The Oologist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



VOL. XVI. NO. 11. 



ALBION, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1899. Whole No. 160 



Wants, Exchanges, and For Sales. 



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

 tor 2bc per 2.=) words. Notices over 25 words, charged at the rate ot one-balf cent per each additional 

 word. No notice Inserted lor less than 26c. 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 yourname 

 on the wrapper of this month's Oologist. It 

 denotes when your subscription expired or 

 will expire. 



No. 160 your subscription expires with this Issue 

 165 " '■ '■ " April, 1900 



170 " •' •• " Sept. " 



A FIVE drawer cabinet of line showy moths 

 and butterflies, 300 named species, 700 speci- 

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

 KNIGHT, Bangor, Maine. 160 



MANY desirable singles— a few sets and 

 skins to exchange for sets not in my collection. 

 J CLAIRE WOOD, 196 Randolph St., Detroit, 

 Mich. 



STAMPS :-Doc. Rev. 1 1. R., 8 I. R., Vt, 1, 2, 3, 

 4. 5. 6, 10. 25, 40, 50, II for 10c or 3 sets for 25c. 

 M. O. HALLOCK, 5 Greenwood Ave., Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE --203 5-3, 758 3-3, 431 n-1, 

 622b 1-3, 499a 1-3. .501b 1-3 to exchange for 1st 

 class sets. Full data given and required. Wm. 

 L. ATKINSON, Santa Clara, Cal. 



FOR SALE:— One copy Coues' "Key to 

 North American Birds " Has never been used, 

 K. Also Shield's "Big Game of North Ameri- 

 ca." F. M. ROBERTS, Postville, Iowa. 



FOR SALE:— Clutches of European species. 

 White Gryfalcon, Gryfalcon, Merlin. Green 

 Sandpiper, Greenshank. Golden Eagle, Gray 

 Sea Eagle, Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk. Honey 

 Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon. Hobby Egyptian 

 Vulture. Apply. GORTON, 2 Upper Glouces- 

 ter St., Pendleton, England. 171 



TO EXCHANGE :— Unmounted prints of 

 birds, nests, eggs, woodland, rural, river and 

 hunting scenes for similiar views, also our 

 country's battlefields, forts. Send along your 

 prints. JOHN L. HOOPER, Prin. of Schools. 

 Cambridge. Wis. 



FOR SALE:— A collection of coins. Canad- 

 ian, American and Foreign. About six hun- 

 dred and fifty in all including about 50 silver 

 coins. Write for particulars. WM. CUDNEY, 

 Gait, Ont. 



FISH SCALE JEWELRY for sale or ex- 

 change. E. A, CATHCART, 126 E. 1st, Dayton, 

 Ohio. 161 



CHOICE SETS of White Pelican, Laughing 

 Gull, Willet. Wilson's Plover, Foster's Tern, 

 Clapper Rail Black Skimmer, Green Heron 

 and many othei's for sale very cheap. M. T. 

 CLECKLEY. 4.*i7 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. 164 



BEETLES from United States to exchange 

 for Beetles or Butterflies named or unnamed 

 from the west or south. ANSON H. WEEKS, 

 Kingsbrldge, New York, N. Y. 



BE UP to date and wear one of the "Lib- 

 erty" stick pins, a beauty in gold and silver. 

 Mailed on receipt of (lOc) ten cents. CLIFTON 

 W. FOX, 85 Van Buren St , Room 1404,Chicago, 

 Ills. 



SPECIAL SALE:— A number of choice sets, 

 original datas, including Mountain Partridge, 

 Short-eared Owl. S. B. Marsh Wren, Canvas- 

 back, W. W. Scoters and others as fine, at one- 

 fourth rates. Exchange, if you have what I 

 want. A lot of fine more common sets, to close, 

 at one-sixth rates. Will all those having un- 

 settled exchange accounts with me please pres- 

 ent statements? I am anxious to clean up old 

 scores. P. B. PEABODY, Hallock, Minn. 



THREE DOLLARS will buy 150 varieties of 

 foreign and native woods, or will exchange for 

 woods not in my collection LOUIS W.HAHN, 

 Lake Avenue, Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., 

 N. Y. 



I SHOULD be pleased to receive price lists 

 with drawings or oiitUnes of ancient Indian 

 relics from collectors. BENTON HOLCOMB, 

 West Granby, Hartford Co., Conn. 



FOR EXCHANGE:— Winch 23 cal. rifle, split 

 bamboo trolling rod, egg trays, skins mounted 

 specimens Wanted— Skins of any Pheasants, 

 Peacock, Snowv Heron, Wood and Mallard 

 Ducks. F. M. RICHARDS, Farmington, Me. 



I HAVE some back numbers of the Oregon 

 Naturalist to exchange for stamps and other 

 publications. All answered. JOHN W. MAR- 

 TIN, Palestine, Oregon. 



WHAT is it this month? See my exchange 

 offer on another page. Look over your eggs 

 for duplicates I want. Look in this or last 

 Oologist and see if I offer anything you can 

 use. ERNEST H. SHORT. 



DOG COLLAR PLATES, marked with name, 

 address and license number, heavy brass. 

 Send width of collar. Postpaid, 25c. Address 

 S. SWAINE, Rochester, New Hampshire. 161 



