THE OOLOGIST. 



WANTS an! FOR SALES.— Shall need dur- 

 ing the coining season the following e^gs. mil 

 sets: Loon, Black Guillemot, Murre. Auk, Cas- 

 pian. Royal and Cabot's Terns, Skimmers, Yel- 

 low-nosed and Sooty Albatrosses, Flamingo. 

 Spoonbill. Whooping and Sandhill Cranes, Tur- 

 key and HI ick Vultures, Sharp-shinned Hawk. 

 Golden Eagle, Sparro-v Hawk, Caracara, Os- 

 prey. Horned Owl. Chuck-wills widow, Whip- 

 poor-will, Parauque. Ruby and Anna's Hum- 

 mers. Crested Flycatcher. Wood Pewee, Great- 

 tailed Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, Phainope- 

 pla. Maryland Yellow-thro it. Cactus Wren. 

 Brown-headed Nuthatch. Wren Tit, and Verd- 

 in. Some of above wanted in large quantities; 

 will exchange lor same a tine list of American 

 sets, also a full list of desirable and very showy 

 foreign sets, as: Griffon aad Egyptian Vul- 

 tures. Duck Hawk, Rough footed, imperial and 

 Oriental Eagles, Black Kite, European Kite. 

 Golden crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned King- 

 let. Great T tmouse, Garden. Orphean. Wood, 

 Baird. Melodias. Black-capped. Willow. Rufous. 

 Reed. Ma sh. &e. Warblers. Oapercaille. Quail. 

 Great and Little Bustards. TemmLnk's Stint 

 Piper, Cinereus Crane. Numidian Crane. Black- 

 thro bte l Diver, Large-billed Puffin and a great 

 variety of others. Will also purchase for cash 

 if price meets my approval and specimens are 

 good, sets of Loon, any of the Albatrosses. 

 Whooping Crane, Sindhill Crane, Sharp-shin- 

 ned. Hawk, Golden Kagle. Chuck-wills-widow, 

 Whip-poor-will. Parauque. White-tailed Kite; 

 also back numbers of the Auk and O and O. By 

 the middle of Apr 1 1 will send a very large or- 

 der to Europe, and any one desiring some fine 

 European eggs at bottom pr ces I will be pleas- 

 ed to give them the benefit of the very cheap 

 rating that I have secured. Following is a 

 sample of the prices per egg, all in first-class 

 authentic cl tches or singles ; Greenland Gyr- 

 falcon 4.00. Whits Gyrfalcon 3.25. Gyrfalcon 

 3.25, Duck Hawk 1 CO. Merlin .25, Gray sea &ag- 

 le 1.00, European Buzzard .18. Goshawk .30, 

 Rough-legged Hawk .25. Tengm^lms or Rich- 

 ardson's oVvl 1.00, Short-eared Owl 25. Lapp 

 Owl 2.25. Creeper .10, Siberian Tio ..'0. Golden- 

 crowne'd Kinglet .25, Ruby-crowned Kinglet .25, 

 Bohemian Waxwing 1.10. Nutcracker 3.50, 

 Raven .50. Wheatear .05.Red-winged Thrush.15, 

 Red-spotted Bluethroat .30. Dipper 25. White 

 Wagtail .05. Meadow Pipit .0b, Red throated 

 Pipit .00 Skylark .05. Snowflake .25. Lapland 

 Longspur .30. Holboell's Redpole .50, Parrot 

 Crossbill 1.50, Common Crossbill 1.00, Rock Pt- 

 armigan .25. Willow Ptarmigan .' 0. Black 

 Grouse .25. Pheasant .12, G >lden Plover .80, 

 Ring Plover .08. L ttle Ring Plover .15, Turn- 

 stone .SO. Oyster -catcher .12. Stilt .25. Avocet.20, 

 Dunlin .15, Green-shank 1.50, Green Sandpiper 

 1 25. European Woodcock 1.00. Broad -billed 

 Sandpiper 1 00. Black-tailed Godwit .18, Whi'n- 

 brel .15, Glossy Ibis .25. Roseate Spoonbill .-10. 

 Spotted Crake .15. Whistling Swan 1.00. Mal- 

 lard .10. Pintail .15, Gadwall .30. Widgeon .10. 

 Shoveller .20. Rufous Crested Dunk .50. Scaup 

 Duck .25. Golden Rye .85. Barrow's Golden Eye 

 .25. Harlequin Duck .40. Velvet Scoter .30. 

 Goosander .25. Red-breasted Merganser .12. 

 White-winged Black Te'n . 5. Little Gull .75. 

