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VOL XV. NO. 3 



ALBION, N. Y., MARCH, 1898. Whole No. 143 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brtef special aunouuceinents, "Wants,' "Exchanses'" "For Sales," Inserted In this department 

 tor 2.>c per '2.=) words. Notices over 2.t words, charged at the rate of one-halt cent per each additional 

 word. No notice Inserted for less than 2.5c. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly First-class specimens will be accepted in payment at one-third list rates. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your name 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 win expire. 



No.141 your subscription expires with this issue 

 U.') " •• •• •• June, " 



I.tO " " •• " Nov, '• 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



Tills nioiitli's OOI^OCISX Mvas 

 mailed subscribers ]»larcb 12. 



FOR SA.I.K:— Auk vols. 10, II, 1'2. 13, Jl.iiO 

 each; 0. and 0. vols. C to 18 inclusive. Make 

 cash offer for the set. Manj- others. BENJA- 

 MIN HOAG, Stephen town, New York. 



FOR SALE:— Live Diamond Backed Rattle- 

 .snakes. Large and In line condition. Also 

 rattlesnake skins, stuffed alligators, saw fish 

 saws and other Florida curios. Sawfish tine 

 specimen sent postpaid for 2,=)Cts. Address L. 

 S. MORRISON, Orange City, Fla. 



PREMIUMS:— I will sell, in amounts of 50c 

 or over, any of the premiums offered on last 

 page of this month's Ooi,0(;ist at \i price listed 

 for cash—(e 1, «l worth for ."jOc: ^'i worth for $1, 

 &c). FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion. N. Y. 



HAND EGG Blow-pipe for blowing and 

 rinsing eggs. Sent prepaid with instructions 

 for 7.nc or will exchange one for S3 worth of 

 Al sets. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, Ahl Greene 

 St,, Augusta, Ga. M:?t 



WILD CAT Souvenirs from the grandest 

 natural park In W. Ills. A view and tine n\ln- 

 eral or fossil for 2.'ic. Stamps, minerals, fos- 

 sils, for stamps. HARVEY H. BROWN, Ham- 

 ilton, Ills. 



TO EXCHANGE:— Finely mounted Game 

 Heads, for first class eggs in sets with datas. 

 Send for full lists of every thing in the natur- 

 alist's line. Address by return mail. WAL- 

 TER E. McLAIN. Taxidermist and Job Print- 

 er, New Vineyard. Maine. 



REMEMBER:— Lapwing 1-4, 80c; Least Fly- 

 catcher n-3, l,=)c. Birds, 1897 or 1898, $l.'M: 1897 

 cloth, II 8.5. Eggs accepted in part payment 

 for Columbia and Hartford bicycles. BENJA- 

 MIN HOAG, Stephentown. N. V. 



MUZZLE loading shot guns, Rifles, Revol- 

 vers. TelesQope, Birds Eggs, Books, Papers. 

 Coins, everything way down. If you want 

 some bargains write. Enclose stamp, please. 

 C. B. VANDERKOOK, Odin, 111. 



FOR SALE or EXCHANGE:— Two hundred 

 first class sets with data. Cheap for cash. 

 Can use a 1'.2 gauge repeating shot gun. Phes- 

 ants. Pigeons, etc. J. O. JOHNSON, South- 

 ington. Conn. 



WANTED.— Live Goldfinches, American 

 species, either sex: prefer Arkansas and Law- 

 rence. Will give good exchange or reasonable 

 cash price. WALTER C. WOOD. lOti Randolph 

 St.. Detroit. Mich. F2t 



WANTED.— Collectors in tne United States 

 and Canada to gather and prepare for me. sci- 

 entifically, birds eggs, In large quantities, in 

 sets with data at a rea.sonable price. State 

 what varieties in your locality and terms. DR. 

 M. T. CLECKLEY, 4.57 Greene St., Augusta, 

 Ga. F3t 



BOOKS WANTED:— New or 2d hand copies 

 of Davie's "Nests and Eggs" (any editon): 

 Bendire's "Life Histories of N. A. Birds;" 

 Fisher's ''Hawks and Owls'' or any standard 

 work or publication on Ornithology or Oology. 

 Will give good exchange or cash. FRANK H. 

 LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR A NEW Geographiscope brass mount- 

 ed reversible lense for either Stereoscopic or 

 Single Views. Chery hood dark chambers lat- 

 est pattern. Magnifies Immense, very clear, 

 finely finished with ii finely retouched views. 

 Foreign and American landscapes and comic 

 scenes, &c. All for $.5 worth of first class sets 

 not in my collection. Must be Al sets with ori- 

 ginal datas. Send list in A. O. U. Nos. All 

 letters answered. Address GEO. VV. MORSE, 

 Care Union Depot Hotel. Omaha, Neb. 



