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Vnh. XXXIV. No. 12. ALBION, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1917. Whole No. 365 



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BIRDS 



WANTED — Skin of Razorbill Auk and 

 Auhinga, offer Brandts Cormorant, etc., 

 in exchange. Offer either cash or ex- 

 change in Indian and African Big Game 

 horns, for skin of Penquin Apterix, Owl 

 Parrot, Kea, or other foreign bird skins 

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

 HACKMEIER, 645 Golden Gate Ave., 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



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 w^ill pay a good 

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



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. 



I have a large number of bird skins mount- 

 ed birds and manmals. Want mountable 

 skins or properly mounted specimens of fulll 

 plumaged adult male birds, none larger than 

 Bob White. Send me your exchange and I 

 will send mine. KARL W. KAHMANN, 2513 

 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, 111. 



FOR SALE -A few pair of Ring necked 

 Pheasants. L. A. PARRE, Batavia, 111. 



PASSENGER PIGEONS: Have one 

 mounted bird in fair condition to ex- 

 change for best offer in rare sets. 

 RICHARD C. HARLOW, State College, 

 Pennsylvania. 



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. 



The following skins with measurements 

 and full data to exchange for good full sets- 

 Crow, 1 male; Roadrunner, 1 female; Coot. 1 

 female. Hermit Thrush, 1 male, 1 female; 

 Scissortail Flycatcher, 1 male; Grey-tailed 

 Cardinal 1 male, 1 female: White-crowned 

 Sparrow. 1 male, 1 female; Vesper Sparrow, 

 2 males; Western Lark Sparrow. 2 males; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 1 male. 1 female; 1 Chipping 

 Sparrow, 1 female. Field Sparrow, 1 male. 

 Bell Vireo, 1 male. ELTON PERRY, 610 Bay- 

 lor St., Austin Texas. 



Exchange desired for the foll(>wing Bird 

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

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

 port, Conn. 



