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MOUNTED SPECIMENS and skins to ex- 

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NOTICE TO OOLOGISTS:— There are 

 nearly 2C0 kinds of American Birds Eggs that 

 we wish singles of. Please examine the fol- 

 lowing lists of A. O. U Numbers and see if 

 you have any. If so, we will offer vou good 

 first-class sets, or other specimens for same. 

 We prefer to not bother with very small ex- 

 changes. Send us your list quick and we 

 will reply at once. No. 7, 9, 11. 12, 13a, 21, 

 27, 29, 30, 37, 38, 71,72.83,90,92,104,112, 

 115, 120a, 122, 128b, 127 128. 129, 181, 134, 144. 

 148. 149, 150, 159, 164, 177, 180 181, 18i, 179, 

 186, 187, 188, 190, 194, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 

 211, 218, 222, 223, 226, 228, 2,30, 243, 2.52, 2.5.5, 

 260, 264, 271, 273, 275, 283, 285, 295, 290, 297, 

 298, 300, 300a, 800c, 301, 802, 305, 308, 310, 327, 

 328, 329, 330, 33J, 334, .336, 339a, 339b, 341, 843, 

 349, 351, 352, 356, 357, 362, 868, 372, 373, 375, 

 391,402,403,417,416,418,420, 418, 420, 431, 

 433, 434, 463, 478a, 478b, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 

 485, 486, 491, 492, 494a, 503, .504, 509, 517, 521, 

 533, 534, 546, .554, 557, 558, 559, 567, 587a, 590, 

 597a, 606. 618, 020, Oil, 638. 640, 641, 612, 643, 

 64.5, 640, 616a, 647, 649, 651, 654, 050, 601, 662, 

 008, 664, 665, 066, 667, 608, 609, 671, 675, 677, 

 679, 085. 6S5a, 086, 097, 700, 709, 711. 712, 7l5, 

 7l7a, 722, 727a, 728, 730, 738, 742, 746, 7.54, 759, 

 763, 765. Also Green, Silver, and Golden 

 Pheasant eggs. We can use on same exchange 

 any line foreign eggs from any country in the 

 world if they are not already in stock. If 

 you have any rare eggs, lis.ing $1 or over not 

 on above list. Iietter include them. Datas not 

 requir€d. WALTER F. WEBB, Mgr., Albion, 

 N. Y. 



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OSPREY 



LEADS THEM ALL. 



Full of COSTLY ILLUSTRATIONS. 



To be found in this number: 



A beautiful full page frontispiece painting 

 — "The Home of the Sage Grouse" — alone 

 worth the price of the number. 



A very interesting article, "The Sage 

 Grouse," of the greatest interest to eastern 

 bird students, anil is illustrated by a beauti- 

 ful half-tone oj the largest American Grouse. 



El Dorado Cfeunty notes, with a photograph 

 of the Snow-capped Peaks is another inter- 

 est article. 



An excellent photo of a four-foot Ojprey's 

 nest appears as the 1 0th of the Osprey series. 



The Taking of an Egg of the Rare California 

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Other beautiful half-tones, and notes, arti- 

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The November Number 



will contain series of African pictures, in 

 beautiful engravings, and articles on African 

 Birds, by Prof. Elliot, Chief of the Kiold 

 Columbian Mu.scum Expedition to Africa. 



Un|)ublished letter in facsimile written by 

 the great Audub )n to Prince Bonaparte in 

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