The Oolocist 



A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO 



OOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY AND TAXIDERMY. 



WANTS, FOR SALES AND EXCHANGES, 



Brief Special announcements " Wants," " Exchanges," " For Sales," inserted in this de- 

 partment for 25 cents per 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate of 1-2 cent for 

 each additional word. No notice inserted for less than 25 cents. Terms, cash with order. 



Strictly first-class specimens will be accepted in payment at 1-3 list rates. 



Vol. XXIV. No. 8. 



ALBION, N. Y., AUG., 1907. 



Whole No. 241 



Take Notice. 



Examine the number following' your 

 name on the wrapper of this month's 

 Oologist. It denotes when your sub- 

 scription expired or will expire. 



Remember -we must be notified if 

 you wish paper discontinued and all 

 arrearages must be paid. 

 209 your subscription expired Dec, 1904 

 211 your subscription expires with this issue 

 245 • " " " Dec, 1907 



257 " " " " Dec, 1908 



Intermediate numbers can easily be 

 determined. If we have you credited 

 wrong we wish to rectify. 



Entered as second-class matter Be- 

 cembed 21, 1903, at the post office, at 

 Albion, N. Y., under the Act of Con- 

 gress of March 3, 1879. 



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. 



I DESIRE a chance to exchange for your 

 good and rare sets this season and will have 

 a choice list for you to select from. FRED 

 M. DILLE, 307 Continental Bldg., Denver, 



Colo. 



ENGLISH CAVIES— 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, 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. - English 



and Abyssinian Cavies. Homing Pigeons, 

 Foreign and United States Coins, Book on 

 breeding Skunks, 50c, Tanning Process will 

 tan large or small Pelts very soft. Some 

 sets. A LMUN KIBBE. Mayville, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE. - Sets 187 1-4. 177 1-7, 

 297a 1-8, 707 1-4. 487 1-6, 32 1-1, 64 1-1, 385 1-4. 

 Also shells and curios. Wanted first class 

 sets. Address. ERNEST H. SHORT, Box 

 173. Rochester, X. Y. 



WANT.— Eggs in. sets and good Indian 

 relics. I offer eggs, shells and showy mount- 

 ed butterflies. ERNEST 1 1 . SHORT, Box 173, 

 Rochester. X. V. 



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. 



AUK AND NUTTALL'S BULLETIN com- 

 plete for $100. Auk 1884-1905. 22 vols, com- 

 plete. All except last are finely bound in 

 cloth. Nuttal's Bulletin complete in 8 vols, 

 bound. J. L. CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



•FOR" EXCHANGE.-A choice list of sets 

 including No's. 9 1-2, 82.1 1-1, 145 1-8. 141 1-8 1-6. 

 353 1-3, 354 1-3, 370a 1-5. 376 1-6. 459 1-3, 536 1-4, 

 534 1-5, 641 1-4, 639 1-5, 654a, 618 1-4 for species 

 not in my collection. THOS. H. JACKSON, 

 304 N. Franklin St., W. Chester. Pa. 



OFFER— A long series of rare and beautiful 

 butterflies from all parts of the World, either 

 spread or in papers for a first class collection 

 of stamps. Also wanted first class bird 

 skins, eggs with data. LEVI W. MEXGEL, 

 Boys' High School, Reading. Pa. 



I WILL exchange Exhibition Black Red 

 and Red Pyle Game Bantams for good eggs, 

 printing press or offers. GEORI 

 FRANCIS, 129 Deacon St., Bridgeport, Conn. 



I HAVE FOR EXCHANGE.-A1 -etswith 

 data. Bird and animal skins and nests. 

 Wanted, those not common toVfchis locality. 

 Send lists and receive mine, E.P. WALKER. 

 Sheridan. R. F. D. 25, Indiana. 



WANTED.— Butterflies in paper-. Will 

 give butterflies or first class eggs in sets. 

 Western species preferred. Send list and 

 receive mine. B. R. BALES. M. D„ Circle- 

 vill e, Ohio. 



FOR EXCHANGE or will will sell at 1-2 

 list rates. Sets 333 1-3 2-3, 3251-1, 337b 1-11-2. 

 33! ib 1-2 2-2, 362 1-4. Calif. ( row 1-3. 69 



!-;:. 20 first class nests n situ. 



Also rattlesnake skin and a few specimensof 

 lizards and snakes. Want set> 341, 



::i'a. 358.1, 359.1, AD. VAN 



Ri i-sKM .172 H. I >. 1, Pasadena. Calif. 



TAXIDERMIST wanted. Address J. H. 



P.. \ I.I. ARD, International Falls. Minn. 



