THE OOLOGIST. 



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Annie L. Zimmerman 



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BIRD BOOKS. 



A few rare and desirable titles at reasonable prices. Will ship cheapest way 

 at purchaser's expense. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



Bendire. Life Histories of North Amer- 

 ican Birds.— Vol. II Parrots to Grackles, 

 508pp. Magnificiently illustrated with 

 plates showing over 200 eggs in natural 

 size and colors, 4to cloth. Becomming 

 very rarelland difficult to obtain at 

 any price $11 50 



Gentry. Nests and Eggs of Birds of the 

 United States.— 310pp. 50 col. plates, 4to, 

 half morocco, binding slightly dam- 

 aged $ 8 50 



DeKay Ornithology of New Yovk.— 392p. 

 141 full-page col. plated, containing 308 

 birds in natural colors 4to; this rare 

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 from $15 to $20 per copy 11 50 



Studer's Bird's of North America 200p, 

 119 col. pi. imp. 4to; a magnificient 

 work ($10) 14 50 



Coues. birds of Colorado valley.— 823 



pp. 66111s, 8vo fine copy :.. 4 50 



Coues. birds of the north west.— 791pp. 



8vo, as new 4 50 



Nelson, (edited by Henshaw) natural his- 

 tory of Alaska.— Mostly devoted to 

 birds, 337pp, 21pl (22 very fine of birds 

 in colors) 4to, red cloth and leather. . . 4 50 

 Brewer, north American oology.— Be- 

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 graphical distribution of the birds of 

 North America during breeding seas- 

 ' on; with figures and description of 

 their eggs. Part I, Baptores and Fis- 

 sirostres, 132pp, 74 eggs true to size 



and color on plates, 4to 4 50 



Blanchan. bird neighbors.— An intro- 

 ductory acquaintance with one hun- 

 dred and fifty birds commonly found 

 in the woods, fields and gardens about 

 our homes. This book makes the 

 identification of our common birds 

 simple and positive, even to the un- 

 initiated. 48 colored plates 2 00 



Blanchan. birds that hunt and are hunted. 



—Life Histories of one hundred and 

 seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds 

 and Water and Fowl. 48 plates of 

 birds in natural colors 2 00 



Dugmore. bird homes.— A popular and 

 intimate account of the nests, eggs, 

 and breeding habits of the land birds 

 that nest in Eastern United States 48 

 plates (16 in colors), 64 common eggs 

 in colors 2 00 



Davie, methods in the art of taxidermy.— 

 ($10), now out of print and publishers 

 supply exhausted 3 75 



Greene, parrots in captivity,— 3 vols., 

 440p 81 full page col. pi., large 8 vol; a 

 magnificient work, '84, ($15) 4[50 



Blackburn, Mrs. Hugh, birds drawn from 



nature.— Illustrated, with 45 fine folio 

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 damaged. Imported 3 25 



HUDSON. BIRDS IN A VILLAGE.— A delight- 

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 8vo. 232pp, ($2.25) 



Watkins. bird life.— Pictures in Pen 

 and Pencil. Folio, 154p. With 28 full 

 page illustrations by Giacomelli. A 

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 gilt edge. 3 25 



Wood, ornithology of the world.— 

 Americanized by Holder; this is the 

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 "Animate Creation" or "Our Living 

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 oleographs in colors, 20 full-page eng. 

 and 300 ills, elegantly bound in full 

 morocco 4 50 



White, the natural history of selbourne. 



—With notes and many ills. 6 in. cols., 

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