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Vol. XXXIII. No. 12. ALBION, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1916. Whole No. 353 



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^^ e will 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 purno- 

 ses only. — EDITOR. 



WANTED-Live American Wild Trumpet- 

 er Swan. R. M. Barnes. Lacon, 111. 



WANTED. - Nests of North American 

 Birds. Also eggs in sets and skins. Will 

 appreciate list of what you have to exchange 

 or sell. LEVERETTE FITZPATKICK, 1808 

 Webster St.. Waco. Texas. 



I have a lot of fine duck skins with heads 

 folded over the back which I will exchange 

 for skins of common small land birds. A. C. 

 BENT, Taunton. Mass. 



EXCHANGE.— I want a pair each of strict- 

 ly first-class skins of a number of eastern 

 warblers and sparrows, including many 

 common kinds, for which I can offer some 

 western Oregon land birds. If interested, 

 please send list. Who can use good skins of 

 Mountain Beaver (Apladontia pacifica) for 

 cash? ALEX WALKER. Hemlock. Oregon. 

 (1-p) 



WILL EXCHANGE.-Several fine skins of 

 Phasianias torquatus (Ring-necked Pheas- 

 ant) and a few ducks for smaller species. 

 STANLEY G. JEWETT. 582 Bidwell Ave., 

 Portland. Oregon. 



W A N T E D.— Copies of North American^ 

 Fauna series. Biological Survey bulletins., 

 and certain Bird Lore's to complete series, 

 for which I offer ornithological books and 

 magazines, and rare Alaska bird skins. GEO. 

 G. CANTWELL, Puyallup. Wash. 



g-p) 



FOR EXCHANGE - Mounted bird skins 

 and eggs, want bird skins American and 

 foreign, send lists. JESSE T. CRAVEN, 811 

 Roosevelt Ave.. Detroit. Mich. 



Who wants three Golden Eagles and two 

 Bald Eagles, hand raised, 3 and 4 years old? 

 E. F, POPE, Colmesneil. Texas. 



FOR EXCHANGE-Good pair of the nearly 

 extirpated Piping Plover for a good skin 

 adult male Mangrove Warbler. ('. L. PHIL- 

 LIPS. 5 West Weir St.. Taunton, Mass. 



FOR EXCHAN(;E.— Mounted birds. No. 

 51 137, 139, 230, 339. 360. for eggs. R.\M(JN 

 (iRAHAM. 401 W. Leuda St.. Fort Worth. 

 Texas. (1-p; 



