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The Oologist. 



BIRDS-NESTS-EGGS 



TAXIDERMY 



Vol. XXXIV. No. 9. 



ALBION, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1917. 



Whole No. 362 



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BIRDS 



WANTED — Skin of Razorbill Auk and 

 Auhinga, offer Brandts Cormorant, etc., 

 in exchange. Offer either cash or ex- 

 cliange in Indian and African Big Game 

 horns, for skin of Penquin Apterix, Owl 

 Parrot, Kea, or other foreign bird skins 

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

 HACKMEIER, 645 Golden Gate Ave., 

 San Francisco, 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. V 



I want finely mounted drakes in full plum- 

 age or skins thdt 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 

 G.nly slightly wingtipped this will not 

 matter. For them I will pay a good 

 pricfei R. M. Barnes, Lacon, IlL 



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.. P.ox 1387. Honolulu. 



I want birds or skins for mounting Boat 

 and Great-tailed Crackle, 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, rifies, revolvers, old time arms 

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

 St., Soaghinton, Conn. 



