THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



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most cut it in slices and hang it up to dry. 

 So my friends true to their promise drove 

 over in their spring wagon, with guns and 

 ammunition piled recklessly in heap on 

 the floor. 



I noticed they had a box of chalk — 

 common school crayons — and a huge 

 l)uirs eye reflecting lantern, but I said not 

 a word but resolved to await develop- 

 ments. It was a drive of about five miles 

 to the lake selected for the night's work, 

 and within half an hour from the time 1 

 stepped into the wagon we were pulling 

 up at a clump of trees on the borders of 

 the lake. 



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EXCHANGES AND WANTS, 



Drief exchange notices not exceeding 40 

 wt)i'ds will be inserted free in cUis column to 

 iall .subscribers. 



To all otlicV!' 20 cents each insertion. Casii 

 with Older. 



I have for exchange one short line tele- 

 graph instrument, will exchange it for 

 books on Ornithology or Taxidermy. For 

 j>an.culars inquire of 



Charlie Codk, 



Odin, 111. 



Nos. I, 12, 13, 231, 278, 282, 315, 388 

 and 378, single or in sets with data, to ex- 

 change for eggs in sets with data. No.s. 

 J I. 67, 157, 214 and 261 wanted especial- 

 ly. F. L. Burns, 



Berwyn, Pa. 



I have a large list of eggs in sets or sin- 

 gle, including the following, to exchange 

 for sets, Nos. 243, 258a, 301, 307, 378a, 

 512, 522, 645, 646a and 723. 

 E. C. Davis, 

 Box 405, Gainesville, Texas. 



[ooo British Birds^ Eggs for exchange : 

 (Sea Birds), Lesser Black-backed (kills; 



Guillemots; Sandwich Terns, etc. Also 

 Snipe, Grouse, Swans, Thrushes, Lin- 

 nets, Coot, Waterhen, etc., etc. Singly 

 or in sets, for first-class American skins 

 or eggs. A. Balm eh, 



Watertown, N. Y. 



I have the following Nos. 11, 123, 242, 

 246, 251, 465 and others to exchange. 

 Address T. D. Perky, 



Savannah, Ga. 



Wanted — Every naruralist to send a 

 stamp for a sample copy of the Milwaukee 

 Naturalist, which is to be issued Jan. 2, 

 1886. Address 



E. Senn, 

 253 1 2th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Fifteen valuable receipts, and curiosities 

 for an air-gun. Write first. 

 L. O. Pindar, 



Hickman, Ky. 



A Scroll Saw for exchange;. — I have a 

 Prize Holly scroll saw, not used much, 

 will exchange for a printing press, an air- 

 gun or books. Write for particulars. 



Address H. C. W., 



Box 129, Needhain, Mass. 



I offer in exchange for books and good 

 specimens of eggs, skins, etc., "Complete 

 Directions for Preserving and Mounting 

 Birds by the Embalming Process." No 

 skinning recjuired. Price $2.50. Write 

 what you have and enclose stamp' for cir- 

 culars. E. L. Brown, 



Durand, Wis. 



Star fish, sea urchins, stamps, shells. 

 minerals, and curiosities for arrow heads, 

 bird's eggs, minerals and fossils. 



H. A- Ha.skell, 

 Box 384, Wakefield, .Mass. 



