The OoLOGiST. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



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Vol. XXV. No. 2. 



ALBION, N. Y., FEB., 1908. 



Whole No. 247 



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 Oologist. It denotes when your sub- 

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 209 your subscription expired Dec, 1904 

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Entered as second-class matter De- 

 ■cembed 21, 1903, at the post office, at 

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 gress of March 3, 1879. 



WANT.-Eggs in sets and good Indian 

 relics. I offer eggs, shells and showy mount- 

 edbutterflies. ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 173, 

 R.ochester, N. Y. ^^^^ 



SOUVENIR POSTALS. -Views of Seattle 

 and Pacific Coast country. 10 colored, 25c; 

 10 colored and black. 20c; 10 black, 15e. W. S. 

 ROOT, 6:j 2 ii Ave., N., Seattle, Wash. 



COLLECT TO ORDER.-Very fine ma- 

 terial in the bird and insect line from south- 

 ern Mexico. Particular attention paid to 

 data. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Cuernavaca, 

 Mexico. F- 2. t, 



PUGET SOUND, SEATTLE AND JAPAN 

 €URIOS.-Send 25 cents for sample lot. W. 

 S. ROOT. 632 32 Ave. N., SEATTLE, Wash. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Violin and outfit in 

 good candition cost $25, for Vols, of Bendires 

 Life Histories or Coue's Key fifth edition, or 

 other bird books of eqiial value. J. R. RAS- 

 MUSSON, 785 Sixth Avenue, Upper Troy, N' 

 Y^ 



WANTED.— Eggs of snakes, lizards and 

 turtles. State price. JOS. P. BALL, M. D., 

 Frankford. Phila.. Penn. 



Pure bred buff leghorn, cockerells, Haines 

 single comb strains, good birds, F. 0. B. 75c. 

 each. Extra Birds $1.00 each. Registered 

 cock, 2nd year. $1.50. ERNEST H. SHORT, 

 €hili, N. Y. 



FOR SALE-Auk and Nuttall Bulletin. 

 Complete up to and including 1907. Thirty 

 two Vols, in all. The entire set is bound in 

 half morocco excepting the last two Vols, of 

 the Auk. An extra fine set. Price one hun- 

 dred dollars for the set. PHILIP LAURENT, 

 31 East Mt. Airy Ave., Philadelphia, Penn. 



WANTED.-Birds' eggs from Cuba, Philip- 

 pines, Hawaii and Laysan Islands. Offer 

 cash or exchange. M. KUSCHEL. Guhrau. 

 Germany, Bz Breslau. 



X OR SALE. -Rattlesnake skins, fish and 

 animal skins. Rattle snake skin purses, 

 garters, belts, hat bands, etc. Mounted spec- 

 imens, birds and animals J. E. MAYBURY, 

 Prado, Calif. 



WANTED.-Oologist Vol III, No. 6; Vol. V, 

 No. 6. Will pay $1.00 cash each or $5.00 in fine 

 sets for both. All answered. H.J. KAFAHL. 

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EXCHANGE— Two folding canvass covered 

 campers cots, good as new. Want old bird 

 boods or magazes. BENJAMIN HOAG, 

 Stephentown, N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE.-Finelist of sets and. 

 singles including 31a, 52, 114.1, 147, 172. 177, 348 

 375d, 394b, 411, 419, 468, 570, 63s and many others. 

 Also three revolvers and Marlin rifle. I want 

 Eastman kodak and tank developer, Smith 

 & Wesson or Colts revolver or automatic 

 pistol, and books on ornithology and natural 

 history, especially Hornadays American 

 Natural History. No postals answered. E. 

 R. WEST. 226 East 4th St.. New Albany. Ind. 



STAMP ALBUMS. -International, 2 vols- 

 full leather. Gilt edges. Will exchange for 

 old bird books or magazines or eggs in sets. 

 A bargain for some one. BENJAMIN HOAG, 

 Stepheniown, New Yoik. 



WANTEID. — "Birds Ontario," Newton's 

 Dictionery, Kva's Birds Vol. 9, Cambridge 

 Natural History. Slate condition and lowest 

 cash price. BENJAMIN HOAG, Stephen- 

 town, N. Y. 



FOR SALE. -Land Birds of N. A„ Baird. 

 Brewer and Ridgeway, 3 vols. 1905 edition, 

 new, price, $7.50. listed $10.00. CHAS. M. 

 METZ, Claremont, Calif. 



