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Vol. XXVIir. No. 8. ALBION, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1911. Whole No. 288 



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BIRDS 

 WANTED. -A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutiia) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster, Mass. 



WANTED. -A few good skinsof the Dakota 

 Song Sparrow, (.Melospiza melodia juddi) 

 THAYER MUSEU.M, Lancaster. Mass. 



WANTED.— First class skins of .Murrelets. 

 Gulls, Shearwaters, Rails. Mhore 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 Blue-footed Boobies. 

 All reliable collectors send lists. PINGREV 

 I. OSBURN. Pasadena. Calif. 



THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN AND 

 ENGLISH FARTRllXiES AM) J'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 & .\l ACKENSEN, 

 Dept. H, Pheasantry & Giime Park, Yardley, 

 Pa. ..^^_____________ 



WANTED. -A N'o. 1 male snowy and West 

 Horned Owl skin. Western Fox. Black, eti . 

 Squirrel skin. EARL HA.MILTON, Yohog- 

 bany. Pa. O) 



WANTED,-A pair of skins of all North 

 American birds. Must be in fine plumage, 

 and first-class make up in every respect, 

 with full data. Collectors are invited lo 

 send list of species they have on hand or can 

 collect. CHILDS MUSEUM, Floral Park, 

 N. Y. C9:ll) 



FOR SALE.— First class mounted birds at 

 reasonable price. Am overstocked. Par- 

 ticularly on waterfowl. KARL W. KAN- 

 MANN, Taxidermist, 2457 Lincoln Ave., 

 Chicago. 111. (6-11) 



EGGS 



In sending in your exchange notices for nesis. 

 skins and eggs.'ve would appreciate it ifyou would 

 arrange the numerals in your exchange notice 

 in t^"eir numerical oroer, and not tumble them 

 together hit and miss, as some of our readers are 

 complaining, and we think justly so. 



FOR KXCHANGK.-A fewfine sets of the 

 rare White-faced Petrel for well prepared 

 sets. KDW. .1. COURT, 172S Newton St., 

 N. \V.. Washington, I). C. (1) 



FOR EXCHANCiE.— Eggs in sets with fine 

 data, for sets of eastern landand water birds. 

 Can use many common kinds. Send list. 

 ALEX WALKER. Armour, S. D. (1) 



I have for e.\change first class sets of eggs 

 as follows: 202, ;320a. .335, 864. 540, 624, 637, 639. 

 654, 659, 674. 677, (iSl. 725. R. P. SHARPLES, 

 West Chester. Pa. (1) 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Fine sets of Least 

 Tern, Black Skimmer. Louisiana Heron, 

 Wayne's Clapiier Rail, Florida Burrowing 

 Owl. and others. For parliculars address 

 W. \y. WORTHINGTON, Shelter Island 

 Heights, New York. 



FOR EXCHANGE. - Eggs in fine sets, 

 beautiful minerals, butterflies and moths in 

 dust and insect proof cases, and other natural 

 history specimens. Want all the above. 

 Send lists and receive mine. LEWIS C. 

 SNYDER, Lacona, New York. 



