THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



— :1885:— -:1885:- 



THE OOLOGIST'S HAND-BOOK. 



Lattin's Catalogue and Price-List 



of North American Birds' Eggs and Oological Supplies 



IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. 



Neither lime nor expense has been spared to make it invaUialile to the oologist, whether 

 amateur or professional. It contains 



Eighty-six Pages of Valuable Information. 



It gives our re>iular 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 Kidgeway'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 makmg the 

 cataloyue invaluable to collectors as a basis of exchange. It n imes the various families into 

 which the bn-ds 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 wide-awake boy 

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

 given them for their trouble. Full particulars for stamp. 

 Address, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



GAINES, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



L. W. STILWELL, DEADWOOD, D. T. 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 



BLACK HILLS CABINET MINERALS. 



I keep a large stock, and offer you following list, all Black Hills minerals. 

 Galena Ore — Silver-bearing ; Tin Ore — Fine showy formation, Pyrite of Iron — cont'g Antimony, 

 gold-bearing, Quartz — milk white, pure, Quartz — rose, a beautiful pink, Quartz — Crystal, 

 Quartz — transparent, resembling Ice, Mica — in white spar and quartz. Mica — Schist — 

 grey and white. Mica — Plate —natural state, uncut. Gypsum — pure white, chalky. 

 Gypsum — crystalized, an odd variety, Satin Spar or Selenite — very handsome. 

 Fern Porphyry (or Forest Rock)— yellow rock with fine fern impressions. Tourmaline — massive. 

 Tourmaline — large prismatic single crystals, black. Tourmaline — crystals in white quartz, 

 Dog Tooth Spar — white, in clusters, Rock Crystals — mass calcite, crystalized on rock, 

 Calc Spar — translucent, Calcite —translucent in fingers, crystalized. Petrified Pine- 

 wood and Moss, Plain Gold and Silver Ores, Fossil Fish — fish body petrified, 

 from the " Bad Lands" of the Cheyenne river, 3 in. 50c. ; 4 in. 75c. ; 5 in. $1 each; Fossii shells — 

 25 cents to $1.00 and up. Feldspar — white. Garnet Slate — surface waited with garnets, 

 Smoky Quartz, Very Black Mica Plates, Free-Gold specimen, from $1.50 up, according 

 to richness. Moss Agates, from 5c. to $3.00 each, Asbestus — fibrous, from 10 to 25c. 

 per specimen, Stream Tin — coarse, grain, assays, 58 per cent., 5c. per ounce. 

 Specimens of any of the above, except when priced otherwise, 4c. per ounce, postpaid. 

 A specimen of quartz ijxlg- in., will weigh about 2 ozs; one 2jx2j, about 5 ozs. Any size 

 desired, furnished. Ten pounds of assorted minerals, $3.00, purchaser to pay express 

 charges. Everything on the above list postpaid for prices named. Write for 

 price list of minerals. Colleges and museums special rates. Refer to 

 banks and merchants of Deadwood. Address, 

 [Mention "Young Oologist.] L. W. STILWELL, DEADWOOD. D. T. 



