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EXCHANGES AND WANTS, Continued. 



WANTED parties to collect Birds in the meat 

 or lst-class skins. Please write stating which 

 you can collect, for which I will give lst-class 

 skins and eggs in sets and singles ; also shot 

 gun (double-barrel, B. L.) and Safety Bicycle 

 wanted. A. W. NOLTE, W. 16th St.; Los An- 

 geles, Cal. 



WANTED.— Back volumes of "Ornithologist 

 & Oologist" of Boston, and "Auk" of New 

 York. Kindly send full particulars, and 

 whether you will exchange for first-class sets of 

 Birds' eggs. Also wanted to exchange first- 

 class sets of eggs with parties of other sections. 

 Send lists. Address, WALTER F. WEBB, 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE.^-A collection of shells, (val- 

 ue over twenty-five dollars) and natural history 

 papers, for books on natural history and first- 

 class original sets with data, of Warblers, 

 Vireos, Hummers and Woodpeckers. Send your 

 lists to ED. RAUBE, Giddings, Tex. 



FOR EVERY $5.00 worth of Eggs sent me 

 with datas, singles or sets, none listed less than 

 10c, I will mail a receipt for making Arsenical 

 Soap for preserving Bird Skins used in the 

 Scientific School of Taxidermy in Paris, France, 

 nothing better. GEO. W. MORSE, 311 East 

 Coates St., Moberly, Mo. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— 100 best Limerick Fish 

 Hooks, assorted sizes, for every 40 cents worth 

 of birds' eggs sent us. 6 good Lines, assorted 

 sizes, for 20 cents worth of eggs. All eggs to be 

 first-class and valued at not less than 5 cents 

 each. Don't miss this chance to get your spring 

 supply of hooks and lines. UNION TACKLE 

 CO., Middlefield, O. 



DURING the past season I mounted several 

 birds, which remain uncalled for ; these I will 

 exchange for eggs single or sets, rare or com- 

 mon ; among them are Western Great Homed 

 Owl, Flicker. Northern Shrike, Long-crested 

 Jay, Song and Tree Sparrows, Blackpoll. Oven- 

 bird, Cedar Waxwing, Am. Robins and Blue 

 Jay. Parties wishing any of above will please 

 send list of eggs they have to exchange. JAS. 

 P. BABBITT, 10 Hodges Ave., Taunton, Mass. 



BREECH-LOADING shot-gun with tools. 

 Tenney's Manual of Birds with five hundred en : 

 gravings, Manton's Complete Manual on hunt- 

 ing and preparing and preserving birds, eggs, 

 nests. etc.,32-cal. revolver, 52 in. Volunteer, A.I. 

 condition, with cyclometer, bell, luggage-car- 

 rier, whistle, tools, etc.. for sale or in exchange 

 for first-class eggs. Have also first-class eggs 

 to exchange. It will pay to write for terms. 

 All answered. JAS. P. ROBBINS, So. Nor- 

 ridgewock, Maine. 



WANTED.— A good pair of cUYr.bers: -for- 

 which in return I will pay cash or trade." Al'. 1 

 letters answered. SIGMUND H. HILL,- Box : 

 25, New Milford, Conn. 



COLLECTORS !— I have a large lot of -Mmer 

 als, Fossils, Eggs and Curios, to exchange foi 

 Books and Magazines. All answered. T.' S.'- 

 HILL, Knoxville, Iowa. 



WANTED.— First-class sets of Gt. Horned 

 Owl, Screech Owl, Bobolink, Am. Bittern, 

 Osprey, rare Warblers with nests, Cedar Wax : 

 wing.Black Tern.Gt. Crested Flycatcher. Whip- 

 poor-will. Nighthawk. Hairy and Downy Wood- 

 peckers, Barred Owl. Caracara Eagle. Swallow- 

 tail Kite. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Golden Eagle, 

 Gt. Blue Heron, Wood Ibis. Killdeer. Spotted 

 Sandpiper, Am. Oyster-oatcher, Whooping 

 Crane, Leaches Petrel and others. I can offer 

 rare species from Iceland, Alaska and North- 

 west Canada, including Snow and Lapland 

 Buntings, Raven, Martin, Golden Plover, Red 

 Phalarope, Swans Ducks and Geese. Little 

 Brown Crane, Bonaparte's Gull, Am. Loon, 

 Yellow-Billed Loon, Pacific Loon, Cassins, 

 Crested and Great Auk and others. W. 

