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THE OOLOGIST. 



FOR EXCHANGE.- Butterflies collected 

 in this state for species not in my collection. 

 Also bird eggs in sets and singles. GEOF. 

 GILES, San Antonio. Texas. 



FOR EXCHANGE— Many fine varieties of 

 Shells and Corals, also reports of U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum to exchange for eggs in sets. 

 E. L. WARNER, Jacksonville, Fla. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Premo Camera, size. 

 6 lr2 x 8 1-2 plates, with two double plate 

 holders, listed at $40.00. Want A l sets or 

 volumes of Nuttall Bulletin, Auk, Condor, 

 Osprey and Nidiologist. DOCTOR T. W. 

 RICHARDS, U. S. Navy, address, U. S. Ship 

 Arkansas, care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. 



FOR CASH CONSIDERATION —A violin 

 and a viola in good condition. Write for 

 particulars. All answered. GLEN M. HA- 

 THORN. A.M., 836 Sixth Ave., Cedar Rapids. 

 Iowa. 



CASPIAN TERNS. A series of prime. No 

 1, Eggs of Caspian Tern, sets or singles with 

 datas for sale at 12 1-2 cents per egg, cash. 

 All orders above $1.00 prepaid. Below, add 

 3c. per egg for postage. Drills that cut the 

 membrane, any size 25c. W. A. HART, La- 

 peer, Mich. 



FOR SALE.- Following skins. White Pel- 

 ican, $2.50; Male Wood Duck. $2.00; Sandhill 

 Crane, $2.00; 2 Richardson Owls. $1.00 each; 

 Mounted Jack Rabbitt, $2.50; Striped Sper- 

 mophile 75c. each. A quantity of Moose Elk 

 and Deer tips with feet, 15 to 40c. each. One 

 Mounted Moose head, $25.00; One tanned 

 Black bear skin, Large in prime winter coat. 

 Make handsome mat; claws and skull com- 

 plete, $20.00; One Canada Lynx skin for 

 mounting. $5.00. CHRIS P. FORGE, Taxi- 

 dermist, Carman, Manitoba. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. - Indian 

 Wampum, white and black; Pottery. Beads, 

 Necklaces, etc., from graves. Ceremonial 

 Stones, Prehistoric Mortars, Pestles, Bows, 

 Arrows, Points, Shell Work, Ostrich and 

 Farallone Cormorant Eggs and old Guns 

 and Pistols. J. B. LEWIS, 910 Washington 

 St., Petaluma, California. Sept. 2t. 



WANTED.— Sets of eggs of following birds: 

 Loon, any Murrelet or Guillemot, Skua, Am- 

 erican Herring or Ring-billed Gulls, any 

 Tern, American White Pelican, Hooded 

 Merganser, Gt. Blue, Little Blue and Snowy 

 Herons, any Crane, Gallinule. Sandpiper, or 

 Plover, Woodcock, California Partridge, 

 Prairie Hen, any Vulture or Eagle. Sparrow 

 Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Caracara, 

 Screech Owl, Downy and Hairy Woodpeck- 

 ers, any Hummingbird, Crested and Ash- 

 throated Flycatcher, any Jay or Raven, 

 Yellow-headed Blackbird, any Oriole, Pur- 

 ple Finch, Savanna and Grasshopper Spar- 

 rows, Towhee. any Warbler except Redstart, 

 Carolina Wren, any Nuthatch, Titmouse or 

 Chickadee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, want 

 nests with sets of Hummers, Warblers, 

 Gnatcatchers and Orioles if possible. I can 

 offer in exchange. Capen's "Oology" good 

 as new, published at $15.00. Proceedings of 

 the Nebraska Ornithologists Union. Vols. 

 II and III, beautifully illustrated, published 

 at $2.00 and new. Steam's "Natural History 

 of Labrador." Spectroscope, best 12 in.Caliper 

 square marked to m. m. and l-100ths of an 

 inch, value |6.00 and never used. Showy 

 South American and Indian Butterflies, 

 Shells and Minerals. Address, ERNEST 

 H. SHORT, Rochester, N. Y. 



1 have a fine set 1-3 Scarlet Ibis to ex- 

 change for desirable eggs in sets. What 

 have you to exchange? JAMES P. BABBITT, 

 Taunton Mass. 



