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The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 3. ALBION, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1911. Whole No. 284 



BRIEF SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Wanted, Exchange, For Sale, Etc. inserted in this department at 25 cents for each 25 

 words for one issue ; each additional word 1 cent. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. 



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 1910. Other expirations can be computed by 

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 columns mention "The Oologist," 

 and thereby help us, as well as the ad- 

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BIRDS 



WANTED.-A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster, Mass. 



WANTED.-A few good skins of the Dakota 

 Song Sparrow, (Melospiza melodia juddi) 

 THAYER MUSEUM. Lancaster, Mass. 



WANTED.— First class skins of Murrelets, 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails, 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 

 Heermann's Gulls and Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREY 

 I. OSBURN, Pasadena, Calif. 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH PARTRIDGES AND PHEAS- 

 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- M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry & Game Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. 



To dispose of small collection of first class 

 singles. Cheap: for list. Address JOHN B. 

 LITSEY, Jr., 1722 Alston Ave., Ft. Worth, 

 Texas. (1) 



WANTED.— Collectors to send exchange 

 list and receive mine. Many common sets 

 wanted. C. VV. GOTHKE. North Milwaukee, 

 Wis. (1) 



EGGS 



In sending in your exchange notices for nests, 

 skins and eggs,M/e would appreciate It if you would 

 arrange the numerals in your exchange notice 

 in t^eir numerical order, and not tumble them 

 together hit and miss, as some of our readers are 

 complaining, and we think justly so. 



FOR EXCHANGE -First class Eggs in 

 sets. C. S. RUTHERFORD, Revere, ^fo. 



WANTED. -Good eggs, Indian relics, and 

 Catocala. I have California butterflies, sea 

 curiosities and stamps. R. E. DODGE, 552 

 Bay street, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



FOR EXCHANGE. -Nests of the following 

 for eggs 3.st<, 444, 456, 477, 498, 506, 507, 560, 587, 

 595, 598, 619, 624, 681d. 683, 704. 705, 755, 756. 761 

 and 766. Taylor's Cat. rates. EDWARD S. 

 COOMBS, 243 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. (1) 



Government reports. 7 North American 

 Fauna: 35 Recreations: other books. 4 x d 

 Ray Camera: 75 species first class sets. Birds 

 Eggs, for eggs of like quality. C. B. VAN- 

 DERCOOK, Odin, 111. d^ 



WANTED.— No. 1 skins of Western •'^lue 

 Grosbeak and Bohemian Waxwing. Bot^ 

 males in full plumage for cash. PHILLIP 

 WOOD, Straw berry Point. la. \X) 



NOTICE.— Gallinaceous Birds of all species 

 wanted. Offer Western species in well made 

 skins. PINGREEI. OSBURN, 189 E. '^"' — 

 rado St., Pasadena. Cal. 



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