The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERKY. 



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Vol. XXVI. No. 3. ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1909. 



Whole No. 260 



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WANTED. -At once, copies of Oologist, 

 Vol. XIV No. 5, May 1 897; and XVI No. 

 Sept. 1899 one or more copies. Write stating 

 condition. ERNEST H. SHORT, .Manager 

 Oologist, Box 173, Rochester, N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANCJE.— Sets A. (). U. 54, 30a, .«, 

 79, 120a, 126, 1K4, 187, 199. Can use many com- 

 mon sets. Address ERNi::ST H. SHORT. 

 Box 173, Rochester, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Copies of Oologist 1HS7, No. 23= 

 1888, No. .'52; IWt, No. 42. 1890 No. 53; 1H97, No's- 

 130, 1 2. 137. 139. 140; 1899, No. 1,5H. What have 

 you. and what can you use ? E. H. "SHORT. 

 Box 173, Rochester. N. V. 



FOR YOUR DEN-Polished. mounted 

 steer and buffalo horns. Anti(iue guns, 

 pistols, prehistoric stone relics, Indian 

 trappings, old crockery, Filipino weapons, 

 Alaskan curios, elk tusks. Illustrated list. 

 6c. N. CARTEi;. Elkhorn. Wis. 



W.VNTED TO EXCH A N (iE. -Common 

 sets for same from other parts of country. 

 M. A. WHITK. ]{. F. D. 8. Box 3(iA. Los 

 Angeles. ( 'alif. 



WANTED. .\ full authentic set of .Mary- 

 land Yellowtliroat ((Jeothlypis triclias 

 trichas). .Must be first class and with full 

 data, and uiKjuestionable identity. ROliERT 

 H. ROCKWELL. 1240 Downing St., Denver, 

 Colo. 



.\udubons Home in Pennsylvania. I can 

 furnish a set of 5 interesting piittures of above 

 for one dollar. THOS. H. JACKSON, 304 N. 

 Franklin, St.. West Chester. Penn. 



WANTED.— To exchange bird skins for 

 others, new to my collecti(jn. Send list and 

 receive mine. C. W. Shaw, Buckfield, Me. 



W.\NTED.— Prices on second-hand elec- 

 trical and ornithological books. I have a 

 few ornithological magazines and several 

 technical bookstoexchange. H. E. BISHOP. 

 B. £.. Sayre, Pa. 



BIRD Neighbors, almost new, and old and 

 foreign coins to sell or exchange. Bailey's 

 Western Birds wanted. '. L. PHILLIPS, 5 

 \\'est ^^'eir St., Taunton, Mass. 



WANTED. — Hamnierless or automatic 

 shot gun in first class cotidition. Will ex- 

 change L'3 vols, of ethnology and first class 

 eggs in sets. Write for list. C.S. RUTHER- 

 FORD. Revere. .Mo. 



W ANTE D .—Skin or mounted female 

 peacock. Can use in Hesh if not too far away. 

 Must be in good plumage. ERNEST H. 

 S H ORT, Box 173, Rochester, N. Y. 



Bllil) C.MvDS.-Post cards illustrating 

 four iif our native birds in natural colors 

 sent prepaid for 10c. E. A. STONER. (ireen- 

 wood Station, Dcs Moines, Iowa. 



.Natural history specimenscollected. Snuill 

 mamm;il skins a specialty. (jEO. D. l^ECK. 

 Tax., I'.ox 13, R. F. D. 4. Salem, Ore. 



WILL P.W good cash price for Taxider- 

 mist, vol. 1. Nos. 10 and 12, 1^92 and Wilson 

 Bulhtin, No. 8, 189(i. N. HOLLISTER, Bio- 

 lof.'irMl Survey, Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ingtoii. 1). C. 



ro K.X'Cll.VNOK. Sets or singles of 



5wainson Hawk and White Neck Raven for 

 jomnion singles. II. Y. I'.EN EDICT, Austin. 



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Texas 



I have an elegantly engraved solid gold 

 watrli. liunting case worth $150. Will ex- 

 change for mounted specimens, bird skins, 

 curios or firearms. .1. R. R.\LI'I1,511 So.7th 

 St.. .Minneapolis, Minn. 



