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Vol. XXIV. No. 4. 



ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1907. Whole No. 237 



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 denotes when your subscription expired or 

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209 your subscription expired Dec. 1904 

 237 vour subscription expires with this issue 

 245 • " " " Dec, 1907 



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Entered as second-cla«s matter December 

 21, 1903, at the post office at Albion. N. Y., 

 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



ENGLISH CA VIES— Black, buff, silver- 

 grey, red and white and red Absynnians. 

 Also Brown Leghorn Cockerels and registered 

 Shropshire ram lambs. Will exchange for 

 A. No. 1 sets, choice Indian relics, bird books 

 or cash. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N.Y, 



OFFER first class bright showy exotic 

 butterflies either spread or papered for first 

 class skins, rare eggs in sets or splendid 

 mineral crystals. Data essential. Will pur- 

 chase perfect butterflies from the West. 

 LEVI W. MENGEL, Boys' High School, 

 Reading, Pa. 



WANTED. -The coming season. A. I. 

 authentic sets of 10, 36, 81,82, 124,204, 299, 334a, 

 345, 352a, 372. :;79. 660. 662, 664, 672, 749. Offer 

 Loons, Albatross, Ducks and Geese. Raptores 

 as Kites, Eagles, Grey Gyr. Falcons or dol- 

 lars if you want them. Reliabie collectors 

 write. A. E. PRICE. Grant Park, 111. 



WANT.— Eggs in sets and good Indian 

 relics. I offer eggs, shells and showy mount- 

 ed butterflies. ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 173, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



WANTED— For cash, skins of Albino birds 

 or mammals, rare nests, eggs and skins, 

 Eskimo Curlew in particular. Nesting sites 

 of all birds that preed in holes or cavities in 

 trees. Quote anything of the sort you may 

 have to offer. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 

 Floral Park, N. Y. Dec. t. f. 



KEEP BIRD SKINS soft an indefinite 

 period, for mounting. Formula 10 cents, or 

 25 to 50 cent value exchange. W. M. STRANG, 

 Camden, N. J. 



WANTED.— Fresh skins Wood Duck, Gam- 

 bles, Valley Partridge, Deer. Moose, Antelope 

 Bear heads. Exchange skins, mounts or 

 cash. STRANG, The Taxidermist, Camden, 

 N.J. 



INDIAN arrow heads, mortars, pitted, 

 stones, rub stones and broken pottery from 

 mounds. Old newspapers Mexican war. etc.. 

 for cash or exchange. What have you. W. 

 P. AGEE, Hope, Ark., Sept. 8. t. 



«" NOTICE.-We will give the "Oologist' 

 for Four Years or 75c in cash for every copy 

 of "Oologist" for June 1888, Vol. VI. No.4, 

 sent us in good condition. Will give 3 years, 

 or 50c for April, 1889. Address, Manager 

 Oologist, Chili. N. Y. 



Hand Egg Blow-pipe for blowing all fresh 

 and incubated eggs. A very useful instru- 

 ment. Invaluable with water-blower. En- 

 dorsed by a great many Oologists and col- 

 lectors through the United States and Can- 

 ada. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sent post- 

 paid witn directions for $1.00. DOCTOR M. 

 T. CLECKLEY, 457 Greene Street, Augusta. 

 Ga. Jan. t. f. 



LANTERN SLIDES.-A lot, many 2nd 

 grade (a little dense or thin), all fair, some 

 very good for best cash or exchange offer. 

 B. S\ BOWDISH, Demarest. N. Y. 



WE AUK in the market for all sets new to 

 our collection and for good full reliable sets 

 of many varieties, not new to our tally. 

 FRED M. DILLE, 307 Continental Bldg.. 

 Denver. Colo. 



WANTED FOR CASH— Complete files to 

 date, (all issues must be clean, well preserved 

 and suitable for binding) of the following 

 publications: Young Oologist, Oologist. Con- 

 dor, Warbler, Nuttall's Bulletin. Auk. 

 Osprey. American Ornithology, Bird Lore. 

 Nidologist. Amateur Naturalist and The 

 .Museum. Will buy any North American 

 Ornithological or Oological books tin first 

 class condition, either paper, cloth or leather 

 bound) new to my library. G. H. M ESSEN- 

 GER, Atlantic, Iowa. 



