RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



RARE AND DESIRABLE GOODS 



fjiitc'ly Ueccued at the 



OF 



SOUTHWICK & JENCKS, 



PROVIDENCE. R. I. 



MAMMALS. 



Red Bat (Lasiurus nove boiaceusis) .75 



Shrew (Hlarina brevicauda) .75 



Star-nosed Mole (coudylura cris- 



tata) 1.25 



American Wild (^at (Lynx rufus).. 6.00 to 9.00 

 American Fox(Vulpes fulvus), R. I. 5.00 to 8.00 

 3Iink (Putorius visou), Dak., R. I. . . 3.00 to 6.00 

 Common Weasel (Putorius nove 



boraeensis), R. 1 1.00 to 1.50 



American Badger (Taxidea Ameri- 

 cana), Kan 5.00 to 7.00 



Skunk (Mepliitis mephitica), Wis. . . 3.00 to 6.00 



Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Vt. 5.00 to 8.00 



Opossum(Didelphys virginiana). Va. 4.00 



■Oray Squirrel (Sciurus carolineusis). 



R. I., Wis., Fla 1.00 



■Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolineusis), 



black var., Fla., Mich 1.50 



Gray Squirrel (Sciurus fossor), Cal.. 1.50 



Fox Squirrel (Sciurus ludovicianus), 



Mich., Dak 1.50 to 2.00 



Red Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonius), 



R. 1., Mich .75 



FlyingSquirrel(Pteromys volucella), 



R.I 75 to 1.25 



Chipmunk, or striped Squirrel (Ta- 



mias striatus), R. I., Mich 60 to .75 



■Gray Gopher (Spermophilus frank- 



Unii) 1.50 



Striped Prairie Squirrel (Spermo- 

 philus tridecem-lineatus), Kan. 1.25 

 Sonera Ground Sqtiirrel (Spermo- 



phtlus spilosoma) 1.50 



Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), 



Kan 3.00 



Woodchuck(Arctomysmonax),R. I., 



Ct ... 2.00 to 2.50 



— (Perognatluis jjenicillattis), Cal. . 1.25 



White-footed Meadow Mouse (Hes- 



peromys leucopus), R. I .75 



Meadow Mouse (Arvicola riparia), 



R. 1 1.00 



Jumping Mouse (.Jaculus hudson- 

 ius), R. 1 1.25 



Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus), R. I., 



Wis 1.50 



Northern Hare, I (Lepus ameri- 

 White Rabbit. ( canus). Me. . . 1.75 to 2.00 

 Jack Rabbit (Lepus callotis), Min.. 3.00 to 4.00 

 Gray Rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus) 1.50 



TURTLES. 



Gopher (Xerobates Carolina), F]a. . . 3.00 



Box Tortoise (Cistudo Carolina), 



R. 1., Mass 1.50 



Speckled Terrapin (Nanemys gut- 

 tata). R. 1 1.00 



Painted Terrapin (Chrysemys picta), 



R. 1 1.00 



Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpen- 

 tina), R. 1 2.00 to 4.00 



SCHOOL COLLECTIONS OF 

 BIRDS. 



Collection No. 1 contains 50 Birds, 



representing 20 different families. 25.00 



Collection No. 2 contains 100 birds, 

 representing 40 different families, 50.00 



These birds are in tlie form known as skins, 

 which is the most convenient shape for handling 

 and study. All will be correctly labeled with 

 both scientific and common names. 



SCHOOL COLLECTION OF 



MINERALS. 



Two hundred minerals and rocks, labeled 

 and arranged in trays, and representing all the 

 prominent species in systematic mineralogy, 



100.00 



AMATEUR'S COLLECTION. 



125 minerals and rocks in 



trays and labeled. 



50.00 



20 good minerals, named, but of small size, 

 by mail, prepaid 1.00 



We have now a large lot of Catlinite, from Pipe 

 Stone, Minn., (see page 8) — : . . . .10 to 1.00 



SHELLS. 



Spondylus pictorum Chem.. Cal 3.00 to 8.00 



Hemicardium unedo Lin, N. S. W. . 



Neritina helvola, Ged.. Feejee Is 



Nerita plexa Chem., Mozambique. . 



Littorina scabra Lin, Fla 



Pecten ziczac Lin, Bermuda 



Semicassis Sulcosa Born, Med'nSea. 



Within a few days another particularly well- 

 selected collection of Shells has been placed in 

 our hands for siile. The specimens are nearly 

 all marine, and most of them foreign, reijre- 

 sented by 85 genera, 1420 species, and 4523 

 specimens, beside a fine lot of bivalves, and 

 fiuviatile shells, not entered in the catalogue, 

 together with a black walnut cabinet of forty- 

 five drawers. Price, $700. 



Ill any Qnantit}^ or aii}^ style, CLASS EYES, Sent Postage Paid. 



Discount dn ALL orders; WRITK TO US FOR IT. 



