The Oologist. 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 10. 



ALBION. N. Y., OCTOBER, 1899. 



Whole No. 159 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



Brief special annouiicemeiits. "Wants,' "Exchanges" "For Sales," inserted In this department 

 (or 25c 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. 



Strlctlj' 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. 158 your subscription expires with this issue 

 160 " " " •' Nov. " ■' 



165 " " '■ " April. 1900 



170 " " •• " Sept. " 



WANTED.— A single or double-barrel breach 

 loading shot gun. Have Indian Relics, Coleop- 

 tera, and a few stamps to exchange State 

 gauge of gun and make. P VANDEREIKE, 

 New Glarus, Wis. All letters answered. 



OUR twppty-two caliber Stevens -'Expert" 

 rifle, for short or long rifle cartridges. Also 

 one Columbian printiflg press. B. BABCOCK, 

 Beaver Dam, Wis. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Many common showy 

 singles and sets, such as Crow, Grackle, Cow- 

 bird, etc. Write for list and send yours. C. F. 

 HARTUNG. 59 North Chicago St., Kenosha, 

 Wis. 



HOW to write on metal and glass indelibly. 

 Both receipts for fine arrowhead or U. S. cop- 

 per cent. A. B. ROBERTS, Weymouth, Medi- 

 na Co. , Ohio. 



VIRGINIA HOMES.— You learn all about 

 Virginia lands, soil, water, climate, resources, 

 products, fruits, berries, mode of cultivation, 

 prices, etc , by reading the Virginia Farmer. 

 Send 10 cents for thref months' subscription to 

 FARMER CO.. Emporia, Va. 



PASSER DOMESTIVUS—l want SO good 

 skins of the English Sparrow from any eastern 

 state. Offer nice California bird skins from 

 this localitv. R. C. McGREGOR, Palo Alto, 

 Cal. 



A FIVE drawer cabinet of flne showy moths 

 and butterflies, 300 named species, 700 speci- 

 mens, will be sold at a bargain by ORA W. 

 KNIGHT, Bangor, Maine. 160 



TO EXCHANGE.— Stamps, mounted birds, 

 foot ball shin guards, boxing gloves, punching 

 bag, climbers. Volume III Nidologist , Volumes 

 X, XI, XII Oologist, for mounted birds, com- 

 mon eggs in sets, arrowheads, curios, Bur- 

 roughs' or Bolle's works, and showy shells. 

 WM. F. EASTMAN, 478 Lebanon St., Melrose, 

 Mass. 



WOOD'S Natural History and Gibson's 

 Trapping and Camp-life for good work on 

 identification of insects. Correspond. U. A. 

 GIRAULT, 51 Gloucester St., Annapolis, Md. 



EfiGS for Exchange.— Sets or series of sets 

 of 499, .=i05a, .508, 519. 531, 552a, 591b, 620, 581c, 710, 

 622b, for other Al sets. J. S. APPLETON, 

 Simi. Ventura Co., Cal. 



FOR SALE —Choice sets and nests from 

 Southern Arizona, both rare and common. 

 List includes Massena Partridge, Red-faced 

 Warbler, Olive Warbler, Painted Red-start, 

 Coues' Flycatcher, etc. Write for prices. 

 FRANK C. WILLARD. Tombstone, Arizona. 



LATTIN'S '-Standard Catalogue of N. A. 

 Birds Eggs"— used by ornithologists the world 

 over, 72 pages, 10 cts per copy, 3 for 25 cts. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion, N. Y. 



Marine Shells and Curios. 



I am now in a position to furnish in quantity 

 all of the best species collected on the Gulf Coast 

 and will be pleased to furnish prices on applica- 

 tion. Best of reference given and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Collections sent on approval to par- 

 ties giving satisfactory reference. Any not ap- 

 proved can be returned at my expense. Addres s 

 all orders to A. J. BARNES, Dunedin, Fla. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC— The celebrated Cyclone 

 Cameras are being used by amateurs and pro- 

 fessionals all over the civilized world. The 

 most compact and least complicated of any in 

 the market. A child can operate them. Plain 

 and complete instructions go with each cam- 

 era. Size of pictures 2V4x2^ up to 5x7. Price 

 $3.50 up. Nothing on earth will give you or a 

 friend to whom presented more pleasure than 

 one of these Cameras. Write for illustrated 

 Catalogue with full descriptions, prices, etc. 

 MARSH M'F'G CO., .542 W. Lake St., Chicago. 



Marine Curios and SMls. 



I make a specialty in collecting, pre- 

 paring and selling anything in the line 

 of Marine Specimens obtainable on the 

 Gulf Coast. I sell to the Collector as 

 well as to the Retail, Wholesale and 

 Jobbing trade. 



J. H. HOLMES, Dunedin, Fla. 



