

The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



MAY 17 1912 ' 







Vol. XXIX. No. 5. ALBION, N. Y., May. 15, 1912. Whole No. 298 



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 Birds for sale. These columns are for the use of those desiring to make bona fide exchanges 

 of such specimens for scientific collecting purposes only.— EDITOR. 



BIRDS 



WANTED. -Live American Wild Swan. 

 One male Trumpeter and one male Whistling. 

 R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



WANTED.- First class skins of 7li2, 71."). 

 739, T.iT, 715, 682, 669, 666, 664, 651, and many 

 others. Collectors kindly send lists. Also 

 for my list of duplicates. C. W. CHAMBER- 

 LAIN,:*; Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. (*2) 



WANTED.— First class skins of Murrelets- 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Hails, Shore Birds. 

 Grouse, Hawks. Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and Great Gray, and certain small land birds. 

 Offer representative Southern California 

 species, also fine sets of personally taken 

 Heerniann's (mils and Blue-footed Loobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGKEY 

 I. OSBURN, Pasadena, Calif. 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH PARTRIDGES AND i'HEAS- 

 ANTS, capercailzies, black game, wild 

 turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stock 

 purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, swans, 

 cranes storks, ornamental geese and ducks 

 foxes,, squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of 

 birds and animals. WENZ A- MACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry A- Game Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. 



WANTED.— A Iman who loves birds and 

 mammals, out door life, etc. to join me in 

 creating the largest game farm on the Fast 

 Coast. Have already, land, some stock 

 equipment, experience. H. II. BAILEY, 

 Newport News. Va. (1) 



FOR EXCIIANGF:-.Many kinds of bird 

 skins and eggs, also four young Great Horned 

 Owls and two young l!ed Foxes. DR. W. S. 

 STRODE, Lewi Bt own, Ills. (*1) 



RIDGE WAY'S MANUAL FOR SALE.- 

 Pub. 1887, Goodasuew. Wanted, the fallow- 

 ing skins. Barrows Golden Eye, Cinnamon 

 Tear. Pacific Eider, Masked Duck. ALBERT 

 LA No, Excelsior, Minn. 1*1) 



T< ) EXCHANGE— Squirrel skins, fox, grey, 

 red. Also Weasel, Muakrat and bird skins. 

 Desire bird skins. Mounted birds and books 

 on bird i. o. M. GREENWOOD, Manchester, 

 Iowa. iUO E. Main St. (*1) 



WANTED.— Wild ducks, geese, quail, eggs. 

 fresh for setting, or live birds, ringtail, bob- 

 cats, squirrels, Coxes, eagles, bin snakes, alive 

 or moUntable skins. Indian relics, pistols, 

 shells, minerals, fossils, mounted specimens 

 of birds, mammals in meat. Offer line line 

 of curios, stamps, minerals, fossils, shells or 

 cash. DFAN'S NATURAL SCIENCE ES- 

 TABLISHMENT, Alliance. Ohio. (*1) 



