The Oologist. 



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Vol. XXVI. No. 11. ALBION, N. Y., NOV. 15, 1909. 



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THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stock 

 purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes, storks, ornanaental geese and ducks, 

 foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ & MACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry ct Game Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. 



FOR SALE:— A collection of Mexican bird- 

 skins, containing several hundreds of spe- 

 cies; perfect skins with careful data. This 

 collection includes a variety of Raptores and 

 Gamebirds. Will dispose of same, individ- 

 ually, or as a whole No exchange. AUS- 

 TIN PAUL SMITH. Box 111, Brownsville, 

 Texas. 



WANTED.— Perfect skins of Suowy Heron, 

 Long-billed Curlew, Avocet, B. B. Plover, 

 Bartemian Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Red- 

 tailed Hawk and others. Offer good ex- 

 change. Send list and receive mine. E. R. 

 ADAMS, Taxidermist, Box 196. Canton, 

 Mass. 



WANTED-First class labeled skins of N. 

 A. small land birds, for Al skins oi birds 

 from N, E. Illinois and California- I can 

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



H. K. COALE, 

 136 Washington street, Chicago. 



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. & O. Vol. viii. F. B. Mc- 

 KECHNIE, Ponkapog, Mass. 



WANTED.— I wish to get A-1 skins of Bob 

 White, California Quail, Sora Rail and others 

 for mounting. .J. F. HANSMAN, 4736 St. 

 Lawrence Ave., Chicago, 111. 



WANTED.- Skins of all the quails, par- 

 tridges, grouse and pheasants of Mexico, 

 Central and South America, Europe, Asia, 

 Africa and Australia (all over the world), 

 cash or exchange. Write what you have and 

 what you want. J. F. FRAZIER, Audubon, 

 Iowa. 



WANTED.— First class skins of Murrelets, 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails, Shore Birds, 

 Grouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly .Snowy 

 and Great Gray, and certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern California 

 species, also fine sets of personally taken 

 Heermann's Gulls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY 

 I. OSBURN, Pasadena, Calif. 



Thirty European birds' skins, good quality 

 and capable of being mounted. Perhaps of 

 twenty species; such as European Dipper. 

 Hoopoe, Wryneck, Kingfisher, etc. $10 for 

 the Tot. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box HI, 

 Brownsville, Te xas. 



WANTED.— skins of birds not common in 

 this locality to mount on halves. Write 

 flrs-t. ARTHUR HINKLE, Newark, Wayne 

 County. N. Y. 



WANTED.-Skins of Masked Bob-white. 

 Eskimo Curlew, San Pedro, Partridge, 

 Spotted Owl. Flammulated Screech Owl, 

 Pribilof Sand Piper, Bristle-thighed Curlew, 

 and any other rare skins. J. F. FRAZIER, 

 Audubon. Iowa. 



WANTED.— First class skins, espeoially; of , •^T*'*^-^ 

 east of Mississippi material. Send lists. '\lf1 WStlt/i*' 

 H. SWALES, Grosse Isle, Michigan. ^^^0/ 