WANTED.-Eggs of the lollowing A. O. U. 

 No's. Single or sets, 67, 51a, 54, 63, 64, 69, 80, 

 200, 194. 273. 294, 300, 305, 331, ; 325, J326, 342, 

 362, 360, 364. 36\ 3fi6. 368. 373, 375, , 393, 394, 406, 

 421 428, 429, 443, 452, 456, 461, 467, 481, 501, 

 506, 507, 508, 510, 517, 529, 542a, 546, 587, 593, 601, 

 604, 608, 610, 611,612,613, 614, 619,627, 628, 633, 652, 

 648, 337, 339, and many others. I offer 600 spec- 

 ies of Shells, 100 varieties of Minerals, Star- 

 fish. Mounted Butterflies and Moths, Indian 

 Relics. Mounted Birds and Alcoholic speci- 

 mens. ERNEST H. SHORT, Rochester.N.Y. 



MAMMALS ! BIRDS !-Parties wishing 

 fine mammals or birds from this locality 

 let me know, I will collect to order A. No. 1. 

 Scientific skins. Fine mounted specimens 

 for sale cheap. Address G, F. MONROE, 

 Taxidermist, Superior, Wis. tf 



WANTED.— Back numbers of the Oologist 

 until further notice we will allow the prices 

 quoted below for the numbers noted. No 

 others wanted. You may select in payment 

 any specimens catalogued by either of us. 

 This offer does not apply to Instruments, 

 Supplies or Books except by special arrange- 

 ment. For 50c, worth will allow you a years 

 subscription to Oologist. For 25c worth we 

 will send you a coupon good for an exchange. 

 Notice. Copies must be clean and whole. 



For June 1888 we will allow $.75. 



For May 1884; Jan. and June 1885, July- 

 Aug. 1886; Jan,-Feb. and June-Sept. 1887; May 

 1888; April 1889: we will allow 50c per copy. 



For March 1885, Jan-Feb. and Mar-Apr. 

 1886; Aug.-Sept. 1888; we will allow 25c per 

 copy. 



No others wanted. These can be sent by 

 mail for lc for each 4 oz. postpaid. Addresss 

 ERNEST H. SHORT, Chili, N. Y. Mgr. 

 Oologist. 



CHOICE SETS FOR SALE. 



Holboel's Grebe, 1-4, 1-3, per egg, .... 



Horned Grebe, 1-5. 2-8. 



Loon 1-2 



Bittern, 1-4 - 



Virginia Rail, 1-10 



Sora Rail, 2-6, 1-7, 1-8 



Bartram's Sandpiper, 1-4 

 Spotted Sandpiper, 1-4 

 Canada Ruffed Grouse. 1-8, 1-9 ... 

 Prairie Hen, 1-9, 1-7, 1-13, 1-14 .. . 

 Sharp-tailed Grouse, l-lo, 1-11, 1-12 



Marsh Hawk, 1-7, 2-5 



Cooper's Hawk, 1-4, 



Red-tailed Hawk, 2-3, 1-2, _ . 



Swainson Hawk, 1-4, 2-3. - .. 

 Broad-winged Hawk, 2-4, 2-3, 50c 



$ 12 

 07 

 1 00 

 20 

 10 

 03 

 20 

 07 

 20 

 08 

 25 

 15 

 10 

 18 

 20 

 75 



American Rough-legged Hawk, 1-3 1 00 



American Sparrow Hawk, 1-5,1-6 .. -- 15 



Long-eared Owl, 1-7, 2-5, 1-4 15 



Short-eared Owl, 1-7, 1-5. 2-4 20 



Burrowing Owl, 1-5 07 



Belted Kingfisher, 1-5, 1-6 10 



Blue Jay, 1-6, n .. 03 



Red-winged Blackbird, 1-4 ... - 02 



Bronzed Grackle. 1-4 02 



Chestnut collared Longspur, 1-5 15 



Claycolored, do, 2-4, 1-3 . . 15 



Arctic Towhee, 1-4 25 



Barn, do, 1-6 24 



Loggerhead Shrike, 1-7 05 



W. Bluebird, 1-4 06 



CHRIS P. FORGE, Collector, 

 Carman, Man. 



