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Sea Shells. 



25 shells, each a different variety, by mail 

 for 25 cenis with engravings of earh. Send 

 stamps or coin. Have a big stock of White 

 Olives (Panamas) for making portiers. Low 

 price by the thousand. Shells for all kind of 

 fancy work. Scollop shells 30 cents per dozen 

 by mail. Birds Eggs. Have a lot side blown 

 of Guillimot and Tern eggs from Japan, a 

 pair by mail 45 cents. My big catalogue of 

 novelties wiih first order. 



J. F. Powell, 



m. 6. t. 



Waukegan, 111. 



FOR SALE. 



A private collection of eggs, contain- 

 ing over 500 sets. Many rare and de- 

 sirable ones such as Sandhill Crane, 

 Scarlet Ibis, Sharp-shinned Kreiders, 

 Ferruginous R'-Leg, Red-tail, Pigeon 

 Hawks, Golden Eagle, etc. Send for 

 full list. 



H W BEERS. 



91 Denver Ave.. Bridgeport, Ct. 



Jy.-2t. 



Bargains for August. 



Ridgeway's manual, flexible leather, $4.50; 

 Wilson's and Bonaparte American Ornithol- 

 ogy, three volumes in one for only $6.00; Bird 

 Preserving and Bird Mounting 25c; Horna- 

 day's Taxidermy, $1.90: Miller, Little Broth- 

 ers of the Air, 95c: Blancharcls. Birds that 

 Hunt, $2.25.; Catlin, "N. A. Indians," 2 vols, 

 new, $7.50: Wood's Natural History, 90c: 

 Burrough's. Fresh Fields, 95c; Tryon's 

 Conchology, 1000 pp. text only $4.00; Dana, 

 Manual of Geology, $4.00; Howard. The Insect 

 Book, fine colored plates. $2.80: Miller, Geol- 

 ogy and Paleontology, $6.00; Emerton, Com- 

 mon Spiders, 95c; French, Butterflies of 

 N. A. , $1.25: Gray's Manual of Botany, $1.00; 

 Manual of i he Flora of the Northern States 

 and Canada, fit. e, $1.75: Britton and Brown's 

 Botany. 3 volumes, $7.15: one thousand other 

 fine volumes on Natural History. Send for 

 list covering whatever subject you are inter- 

 ested in. 



Fine Minerals. We have just received a 

 nice collection of 250 kinds. List now ready. 

 If you want good minerals cheap, write me 

 for same. Also a nice collection of meteor- 

 ites, fifty finds. One of the best assortments 

 in thecountry to select from. Fine bargains 

 in corals, shells, curios, eggs, etc. Lists on 

 application. Liberal Discount to Liberal 

 Buyers during July only or up to August 

 15th, when we pack up to move to our ele- 

 gant new building. 



WALTER F. WEBB. 

 416 Grand Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 



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