The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVII. NO. 5. 



ALBION, N.Y., MAY, 1900. 



Whole No. 166 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exchanges" "For Sales," Inserted In this flepartment 

 tor 25c per 2,5 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additional 

 ■word. No notice inserted for less than 25c. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted In payment at one-third list rates. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



No.166 your subscription expires with this issue 

 170 " " •■ " Sept. 1900 



173 " " " " Dec. " 



175 " " " " Feb., 1901 



180 " " " " July, '• 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wisti to rectify. 



WANTED:— Eggs in sets with nests of all 

 Warblers, Waders, Vireos and Thrushes. 

 Send list of what you have and cash or ex- 

 ch ange price. Send 10c for large illustrated 

 catalog. CHAS.K.REED, 75 Thomas St., Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



FOR EXCHANGE:— Indian Relies, birds' 

 eggs, minerals, old books, etc. for Mounted 

 Birds. Address, ASHLAND LIBRARY MUS- 

 EUM, Ashland, Ohio. 



FOR SALE.— All kinds of house plants and 

 bulbs. Will exchange for shells not in my col- 

 lection. Write Mrs. A. B. CRAWFORD, La- 

 porte, Ind. 



25 fine curiosities, 18c; 10 old coins, 25c; 100 

 sea shells, 20c ; 10 relics, 25c; 25 sea shells. 5 rare 

 old stamps, 1 relic, 3 curios and price list all 

 for 10c. WM. P. ARNOLD, Peacedale, R. I. 



TAXIDERMIST'S OUTFIT:— Contains one 

 heavy Cartilage Knife ; 1 nickeled and engrav- 

 ed Scalpel with tip shaped for detaching skin, 

 muscles, &c ; 1 pair Scissors; 1 pair Forceps; 

 1 Dissecting Hook;l Brain Spoon; 1 pocket 

 Wire Cutter. Instruments best, all packed in 

 polished Hard- wood Case. A hetier outfit than 

 the one always sold at $3. I have only four 

 outfits and will close them out at onlv $2.20 

 prepaid. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, ' N. Y. 



BARGAINS:— Two fine pairs of White 

 Fantails, $3.00 per pair; one pair Golden 

 Seabrlght Bantams, $2 00; one mounted Coop- 

 er's Hawk. $1.50; one Snowy Owl, $5.00; one 

 American Bull Dog Revolver, double action, 

 33cal.,rim fire, price $1.50. J AS. O. JOHN- ■ 

 SON, Southington, Conn. 



THE BITTERN, a new bi-monthly illustrat- 

 ed bird magazine, will be published on June 

 1st with Glen M. Hathorn as editor. Subscrip- 

 tion price is .50 cents per year. Sample copies 

 ten cents each. Write to the editor at 1600 E. 

 Ave., Cedar Rapids, la. for sample copy, in- 

 closing ten cents with request. 



EGGS.— Pacific Loon, $2.00; Red-throated 

 Loon, 75c; Yellow-breasted Sapsiicker, 50c; 3 

 American Bitterns, $1.50; Hairy Woodpecker, 

 50; total $5 25. All for $3. cash. Address, A. R. 

 WHITTEMORE, 133 Bloor St. E., Toronto, 

 Canada. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— 5x8 Scoville camera, 

 complete cost me $25, for best offer in sets, 

 shells or minerals ; also offer beautifully color- 

 ed butterflies mounted in Denton's tablets, 

 very fine, for any of above or Davie's Taxider- 

 my or Smith's List of Butterflies of North 

 America. Have tree shells of Cuba for sale. 

 WM. N. SOUTHER, Groton, Mass. 



TAXIDERMIST'S COLLECTING GUN. 

 Made to order. Cost me $12.50 and expressage 

 as a dealer. Can be readily taken apart in 

 center and carried "out of sight." Takes reg- 

 ulation 45-70 shell. Gun with complete outfit 

 (50 brass shells, 250 primers, 1000 wads, de and 

 re-capper.) K\\ prepaid oTiiY $10 50. FRANK, 

 H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR SALE.— Red-shouldered Hawk 1-3, 50c; 

 Common Tern 2-3, 14c; Roseate Tern 1-3, 20c; 

 Stormy Petrel 1-1, 7c; Gannet 2-1, 14c; Green 

 Heron 2-4, 24c; Little Blue Heron 1-4, 30c: 

 Louisiana Heron 1-4 30c ; Black-chinned Hum- 

 mingbird n-2, 75c; Anna's Hummingbird, n-2, 

 75c; Wood Thrush 4-4, 12; Spotted Sandpiper 

 1-4, 24. The above prices are per set. All pre- 

 paid at price. JAS. O. JOHNSON, Southing- 

 ton, Conn. 



WANTED.— Old China. Pewter, Brass and 

 Glassware, Indian and other relics, Furniture, 

 Tinder-boxes, Sun-dials, Pictures, Fire Arms, 

 Weapons. &c. Have for sale or exchange fine 

 old Violin case, foot power for lathe or saw 

 with four speed balance wheel, Indian Relics, 

 Petrified Moss and Wood specimens, Shells, 

 Curiosities, Relics and Souvenirs from histor- 

 ical places. Correspondence solicited. All 

 kinds of relics sold on commission. W. A. 

 HATCH, South Columbia, N. y. 



