RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



RARE AND DESIRABLE GOODS 



Lately Received at tlic 



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OF 



SOUTHWICK & JENCKS, 



PROVIDENCE. R. I. 



MINERALS. 



Allauite,Edenville,Crystalline,N.Y.$ .25 to .75 



Chalcedony, Tampa, Fla 10 to 1.50 



Heliotrope, Bloodstone 20 to 1.50 



Tourmaline, black and radiated, 



Warwick, Mass 10 to 1.00 



Masonite, Natick, R. 1 10 to 1.00 



Lodestone, Ark 20 to 3.00 



Cancrenite, Litchfield, Me 10 to 1.25 



DYNASTES BEETLES. 



Dynastes Hercules (nearly perfect 



specimens), each 3.00 



6 Dynastes Tityus (not quite per- 

 fect) .50 



SPIDERS' NESTS. 



A new lot of very nice specimens of the nest 

 of the trap-door spider. A tube of clay 5 in. 

 long, lined with a silky web, and with a perfect- 

 ly fitting hinged lid. $1.00. Postage 10 cts. 



NEW SHELLS. 



Patula strigata, Utah 



Physa eliptica Lea, Salt Lake City. 

 Valvata cinera Say, Salt Lake City. 

 Flnminicolafusca Hald, Utah Lake. 



Cassis Madagascariensis, W. I 50 



Lucina tigerina, Desch, Fla 10 



Mclongena corona, W. 1 15 



SKINS. 



Palmer's Thrasher 



Hermit Warbler 3.00 



Western Grass Finch 60 



Arizona Jay 5.00 



Cuban Night Hawk 1.25 



.25 

 .10 

 .05 

 .05 

 1.00 

 .40 

 .45 



6.00 

 3.50 

 .75 

 6.00 

 1.75 



European Heron 2.50 3.00 



Black Brant 4..50 6.00 



Yellow-billed Tropic Bird 5.00 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1.25 1.50 



Northern Phalarope 2.00 2.50 



Yellow Rail 2.00 3.00 



Limpkin 3.00 4.00 



Barrows Golden-eye 4.00 6.00 



Hooded Merganser 2.50 3.00 



Black Skimmer 2.00 2.50 



Caspian Tern 3.00 4.00 



ECCS. 



Brown Creeper, nest and eggs 7.50 



Black and Yellow AVarbler, nest and 3 eggs. 3.00 



Black poll Warbler, nest and 4 eggs 4.00 



Small-billed Water Thrush, nest and 4 eggs. 4.00 

 Large-billed Water Thrush, nest and 5 eggs. 6.25 

 Cuban Night Hawk, set of 2, large holes. . 1.50 



Texan " " " 2 2.00 



Mountain Plover, " 3 4.50 



Purple Gallinule, " 4 6.00 



" " " 3, large holes.. 3.50 



Snake Bird, " 4 2.00 



Loon, " 2 4,00 



Horned Grebe, " 5 4.25 



FOR SALE LOW. 



An Illustrated Work on Birds, and their 

 Nests and Eggs, by Gentry. It is as yood as 

 new, and will be sent prepaid for $17.00, The 

 subscription price was $25.00. 

 Resplendent Trogon's skins, each $8.00 



First-class in every resiject. Tails upwards of 

 two feet long. 



OOLOCISTS 



should prepare for work. The egg season be- 

 gins next month. Horned owls' nests are some- 

 times found in February. 



Egg Drill, small 15 



1 " " long handle, -3^3 25 



A- 



Brass blow-pipe, fine tip 



" " nickle plated 



Data blanks, small, per 100 



" " large, " 



All of the above prepaid for price. 



.50 



.75 

 1.50 

 .25 

 .40 

 .20 

 .30 



In any Quantity or any style, CLASS EYES, Sent Postage Paid 



Discount on ALL orders ; WRITE TO US FOR IT. 



