The OoLOGiST 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



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OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 5. 



ALBION, N. Y., MAY, 1899. 



Whole No. 154 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



What's Your Number? 



Examine the number following your nanie 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 



No.lM your subscription expires with this issue 

 j^ 't •' ■' " June 



160 " " " •' Nov. " •' 



Intermediate numbers can easily be deter- 

 mined. If we hare you credited wrong we 

 wish to rectify. 



IMPORT AT«X:-Xlie P r e m i u m 

 Offer an made in January oologist 

 in whicli we offer «i.oo worth of 

 specimens, &c., your selection 

 from tlie hundreds listed, and 

 The Oologist, with exchange cou- 

 non -the entire lot for only 50 

 cent's, wi ll hold good till June ist. 



Had good results from last exchange notice. 

 J. C. STOCKWELL, Danville P. Q. 



COLLECTION 1,000 U. S. and foreign stamps, 

 catalogued at over $.30, 500 dup. "Mekeel's 

 large stamp album." international and stand- 

 ard catalogues, vol. I "Am Journal Philately," 

 all for best cash offer. GEORGE C EMBODY, 

 Hamilton, N. Y. 



WANTED a-1 skins of Sparrows. Vireos, 

 Warblers and Thrushes; fonts of lead type; 

 offer genuine Tuscorora Indian Bead Work and 

 Curios, Ostrich eggs. Minerals. Niagara Pouv; 

 enier for sale or exchange. F. A. W. DEANS 

 Nat. Sci. Est., 37 Falls St. Niagara Falls. N. Y. 



EXCHANGE —For $1 In eggs at list, anything 

 llstinp- over 5c each, either sets or singles, I 

 will send, postpaid, one each of the following 

 odd fossils: Spirifer medialis, Athyris 1am- 

 ellosa Athyris spiferoides, Heliophyllum Hal- 

 11, Crinoid Stem and one of the curious Sand- 

 stone-pyrites concretions, gi\'ing label and lo- 

 cality with each. ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, 

 N. Y. 



COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE. -I want one 

 at once, with records and horn. Must be m 

 good condition. Can offer finely mounted birds, 

 telegraph relays, sets of White-tailed Kite, or 

 will pay cash for a bargain. Address at once, 

 C BARI..OW, Box 135, Santa Clara, Cal. 



WANTED.— "Cones' Key" in exchange for 

 U. S. army pistol, 1844 ; Canadian stamps, old 

 issues, jubilee x-mas, used and unused ; eggs m 

 sets, etc. ; write. J. H. DOAK, P. O- Box 285. 

 Coaticooke, Canada. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— A beautiful rolled-gold 

 scarf pin or a fine specimen of asoestos for 

 each complete set of birds' eggs, with data, 

 sent me. JOHN C. STOCKWELL, Danville, 

 P. Q , Canada. 



WANTED.— To exchange Gray's anatomy, 

 calf binding, colored plates, revised edition, for 

 "Cones' Key to North American Birds," latest 

 edition. R. M. COX, Bartow. Fla^ 



"^'ILL EXCHANGE sets 371 H, 348^^ for other 

 sets I can u.«e such as 263, 184, 294. 261. 364, 360, 

 339, etc. E. H. SHORT, Albion. N. Y. 



A FINE lOgauge. breech-loading, double- 

 barrel shot-gun. with fine leather carrying 

 case, to exchange for eggs in sets or other good 

 museum specimens that we might need. Make 

 offers. Co,-t $35. It you want any of those 

 Great-tailed Crackle series you had better no- 

 tify us at once. J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL, 

 Refugio, Texas. 



FOR SALE.— Studer's Birds of North Ameri- 

 ca, good as new, $11 cash, sent prepaid, also fol- 

 lowing mounted birds: Pine Grosbeak, .=iOc; 

 Meadowlark, .lOc: Shrikes, 50c; Killdeer, .50c: 

 Robin, 50c; Spotted Sandpiper, 40c; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 3?c: White Crowned Sparrows. 

 35c: Baltimore (.Tile. nOc; Horned Larks, 35c; 

 Hermit Thrush, 40 and others; send for list; all 

 birds .sent prepaid. W. J. WIRT, 295 Connecti- 

 cut street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



A SERIES of twenty-five of those large, 

 handsome Great Tail Grackles' eggs will be the 

 most attractive addition you could make to 

 your cabinet. It takes but $2.50 in sets to secure 

 the series. Don't send in your order too late, 

 but book it now. Send lists from which to se- 

 lect to J. M. & JAMES J. CARROLL Refugio, 

 Texas. 



a-a,^^^ 1»K Other pages we offer the biggest Bargains in 

 mI^B^ Books and Publications, relating to Ornii liology, 

 ffl^^r Oology and Natural History, of tbe century. Inves- 

 tigate and be convinced. 



