RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



11 



RARE AND DESIRABLE GOODS 



Lately Received at the 



]OfltupflI l^istorg %Uvt 



SOUTHWICK & JENCKS, 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



YOUNG BIRDS IN THE DOWN. 



Oliva porphyria, Lin , Pan una. . . .75 to 2.50 

 Ancillaria Australia, yowb.. \e\v 



Zealand 20 to .25 



Biziphinus ziziphinus, Italy 10 to .25 



Piuna muricata, Linn., Fia 25 to .50 



Glandina truncata, Gmel., Fla 15 to .20 



Cardium isocardia, Linn., Fla 15 to .20 



Calista gigantea, Chem., Fla 20 to .30 



Sigaretus perspectivus. Say., Fla.. .20 to .25 



Mactra ovalis. Gould, Fia .10 



Murex pomum, Gmelin, Fla 10 to .15 



KING GRABS. 



Limulus polyphenius, Latr., R. I. 



Our most interesting crustacean, and the only 

 living representative of its order. 

 Particularly good specimens for 



class use, from three to four 



inches long, dry or alcohol. . . 



Postage on single specimens 



Saws from the pristis antiquorum 



(saw fish), Fla 



MINERALS. 



Pele's Hair from Kilauae, Sand- 

 wich Islands $ .25 to $1.00 



Microscopic specimens 10 to .15 



Cut Opals, not suitable for gems, 



but fine color for cabinet 



specimens 50 to 5.00 



Hydrolites from Herkimer Co., 



N. Y., and Hot Springs, Ark., 



Quarts Crystals, containing 



movable drops of water and 



oil, and particles of coal 50 to 2.50 



Itacolumite, Flexible Sandstone, 



fine specimens from N. C. 



Strips 9 in. long, bend 1 in . . .50 



15 " " 2 " .. .75 



'• 20 " " 2 " .. 1.00 



For microscopical use .10 



Chlorophyllite, Unity, N. H 50 to 5.00 



Pink or brown Gypsum, fibrous, 



granular, and massive (Mich.). .05 to .75 



SHELLS. 



Cyprsea testudinaria, L., Ind., O. $ .75 to $1.50 



Cyprsea aurantium, Martyu 25.00 



Voluta Junonia, Chem., Fla 10 to 15.00 



Nautilus unibilicatus, List., E. I.. 7.00 



.20 

 .05 



.40 to 1.00 



Checking-lists of North American birds, 



: two cents each, twenty cents per dozen, post- 



I paid. Every collector should use these to send 



his lists of exchange. No names to write, and 



j no numbers to look out, for both are printed. 



TRAYS. 



No Cabinet should be without them. Two 

 of one size just equal one of the next. They are 

 the best possible partitions. Easily changed 

 about, easily cleaned. Samples by mail for five 

 cents. 



2 x Hxf, per dozen. . 

 3x2x1, " " .. 



4x3x2, " " .. 



4 X 4x|, " " .. 



.10 

 .12 

 .13 

 .15 



per 100. 



.65 



.75 



.85 



1.00 



Fifty or more of one size atone hundred rate. 

 They are too bulky to be mailed. 



GHANGE OF PRIGES. 



Our next number will be incalnable to all. It 

 will contain a change of prices of many western 

 skins and eggs, and will be a supplement to our 

 regular catalogue. The West has been visited 

 by so many collectors during the past two years 

 that many kinds then difficult to get are now to 

 be had in plenty. A new price-list has there- 

 fore become a necessity. Send six cents for 

 the October number, if not a subscriber. 



In any Quantity or any style, CLASS EYES, ^^'"^ Postage Paid. 



Discount on AIjL orders; WKITF: TO US FOR 11". 



