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PETRIFIED MOSS.— Fine specimens, post- 

 paid. 10, 30 and 30c. Stamps taken. Silver 

 preferred. A. B. ROBERTS, Weyinoutb, Me- 

 dina Co., Ohio. 



I HAVE a couple of fine pedigreed hunting 

 dogs to exchange for eggs in original sets with 

 unquestionable data. Send lists and Iwill make 

 liberal offer Many common eggs wanted. J. 

 H. BROWN, Davenport, Iowa. 



FOR EXCHANGE One three dollar Magic 

 Lantern with eleven slides, will exchange for 

 best offer in birds eggs. All letters answered. 

 Address, THOS. CRONIN, Westtown, Chester 

 Co., Pa. 



ORNITHOLOGISTS of the South and West, 

 wishing to exchange skins of common birds for 

 same of Michigan. Write mc. Florida curios, 

 Michigan eggs to exchange. L. W. WATKINS, 

 Manchester, Mich. 



EXCHANGE— Confederate bills and State 

 issues, foreign coins, Indian relics, and war 

 tokens, for the same, and C. S. A. stamps. C. 

 S. A. bills are numbered from Massamore's 

 catalogue, ERWIN G. WARD, Palmer, Mass. 



EXCHANGE NOTICE-I am starting a col- 

 lection of U. S. half dollars, and will make the 

 following offer in order to secure a number of 

 the commoner dates. For every lulf dollar 

 sent, I will return postpaid, a beautiful nest 

 and two eggs of Black-chinned Hummer, extra 

 choice condition original data. If two are sent, 

 I will add Costa's nest and two eggs, providing 

 you enclose five cents extra for postage. Kind- 

 ly have condition good and choose as old dates 

 as possible. Register all letters with an 8 cent 

 Columbian stamp and I will return return 4cts. 

 with data. C. W. CRANDALL, Woodside, 

 Queens Co., N. Y. 



I TO EXCHANGE.— Mexican Opal, cut, value, 

 $1. for tine Crystals of Amethyst, Tourmaline, 

 Aquamarine. Garnet. Topaz or other precious 

 or semi-precious stone. B. O. LONGYEAR, 

 Mason, Mich. 



TO EXCHANGE.— M't'd Birds, Skins. Fos- 

 sils and common eggs for Coins. Stamps, Pa- 

 p-ir Money, Skins, Eggs and Fossils. All an- 

 swered. WILL A. BRYAN, New Sharon, 

 Iowa, Taxidermist la. Ag'l College. 



WANTED.— -'Ornithologist and Oologist" 

 vols. 1, 2. 3, 4. 5. 11 and 12. "The Observer," 

 vols. 3 and 4. Will pay Cash if the price is right. 

 BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephentown, N. Y. 



THE NIDIOLOGIST is becoming famed far 

 and wide over America, as a strictly o ig nal 

 and high class publication for Oolbgists and 

 Ornithologists. There is no illustrated month- 

 ly magazine like it, and never has teen, in 

 this country at least. A striking cover, inclos- 

 ing sixteen pages, devoted to articles of unus- 

 ual interest, sumptuously illustrated with 

 "half -tone" engravings; $1 per year, with free 

 exchange notice and premium offer. The De- 

 cember number contained among other inter- 

 esting articles, "Remounting the Great Auk," 

 3 illustrations by Dr. Shufeldt:"YoungGulls in 

 Confinement," by Otto Emerson "-Photography 

 Under Difficulties," illustrated, by Egbert 

 Bagg;"AnOdd Nest of California Bush Tit," 

 illustrated Among handsomely illustrated 

 articles inJanuary number will be one byChas. 

 E. Doe: '-Notes oathe Osprey." Send in your 

 subscription now and get the back numbers 

 while they last, or send 10 cents, silver, for 

 sample copy. Address. H. R. TAYLOR, or 

 NIDIOLOGIST, Alameda, California. 



EXCHANGE— Blue prints of small steam en- 

 gine and instructions to make same, for coins, 

 books, minerals, curios, eggs in sets, Indian 

 relics, stamps or internation 1 album. RUS- 

 SELL KENNEDY, No. 60 Pearson St., New 

 Castle, Pa. 



I HAVE eggs of the Caspian Te>n and Amer- 

 ican Herring Gull to exchange for Eggs. Skins, 

 Curios, etc, ED. VAN WINKLE, Van's Har- 

 bor, Mich. 



EXCHANGE— I have a collection of North 

 Dakota sets and singles, first-class, with com- 

 plete data, and worth at catalogue priees, $75. 

 Will exchange for gold watch, watch chain, 

 gun, revolver, jewelry, or anything, you have 

 that I want. Also a Coues' Key for cash. Send 

 for list. All answered. W. C. PELTON, 

 Dickinson. No. Dak. 



WANTED Canceled Columbian stamps. 

 Denominations, 15c. and upwards to $5 issues, 

 in exchange for first-class sets with full data' 

 All answered. H.L. HEATON, Oberlin, Kan. 



TO EXCHANGE— 530 varieties of foreign 

 stamps in 30c. album for U. S. stamps or cash 

 FRANK OWENS, Box 42, Brooklyn, Iowa. 



TO EXCHANGE -About 250 stamps, wanted 

 books on Taxidermy, shooting or hunting. All 

 answered Address, HOWARD M. GILLET, 

 Lebanon Springs, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE-A Four Pronged Fish 

 Spear and a small Printing Press for the best 

 offer of Singles or Hummer Skins and Nests. 

 GEO. H. DAVIS, 129 Washington St., Paines- 

 villn, Ohio. 



"BIRDS OF THE ST vTE OF NEW YORK 

 by DeKay, Complete in one thick volume. 4to' 

 cloth, 380 pages, text, illustrated with 141 finely 

 engraved full page plates, beautifully colored 

 by hand, showing 3i>8 figures. This work is 

 very scarce. It was published in 1844, as one of 

 the vols, of the -'Natural History af New York" 

 and is usually sold at from $16 to $25 per copy 

 This copy needs rebinding and has the common 

 names of birds written underneath each figure 

 —otherwise clean and in good condition Our 

 price, prepaid, only $12. F. H. LATTIN & CO 

 Albion. N. Y. 



OOi.OOISTS WANTED.-We want at o~n~c~e 

 conies of the Oologist as follows; July-Aug- 

 ust, 1886; January-February, 1887 or Dec, 1886 

 with the former attached; June, 1888; "April' 

 1889; March, 1892; and April. 1893 We also de- 

 sire copies of our old 1885 "Oologists Hand- 

 book." For each and every copy of the above 

 publications mailed lis not later than February 

 1, 1894, we will give 15cts worth of anything: we 

 advertise or offer for sale or will send credit 

 check good f >r the amount. In addition to the 

 above we wiil forward a -'World's Fair Alma- 

 nac" for each of the first ten copies of each of 

 th^ six No's of the Oologist desired, also the 

 Hud-Book. (70 Almanacs in all.) Address at 

 on ;e, F. H. LATTIN & CO., Albion, N. Y. 



Fine Egg Cabinets. 



Have 12 of the above on hand. 8 drawers $7 

 to $9 each. Cases and cabinets to order. Ash 

 Deer Shields, best finish 75c. A. W. HANA- 

 FORD, Taxidermist and Manufacturer of Nat- 

 uralists Wood Working Supplies, 139 W.Fulton 

 street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



