

 paper discontinued and all arrearages must 

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207 your subscription expired Oct. 1904 

 209 " " '* Pec. 1904 



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Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



Entered as second-class matter December 

 21, 1903, at the post office at Albion, N. Y., 

 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



WANTED.— Fresh skins of the Great 

 Horned Owl ( or subspecies ), Snowy 

 Owl., Ptarmigan, Mountain Partridge. 

 Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, and others. 

 Sets of Cuckoos. Am, Herring Gull. LeastTern. 

 Laughing Gull, any Sandpiper or Plover. 

 What can you offer and what can you use? 

 ERNEST H. SHORT. Rochester. N. Y. 



«S= NOTICE.- We will give the "Oologist' 

 for Four Years or 75c in cash for every copy 

 of "Oologist" for June 1888, Vol. VI. No. 4. 

 sent us in good condition. Will give 3 years. 

 or 50c for April, 1889. Address, Manager 

 Oologist, Chili. N. Y. 



PEACOCK.— A magnificent male specimen 

 in full plumage, well worth $10. Will box 

 and ship at purchaser's expense for an even 

 $5. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED.- Eggs in sets, large or small 

 lots. Will give in exchange fine -collections 

 of minerals and shells. A few sets and skins 

 and some books. Can use many common 

 species. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



RAKE EGGS TO EXCHANGE-For others 

 of equal value. 370a 1-5, 376 1-6 1-8. 354 1-3 1-4; 

 141.1 1-8, 131.1 1-7, 183 1-5, 188 1-4. Dec. 4. t. 

 THOMAS H. JACKSON, 343 E. Biddle St.. 

 West Chester, Pa. 



HAVE 1st class sets, some good ones, to 

 exchange for same. Can use many common 

 species for series and selection. Would 

 especially like to hear from collectors in 

 Maine. Also New Hampshire, Vermont and 

 42 other states. A. E. PRICE, Grant Park, 



m. ^^^ 



I desire to buy old fire-arms and fine 

 Indian relics. No postals answered. Dec .4.t. 

 STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, West 

 Orange, N. J. 



YOUR name and address on a two line 

 Rubber stamp, for only twenty-five cents. 

 Extra lines not over three inches, ten cents 

 each. Four band numberer will number to 

 9999, only twenty-five cents. Large illustrated 

 catalogue of Rubber stamps. Stencils, etc., 

 free. THE AMON-HILL CO., Station G. 

 Washington, Pa. J. 2. t. 



OSTRICH EGGS.— I can spare a few at 

 11.20 each prepaid. FRANK H. LATTIN, 

 Albion. N. Y. 



EMEN EGGS. -The large dark green, near- 

 ly black, pebbly eggs of this species are 

 always desirable and a great curio and 

 usually sell at $2.50 each. Will sell until 

 March 1st at $1.70 each, prepaid. FRANK 

 EL LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



ALLIGATOR EGGS. -Have become so 

 scarce that many dealers have in recent 

 years omitted them from their lists. There 

 was a nice lot in the Reed stock and I offer 

 singic selected specimens at 35c each prepaid 

 or 4 for $1.00. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion. 

 N. Y. 



WHAT HAVE YOU to offer for A.I sets 

 of these. 71-2.91-2,111-2,311-1,34 1-1, (Am.) 

 38 1-2, 42 1-3, ( Am.) 44 1-4. 47 1-3: 301 1-10, 302 1-12, 

 3321-5. 3411-3. 343 1-2, 347a 1-2, 349 1-2, 352 1-2, 

 356 1-3, 358.1 1-5. 359 1-4, 419 1-2, 533 n-4, 641 1-5, 

 656 1-4. 658 n-3. 679 1-4, 685b 1-4. F. A. E. PRICE, 

 Grant Park. III. 



F< I K SALE CHEAP. Arrowheads, kodak, 

 polished land shells, lady's gold-filled watch, 

 set of Ridgeway's Birds of North and Middle 

 America (3 vols.) and about 300 other new 

 and second cloth bound books, science, hist- 

 ory, fiction and biography. Complete list 

 for stamp. GEO. W. DIXON. Watertown. 

 S. Dak. 



