THE OOLOGIST. 



VERY RARE old relics for cash or ex- 

 change. Specimens of great rarity, excellent 

 workmanship, beautiful, interesting and 

 unique. All older than the Christian 

 religion. Guaranteed genuine. Full data 

 given. Egyptian— Seals, cylinders, scarabs, 

 beads, rings, ushebties, gods, amulets, flint 

 arrow and knives, 3,400 to 8,000 years old. 

 Babylonian— Seals and cylinders 4.500 years 

 old. Greek bronze arrow points, intaglios, 

 rings. 2200 years old. Roman— Lamps, 2.200 

 years old. Photographs of any of the above 

 mailed for 10c each. To introduce my list, 

 I will send prepaid one small enameled 

 Egyptian bead of the period 6000 B. C. for 10c, 

 or one Egyptian flint arrow point of the 

 period 6,000 B. C. for 50c, or one Greek bronze 

 arrow point groved for poison, period of 350 

 B. C. for 60c. T.. V. CASE, Tarrytown, N. Y, 



Bird Skins and eggs, especially northern 

 and southern species wanted. I desire skins 

 of waders, raptores, ducks, gallinea, and im- 

 colae suitable for mounting. I offer good 

 list of western species including Lower Cali- 

 fornia series. Send lists. All answered. P. 

 L OSBURN, 189 E. Colorado St., Pasadena, 

 Calif. 



TO ALL INTERESTED. 

 REMEMBER. 



I furnish collections covering one or several 

 Dranches of Natural History for study or 

 museum purposes at Special reduced rates. 

 Don't fail to write me. I will quote you on 

 your line of wants or I will furnish a general 

 assortment that will fit your purse and be 

 sure to please. 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 

 Box 173 Rochester, N. Y. 



Perfection Bird Houses 



FOR THE 



PURPLE 

 MARTIN 



Wc Build Them. 



Tweaty-five 

 years' experience 

 in the study of 

 these fine birds, 

 and success in 

 their colonization 

 has taugfit us the 

 exact require- 

 ments of the 



House Martins, and enables us to construct 



ideal boxes for their use. 



Illustrated booklet, 10c. j.3t 



Jacobs Bird House Co. 



WAYNESBURG, PA. 

 J. WARREN JACOBS, Manager 



EGGS AND SKINS. 



Choice sets, European, Indian, Australian, 

 etc. Finest quality, lowest prices. Lists, 

 2 cents. S. 6. t. 



JEFFERY'S NATURALIST, 



Tetbury, Glos., England. 



BOOKS FOR THE NATURALIST. 



North American Land Birds, Baird, Brewer 

 and Ridgway. New edition, 3 vols., pub. 

 price, $10.00 My special price with Oologist, 

 one year, both prepaid $8.50 



Color Key to North American Birds, Chap- 

 man. Pub. price, $2.50, my special price with 

 Oologist one year, both prepaid $2.60 



North American Birds Eggs, Reed, pub. 

 price, $2.50, special with Oologist one year, 

 both prepaid $2.60 



Taxidermists Manual, Reed (new) prepaid 

 $1.75, special with Oologist, one year, both 

 prepaid $1.90 



Guide to Wild Flowers, Reed, leather, 75c.' 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid $1.00 



Birds of Maine, Knight (new) $3.50. Good 

 for New England and Middle States. Ontario 

 and E. Canada. Special with Oologist one 

 year, both prepaid $3.60 



Familiar Fish, McCarthy, pub. price $1.50, 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid $1.70 



Art of Taxidermy,Rowley, pub. price, $2.00, 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid $2.10 



Handbook of Birds of E. North America, 

 Chapman, $3.00, special with Oologist one 

 year, both prepaid $3.16 



Nests and Eggs of N. American Birds, 

 Davie, last edition, $2.00, special with Oologist 

 one year, both prepaid $2.10 



Butterflies and Moths, Holland, two vols, 

 in colors, pub. price, $7.00, special with 

 Oologist one year, both prepaid $7.20 



Trees and Their Leaves, Mathews (new) 

 illus., pub. price $1.93, special with Oologist 

 one year, both prepaid $2.11 



The Mammals, IngersoU, illus., pub, price, 

 $2.20, special with Oologist one year, both 

 prepaid $2.45 



Reptiles, Ditmars, illus., pub. price $4.00 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid $4.15 



Shells, Rogers, illus., pub. price, $4.00, 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid .$4.15 



■'Penikese" Personal Memoirs of the 

 Azassiz Natural History Camp. Paper, 25c., 

 special with Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid 50c 



Standard Catalogue of N. American Birds 

 and Eggs, Lattin and Short, paper, 25c., 

 special with the Oologist one year, both pre- 

 paid 50c 



Birds of W. New York, Short, 2d edition, 

 paper, 25c., special with Oologist one year, 

 both prepaid 50c 



ERNEST H. SHORT 



Box I 73 Rochester, N. Y. 