 RAINE, Hayden St., Toronto, Canada. 



I HAVE one Manton's Taxidermy without a 

 Teacher, and one of Lattin's Taxidermist out- 

 fits, which I will exchange for 2 doz. Bass file^ 

 C. C. RENSHAW, Boyce, Clarke Co., Va. 



WANTED.— A good double barreled shot 

 gun, breech loading. 10 or 12 bore, have to ex- 

 change for same Venezuelan stamps in any 

 quantity, South American and West Indiana 

 stamps, also coins and a few birds' eggs from 

 South America and the West Indies. CHES- 

 TER JOHNSON, 1325 Third Ave., S., Fargo r N. . 

 Dakota. 



TO EXCHANGE.— $38.00 worth of lst-class 

 sets, taxidermist's outfit, value $4.00, oologist "s- 

 outfit. value $3.40 and Horseman's No. 2 Eclipse- 

 Camera, for a 30-inch Saftv Bicycle. H. A. _ 

 HESS, Edinburg, Ind. 



COLLECTORS !— For every first-class set oi 

 Eggs, any kind, with data, sent me, I will seno ;i 

 complete directions, how to mount and enibaLnx- 

 Birds, without skinning, very easy to learn 

 For best offer of first-class sets, with data, I 

 will exchange one first-class single each oJ 

 Short-eared Owl and Am. Osprey. What 

 offers? Address all letters and packages t< 

 THOS. A. SMITHWICK, Walke. Bertie Co^ N . 

 C. 



TO EXCHANGE.— 4 x 5 Camera. 3 fold tri- 

 pod, 2 double holders, all of polished mahog- 

 eney, 3 rubber trays, printing frames, quantirjc 

 plates, chemicals and everything to prodnet 

 finished photographs ; for egg cabinet. Speci- 

 men photograph sent. HARRY SARGENT 

 399 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. 



IN THE UPPER Countys of So-.Ca. are fomio : 

 in the old fields and new ground, varieties 

 Sea Shells, in perfect condition and of marry 

 kinds. Some very pretty but are small— norae • 

 over an inch and one-half in diameter. I fiaire 

 just received a large consignment of the above, . 

 and will exchange for best offers. S. A. TAFT 

 Aiken, So. Ca. 



WANTED.— Any of the following Oia Vio- 

 lins: Antonio Stradivarius, Nicolo Amata 

 Giusseppe Guarnerius, Carlo Bergonzi. PaoJc 

 Maggini, Antonio Ruggeri, Jacob Stainer;. Mat- 

 hias Klotz, J. B. Vuillaume. George GemtrndVr 

 will exchange a 22 cal. J. M.. Marlin sportia^ 

 rifle in good condition. Birds' Eggs or- easi 

 Those having any of the above "Old VioEii.- 

 must give a full description of same, P. P" . 

 NORRIS, North Topeka, Kan. 



WANTED.— Copies of the following hooks-: 

 "Ismailia," by Sir Samuel Baker; "Darwin"? 

 Voyage of the 'Beagle;'" "Du Chaillieu's Ash- 

 ango Land;" "A Naturalist's Wanderings in 

 the Eastern Archipelago," by Henry O. Forbes. 

 "Central Africa," by Col.'C. Chairer Lan^-; 

 "The Heart of Africa," by Dr. Georg Scliwin* 1 - 

 jurete; "Journal of the Discovery of the Sonr.v 

 of the Nile," by Capt. Speke; "The Malay Arefe- 

 ipelago," by Alfred Russel Wallace: Can -give ■ 

 in exchange for any above books Birds' E^-sr -■ 

 Stuffed Birds, War Relics ; 1 Cornet, with case : : 

 1 Spencer 7-shot Repeating Rifle ; 1 4 x 5 Pho r« ■ 

 Camera and many other things. THAD SUK- 

 BER, White Sulphur Springs, West Va> . 



