THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST'S HAND-BOOK. 



Lattixi's Catalogue and Frice-List 



of North American Birds' Eggs and Ooiogical Supplies 



IS NOW, READY FOR DELIVERY. 



Neither time nor expense has l^een spared to make it invaluable to the oologist, whether 

 amateur or professional. It contains 



Eighty-six Pages of Valuable Information. 



It gives our regular price list of ooiogical specimens and supplies (the most complete ever sent 

 out by any dealer.) It' gives the common and scientific names of all North American birds, 

 arranged and numbered according to Ridgeway's (the Smithsonian) nomenclature of i88l ; it 

 gives the numbers used in Baird's check-list of I859 and those used in Coues' 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 exchange. It nimes the various families into 

 which the birds of North America are divided, and enumerates the birds belonging to each 

 family. It gives, approximately, 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 new hand-book and catalogue will be sent postpaid to any address for only 



TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, 



or we can furnish the hand-book bound in cloth aud gilt for 50 cents. A good wideawake boy 

 or girl is wanted in every school and college in America to sell this hand-book. Big pay will he 

 given them for their trouble. Full particulars for stamp. 

 Address, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



GAINES, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



Hand-Book of the Agassiz Association 



[second edition.] 



This is the only book that contains full instructions in every department of Natural History. 

 It has directions for collecting and preserving Flowers, Ferns, Seaweed, and woods ; for the 

 capture and mounting of Moths, Butterflies, Beetles, and other insects ; for the shooting, skin- 

 ning and stuffing of birds ; for the collection and mounting of Minerals ; for building a Cabi- 

 net ; for organizing a Society, with rules of Parliamentary Law ; directions for conducting 

 exchanges, and preparing packages for the mail. It contains a Classified List of the most 

 reliable dealers in all sorts of Naturalists' supplies. It gives a Classified List of the best Books, 

 Magazines and Papers in each department. It gives a full history of the A. A., and directions 

 for becoming a member, or forming a local branch of that large organization, that now numbers 

 over 7,000. It has the addresses of all the Chapters of the A. A. It is fully and 



' Handsomely Illustrated, is Bound in Cloth and Gold. 



AND IS SOLD FOR THE VERY LOW PRICE OF 50c. 

 |,( Postage, 4c extra.) All orders must be addressed to 



HARLAN H. BALLARD, 



Principal of Lenox Academy, LENOX, MASS. 



[(Stamps will be received, but not Postal Notes.) 



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