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Vol. XXVIII. No. 4. ALBION, N. Y., Apr. 15, 1911. Whole No. 285 



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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 tine sets of personally taken 

 Heermann's Gulls and BUie-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGRE Y 

 I. OSBURN, Pasadena. CaliL 



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 ct M ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H. Pheasantry & Game Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. 



oUOO foreign stamps loose to exchange for 

 good skins of small birds with full data, or 

 for sets. Send list. H. K. COALE, Highland, 

 Park, 111. (1) 



FOR SALE.— First class mounted birds at 

 reasonable price. Am overstocked. Par- 

 ticularly on waterfowl. KARL \V. KAN- 

 MANN, Taxidermist, 2457 Lincoln Ave.. 

 Chicago, 111. (6-11) 



EGGS 



In sending in your exchange notices for nests, 

 skins and eggs, we 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. 



EXCHANGE.— A few first class sets of 

 Screech Owl for what you have. RAY 

 WOLFE, Oberlin, Kansas. (1) 



WANTED. -Nests of birds. Particularly 

 Hawks: sets of Sharp-tail Sparrow. Can 

 offer cash or sets. J. P. BALL, M. D., Frank- 

 ford, Philadelphia, Pa. (1) 



EGGS IN SETS.— I want eggs in sets and 

 am in the market for from one set to entire 

 collections. Cash. R. L. MORE, V'ernon, 

 Texas. (5-11) 



WANTED.— Sets of 77, 263. 273, 387, 388. 390, 

 391c, 412, 498. 501, 611, 619. 622, 622a, 622e, 703, 761, 

 and miny others equally common. DK. T. 

 W. RICHARDS, 1911 N. St., N. W., VVashing- 

 ton. D. C. (1) 



Anyone desiring a drawer series of 194 and 

 202 for connnon species, write, also ofler 372 

 l-4foreither l-4of 242or246. U'M. B. CRIS- 

 PIX, Salem, X.J. (D 



WATER BIRDS' EGGS.— I have over 100 

 species of WATER BIRDS eggs to spare out 

 of my collection: also many choice sets of 

 LAND BIRDS. Lists furnished. THOM.\S 

 H. JACKSON, 304 N. Franklin St^, West 

 Chester, Pa. "' (D 



