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The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXXIII. No. 1. ALBION, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1916. Whole No. 342 



BRIEF SPECIAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS 



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 and thereby help us. as well as the ad- 

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We ^vill not advertise the skins, nests, eggs, or mounted specimens of 

 North American Birds for sale. These columns are foi' the use of those desiring 

 to make bona fide exchanges of such specimens for scieutllic collecting purpo- 

 ses onlv. — EDITOR. 



BIRDS 



WANTED-Live American Wild Trumpet- 

 er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



WANTED. First class male skins, eastern 

 collected of 394c, 393. 412a. 463, 501, 511, 615, 617, 

 627. 721. 735. Offer winter skins from this lo- 

 cality. A. F. GANIER; 1301 17fh Ave. South, 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



Exchange desired with collectors of Bird 

 Skins who will give bird skins in exchange 

 for mounting birds for them. I). V. HEM- 

 BREE, Roswell.Ga. 



FOR EXCHANGE.- Freshly killed birds 

 and animals mounted, skins tanned for birds 

 eggs in sets with data. R. GRAHAM. Taxi- 

 dermist, 401 W. Leuda St., Ft. Worth, Texas. 



.Mounted specimens, bird skins, ornitholo- 

 gist magazines and books for exchange, or 

 will trada for raw furs, M. .1. HOFMANN, 

 1818 Bleecker St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



WILL EXCHANGE.-Several fine skins of 

 Phasianias torquatus (Ring-necked Pheas- 

 ant) and a few ducks for smaller species. 

 STANLEY G. JKWETT. 582 Bidwell Ave. 

 Portland, Oregon. 



WANTED.— To cor espond with Florida 

 and northeastern gulf coast collectors of 

 birds' skins. A. B. HOWELL, Covina, Cal, 



WILL EXCHANCiE. -Small collection of 

 Idaho bird skins for long focus 4x5 foldiui; 

 plate camera box with case and extra hold- 

 ers. HENRY J. RUST, Coeur D'Alene, 

 Idaho, Box 683, (1-p) 



TO EXCHANGE. - Collection of North 

 American birds. Collection contains 1340 

 specimens representing 440 species and sub 

 species. 114 birds are mounted and the rest 

 in skin form. PHILLIP LAURENT, 31 East 

 Mt. Airy Ave., Philadelphia. Pa. 



Having completed my collection of N. A. 

 Warbler's eggs, I have now decided to pro- 

 cure a perfect skin of each species, male only, 

 in full plumage, I will give exceptional 

 value for these, especially the western forms. 

 G. A. ABBOTT. 1543 E. 61st St., Chicago, 111. 



EXCHANGE.— Having lately unpacked my 

 collection of birds and mammal skins, which 

 have been stored several years, I can offer 

 fine skins of water fowl. Marsh Rabbit and 

 other species found in this section, in ex- 

 cnange for sets of eggs, or books on orni- 

 thology and mammalogy. H. H. BAILEY, 

 Newport News, Va. 



