THE NIDIOLOGIST 



Theodore S. Van Dyke's New Book, 



QAflE BIRDS AT HOME. 



Portraying, with all of this well-known writer's intelligent skill and delightful style, the haunts 

 and habits of "Bob White," Woodcock, various Grouse, divers Ducks, Wild Geese, Cranes, Plover, 

 California Quails, Wilson's Snipe, sundry salt-water birds, the Wild Turkey, etc. 



Choicely printed and bound in decorated Cloth, gilt top, $1.50. 



FOR SALE BY "THE NIDIOLOQIST." 



" Never have I read anywhere more charming accounts of our game birds. . . . Not only do I find a large part of the life histories ' 

 of the birds treated, but in addition there is presented, in the most fascinating manner possible, true^ poetic, and admirable pictures 

 of the haunts of American game birds from one end of the United States to the other."— Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, Associate in Zooloau. 

 Sinitlisonian Institution, ^Vashington, D. C. 



" An instructive and charming book that will be wanted by all lovers and students of birds."— IWw York Sim. 



ALSO MR. VAN DYKE'S OTHER BOO KS. 



Southern California. Its Valleys, Hills, and Streams ; its Animals, Birds, >^ 



and Fishes; its Farms, Gardens, and Climate. Cloth, beveled, $1.50. il 

 Rifle, Rod, and Qun in California. A Sporting Romance. Cloth, ." 



beveled, $1.50; paper, 50 cents. 

 Millionaires of a Day. The Great Southern California ^ ^^-^ 



Land Boom. Cloth, f 1.00; paper, 50 cents. 

 The Still Hunter. A Treatise on Deer Stalking. Cloth, 



beveled, $2.00. 



" Mr. Van Dyke has the literary art, which is the art of seeing things 

 as they are. "—Charles Dudley Warner. 



Remit to 



THE 

 NIDIOLOGIST, 



150 Fifth Avenue,' 

 New York City. 





A Fine Skin .fe Great Auk 



For Sale! 



Is an announeement of the past, but if you write Chas. 

 K. Worthen, of "Warsaw. 111., you can get lowest rates 

 on fine skins of Ivory-hilled Woodpeckers, Carolina Par- 

 oquets. Copper-tailed Trogans, and many otber rarities 

 difSeult to obtain. It is impossible to mention every- 

 thing in our stock of over 10,000 fine Bird and 

 Mammal Skins. To mention a few others we have: 

 Franklin's and Richardson's Grouse. Ashy and Fork- 

 tailed Petrels, Xantus. Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, 

 Farallone Cormorants, Paciflc Fulmars. Black-vented 

 Shearwaters, Least, Crested, and Parrot Auks, Aleutian 

 and Prybilof Sandpipers, Eio Grande Turkeys. Aplomado 

 Falcons, Arctic Horned Owls, Great Black Swift, St. 

 Lucas, Coues' and Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers, Swain- 

 son's, Bachmau's. Eed-faeed, Grace's, Hermit, Golden- 

 cheeked, Lucy's, Virginia's, Olive and Brasher's War- 

 blers, Mirador Yellow-throat, White-naped Nuthateb, 

 Anabel's Bluebirds, etc., etc. Also many beautiful 

 Tropical Species. Finely mounted heads of Deer, Elk, 

 Caribou. Bocky Mountain Sheep and Goats, etc. Fine 

 Geodes of many varieties— order a few beauties for your 

 cabinet. I also have a few sets of Illinois Geological Re- 

 ports (Vols. 1 to S) complete and elegantly illustrated. 

 This magnificent work is now becoming extremely rare. 

 Send two stamps for catalogue or with letters of inquiry. 

 Reference, all prominent Scientists or Institutions 

 throughout the country. 



CHAS. K. WORTHEN, 



Naturalist, Taxidermist, and Dealer, 



WARSAW, ILL., U. S. A. 



Established in 1873. (Mention "Nid.") 



A. n. NICHOLSON, 



TAXIDERHIST, 



AND 



Collector of Florida Bird Skins 



and Eggs of Every Kind 



Obtainable. 



I carry quite a stock of everything in this line, and 

 can collect on short notice any specimen (in its season) 

 desired from this locality. I also keep in stock 



LIVE BIRDS, SNAKES, 



AND ANIMALS, 



for furnishing private parks, gardens, and museums. 



Also Collect Florida Woods. 



SAMPLES, lo CENTS. 



Souvenirs, Siiells, and Curios for sale. Genuine 

 Alligator and Snake .Skin Goods a specialty. 



Inclose stamp for reply. 



Box 404, ORLANDO, FLA. 



