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The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXVI. No. 12. ALBION, N. Y., DEC. 15, 1909. 



Whole No. 269 



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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 pheas;ints, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, 

 foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ & M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry ct Ci.ime 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, fir as a whole No exchange. AUS- 

 TIN PAUL SMITH. Box HI, 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 AI skins oi birds 

 from N, E. Illinois and California. I can 

 also use C. & S. Am. birds in exc lange.— 



H. K.COALE, 

 136 Washington street, Chic ago. 



FOR SALE or Exchange for Bird Skins. 

 Books by ('. 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, Bora 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 M':v;-.,iOts! 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails, Shore Birds, 

 Grouse, Hawks, Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and Great Gray, a'ld certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern Oaliforrr-; 

 species, also line seta of pers»jiial)y ta, 

 Heermann's Gulls and Blue-footed Boob 



;! lectors send lists, 

 asadeiia, Calif. 



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Thirty E« , .r'arj Vifrds' i!Tii;s. j^.ood quality 

 and capabl> ■ i '■ ,. '.'\■■.:^^ .■■j.. Perhaps of 

 twenty spe> ■■. , as European Dipper, 

 Hoopoe, Wr;._.k, Kingfisher, etc. $10 for 

 the lot. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box 141, 

 Brownsvill e, Texas. 



WANTED.— Skins of birds not common in 

 this locality to mount on halves. Write 

 fir.-t. ARTHUR HINKLE, Newark, Wayne 

 County. N. Y. 



WANTED.-Skins of Masked Bob-white, 

 Eskimo Curlew, San Pedro, Partridge, 

 Spotted Owl. Flaramulated Screech Owl, 

 Prihilof Sand Piper, Bristle- thighed Curlew, 

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

 Audubon, Iowa. 



WANTED.-First class skins, especially of 

 east of Mississippi material. Send lists. B. 

 H. SWAL ES. Grosse Isle. Michigan. 



FOR EXCHANGE-Bird skins, long list of 

 books. Want bird skins, mounted birds or 

 books on birds. ORIN GREENWOOD. 840 

 East Main St.. Manchester, Iowa. 



COSTA RICA SKINS.- Write me your 

 wants. Bird and Mammel skins collected 

 from this locality for cash. 

 RAVEN. Box 73, Limon. Cost 



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