THE OOLOGIST. 



OOLOmSn handbook Cn-mbing irons. 



CONTAINS 



86 lages of Valuable Information. 



It gives our regular price iist of oological specimens 

 and supplies (th ; most complete ever sent out by any 

 dealer). It .?ivis *rie common and scientific names of 

 all North American birds, arranged and numbered 

 according to Kidgeway b (the Smithsonian) nomencla- 

 ture of 1881 ; it gives the numbers used in' Baird's 

 check-list of 1859 and those used in Coue's of 1883 ; 

 it gives the value of the eggs of over 500 species of 

 North Amsrican birds, this fact alone making thJ 

 catalogue invaluable to collectors as a basis of ex- 

 change. It names the various families into which the 

 birds of North America are divided, and enumerate* 

 •he birds belonging to each family. It gives, approx- 

 imately, the number of eggs in a clutch of every 

 American bird. It tells how to prepare specimens for 

 cabinet, how to pack them fpr transDortation, with 

 many other useful hints. 



We have a few hundred copies of our '85 

 Hnnd-Book left and will close them out at 

 only 10c ts each. 



Frank H. Lattin. Albion, N. Y. 



Davie's Nests and Eggs 



NOhtfH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an 



Introduction byj. Parker Norris, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc. by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., 



and w. Otto Emerson. 



This work la descriptive of the Nests and Egga 

 of the I>and and Wafer Birds of North Amenca, 

 which includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are indigenous north of the 

 Southern United States boundary, Including 

 Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. 



Tlje breeding range of each species Is given, 

 llie time of nesting, the exact number of eggs 

 laid, their color and size together with the chief 

 characteristics of the birds. 



The arrangement of the work Is according to 

 the new nouienclatvu-e of the A. O. U. Code and 

 Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway'B), 

 M used In former editions, are placed to the 

 right of each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be fovmd, 

 and a completk analytical lavnx ot these Is 

 pven. 



An Invaluable book as an aid for the Identlfl- 

 i;atlon of specimens to all those collecting In the 

 neld. 



The work consists of 475 pages and 13 full page 

 Qlustratlou.s. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth, $1.75. 



PRANK H. LATTIN, 



Sole Wholesale Agent. 

 Orleans Co. Albion. N. Y. 



^W There ig 

 ?:oai-cely a month 

 'a the year but 

 what a pair oi 

 ffuod Climbing 

 Irons comes handy 

 Do not let a low j)! ice lure 

 you into puichasing an infer- 

 ior article. Every tinw you 

 use a cheap pair of iron.', it is 

 well to remember, that the 

 risk you run is a hundred- 

 fold greater than with a reli- 

 able pair. Our irons are the 

 Lest made and are manufact- 

 ured from the best and 

 strongest material obtainable. 

 The straps are wide and made 

 from the very best of leather. 

 Our climbers are the 

 easiest, safest and most 

 durable on the mar- 

 ket and cannot be 

 sold at a living profit 

 for less money by any- 

 one. 



During the past five years we have 

 sold Inindreds of pairs of climbers-, 

 have sent them to nearly every state 

 and territory in the Union and have yet 

 to hear of the first dissatisfied purchaser. 

 From many testimonials, we select 

 the following: 



"The climbers that you sent give entire satlsfac 

 tlon and are well made In every particular." 



T. V. W.» Austin. Ills. 



"Received my climbers all right on the 21st of 

 la.st monih. Have deferred writing to vou till ' 

 had used them. They are as good a spur as I 

 ever tried and I think I am saf-j In saying that if 

 you buj- your spurs of Lattln. you get good ones." 

 J. P. J., Kelton, Pa. 



"All the supplies ordered came duly to hand.all 

 O. K. Am more than pleased with them alL 

 The cllmplng Irons are just what I wanted; the 

 book ot datas Is Immense and the Naturalist's 

 Guide Is well worth the price. I wish to compli- 

 ment you on your method of packing. The goods 

 that I received could hardly have been better 

 nxed for transportation. Am more Impressed 

 with your promptness every time 1 order: and In 

 niture, let me say, It there is anything in your 

 line that 1 need, you may be sure that I shall 

 give you thepreference." 



H. C. O.. Shelburne Falls, Mass. 



Our prices are as follows: Strapped, 

 ready for use, by express, at piirclias- 

 er's expense, $2.50, or prepaid lo anv 

 part of the United Stales, $3.25. Cliiiil)- 

 ers without straps by cxpres.s, $1.00, 

 prepaid, $2.00. 



PRANK H. LATTIN. 



ALBION. IM. V. 



