The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 2. 



ALBION, N. y., FEB., 1899. 



Whole No. 151 



Wants, Exchang:es, and For Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants,' "Exclianges" "For Sales," Inserted In this department 

 Cor 2.5c per 25 words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate of one-half cent per each additional 

 word. No notice inserted for less than 25c. 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 

 will expire. 



No. 151 your subscription expires with this issue 

 155 '• " ■• " June " " 



160 " " " •' Nov. " " 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we have you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



FOUR DOLLARS will buy 140 varieties of 

 Foreign and Native Woods, or will exchange 

 for woods not in my collection. LOUIS W. 

 HAHN, Silver Creek, N. Y. 



TWO HUMMINGBIRDS' NESTS on boughs, 

 tfesh, and Daisy printing press and type for 

 large Stamp Album. Transient Leveling and 

 Surveying Instrument, value 155, for Elk or 

 Moose Head. W. W. RADLEY, Rural, Wis. 



OSPREY for Oct. 96 wanted. Will give 

 ■good cash or "swap' price. FRANK H. LAT- 

 TIN, Albion. N. Y. 



WANTED:— No. 2 vol. I Nidiologist. Will 

 pay big price for same. P. A. MULTER, 13 

 Eldridge Ct.. Chicago, 111. 



. GOOD INDIAN RELICS Wanted for cash at 

 ■fair prices. Must be sent on approval. AL- 

 BERT LEGO, Chadwick, Ills. 



CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS:— ^skt, 10c; i^kt. 

 20c: >ikt, 25c; Ikt, 3.5c. .Only an expert can tell 

 them from the real stone. ROBERT BURN- 

 HAM, 143 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. 



WANTED:— Minerals from other localities 

 for shells and Rhode Island minerals. GEO. 

 E. MASON, 4 Salisbury St., Providence, R. I. 



SHELLS:— Haitian land shells, sell or ex 

 change other shells. T. G. PRIDDEY, .371 Carl- 

 ton, Toronto. 



WANTED:— Sets of North American Birds 

 Eggs listing at 10c per eggs and upward. Offer 

 skins, egg cases, mounted birds, arrowheads, 

 minerals books, shells, etc. Write. A glass 

 egg syringe in case for every box of eggs, sin- 

 gles or sets, listing at .5nc. Address letters and 

 boxes to ERNEST H. SHORT. Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED:— Roll-top desk, 12 guage shot- 

 gun and a sailing canoe in good condition. 

 Will buy or give in exchange 200 lbs. brevier 

 type, cases, racks, 20 fonts job type and other 

 printing material. THOS. H. BLODGETT, 

 Galesburg, 111. 



TELESCOPE:— Will pay cash for second 

 hand telescope, mounted on tripods of power 

 that brings objects distinctly near from dis- 

 tance of four or five miles. Address, TELE- 

 SCOPE, Care Thb Oologist. F2t 



IF YOU have duplicate wedding Christmas 

 or other presents you can exchange with me 

 for somethings you do need, as hundreds of 

 others are doing. O, John Smilh you know 

 that gold watch you gave Susan Jane before 

 she ran oft and married Peter Long. You have 

 It hid away in the old trunk and don't dare let 

 Mrs. Smith see it. Send it to me and I will re- 

 move the nice little engraving you had put on 

 the back cover inside and Mrs. S. or some other 

 girl will be glad to have it and will never 

 know you know don't you know: Address 

 with stamps. This is strictly confidential. 

 RICHARD ROSS, Station A., Providence. R. I. 



TO EXCHANGE:— For every box of 1st class 

 birds eggs in sets listing at $3.50 I will give an 

 African Ostrich Egg prepaul. Have egg of 

 Rhea for best ofle'- in good sets, not less than 

 $8 at list. Addrt:-.'. ERNEST 11. SHORT, Al- 

 bion. N. Y. 



EGGS FOR EX.: TANGE.— Fine sets of fol- 

 lowi"tr or will sell cheap for cash: 165,167. 

 184, -ior, 257, Si86, 2«:^;i,. 311,313,318,319.389,335. 

 417, 419, 421, 478a. 487. .508, 512, 513, 591, .593c, 630. 

 666, 697, 706, 707. THOMAS H. JACKSON, 313 

 E. Biddle St., West Chester, Pa. D4t 



WANTED :— Reliable man for Manager of a 

 Branch Office I wish to open in your vicinity. 

 If your record Is O. K. here is a good opening. 

 Kindly mention The Oologist when writing. 

 Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. postage, A. T. 

 MORRIS, Cincinnati, O. 



BICYCLES.— "Pattee" used two seasons, 

 good condition, new tire, cost $75.00; "Waver- 

 ly" used one season. f75.00 wheel. Will sell 

 either or both cheap for cash or will swap for 

 eggs in sets, books on Natural History or an 

 A No. 1 collection stamps. FRANK H. LAT- 

 TIN. Albion, N. Y. 



