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THE OOLOGIST. 



Taxidermy Made Easy. 



Have you our Process of Taxi- 

 dermy? If you have not you will be 

 surprised to know that there's money 

 to be made preservint? specimens for 

 the market for the School, Parlor, Of- 

 fice, etc. Any boy, girl or Sportsman 

 may mount his own specimens at first 

 attempt as well as decorate the town 

 around, as the cost is next to nothing. 

 You may make money at this work no 

 matter where you are, On receipt of 

 $1.00 I will send one pound of our Pre- 

 servative, ready for use and complete 

 Instructions how to mount Birds, Ani- 

 mals, Heads how to dress skins with 

 hair on for Rugs, Robes and Hangings, 

 etc. You will succeed in this work, 

 and as the cost is nearly nothing, you 

 should take advantage of it as it is 

 away ahead of old way. No experience 

 needed, requires no tools whatever. 15 

 is sufficient to mount a bird size of 

 Blue Jay. 



CHAS. SICKLES, 



418 Eleanor St., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Have you tried my 

 process of Rapid 

 Taxidermy? 



If not you will be gratified by a big surprise. 

 'There is money to be made by the preservation 

 of specimens for the market or the school, par- 

 lor, office and den. Any boy, girl or sportsman 

 may learn this method at the first attempt.and 

 decorate the trophies and birds of the neigh- 

 borhood. The cost is next to nothing, and 

 when several go in and work together, there is 

 no cost. You may make money in any town 

 ■or the country. 



On receipt of $i.oo cash or stamps I vrtll 

 send the complete printed instructions to 

 ".mount Birds, Mammals, Heads, etc, and one 

 pound of the Preservative, ready prepared for 

 the work ; together with complete directions 

 for dressing skins with the hair on, for rugs, 

 robes and hangings, and in addition I will 

 make the extra inducement of offering the for- 

 mula for making the Preservative Compound, 

 with the privilege of selling the same. 



The process will be exchanged for $3.00 worth 

 of stamps, or for other exchange. What have 

 you to oSer? Address 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



JAMES P. BABBITT, 



Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 



Taxidermists' Supplies, Bird 



Skins, Eggs & Publications. 



Fine Imported Glass Eyes a Speeialty. 



Illustrated Catalogue and large monthly bulle- 

 tin of bargains in Birds Skins and Eggs free upon 

 application. 



TAUNTON, MASS. 



THE COOPER 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



Has published three-fourths of the most inter- 

 esting descriptions of the nests and eggs or 

 rare species of the West, which have been 

 printed during the past six years, including 

 the Hermit Warbler, Western Evening Gros- 

 beak, White throated Swift, California Vulture, 

 etc., etc. 



It is now publishing 



"THE CONDOR" 



Formerly the BULLETIN of the 



COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



A crisp and breezy 16 to 24 page bi-monthly 

 bird journal, illustrated as required. The arti- 

 cles are all from field workers and have a ring 

 which enthuses the live ornithologist. The 

 only Bird Magazine devoted solely to the Or- 

 nithology of the Great West. 



Always out on time! 



You want it! 



Subscription $1 a year. Sample copy, 20c. 

 For sample, address C. BARLOW, Editor-in- 

 chief. Santa Clara, Cal. Subscriptions to DON- 

 ALD A. COHEN, Business Manager, Alameda, 

 Cal. 



Subscription may commence with No. 1 (Jan- 

 uary, 1899.). 



The Student's Shell Collection. 



This Collection contains Forty Small Shells 

 collected from all quarters of the Globe, all of 

 which are numbered to correspond with a cat- 

 alogue, which gives their proper, common and 

 scientific names, with the locality where found. 

 These shells when purchased individually and 

 properly labelled would cost from 2 to 25 cents 

 each. The following are the specimens found 

 in this collection: 



Scorched Murex. Thorny-nosed Murex, Fish 

 Basket. Gem Shell, Inflated Olive, Lettered 

 Olive, Rice, Dove, Thunder Storm, Pelican's 

 Foot, Ringed Cowry, Snake-head Co wry, Money 

 Cowry, Rye, Porcelain Rump, Boat, Worm, 

 Brown Snail, Yellow Pea, Beaded Tower, Tow- 

 er, Bloody Tooth, White Tooth, Zebra, Wheel. 

 Venetian Snail, Key-hole Limpet, Many-lined 

 Bulimulus, Hunchbacked Partula, Black- 

 mouthed Tree Snail. Banded Tree Snail, Little 

 Agate, Silk Worm, Pea Nut, Banded Melam- 

 pus, Indian Wampum, Angel Wing, Sun, Scal- 

 lop and Jingle- Price $1.00. 



If sent prepaid 6 cents must be added to pay 

 postage on same— otherwise it will go by ex- 

 press at purchaser's expenses. 



Special :— Until June 1st will send one of 

 the above collections prepaid for only 31 cts. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



PILLOW INHALER with 1^ bottles inhal- 

 ent. Good as new. Fine for catarrh, asthma, 

 throat trouble. Cost $6. $3 cash or best offer 

 of eggs or books. W. H. SHEAK, Peru Ind. 



WANTED— To exchange fine Mounted Birds, 

 Bird Skins and Eggs in sets and singles with 

 datas for first class Bird Skins not in my col- 

 lection. JESSE T. CRAVEN. Holley, N. Y. 



