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THE OOLOGIST. 



New Standard Catalogue 



OF 



JSJorth /\merican J3' r d s Egg 8 



COMPILED BY 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Assisted by Gapt. Chas. E. Bendire, 



J. Parker Norris, Esq , and 



the Ink Gapt, B. F. Go-^s. 



It gives the Common and Scientific name of 

 «every North American Bird according to the 

 A. o. U. Nomenclature. It also elves the A. O. 

 V. Numbers as well as those of both Coues' and 

 Rtdgeway. and last but not least it gives the 

 'value of eirgs of nearly every species, over one 

 hundred of which never appealed on any print- 

 ed list before. 



it is not a personal catalogue of any one 

 Dealer or Collector, as there Is not a Collector 

 In the entire World who has or could furnish 

 all the species whose values are given, and 

 there is not a Dealer who could furnish over 

 Irom 6(1 to 75 per cent of the species priced. 



Price 35 cents per copy. 3 copies for $1.00. 



E. B. LATTIN & GO, Albion, N. Y. 



Davie's Naturalist's Manual- 



In '85 we editorially mentioned this 

 'book as follows, — 



. "Mr. Oliver Davie of Columbus, Ohio has our 

 thanks for sample copies of his Naturalist's Man- 

 ual, It is a neat little work, and well merits the 

 attention of our oologlcal friends The work is 

 intended especially for the young naturalist. 

 Mr. D. gives instructlohs for collecting and pre- 

 -serving birds, eggs, nests, and insects and for 

 the benefit of the oologist he has compiled, from 

 leading scientific works a description of the nests 

 and eggs of American Birds from the Thrushes 

 to the Tanagers, Inclusive (No. 1 to lti4 Ridge- 

 way's Nomenclature) to which he has added orig- 

 inal notes on the species with which he is famil- 

 iar. 



The "Naturalist's Manual" can be obtained by 

 addressing Mr. D. Price, paper covers, T> cents." 



The book was published at 75 cts per 

 copy and was worth the money. It 

 ■contains 180 pages, illustrated. 



In addition to points mentioned 

 above, it contains paragraphs or chap- 

 ters on the following: — 



Cabinets. Choice of Guns and Ammu- 

 nition, Measuring Specimens, Arsenical 

 Solution, Skiri-nfrig Birds, Sewing Wings 

 in Proper Place. Filling Skins, Drying 

 Board, Removing Blood and Grease 

 from Skins, Rendering Feathers Insect 

 Proof, How to Soften Dry Skins, Mount- 

 ing Birds, (well illustrated), Recipes for 

 Preserving Small Birds Entire, Glue for 

 Feathers, Arsenical Soap, Anneal Iron 

 Wire, To make Artitical Rocks and 

 Branches, etc, etc. 



We have purchased all the copies left 

 of this valuable work and until May 1st 

 will mail you a copy for Only 25 cts. 

 F. K. Lattin & Co., Albion, N. Y. 



ESTABLISHED IN 1873. 



CHAS. K. WOHTHEN, 



Naturalist and Taxidermist, Warsaw, Ills- 



. Also dealer in Bird and Mammal Skins, and 

 Geodes, new and rare species of North Ameri- 

 can Birds a specialty. Enclose stamp for prin- 

 ted catalogue. Desideratas for many of the 

 rarer species filled on short notice. Refer to 

 any of the more prominent Ornithologists, Col- 

 lectors and Institutions in the United States. 



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BIRDS of MICHIGAN" 



Br A. J. COOK. 



A list of three hundred and thir- 

 ty-two (332) birds, 150 pages. 



WELL ILLUSTRATED. 



Profuse notes. Bibliography complete. 

 It is in fact a work on the Birds of the Great 

 Lake Region, and will interest every Ornithol- 

 ogist in America. 



Price, Postpaid, 75 cents. 



Address 

 F. E. LATTIN & CO., Albion, N. Y. 



Davie's Nests and Eggs 



NortH American birds 



Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an 



Introduction byj. Parker Nojris, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc , by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D. 



and W. Otto Emerson. 



This work is descriptive of the Nests and Eggs 

 of the Land and water Birds of North America, 

 which Includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are Indigenous north of the 

 Southern United States boundary, including 

 Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. 



The breeding range of each species Is given, 

 the time of nesting, the exact number ot eggs 

 laid, their color and size together with the chief 

 characteristics of the bird. 



The arrangement of the work is according to 

 the nomenclature of the A. O. U. Oode and 

 check List, and the old numbers (Ridgeway's) 

 as used in former editions, are placed to the 

 right ot each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be found, 

 and a complete analytical index of these is 

 given. 



An Invaluable book as an aid for the identifi- 

 cation of specimens to all those collecting in the 

 held. 



The work consists of 475 pages and 12 full page 

 Illustrations. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth $1.75. 



F.H. Lattin & Co., Albion, N.Y. 



