The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDBRMY 



Vol. XXVI. No. 12. ALBION, N. Y., DEC. 15, 1909. Whole No. 269 



BRIER SPECIAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS 



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BIROS 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 EN(iLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys, iiuails. rabbits, deer, etc. for stock 

 purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes, sii)' ks, ornamental geese and ducks, 

 foxes, sQulrrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ A- M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H. Pheasantry A- (Jame Park. Yardley. 

 Pa. 



FOR SALE:-A collection of Mexican bird- 

 skins, containing several hundreds of spe- 

 cies: perfei t skins with careful data. This 

 collection includes a variety of Raptor(!S and 

 (iamebirds. Will dispose of same, individ- 

 ually, ir as a whole No exchange. AUS- 

 TIN I'.ML SMITH. Box 111. Brownsville. 

 Texas. 



WANTED.— Perfect skins of Snowy Heron. 

 Long-billed Curlew, Avocet, ]'>. B. Plover, 

 Bartemian Sandpiper, (iolden Plover. Red- 

 tailed Hawk and others. Offer good ex- 

 change. Send list and receive mine. E. R. 

 ADA. MS. Taxidermist. Box llHi. Canton. 

 .Mass. 



WA.VTED-First class labeled skirsnf N. 

 A. small land birds, for Al skins iji birds 

 from N. E. Illinois and California- I can 

 also use C. A S. Am. birds in exc lange.— 



H. K'. COALE, 

 1.% Washington street, ( l iicago. 



FOR S.M.i; or Exchange for Bird Skins. 

 Books by C. B.Cory: Piirds of Ilayti and San 

 Domingo: Birds of Bahamas: Birds of East- 

 ern N. .\.. also O. A- O. Vol. viii. F. B. Mc- 

 KECHNIE. J'onkapog. Mass. 



"u'A.VTKD.-I wish to i.'it .\-l skins of Rob 

 White. ( 'alifornia <iuail. Sora Rail and ottiers 

 for mounting. .1. F. HANSMAN. 473« St. 

 Lawrence .\ve.. ('hicago. 111. 



WANTED. -Skins of all the iiuails. par- 

 tridges, grouse and pheasants of Mexico, 

 Central and South America, Europe, Asia, 

 Africa and Australia (all over the world), 

 cash or exchange. Write what you have and 

 what you want. J. F. Fli.VZIER. Audubon, 

 Iowa. 



WANTED.— First class skins of .Murrelets. 

 (iulls. Shearwaters. Rails, Shore Birds, 

 Cirouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and (Jreat (iray, and certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern California 

 species, also tine sets of personally taken 

 Heermarm's (iulls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINfiKEY 

 1. OSIMK'N. Pasadena. Calif. 



Thirty European birds" skins, good <iuality 

 and capable cif being tnounted. l'erhai)S of 

 twenty species: such as lUiropean Dipper. 

 Hoopoe. Wr\iieck. Kinglisher. etc. $10 for 

 the lot. .VUSTiN PAUL SMITH, Box Hi. 

 Brownsvill e. Texas. 



WANTED.— Skins of birds not common in 

 this locality to mount on halves. Write 

 tir-t. .\RTHi:i; HINKU:. Newark. Wayne 

 Uonni V. N. V. . 



W.VNTED. -Skins of .Masked Bob white. 

 H:skimo Curlew. San Pedro. Partridge, 

 Spotted Owl. I'lamnnilated Screech Owl, 

 Prit^)ilof Sand I'iper. P.ristle-thighed Curlew, 

 and any other rare skins. .1. F. I''RAZIER. 

 Audiilion. Iowa. 



WA NTED -First class skins, especially of 

 east of Mississipi'i material. Send lists. B. 

 H. S\VALEK. Cross e Isle, .Michig an. 



i'T)!; i;.\CHAN<iE— Bird skins, long list of 

 book'*. W< Mt bird skins, mounted birds or 

 books on b.jiis. OI.'IN (iREENWOOD. 840 

 East Main !^t . M.ancliester. Iowa. 



COST.K RICA SKINS. Write me your 

 wants. Bird and .Mammd skins colle(;tfd 

 from this locality tor cunh. HENR'l I'. 



R^v VEN, Box T.i. Linmn, Costa KIca. 



