Game of Birds 



A series of fifty-two illustrations 

 of popular birds in colors, true to 

 nature. A beautiful, interesting, 

 and instructive game. 



35 CENTS POSTPAID. 



We will send this FREE for one new 

 subscriber to American Ornithology. 



CHAS. K. REED, Worcester, Mass. 



How to Collect Animal Tracks. 



A simple, inexpensive method of preserv- 

 ing accurately the footprints of birds, mam- 

 mals, etc. Clean, instructive pastime for 

 boys, girls, sportsmen and naturalists. Send 

 two cent stamp for particulars, or $1.00 for 

 complete instructions. J. ALDEN LORIXG, 

 Owego, N. Y. 



School Curiosities 



Just What is Needed in every 

 School for Nature Study. 



Over fifty Curious and Showy speci- 

 mens at less than one quarter of their 

 list price. These are all good specimens, 

 selected with special care to be of value 

 in study, or for the collector's cabinet. 

 It contains Sea Urchins, Sea Horse, 

 Horsefoot Crab, Resurrection Plant, Fos- 

 sils, Corals, several varieties Silk Worm 

 Cocoon, Sand Dollar, Star Fish, Saw- 

 fish Saw, Sea Ferns, Sea Fan, Chinese 

 Horned Nut, Shell Paperweight, a good 

 variety of nice shells such as Angel Wings, 

 Pink and Black Murex, Fan Shell, Crown 

 Shell, Spider, Abalone, Spindle Conchs, 

 and a box of small mixed shells, con- 

 taining Olives, Bleeding tooth and such 

 shells to the number of several hundreds. 



Five dollars will pay for this delivered 

 to you by express or freight. 



CHAS. K. REED, 

 Worcester, 



A HISTORY OF 



North American Land Birds 



BY 



S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer and R. Ridgway 



With more than looo Illastrations, including Col- 

 ored Frontispieces: 64 full-page plates containing 

 545 heads of birds, printed in colors, and 595 wood- 

 engravings. 



3 Volumes, Large Octavo. Over 1800 pages. 

 Cloth. Gilt Top, in Box. Price, $10. 



CHAS. K. REED, 



Worcester, Mass. 



Mass. 



THE OOLOGIST 



A monthly publication devoted to 

 Oology, Ornithology and Taxider- 

 my. Published by Frank H. 

 Lattin, M. D.. Albion, N. Y. The 

 Oldest, Cheapest and most popu- 

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" BIRD" PUBLICATION 



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 answer columns open to Collectors 

 and Students in every branch of 

 Natural History. An entire year 

 with free 25c. exchange notice cou- 

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 application. Address, 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



Editor and Manager Chili, N. Y. 



The Butterfly Book, by W. J. Holland 

 D. D. has, besides hundreds of text illus- 

 trations, Colored Plates which show over 

 a Thousand Species of American Butter- 

 flies with all their native beauty and bril- 

 liance of coloring. This is a "Popular 

 Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies 

 of North America." It tells everything 

 about butterflies, and tells it in a way any- 

 body can understand. Everyone interes- 

 ed in Butterflies should own this book. 

 Price is only $3.00 prepaid. 



The Moth Book, by W. J. Holland. 

 Fully illustrated by color photography. 

 The illustrations of the moths are natural 

 size and the coloring is perfect. With 

 this book it is easy to identify any moth 

 at a glance. It is by far the best work on 

 moths ever published. $4 prepaid. 

 CHAS. K. REED, Worcester, Mass. 



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