 Glaucous Gull .35. Fulmar .25. Stormy Petrel 

 .30. Red-throated Diver 30. Black-thro ited 

 Diver .00. Large-billed Puffin. .25. Price in- 

 cludes delivery to your address. I have a list 

 of over 500 species to choose from. Collectors 

 desiring *nv of the above please communicate 

 with ms a"-, once. C. W. CRANDALL, Wood- 

 side, Queens Co , N. Y. 



WANTED -Marsh Hawk 1-6, tirst-class data 

 complete identity guaranteed. Will give Flori- 

 da Cormorant \i and Mew-Gull. 1-1. full data 

 first-cliss. F. A. PATTON. Drawer 35. Hamil- 

 ton. Canada, 



OFFER— For the next sixty days. I will send, 

 $1 50 worth of minerals, IosmIs, shells, arrow- 

 Leads and curios for $1.00 casu. $1.25 worth for 

 every $1.00 worth ot good arrow-heads sent me, 

 GEu. W. DIXON, Watertown, Box 381, S. D. 



FOR SALE— A 16B guage single barrel breech 

 loading shot gun and outiit in good condition. 

 What am 1 oifered? For particulars, address 

 L. N. KOaSlTEK, Lake Forest, Ills. 



FOR SALE— A live Goiden Eagle in good 

 healtn. Will sell cheap. For furtner particu- 

 lars, address R. M. HO WE, Bloomingtou, Ind. 



FOR EXCHANGE— Volumes 63. 04. 65 of 

 'Y'outh's Compauion" and volume 8 Oologist v 

 also numerous other oological papers, for eggs, 

 in sees. Rare or common. v/aLTON MIT- 

 CHELL, 534 Summit Ave., ^t. Paul. Minn. 



TO EXCHANGE— Eggs in sets for, old U S. 

 postage stamps, rings. curiosities_relic>, books v 

 and papers on Oriuuiology and Sol gy. send 

 lists with values and receive ours. C. & W. 

 STARK, Buffalo. N. Y. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE— h me large 

 fruit plants, (true to name), lor goou detective 

 Camera, 4 x 5. held glass, new climber, (Lattin) 

 lirst-class eggs not m collection. exchange 

 Lists. TOM TULLOOH. Box 1020, iLockfora. 

 Ills. 



BICYCLE foi good books on Ornithology. 60- 

 brass shot-gun shells, 12grige microscope, sad- 

 dle. Wood's Natural History, stamps lor eggs, 

 skins, Taxidermist tools. W. A. JOHNSON, 

 123 W. Brooks ot. , Galesburg, 111. 



PLEASE STOP MY EXCHANGE NOTICE 

 AT ONCE. You can talk about your papers, 

 but 1 never saw any that could hold a candle to 

 the Ooi.ogist. I have exchanged $00. Go worth 

 of stamps just by putting in that little Ex. no- 

 tice. CUAS. ACE f WHITE, Omaha, Neb. 



ERRATA!— Will you please correct a mis- 

 take which was made in my notice in Oologist 

 in your next issue? The last No. should have 

 been 758 and not 758a . Through my notice in 

 the March. '92. Oologist, I received nearly for- 

 ty replies, and exchanged over $iWuorth of spec- 

 imens. WALTON MITCHELL, 534 Summit 

 Ave., St. Paul, Mo. 



NOTICE— Every person sending me 50c will 

 receive by return mail an adult male and fe- 

 male skin of Buff-bellied Hummingbird. Send 

 for cheap price list of skins. J. CLAIRE- 

 WOOD, 104 Abbott St.. Detroit, Mich. 



WANTED - A first-class side-blovn egg of 

 Dusky Horned Owl. Will pay cash for same. 

 E. B. SCriRAGE, Pontiac. Mich. 



WANTED— Standard Color Chart and ••Dav- 

 ie's Key." Can givestam. s. eggs, aricw-heacis 

 and collectors papers. sAMUjiO H. RO.BE, 

 Belleville Wayne, Co , Michigan. 



WANTED— Wyandotte chickens in exchange 

 for bird eggs, skins, mounted birds, or part 

 cash. I will also exchange eggs and skms loi^ 

 same, first-class only. jESSE T. CRAVEN, 

 Box 71, Hulberton, Oileaus Co., N . Y. 



TIN COLLECTING CAN.— 3x4 in. with bale 

 and cover, easily carried m the pocket. Filled 

 with cotton you will bnd it almost inuispensible 

 in lowering specimens from tall trees. Sam- 

 ple prepaiu oniy 12 cts. Larger size 4, 1 1 x4 in. 

 15 cts. A ijOft. urab line on winder to use with 

 either, 8 cts. FRANiv H. LA'iTiN, Albion, 

 N. \. 



