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THE MUSEUM. 



New BargainvS for August! 



READ IT THROUGH. 



IT WILL PAY YOU 



We are closing out specimens named below at very low prices. We will send 

 on approval if you agree to return promptly prepaid what you do not care for. 

 We will also take pay in installments if more convenient to customer. You must 

 write quick as many of these things will go at once. 



Bird Skins. 



Black-vented Shearwater 150 



Marbled Murrelet 1 00 



Evening Grosbeak 30 



American Quail, female 40 



Great Blue Hercgi, male 1 50 



Following from South Texas, made in Feb- 

 ruary and Mai'ch last: 



Road Runner, m 50 



Arizona Cardinal, m. f 20 



Western Meadow Lark, m 20 



Sage Thrasher, m 25 



Mexican Shore Lark, m 15 



Amei t Titlark, m 12 



McCown's Longspur, m 12 



Black-throated Sparrow, m 20 



Black Skimmer 60 



Gull-bill Tern 75 



Long-bill Curlew 60 



Western Nighthawk 40 



Scaled Quail 60 



Texan Quail 40 



Vermillion Flycatcher 35 



Cassin's Sparrow 50 



Clay-colored Sparrow 25 



Sciasor-tailed Flycatcher. . . 30 



, Cracked Ostrich Eggs. 



In the handling of over 100 dozen Ostrich 

 eggs we found a great many specimens 

 cracked slightly. Some you would have to 

 hunt quite a while to tind the imperfection. 

 They are .just the same as we have been sell- 

 ing for one year, only for the cracks. Per 

 dozen $i 00 Single specimen net 20c or pre 

 paid 45c. Perfect Ostrich eggs are now 

 worth $G 00 a dozen. 



Indian Relics and Curios. 



Fine Bowl, cracked 2 50 



Sinkers 15 



Scrapers, notched or unnotched 15 



Points, poor, various states 01 



" better, " " 03 



' ■ good to fine, various states 10 



" fine 20 



Chautauqua shell collection, used to sell at 



$3.50, prepaid, have 10 will sell at 1.25 



Cactus Wood Cane 50 



Collection of 50 kinds of minerals, all 



named, etc 75 



Special rates on 25 to 50 collections. 

 Ostrich Egg, African 85 



A bargain on some big Bahama Corals 

 weighing 10 to 40 pounds each. 



Marine algae per doz. cards 75 



Scorpion, mounted in box 40 



Hermit Crab, in shell; all in box 25 



Piece of Big Tree Bark, 4x4 inch 30 



12 kinds of Sea Beans, all named, for 30 



25 kinds of Foreign Birds' eggs, all named 



and first-class, for 1.50 



1 00- 



.60 

 1.20 



.40 



.75 



.40 



Birds of Labrador, Natural History of 

 Labrador, and O & O. Mannal. all for. 



Book of Sea Mosses, 10 beautiful cards, 

 all different, arranged in a book and 

 tied with ribbon The finest work in 

 the mounting of sea mosses we have 

 ever seen 



Ditto, large size, fine 



Marine Algea Blotter, the top card with 

 beautiful mountings and covered with 

 celluloid. Very neat 



Marine Algea Newspaper Clipping Case, 

 6 large envelopes appropriately named 

 and bound in heavy covers, on which 

 are beautiful mounts under celluloid, 

 so it is not easily soiled, gold edges. . . 



Marine Algea Panel, consisting of 5 card 

 mounts, strung with ribbon, so as to 

 hang on wall. This is to our notion 

 one of the handsomest 



Marine Algea Phuto Frame. The frame 

 proper is covered with beautiful mounts 

 that are in turn covered with celluloid 

 to keep dust from soiling. Has back, 

 so will stand on mantel or table. A 

 beauty 60' 



Shell Case, a pair of Pecten irridans, 

 hinged at bottom in which are 10 cards 

 of algea, very neat 40 



The above seven articles are particularly suit- 

 able for birthda> or wedding gifts, being 

 something that will be always admired. We 

 will send on appoval to any collectors, so 

 sure are we that you will be more than 

 pleased. 



Collections. 



The Young Nntuialist's Iviarvelous cullec- 

 tion, consists of 44 specimens, as follows; In- 

 dian Pottery, yi-llovv Red and Black Sea 

 Beans, Chinese Horn Nut, Egg t:apsiili' Peri- 

 winkle, Sand Box Shuok, Alligatof Tooth, 

 Tarpon Scaie, Jobs Tears, Black eye tSusans, 

 Miamosa Seeds, Castor Oil Bean, Foreign 

 Land Snail, Bleeding Tooth Ring Top Cowry, 

 Money Cowry, Tectarias, Olive, Worm Sh^-11, 

 American Fresh Water Shell, American Land 

 Shell, Purpura. Limpet, Beehive Shell, Drill 

 Shell, Button Shell, Satin Spar. Petrified 

 Wood, Mexican Onyx, Petri tied Coral, Petri- 

 fied Nautilus, Petrified Shell, W. I. Branch 

 Coral, E. I. Branch Coral, Yellow Coral, Or- 



fanpipe Coral, Pres('ions Coral, Coralline, 

 ellow Sea Fan, Purple Sea Fern, Sponge, 

 Starfish, Sand Dollar. 



These are all Natural History Specimens 

 and will delight the young and old as well. 

 They are almost certain to create in any young 

 mind a love for Natural History. Special 

 prices to Teachers, where ordered in quantity 

 for students We send the collection prepaid 

 with descriptive list of same, for only 60c. 





JJ 



