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The Youn^ Ornithologist. 



EXCHAJYGESand WA.JVTS 



Brief notices not exceeding 46 words will 

 be inserted free in this column to all sub- 

 scribers. 



To all others 20 cents each inserti n. 

 Cash with order. 



Star fish, sea urchins, stamps, shells, 

 minerals and curiosities for arrowheads, 

 birds' eggs, minerals and fossils. 



H. A. Haskell, 

 Box 384. Wakefield, Mass. 



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, Needham, Mass. 



I have for exchange the following- 

 Western Eggs: Nos. 93, 204, 244, 264, 

 286, 2S7, 300, 317, 325a, 436b, and 477; 

 also 417, second-class, for Eastern eggs 

 in sets with data, or single. 

 E. R. Brady, 



Lewiston, Idaho. 



I will give 500 well-mixed foreign 

 stamps for a V nickel (without "cents") 

 1,000 U. S. stamps or 100 revenues. 

 Will give 25 mixed foreign stamps for 

 every eagle cent of '57 or '58, in lots of 

 not less than four at a time. 

 Lincoln Rappleye, 



Trumansburg, N. Y. 



First-class eggs to exchange for the 

 same in sets, Nos. i, 7, 12, 13, 22, 23, 

 63, 122, 123, 149a, 153, 242, 254, 261, 

 262, 263, 270, 278, 282, 287, 289, 312, 

 325a, 375' 378, 460, 686 and 763. Send 

 lists of what you have and what you de- 

 sire in return. Charlie Cook, 



Odin. III. 



1 have the following birds' eggs, Nos. 

 II, 123, 242, 246, 251, 465, and others 

 to exchange. T. D. Perry, 



Savannah, Ga. . 



I offer in exchange for books and good 

 specimens of eggs, skins, etc., "Com- 

 plete Directions for Preserving and 

 Mounting Birds by the Embalming Pro- 

 cess." No skinning required. Price, 

 .5^2.50. Write what you have and er- 

 close a stamp for circulars. 



E. L. Brown, Durand, Wis. 



THE PRAIRIE HEJY. 



The Prairie Hen is a common lesi- 

 dent in middle and eastern Kansas; its 

 flight is swift and powerful, but owing 

 to its wings being shoit and rounded it 

 is not adapted to long journeys, and its 

 being a game bird is eagerly sought al- 

 ter by sportsmen ; but a hunter can hard- 

 ly ever get in short range before they 

 take wing. These birds remain in large 

 companies through the colder part of 

 the year. When the first appearance 

 of spring comes the drumming^ of the 

 Prairie Hen can be heard a long way. 



Early 011 some warm April morning, 

 just as the dawn of day appears in the 

 East, to walk out on one of our vast 

 prairie lands and come unexpectingly 

 on a flock ot these birds a sight is wit- 

 nessed that would please almost anyone. 

 Some of the birds are engaged in a soit 

 of wrestle, others are strutting about 

 with tail erect and pinnated feathers on 

 the side of the neck are also erect, while 

 the females are quietly seeking for food. 

 When the season for nesting arrives the 

 female departs from the flock and selects 

 a suitable place for to deposit her eggs. 

 The nest is only a mere hollow made by 

 treading down the grass forming a hol- 

 low. Prom nine to fifteen eggs form the 

 set. The birds are about the size of a 

 common barn fowl ; each feather ha\ing 

 three bands of white accross it. 



F. G. B., Beattice. Kansas. 



