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THE OOLOGIST. 



Tmn- 



CONTAINS 



86 Pages of Valualsle Information. 



It gives our regular price list of oological specimens 

 and supplies (the most complete ever sent out by any- 

 dealer). It giveb ;iie common and scientific names of 

 all North American Vjirds, arranged and numbered 

 according to Ridgeway s (the Smithsonian) nomencla- 

 ture of 1881 ; it gives the numbers used in Baird's 

 check-list of 1859 and those used in Coue's of 1883 ; 

 it gives the value of the eggs of over 500 species of 

 North American birds, this fact alone making the 

 catalogue invaluable to collectors as a basis of ex- 

 change. It names the various families into vv'hich the 

 birds of North America are divided, and enumerates 

 the birds belonging to each family. It gives, approx- 

 imately, the number of eggs in a clutch of every 

 American bird. .It tells how to prepare specimens for 

 cabinet, how to pack them for transportation, with 

 many other useful hints. A copy of our neyv hand- 

 book and catalogue will be sent postpaid for 



ONLY 25 CENTS.— 



or we can furnish the HANDBOOK bound in cloth 

 and gilt for 50 CENTS. 



ADDKESS 



Jc'ti.^2>t:e^ 13:. Xj-^TTiisr, 



ALBION. Orleans Co.. N. Y. 



Ets^ In okdfr to close out ouk stock of Hand- 

 books, WE WILL, FOK THE NKXT SIXTY DAYS, 



sp;nd a copy, prepaid, foh only 15 cents, oit two 



COPIES FOlt ONLY 25 CENTS. 



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NATUEALISTS 



AND OTHEKS. 



GOOD WOIiK, 

 LOWEST PRICES 



Carrespon dence Solicited 



H. A. CARHART, 

 (i yr Syracuse, N. Y. 



OOLOGY OF 

 NEW ENGLAND. 



BY ELWIN A. CAPEN. 



COMPLETE IN ONE MAGNIE- 

 ICENT YOLITME. 



IT CONTAINS AN ACCUnjiTE PESCEIPTION OF 



The Eggs, 



Nests and 

 Breading Habits 



OF ALL THE 



BIRDS KNOWN TO NEST 



IN 



NEW ENGLAND. 



NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS 



Sea Shells, Sea Moss, Hot Sprl.ngs Oi-ystals, 

 Mineral specimens, Precious and Fancy Stones, 

 InclUin Relics and Curiosities of all kinds. 



SPECIALTIES. 



Fine assortment ol Black Hills Specimens, 

 Beautiful Specimens of Lead. Iron and zinc 

 from the deserted Black Jack Mine In Galena. 

 111. T^artles wishing to sort up cabinets -svlll find 

 it fo tUelr advantage to send loi- prices. 



Specimens and Curiosities boug-lit and sold 

 Address, W. IIovvakd Hakkison. 

 jrfi 810 s. Main St., Rockford, 111. 



There are three hundi'cd and twenty-three 

 colored illustrations, all drawn and iainted from 

 nature by the author. These have Been re- pro- 

 duced In colors, so nearly exact thatjit requires 

 an expert to detect the difference bptweeu tne 

 plates and the original drawings. The dimen- 

 sions and forms are as perfect as itlls possible 

 for skillful artists to represent thefai, and no 

 trouble or expense has been spared by flhe author 

 to render this work accurate, as regards both 

 text and plates. ' 



The size of the volume Is 10 x 14 Inches, printed 

 in large type, on paper of the finest qijallty. 



The work consists of twenty- five piates with 

 one hundred and eleven pages of text.| 



Handsomely bound in cloth, with gilt edges. In 

 one volume, every plate securely mijiunted on 

 guards, for only $s.75, or delivered freeiof postage 

 or express charges for SJ9.10. The jiubllshers 



price for this work has been $io.oo ,1 



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FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Albion, N. Y. 



