THE OOLOGIST. 
BIRDS--NESTS--EGGS 
TAXIDERMY 
Vou. XXVII. No. 3. 
ALBION, N. Y., MARCH 15, 1910. 
WHOLE No. 272 
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BIRDS 
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 & MACKENSEN, 
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BIRDS OF PREY: The skins of theforms 
of this order. that I can offer from time to 
time. cannot be excelled in point of quality, 
and data. AUSTIN PAUL SMITH, Box 141 
Brownsville, Texas. [1) 
WANTED.—A few good skins of the Aleu- 
tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 
Lancaster. Mass. 
WANTED.—To buy first class skins of the 
Hawks and Owls. or will give good exchange 
inhooke. Write 5S. V. WHARRAM, Geneva, 
io. 
QUALITY BIRD SKINS.—If you are in 
need of material from the Lower Rio Grande, 
sOuthward in Mexico; let me hear from you. 
My work is gauged by quality, not quantity 
of output; afact worthy of your serious con- 
sideration, when adding to your collection. 
Series representing the species from the egg 
to the adult can be arranged for. AUSTIN 
PAUL SMITH, Box 141, Brownsville, Texas. 
WANTED.—Male and female of Wood 
Duck, Great Horned Owl, Screech Owl, Spar- 
row Hawk. Flicker, Baltimore Oriole, Blue 
Jay and Scarlet Tanager. The first five with 
nests in section of hollow tree and the latter 
three with nests and eggs in section of original 
branches. For further particulars address 
J. FRIESSER, 5620 Lake Ave., Chicago, Il. 
WANTED.—Skins of all the quails, par- 
tridges, grouse and pheasants of Mexico, 
Central and South America, Europe, Asia, 
Africa and Australia (all over the world), 
cash or exchange. Write what you haveand 
what you want. J. F. FRAZIER, Audubon, 
Iowa. 
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. 
WANTED.—Skins of Masked Bob-white, 
Eskimo Curlew, San Pedro, Partridge, 
Spotted Owl. Flammulated Screech Owl, 
Pribilof Sand Piper, Bristle-thighed Curlew, 
and any other rare skins. J. F. FRAZIER, 
Audubon, Iowa. 
COSTA RICA SKINS.— Write me your 
wants. Bird and Mammel! skins collected 
from this locality for cash. HENRY F, 
RAVEN, Box 73. Limon, Costa Rica. 
Any collectors having a few good labeled 
specimens of foreign birds, send list. I will 
give A 1 skins of Illinois and California birds. 
Also offer skins of common specimens from 
Illinois for nests and sets of small species. 
bey kK. COALE, Higiland Park, Lake 
o., Ill. 
TO EXCHANGE.—Finely mounted birds 
and deer heads, several hundred Natural 
History and Sportsman’s magazines, for 
bird and mammal skins. GEO. F. GUELF, 
Taxidermist. Brockport. N. Y. — 
WANTED.—AIl_ mounted 
Ss 1m 4} fj Hs 
Woodcock, Wood Duck, Greaf/B Keron HS 
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