THE oOLOGIST 



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I have purchased l.OCO,0O0 unused Cuba 

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Arctic Horned Owl J3 5<! to 5 GO 



Hawk Owl 17.5 



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Richardson's Grouse 5 00 



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White-tailed Ptarmigan :.- 2 50 



Greenland Eider 3 00 



American Scoters 2 fO 



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Goshawk (matiire) 2 00 



We sell nothing but the very best. 



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 Illustrated Price List. 



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