The OoLOGiST. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXX. No. 5. ALBION, N. Y., May 15, 1913. 



Whole No. 310 



BRIEF SPECIAL AXNOUNCEMEXTS 



W^anted. Exchange, For Sale, Etc., Inserted in this department at 25 cents 

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^\'e will not advertise tlie skins, n 

 Nortli American Birds for sale. These 

 to make bona flde exchanges of such 

 • ses only. — EDITOR. 



BIRDS 



WANTED-Live American Wild Trumpet- 

 er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



BIRD SKINS .—Exchange generally. 

 FRANK S. WRIGHT,14Cayuga St., Auburn, 

 y. Y. (2-p) 



WANTED.— TO exchange skins, also bird 

 photographing camera for cash. UORNEL- 

 lUS BUS, Detroit, Mich. (1-p) 



WANT TO BUY— Live wiM ducks, geese, 

 swan, cranes, stork. Pelican, eagles, Guinea 

 pigs, and all wild animals. IRL E. BEN- 

 NETT. "Naturalist," Cambridge. Ohio. (1-p) 



TO kXCHANGE.— A large collection of 

 birds' skins as a whole only for a large col- 

 lection of stamps. No trash wanted. F. T. 

 OORLESS, 80 Killingsworth Ave., Portland, 

 Ore. (2-p) 



I desire to exchange bird skins and bird 

 eggs with all collectors; send full list of skins 

 and eggs. D. V. HE M BREE. Roswell. Ga. 

 (1-p) 



EXCHANGE. -Can offer good exchange in 

 skins and eggs to anyone who will mount 

 some dried skins for me, such sets as; Man- 

 ■dt's Giullemot, Whistling Swan, Canada 

 Geese, Old Squaw, etc. ARTHUR W^ 

 J»ROCKWAY, Hadlyme, Conn. (1-p) 



ests eggs, or mounted specimens oF 

 columns are for the use of those desiring 

 specimens for scientific collecting purpo- 



First class s kins Illinois, California and 

 Costa Rica to exchange for birds from South- 

 ern or Western States, or from other coun- 

 tries. H. K. COALE, Highland Park, 111. (1) 



WANTED.— First class skins of Passenger 

 Pigeons, male and female, for which I will 

 give in exchange first class skins of Heath 

 Hens. FRED H. KENNARD, 220 Devonshire 

 St., Boston. Mass. 'D 



FOR EXCHANGE.-I have left one pair 

 Passenger Pigeons, (Ectopistes Migratorms) 

 nicely mounted and good condition. Will 

 take part cash and part in rare sets or bir-^s. 

 PHILO SMITH, 1824 Byers Ave.. Joplin, Mo. 



(1-p) 



WANTED.— Extra fine skins for mounting, 

 two Am. Avocets, male, ads., two Am. Wood- 

 cocks, male, ads., two Black-necked Stilts, 

 male, ads., and two Boxwhites, male, ads. 

 Offer A 1 Skins or mounted birds. FRANK- 

 LIN J. SMIT H, Box 98, Eureka, Cal. (1-p) 



WANTED. Scientific skins of A. O. U. 20, 

 242 289a, 320, 320a, 327, 360, 357, 372a 373a, 373b, 

 373c, 373d, 373e. 373f. 373g, 373h, 373,1, 373.2, 374. 

 374a, 377, 378a, 379. 379.1, 380 381. Will exchange, 

 for them A. O. U. 34, 380. The Owls must all 

 be the small Cienra of the Varieties. H. W. 

 AITKEN. 1521 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



(1-p) 



