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The Oologisl 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



V^OL. XXXIV. No. 8. 



ALBION, N. Y., AriV 15, 1917, 



Whole 



BRIEF SPECIAL A X\OU^ CEMENTS 



Wanted, Exchange, For Sale, Etc., inserted in this department at 25 eents 

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 and thereby help us, as well as the ad- 

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We Mnll not advertise the skins, nests, eggs, or mounted specimens of 

 North American Birds for sale. These columns are for the use of those desiring 

 to make bona fide exchanges of such specimens for scientific collecting purpo- 

 ses onlv. — EDITOR. 



BIRDS 



WANTED — Skin of Razorbill Auk and 

 Auliinga, offer Brandts Cormorant, etc., 

 in exchange. Offer eitlier cash or ex- 

 change in Indian and African Big Game 

 horns, for skin of Penquin Apterix, Owl 

 Parrot, Kea, or other foreign bird skins 

 that I can use. Send list. WM. J. 

 HACKMEIER, 6 45 Golden Gate Ave., 

 San >"raneisco. Cal. 



Exchange desired for the following Bird 

 skins Nos. 683, 640. 644, 649. 653, 654a, 663a. 664, 

 666, 678, 679; 669. O. C. HASTINGS. Bridge- 

 port, Conn. 



I want finely mounted drakes in full plum- 

 age or skins that will mount up nicely, of the 

 following: European Widgeon, Surf, and 

 American Scoter and all the Eiders. GER- 

 ARD ALAN ABBOTT, Grosse Pointe Shores, 

 Mich. 



WANTED — A pair of living Sand Hill 

 Cranes A. O. U. No. 306, taken north of 

 the center of the U. S. If the birds are 

 only slightly wingtipped this will not 

 matter. For them I will pay a good 

 price. R. M. Barnes, Lacon, 111. 



Birds and Mammal skins from the 

 Ozark Mt. Region for exchange. Wanted 

 Candon Vol. XIV to XVIII inclusive. 

 ALBERT LANO, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 



FOR EXCHANGE. -Bird and Mammal 

 skins from this the Ozark Mt. Region. 

 Wanted: Condors, Vols. Fourteen to Eighteen 

 inclusive. ALBERT LANO, Fayetteville. 

 Ark. 



EXCHANGE.— Any one desiring to ex- 

 change mainland bird skins for Hawaiian 

 bird skins, kindly drop me a card. J. A. 

 NUNES, JR., Box 1387, Honolulu. 



I want birds or skins for mounting Boat 

 and Great-tailed Grackle, Cardinal, Painted 

 Bunting, Scissor-tailed Fly-catcher, Cali- 

 fornia Valley and Gambel's Partridges, Mag- 

 pies, etc. Can offer eggs. Natural History 

 Magazines and other magazines and books. 

 DELOS HATCH, Oakfield, Wis. (1-p) 



FOR EXCHANGE.-Mounted Vermont 

 deer heads, mounted deer horns, birds of 

 Eastern North America, Chapman's Color 

 Key, Snapping Turtle 1-41. Want A-1 sets, 

 raw fur, guns, rifles, revolvers, old time arms 

 and cash. JAMES O. JOHNSON, 310 N. Main 

 St., Songhinton, Conn. 



