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THE OOLOGIST. 



YOUNG NATURALISTS! 



the money. Nearly 1,000 sold in the past three years 

 "Young Idea" Mineral Cabinet. 



Make a start in the right direction by purchas- 

 ing Bartlett's Cabinet. Well worth double 



Neat, novel and instructive to study. 

 "Eclipse'' Curiosity Cabinet. 



Contains 15 varieties of rare minerals, as fol- 

 lows : Coquina, Calc Spar, Fluorite, Feldspar, 

 Silver Ore, Serpentine, Calamine, Syenite, Tour- 

 maline, Milky Quartz, Drusy Quartz, Hematite, 

 Marcasite, Galena and Zinc Ore, all labelled and 

 secured in a neat tray, like cut, postpaid for 25c. 



Contains Chinese Poker Chip, Chinese Napkin. 

 Chinese Lottery Ticket. Star-fish, Giant Tree- 

 Bark Cal., Red Sea Bean, Alligator Tooth. 3 

 Yellow Wax Shells, Marine Algae, Gypsum 

 Crystals, Bloody Tooth Shell, Chinese Cash 

 Coin. Flexible Coral. 3 Boat Shells, Egg of Peri- 

 winkle, Drab Sea Bean, Sunflower Coral, 3- 

 Money Cowry Shells and Fossil Crinoid. All 

 labeled name and locality and in partitioned 

 box like cut. Sent postpaid for 25cts. 



Reliable Coin and Stamp Guide, 50 pages, givingrprices paid for all U. S. and Foreign Coins and 

 Stamps, 15c. Funny Chinese Chop Sticks. The knife, fovk and spoon of the Chinamen. It is- 

 claimed they eat soup with them. Ebony wood, a foot long. 10 c a pair. Chinese Cash Coins, 

 500 years old, 4 for 10c. Perfect Indian Arrow Heads, with locality, 4 for 25c, 6 for 35c, 65c per- 

 doz. All postpaid. No, I no longer issue a catalogue. 



R. E. BARTLETT, 99 STATE ST., ROCKFORD, ILLS. 



TAXIDERMISTS' GUNS, p c°u°„ k s et 



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, SPECIMEN HUNTERS. 



All kinds, all prices from $'.00 to $25.00. List 

 free. Write for Taxidermist's free list. 



JAMES H. JOHNSTON, 



PITTSBURG, PA. 



Dissolution Notice. 



Notice is hereby given that the part- 

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 H. Lattin and Walter F. Webb under 

 the firm name of F. H. Lattin & Co.. 

 was dissolved on the 31st day of July, 

 A. D., 1894, by mutual consent. 



Frank H. Lattin. 

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Davie's Nests and Eggs 



North American birds 



Re-Written a n d Greatly Enlarged, with an. 



Introduction by J. Parker Norris, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc., by 



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



and W. Otto Emerson. 



Important: 



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 of 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. TJ. Code and 

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

 as used In former editions, are placed to the 

 right of 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 

 field. 



The work consists of 475 pages and 12 full page 

 illustrations. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth $1.75. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



