THE OOLOGIST 



Hotels and Summer Boarding Houses. 



The West Shore Railroad list of Hotels 

 and Summer Boarding Houses for the 

 season of 1897 is in course of prepara- 

 tion. This list will embrace all the ho- 

 tels and summer boarding houses on the 

 lines of the West Shore, Wallkill Val- 

 ley, Ulster & Delaware, Stony Clove & 

 Catskill Mountain, Kaaterskill, Catskill 

 Mountain & Cairo andDelaware& Hud- 

 son Railroads. 



In oi'der that the list may be made as 

 complete as possible, and that correct 

 information may be given to those seek- 

 ing summer homes; hotels, summer 

 boarding and farm houses desiring sum- 

 mer boarders are requested to address 

 C. E Lambert, General Passenger Agt., 

 West Shore Railroad, 5 Vanderbilt 

 Avenue, New York, for blank form on 

 which to give the desired information. 

 No charge is made for representation 

 in this list. 



g The West Shore's book for 1897, en- 

 titled "Summer Homes and Tours," 

 will be the. handsomest ever issued. 

 The size of the book has been increased 

 and elegant new half-tone cuts are now 

 being engi'aved. It will be entirely re- 

 newed throughout. 



Rapid Taxidermy 



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Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. 

 No tools required. No extra expense. 



After many years of unvarying success, and a 

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 testimonials attesting to the merits of my Sim- 

 plified Method of Taxidermy, from boys, girls, 

 parents, doctors, ministers, lawyers, school 

 teachers, merchants, farmers, mechanics, hun- 

 ters, outers and sportsmen, as well as from 

 curators of leading university museums, and 

 professional taxidermists; I feel that I can 

 safely make this offer. Send me 



IS CBNTS 



Cash or Stamps and receive complete instruct- 

 ions for mounting birds in cases, plaques, hang- 

 ing game, deer heads, etc. etc., with package 

 of prepared compound ready for use, enough to 

 mount .50 small birds, or 20 large ones ; together 

 with full directions for dressing skins with the 

 hair on for rugs, robes and hangings. 



If you are not fully satisfied, your money 

 ■will be cheerfully refunded. 



Beware of imitations. Mention The Oolo- 

 GiST and address 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., 



KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



Ripans Tabules: at druggists. 

 Ripans Tabules assist digestion. 



Ornithology. 



In all parts of America no other pub- 

 lication devoted to oology and ornith- 

 ology has credit for so large a circulation 

 as is accorded to the Oologist, publish- 

 ed mothly at Albion, N. Y., and the 

 publishers of the "American Newspaper 

 Directory" will guarantee the accuracy 

 of the circulation rating accorded to 

 this paper bv a reward of one hundred 

 dollars, payable to the first person who 

 successfully assails it, — From Printers'' 

 Ink, issue of May 6th, 1896. 



Many Subscriptions to 



THE OOLOGIST 



have expired, or will expire with this 

 issue. In the future the Publisher re- 

 quires CASH IN ADVANCE. Hence, 

 if you are one of the delinquent sub- 

 scriber.s, your subscription should be 

 forwarded by return mail, i^' you wish 

 the Oologist continued to your address. 

 March issue will go to press prompt- 

 ly on March 1, and be mailed during the 

 first week of that month — all Exchange, 

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 insertion in that issue. 



Come to Florida. 



A fortune can be made in a few years 

 in pineapples and tomatoes; vegetables 

 raised the whole year. An ideal home. 

 For particulars write R. P. Osier, 

 Avon Park, Fla. 29&Otf 



Quain's Anatomy. 



I want 10th edition campleteor any one or all 

 of the following parts, viz: 



Vol. 1, Part I. Embryology. 

 dVoI. 3. Part 3. Nerves and Sense Organs. 



Vol. 3, Part 3. Viscera. 



Will give good exchange or cash. 



■ FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



Minerals and Indian Relics. 



25 spec 25c 60 spec 50c 



5 spec, Ixlii in l.'ic 10 spec, ixl^^ in. a5c. 



15 spec, lxl>tf in 3,5c 6 spec, 2^\y- in 25c 



10 spec, 2x1 Va in 3.5c 13 arrowheads SOc 



Sent by mail prepaid. Labeled with name & 

 locality. List free. ISAAC S. KIRK, Fremont, 

 Chester Co. , Pa. 



.GREAT NOVELTY IN PIN CUSHIONS. 



[ade from the seed stalk of the Yucca Palm or Spanish 

 II Bayonet, whose beautiful white blossoms adorn the 

 Qyons and mountain sides of Gal. 1150 Yucca Cush- 

 : retailed by one hotel to its guests in less than 5 months. 

 The outside of the stalk is hard and the inside soft, and when nicely- 

 turned on a lathe they make a most beautiful white Pincushion. 

 Price 10 cents, silver. G. W. TUTTLE, Pasadena, Cal. 



