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BRIEF SPECIAL, ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Wanted, Exchange, For Sale, IStc, inserted in this department at 26 cent* 

 for each 25 words for one issue; each additional word 1 cent. No notice In- 

 serter] for less than 25 cents. 



We will not advertise the skins, nests, eggs, "or mounted" specimens ol 

 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 only. — EDITOR. 



in answering advertisements in these columns mention "The Oologist," and 

 thereby help us, as well as the advertiser and yourself. 



BIRDS 



Send me the list of A 1 Bird Skins that you 

 have to dispose of by exchange or otherwise. 

 R. M. BARNES, Lacon, III. 



FOR EXCH ANGE-A large list of Al North 

 American species of skins for specimens 

 needed in my collection. C. W. CHA.MBER- 

 LAIN, 36 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. 



WANTED— Skin or mounted specimen of 

 the Passenger Pigeon. (315^ WINCHESTER 

 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. Winches- 

 ter, N. H. 



PASSENGER PIGEONS: Have one 

 mounted bird in fair condition to ex- 

 change for best offer In rare sets. 

 RICHARD C. HARLOW, State College, 

 Pennsylvania. 



PASSENGER PIGEON, given for extra 

 good AUTOMATIC SHOT GUN, Affidavit 

 and data furnished. In good condition. 

 RARE. JAMES SINCLAIR, Entomologist. 

 Los Angeles, Calif. 



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. 



FOR EXCHANGE-I have a beautiful, well- 

 mounted, perfectly plumaged specimen each 

 of Black Rosy Finch and Goshawk, which I 

 will exchange for good set of eggs. GERARD 

 ALAN ABBOTT, Grosse Pointe Shores, 

 Michigan. 



FOR EXCHANGE-A. No. 1 skins of ducks, 

 geese and swan and other birds from this 

 section offered for sets of eggs, or some west 

 coast duck skins. Send full list; desire many 

 common sets. Also have fine list of dupli- 

 cate onithological book for sale. HAROLD 

 H. BAILEY, 319-54th St., Newport News, Va. 



PERCHES— I have about 150 sets of turned 

 perches for birds, to suit birds from the size 

 of a warbler to the largest hawks and owls. 

 Will sell the lot reasonable or trade. Also 

 have a number of rustic stands with natural 

 limbs, cork bark stumps, etc. M. J. HOFF- 

 M A N , Taxidermists, 1818 Bleecker, St., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



I will print you 508 bird skin labels for $1.00 

 on nice white stock. Send for sample. 

 EDWARD S. COOMBS, 243 Franklin St.. 

 Boston, Mass. 



FOR EXCHANGE :-Large well-mounted 

 Golden Eagle and American Bittern. I am 

 interested in all Natural History specimens. 

 Write. WALTER STUCK, Jonesboro. Ark. 



I desire to exchange bird skins and Butter- 

 flys for 20 or 24 Gage Shot Guns, Double Bar- 

 rel, preferred. Good condition. D. V. HEM- 

 BREE, Roswell, Ga. 



EGGS. 

 In seiiiHag in your exchange notices 

 for nests, skins and eggs, we would ap- 

 preciate it if you would arrange the 

 numerals iu your exchange notice In 

 their numerical order, and not tumble 

 them together hit and miss, as some of 

 our readers are complaining, and we 

 think justly so. 



WANTED— First Class complete sets and 

 sets with nests in any quantity with full 

 data. Sendlists in full. DR. CLECKLEY'S 

 MUSEUM, 457 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. 



FOR EXCHANGE— I wish to exchange 3 

 Red Bird Eggs, 3 Yellow Hammer's 4 Blue 

 Bird, 1 Cheewee, 3 Cat Bird, 1 Cracked Grass 

 Sparrow. HAMILTON STEPHENS, 35 Cle- 

 buene Terrace, Atlanta. Ga. 



WANTED— Hawk's and Warbler's in first- 

 class sets with data. KARL A. PEMBER, 

 Woodstock, Vermont. 



PERSONAL- Wanted: Correspondence 

 with active Ornithologist near Seattle, Wash., 

 with view to collecting next summer. H. S. 

 LADD, 4354 McPhersen Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



WANTED— To exchange sets with reliable 

 collectors. Will be glad to send list on re- 

 ceipt of yours. G. BERTRAM REGAR, 1000 

 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



FOR EXCHANGE - 456i, 4984, 1-3, 593 2-3, 

 597 2-8, 613i, 6144, 652 n-4. 4. 681 1-5 1-4 n-4. 7044- 

 7054, 735 1-6, 7564. 3-3, 755£, 761 2-4. 2-3. EDW. S. 

 COOMBS, 243 Franklin St., Boston. Mass. 



EXCHANGE NOTICE-I desire to get in 

 touch with all active field collectors with a 

 view to exchanging A 1 sets. H. W. CAR- 

 RIGER, 5185 Trask Street, Oakland, Calif. 



I have sets of the following to dispose of: 

 A. O. U. 1. 31a, 44, 47, 184, 191. 197, 210, 212, 226, 

 289, 289b, 325, 326, 331, 333, 335. 337a, 339, 360, 360a, 

 365. 373, 385, 390, 394c, 409, 517, 674, 681. 684, 735, 

 736a. many others. RAMON GRAHAM, 401 

 W. Leuda St., Ft. Worth Texas. 



Will be glad to hear from reliable col- 

 lectors and to receive their lists. Have 

 good list to offer including some rare 

 species. RICHARD C. HARLOW, State 

 College, Pa. 



Hand Egg Blower for blowing all fresh and 

 incubated eggs. Save your breath. Beats 

 water blower. Used also for rinsing eggs 

 after blowing. Full directions sent pre-paid 

 for $1.00. DR. M. C. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene 

 St., Augusta, Ga. 



GOING "OVER THERE"? Sell me your 

 collection of eggs. Send lists, lowest cash 

 prices. DR. M. T. CLECKLEY, Augusta, Ga. 



