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A BEAUTIFUL SHELL COLLECTION 



To bo broken up and solii in parU to tUe col- 

 lector that is in want of line shells from any 

 horizon. 



We havi- lately purchased a fine shell col- 

 lection, an<t will have same on exhibit fors:ile 

 about the 'J-lth of December, or January 1st 

 at the lalc>t. It is without question the linest 

 assortiueiit of Marino shells. largely univalves, 

 thai We have ever l.andled, and ci>llectcirs 

 making .i collection of shells, will have I he 

 opporluuily to get soMie rare things that wo 

 doubt if any tlea'er in the U IS has on hand. 

 O.ie noticeable feature is the pcrfectuess of 

 all specimens, si> that we e.xpecc to pie .so the 

 uinst exacting collectors. 



Here are some species of Cvpraea. of which 

 there are large suites: Ac/ititiiia, AlOinjinosa, 

 Anuultis, Arabiitt. Argun^ ArtnJiUi, Ascllim. 

 Alotnaria, Ciipulscrpcnti.i. carncola. caiirtca, 

 •■erviiHUu-cimriii . i:l(tn'k':<ti>iii. criharia, crm n- 

 lain, cyltnilriia. itnirrua, irrosit, crroiies, ei- 

 antluma.ftiina. Jimbricald. Jtavcola, gnngre- 

 nosa, hch'oUt, hirunUo. Iiislrio, idetiua, inor- 

 Ilia, isii'jcUd, I.Kinankii, luriila, lynx, niacu- 

 la, ni'ippii, maurilinu, moncla, inus, negkcla. 

 nijro punctatus. occeMalu, punthcrina, picla 

 ptinctulata, sciirra, Soxccrbyii, Spadicea, 

 Spurca. itercorarui, Inbescens, lalpa, lesludni- 

 arin, ligns. lunliis, unihitit urse/lus, vuriro- 

 laria, vilcllus, :iqziic. besides a large number 

 of species, represented by from 1 to 6 spcci 

 mens. 



In Murex we have adustus. Ranskii, bicolor, 

 brandaris, bulbosa. chrysosloma. erinaceous, 

 /'asciatus, liaustelliim. mnrliniatiui. micro- 

 phyllnsa, molicclla, )nlidits, nubilis palma 

 rosea, palmifcrus. pintinttis, plirulus, ponuru, 

 ramosos. rcgius, rosarium. ,<iu.ril,ilis, scolopax, 

 tenui spina, torrrfnctus, Iriiputer, Irunculiis, 

 lurbinatiis. jaiitcoslovta, itc. elc. 



Id V'oluta we have Angasi, fulgclrum. im- 

 pcrialis. mustra, Noirisii. pulchra. rtiiculata, 

 rupeslrLi, sraphi. Turneri. undulala, vesper- 

 lilto, vefillitm zebra 



We cordially invite collectors who wish 

 nice shells at reasonable prices to coi re.-^pond 

 with us at once. Yon ali know from past 

 experience that we shall not ask exhorbitant 

 prices, and that we are willing to send on ap- 

 proval to all responsible collectors, allowing 

 them to examine specimens and select what 

 they want, and giving collectors who live at a 

 dist.ince the same chance as those w lio live 

 near by. 



To schools who wish a general collection 

 representing as many families as possible we 

 now have better facilities than ever of giving 

 you a large number of species at a low lig- 

 ure and containing beauty as well The 

 above collection includes tine specimens of 

 the rare I'apcr yauliliis, the rare Wentle hap 

 or Sralar'ia. a largo number of species of 

 Top'ion. Triton, Jlanella. Nassa. Purpura. 

 Oicia, Melij.Dolium. Conns. Sirombus. Uurbo. 

 Trochus, flulimus, C'ychhstyla, Ar'iatina, Car- 

 dium. and soon, through scores of families 

 which we cannot enumerate here at this lime, 

 much less give a list of species. Collectors 

 who have a leaning towards any one family 

 and wish to purchase in that branch, we will 



send list of what we have on hand. Practi- 

 cally the bulk of this cjllei'lion will be sol<l 

 in three months to some one Write immed- 

 iately on re:iding this add. or you will likely 

 not gel what you want. 



WALTER F. WEBB, Mgr., 



Albion, N. Y. 



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