Ornithologist ^ Botanist. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



StrBSCRIPTION PEICE $100. 



VOL. II. 



DES MOINES, IOWA, FEBRUARY, 1892, 



NO. 2. 



ExcHanges, NA/ants, etc. | FOR EVERY fifty cents worth of eggs ."ieii't to 



stay lie inserted in tliis cohiii'ii at the rateof 1 pent j me heliire July 1st, 1893. I will send a receipt for 

 per word without regard to length of notice. No"""K ; mor-ino- rnhher stTmns Mo ptrtr rtJfievpd vilnuil nt. 

 taken for less tlmn Woe. Is. Nolhinj; Hint looks like an , "'aKing lUDiier stamp.s. ISO eggr(Cle^C( \,i1Ul tat, 

 advertisement in dissnise or notices that appear to be | le.ss than ten cents and all must be lirstclas.«. Auy 

 ethods of securing cash purchasers I t,oy can make a stamp from the above directioii.s as 

 large or as small as he please.s. Address all speci- 

 mens to Letson Balliet, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Terms cash i 



TO EXCHANGE: Finely mounted birds and 

 skins, for eggs, skins, lepidnplhera, and scieutific 

 books. Owls and Hanks especially wanted. 



Geo. A. Morrison, Fox I.ake, Wis. 



FOR EXCHANGF,: Hirds Eggs. Minerals. Fos- 

 sils, Carlos, etc., for ;i good breerh loading "Shot 

 Gnu or Rifle. T. S. Hill, Kno.^ville, Iowa. 



FOSSILTREE, Hve and one half f.et high, wired 

 on board iu live places, worth $15.00 will e.vchange 

 for best offer in bird skins or sea shells. 



Kobt. R. ?coiso, Afton, New .leisey. 



WILL EXCHANGE, a good gold watch, co.st 

 $l}.">.()0, for siouders Biids of North America; or 

 other good books ou science. T. S. Hill, Kno.\- 

 ville, Iowa. 



WANTED, a good self-inking piintiug press at 

 least 7 by i)),, must be in good condition, will take 

 the outfit too. Can offer for the above, two good 

 22 calibre rifles, canvas canoe, nine foot coa'feter, 

 fourteen foot ice boat, minature steamboat, good 

 old violiu, good mandolin, a good ctibinet (made to 

 order), good books and anything offered by the 

 Ornithologist and Botanist Publi.shiug Co., Ad- 

 dress Wm. S. Sandford & Co., Des Moines, lowa^. 



FOR THE BEST, original article sent to us 

 before April 1, 1892, we will give a copy of " Stan- 

 ley iu Alrica " and one year's subscription for each 

 of the ten next best. Must be more than two 

 hundred and less than one thousand words. 



The Ornithologist and Botanist. 



TO EXCHANGE: Fresh and dried botanical 

 specimensof this locality, for tho.se of others. No- 

 thing^ but first class specimens given or leceived. 

 All must be scientificly named. Can tr;ule mount- 

 ed specimens, if desired for mounted or nnmonuled 

 specimens, please correspond if you meau b isiuess. 



Letson Balliet, Des Moines? Iowa. 



TO EXCHANGE: Specimens of Iowa woods, 

 (polished or unpolished) for those of other localities. 

 Will collect natural history specimens in any 

 branch, to order during 1892. Address at once 

 Letsou Balliet, Des Moines, Iowa. 



WANTED a good type outfit alone or will take 

 a good piinting outfit complete, chase must not be 

 smaller than 4x5 inches. Good exchange to offer. 



Letson Balliet, Des Moines, Iowa. 



BIRDS EGGS: First class singles to exchange 



for sets with data, or first class skins. Send for list. 



Dana C. Gillett, Bane Centre, Orleans Co. N. Y. 



" I HAVE hooks, novels, papers, Indian clubs, 

 ate, to exchange for musical instruments or any- 

 thing." S. Klintberg, Plattsmoulh, Neb. 



W'ANTED, to corresijond with some one who has 

 a collection of Sand and Fresh water Shells and 

 Botanical specimens, with a view of exchanging 

 specimens, the coming season. Earnest S. Park, 

 1125 Pleasant St., Des Moines, Iowa. 



WANTED, books, magazines and pamphlets on 

 any branch of natural history. I also wish, to cor.- 

 respoud with parties desirous of exchauging speci- 

 mens of your locality for those of this, in any or all 

 of the branches Palentology, Minerology, Oology, 

 Zoology, Ornithology, Entomology and Botany. 



Letson Balliet, Des Moinea, Iowa. 



WANTED: Books on Geology, Palaeontology, 

 Botany, Zoology, Ornithology and all branches of 

 natural hi.story. Also magazines devoted to natur- 

 al history, etc. Will give in exchange Eggs, Min- 

 erals, Fossils and Shells. E. S. Park, 1125 Pleas- 

 ant St., Des Moines, Iowa. 



WANTED: The earth, for nothing, (must be 

 .sent prep.iidto) Nath:in L. Davis, BrockportN. Y. 

 We wonder what Mr. D. wants for nothing, he got 

 an advertisement and refused to pay for it, last 

 issue, and now he wants the earth " to boot " We 

 would like " io Jioot " him. Keep ou Mr. Davis 

 and yon can go to Sing (Slug) with King Pluto, 

 (for a ruler) afterward. We beg to inform the 

 reading publie that the United States mails cannot 

 be fooled with. To avoid such people as the above 

 we must have our pay for adverising in advance. 



SCOTT'S INTERNATIONAL $2.50 Stamp Al- 

 bum, good, for $1.50 or $1.75 worth of stamps not 

 in my collection of eight huudered. 



Jay Hervey, 410 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa. 



