THE OOLOGIST 



KRIBF SPECIAI- A >X<»U \CKM RNTS 



War.ted, Exchange, Por Sale, Etc., inserted In this department at 26 cents 



for e;ich 2o wonls for one issue; each ai1(litinn:il woid 1 cent. No notlctft In- 

 serted for- Ip.sp fhnn 25 cents. 



"We Avill advertise the skins, nests, eggs, or mounted specimens of North Amer- 

 ican Birds for sale for persons having a lavi^ful authority under the law to deal 

 in the same. These columns are for the use of those desiring to make bona fide 

 exchanges of such specimens for scientific collecting purposes only. — EDITOR. 



I will purchase for cash entire col- 

 lections of North American Bird Skins, 

 mounted birds and birds eggs or odd 

 lots of the same, which I still need to 

 complete my series. Send list and 

 prices. R. M. Bar nes, Lacon, Ills. 



WANTED — Sets of eggs containing 

 abnormal specimens, such as runts, 

 monstrocities, abnormally marked or 

 unmarked, albinistic and malformed 

 specimens. Those with good data only 

 wanted to further my studies of oolog- 

 ical abnormalities. Write me wlien 

 you have anything of this nature. Best 

 cash price given. J. Warren Jacobs, 

 Waynesburg, Penna. 



WANTED — One large upright egg 

 cabinet with large drawers, also want 

 best Burr Drills, have stamps to trade 

 for eggs. A rthur Blocher, Amboy, Il ls. 



FOR SALE, ONLY — A-1 Mounted 

 Birds. Group' of- 3 solitary sandpipers, 

 $10. Rare hybrid of black duck and 

 mallard $25; Scarlet tan. $3.50; Mourn- 

 ing dove $3.50; Savanna Sparrow $2.50; 

 Chest. Col. Longspur $3; Snow Bunt. 

 $2.50; Hooded Merganser $5; Wilson 

 Snipe $3. Books — N. A. Early Tertiary 

 Brvozoa, Canu and Bassler, 1920, 2 

 parts. Text 870 pages. Plates 162 

 pages; Paper covers new, pages uncut 

 $10. INSECT CASES — 8xl0ix2i Glass 

 tops. Need fresh paper linings, 6 for 

 $4. Have 12. SHELLS — Collection of 

 .345 species from all over world. Many 

 rare ones. All correctly identified 

 price $10. PAUL G. Howes Laboratory, 

 Sta mford , Comi. 



Fine pair of skins. Band Tailed 

 Pigeon, Male and Female for best offer 

 eggs in sets, or skins of Warbler's 

 family. Dr. A. G. Prill, Scio, Oregon. 



I have following species in good sets 

 to exchange: 295, 325, 327, 346, 352, 

 355, 419, 421, 482. 498d, 513a, 585b, 594a, 

 602, 639, 641, 697, 759a. Thos H. Jack- 

 son, 304 N. Franklin St., West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania. 



FOR SALE — My entire egg collec- 

 tion at once. Sets 85, 185, 264, 330, 343, 

 352a, 355. 356a, 357b, 416. 417, 478b, 568, 

 717a, etc. Singles 55, 60, 254; Ducks, 

 Geese, etc. Also few fine skins. Oolo- 

 gist Vols. XI, XIF; Condor Vol. XX; 

 Nidologist, Vol. II, Nos. 4-8; Vol. Ill, 

 Vol. IV, Nos. 1, 2, 9. Robert F. Backus, 

 Florence. Colo. Box 362. 



PHOTOS WANTED — A few striking 

 pictures (glossy) for illustrative pur- 

 poses, of a Gt. Horned Owl's nest with 

 young; Gt. Blue Heron colony; also 

 Horned Owl and Herons separate. Send 

 descriptions or prints. State price. R. 

 Fuller, R.F.D. 1, White Plains, N. Y. 



"WANTED — Correspondence with 

 parties desiring to exchange good spe- 

 cimens', ornithological publications, 

 photographs, etc. B. S. Bowdish, Dem- 

 arest, N. J, 



FOR SALE For Cash — Auk, Vols. Xi 

 to xxl, complete; Vol.xxll, Nos. 1, 2, 4; 

 Vol. xxlll to XXV complete. Vol. xxvii 

 and xxix complete. Forestry and Irri- 

 gation, Vol. xiv Nos. 4, 6 to 12; Conser- 

 vation XV No. 1 to 9, 11 and 12, Blue- 

 bird, Vol. ix No. 3. Louis S. Kohler, 

 R.F.D. 2, Patterson, N. J\ 



FOR SALE — Mounted Texas Horned 

 Frogs ,65 cents each. Skinned ready 

 to mount, 40 cents. Add one to your 

 collection. Sent postpaid. Ramon 

 Graliam Taxidermy and Tanning Co. 

 Box 215 Polytechnic, Ft. "Worth, Texas. 



WANTED — Copy of Jones Birds of 

 Ohio, 1903. State price. Locally col- 

 lected arrow-points in exchange for 

 Bird-lore, Wilson Bulletin, Oologist, 

 etc. Ben. J. Blincoe, Bardstown, Ky. 



WANTE.D — The following pamphlets 

 by Theodore Roosevelt: Notes on some 

 of the birds of Oyster Bay, Long 

 Island, 1879; The Summer Birds of the 

 Adirondacks in Franklin County, New 

 York, by Theodore Roosevelt and H. 

 D. Minot about 1877. R. W. G. Vail, 

 No. 1 Madison Ave., New York City. 



FOR SALE — South American Butter- 

 flies in papers, for trays and other 

 fancy work, mixed, $1.80 per dozen. If 

 wanted spread add 5 cents per fly. A. 

 J. Potte r, East Killingly, Con n. 



WANTED — The following Govern- 

 ment Bulletins b,y W. W. Cooke: Distri- 

 bution and Migratory of North Ameri- 

 can "Warblers, Distribution and Migra- 

 tory of North American Shorebirds, Dis- 

 tribution and Migration of North Amer- 

 ican Rails, Distribution of American 

 Egrets. Some new facts about the Mi- 

 gration of Birds, Migratory Movements 

 of Birds in Relation to the "Weather. 

 Cash or exchange in other bulletins. 

 Write at once to Fred J. Pierce, "Win- 



throp, lowa^^ 



"'for exchange — Personally col- 

 lected sets of the following species: A. 

 O. U. 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 74, 80, 198, 

 199, 319, 320a, 329, 342, 387, 421, 488, 

 498g, 513a, 563, 573, 593, 604, 612, 622a, 

 633, 703a, 704, 705, 706, 707, 731, 736, 

 761 and 766. What have you? Many 

 species desired in my collection. J. R. 

 Pemberton, 729 Kennedy Building, 

 T u 1 sa , Oklahoma. 



I have a fine collection of Indian 

 relics I wish to dispose of for cash the 

 collection consists of about four hun- 

 dred fine arrow and spear points, skin- 

 ning stones, hatchets, pendants, 

 knives, hammer stones, and a number 

 of very fine other specimens, the en- 

 tire collection numbers about five hun- 

 dred pieces in all, liave complete data 

 with every piece, $100 will take the 

 lot. "Walter E. Hastings, South Lyon, 

 Michigan, 



