RA.NDOM NOTES ON NA.TURA.L. HISTORY. 



XXXI 



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Being convinced tliat some of the present Market Prices for 



Sipd Skins & Eggs 



Are much too high, I beg to offer for your approval the following List of 



EGGS AT SWEEPING REDUCTIONS. 



27. Blue-gray Gnalcatclier ' $ 20 



47. Least Tit 15 



56. Cactus Wren 15 



149. Logger-head Slirike 10 



149a. White-rumped Shrike 05 



242. Cardinal Grosbeak 08 



244. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 15 



249. Lazuli Bunting 20 



28(5. Black-bill Magpie 25 



301. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 15 



317. Black Pewee 15 



324. Acadian Flycatcher 15 



325a. Traill's Flycatcher 15 



369. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 50 



372. Red-bellied Woodpecker .SO 



375. Red-headed Woodpecker 08 



385. Road-runner 30 



387. Yellow-bill Cuckoo 20 



388. Black-bill Cuckoo 15 



390. Groove-bill Crotophaga 2 00 



394. American Burn Owl 50 



395. American Long-eared Owl 50 



402. Little Screech Owl 40 



408. Burrowing Owl 30 



423. Caracara Owl 1 50 



430. Marsh Hawk 35 



431. Cooper's Hawk 30 



432. Sharp-shinned Hawk 50 



434. Harris' Hawk 1 50 



436. Red-tailed Hawk 50 



436b. Western Red-tailed Hawk 1 00 



441. White-tailed Hawk 2 00 



442. Swainson's Hawk 1 00 



454. Turkey Buzzard 75 



455. Black Vulture 85 



460. Mourning Dove 05 



465. Ground Dove 30 



470a. Wild Turkey 75 



474. Willow Ptarmigan 100 



480 American Quail 10 



480a. Florida (.Juail 15 



480b. Texan Quail 10 



482. California Quail 10 



489. American Egret 25 



490. Snowy Heron 15 



491. Reddish Egret 30 



492. Louisiana Heron 10 



493. Little Blue Heron 10 



496. White-crown Night Heron 35 



498. Least Bittern 20 



501. White Ibis $ 30 



512. Lapwing 20 



516. Killdeer Plover 20 



522. Wilson's Plover 25 



552. Willet 35 



555. Bartram's Sandpiper 40 



557. Spotted Sandpiper 10 



571. Clapper Rail lo 



578. Purple Gallinule ."jO 



579. Florida Gallinule 10 



580. American Coot 10 



585. American Flamingo 75 



60i. Black Mallard 40 



605. Pintail Duck 40 



G09. Blue-winged Teal 20 



610. Cinnamon Teal 40 



618. Redhead 20 



627a. American Eider Duck 20 



634. Ruddy Duck 1 00 



640. American White Pelican 50 



641. Brown Pelican 20 



642. Common Cormorant 35 



643. Double-crested Cormorant 35 



643a. Florida Cormorant .... 25 



645., Brandt's Cormorant 50 



649. Snakebird 35 



650. Gannet 20 



656. Black-skimmer 15 



663. Great Black-back Gull 50 



664. Western Gull 40 



666. Herring Gull 20 



669. Ring-billed Gull 30 



679. Gull-bill Tern 20 



680. Caspian Tern 1 GO 



685. Forster's Tern 15 



686. Common Tern 05 



687. Arctic Tern 15 



688. Roseate Tern 08 



690. Least Tern 10 



6^11, Sooty Tern 35 



729. Western Grebe 75 



736. Loon 1 25 



742. Razor-bill Auk 20 



743. Common Puffin 20 



745. Tufted Puffin 175 



760. Black Guillemot 20 



763. Common Guillemot 20 



764. Thick-billed Guillemot 20 



764a. Brunnich's Guillemot 20 



