The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



Published Monthly, by R. M. BARNES, Lacon, Illinois. 



Vol. XXVI. No. 6. ALBION, N. Y., JUNE 15, 1909. 



Whole No. 263 



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WANTED— A good second-hand egg cabi- 

 net. 8end description and price, together 

 with inside measurements of drawers, when 

 answering this ad, C. BERT NICHOLS 



. WANTED- A good Magic Lantern. Offer 

 in exchange, specimens or a tine camera. J. 

 O. SN'XDER. Box 775, Stanford University, 

 California. 



FOR rare Oologists specimens from Asia, 

 Africa, Australia, and South America, see 

 "The Bulletin." World wide circulation. 

 Advertisement rates 50 cts. per inch. Wants 

 and Exchange column, i cent a word. Sam- 

 ple copy 3 cent stamp only, "THE BULLE- 

 TIN," 4 Duke St., Adelphi, London, England 



I HAVE a lot of fine sets of Sea Birds 

 Eggs from Iceland and Lapland, to exchange 

 for other kinds. Send your list to WALTER 

 RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. 



FOR SALE-Fine sets of Sea Birds Eggs, 

 Aucks, Loons, Gulls and Plovers from Ice- 

 land, Lapland and Sweden. WALTER 

 RAINE, Kew Beach, Toronto, Canada. 



FOR SALE or Exchange for Bird Skins. 

 Books by C. B. Cory: Birds of Hayti and San 

 Domingo; Birds of Bahamas: Birds of East- 

 ern N. A., also O. ct O. Vol. viii. F. B. Mc- 

 KECHNIE, Ponkapog, Mass. 



WANTED. -First class skins of Bohemian 

 Waxwing; EveningGrosbeak; PineGrosbeak; 

 American and White-winged Cro sbill; any 

 Leucosticte: Richardson Owl: and certain 

 other boreal land and water species. Offer 

 in exchange representative Lower Rio 

 Grande species. . No eggs are offered and 

 none are desired. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, 

 Box 141, Brownsville, Texas. 



FOR SALE.— Deer heads for mounting 

 also extra scalps and antlers. Prices very 

 reasonable. Some choice game bird and 

 mammal skins and mounted specimens. 



GEO. F. GUELF, Taxidermist, Brockport, 

 N. Y. 



WANTED— To exchange birds, nests, and 

 eggs from this locality for those not in my 

 collection. Sea birds specially wanted. E. 

 P. WALKER, Sheridan, Indiana. 



WANTED.— To exchange collection of one 

 hundred mounted birds for bird skins new 

 to my list, or will sell cheap for cash. En- 

 close stamp for particulars. Can you use 

 land bird skins from Maine ? C. W. SHAW, 

 Buckfield, M aine. 



NESTS with and without sets wanted, also 

 reptile eggs, common variety particularly. 

 J. P. BALL, M. D., Frankford, Phila. 



WANTED-First class labeled skins of N. 

 A. small land birds, for Al skins of birds 

 from N, E. Illinois and California- I can 

 also use C. ct S. Am. birds in exchange.— 

 Have lot of stamps to exchange for eggs in 

 sets, or skins. H. K. CO ALE, 136 Washing- 

 ton street, Chicago. 



EXCHANGE.— I am needing two fine pairs 

 of fresh skins of No. 265 for mounting. Can 

 give in exchange such sets as 207, 293a. 295. 

 301, 370a, 459, 654a, 639, 730, 749, etc. THO M AS 

 H. JACKSON, 304 N. Franklin street. West 

 Chester, Penna. 



TO EXCHANGE — Sets with data, North 

 American and Foreign. Can use many com- 

 mon kinds of both. Dr. T. W. RICHARDS, 

 U. S. Navy, 1911 N. St., N. W., Washington, 

 D.C. 



